David Gladwin
@dlgladwin.bsky.social
My novella Coldwell is published by Road Song - https://roadsongbooks.com/product/coldwell/
Environmental modernism:
Wensum Literary Magazine https://wensumlit.co.uk/issue-4-autumn-2023/
Further exploring:
Echtrai http://anmorstudio.uk
Environmental modernism:
Wensum Literary Magazine https://wensumlit.co.uk/issue-4-autumn-2023/
Further exploring:
Echtrai http://anmorstudio.uk
Literary delivery from @roadsongbooks.bsky.social.
The new novella by Alan Edward Roberts.
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The new novella by Alan Edward Roberts.
Gentle November is available to order right now.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Literary delivery from @roadsongbooks.bsky.social.
The new novella by Alan Edward Roberts.
Gentle November is available to order right now.
roadsongbooks.com/product/gent...
The new novella by Alan Edward Roberts.
Gentle November is available to order right now.
roadsongbooks.com/product/gent...
Coldwell - Related Works 5: The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth (2014). Set in the years after the Norman Conquest, this novel is written in what Kingsnorth calls a "shadow tongue" - a modern rendering of Old English. At once distancing and involving, like Will Coldwell's narrative in my novella.
November 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Coldwell - Related Works 5: The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth (2014). Set in the years after the Norman Conquest, this novel is written in what Kingsnorth calls a "shadow tongue" - a modern rendering of Old English. At once distancing and involving, like Will Coldwell's narrative in my novella.
Interesting and possibly unique copy of Coldwell, featuring some inside pages from Secret Princesses Book 2: Dolphin Adventure by Rosie Banks.
Can only hope there's not an opposite copy somewhere, with Coldwell inside the covers of Rosie's book.
Can only hope there's not an opposite copy somewhere, with Coldwell inside the covers of Rosie's book.
November 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Interesting and possibly unique copy of Coldwell, featuring some inside pages from Secret Princesses Book 2: Dolphin Adventure by Rosie Banks.
Can only hope there's not an opposite copy somewhere, with Coldwell inside the covers of Rosie's book.
Can only hope there's not an opposite copy somewhere, with Coldwell inside the covers of Rosie's book.
Coldwell - Related Works 4: Grendel by John Gardner (1972). Beowulf retold from the monster's existentialist perspective. A new take on a familiar tale which prefigures the retelling of the Eyam plague in Coldwell. As with Owd Jack, Grendel can see through the human society he observes and opposes.
November 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Coldwell - Related Works 4: Grendel by John Gardner (1972). Beowulf retold from the monster's existentialist perspective. A new take on a familiar tale which prefigures the retelling of the Eyam plague in Coldwell. As with Owd Jack, Grendel can see through the human society he observes and opposes.
Bit harsh, was my first thought.
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Bit harsh, was my first thought.
Writing advice from musicians - an occasional series.
"Play what you know, and play above what you know.” Miles Davis.
"Play what you know, and play above what you know.” Miles Davis.
November 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Writing advice from musicians - an occasional series.
"Play what you know, and play above what you know.” Miles Davis.
"Play what you know, and play above what you know.” Miles Davis.
Also working on edits in a novel set 330 years later than Coldwell, but also in Derbyshire.
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Also working on edits in a novel set 330 years later than Coldwell, but also in Derbyshire.
Coldwell - Related Works 3: The Terror of Blue John Gap by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in The Strand Magazine (1910) and collected in Tales of Terror and Mystery (1922).
Limestone caves have inspired many writers, and characters such as Will Coldwell, who hears the subterranean voice of Owd Jack.
Limestone caves have inspired many writers, and characters such as Will Coldwell, who hears the subterranean voice of Owd Jack.
November 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Coldwell - Related Works 3: The Terror of Blue John Gap by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in The Strand Magazine (1910) and collected in Tales of Terror and Mystery (1922).
Limestone caves have inspired many writers, and characters such as Will Coldwell, who hears the subterranean voice of Owd Jack.
Limestone caves have inspired many writers, and characters such as Will Coldwell, who hears the subterranean voice of Owd Jack.
