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Books to inform, entertain and inspire 📚
🎁Gift & humour
🌿Self-help & wellness
🗺️Travel & nature
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A bumper crop of books published this month, just in time for the festive season as we have lots of new books that would make a great stocking filler!
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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nicwilson.bsky.social
OH MY! Land Beneath the Waves is one of BBC Wildlife Magazine's seven best adult books of 2025! And in such wonderful company! Totally made my year! 🥰💚

@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #chronicillness
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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nicwilson.bsky.social
I read BBC Wildlife Magazine avidly as a child and now my nature memoir, Land Beneath the Waves, is one of their Best Books of 2025. Can't quite believe it! What a way to end the year!

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/land... @summersdalebooks.bsky.social @curtisbrownbooks.bsky.social
A page from BBC Wildlife Magazine showing a river running through grassland with the title best books of 2025. A page from BBC Wildlife Magazine showing seven books and a picture of fish swimming in the sea A short review of Land Beneath the Waves in BBC Wildlife Magazine.
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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nicwilson.bsky.social
From today until 17 Dec (last 2nd class post), I'll be selling signed & red kite stamped copies of my nature memoir, Land Beneath the Waves, for £15+P&P (RRP £18.99).

Just drop me an email at [email protected] & I'll pop a copy in the post.

@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #nearbynature
A signed and stamped (gold red kite stamp) copy of Land Beneath the Waves. Five copies of Land Beneath the Waves in an upturned boat in Stanfords Bookshop in Covent Garden.
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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halfmanhalfbook.bsky.social
My thoughts on Slow Trains To Istanbul by Tom Chesshyre and published by @summersdalebooks.bsky.social. Thank you to Jessica for sending me a copy to read

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November 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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nicwilson.bsky.social
Tonight's my 14th & last book-related event for the term. So grateful my limited energy has lasted (with many recharge sessions). I've spoken in bank vaults, museums, libraries, bookshops, rewilding sites & round the fire in an Iron Age roundhouse. It's been a ball!

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A group of people in a bookshop listening to a woman in a white shirt and navy trousers give a talk at the front. Nic wearing an orange top and navy trousers showing her book, Land beneath the Waves. She is sat in a beige armchair in a bookshop.
November 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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nicwilson.bsky.social
Well I never. First time I've been into a bookshop to sign Land Beneath the Waves and found all four of the anthologies I'm in, there too! #booksky #naturewriting @summersdalebooks.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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nicwilson.bsky.social
Come and join us for some fun autumnal word play at one of my favourite nature reserves: Paxton Pits.

#naturewriting #booksky #cambridgeshire @wildlifebcn.org @summersdalebooks.bsky.social
Progressing your Nature Writing with Nic Wilson at Paxton Pits
This course provides the opportunity to engage with the natural world through creative writing.
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October 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
summersdalebooks.bsky.social
A treat for the weekend! Try your hand at these fun and addictive puzzles from Say What Ewe Sea: A Very Silly Puzzle Book. Let us know if you can solve them and we'll post the answers next week!

#BookSky #Puzzles

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October 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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nicolawriting.bsky.social
Highly recommend this beautiful book. @nicwilson.bsky.social writes like an angel: a lost little girl, snickets, John Clare, memory, thunderstones, unpredictable illness, deep falling dives into bogs, wild clematis & so much more.. you can read my review @waterstones.bsky.social & order! #booksky
October 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
summersdalebooks.bsky.social
We have EIGHT amazing titles on the Waterstones pre-order promo running until tomorrow night! Head over to the website or app and enter code OCTOBER25 to get 25% off AND ensure your copy arrives on publication day next year which will be a lovely surprise for future you.

#WPreorder
October 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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gpwigglesworth.bsky.social
I Am at Frankfurt Book Fair! And look @summersdalebooks.bsky.social have my book on their stand. I look like a proud parent, which I suppose I am in an odd way.
Me at the Summersdale stand in FBF almost weirdly cradling a copy of The Movie Lover’s Quiz Book.
October 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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gpwigglesworth.bsky.social
I drew some movie posters for the recent film quizzes. Here they are for you to have a go at. The titles spell out FILMLOVER. Let me know who you get on. The Movie Lover’s Quiz Book is out now!
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9 movie posters drawn by me
October 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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nicwilson.bsky.social
Land Beneath the Waves paperback has been chosen for Waterstones pre-order promotion!! Pre-orders make such a difference & if you could support & share, I'd be so grateful.

