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Learning To Think (Penguin)
The Cost of Trust (Harper Collins)
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Out now:
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Orenda Books @orendabooks.bsky.social Indie publisher of bold, unforgettable international fiction, half in translation. Shortlisted IPG Best Newcomer 2015/16. CWA Crime & Mystery Publisher of the Year 2020. Nibbies Finalist Small Press of the Year. Visit us at www.orendabooks.co.uk.
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Dom Cycling @domcycling.com Posting about urbanism and cycling in Manchester, UK and beyond. See my blog https://domcycling.com for more of this from the UK, Europe and especially the Netherlands. Green Party supporter, having finally given up on Labour. I take a lot of photos.
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Jane Casey @janecasey.bsky.social Author from Ireland. Responsible for the Maeve Kerrigan series and Everything She Didn't Say (out 16 July). Also owner of the worldโs least cooperative spaniel.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social Ex-Financial Times Assistant Editor. Ex-editor Scotland on Sunday. Author of 'Made in Manchester' and 'Northerners: A History'. 'These Isles' due Feb 2026.
Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social Author of Chaos Walking, Monster Calls, More Than this, Burn, Different For Boys. Won a couple Carnegies and an Olivier. Four wins away from an EGOT.
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Brett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social Co-founded MeidasTouch with my brothers. Co-host of the MeidasTouch Podcast. Video guy. Not very good at writing bios.
Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social Just to let you know, there are many, many recipes waiting for you on www.nigella.com
Ann Cleeves @anncleeves.bsky.social Reader, crime-writer and advocate for libraries and the Reading for Wellbeing project. Creator of Vera Stanhope, Shetland and Matthew Venn, among others.
Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social Extremely humble legend. Writer of JESUS CHRIST KINSKI, RARE SINGLES, CUDDY, THE OFFING, THE GALLOWS POLE (BBC/Shane Meadows), THE PERFECT GOLDEN CIRCLE etc. Books: https://bio.site/benjaminmyers
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Richard Hooton @rjhooton.bsky.social Writer. Award-winning short fiction.
Debut novel THE MARGARET CODE published by Sphere Books out now: http://bit.ly/4eNE0CI.
Rep: @stubbleagent @ RCW
Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov U.S. Senator for Maryland
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Wordy Witterings @chennighan.bsky.social Avid reader, book blogger, English teacher, reviewer ๐ ๐ ๐ ... panda admirer. Find me at wordywitterings.com
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com The fastest growing independent news network in the world. We cover breaking news, politics, law and more. We are unapologetically pro-democracy.
Sophy Ridge @sophyridge.bsky.social Lead Politics Presenter, Sky News
Tariq Ashkanani @tariqashkanani.bsky.social Writer. Winner of Bloody Scotland Debut and McIlvanney Awards. Co-host of the Page One Podcast. The Midnight King - out now!
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Page One @ukpageone.bsky.social Creators of the Page One notebook | Home of Page One - The Writer's Podcast & Page One Drafting Notes podcast
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Willow Heath @willowtalksbooks.bsky.social ๐๏ธAuthor of Managing and Other Lies
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๐Freelance book editor
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com jack of like five to six trades / journalist, author, radio person, art dealer, etc / marie.s.leconte@gmail.com
Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social Writer, cyclist, biscuit connoisseur. A bit much.
Latest book: โThe Good Liarโ, about junk forensic science and moral responsibility
Luca Veste @lucaveste.bsky.social I write about bad things that will *probably* never happen to you...
Author of ten novels, bass player in the Fun Lovin' Crime Writers.
Robert Rutherford @robertrutherford.bsky.social Crime Writer repped by David Headley @ DHH. Also writes as Robert Scragg. Sunday Times bestseller SEVEN DAYS out now at https://tinyurl.com/yc6pf4bx
Liz Nugent @liznugent.bsky.social No relation to Ted. Writer and rewriter. Sister and resister.
Scullery maid to the House of Goldblatt.
The Truth About Ruby Cooper in all good bookstores in Uk, Ireland and Commonwealth except Canada now. North America Sept 1st.
www.liznugent.com
Nadine Matheson @nadinematheson.com Bestselling Author๐ฉ๐พโ๐ป | Host of โThe Conversationโ Podcast ๐๏ธ| All Views My Own ๐ฌ
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Sarah Pinborough @sarahpinborough.bsky.social Author and screenwriter. Sunday Times #1, & NYT Bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES on Netflix and INSOMNIA on Paramount+. Ted owner. WE LIVE HERE NOW coming Summer of 2025
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Katie Lumsden @katiejlumsden.bsky.social Booktuber (Books and Things). Historical fiction author. Freelance editor. Reader. Part-time Victorian.
โ๏ธThe Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall
๐Hosts #victober #janeaustenjuly
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Chorleywood Bookshop @chorleywoodbooks.bsky.social Award-winning indie bookshop in Herts. Lovers of author events & champions of the finest new and backlist books. Proudly supporting readers, schools, authors & publishers for over 50 years.
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Nigel Slater @nigelslater.bsky.social A cook who writes.
Observer columnist. Author. Gardener.
Books: The Kitchen Diaries,
The Christmas Chronicles, A Cookโs Book,
A Thousand Feasts.
Instagram.com/nigelslater 
Chris Brookmyre @brookmyre.bsky.social Author. One half of Ambrose Parry. One sixth of Fun Lovin' Crime Writers.