I'm at the Brentwood Writers’ Circle Sat 4 Oct 2025. Come to hear my best tips about plot, character & setting and to try some fun writing exercises. My tips & exercises are simple enough for children, but powerful enough for adults! Order tickets here: www.brentwoodwriterscircle.com/copy-of-home

My friend Katrina Jade and I are doing some podcasts about our love for Virgil's Aeneid, this one starts with the Latin word LUMEN. You can listen to it here or on Spotify if you so desire: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Thrilled to get a copy of Steve Davies' newest book, How to Steal the Rosetta Stone, "a fast-paced teen heist caper packed with daring plans, mindbending twists, and edge-of-your-seat thrills." 😃 You can pre-order the Kindle version here: www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

#VesuviusDay? Pliny the Younger said 79 CE. But the day & month have been fluid. For a long time we thought 24 Aug. Discovery of a graffiti in 2018 had some scholars guessing 24 Oct. But when Mark Twain visited Pompeii in 1867 he was told 9 Nov & put it in "Innocents Abroad"!

So excited by this new translation of Virgil's Aeneid by Scott McGill & Susannah Wright, w/ intro by the wonderful Emily Wilson. The Aeneid is my fave book from the ancient world & has influenced everything I've written. I'm listening on @audibleuk! 🥰 #Aeneid #Virgil www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

Have you seen my new illustrated handbook to the Greek Gods & Goddesses? It's a hardback, beautifully illustrated by @flaroh.bsky.social and perfect for older kids who love Classics or Ancient History! On offer now: www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

Going to Athens with kids? Take this! www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/... And don't believe them when they tell you the Prison of Socrates was on Philopappos Hill... It was almost certainly in the Athenian Agora and you can still see the most likely ruins today, as any good guide book will tell you.

FREE FAMILY FUN AT THE MITHRAEUM Fri 15 & Sat 16 August 2025 at London's Mithraeum (an ancient temple) & Roman amphitheatre! Kids can compete “quests” and maybe win a prize: a copy of my book The Time Travel Diaries, set in Roman London! Book your FREE place here: www.londonmithraeum.com/events/

Saw Mystery Cult expert Hugh Bowden & archaeologists Louise Fowler & Sophie Jackson for a new installation by janeandlouisewilson.co.uk at the #LondonMithraeum... Sophie told me they need more #archaeologists! Not all for digs in London, some in more rural areas. #BloombergSpace

Just caught up with a great new episode of #CreepyClassics all about the death of Robin Hood! Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c... @classicaljg.bsky.social

The recently uncovered "huge Roman jigsaw that reveals a 2000 year old fresco in London" includes an image of mistletoe which was called bird-lime and used like superglue to catch birds in ancient times. It might have had erotic associations! 🥰 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Teachers! Parents! Kids! Roman-Mysteries-Fans! Check out the demo for this fun forthcoming game set on the last day of Pompeii! #DangerInPompeii #Pompeii #Kids #ComputerGame #RomanMysteries #Amarantus store.steampowered.com/app/3726430/...

The writer of this piece is more articulate than I am! 😁 mosaicdigest.com/caroline-law... #MosaicDigest #Interview #RomanMysteries #PKPinkertonMysteries #TalesFromVirgilsAeneid

"I sing of a dog and a man." A short fictional retelling of Virgil's Aeneid from the point of view of a dog. Perfect for teens or animal lovers studying Latin and/or Virgil's Aeneid. Fab cover art by @flaroh.bsky.social #GCSE #Alevel #Latin #myths www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

Whatever your gender, you will love Achates: Soul of a Hero! 😁 #MythRetelling #CanineNarrator #DogPOV #TrojanWar #Aeneas #Virgil #Vergil #Aeneid #ForTeens www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

So thrilled and grateful for this puff for Pantheon by the amazing Professor Mary Beard. 🥰 And well-deserved praise for the talented Flora Kirk who illustrated it. 💙@flaroh.bsky.social @wmarybeard.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

My playful retelling of Virgil’s Aeneid, from the point of view of Aeneas’s friend "faithful Achates" imagined as a dog, is aimed at teen and YA readers. But if you love myths and animals, you might enjoy it, too. #MythRetelling #TrojanWar #Odyssey #Argus #Homer www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

I just listened to your Ancients podcast on Jason and the Argonauts yesterday. Last night, I bought the Kindle version of your book and watched the Argonauts movie. It was great! I’ve always liked Clash of the Titans, and Ray Harryhausen does amazing work with stop-motion!

