👏👏👏to the staff of the Blonde Hedgehog #Alderney for making our #MurderMystery dinner 'Cruising to Disaster' such a success. Delighted to have thriller writer Ruth Ware among our guests. Congratulations to Munchie Choksey for guessing the murderer!

The lovely @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social Ruth Ware (right) with Rachel Abbott at The #Alderney Literary Trust's event on the book launch of The Woman in Suite 11.

Ruth Ware @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social the international bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10 will be in #Alderney to talk about her sequel, The Woman in Suite 11. Join us for a day of talks and a murder mystery dinner on Saturday 8th November. More info at www.alderneyliterarytrust.com/events

We are updating our programme for later this year. In the meantime, watch our video of the 2025 Alderney Literary Festival and our wonderful authors! #AlderneyLitFest 2025 m.youtube.com/watch?v=CNii...

Great write up of the #AlderneyLitFest 2025! A huge thanks to all our lovely guest authors for making this possible. ❤️

If someone stole millions from others to start or improve their business, they would go to jail. End of story. AI should not be the end of our stories.

On way to London to protest Meta's scraping of LibGen to feed their Llama AI. Join @thesocietyofauthors 1.30 in Granary Square, King's X to add your voice! Sign the SoA petition at change.org (or sign again if u didn't get conf email) - it's at 9k sigs now, let's get it to 10k by lunchtime!

Well, that’s a first! Never featured in an in-flight magazine before… For Alderney Lit Fest 🥰 Alongside all the other marvellous writers at the Festival. @aurigny.bsky.social @quercusbooks.bsky.social @alderneylit.bsky.social

I've had the most marvelous weekend at @alderneylit.bsky.social #AlderneyLitFest 2025. Something magic happens when our guest authors click together and with our festival-goers. It makes all the hard work worthwhile. ❤️ To our authors! Thanks so much for coming to #Alderney.

Our closing session of this festival is a panel discussion with the fabulous @lavietidhar.bsky.social, the incredible @ellenalpsten.bsky.social and fantastic Anna Abney/Madeline Dewhurst. #AlderneyLitFest 2025

To open our final day of this fabulous festival is @florajowriter.bsky.social. Flora Johnston takes us through the lives of her characters and we explore not only the global decision making but the impact of the trauma of war on individuals and the ongoing quest for peace. #AlderneyLitFest 2025

Finding a gull’s nest in Hitler’s Atlantic Wall… A clip from an interview for the wonderful #AlderneyLitFest, about what makes it special to talk about the #SecondWorldWar on this #ChannelIsland…

Last but not least, fantastic author today is Anna Abney explains her approach to writing historical fiction, how she researches the background to her novels and how the characters and plots grow out of that research. #AlderneyLitFest 2025

Our delightful penultimate author @ellenalpsten.bsky.social Historical Novelist Ellen Alpsten discusses the journey of history’s hidden heroines, who inspire her.

First up this afternoon is our very own Rachel Abbott in conversation with the fabulous @elenikwriter.bsky.social. They discuss Eleni’s research and writing of her novel, The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou based on the true story of the penultimate woman to be hanged in Britain. #AlderneyLitFest

A huge thank you to Polygon Collective for their generous sponsorship of the #AlderneyLitFest 2025. Your support helps us bring together brilliant authors, passionate readers, and thought-provoking conversations on our tiny Island. #AlderneyLitFest

At Alderney Lit Fest, having an amazing time talking about The Fates! Packed with enthusiastic readers & writers💜 … not to mention the beautiful island itself✨ @alderneylit.bsky.social @quercusbooks.bsky.social #alderneylitfest

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Our delightful penultimate author @ellenalpsten.bsky.social Historical Novelist Ellen Alpsten discusses how to write a gripping and believable historical fiction novel. #AlderneyLitFest 2025

Next up today is @lavietidhar.bsky.social in conversation with Tony Riches. Lavie discussed the research involved in uncovering and following multiple historical strands, from travel journals and spy memoirs to documentaries and obscure Egyptian movies #AlderneyLitFest 2025.

Another fabulous day here at the #AlderneyLitFest 2025. We kick off Day 2 with the fabulous Lesley Downer who will talk briefly about the issues and challenges of dealing with history in these different ways, focussing on her newest book, The Shortest History of Japan, which pulls it all together.

Thank you @alderneylit.bsky.social for such a stellar welcome to #AlderneyLitFest ✨✨✨

An enormous thank you to our talk sponsor Gower, who are long time sponsors of the #AlderneyLitFest ❤️

A huge thanks to our talk sponsor Alderney Electricity, who has supported the #AlderneyLitFest since its beginning in 2013!

