You gave me a laugh - thanks! Can I add the phrase "bear with me" - No, I don't want to bear with you. I've been waiting on the phone to speak to a human for a sodding hour!"

Sometimes we have to laugh to keep from crying. [Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad]

I'm a dual citizen of the UK / US currently living in England. I will not set foot in the US until that bloody president is gone!

How wonderful! I loved the book - slightly shattered it was published so long ago! Where did the years go? #treasure #reading #imagination

Always a thrill! Annie's Day out in the world now! #WW2 from an Australian nurse's perspective. Gorgeous cover #JessicaBellDesign @vineleavespress.bsky.social #HistoricalNovel #Fiction #War #Nurse

Smorgasbord New Book Spotlight - #Love #War #Courage Annie's Day by Apple Gidley smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/11/04/s... @applegidleyauthor.bsky.social

Thanks, Deborah - fingers crossed!

I can usually translate him, but either I’m losing my mind, or he is.

If CBP, Customs and Border Protection, is only supposed to operate within 100 miles of the U.S. border, what are they doing leading operations in Charlotte, North Carolina?

Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️

Today's the day! Huge thanks to all at @vineleavespress.bsky.social who have guided Annie's Day through the editing and publishing process. And to fellow authors for their encouragement! @janejohnsonbakrim.bsky.social @katmezzacappa.bsky.social @deborahswift.bsky.social @lizharris.bsky.social

Thrilled that SIX @vineleavespress.bsky.social authors have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize @ianmrogers.bsky.social #ECBatista #JillAmberChaffin @jocelynjanecox.bsky.social #DavidHicks @nicolezelniker.bsky.social Congratulations and Good luck! preview.mailerlite.com/a0p3x5m2g3/2...

A total plonker - encourage young people to work by paying them a fair wage. It's not rocket science, or perhaps it is!

Nov 3rd is Kokoda Day which, each year, honours the immense bravery and stoicism of New Guinea stretcher bearers during WW2. #AnniesDay celebrates these men, also known as Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels #history #HistoricalFiction #WarFiction Released Nov 18th shorturl.at/cUXbU

Coming soon on #blogtour with The Coffee Pot Book Club: 💫Annie's Day by Apple Gidley💫 Discover an absorbing, evocative tale of the cruelty of war, loss, new beginnings & hope! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/10/blog... #HistoricalFiction #WomensFiction #WWII @applegidleyauthor.bsky.social

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God forbid!

Now.... let me think of a comparison - oh yes, Trump's new ballroom!

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

Come and join us, this evening 8pm this evening. Hear from new works, old works, all works! #memoir #fiction #WarFiction #mystery #tragedy #weird #HistoricalFiction Something for everyone - see you at eight!

It's usually a pass for me if any book is described as such!

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Coming Soon! @histnovsoc.bsky.social @deborahswift.bsky.social @janejohnsonbakrim.bsky.social @katmezzacappa.bsky.social #WWII @berlinblockade.bsky.social @australianbooks.bsky.social #AANS #Berlin @germanhistsoc.bsky.social @usafacts.org #ChocolateSoldier #GailHalvorsen #History #LiteraryFiction

The shame that is the #US at the moment knows no bounds #Korea #ICE

A coherent and true analysis of today's America! #Guns #Trump

I'm so incredibly impressed you have 3 books out in a year. Two is nearly killing me! Bravo.

He is not welcome! #Trump in case you were wondering who 'he' is!

I don't know about you, but the news around the world is pretty awful these days. If I hadn't written Finding Serenissima, I'd be tempted to pick up a copy and escape to #Venice #Travel #Italy @australianbooks.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social @margieinitaly.bsky.social @womenover50travel.bsky.social

Well, now, doesn’t that just make the award a farce?

New Audiobook in The Elizabethan Series: Bess - Tudor Gentlewoman. Forced to choose between loyalty and love, duty and desire, this is the story of Bess Raleigh, one of the last true Elizabethans tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/09/new-... #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobook

It seems Brazil has a stronger Supreme Court, more in tune with actual democracy, than the US.