Enter “OCTOBER25” at checkout for 25% off RRP.

www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...

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#WPreorder
October 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
summersdalebooks.bsky.social
Wonderful to see extracts from Parental Guidance up on Right Start to give you a small taste of the hilarious, tongue-in-cheek advice shared in this irreverent book from Thea Musselwhite.

#BookSky #Parenting

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Parental guidance! | Right Start Online
Have you ever felt just a little bit rebellious and considered how it would be if you started doing all the opposite things you are meant to do as a responsible parent? How it might feel to be even na...
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October 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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nicwilson.bsky.social
Very enjoyable session giving the keynote talk at the @cprecountryside.bsky.social Countryside Day and chatting to folk afterwards. Loved the children's art competition entries too! 🤩

@summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #nearbynature #locallandscape
A barn full of people watching Nic give a talk. Nic sat on a chair talking to an audience next to a big screen showing a hummingbird hawk-moth.
October 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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gpwigglesworth.bsky.social
Happy Bookshop Day everybody! Here’s me just now in Waterstones in the Arndale in Manchester (thanks for stocking The Movie Lover’s Quiz Book!) @summersdalebooks.bsky.social @zenoagency.bsky.social
Me holding a copy of The Movie Lover’s Quiz Book in Waterstones Manchester
October 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
summersdalebooks.bsky.social
It's #WorldOctopusDay! Why not celebrate by diving into our fascinating title, The Little Book of the Octopus to unravel the secrets of this astonishing animal and explore its mystifying world 🐙

#Booksky

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October 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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nicwilson.bsky.social
I'm very excited about the @cprecountryside.bsky.social Countryside Day @knebworthhouse.bsky.social next weekend. The chance to catch up with lots of fab local countryside and conservation charities. And I've never been a keynote speaker before!! 😊💚

#booksky @summersdalebooks.bsky.social
Introducing our Countryside Day keynote speaker, local author Nic Wilson
CPRE Hertfordshire is working to enhance, promote and protect our countryside. Love Hertfordshire's beautiful rural areas? Find out more and get involved.
www.cpreherts.org.uk
October 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
summersdalebooks.bsky.social
If you're in Wokingham next month, the wonderful Emily Snape is running a workshop as part of the Children's Book Festival, 19th October, all about celebrating your unique and amazing brain! Find more information and tickets here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/bookfest

#Bookevent
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September 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
summersdalebooks.bsky.social
Thrilled to see this selection of puzzles from Say What Ewe Sea up on @theguardian.com today! This very silly puzzle book publishes 9th October for all your upcoming gifting needs. #Puzzles #Booksky

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Can you solve it? Ungoogleable and unhinged – ten hilarious visual teasers
Riotous rebus riddles
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September 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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nicwilson.bsky.social
Free this Thursday? Come and spend a lovely autumn day stretching your writing muscles at Paxton Pits in Cambridgeshire. Everyone welcome!
#naturewriting #booksky

#Cambridgeshire @wildlifebcn.org @summersdalebooks.bsky.social
A sign for intro to nature writing workshop with the Beds, Cambs and Northamps Wildlife Trust.
September 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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nicwilson.bsky.social
I absolutely loved chatting to Nicki at the Everyday Adventure Podcast about the craft of writing, nearby nature and the therapeutic benefits of sharing our stories.

#booksky #chronicillness #naturewriting @summersdalebooks.bsky.social
Season 8 Episode 3 - Nic Wilson
Shaping the Narrative
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September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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nicwilson.bsky.social
Anyone around in St Albans tonight - do come along to chat about micro-journeys, nearby nature and the BFG!

#booksky #naturewriting #lifewriting #nature #stalbans @summersdalebooks.bsky.social
nicwilson.bsky.social Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · Sep 21
If you're in the St Alban's area tomorrow evening, do come and join us at The Green House to chat about micro-journeys, nearby nature and the BFG! Only a few tickets left... 😊💚

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September 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
summersdalebooks.bsky.social
So brilliant to see this extract from Dog Parenting about boosting your pup's mental health up on @goodhousekeeping.bsky.social

For more advice on being the best dog parent, Dog Parenting is out now!

www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle...
5 expert strategies to boost your dog's mental health
Want to put your pooch in a positive frame of mind? A new book shares how...
www.goodhousekeeping.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM