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Ewa Sherman @ewashe.bsky.social · 26d

@westwords.bsky.social @ravencrime.bsky.social @eurocrime.bsky.social @marinasofia.bsky.social @scandiandy.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social @jackycnoir64.bsky.social @angryalgonquin.bsky.social @onefootiniceland.bsky.social @nordicwatchlist.bsky.social @pearceglen.bsky.social @kathall.bsky.social

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Jacky Collins @jackycnoir64.bsky.social · Sep 13

So grateful for the opportunity to present my developing research project on the costuming of Spanish actor #JoseCoronado at this conference #academiclife #researchjoy @litandlangstirling.bsky.social

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Jacky Collins @jackycnoir64.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thank you so much for publishing our work 📚🙏

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Bulletin of Spanish Studies & Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies @spanishbulletin.bsky.social · Aug 21

'Dressing, Undressing and Redressing: Costuming Identities in Fernando León de Aranoa’s El buen patrón (2021)', by Jacky Collins @jackycnoir64.bsky.social‬ (Uni. Stirling) & Sarah Gilligan (Northumbria Uni.)

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Julio (Javier Bardem) and his employees at the entrance to the Básculas Blanco factory.

Film still from El buen patrón ( Fernando León de Aranoa, 2021).

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Ewa Sherman @ewashe.bsky.social · Aug 2

Do you have any plans this weekend? Well, whatever you do @corylusbooks.bsky.social’s Senior Manager (Edits) recommends that you chill with
Jón Atli Jónasson’s #Broken tr. by @graskeggur.bsky.social #Iceland 🇮🇸 #Caturday 🐈‍⬛ @marinasofia.bsky.social @davidhheadley.bsky.social @jackycnoir64.bsky.social

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Jacky Collins @jackycnoir64.bsky.social · Jul 12

🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations

Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...

you.38degrees.org.uk

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𝕃.𝕁.𝔽𝕆𝕏 🇮🇸☕📚 @onefootiniceland.bsky.social · Apr 20

Hands up (see what I did there!) who can see the woman's profile, facing left, that the handprint also suggests on the lovely @solveigpals.bsky.social's excellent book 'Harm'?! (tr. @graskeggur.bsky.social, publ @corylusbooks.bsky.social) Hmm, @pareidolia.bsky.social, what do you think?

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Wini Davies @winidavies.bsky.social · Apr 14

@gwylcrimefest.bsky.social in #Aberystwyth April 25-27. Among the great events a session with best-selling authors Mari Hannah & @claremackwrites.bsky.social interviewed by the lovely @jackycnoir64.bsky.social

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · Mar 24

Expect lots of laughs, lots of weirdness and - yes- lots of wonderfulness with three weird and wonderful writers in conversation with the brilliant @jackycnoir64.bsky.social ! This isn't one to be missed! @gwylcrimefest.bsky.social @jamesoswald.scot

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Corylus Books @corylusbooks.bsky.social · Mar 9

Incidentally, the most picked up book (hence, the cover that attracted most people) at Alternative Book Fair yesterday was Skin Deep by Antonia Lassa, transl. @jackycnoir64.bsky.social

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Mari Hannah @mariwriter.bsky.social · Mar 3

Just love Wales! I’m going to @gwylcrimefest.bsky.social in Aberystwyth. Looking forward to appearing with @claremackwrites.bsky.social on April 26th, chaired by Dr Noir, aka @jackycnoir64.bsky.social

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𝕃.𝕁.𝔽𝕆𝕏 🇮🇸☕📚 @onefootiniceland.bsky.social · Feb 25

Very interesting fact from the 'Lost In Translation' panel at #GraniteNoir: @teresasolanawriter.bsky.social revealed #FictionInTranslation in the UK is just 3% of books, but elsewhere in Europe 70% 😲 @jackycnoir64.bsky.social affirmed the importance of experiencing other cultures thru our reading 💙📚

Jacky Collins, aka Dr Noir, in brilliant conversation with Catalan author and translator Teresa Solana. The Lost in Translation panel obviously struck a chord with its totally engaged audience, as sales of the 3 authors present's books were the greatest of any event at that venue this year! It was also great to meet @vikingporridge.bsky.social, thanks to a shared appreciation of Dr Noir's skillful aplomb in her role of chair!

