Linda Newbery 📚✍️🌳🐝 🦊🦋📷Ⓥ
@lindanewbery.bsky.social
Author: The One True Thing, Lob, Set in Stone, The Shell House & more. Campaigner on animal & environmental issues. Green Party, vegan, amateur photographer; hosts Writers Review blog. www.lindanewbery.co.uk & www.reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
Pinned
The One True Thing is out now: “A beautifully complex tapestry of lives and relationships ... a novel to immerse yourself in." Jane Rogers, author of Mr Wroe's Virgins. Available as paperback, ebook and audiobook. Gorgeous cover art by
@owengent.bsky.social.
@owengent.bsky.social.
Reposted by Linda Newbery 📚✍️🌳🐝 🦊🦋📷Ⓥ
Great recommendations here! In the first of three roundups, our contributors choose their Books of the Year (not necessarily published in 2025). What's your best read this year? Tell us in the comments! reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/12/book... #greatreads #BooksoftheYear #bestreads #whatsyours
BOOKS OF THE YEAR Part 1 - chosen by our contributors
reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Great recommendations here! In the first of three roundups, our contributors choose their Books of the Year (not necessarily published in 2025). What's your best read this year? Tell us in the comments! reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/12/book... #greatreads #BooksoftheYear #bestreads #whatsyours
Reposted by Linda Newbery 📚✍️🌳🐝 🦊🦋📷Ⓥ
Today: Cindy Jefferies enjoys Louis Sachar's latest, but questions why it's being marketed as his first adult novel. "I was expecting the jacket to demonstrate that this was a departure for Sacher ..." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/12/gues... #LouisSachar @cindyjefferies.bsky.social
Guest review by Cindy Jefferies: THE MAGICIAN OF TIGER CASTLE by Louis Sachar
reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Today: Cindy Jefferies enjoys Louis Sachar's latest, but questions why it's being marketed as his first adult novel. "I was expecting the jacket to demonstrate that this was a departure for Sacher ..." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/12/gues... #LouisSachar @cindyjefferies.bsky.social
Here are 3 of my best reads of 2025 (though a whole month to go!) What are yours? Do please add in the comments! shepherd.com/bboy/2025/f/... @guyshrubsole.bsky.social #judithallnatt #barbarakingsolver
#greatreads #booksoftheyear #booksof2025 #TheLieoftheLand #ThePoetsWife #DemonCopperhead
#greatreads #booksoftheyear #booksof2025 #TheLieoftheLand #ThePoetsWife #DemonCopperhead
Want to know Linda Newbery's Top 3 Books of 2025?
Linda's top 3 reads of 2025 include The Poet's Wife and two other amazing books. Discover what makes these books unmissable!
shepherd.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Here are 3 of my best reads of 2025 (though a whole month to go!) What are yours? Do please add in the comments! shepherd.com/bboy/2025/f/... @guyshrubsole.bsky.social #judithallnatt #barbarakingsolver
#greatreads #booksoftheyear #booksof2025 #TheLieoftheLand #ThePoetsWife #DemonCopperhead
#greatreads #booksoftheyear #booksof2025 #TheLieoftheLand #ThePoetsWife #DemonCopperhead
Reposted by Linda Newbery 📚✍️🌳🐝 🦊🦋📷Ⓥ
This week: new guest Tania Pettet recommends #SueTownsend. "A master of voice — from Adrian Mole to The Queen and I, she writes with a kind of democratic empathy that sees everyone’s absurdities without cruelty." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/12/gues... @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Guest review by Tania Pettet: THE WOMAN WHO WENT TO BED FOR A YEAR by Sue Townsend
reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This week: new guest Tania Pettet recommends #SueTownsend. "A master of voice — from Adrian Mole to The Queen and I, she writes with a kind of democratic empathy that sees everyone’s absurdities without cruelty." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/12/gues... @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Reposted by Linda Newbery 📚✍️🌳🐝 🦊🦋📷Ⓥ
Can you sign and share this petition, supporting an effective ban on hunting wild animals with hounds? You can leave a comment, too. Let's see an end to this rural vandalism. c.org/tvx4PHYDPb #bloodsport #cruelsport #wildlifecrime #TrailHuntLies #banhunting #wildlife #HoundsOff
We Can Make an Impact.
