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Author: Jekyll & Hyde, Sherlock Holmes, Hope Island, Snakeskins.
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Runalong Womble
16 days ago
New Review - still need some horror then coming next week is this collection of folk horror I can recommend - Hiding Under The Leaves edited by
@wishusdonna.bsky.social
is out via
@theslabpress.bsky.social
www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...
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Hiding Under The Leaves edited by Donna Scott — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank The Slab Press for an advance copy of this collection in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - The Slab Press Published - 5/11 Price - £18.99 paperback £5....
https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11/1/hiding-under-the-leaves-by-donna-scott
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Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for
#SFF
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#horror
and
#mystery
writers! This one features fabulism, tarot, terrifying humans and cheerful apocalypses.
timjmajor.com/2025/10/24/o...
#AmWriting
#WritingCommunity
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Open submission calls for writers: October 2025
Here’s this month’s list of the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found!Sign up for my email newsletter if you want advance notice of open calls like these. Strange PilgrimsT…
https://timjmajor.com/2025/10/24/open-submission-calls-for-writers-october-2025/
24 days ago
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Titan Books
27 days ago
Happy book birthday to JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT by @timjmajor.bsky.social! In festive instalment of the series, the Jekyll & Hyde detective agency must solve a locked-room mystery. ❄️ Out now!
https://tinyurl.com/2jdvnut9
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OUT TODAY! JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT is a country house murder mystery at an artists’ retreat with comedians, actors, magicians, inventors. Plus detectives Muriel Carew & Henry Jekyll… and uninvited guest Edward Hyde. Published by
@titanbooks.bsky.social
27 days ago
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Dan Coxon
about 2 months ago
If you haven't got your hands on a copy of WRITING THE MAGIC already, you can read an excerpt from RJ Barker's essay at The Fantasy Hive today: You Do Not Need to Know How to Write a Book (Or How to Embrace Ignorance and Run with It).
fantasy-hive.co.uk/2025/09/writ...
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Available on NetGalley now!
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2 months ago
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I'm so happy to have a story in the upcoming tenth volume in this amazing series!
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Titan Books
2 months ago
The Jekyll & Hyde detective agency must solve a locked-room mystery in JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT by
@timjmajor.bsky.social
! This festive instalment of the series is a tribute to classic Golden Age crime novels, and hits shelves on October 21st! ❄️
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Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for
#SFF
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#horror
and
#mystery
writers! Featuring criminal cats, atomic science, festive horror and B-movie pulp.
timjmajor.com/2025/09/04/o...
#AmWriting
#WritingCommunity
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Open submission calls for writers: September 2025
Here’s this month’s list of the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found!Sign up for my email newsletter if you want advance notice of open calls like these. QuestIn the words…
https://timjmajor.com/2025/09/04/open-submission-calls-for-writers-september-2025/
2 months ago
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The paperback of Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives is out in the US! Order your copy today from Barnes & Noble:
bit.ly/423NzsG
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Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives|Paperback
Dr Jekyll and his monstrous alter-ego join forces with his ex-fiancée to solve a series of disappearances across Victorian London in this thrilling mystery, perfect for readers of Stuart Turton...
http://bit.ly/423NzsG
2 months ago
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Andrew Knighton
3 months ago
I've had the honour of being interviewed by the Womble, talking about the inspiration behind The Executioner's Blade, what's coming next for that series, & some other cool books I've been reading lately.
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Steve Toase
3 months ago
My British Fantasy Award nominated collection* is available at UK Amazon for £2.90. I’m sure you’ve got a copy, but here’s a perfect chance to buy a cheap present for the archaeological horror fan in your life
www.amazon.co.uk/Dirt-Upon-My...
*this still hasn’t sunk in.
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Dirt Upon My Skin: 37 (Black Shuck Shadows): Amazon.co.uk: Toase, Steve: 9781917173995: Books
Buy Dirt Upon My Skin: 37 (Black Shuck Shadows) by Toase, Steve (ISBN: 9781917173995) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dirt-Upon-My-Skin-Shadows/dp/1917173997?ref_=ast_author_dp&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.0IqKD9fbeqEhqXAveW-1bfMZEnk4H85esnDF0iojZuru1qdJZax2qxPcmj52AmU_5IJI1Fd7km7wfxoIqi0V913rByV4_xJ_zb4f31vM7dYJ1G-IGlbSTrWfUN7Z5dW1JYxjA0lCMrzNtwJ45MU7uSObaqZLF4DU0GNbfcWF-DEMSZ80pbgOg7CTQpagiirUzwG3PkTg5V8-HUb5leu8zX_gDdakUajDUbPYlDfkPJw.wljK6HmXIK-xgKrj47BwprUBan8cqoal2Nh26PHqDno&dib_tag=AUTHOR
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Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for
#SFF
,
#horror
and
#mystery
writers! Featuring solar SF, nature-fueled magic, the SETI Institute and cliffhanging pulp fiction.
timjmajor.com/2025/08/14/o...