Delighted to have been a first-line judge for this wonderful #competition @vineleavespress.bsky.social Some tremendous entries. Congratulations, and good luck to all those long-listed. To those who weren't - keep writing! #writing #nonfiction #memoir preview.mailerlite.com/n5n4z6i5k8/2...

ARC's up on booksirens.com/book/KSA3AU7... #WorldWarII and beyond from an #Australian Army #nurse's perspective #historicalfiction #war #Culture #fiction #bookclub

Cape Leeuwin in #WestAustralia one of the "three great capes" of the world named by English navigator Matthew Flinders after the first ship known to have sailed the waters. Pretty damn awesome to stand at the #lighthouse imagination soaring.

#ARC of #AnniesDay available #HistFiction from an Australian army nurse's perspective @australianbooks.bsky.social @readability.bsky.social #WorldWarII #BerlinBlockade @bars.bsky.social @lrb.co.uk @bookspotlight.bsky.social #Bookclubs #literary #Wartime booksirens.com/book/KSA3AU7...

Woohoo - here's your chance for an ARC for Annie's Day, in return for a review .... you know where, and 70 or so days in which to do that! booksirens.com/book/KSA3AU7... #Australiafiction #WarFiction #Literary #Singapore #Berlin #NewGuinea #WomenOver50 #SecondChances @writingcommunity.bsky.social

Annie's Day drops Nov 18 @vineleavespress.bsky.social #AustralianFiction @australianbooks.bsky.social #WWII #BerlinAirlift #NewGuinea @maxuechtritz.bsky.social #IWMLondon #Sydney #ContemporaryFiction @histnovsoc.bsky.social Available for Pre Order shorturl.at/cUXbU @katmezzacappa.bsky.social

Delighted to be featured @portybelle.bsky.social @vineleavespress.bsky.social #Venice #ContemporaryFiction #WomensFiction #LiteraryFiction #Parenting #Alzheimers #SecondChances #WomenOver50 #ItalianStories #bookclub #novel @australianbooks.bsky.social #bookstores

When America couldn't come together to change gun laws after children were slaughtered at Sandy Hook, I'm afraid I lost faith! You're right no one has to live like this, but we do! #gunlaws #Guncontrol

Annie's Day due for release Nov 18th by @vineleavespress.bsky.social @asauthors.bsky.social #Historical @histnovsoc.bsky.social #Bookclub #Singapore #NewGuinea #Berlin #Fiction

Here I am in #Armidale #NSW #Australia - my old stomping ground through seven years at boarding school #NEGS A lot of buildings gone, and a lot of new buildings in their place, but the most striking thing was the same ethos permeates the premises. #schooldays #writing #Fiction

Thanks so much! Looking forward to the #RoystonBookFair on September 27th @philoddy.com #books #SupportingAuthors #writers #Fiction #historical #writing

Thank you to all who voted for Finding Serenissima cover of the month - it came third! All kudos to #JessicaBell who designed it - absolutely gorgeous @vineleavespress.bsky.social #Coverdesign #bookclub #writing allauthor.com/cover-of-the...

So many thanks to everyone who voted for Finding Serenissima - especially the cover designer #JessicaBell - we made it! allauthor.com/cover-of-the... #Coverdesign @romanticnovelists.bsky.social #Fiction #Italy #Globalliving

I'm in good company then!

Soft breeze with a gentle sun!

I like that! It's so true - sometimes it's the right book at the wrong time! #reading #writing #writingcommunity #bookclubs

Nov 18, 2025 is when @vineleavespress.bsky.social release Annie's Day - yippeee! Available for PreOrder now shorturl.at/cUXbU @romanticnovelists.bsky.social @histnovsoc.bsky.social @australianbooks.bsky.social #Australianfiction @bookclubfriends.com #NewGuinea #BerlinBlockade #Singapore #warfiction

#Madrid My kind of #Bookstore #reading #Travel #Books