Support a New Hunting Act to Finally End Fox Hunting
c.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Can you sign and share this petition, supporting an effective ban on hunting wild animals with hounds? You can leave a comment, too. Let's see an end to this rural vandalism. c.org/tvx4PHYDPb #bloodsport #cruelsport #wildlifecrime #TrailHuntLies #banhunting #wildlife #HoundsOff
At @writersreview.bsky.social: guest Lesley Glaister praises Jane Rogers' short story collection, FIRE READY. 'Marvellously eclectic - fuelled by anger about climate change but also shot through with hope." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/11/gues... @commapress.bsky.social #clifi #JaneRogers
Guest review by Lesley Glaiser: FIRE READY by Jane Rogers
reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
At @writersreview.bsky.social: guest Lesley Glaister praises Jane Rogers' short story collection, FIRE READY. 'Marvellously eclectic - fuelled by anger about climate change but also shot through with hope." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/11/gues... @commapress.bsky.social #clifi #JaneRogers
A dismal day, but festive at Nicholsons Christmas Fair. My books sold well - time to order more copies! #TheOneTrueThing #ChristmasFair #craftmarket
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A dismal day, but festive at Nicholsons Christmas Fair. My books sold well - time to order more copies! #TheOneTrueThing #ChristmasFair #craftmarket
Reposted by Linda Newbery 📚✍️🌳🐝 🦊🦋📷Ⓥ
On #Substack, Linda Newbery writers about how WR started, what's happened in the nearly 10 years since, and where we are now. substack.com/@lindanewber... @lindanewbery.bsky.social #bookreviews #reviewsbywriters #readingrecommendations #WritersReview #Q&Afeatures #authorinterviews #roundups
An invitation to Writers Review
a weekly literary blog
substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
On #Substack, Linda Newbery writers about how WR started, what's happened in the nearly 10 years since, and where we are now. substack.com/@lindanewber... @lindanewbery.bsky.social #bookreviews #reviewsbywriters #readingrecommendations #WritersReview #Q&Afeatures #authorinterviews #roundups
Reposted by Linda Newbery 📚✍️🌳🐝 🦊🦋📷Ⓥ
Today's post: Adele Geras praises Sarah Perry's memoir about her father-in-law's death. "I was knocked sideways ... have often thought about it since & agree with the rave reviews it's received." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/11/deat... @vintagebooks.bsky.social #SarahPerry #death #bereavement
DEATH OF AN ORDINARY MAN by Sarah Perry, reviewed by Adèle Geras
reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Today's post: Adele Geras praises Sarah Perry's memoir about her father-in-law's death. "I was knocked sideways ... have often thought about it since & agree with the rave reviews it's received." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/11/deat... @vintagebooks.bsky.social #SarahPerry #death #bereavement
Reposted by Linda Newbery 📚✍️🌳🐝 🦊🦋📷Ⓥ
Returning guest Susan Elkin recommends Alexander Starritt's tale of close male friendship, & wonders why it wasn't a Booker Prize choice: "Intelligent & compelling ... I loved it." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/10/gues... @swiftpress.bsky.social #greatreads #malefriendship #friendship
Guest review by Susan Elkin: DRAYTON AND MACKENZIE by Alexander Starritt
reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Returning guest Susan Elkin recommends Alexander Starritt's tale of close male friendship, & wonders why it wasn't a Booker Prize choice: "Intelligent & compelling ... I loved it." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/10/gues... @swiftpress.bsky.social #greatreads #malefriendship #friendship
I'm so pleased that the brilliant @bookshop.org now offers ebooks - it's great to be able to divert potential readers away from Amazon. Here's The One True Thing - for a limited period, just 99p. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #TheOneTrueThing #ebooks #Bookshop.org #specialoffer
The One True Thing
Check out The One True Thing - <p><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1); color: rgba(38, 40, 42, 1)"><em>"How can I truthfully tell you I'm sorry, when the worst thing I ever did has...
uk.bookshop.org
October 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I'm so pleased that the brilliant @bookshop.org now offers ebooks - it's great to be able to divert potential readers away from Amazon. Here's The One True Thing - for a limited period, just 99p. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #TheOneTrueThing #ebooks #Bookshop.org #specialoffer
Reposted by Linda Newbery 📚✍️🌳🐝 🦊🦋📷Ⓥ
Guest author David Breakell finds much to admire in Robert Harris's PRECIPICE, set in 1914. "Finds something new to say ... a seasoned political observer so the context is expertly handled." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/10/gues... #RobertHarris #historicalfiction #FirstWorldWar #greatreads
Guest review by David Breakell: PRECIPICE by Robert Harris
reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Guest author David Breakell finds much to admire in Robert Harris's PRECIPICE, set in 1914. "Finds something new to say ... a seasoned political observer so the context is expertly handled." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/10/gues... #RobertHarris #historicalfiction #FirstWorldWar #greatreads
I'm supporting this: "We, the undersigned, join the global call for our governments to end the world's biggest form of food waste by cutting the use of grain – such as wheat, barley and oats – to feed factory farmed animals ...". Read the full letter via the link & please sign & share!
