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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · 4h

NOW AVAILABLE — UPHEAVAL is not just a memoir – it’s a historical treasure.

Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.

Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval

#Romanovs

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · 12d

7pm AEST, 15 OCT 2025: Join us for the online launch of the updated second edition of Olga Woronoff's ‘Upheaval’, featuring a live Q+A panel discussion between Olga Woronoff's granddaughter Alex de Fircks and Romanov historian Helen Azar.

JOIN THE EVENT: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · 3d

Check out this review by Billy Mills of David Harrison Horton’s NECESSARY: ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/r...

Buy a copy here: downingfield.com/book/necessa...

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · 4d

COMING SOON — UPHEAVAL is not just a memoir – it’s a historical treasure.

Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.

Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval

#Romanovs #History

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alexdefircks.bsky.social @alexdefircks.bsky.social · 7d

Happening next week! I hope to see you there!

Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · 12d

7pm AEST, 15 OCT 2025: Join us for the online launch of the updated second edition of Olga Woronoff's ‘Upheaval’, featuring a live Q+A panel discussion between Olga Woronoff's granddaughter Alex de Fircks and Romanov historian Helen Azar.

JOIN THE EVENT: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · 12d

7pm AEST, 15 OCT 2025: Join us for the online launch of the updated second edition of Olga Woronoff's ‘Upheaval’, featuring a live Q+A panel discussion between Olga Woronoff's granddaughter Alex de Fircks and Romanov historian Helen Azar.

JOIN THE EVENT: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · 16d

COMING SOON — UPHEAVAL is not just a memoir – it’s a historical treasure.

Born into Russian aristocracy, Countess Olga Konstantinovna Kleinmichel lived a life of privilege, beauty, and tradition—until revolution.

Learn more and find a local bookshop: downingfield.com/upheaval

#Romanovs #History

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · Sep 11

📖 COMING SOON from Downingfield Press 📖

UPHEAVAL is Countess Olga Kleinmichel’s gripping memoir of privilege, loss, and survival through a vanished world.

🗓️ Available 13 October 2025
🔗 Learn more: downingfield.com/book/upheaval

#Memoir #RussianHistory #HistoricalMemoir #Bookstagram #Publishing

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S.C. Flynn @scyflynn.bsky.social · Aug 26

UK and US readers can now buy my latest poetry collection "An Ocean Called Hope" directly from the publisher - please do! @downingfield.bsky.social
#poetry

An Ocean Called Hope

From the windswept Famine Trail of Ireland to the starlit skies of the Southern Hemisphere, this collection by S.C. Flynn explores places and the memories they evoke, weaving reflections on the meanin...

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Oisín Breen @oisinbreen.bsky.social · Aug 19

Northern Gravy Anthology: northerngravy.com/pr...

Lilies on the Deathbed of Étaín, my latest book: www.amazon.co.uk/Lil...

@ValleyPress

@Downingfield

#poetry #writingcommunity #art #writing #literature #books

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · Jul 28

NOW AVAILABLE🔗 downingfield.com/book/necessary

Critics describe it as “urgent”, “brave”, and “necessary reading.” Discover the poetic force of NECESSARY by David Harrison Horton – a meditation on time, place, and connection through nine-line poems.

Necessary

David Harrison Horton’s Necessary is a poetic exploration of time, place, and connection. Drawing on sources as diverse as Babylon...

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · Jul 19

Discover the poetic force of NECESSARY by David Harrison Horton – a meditation on time, place, and connection through nine-line poems.

Critics describe it as “urgent”, “brave”, and “necessary reading.”

Available 28 July 🔗 downingfield.com/book/necessary

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · Jul 4

“The well-beaten path” leads to something NECESSARY.

In NECESSARY, David Harrison Horton crafts a poetic meditation on time, place, and connection.