Coldwell - Related Works 2: The History of Myddle by Richard Gough (1834).
The language of the late 17th Century CE had its vagaries and peculiarities. The two extracts here highlight the spelling conventions which can be distancing for modern readers.
By contrast, Will Coldwell has his own grammar.
The language of the late 17th Century CE had its vagaries and peculiarities. The two extracts here highlight the spelling conventions which can be distancing for modern readers.
By contrast, Will Coldwell has his own grammar.
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Coldwell - Related Works 2: The History of Myddle by Richard Gough (1834).
The language of the late 17th Century CE had its vagaries and peculiarities. The two extracts here highlight the spelling conventions which can be distancing for modern readers.
By contrast, Will Coldwell has his own grammar.
The language of the late 17th Century CE had its vagaries and peculiarities. The two extracts here highlight the spelling conventions which can be distancing for modern readers.
By contrast, Will Coldwell has his own grammar.
Coldwell in good company with @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social, @drewgum.bsky.social, @rosschops.bsky.social et Al at Derby Market Hall today.
November 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Coldwell in good company with @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social, @drewgum.bsky.social, @rosschops.bsky.social et Al at Derby Market Hall today.
In or around Derby today?
You know what to do!
You know what to do!
All set up Derby Book Festival with our own books and a carefully curated selection from across the indie presses and some writers I absolutely love!!
@drewgum.bsky.social is popping by to sign a few copies of 🦩🏩 as well - so looking forward to catching up with him!!
Here until 4pm!! #booksky
@drewgum.bsky.social is popping by to sign a few copies of 🦩🏩 as well - so looking forward to catching up with him!!
Here until 4pm!! #booksky
November 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
In or around Derby today?
You know what to do!
You know what to do!
If you missed out on the Flamingo Hotel last time, @drewgum.bsky.social is offering Seven Nights again, courtesy of @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social !
Ok… this is a BIG DEAL.
Published back in 2020, Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel by the unsurpassable @drewgum.bsky.social was our first novel… and as a consequence of us going to into hibernation for a while, it’s sadly been out of print.
NOT ANY LONGER!!!! IT’S BACK!!!!
Published back in 2020, Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel by the unsurpassable @drewgum.bsky.social was our first novel… and as a consequence of us going to into hibernation for a while, it’s sadly been out of print.
NOT ANY LONGER!!!! IT’S BACK!!!!
November 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
If you missed out on the Flamingo Hotel last time, @drewgum.bsky.social is offering Seven Nights again, courtesy of @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social !
Another happy reader of Coldwell, which makes its writer very happy indeed. Thank you, Adam Donovan!
November 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Another happy reader of Coldwell, which makes its writer very happy indeed. Thank you, Adam Donovan!
Coldwell spotted in @scarthinbooks.bsky.social by Paul Linford at the weekend.
November 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Coldwell spotted in @scarthinbooks.bsky.social by Paul Linford at the weekend.
Picked up a paperclip. Thank you, Bryan.
November 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Picked up a paperclip. Thank you, Bryan.
Coldwell - Related Works 1: Gaudete by Ted Hughes (Faber, 1977).
Gaudete lets the other world into the earthly realm by means of a changeling replacing an Anglican clergyman. But is the other world another plane just beyond our own, or something which lives inside us?
Gaudete lets the other world into the earthly realm by means of a changeling replacing an Anglican clergyman. But is the other world another plane just beyond our own, or something which lives inside us?
November 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Coldwell - Related Works 1: Gaudete by Ted Hughes (Faber, 1977).
Gaudete lets the other world into the earthly realm by means of a changeling replacing an Anglican clergyman. But is the other world another plane just beyond our own, or something which lives inside us?
Gaudete lets the other world into the earthly realm by means of a changeling replacing an Anglican clergyman. But is the other world another plane just beyond our own, or something which lives inside us?
Trolley dash under autumn trees.
November 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Trolley dash under autumn trees.
Always nice to get musical post on a Saturday morning, but this German parcel has one of those names deployed on the internet by people who’d rather not swear.