#FindsFriday One of most evocative #Roman London finds ever: leopard as ivory knife handle. Tiny little thing <6cm long was buried 3-4 C in Southwark w 14 year old girl who originated from southern med. Inspired @carolawrence.bsky.social time travelling kids' book. 🏺 📷 @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social

Thanks to Laura Jenkinson-Brown for her brilliant review of my latest Virgil retelling, 'Achates: Soul of a Hero'! Read it here: laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/blog-posts/ @greekmythcomix.bsky.social #Virgil #Aeneid #Achates

Just out! The latest in my Tales from Virgil’s Aeneid: Achates: Soul of a Hero. I have cheekily envisaged Aeneas’s sidekick “faithful Achates” as a Molossian hound. It will give readers a totally new perspective on Virgil’s masterpiece. Cover by @flaroh.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

I felt bad about my label for @pompei79.bsky.social in my previous infographic so I've happily made her "Archaeologist Co-creator" for this one! Read (& listen) to the adventures of Amarantus and his Pompeian pals for free: www.cambridgeamarantus.com/story It's Roman history for middle-school kids.

Canine versions of Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius flee burning Troy... What is going on?

A bit of a somber painted limestone funerary stele. This one shows a woman giving birth, which almost certainly tells you how she died. We don't know if the child lived. She's propped up, her torso bare, and has two attendants. 😔 🏺 Greek, late 4th-early 3rd c. BCE, Alexandria. #MetMuseum 📸 me

Thanks to @tristanhughes.bsky.social for letting me gush about one of my fave myths and fave movies on #TheAncients podcast! #JasonAndTheArgonauts podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... (And thanks to @flaroh.bsky.social for illustrating my guide to the gods and goddesses, #Pantheon!)

#RomanBritain #Archaeology👇 www.heritagedaily.com/2025/04/roma...

You can buy the ebook & audio of #AmarantusAndHisNeighbourhood, a story written for middle school kids about a real Pompeian slave who became a freedman, but you can also read (& listen) for free: www.cambridgeamarantus.com/story @greekmythcomix.bsky.social @pompei79.bsky.social

A Roman funerary scene (from just-post the Pompeiian earthquake of 62CE, hence the rubble) that’s appropriate for today. From ‘Amarantus and his Neighbours’, illustrated by me for CSCP and @carolawrence.bsky.social, based on research by @pompei79.bsky.social and others.

April's book is Pantheon by @carolawrence.bsky.social & beautifully illustrated by @flaroh.bsky.social We meet on Sunday 27th April at 7pm (BST), 2pm (EDT) on Zoom. I'll send the Zoom link to the mailing list; make sure you're on it (subscribepage.com/greekorlatinquiz). #Ancientbluesky 📚🏺

Christian Story is a promising new #YouTube channel devoted to Church History & Theology. The first video covers the first 150 years of Christianity with excellent narration and animation. Pliny the Younger gets a nice mention, too. 👏 #PlinyTheYounger #ChurchHistory www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM8G...

An inspirational (& delicious) working breakfast with a friend & writer I admire hugely, Stephen Davies. His middle grade book #AncientEgyptianSleepover is a massive hit with schools but his YA books deserve recognition too! #Egyptians #AncientEgypt stephendavies.co.uk/young-adult/

Just a few of the amazing Classicists at the #Mythica launch last night at Daunts Books. The book by Emily Hauser is wonderful & now available to buy in hardback and kindle! www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

Pantheon is $2.99 with Kindle (US) too!? www.amazon.com/dp/B0CRYM47WM/

FREE audiobooks! Choose one with a beautiful cover by @flaroh.bsky.social They're mythic retellings of stories from Virgil's Aeneid, perfect for reluctant teen readers, those in a hurry or anyone who loves Greek & Roman mythology. Just go to: audiobooksunleashed.com

Arlene and Edith are two powerhouses of classics, especially bringing it to people who haven’t previously had access to it. This is an incredible project of theirs - I’m thrilled it’s going so well! www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

The fragrant Emily Hauser (shown here with Helen of Troy, both beautiful even in bad lighting) tells us about #Cassandra and SO much more, in #TheAncients episode 534. Her forthcoming book #Mythica is going to be a real game-changer! @emilyhauser.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/54G7...