💬 “This is indeed necessary writing.” — Elizabeth Robinson

Pre-order now for 28 July 2025 release: downingfield.com/book/necessary

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · Nov 21

In the mood for some great poetry? Check out our BBP Poetry Series. Available online and at all fine bookshops.

Find a local retailer here: downingfield.com/mbdb_series/...

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · May 26

✨NOW AVAILABLE✨
From Ireland’s Famine Trail to the stars of the Southern Hemisphere, AN OCEAN CALLED HOPE by S.C. Flynn @SCyFlynn is a poetic journey through memory, place and identity, connecting Australia, Ireland and beyond. 🌏✨

📚 ORDER NOW: downingfield.com/book/an-ocea...

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · Jun 26

🔮 “The well-beaten path” leads to something NECESSARY.

David Harrison Horton’s NECESSARY is a poetic meditation on time, place, and connection — weaving Babylonian myths, Carolingian history, Marco Polo, Paul Éluard, Elizabeth Willis, and Xinran into a lyrical reckoning with heritage and story.

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · Jun 24

If you come across any more closing publishers, please send them our way (but hopefully you won’t!).

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · Jun 24

This is incredibly sad and frustrating. Publishers have a duty to their authors. We often reach out closing presses offering to take on their book lists to keep the books in print, often to no avail. When publishers don’t pay their royalties or close suddenly, it reflects poorly on all publishers.

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · Jun 17

Downingfield Press is now accepting non-fiction submissions in:

✨ History
✨ Historical Memoir
✨ Historical Biography

📬 Submit here: downingfield.com/manuscript-s...

#CallForSubmissions #HistoryWriters #HistoricalMemoir #NonFictionWriters

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · Jun 17

Featuring our very own S.C. Flynn @scyflynn.bsky.social tomorrow night, 18 June at the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin!

Irish Writers Centre @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social · May 21

NEW WRITERS SHOWCASE SERIES!

🌟Spotlighting newly published writers across the island of Ireland🌟

Our first event will feature five poets from various parts of Ireland.

🗓️Wed 18 June 2025
🕣6.30-8.30pm
📍Irish Writers Centre, Dublin
🎟️ €5 (via Eventbrite)

irishwriterscentre.ie/whats-on/wri...

Writers Showcase: The Out of Towners - Irish Writers Centre

Join us at the Irish Writers Centre on Wednesday 18th June at 6.30pm for the first of our Writers Showcase.

irishwriterscentre.ie

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · Jun 16

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month from all of us at Downingfield Press!

We celebrate love, identity, and the power of stories that reflect every shade of the rainbow.

Keep being bold. Keep being you. 🌈📚 #PrideMonth #LGBTQIA #DowningfieldPress #booktok

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · Jun 14

Hard to believe it’s been 5 years since our website* launched with this post: ‘Downingfield – a unique combination of tradition and modernity’ downingfield.com/2020/06/14/h...

Looking back, it’s great to see those early hopes for the press realised.

*professional not-homemade website

Downingfield – a unique combination of tradition and modernity – Downingfield Press

We are Downingfield Press. A small publisher with a presence in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Our story began in 2017 when we published our first book The Local Electric Light Utility.…

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · Jun 12

Coming October 2025 online and at all fine book shops. #Romanovs #Russia #memoir #history #nonfiction #book

Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · Jun 11

🦘🇮🇪 Wallabies on an Irish island? Yes, really.
At the launch of An Ocean Called Hope, S.C. Flynn shares this wild tale—and how it ties into themes of migration, memory, and belonging.
📖 Buy the book: downingfield.com/book/an-ocea...
#Poetry #SCFlynn #WallabiesInIreland #poetry

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Downingfield Press @downingfield.bsky.social · Jun 11

COMING 28 JULY - A poetic exploration of time, place, and connection. 🌏📚✨

In NECESSARY, David Harrison Horton weaves together fragments from mythology, history, literature, and personal reflection to create a powerful meditation on how we understand our place in the world.