November 1, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Always nice to get musical post on a Saturday morning, but this German parcel has one of those names deployed on the internet by people who’d rather not swear.
The Badger is back! WIth @drewgum.bsky.social at the Flamingo Hotel.
Missed it last time? Get in quick now!
Missed it last time? Get in quick now!
Oh… some news from Badger HQ - we’ve pressed CTRL+P to get a small run of the brilliant ‘Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel’ by @drewgum.bsky.social back in print!!
A book this good deserves to be available, and will hopefully serve as a springboard for new titles in 2026!! 🤞🏼
A book this good deserves to be available, and will hopefully serve as a springboard for new titles in 2026!! 🤞🏼
October 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Badger is back! WIth @drewgum.bsky.social at the Flamingo Hotel.
Missed it last time? Get in quick now!
Missed it last time? Get in quick now!
Coldwell plus related works. How are they related? Watch this space for more. And feel free to make suggestions of your own...
1. Ted Hughes - Gaudete.
2. Richard Gough - The History of Myddle.
John Gardner - Grendel.
Arthur Conan Doyle - Tales of Terror and Mystery.
1. Ted Hughes - Gaudete.
2. Richard Gough - The History of Myddle.
John Gardner - Grendel.
Arthur Conan Doyle - Tales of Terror and Mystery.
October 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Coldwell plus related works. How are they related? Watch this space for more. And feel free to make suggestions of your own...
1. Ted Hughes - Gaudete.
2. Richard Gough - The History of Myddle.
John Gardner - Grendel.
Arthur Conan Doyle - Tales of Terror and Mystery.
1. Ted Hughes - Gaudete.
2. Richard Gough - The History of Myddle.
John Gardner - Grendel.
Arthur Conan Doyle - Tales of Terror and Mystery.
Quick circuit of Beverley (including two pubs) with the eldest, home for the weekend.
October 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Quick circuit of Beverley (including two pubs) with the eldest, home for the weekend.
Bryan Stanley Johnson left me a trail of paperclips to follow.
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Bryan Stanley Johnson left me a trail of paperclips to follow.
1. Writing advice from a musician.
2. In a Silent Way, 1969.
3. Coldwell, Wrecking Ball Music and Books, Hull.
4. A new look at an old work.
#saturdaynightsalrightforwriting
2. In a Silent Way, 1969.
3. Coldwell, Wrecking Ball Music and Books, Hull.
4. A new look at an old work.
#saturdaynightsalrightforwriting
October 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
1. Writing advice from a musician.
2. In a Silent Way, 1969.
3. Coldwell, Wrecking Ball Music and Books, Hull.
4. A new look at an old work.
#saturdaynightsalrightforwriting
2. In a Silent Way, 1969.
3. Coldwell, Wrecking Ball Music and Books, Hull.
4. A new look at an old work.
#saturdaynightsalrightforwriting
If you’re in Beverley tomorrow, visit The Beverley Bookshop where Anne Woodward will be signing copies of her fantastic novel The Art of Murder. Figures disappear from paintings, and people die. What’s going on? You’ll have to ask Anne!
Gonna be signing books at Beverley Bookshop tomorrow from 11.30am to 1.30pm. It would be fab to see you there!
October 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If you’re in Beverley tomorrow, visit The Beverley Bookshop where Anne Woodward will be signing copies of her fantastic novel The Art of Murder. Figures disappear from paintings, and people die. What’s going on? You’ll have to ask Anne!
Popped into Hull to visit Wrecking Ball Music and Books who now have Coldwell in stock.
Thanks to Shane and the team for this, for the music (Miles Davis, today) and the coffee - all most welcome.
Thanks to Shane and the team for this, for the music (Miles Davis, today) and the coffee - all most welcome.
October 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Popped into Hull to visit Wrecking Ball Music and Books who now have Coldwell in stock.
Thanks to Shane and the team for this, for the music (Miles Davis, today) and the coffee - all most welcome.
Thanks to Shane and the team for this, for the music (Miles Davis, today) and the coffee - all most welcome.