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Clare Grist Taylor

@claregt.bsky.social

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Accidental Agent (literary). Editor-at-Large @profilebooks.bsky.social. Co-founder Management in Publishing. Trustee @MontyLitFest.bsky.social. Advisor @uniwalespress.bsky.social @calonbooks.bsky.social. Welsh. Feminist. All about the books.

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Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · 26d

Love a good quiz? How about 60 of them in one book, all carefully curated by the clever people at The Economist
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Profile Books @profilebooks.bsky.social · 26d

Critical thinkers, enquire within!

#TheEconomistQuizBook by Tom Standage is out today!

Order your copy here:
tinyurl.com/557c8d9k

A graphic with The Economist Quiz Book in the middle on a white background with a red border.

Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Aug 4

Leadership training for publishers by publishers 👇👇👇

ALPSP @alpsp.bsky.social · Aug 1

'Management into Leadership in Publishing Programme', 3, 5, 10 & 12 November 2025

This programme will help leaders understand themselves and their impact and will enable delegates to develop their own unique leadership style.

🐦 Early Bird ends 3 August

➡️ alpsp.cventevents.com/E5g4BV?RefId...

Management into Leadership in Publishing Programme. 3, 5, 10, 12 November 2025

"The course has made me think much more about my impact and own personal leadership style - along with the WHY and SWOT. I am going to carve out time for reflection and thinking/strategy (and not feel guilty about it!) and connect with people even more..." - Helen Cooke, Digital Science

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Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Jul 18

Richly deserved!

Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · Jul 18

🎇📚 Enillydd! Winner! 📚🎇

Llongyfarchiadau mawr to Calon author Gwyneth Lewis whose powerful memoir 'Nightshade Mother' has won the #Wales #Book of the Year Creative Non-Fiction Award!

Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Jun 5

'A love letter to our island edge'

Happy publication day to Roger Morgan-Grenville for his latest tour de force, The Restless Coast.

Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Apr 24

Want to know your black swans from your blue ocean? Now's your chance.

Out today from @profilebooks.bsky.social

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Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Mar 27

Happy publication day Matt Buttrick for the fabulous Moreish.

You'll never think about the food you eat - and why - in the same way ever again!

Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Mar 25

Fabulous advance copies alert...

Look, just look at this lovely book from the @profilebooks.bsky.social @economist.com list.

It's the ultimate classic business thinking crib. If you want to know your blue oceans from your black swans, this is the book for you.

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Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Mar 13

Congratulations @mateoy.bsky.social and @calonbooks.bsky.social - such a beautiful book, inside and out

Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · Mar 13

Out now!

'Seascape: Notes from a changing coastline' by Matthew Yeomans is published today 🌊

Pick up your copy in your favourite local bookshop 📚

@mateoy.bsky.social will be on tour so make sure to stop by for fascinating conversations about our changing relationship with the sea.

Cover of seascape which features an illustration of a man on a clifftop looking out towards the sea. Text reads 'Out Now!'

Seascape Book Tour

13 March - Mold Bookshop

18 March - Chepstow Library

19 March - Waterstones Swansea

20 March - Waterstones Cardiff

27 March - Lichfield Festival
8 May - Waterstones Aberystwyth

8 June - Monty Lit fest

27 October - Wantage Literary Festival

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Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Mar 13

Happy paperback publication day to Roger Morgan-Grenville and his brilliant book, Across a Waking Land.
If you missed the hardback, now's your chance #naturewriting

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Thomas Roulet @thomroulet.bsky.social · Jan 16

🤔Looking for concrete and practical mental health skills for the modern workplace?
🙌Stay tuned for "Wellbeing Intelligence: Building Better Mental Health at Work" to be release in July amazon.co.uk/Wellbeing-In...

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Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Mar 11

Such a thrill to see the @publishingwales.bsky.social stand at #LBF25

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Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Mar 9

Yes, it's that time of year again: the launch of the @montylitfest.bsky.social programme.
Join us for what promises to be a fab evening to launch what promises to be a fab weekend in Montgomery, 6th-8th June 👇👇👇

Monty Lit Fest @montylitfest.bsky.social · Mar 6

We announce our 2025 Programme at a special event on March 21st, 7.30pm at Montgomery Town Hall - with news of the new Jill Kibble Mini Fest

How better to launch than with an evening of stories, music and a love of words (English and Welsh)? £7 tickets from Montgomery Bookshop and Ivy Cafe/PO

Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Feb 24

What's not to like about this book: Wales, women and plenty of 'well, I never' moments

Thanks Huw Rees & Sian Kilcoyne @calonbooks.bsky.social

Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · Feb 13

Out now!

‘Welsh Women on This Day: 366 Amazing Daily Facts and Stories’ by Huw Rees & Sian Kilcoyne is published today 📚

Pick up your copy in your favourite local bookshop!

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Cover of Welsh Women on This Day which shows illustrations of the Wales Millenium Centre, Betty Campbell, a dog, a sign saying Votes for Women, a Welsh lady hat, and Jayne Ludlow.

Which Welsh woman led a double life as a pirate and smuggler? Which harpist and wrestler threw a man into a lake? Who led the first society in Wales to campaign for women to vote? Discover 366 surprising and intriguing entries about women from Wales and connected to Wales, from the daring to the dastardly, from the ingenious to inspiring.

This essential daily reference offers an eclectic mix of biographies and notable achievements of women who have made a significant contribution to Wales.

Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Feb 24

We very much look forward to welcoming you to @montylitfest.bsky.social @mateoy.bsky.social

And I can't wait to see the finished book @calonbooks.bsky.social

Matthew Yeomans @mateoy.bsky.social · Feb 19

I'm hitting the road on a #book tour for Seascape which is published on March 13th by Calon Books. The first stops are Mold, Chepstow, Swansea and then a hometown gig in Cardiff. After that, I head further afield and who knows where it will lead... #sea #climatechange

www.uwp.co.uk/book/seascape/

Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Feb 17

So pleased to see these advance copies of the paperback edition of Roger Morgan-Grenville's #AcrossAWakingLand

Nature writing at its best - and out 13th March @iconbooks just in time for spring

Paperbacks of Roger Morgan-Grenville's book Across A Waking Land

Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Feb 12

What a collection of brilliant books from some brilliant authors #WomensPrize for Non-Fiction @womensprize.bsky.social

Women's Prize @womensprize.bsky.social · Feb 12

The 2025 #WomensPrize for Non-Fiction longlist. We cannot wait to hear what you think of these 16 incredible books!

Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Feb 6

Happy paperback publication day to @satisfactory20.bsky.social and Elizabeth Hallam Smith for the wonderful #NecessaryWomen - pictured here (fittingly enough) in the Houses of Parliament shop.

Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Feb 3

A fine review for a fine book.

Bravo @mateoy.bsky.social @calonbooks.bsky.social

Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · Jan 26

Sunday book review: Seascape by @mateoy.bsky.social

Review: markavery.info/2025/01/26/s...

#naturewriting #naturebooks #skybooks #Wales #coast #walking

'A thoughtful and informative walk' along the coast of Wales.

These book reviews are no longer posted to Twitter/X

Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Dec 4

Cymru women through to next year's Euros! No better intersection for me than brilliant women, football and Wales

Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Dec 2

What a fabulous exhibition and a real treat to see the work of these women up close (thought of you @dianewatt.bsky.social when coming face to face with Margaret Paston's will; a special pleasure!)

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Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Nov 19

A proud night for Welsh football

Clare Grist Taylor @claregt.bsky.social · Nov 16

So, here I am on Bluesky.
Hoping to meet and link up with like-minded bookish types.

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