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'Glorious. A completely fresh approach to history. Made me want to go on a grand tour' @jonnelledge.bsky.social Bestselling author Dan Jones returns with #CastlesBook: a gripping history of the world told through over 3000 years of iconic strongholds. Out today: https://geni.us/DJCastles

Author @paulkenyontv.bsky.social on China's involvement in Africa, from first contact with the wildlife to Huawei infrastructure: this is the story of a seizure of a continent, covered in his new book #ChinasAfricanEmpire Read more: https://shorturl.at/9JtH4 Buy now: amzn.to/4rPFkfv

Midsummer Dreams at Mill Grange... Thea Thomas needs to get away from her old life... When she lands a job heading up the restoration of Mill Grange, it feels like the perfect opportunity to start afresh. #romcom #feelgood #exmoor @headofzeus.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/Midsummer-Dr...

#HowToBuildASpitfire by David Price tells the story of the ups & down of an ambitious project to recreate an icon of British aviation, with a historical narrative of the plane itself. Think WWII crossed with The Repair Shop🛩️ Now in Kindle Monthly Deals: https://geni.us/HTBASPBorgsoc

Author Christopher Ruocchio, rounds off his #SunEater series with #SongsOfTheSunEater, a collection of 13 short stories and a never-before-seen novelette set in the universe of Hadrian Marlowe. Now available to request on @netgalley.bsky.social Learn more: https://shorturl.at/UvzOn

Seamus O’Mahony debunks 6 myths of longevity from his new book #TheLongevityDelusion, which cuts through pseudo-scientific nonsense to take down an industry for deluded celebrities and billionaires Read more: https://shorturl.at/Z8Y8o Buy now: https://geni.us/TLDorgsoc

'Dungan knows his history, he also knows how to tell a story' @rte.ie #ThePlotAgainstIreland by @mylesdungan.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social history book of the year at the @irishbookawards.bsky.social Buy now: https://shorturl.at/Rhbdj

Surrounded, outnumbered and outgunned, the resistance cannot hold out. #TheForeverDead: the thrilling conclusion to @birmo.bsky.social epic sci-fi adventure, #TheCruelStars trilogy, Out now: https://geni.us/TFDorgsoc

Through 42 different tales, @rdawkins.bsky.social reveals the fundamental truths behind even the most unfathomable animal behaviours #42TalesFromLife A witty and insightful menagerie of animal tales from the eminent writer @RichardDawkins Pre-order now: https://geni.us/42TFLorgsoc

'Vivid, entertaining, timely, erudite. A deep and unflinching exploration of China's long and uneasy relationship with Africa' Andrew Harding #ChinasAfricanEmpire from the bestselling author of #Dictatorland @paulkenyontv.bsky.social Out now: https://amzn.to/4rPFkfv

Looking for an author to devour this spooky season? A.M. Shine writes masterful tales of horror and suspense 👻 Shop his latest novel #Grace now 👉 https://amzn.to/4yXgVrl

"China has, under our noses, achieved a new type of imperial power: digital colonialism." My piece for the @dailyexpressnews.bsky.social today. "The African states hungriest for Chinese surveillance are often the most authoritarian, and the most hostile to our values and our way of life." 🫣

'A rollicking gallop through five millennia of humankind's efforts to wall societies in' @thetimes.com Bestselling author Dan Jones returns with #CastlesBook: a gripping history of the world told through over 3000 years of iconic strongholds. Out now: https://geni.us/DJCastles

Thriller set on a secluded GREEK ISLAND Her Perfect Escape by Rachel Wolf www.tripfiction.com/thriller-set... "..all kinds of wealthy facets to colour this story of luxury lives unravelling.." @headofzeus.bsky.social (Aries) #GREECE #blueskybooks #booksky

They think they've killed the last of us... #TheChildrenOfGodAndFightingMen by @shaunalawless.bsky.social the first in a gripping historical fantasy series intertwining Irish mythology with medieval history. Now in Kindle Daily Deals: https://shorturl.at/gPyiJ

This is a book to learn from, to delight in, and to treasure. #42TalesFromLife A witty and insightful menagerie of animal tales from the eminent writer @rdawkins.bsky.social, illustrated with Ernst Haeckel’s colourful and intricate drawings Pre-order now: https://geni.us/42TFLorgsoc