#AmWriting
#WritingCommunity
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Open submission calls for writers: August 2025
Here’s this month’s list of the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found!Sign up for my email newsletter if you want advance notice of open calls like these. Bog MatterThis ne…
https://timjmajor.com/2025/08/14/open-submission-calls-for-writers-august-2025/
3 months ago
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Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for
#SFF
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#horror
writers! Featuring folklore, memory manipulation, romantic fantasy, neurodiversity, cemetery cats and DNA data storage.
timjmajor.com/2025/07/08/o...
#AmWriting
#WritingCommunity
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Open submission calls for writers: July 2025
Here’s this month’s list of the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found!Sign up for my email newsletter if you want advance notice of open calls like these. MmeoryI love this…
https://timjmajor.com/2025/07/08/open-submission-calls-for-writers-july-2025/
4 months ago
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Not sure how I missed this until now, but last week my collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY featured in the Financial Times as one of the ‘best SF summer books of 2025’, with this wonderful write-up!
5 months ago
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How is it possible that we’ve reached the halfway point of the year? But as that’s the case, here are my favourite albums released in 2025 so far.
timjmajor.com/2025/06/27/f...
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Favourite albums of the first half of 2025
How is it possible that we’ve reached the halfway point of the year? But as that’s the case, here are my favourite albums released in 2025 so far. Indie / Rock / Post-rock A new Richard Dawson albu…
https://timjmajor.com/2025/06/27/favourite-albums-of-the-first-half-of-2025/
5 months ago
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Delighted that I'll have a story in folk horror anthology 'Hiding Under the Leaves', edited by the excellent
@wishusdonna.bsky.social
. My story's called 'Rumours Overheard in the School Playground Relating to Miss Angeline Holst', and the book will be released at World FantasyCon in October.
5 months ago
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Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for
#SFF
&
#horror
writers! Featuring Dracula and Doctor Who, thrutopias and soilpunk… inc four exciting writing contests.
timjmajor.com/2025/06/03/o...
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#WritingCommunity
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Open submission calls for writers: June 2025
Here’s this month’s list of the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found!Sign up for my email newsletter if you want advance notice of open calls like these. Dracula Beyond St…
https://timjmajor.com/2025/06/03/open-submission-calls-for-writers-june-2025/
6 months ago
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Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for
#SFF
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#horror
writers! Featuring monsters of folklore, powerful artefacts, haunted Saturday morning TV and grimdark SF.
timjmajor.com/2025/05/07/o...
#AmWriting
#WritingCommunity
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Open submission calls for writers: May 2025
Here’s this month’s list of the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found!Sign up for my email newsletter if you want advance notice of open calls like these. Book WormsIssue 8…
https://timjmajor.com/2025/05/07/open-submission-calls-for-writers-may-2025/
6 months ago
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Delighted to find my collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY reviewed in the Financial Times today!
timjmajor.com/great-robots...
@blackshuckbooks.bsky.social
7 months ago
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GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY has been reviewed on Runalong the Shelves, and it's really positive!
www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/4/...
@runalongwomble.bsky.social
@blackshuckbooks.bsky.social
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Great Robots of History by Tim Major — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank the author and Black Shuck Books for an advance copy of this collection in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Black Shuck Books Published – out Now Price ...
https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/4/3/great-robots-of-history-by-tim-major
8 months ago
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Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for
#SFF
,
#mystery
&
#horror
writers! Featuring last girls, weird westerns, sudden transformations and monstrous angels.
timjmajor.com/2025/03/31/o...
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Open submission calls for writers: April 2025
Here’s this month’s list of the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found!Sign up for my email newsletter if you want advance notice of open calls like these. The Morning After…
https://timjmajor.com/2025/03/31/open-submission-calls-for-writers-april-2025/
8 months ago
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GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY is published today! Sixteen weird tales of robots and robot-like figures from history and myth, including ‘The Brazen Head of Westinghouse’, which won the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction 2024.
timjmajor.com/great-robots...