NEW ACTION: Sign our open letter calling on the Prime Minister to fix the biggest source of food waste ➡️ bit.ly/4hc5yDO
So far, 20 public figures & experts have signed.
@deborahmeaden.bsky.social @dalevince.com @peteregan46.bsky.social @lindanewbery.bsky.social @shireenkassam.bsky.social
So far, 20 public figures & experts have signed.
@deborahmeaden.bsky.social @dalevince.com @peteregan46.bsky.social @lindanewbery.bsky.social @shireenkassam.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I'm supporting this: "We, the undersigned, join the global call for our governments to end the world's biggest form of food waste by cutting the use of grain – such as wheat, barley and oats – to feed factory farmed animals ...". Read the full letter via the link & please sign & share!
Reposted by Linda Newbery 📚✍️🌳🐝 🦊🦋📷Ⓥ
"Asks deep questions about individual responsibility, whether past wrongs can be righted, how we adapt to climate change & nature loss, & what kind of future we can shape." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/10/albi... @lindanewbery.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #AnnaHope #greatreads
ALBION by Anna Hope, reviewed by Linda Newbery
reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
"Asks deep questions about individual responsibility, whether past wrongs can be righted, how we adapt to climate change & nature loss, & what kind of future we can shape." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/10/albi... @lindanewbery.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #AnnaHope #greatreads
Reposted by Linda Newbery 📚✍️🌳🐝 🦊🦋📷Ⓥ
Welcome to new guest Sarah LeFanu, who praises Iris Murdoch's Under the Net: "Joy in thinking & observing, in the pleasures of friendship and pursuit of love, all vividly present in her first, utterly delightful novel." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/10/gues... @vintagebooks.bsky.social
Guest review by Sarah LeFanu: UNDER THE NET by Iris Murdoch
reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Welcome to new guest Sarah LeFanu, who praises Iris Murdoch's Under the Net: "Joy in thinking & observing, in the pleasures of friendship and pursuit of love, all vividly present in her first, utterly delightful novel." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/10/gues... @vintagebooks.bsky.social
Reposted by Linda Newbery 📚✍️🌳🐝 🦊🦋📷Ⓥ
Very sad news. Dr Jane Goodall was such an influential voice for animals and the natural world.
BREAKING: Dr. Jane Goodall, an animal rights advocate, has died of natural causes at age 91, the Jane Goodall Institute says in a statement.
Dr. Jane Goodall, legendary animal rights advocate, dies at 91
"Dr. Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," the Jane Goodall Institute said in a Wednesday statement.
nbcnews.to
October 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Very sad news. Dr Jane Goodall was such an influential voice for animals and the natural world.
Unaccustomed glamour! I'm here at Blenheim Palace for #RipplesOfChange, Cherwell Collective's sustainable fashion show. Fashion shouldn't cost the Earth ... Never been to a catwalk show before! #SustainableFashionWeek
October 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Unaccustomed glamour! I'm here at Blenheim Palace for #RipplesOfChange, Cherwell Collective's sustainable fashion show. Fashion shouldn't cost the Earth ... Never been to a catwalk show before! #SustainableFashionWeek
Reposted by Linda Newbery 📚✍️🌳🐝 🦊🦋📷Ⓥ
New bookseller guest! Richard Hayden of The Rye Bookshop chooses James Fox's excellent CRAFTLAND: "Craft, it is implied, is for hobbyists at home; instead, this tiny and shrinking minority do work. Hard work ... "
reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/book... #Rye #bookshops #JamesFox #crafts
reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/book... #Rye #bookshops #JamesFox #crafts
Bookseller feature: Richard Hayden of THE RYE BOOKSHOP chooses CRAFTLAND by James Fox
reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
New bookseller guest! Richard Hayden of The Rye Bookshop chooses James Fox's excellent CRAFTLAND: "Craft, it is implied, is for hobbyists at home; instead, this tiny and shrinking minority do work. Hard work ... "
reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/book... #Rye #bookshops #JamesFox #crafts
reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/book... #Rye #bookshops #JamesFox #crafts
"Gradually you're training yourself to see and think your way into a radically different world. And that is a rich reward." At @writersreview.bsky.social, guest @catherine-butler.bsky.social on THE TALE OF GENJI, believed to be the world's first novel. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/gues...
