Jon Woolcott
@jonwoolcott.bsky.social
Author Real Dorset (Seren), The Tattooed Hills (Aurum 2026), editor Going to Ground, works Little Toller, editor The Clearing. Events/writing/buy: linktr.ee/jonwoolcott
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Jon Woolcott
@jonwoolcott.bsky.social
· Oct 8
Here it is, the gorgeous cover of The Tattooed Hills by the talented illustrator Jon McCormack. It's just perfect!
The book is out next spring and you can preorder a copy here: geni.us/TheTattooedH...
The book is out next spring and you can preorder a copy here: geni.us/TheTattooedH...
Mad Shepherds.
Just sayin'.
Just sayin'.
Latest missive from the lovely people @littletollerbooks.bsky.social distracting me in my inbox… look! Mad Shepherds by L.P.Jacks (rural misfits & their pastoral mysticism) introduced by Mackenzie Crook! And #FutureRural, which is also going to be ace. What treats for this 43rd day of rain!
February 12, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Mad Shepherds.
Just sayin'.
Just sayin'.
Schwitters puns incoming.
This instantly seems like a Merz-have item
I'm editing a book, part memoir, part art history, about the German artist Kurt Schwitters' last years in the English Lake District, and it's FANTASTIC. Not read anything like this in years and cannot wait until @littletollerbooks.bsky.social publishes it later this spring. More soon.
February 10, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Schwitters puns incoming.
I'm editing a book, part memoir, part art history, about the German artist Kurt Schwitters' last years in the English Lake District, and it's FANTASTIC. Not read anything like this in years and cannot wait until @littletollerbooks.bsky.social publishes it later this spring. More soon.
February 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
I'm editing a book, part memoir, part art history, about the German artist Kurt Schwitters' last years in the English Lake District, and it's FANTASTIC. Not read anything like this in years and cannot wait until @littletollerbooks.bsky.social publishes it later this spring. More soon.
The Cross and Hand, an ancient and mysterious stone, part of the landscape story around Cerne Abbas, photographed yesterday.
More about this in The Tattooed Hills, out in April.
#stoneclub
More about this in The Tattooed Hills, out in April.
#stoneclub
January 30, 2026 at 9:38 AM
The Cross and Hand, an ancient and mysterious stone, part of the landscape story around Cerne Abbas, photographed yesterday.
More about this in The Tattooed Hills, out in April.
#stoneclub
More about this in The Tattooed Hills, out in April.
#stoneclub
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Ten minutes later, police escorted Barry from the fruit and veg aisle in Asda.
January 24, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Ten minutes later, police escorted Barry from the fruit and veg aisle in Asda.
Delighted that excellent nonfiction editor at @thebookseller.com , @carosanderson.bsky.social has chosen The Tattooed Hills as one of her Top Ten April books, with blush inducing comments.
Preorder link in bio etc.
@quartobooksuk.bsky.social
Preorder link in bio etc.
@quartobooksuk.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Delighted that excellent nonfiction editor at @thebookseller.com , @carosanderson.bsky.social has chosen The Tattooed Hills as one of her Top Ten April books, with blush inducing comments.
Preorder link in bio etc.
@quartobooksuk.bsky.social
Preorder link in bio etc.
@quartobooksuk.bsky.social
Quote an actor in the wrong film:
'Is it raining? I hadn't noticed.'
'Is it raining? I hadn't noticed.'
January 19, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Quote an actor in the wrong film:
'Is it raining? I hadn't noticed.'
'Is it raining? I hadn't noticed.'
Interesting section on Women's Hour yesterday about teaching kids about critical thinking in the age of AI, but I wonder if they're the ones that need the education?
Honestly one of the most terrifying things I’ve read in a long time - how often is this happening and decisions being made on the basis of AI hallucinated information??
WM Police chief Craig Guildford has apologised for identifying a fictitious West Ham v Maccabi Tel Aviv match in a police report. He’s written to the home affairs committee and blames Microsoft CoPilot for the error
January 14, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Interesting section on Women's Hour yesterday about teaching kids about critical thinking in the age of AI, but I wonder if they're the ones that need the education?
