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Suzy Henderson @suzyhenderson.bsky.social · 19h

Witches, war, and espionage collide in 1940s Cambridge.

"A beautifully written historical fantasy that brings a unique twist to the WWII era."

mybook.to/HerDarkestHour

#historicalfantasy #womensfiction #WW2 #histfic

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Suzy Henderson @suzyhenderson.bsky.social · 23h

Read on #KU
A journalist. A millionaire. A love torn by war. When France falls, Nancy joins the Resistance, helping soldiers escape, but the Gestapo are watching.

"What an incredible story!"

mybook.to/madamefiocca

eBook/Paperback/Audio
#HistoricalFiction #womensfiction #WW2

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Suzy Henderson @suzyhenderson.bsky.social · 1d

"Totally unputdownable!"

B-17 pilot John Mackenzie faces loss with every mission, edging closer to the brink. Then he meets Stella. Can love pull him through, or will war tear them apart?

mybook.to/thebeautyshop

#histfic #readingcommunity #HistoricalRomance #WW2

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Suzy Henderson @suzyhenderson.bsky.social · 1d

📚✨ The Shadow Code — A WWII historical thriller, packed with espionage, betrayal, and buried secrets.
Inspired by a true story & real heroes.

mybook.to/TheShadowCode

#TheShadowCode #histfic #KU #Booktok #womensfiction

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Murph's Images @murphsimages.bsky.social · 8d

Early autumn at Wasdale Head Farm in the Lake District. #Calm #Autumn #fall #LakeDistrict #Wasdale #WasdaleHead #Water #Wastwater #landscape #Photography

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 1d

Mum and Dad reached Danby Wiske today, a longish but fairly flat stage. After tomorrow they'll be passing into the North York Moors after having crossed the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales. Beautiful country

My Dad walking along a stony path curving around a hillside and passing a stone cottage, seen from behind. Limestone hills in the distance and a sky of mixed white and grey cloud amid patches of blue

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 2d

Autumn on Derwent Water, Lake District, as in the 1960s, painting by Trevor Mitchell. #NorthernArt

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 2d

Boats and sunset on Windermere, Lake District.
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Glow
#LakeDistrict
#Autumn
#Reflection
#Photography
#Sunsets

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SF Layzell @sflayzell.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Bookshop Day! Last week I visited my book Cottonopolis at radical booksellers Housmans nr Kings Cross London. If only I could stretch big enough to hug the whole shop.

If you're after a historical LGBTQ novel for readers young and old, find it here ❤️🏳️‍🌈
housmans.com/product/cott...

Image shows the front window of a small but perfectly formed bookshop. There is a book trolley in the foreground, and behind the book trolley is a smiling person in a blue coat, stretching their arms wide to showcase the window display.

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Liam Hogan @liamjhogan.bsky.social · 2d

It is not too late, on this, #BookshopDay, to wander into your local bookshop (be it chain or otherwise) and order a copy of A Short History of the Future: 42 retro themed #sci-fi short stories, including some award winnners. From @northodoxpress.bsky.social, promoting Northern writers.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Got a question about publishing you've always wanted answered? Well now's your chance!

#AuthorTalk #WritingCommunity #Manchester

@aknighton.bsky.social ky.social @emmasternerradley.bsky.social @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
@alethearlyons.bsky.social
@urmstonbooks.bsky.social

Background graphic of a printing press. Urmston Books and BFS logos on either side of the title.
Three author photos beneath title plus the compass emblem for Northodox Press
Text:
The British Fantasy Society & Urmston Books & Board Games
“Paths to Publication”
Keith Dickinson, Andrew Knighton, Emma Sterner-Radley, Northodox Press
Wednesday 22nd October, 7pm, Urmston Books, 72 Flixton Road, M41 5AB
Tickets £5
https://www.urmstonbooks.co.uk/paths-to-publication

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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 2d

Massive thanks if you came by for Bookshop Day in Glossop today!

We had a great day with our authors, chatting to people, selling books and scoffing chocolate!

We encourage everyone in the area to visit the fantastic Dark Peak Books 😍

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 2d

My weekend so far - interviewing @caimhmc.bsky.social at Leeds Waterstones, marching in support of immigrants with the Prof (and 3000 other Leeds folks), and tackling our first potato harvest. Time very well spent.

Two authors sitting on front of an audience in a bookshop - C K McDonnell and Andrew Knighton.

Two people smiling for the camera, one of them holding a "refugees welcome" sign, with other demonstrators visible behind them.

