Money novel The Train That Took You Away is on Kindle Countdown at 99p. Treat yourself and ride out #StormEowyn #bookdeals bit.ly/3BJ9plh

5-STAR REVIEW🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟: THE TRAIN THAT TOOK YOU AWAY by Catherine Hokin @cathokin.bsky.social @bookouture.bsky.social 👉THE TRAIN THAT TOOK YOU AWAY features a Jewish mother determined to survive the horrors of the Holocaust so she can find her son. https://buff.ly/4h6J3iJ #bookreview #historical

www.goodreads.com/review/show/... - BOOK TOUR REVIEW - The Train That Took You Away - Catherine Hokin. @cathokin.bsky.social @bookouture.bsky.social #TheTrainThatTookYouAway #HistoricalFiction

'It’s probably fair to say that there are more invisible friends lurking in an author’s study than there are in the average primary school playground.' Creating Characters by author @cathokin.bsky.social Read in full: www.writing.ie/resources/cr... #writerslife @bookouture.bsky.social

The Kindertransport rescue programme was a huge achievement — but not a complete success, says Catherine Hokin. She tells Historia about this and other responses to the refugee crisis before and during WWII. Find out more at historiamag.com/kindertransport-other-responses @cathokin.bsky.social

Getting spoiledby the OH on publication day for The Train that Took You Away from Bookouture, links via my website www.catherinehokin.com

My first novel with Bookouture which really started my writing journey is on offer for a week at 99p/c. It was also the first in a series of beautiful covers bit.ly/41wzNzC #booksky

Just so you know, a raspberry makes a really groovy hairstyle for a Lego figure.

The stalls at Nuremberg's Christmas market were so pretty, I'm considering decorating our ceiling... #Christmasmarkets

That's fantastic...

How are history documentaries made? Why are they produced, what is the filming process, and what exactly are the noddies? Well, read on and I'll reveal all nathenamin.substack.com/p/how-are-hi...

And we're off! Tree is up #christmastree

Does everyone know about Project Gutenberg? E-books for free. The world’s great literature here, with focus on older works for free. Digitized and diligently proofread by thousands of volunteers. Please share.

For anyone in the UK, If you text ‘SHOUT’ to 85258 when you are in a dark place or suicidal, a trained crisis volunteer will text you back. This is great If you find talking on the phone challenging. It’s completely free 24/7. Please Repost, you never know who might need this support

Great night at the Scottish Refugee Council comedy benefit,brilliantly hosted by @marknelsoncomic.bsky.social and topped by the fab @susiemccabecomedy.bsky.social Proud to live in such a welcoming country #noborders

As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚

Fellow authors. The lovely Alison is offering a 1:1 feedback session for #querying writers! Details below ⬇️ #AuthorSky #WriterSky #BookSky

Five Brighton locations which inspired The Secret Photographs by Jacquie Bloese lindasbookbag.com/2024/11/27/f...

You know what would **really** disrupt the publishing industry? Fair contracts and decent pay for authors. No AI training without the creator’s consent. Artists and translators on the cover. No NDAs for ghostwriters.

The Northern Writers' Awards are OPEN for applications. I entered the same book twice: 2018 - got nowhere 2019 - won the Hachette Children's Novel award, got published. Take every roll of the dice you can, cos you never know which one will come up for you! newwritingnorth.com/northern-wri...

Pride and protest: a photographic history of the fight for LGBTQ+ rights

Welcome to the Helensburgh Book Festival, a literary festival on the West coast of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Please give us a follow to keep up to date with all our news, we’ve got some very exciting panels to tell you about! 28th-30th March 2025 💙📚

In The History Sit-Down, I speak with the queen of Anglo-Saxon England, Annie Whitehead, about her work. Listen now: nathenamin.substack.com/p/the-histor...

It’s all in the telling.