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And you may saye to yourselfe
These are not my lone and level sandes
And you may saye to yourselfe
These are not my vast and trunklesse legges of stone
These are not my lone and level sandes
And you may saye to yourselfe
These are not my vast and trunklesse legges of stone
January 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM
And you may saye to yourselfe
These are not my lone and level sandes
And you may saye to yourselfe
These are not my vast and trunklesse legges of stone
These are not my lone and level sandes
And you may saye to yourselfe
These are not my vast and trunklesse legges of stone
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Reposted by Jon Woolcott
Why you should have a cat
January 6, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Why you should have a cat
Some brilliant travel writing coming this year, and honoured to see that The Tattooed Hills has made this list.
Words from the road for 2026: new books on travel and place from writers including Helena Attlee, Howard Cunnell, Louis de Bernières, Charles Foster, Kapka Kassabova and Sara Wheeler.
deskboundtraveller.com/words-from-t...
deskboundtraveller.com/words-from-t...
January 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Some brilliant travel writing coming this year, and honoured to see that The Tattooed Hills has made this list.
Thanks Keith! I'll try to keep the book upbeat too...
Day 3 of #10UpbeatPosters is @hedleythorne.bsky.social. Often sharing magical drone shots of sites in southern parts of these isles. I’m quite taken by #hillfigures (hence looking forward to the new book by @jonwoolcott.bsky.social!) and Hedley posts images of various of those occasionally too :-)
Uffington White Horse charging towards the hillfort. It is lovely at this time of year. #neolithic
January 6, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Thanks Keith! I'll try to keep the book upbeat too...
Enjoying the local library's modification of this William Boyd novel.
January 4, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Enjoying the local library's modification of this William Boyd novel.
This is a fascinating podcast with two of my favourite writers, discussing the fens, landscape, walking and writing. Delighted to hear talk too of Tim Dee and Jonathan Meades.
A new episode of Monstrosities Mon Amour is out! The writer Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social on his love for the strange, eerie landscape of the Fens, and the joys of the psychedelic Rolling Stones album Their Satanic Majesties Request. johngrindrod.substack.com/p/monstrosit...
Monstrosities Mon Amour: The Fens with Tom Cox
#13. John Grindrod meets writer Tom Cox to explore the flatlands of the Fens and the Rolling Stones's most controversial album, Their Satanic Majesties Request
johngrindrod.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is a fascinating podcast with two of my favourite writers, discussing the fens, landscape, walking and writing. Delighted to hear talk too of Tim Dee and Jonathan Meades.
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“Pray tell, the Baron, what sort of gentleman is he?”
“Well…”
“Well…”
December 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“Pray tell, the Baron, what sort of gentleman is he?”
“Well…”
“Well…”
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Be nice to your postie at Christmas, they are doing a job you would probably find too difficult. 🙏
Only abused by two members of the public yesterday as I delivered their parcels. And called a C**t because I had stopped outside a house to deliver letters. But (I try to keep this in the front of my mind) most people are lovely and polite.
December 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Be nice to your postie at Christmas, they are doing a job you would probably find too difficult. 🙏
Time to update the snowy Christmas Film for our soggy times.
'They meet on the roof of his car in a flood on the Somerset Levels. She's a hydrologist, he's a climate change denier. Can she stop him being a twat and will love save them both? Wet Christmas, in cinemas, Boxing Day.'
'They meet on the roof of his car in a flood on the Somerset Levels. She's a hydrologist, he's a climate change denier. Can she stop him being a twat and will love save them both? Wet Christmas, in cinemas, Boxing Day.'
December 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Time to update the snowy Christmas Film for our soggy times.
'They meet on the roof of his car in a flood on the Somerset Levels. She's a hydrologist, he's a climate change denier. Can she stop him being a twat and will love save them both? Wet Christmas, in cinemas, Boxing Day.'