#AthensAndSparta by Adrian Goldsworthy an exploration of 2 opposing cities, examining politics & war in the ancient world. 'Packed with intrigue and the politics of empire, revolution, and war' @nytimes.com Now in Kindle Monthly Deals: https://geni.us/AASorgsoc

'Livingston very bravely challenges the accepted narrative of the Hundred Years War - and its many myths. The best single-volume history of the Hundred Years War' Prof. Kelly DeVries #TheTwoHundredYearsWar by Michael Livingston (@michaellivingston.com) Out now: https://geni.us/TTHYWPBorgsoc

Diwrnod Sumae hapus! As both a Cymraeg and harp learner I thought I'd try performing one of Taliesin's praise poems for Uryen of Rheged who ruled what is now Cumbria during the late 6th century. It is called Gwaith Argoed Llwyfain.

Perfect start to a Saturday morning.

👻 Ghosts, missing mothers, family secrets - and sisters behaving badly. At #OzLitFestival, Kathy Lette, Evie Wyld and Intan Paramaditha take on the dark, funny and unsettling side of family life in A Family Haunting. Grab tickets now! https://bit.ly/4dyZ9Cf

With weight of numbers, the Sturm's Fleet of the Human Republic are driving deeper into the network of worlds they were exiled from centuries ago. #TheForeverDead, the conclusion to @birmo.bsky.social epic sci-fi adventure #TheCruelStars Out today: https://geni.us/TFDorgsoc

Three great new books that you can pick up today! 📚⭐ 🎲 Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife by Martin Edwards 💫 The Forever Dead by John Birmingham 📖 China's African Empire by Paul Kenyon Available online and in all good bookshops now! #newbooks

'Expansive, provocative and impressively researched' @peterfrankopan.bsky.social It's publication day for #ChinasAfricanEmpire from the bestselling author of #Dictatorland @paulkenyontv.bsky.social Out today: https://amzn.to/4rPFkfv

"One of the tasks of the historian is to comb through the historical darkness” Listen to an extract of 'Liverpool: A Story of Britain' by @samwetherell.bsky.social and discover why it is a #WolfsonHistoryPrize shortlisted book! @headofzeus.bsky.social 🎧 bit.ly/4h7RaOE

A connection that's more than supernatural emerges in this sparkling romantic comedy 🧡 Out today, Entities to Lovers by @mallorymarlowewrites is perfect for fans of rivals to lovers, forced proximity and spooky stories 👻 Find out more here: https://bit.ly/4B2KHw5

The fantastic new book by Dan Jones simply called ‘Castles- A Fortified History of the World’ has now been added to my library! @headofzeus.bsky.social

'Dragons... Unique magic systems... Political intrigue... If you would enjoy a lively mix of those ingredients, then this book is for you.' @robinhobb.bsky.social #AGodOfCountlessGuises by Bradley P. Beaulieu Out now: https://amzn.to/4pyq2t4

This is history discovered by walking it. Check out the cover for #MakingTracks by @charlieconnelly.bsky.social, a book that uncovers the hidden, itinerant history of Britain, bringing to life the people who lived on its roads, waterways and margins. Pre-order now: https://geni.us/MakTcovrev

Our #ShortlistSpotlight series continues with 'Liverpool: A Story of Britain' by @samwetherell.bsky.social, another remarkable work shortlisted for the 2026 #WolfsonHistoryPrize. Congratulations to Sam Wetherell and @headofzeus.bsky.social 🎊

The search for a world in which old age is a curable disease, and death is optional, unites billionaires, politicians and celebrities. Seamus O’Mahony cuts through pseudoscience in this takedown of the longevity industry Out now: https://geni.us/TLDorgsoc

#DavidHockneyAnArtistForLife by Paul Morley offers a fresh and captivating portrait of an artist who has never stopped looking, questioning and creating. Now available on @netgalley.bsky.social Request it now: https://bit.ly/4ibiE6e

A final stand that will demand the ultimate sacrifice... and extreme violence. #TheForeverDead the thrilling conclusion to @birmo.bsky.social epic sci-fi adventure, #TheCruelStars trilogy, Pre-order now: https://geni.us/TFDorgsoc