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𝕃.𝕁.𝔽𝕆𝕏 🇮🇸☕📚 @onefootiniceland.bsky.social · Feb 25

Bit late posting about #GraniteNoir but I'm home now so there's time! Brilliant 'Lost In Translation' panel Sun chaired by the fab @jackycnoir64.bsky.social, with @graskeggur.bsky.social, @teresasolanawriter.bsky.social & @orendabooks.bsky.social's Ørjan Karlsson. If the vid available, watch it! 💙📚

4 panel collage showing Jackie Collins ('Dr Noir') interviewing, brilliantly, author and Icelandic translator Quentin Bates (Gunnhildur series, Bk1=Frozen Out), @corylusbooks.bsky.social's Teresa Solana, author (Black Storms, check out this fab cover!) & Catalan translator, and Ørjan Karlsson, Norwegian author (Into Thin Air), translated into several other languages, including, thankfully for us, English!

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Ewa Sherman @ewashe.bsky.social · Jan 28

@marinasofia.bsky.social @graskeggur.bsky.social @jackycnoir64.bsky.social @corylusbooks.bsky.social 😊

rosece.bsky.social @rosece.bsky.social · Jan 21

Intricate and well told story. I hope to read more about these characters.

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Jacky Collins @jackycnoir64.bsky.social · Jan 30

Call for Proposals:

Fashion, Costume and Visual Cultures 2025: Fashioning Ageing, Emotion, and Memory in Film, Fashion Media, and Clothing.

Proposal deadline: 15 March 2025

For more information click here: ow.ly/Q1OY50UPmlY

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Zaffre Books @zaffrebooks.bsky.social · Jan 16

Don't walk, run! Everyone's favourite detective, Scott Jericho, is back in paperback 🎡 Are you ready to return to the fairground? @whusseyauthor.bsky.social loom.ly/Djhq7RU

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Trevor Wood @trevorwoodwrite.bsky.social · Jan 16

I'm doing a 75-mile sponsored walk/bookshop tour to raise money for Alzheimer's Research UK and thanks to your incredible support I've had to increase my original target. Can't thank you enough. Any reposts much appreciated! #dementia #Alzheimers www.justgiving.com/page/trevor-...

Trevor's fundraiser for Alzheimer's Research UK

Help Trevor Wood raise money to support Alzheimer's Research UK

www.justgiving.com

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Suzy A @suzyaspleybooks.bsky.social · Jan 16

Watch out for this brilliant new thriller, out from Eve Smith in April. Perfect for the strange times we live in and I can’t wait to read The Cure. 💙🩵💉💉💉💉

Eve Smith @evesmithauthor.bsky.social · Jan 16

I am so excited to share the cover for my new thriller #THECURE, out 10th April. Huge thanks to Orenda Books!

The accidental discovery of a cure for ageing is hijacked by ruthless obsessives who hunger for immortality, with catastrophic consequences.

Find out more & preorder here:
bit.ly/3WJKgof

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Sam Holland @samhollandbooks.bsky.social · Jan 16

Three weeks until Memorial Park is out in the world! The finished books arrived this week and they look fantastic (I’ll do something with those soon!)
Preorder here: geni.us/MemorialPark

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Jacky Collins @jackycnoir64.bsky.social · Jan 15

Thank you so much for such a beautiful birthday message! And thank you for the recent book post 🕵‍♀️📚🎉🎉🎉

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Jacky Collins @jackycnoir64.bsky.social · Jan 15

Thank you so much! Look forward to seeing you at Granite Noir 🕵‍♀️📚🎉

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Jan 12

Who else is really looking forward to not watching the Inauguration?

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · Jan 12

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Ken Lussey @kenlussey.bsky.social · Jan 13

A game of secrets and lies. 'Bloody Orkney' is a fast-paced thriller set mainly in Orkney during World War Two. This tin cottage on the island of Hoy has an important part to play in the book.
Available in paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple. Find out more:
www.kenlussey.com/blork/index....

This modern image shows a tin cottage on the island of Hoy in Orkney. We are looking slightly downhill towards it over long grass. The cottage has green corrugated walls on a main section on the right with two white windows and a porch, and a smaller section on the left with two windows. The building is weatherbeaten, especially its red corrugated roof. There is water in the background and land in the distance. The front cover of ‘Bloody Orkney’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Jan 13

MAKE POLLUTERS PAY

Chart:

WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLIMATE CRISIS?
Spoiler alert: it's not you.

In order of most emissions: Shell, Chevron, BO, Exxon, Aramco

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · Jan 12

Hard to reconcile the nation that put a man on the moon is the same nation that put a moron in the White House.

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