Rows of potatoes laid out on a garage floor.

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Liam Hogan @liamjhogan.bsky.social · 2d

"For Remembrance": In the aftermath of a war, a squad of soldiers investigates reports of a psychic. It takes one to know one.
Pre-order @bulletpoints.bsky.social #11 now, to get it on release day! 16 military #Sci-Fi stories!

www.amazon.co.uk/Bullet-Point...

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Rue Baldry @ruebaldry.bsky.social · 1d

This looks like such a good book! I can’t wait to read it

Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 1d

🚨RELEASE WEEK🚨

Have you been enjoying our historical fiction this year? Well, this Thursday, we have a new addition to our powerful and poignant stories of yesteryear!

Check out Stephen Wade's brilliant WW2 drama, Trials of the Heart, here:
share.google/XynFRZKbKtCi...

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Dominic Piper @dominicpiper.bsky.social · 1d

Acid Yellow. Dominic Piper.

"Don't let a perfume loving detective put you off - Beckett is hard core and dishes out real justice. I was a cop for 30 years and can fully relate to these books."

mybook.to/AcidYellow

#MustRead #DanielBeckett #PrivateInvestigator #Standalone #London #DetectiveFiction

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BadRedhead Media, LLC / Rachel Thompson / RachelintheOC @badredheadmedia.bsky.social · 1d

💥🎧 How to Sell and Market Your #Audiobook: Tips for Authors Ready to Be Heard | @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social via Substack https://geni.us/MarketAudiobooks

If you've produced an audiobook, you're not done when the last word is recorded. Now your marketing journey begins.

#MondayBlogs

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G. Lawrence 📚💙📚💙📚 @glawrence.bsky.social · 1d

Daughter of the nobility, cousin to a fallen Queen, Catherine Howard survives a dangerous childhood, forging a path to the #Tudor Court...

Shadow of Persephone
£1.99 or #Free #KindleUnlimited!

#Histfic #KU #Booksky #Tudor 📚💙📚💙📚

Also available in #audiobook

www.amazon.co.uk/Shadow-Perse...

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Suzy Henderson @suzyhenderson.bsky.social · 1d

B-17 pilot John Mackenzie faces loss with every mission, edging closer to the brink. Then he meets Stella. Can love pull him through, or will war tear them apart?

mybook.to/thebeautyshop

#histfic #readingcommunity #HistoricalRomance #WW2

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Suzy Henderson @suzyhenderson.bsky.social · 1d

#NewRelease📚 Book 3 Heroes of War Series
✨ The Shadow Code — A WWII historical thriller, packed with espionage, betrayal, and buried secrets.

mybook.to/TheShadowCode

#TheShadowCode #histfic #KU #Booksky #Booktok #womensfiction

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Suzy Henderson @suzyhenderson.bsky.social · 2d

Read on #KU
A journalist. A millionaire. A love torn by war. When France falls, Nancy joins the Resistance, helping soldiers escape, but the Gestapo are watching.

"What an incredible story!"

mybook.to/madamefiocca

eBook/Paperback/Audio
#HistoricalFiction #womensfiction #WW2

Suzy Henderson @suzyhenderson.bsky.social · 2d

They called them "cunning women". Healers. Herbalists. Midwives. Women who listened to the land. By 1939, most thought their magic was gone. War will prove them wrong.
The old ways are still alive & she’s about to awaken them.

mybook.to/HerDarkestHour
#histfic #historicalfantasy

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Suzy Henderson @suzyhenderson.bsky.social · 2d

Heroes of War Series Book1

B-17 pilot John Mackenzie faces loss with every mission, edging closer to the brink. Then he meets Stella. Can love pull him through, or will war tear them apart?

mybook.to/thebeautyshop

#histfic #readingcommunity #HistoricalRomance #WW2

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Suzy Henderson @suzyhenderson.bsky.social · 3d

England, 1939. A war is coming. And in the shadows, a secret resistance of witches stirs.

"A fresh and powerful take on the period. Highly recommended." 5-Stars

#histfic #witchlit #WW2 #folklore #Fantasy
mybook.to/HerDarkestHour

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Suzy Henderson @suzyhenderson.bsky.social · 3d

📚✨ The Shadow Code — A gripping WWII historical thriller, packed with espionage, betrayal, and buried secrets.
Inspired by a true story & real heroes.

mybook.to/TheShadowCode

#TheShadowCode #histfic #KU #Booksky #womensfiction

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