I assumed the title 'Bad Boy of Athens' referred to Alcibiades... but apparently it's Euripides! I can't wait to read these essays by @danielmendelsohn.bsky.social combining pop culture and Classics, two of my fave things. (Three, if you count Mendelsohn! 😊) amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

‘What if we marooned the male cast of Love Island and one of their dads with only a stack of beach towels for clothing, and also they were all psychopaths?’ Read my pal Laura's review of #TheReturn, a new film about Odysseus! 🫣 laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/2025/04/11/t... #Odyssey #MythRetelling #Homer

WOW, these baskets are about 9,500 years old! 🤯 Look like they were made yesterday rather than by hunter-gatherers during the Mesolithic! Made of esparto grass, they were found inside the Cueva de Los Murciélagos (Cave of bats), Spain. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 by me #Archaeology

So much fun to go to a preview screening of #TheReturn at the British Museum. My Odyssey-loving pal @lejenksbrown.bsky.social and I chanced upon 2 legendary curators in the forecourt, Tom Harrison & Irving Finkel. Then the film plus Q&A and a mini-masterclass in acting by Ralph Fiennes!

Comms people - looks like an ace job going at the british academy. As a book person my mind immediately describes the salary as a "six figure deal"...

Attaching a baby to a spear to save its life! What an amazing scene from Virgil’s Aeneid when he tells the tale of Camilla. And one that artists have really struggled to portray! Get the whole story in my short retelling of Camilla’s life and death here: www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

A fast read (or listen) for reluctant or busy teens who love myth retellings. Camilla, Queen of the Silver Arrow is a short, sad tale from Virgil's Aeneid. Now available as an audiobook. #romanmyth #fastread #shortchapters #cliffhangers #femalefriendship #mythology www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

I am so excited that the audiobook of #Camilla is out now! A great companion to my retelling of Nisus & Euryalus and also read by my brother, it's another short & bittersweet retelling of a Roman myth from Virgil's #Aeneid. I have FREE VOUCHERS for anyone who asks. 🧡 www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

This large #Etruscan terracotta figure of Juno Curitis was probably a cult statue, on display within the temple of the goddess' sanctuary at Celle (finished on all sides). Presented as a patrician matron, with a gorgeously patterned peplum, and bejeweled diadem. 🏺 #ancientbluesky ca. 380 BCE. 📸 me

I took a break from the ancient world to write this 4-book series set in the American West in 1862. With a quirky gender-ambiguous kid detective plus cameos by real 'Sagebrush Writers' like Mark Twain & Dan De Quille, it was huge fun to research & write. carolinelawrence.com/series/pinke...

When P.K. Pinkerton flees desperados to a Nevada mining town in 1862, things look bad. But P.K. finds allies in a young reporter named Mark Twain, a gambler called Poker Face Jace & others. Cosy kids’ crime, beautifully read by @patvoicelondon.bsky.social 12+ carolinelawrence.com/series/pinke...

Isn't she beautiful? I love the cover of my retelling of the myth of Camilla. @flaroh.bsky.social shows her in the style of a Greek red-figure vase. Camilla is an Amazon-type virgin huntress from Virgil's Aeneid. Now available as an eBook with audiobook coming soon! www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

Some mythological females (along with some dudes) by @flaroh.bsky.social from #Pantheon, now only £2.99 in Kindle format! All of these fab illustrations are based on vases you can see in the #BritishMuseum. #Hebe #SophilosDinos #Thetis #Peleus #Medusa #Perseus #Hermes #Pantheon #GreekMythology

The hardback of #Pantheon, my handbook to the Greek and Roman gods, beautifully illustrated by @flaroh.bsky.social, usually retails for £22... But currently, over at Amazon UK, the Kindle (eBook) version is only £2.99! www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...