Guest review by Catherine Butler: THE TALE OF GENJI by Murasaki Shikibu, translated by Kencho Suematsu
reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:11 AM
"Gradually you're training yourself to see and think your way into a radically different world. And that is a rich reward." At @writersreview.bsky.social, guest @catherine-butler.bsky.social on THE TALE OF GENJI, believed to be the world's first novel. reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/gues...
Brilliant talk by @tessaboase.bsky.social today for Rye Arts Festival: social history, animal rights, campaigning, feminism, misogyny. I couldn't resist buying a copy and will post @writersreview.bsky.social when I've read it. @rspb.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Brilliant talk by @tessaboase.bsky.social today for Rye Arts Festival: social history, animal rights, campaigning, feminism, misogyny. I couldn't resist buying a copy and will post @writersreview.bsky.social when I've read it. @rspb.bsky.social
The One True Thing is out now: “A beautifully complex tapestry of lives and relationships ... a novel to immerse yourself in." Jane Rogers, author of Mr Wroe's Virgins. Available as paperback, ebook and audiobook. Gorgeous cover art by
@owengent.bsky.social.
@owengent.bsky.social.
September 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The One True Thing is out now: “A beautifully complex tapestry of lives and relationships ... a novel to immerse yourself in." Jane Rogers, author of Mr Wroe's Virgins. Available as paperback, ebook and audiobook. Gorgeous cover art by
@owengent.bsky.social.
@owengent.bsky.social.
Reposted by Linda Newbery 📚✍️🌳🐝 🦊🦋📷Ⓥ
Mark Wakeling of Amberwood Animals talks to @lindanewbery.bsky.social about his Oxfordshire animal sanctuary, his aims and concerns, and how he arrived at this stage of his life. www.lindanewbery.co.uk/2025/09/12/a... #animalsanctuary #animals #farmanimal #veganism #compassion #Oxfordshire
Animal Advocate no.10: Mark Wakeling of Amberwood Animals
Mark Wakeling of Amberwood Animals talks about how his sanctuary was formed, his daily life there and how he sees the potential to change attitudes towards farmed animals.
www.lindanewbery.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Mark Wakeling of Amberwood Animals talks to @lindanewbery.bsky.social about his Oxfordshire animal sanctuary, his aims and concerns, and how he arrived at this stage of his life. www.lindanewbery.co.uk/2025/09/12/a... #animalsanctuary #animals #farmanimal #veganism #compassion #Oxfordshire
In my website Animal Advocate series: guest no 10 is Mark Wakeling of Amberwood Animals. Lovely to chat to Mark about his Oxfordshire sanctuary and how he arrived at this stage of his life. www.lindanewbery.co.uk/2025/09/12/a... #animalsanctuary #animaladvocate #veganism #farmanimals #compassion
Animal Advocate no.10: Mark Wakeling of Amberwood Animals
Mark Wakeling of Amberwood Animals talks about how his sanctuary was formed, his daily life there and how he sees the potential to change attitudes towards farmed animals.
www.lindanewbery.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In my website Animal Advocate series: guest no 10 is Mark Wakeling of Amberwood Animals. Lovely to chat to Mark about his Oxfordshire sanctuary and how he arrived at this stage of his life. www.lindanewbery.co.uk/2025/09/12/a... #animalsanctuary #animaladvocate #veganism #farmanimals #compassion
Reposted by Linda Newbery 📚✍️🌳🐝 🦊🦋📷Ⓥ
Guest Dennis Hamley explains why A S Byatt's POSSESSION is hi 'favourite-ever' novel. "I re-read it once every three years and each time I find even more in it." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/gues... #BookerPrize #ASByatt #greatreads #literarymystery #poetry
@vintagebooks.bsky.social
@vintagebooks.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Guest Dennis Hamley explains why A S Byatt's POSSESSION is hi 'favourite-ever' novel. "I re-read it once every three years and each time I find even more in it." reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com/2025/09/gues... #BookerPrize #ASByatt #greatreads #literarymystery #poetry
@vintagebooks.bsky.social
@vintagebooks.bsky.social
If you'd like to read my new novel, THE ONE TRUE THING, it's available in Kindle form for just 99p for a limited period. amzn.to/4oSs7AZ #TheOneTrueThing #WritersReviewPublishing #newbooks #newfiction
The One True Thing
Buy The One True Thing: Read Kindle Store Reviews - Amazon.com
amzn.to
September 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If you'd like to read my new novel, THE ONE TRUE THING, it's available in Kindle form for just 99p for a limited period. amzn.to/4oSs7AZ #TheOneTrueThing #WritersReviewPublishing #newbooks #newfiction