I am launching this fabulous, most beautiful book next Thursday evening at The Gutter Bookshop! I have known Ruth forever (really!) - so looking forward to it! Who can join us?! 6.30pm, Thurs 28th November, Templebar. #booklaunch #thebookofgold #sff #romance #printing

Calling my Welsh Bluesky buddies and anyone near Rhiwbina, Cardiff! Next Saturday (30th) is the Rhiwbina Christmas Festival and I'm doing a slot at the library talking all things books! Booking via QR code in picture below. Come along and help me explain why 'Christmas Is Murder'!

WIN a set of Brutalist #Christmas cards Repost and follow me to enter I’ll pick a winner at 9pm tomorrow (Sunday 24 Nov) gailmyerscough.co.uk

Huge thanks to @lindasbookbag.bsky.social for this wonderful post. Celebrating the 25 Novels of Sue Moorcroft: A Home in the Sun lindasbookbag.com/2024/11/24/c...

I like term novelist - it’s sexy and dangerous. Like being a duelist. Obviously, it’s mostly crying and sitting down, but still.

King Charles inherited £650m tax free, gets £125m a year tax free from the tax payer and has an estate worth £22bn that’s never taxed. But he still needed a 45% pay rise. Like if he needs a pay cut. RP if you want the Monarchy gone. #AbolishTheMonarchy

I spoke to Monica Dolan, one of our finest actors IMHO about acting, playing Rose West, picnic eggs and other tangents.

Winter has arrived in Glasgow

I have Clutch tickets, this day is an epic one!!

Draft deadline is looming so obviously my study is immaculate, Christmas cake is made & I'm smashing German grammar

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Each year, the trans community loses too many lives, especially trans women of color, to hate and violence. More than ever, we must stand by our trans family and support them, hold space for them, and insist the scapegoating and targeting stop. Now.

I have put together a starter pack for an author group I'm in. Lovely authors of all flavours and varieties. Like an author multipack. But without the weird chickeny ones that no one ever eats. #booksky #books

I'm doing a virtual event with Northern Gravy (northerngravy.com/who/) on how to land an agent - it's on December 12th and if you fancy it, the price is very reasonable at 7 GBP (about $9)! Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-lan...

Right Said Athelfred.

And very good at it she is

If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up. If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds

👑📚It's tomorrow! The winners of the 2024 HWA Crown Awards will be announced in Historia at 8pm! Hope to see lots of HWA members at the awards party. If you're new, we're a friendly, supportive bunch so come and say hello! www.historiamag.com

And I made you all a playlist to listen to while perusing the Biscuit Connoisseur Starter Pack... 10. Bourbon Jovi 9. Florentina Turner 8. Fleetwood Macaroons 7. HobNob Dylan 6. Viscounting Crows 5. Pearl Jammie Dodger 4. Garibaldi Barlow 3. Oreo Speedwagon 2. Lionel Rich Tea 1. Jaffas on Airplane

It’s fantastic to see @bridportprize.bsky.social and @kitdewaal.bsky.social championing a new prize celebrating older authors 🥳

When I became Julie Mae Cohen and started writing funny #thrillers, I had no idea the genre would explode! But though these books are often packaged similarly, they’re quite different in their messages and approach. Here are a few I’ve read recently (details in replies)

My starter pack of book lovers and bloggers who will go above and beyond for your books! 💙📚 Please share these wonderful people far and wide! go.bsky.app/V4Uv6N5

Ah the old binging Masterchef while eating a cold chicken drumstick and 4 chocolates for dinner

Idea for a crime novel. Someone sets up a starter pack and each name on there are killed off one by one. The remaining people have to team up to work out who the killer is. 💙📚 #booksky

Excellent group to be in, now if someone could just hook me up with a supply of Urban Decay Heavy Metal eyeliner that costs less than a mortgage...

Had a handful of homophobic/transphobic messages here today because I’ve created a Starter Pack supporting LGBTQIA+ writers. Please follow and share this pack to help keep Bluesky the positive place it promises to be. go.bsky.app/UD2Hf7W