@blackshuckbooks.bsky.social
8 months ago
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This month’s email newsletter will be going out a few hours from now, featuring publication news and 11 open submission calls for
#SFF/#horror/#mystery
short stories! Sign up here if you want in:
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8 months ago
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My weird-fiction collection Great Robots of History is out tomorrow! This final author testimonial is from the incomparable
@timothyjjarvis.bsky.social
, whose own collection Treatises on Dust is staggeringly good.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
@blackshuckbooks.bsky.social
8 months ago
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The first review of GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY has appeared online! I’m delighted that so many of the stories seem to have landed so well. The collection will be published by
@blackshuckbooks.bsky.social
on Thursday!
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My SF-meets-weird-fiction collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY will be published by
@blackshuckbooks.bsky.social
on 27 March! Thanks so much to BSFA Award-winning author
@adamroberts.bsky.social
for this terrific quote! You can preorder at
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
8 months ago
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Here’s a lovely quote from the wonderful
malcolmdevlin.bsky.social
about my upcoming short story collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY! GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY will be published by
@blackshuckbooks.bsky.social
on 27 March.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
8 months ago
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My collection GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY will be published by
@blackshuckbooks.bsky.social
on 27 March. Some wonderful authors have been very kind about it! First up is Marian Womack, whose collection OUT OF THE WINDOW, INTO THE DARK you must read asap.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
9 months ago
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Salò Press
9 months ago
Happy
#worldbookday
from a tiny independent press based in beautiful Norwich. We're somewhat obsessed with chapbooks 😍 Tell us your favourite shorter-length collection/s of poetry / short stories.
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Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for
#SFF
,
#mystery
&
#horror
writers! Featuring food horror, spicy monsters, exploration of other worlds and supernatural parables.
timjmajor.com/2025/03/04/o...
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Open submission calls for writers: March 2025
Here’s this month’s list of the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found!Sign up for my email newsletter if you want advance notice of open calls like these. PatternsThis them…
https://timjmajor.com/2025/03/04/open-submission-calls-for-writers-march-2025/
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REMAINS
9 months ago
Hello everybody. Remains is a magazine created by Andy Cox and Richard Wagner. The first issue has just been published and the second is out soon. We are rubbish at social media but look forward to making new friends and talking about stuff.
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Lavie Tidhar
9 months ago
While I'm on here (taking a break from, you know, the numerous annoyances of IRL), may I get a repost/shoutout for SHELFIES?
shelfies.beehiiv.com
The latest brainchild Jared Shurin and me, it's a weekly newsletter offering a unique glimpse into people's shelves and the books that matter to them!
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Cover reveal! JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT is the second book in my Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives series. Isn’t it beautiful? And wintry, and theatrical. Published by
@titanbooks.bsky.social
in October, and available for preorder now. (1/2)
9 months ago
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Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for
#SFF
,
#mystery
&
#horror
writers! Inc cryptids, first contact, mummies and elder things.
timjmajor.com/2025/02/04/o...
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Open submission calls for writers: February 2025
Here’s this month’s list of the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found!Sign up for my email newsletter if you want advance notice of open calls like these. Hiding Under the …
https://timjmajor.com/2025/02/04/open-submission-calls-for-writers-february-2025/
10 months ago
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ANNOUNCEMENT! My new story collection contains 16 weird tales of magical and mechanical automatons from history and myth. GREAT ROBOTS OF HISTORY will be published by
@blackshuckbooks.bsky.social
in March, and can be preordered now from the website.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/great-robots...