To wrap up the first brilliant day full of fabulous people, is the amazing @claremulley.bsky.social. Clare Mulley brings Agent Zo, a forgotten heroine back to life, transforming the way we see women’s agency in the Second World War. #AlderneyLitFest 2025

The afternoon kicks off with Jason Monaghan interviewing debut author Leo Vardiashvili on his narrative of war and exile, and the toll it takes on family. #AlderneyLitfest 2025

Catching up with #AlderneyLitFest 2025's earlier talks. The fantastic @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social with her re-imagining and re-telling of the Green myth of the Fates!

Last talk of today - Clare Mulley on her latest book, Agent Zo. #AlderneyLitFest 2025

All our authors have arrived! No more changes to our programme. Currently speaking is @simon-scarrow.bsky.social on the historical background to the late 1930s German police for his Berlin series. #AlderneyLitFest 2025

Change to #AlderneyLitFest 2025 Programme* - Opening Talk - "Not Where you thought". A historical saga famous for over 2,000 years...Anthony Riches challenges what we know about it and you get to vote - keep the accepted version or rethink it? www.alderneyliterarytrust.com/anthony-riches

#AlderneyLitFest 2025 begins with with a typical #Alderney welcome...the weather! We welcomed @anthonyriches.bsky.social , @rosiegarlandwriter.bsky.social, @claremulley.bsky.social and @simon-scarrow.bsky.social this evening while the other guest authors are delayed in England. 🤞 tomorrow.

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I find this YouGov survey outcome staggering 40% of Brits haven’t read a single book in the past year & just 23% have read > ten. Per @samfr.bsky.social :-In reality it’s probably fewer given the tendency to exaggerate positive characteristics in self-reported polls. yougov.co.uk/entertainmen...

This time next week I'll be in #Alderney for #AlderneyLitFest! I'm so looking forward to exploring the island, meeting readers and fellow writers, taking part in a book club and speaking about #TheParisPeacemakers (with a wee bit of #TheEndeavourofElsieMackay).

Just over a week to go to #AlderneyLitFest! While the Festival talks are sold out, there are still tickets available for the Book Clubs. You can order your free tickets online or pick them up from the Alderney Visitor Centre. www.alderneyliterarytrust.com/festival-boo...

Less than a month to go to the #Alderney Literary Festival 28-30 March. We are sold out, but If you still want to visit our gorgeous little island, we have six book clubs with some of our guest authors that you can attend. Tickets available here www.alderneyliterarytrust.com/festival-boo...

Clare Mulley will be holding a book club at The Georgian House Saturday 29 March 3-4pm. Her talk at the Alderney Literary Festival is sold out, so this will be the only opportunity you have to meet and chat to her about her book. Tickets (free) from Alderney Visitor Center. #AlderneyLitFest

OMG, 2 months to go to #AlderneyLitFest and we are sold out! This is not good. I mean, this is great! But we have so many people on waitlists for tickets! We need a bigger island. www.alderneyliterarytrust.com

And @florajowriter.bsky.social will also be hosting a #BookClub at #AlderneyLitFest on her book #TheParisPeacemakers. Saurday 29 March @The Georgian House. Tickets are free from www.alderneyliterarytrust.com/flora-johnston

Our 4th #bookclub for #AlderneyLitFest is Rosie Garland's The Fates - a magical retelling of the Greek legend. Saturday 29 March. All our book clubs are free but you need to reserve a space. www.alderneyliterarytrust.com/rosie-garland

Our 3rd book for #AlderneyLitFest book club is Leo Vardiashvili's debut 'Hard by a Great Forest' - a tale inspired by the author's experience of immigration, home, and family in eastern Europe. Sat, 29 March #Alderney www.alderneyliterarytrust.com/leo-vardiashvili

Am so looking forward to this - thank you #AlderneyLitFest for having me! @headofzeus.bsky.social

6 clubs on the Island are running #BookClubs during #AlderneyLitFest. Interested in Japan? Then join @lesleydowner.bsky.social for coffee, cake, and a discussion of her book on Friday, 28 March on the lovely Channel Island of #Alderney. www.alderneyliterarytrust.com/lesley-downer

Our second #AlderneyLitFest Book Club is 'The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou' with Eleni Kyriacou @elenikwriter.bsky.social on Friday, 28 March. Eleni will be in conversation with Rachel Abbot on Saturday, 29th March but that event is sold out. www.alderneyliterarytrust.com/eleni-kyriacou

Remember @stephmerritt.bsky.social 'Alchemy' from the 2024 #AlderneyLitFest? You'll love her forthcoming book then, the start of a new series spin-off.

In epic crap social media, I finally managed to post the correct video with the correct link on the third attempt, so if you want to make a rather frazzled author feel better, then please order my book 💚 💚 💚

Delighted to welcome loads of followers from Facebook! Also to confirm that on the 20th January, we permanently deleted our X account. Welcome to Bluesky!

On Facebook, scammers are selling tickets of the litfest that they do not have. I reported their posts & Facebook has responded that they are not violating community standards. This is what Facebook has become. #FacebookScam

Great coverage of the #Alderneylitfest 28-30 March #History #HistoricalFiction