'They meet on the roof of his car in a flood on the Somerset Levels. She's a hydrologist, he's a climate change denier. Can she stop him being a twat and will love save them both? Wet Christmas, in cinemas, Boxing Day.'
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Friday afternoon obscure question:
can anyone tell me what the highest viewer rating figures were for Brideshead Revisited in 1981?
doesn't seem to be out there anywhere
can anyone tell me what the highest viewer rating figures were for Brideshead Revisited in 1981?
doesn't seem to be out there anywhere
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Friday afternoon obscure question:
can anyone tell me what the highest viewer rating figures were for Brideshead Revisited in 1981?
doesn't seem to be out there anywhere
can anyone tell me what the highest viewer rating figures were for Brideshead Revisited in 1981?
doesn't seem to be out there anywhere
@susannahwalker.bsky.social Saw this and thought of you...
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How Warwickshire battlefield became 'England's most haunted' - BBC News
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How Warwickshire battlefield became 'England's most haunted' - BBC News
How Warwickshire battlefield became 'England's most haunted'
A historian says the civil war battlefield is home to one of the weirdest ghost stories in England.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
@susannahwalker.bsky.social Saw this and thought of you...
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How Warwickshire battlefield became 'England's most haunted' - BBC News
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How Warwickshire battlefield became 'England's most haunted' - BBC News
She was often regarded as a cosy middle England 'aga saga' writer because that's how they were packaged, but her novels were full of pathos and were sometimes dark, often about precacity. Sad news.
BBC News - Author Joanna Trollope dies aged 82
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Author Joanna Trollope dies aged 82
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Author Joanna Trollope dies aged 82
The writer was famous for her stories about romance and intrigue in rural middle England.
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
She was often regarded as a cosy middle England 'aga saga' writer because that's how they were packaged, but her novels were full of pathos and were sometimes dark, often about precacity. Sad news.
BBC News - Author Joanna Trollope dies aged 82
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Author Joanna Trollope dies aged 82
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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My daughter is regaling us with stories about her weekend as an elf in a South London Santa’s Grotto. On arrival for her shift she was told ‘Don’t hog the toilet. Santa’s got a urine infection.’
December 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
My daughter is regaling us with stories about her weekend as an elf in a South London Santa’s Grotto. On arrival for her shift she was told ‘Don’t hog the toilet. Santa’s got a urine infection.’
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🎄⭐ Little Toller’s 12 Books for Christmas🎄⭐
Shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards 2025
@horatioclare.bsky.social's We Came by Sea is a testament to hope, humanity, & the quieter goodness within a nation often defined by its divisions. It's Horatio at his best.
Available in Paperback
#BookSky
Shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards 2025
@horatioclare.bsky.social's We Came by Sea is a testament to hope, humanity, & the quieter goodness within a nation often defined by its divisions. It's Horatio at his best.
Available in Paperback
#BookSky
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🎄⭐ Little Toller’s 12 Books for Christmas🎄⭐
Shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards 2025
@horatioclare.bsky.social's We Came by Sea is a testament to hope, humanity, & the quieter goodness within a nation often defined by its divisions. It's Horatio at his best.
Available in Paperback
#BookSky
Shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards 2025
@horatioclare.bsky.social's We Came by Sea is a testament to hope, humanity, & the quieter goodness within a nation often defined by its divisions. It's Horatio at his best.
Available in Paperback
#BookSky
'I call this one "Mansplaining Boats."'
December 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
'I call this one "Mansplaining Boats."'
My publisher asked me to tone down the knob gags in the Cerne Abbas chapter of my book about chalk figures. But if they're good enough for the National Trust...
Opportunities to transform nature don’t get much bigger than this!
We have the opportunity to conserve 340 acres (138 hectares) of biodiverse countryside surrounding the Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset.
We have the opportunity to conserve 340 acres (138 hectares) of biodiverse countryside surrounding the Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset.
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
My publisher asked me to tone down the knob gags in the Cerne Abbas chapter of my book about chalk figures. But if they're good enough for the National Trust...