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10 months ago
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Fusion Fragment
10 months ago
Story #3 in the debut issue of Saros SF is "Four Fabrications of Francine Descartes" by
@timjmajor.bsky.social
. Read the whole story (for free!) at
sarossf.com/issue-1/
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Fusion Fragment
10 months ago
Saros #1 has arrived! Edited by
@meganjkerr.bsky.social
, this issue features stories by
@lxuwrites.bsky.social
,
@thelialao.bsky.social
,
@timjmajor.bsky.social
, and
@thesuiway.bsky.social
, with cover art by Barbara Candiotti. Digital versions are now available for free here:
sarossf.com/issue-1/
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Patrick Barb
10 months ago
Gotta love a review that gets deep & really connects w/ the text like
@wyatttowns.bsky.social
does here for AND ONE DAY WE WILL DIE. Special shout-outs to:
@breathinghead.bsky.social
@christinogle.bsky.social
@timjmajor.bsky.social
@coreyfarrenkopf.bsky.social
@johnlangan.bsky.social
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Dan Coxon
10 months ago
OUT TODAY! I have a strange story in this, based on 'Two-Headed Boy Pt. 2', alongside a weirdly conjoined story by
@timjmajor.bsky.social
. Whether you love Neutral Milk Hotel or just love strange fiction, editor
@patrickbarb.bsky.social
has produced a holy spectacle. Get your hands on it!
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Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for
#SFF
,
#mystery
&
#horror
writers! Inc witchcraft, cottage crimes, seaside gothic and surviving humanity.
timjmajor.com/2025/01/10/o...
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Open submission calls for writers: January 2025
Happy new year! For any writer, sending short stories to publishers is a great way to mark the start of a fresh new year. Here are the more interesting open calls I’ve found recently: Witch CraftTh…
https://timjmajor.com/2025/01/10/open-submission-calls-for-writers-january-2025/
10 months ago
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Book announcement! The sequel to JEKYLL & HYDE: CONSULTING DETECTIVES is a country house murder mystery with locked-room puzzles, disgruntled servants, disguises (& two detectives who share a body). JEKYLL & HYDE: WINTER RETREAT will be published by
@titanbooks.bsky.social
in October.
10 months ago
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Here's my final blog post of the year – this one lists my favourite books of 2024.
timjmajor.com/2024/12/30/f...
11 months ago
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Another end-of-year-list blog post, this one featuring my favourite films, TV and videogames of 2024.
timjmajor.com/2024/12/28/f...
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Favourite film, TV and videogames of 2024
Films By far my favourite film released in cinemas this year was Civil War (Alex Garland, 2024). While it confused mainstream viewers who expected a postapocalyptic action adventure, the totally so…
https://timjmajor.com/2024/12/28/favourite-film-tv-and-videogames-of-2024/
11 months ago
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New blog post: My favourite albums of 2024
timjmajor.com/2024/12/23/f...
11 months ago
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Here’s a summary of my year in writing, in terms of novels and short stories published, and the projects I’ve been working on throughout the year.
timjmajor.com/2024/12/20/m...
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My writing year 2024
This year I had the following work published: Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives, published in hardback by Titan Books in Oct 2024. I also had 8 short stories published: ‘Wesley Not-There’ in…
https://timjmajor.com/2024/12/20/my-writing-year-2024/
11 months ago
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Here’s this month’s blog post of open submission calls for
#SFF
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#horror
writers! Inc dark holiday horrors, anti-heroes, scientific revolution scares and animal-based SF.
timjmajor.com/2024/12/04/o...
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Open submission calls for writers: December 2024
Here’s this month’s list of the most interesting open submissions calls for writers I’ve found!Sign up for my email newsletter if you want advance notice of open calls like these. Silent Nightmares…
https://timjmajor.com/2024/12/04/open-submission-calls-for-writers-december-2024/
12 months ago
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Hull Libraries
12 months ago
We're thrilled our next guest for
@hullnoir.bsky.social
will be
@timjmajor.bsky.social
talking about his Victorian crime novels, 11th December (7pm). It's free to attend at Central Library or via the online stream. Please reserve your space on the link:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/hull-noir-...
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Here’s me being interviewed by the Los Angeles Public Library blog, covering
#Jekyll
and Hyde,
#SherlockHolmes
, Victorian SF, Bugs Bunny, the usual. I really enjoyed answering these questions!
www.lapl.org/collections-...
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Interview With an Author: Tim Major
Tim Major is a writer and freelance editor from York, UK. His books include Snakeskins, Hope Island, three Sherlock Holmes novels, short story collection And the House Lights Dim and a monograph about...
https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/interview-author-tim-major
about 1 year ago
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Nick Triplow
about 1 year ago
December's Hull Noir guest is
@timjmajor.bsky.social
talking about his Victorian crime novels, Jekyll & Hyde: Consulting Detectives and Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas. 7pm, 11 Dec. Free to attend
@hulllibraries.bsky.social
or via livestream.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hull-noir-...
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