4 quirky teams for #KidsBookFriday: The Roman Mysteries series by @carolawrence.bsky.social Brightstorm series by Vashti Hardy All The Things That Could Go Wrong by Stewart Foster The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo

Ready for tomorrow? Learn how to celebrate New Year's Day the Roman way! flavias.blogspot.com/2011/12/anci... #AncientRomanNewYear #Ovid #Fasti #Janus #TenThings #HappyNewYear #Happy2026

Was toothache a disability in ancient times? Having a club foot? Neurodivergence? OCD? Physical deformity? I have instances of all these in my children's books & more! Join our discussion tomorrow. FREE. Sign up here: forms.office.com/pages/respon... #WeAreUoN

Please join our discussion about disability in children’s literature set in ancient Greece & Rome on Thurs 20 Nov from 5-7pm. It’s free & all are welcome. forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Was Virgil's Aeneas a Faithful or a Traitor? His epithets tell us... or DO they? 😉 www.youtube.com/shorts/1HLWv... #aeneid #pietas #Aeneas #epithets #Homer #Virgil #Virgil #pius #faithful #traitor #Alevels #Latin #revision #fun

Shoutout to the Classics Library at Senate House in our latest #VirgilsAeneidPodcast, in which we discuss whether Aeneas was a pious #Faithful or a #CelebrityTraitor! youtu.be/fmZZI5NtBbQ?...

Are you #TeamDido or #TeamAeneas? Or do you thing it's not that easy? Have a listen to the latest podcast on #VirgilsAeneid via the #ClassicsPodcast and let me know what you think! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Thanks to everyone at @butserancientfarm.co.uk for letting me play in your ancient world! And thanks to @greekmythcomix.bsky.social for taking such fab photos! 🥰 #ButserBookFest #ButserAncientFarm #RomanBritain #IronAgeBritain #TheRomanMysteries #TheRomanQuests #SpongeStick #AncientRomanToiletPaper

So excited to be sharing #WritingTips at #ButserBookFest tomorrow. A #PlotStructure formula simple enough for a 7-year-old but powerful enough for a 70-year-old... I'm in the Old Saxon Meadhall from 1pm - 2pm More info here: www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/bookfest-202...

Happy Birthday, Virgil! Here is our gift to you, our latest podcast, a true labour of love... podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...?

Which cover do you prefer? I love them both! I'll be talking about my 2nd Roman Quest book, The Archers of Isca, at the #ButserBookFest this Sat 18 Oct 2025 from 1-2pm @butserancientfarm.co.uk More info here: www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/bookfest-202...? #RomanQuests #HistFictForKids

LOOK AT THIS LINEUP! Speakers at the #LythamStAnnesClassicalAssociation lecture lineup. It’s super reasonable to join and if you can’t make it to that part of the country all the talks are recorded for viewing in the comfort of your own home. More info here: lsaclassics.com/join-us/

So excited to be doing a writing workshop at @butserancientfarm.co.uk this Saturday 18 Oct 2025 from 1-2pm. Sharing artefacts and top tips. Lots of other great authors and events at the #ButserBookFest Info here: www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/bookfest-202...

Thrilled to announce there is finally an audiobook of Escape from Rome, the first in my #RomanQuests series, a sequel to #TheRomanMysteries! Have a sample listen here: www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FSFZ4RLR?

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...