Featuring interviews @captmarkkelly.bsky.social Dan Crenshaw @mikiesherrill.bsky.social @govwesmoore.bsky.social Todd Young @bryanfitzpatrick.bsky.social @sethmoulton.bsky.social John James @repdonbacon.bsky.social @golden.house.gov #CourageCanSaveUs by Rye Barcott: https://geni.us/CCSUorgsoc

'He's done it again! Livingston upends our traditional understanding of history, while simultaneously telling a cracking tale' @thehistoryguy.bsky.social #TheTwoHundredYearsWar by Michael Livingston @michaellivingston.com Out today: https://geni.us/TTHYWPBorgsoc

‘Jones’ prose hums with energy’ @telegraph.co.uk Bestselling author Dan Jones returns with #CastlesBook: a gripping history of the world told through over 3000 years of iconic strongholds. Out tomorrow: https://geni.us/DJCastles

'A sprawling fantastical romp through a mystical land that crafts a unique set of magics, this really is one to get your dragon's teeth into' @scifinow.bsky.social #AGodOfCountlessGuises by Bradley P. Beaulieu Out now: https://amzn.to/4pyq2t4

'A brilliant panoramic, punchy account of a major geopolitical development' Jonathan Fenby #ChinasAfricanEmpire from the bestselling author of #Dictatorland @paulkenyontv.bsky.social Pre-order now: https://amzn.to/4rPFkfv

#TheQueensPirate by Iain Gately, a biography of Elizabethan seafarer Thomas Cavendish, from his triumphant circumnavigation of the world to his ill-fated final voyage, now available on @netgalley.bsky.social Request it now: https://bit.ly/4fu8b4s

In #42TalesFromLife, the world’s greatest popular science writer @rdawkins.bsky.social takes us through a menagerie of tales about how animals have evolved into such intricately beautiful, intriguing forms. Now available to request on @netgalley.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4rOZ3MC

Has the Palleseen fight to impose perfection on a magical world reached a breaking point? Check out the cover for #TheGraveOfPerfection, the last Vol in Adrian Tchaikovsky's @aptshadow.bsky.social #TyrantPhilosophers Buy now at @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4AILTVl

'#TheLongevityDelusion is brilliant - essential reading for both young and old' @drhenrymarsh.bsky.social Seamus O’Mahony cuts through pseudoscience in this takedown of the longevity industry Pre-order now: https://geni.us/TLDorgsoc

37 stories, more than 600 pages, the ultimate collection of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s (@aptshadow.bsky.social) short(er) fiction. #TheBestOfArianTchaikovsky is now available on @netgalley.bsky.social Request it now: https://bit.ly/4hZ6LQQ

'A riveting page-turner that brilliantly revises centuries of history' Bernard Cornwell #TheTwoHundredYearsWar by Michael Livingston @michaellivingston.com a new and radically original account of the longest military conflict in European history. Pre-order now: https://geni.us/TTHYWPBorgsoc

📕 Following along in the wake of The @scifiscavenger.bsky.social I’ve today made a start on “The Cruel Stars” by @birmo.bsky.social and @headofzeus.bsky.social Met the calm Lieutenant, the grumpy old boy, and now a gang with the cold head 😳 📚🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky #ReaderSky 🦋

👻 Ghosts, missing mothers, family secrets - and sisters behaving badly. At #OzLitFestival, Kathy Lette, Evie Wyld and Intan Paramaditha take on the dark, funny and unsettling side of family life in A Family Haunting. Grab tickets now! https://bit.ly/4dyZ9Cf

‘One of our liveliest historians’ @theobserveruk.bsky.social Bestselling author Dan Jones returns with #CastlesBook: a gripping history of the world told through over 3000 years of iconic strongholds. Pre-order now: https://geni.us/DJCastles

Discover #GaelSong by @shaunalawless.bsky.social, her epic historical fantasy series set in the tumultuous, magical world of medieval Ireland. Era: II, the second series arc, features: #DaughterOfTheOtherworld and #SonOfTheSerpent Shop now: https://shorturl.at/yGe87