Ali Bacon
@alibacon.bsky.social
Fiction writer, sometimes historical. https://linktr.ee/alibwriter 'The Absent Heart' inspired by #RLS letters to Fanny Sitwell out March 2025 with Linen Press. https://www.linen-press.com/shop/the-absent-heart/
Introducing #writingcommunity and #booksky to @malagopress.bsky.social and our new spooky story book! Quite Weird www.amazon.co.uk/Quite-Weird-...
November 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Introducing #writingcommunity and #booksky to @malagopress.bsky.social and our new spooky story book! Quite Weird www.amazon.co.uk/Quite-Weird-...
How did I end up writing the lives of eminent (but sometimes neglected) Victorians? Find out on the @nansjar23.bsky.social blog 😊🙏 I
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July 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
How did I end up writing the lives of eminent (but sometimes neglected) Victorians? Find out on the @nansjar23.bsky.social blog 😊🙏 I
nancyjardine.blogspot.com/2025/07/welc...
nancyjardine.blogspot.com/2025/07/welc...
The Absent Heart & friends looking good today at #stroudindiebookfair though I say it myself.😊 .
#histfic #biographicalfiction
#histfic #biographicalfiction
June 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The Absent Heart & friends looking good today at #stroudindiebookfair though I say it myself.😊 .
#histfic #biographicalfiction
#histfic #biographicalfiction
May 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Mrs Sitwell goes to Edinburgh! Join me and @janeandersonwritet.bsky.social at the Edinburgh Bookshop on Thursday evening. On Friday I'll be talking at the Robert Louis Stevenson Club (members only). #theabsentheart www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/ali...
May 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Mrs Sitwell goes to Edinburgh! Join me and @janeandersonwritet.bsky.social at the Edinburgh Bookshop on Thursday evening. On Friday I'll be talking at the Robert Louis Stevenson Club (members only). #theabsentheart www.edinburghbookshop.com/events-1/ali...
Here's an artist's impression by Jennifer McDonald of the 'real' characters from The Absent Heart, Sidney Colvin, R.L. Stevenson and Frances Sitwell.
My next 'Beyond the Book' newsletter discusses the people I made up from scratch!
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You also get a bonus chapter 😉
My next 'Beyond the Book' newsletter discusses the people I made up from scratch!
Sign up here. eepurl.com/iTCrNc
You also get a bonus chapter 😉
April 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Here's an artist's impression by Jennifer McDonald of the 'real' characters from The Absent Heart, Sidney Colvin, R.L. Stevenson and Frances Sitwell.
My next 'Beyond the Book' newsletter discusses the people I made up from scratch!
Sign up here. eepurl.com/iTCrNc
You also get a bonus chapter 😉
My next 'Beyond the Book' newsletter discusses the people I made up from scratch!
Sign up here. eepurl.com/iTCrNc
You also get a bonus chapter 😉
Another blog appearance today this time with indie author Jane Davis who has a fabulous back catalogue of fiction - historical and contemporary. Yes, I'm in the history bracket too!
#booksky #historicalfiction #biographicalfiction jane-davis.co.uk/2025/04/12/v...
#booksky #historicalfiction #biographicalfiction jane-davis.co.uk/2025/04/12/v...
April 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Another blog appearance today this time with indie author Jane Davis who has a fabulous back catalogue of fiction - historical and contemporary. Yes, I'm in the history bracket too!
#booksky #historicalfiction #biographicalfiction jane-davis.co.uk/2025/04/12/v...
#booksky #historicalfiction #biographicalfiction jane-davis.co.uk/2025/04/12/v...
Publication Day! 😍🥳
Order The Absent Heart "Full of stifled passions, hidden loves, brief joys and terrible griefs.." says James Robertson. Ready for some heart-wrenching? Order now from Linen Press or Amazon alibacon.com
Order The Absent Heart "Full of stifled passions, hidden loves, brief joys and terrible griefs.." says James Robertson. Ready for some heart-wrenching? Order now from Linen Press or Amazon alibacon.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Publication Day! 😍🥳
Order The Absent Heart "Full of stifled passions, hidden loves, brief joys and terrible griefs.." says James Robertson. Ready for some heart-wrenching? Order now from Linen Press or Amazon alibacon.com
Order The Absent Heart "Full of stifled passions, hidden loves, brief joys and terrible griefs.." says James Robertson. Ready for some heart-wrenching? Order now from Linen Press or Amazon alibacon.com
Delighted to be feature the Portobello Book blog today. A wee holiday by the sea for The Absent Heart just before publication :) #historicalfiction #robertlouisstevenson #francessitwell #linenpressbooks
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March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Delighted to be feature the Portobello Book blog today. A wee holiday by the sea for The Absent Heart just before publication :) #historicalfiction #robertlouisstevenson #francessitwell #linenpressbooks
portobellobookblog.com/2025/03/22/t...
portobellobookblog.com/2025/03/22/t...
Thrilled to have this endorsement from a Stevenson biographer. 'reveals the emotional truth of a long and deep relationship the way no biography can.'
#robertlouisstevenson #historicalfiction #booksky #francessitwell #biographicalfiction
#robertlouisstevenson #historicalfiction #booksky #francessitwell #biographicalfiction
March 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Thrilled to have this endorsement from a Stevenson biographer. 'reveals the emotional truth of a long and deep relationship the way no biography can.'
#robertlouisstevenson #historicalfiction #booksky #francessitwell #biographicalfiction
#robertlouisstevenson #historicalfiction #booksky #francessitwell #biographicalfiction
Thank you @rachaelgray.bsky.social for my first Goodreads review 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟#booksky #historicalfiction #newbooks
February 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Thank you @rachaelgray.bsky.social for my first Goodreads review 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟#booksky #historicalfiction #newbooks
I'm a bit late to this party but how many books are instantly recognisable from the cover? A great read if longer than my usual taste. Highly atmospheric and some very cool early photography thrown in 😍📸
#historicalfiction
#booksky
#coverart
#photohistory
#historicalfiction
#booksky
#coverart
#photohistory
February 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I'm a bit late to this party but how many books are instantly recognisable from the cover? A great read if longer than my usual taste. Highly atmospheric and some very cool early photography thrown in 😍📸
#historicalfiction
#booksky
#coverart
#photohistory
#historicalfiction
#booksky
#coverart
#photohistory
@philipmiller.bsky.social Hi Philip. Great to see Shona Sandison going strong. I've been raking around in the life of R.L.S. If you'd like to have a read of the outcome, let me know. More on my profile. 🙂🙏 #TheAbsentHeart #historicalfiction
February 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
@philipmiller.bsky.social Hi Philip. Great to see Shona Sandison going strong. I've been raking around in the life of R.L.S. If you'd like to have a read of the outcome, let me know. More on my profile. 🙂🙏 #TheAbsentHeart #historicalfiction
I thought this would be good and it was!
Lovely exploration of Edinburgh past and present (with interesting casting of Louis and Fanny🤔)
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Jekyll, Hyde & Hunter #whoknew
#robertlouisstevenson #theabsentheart
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Lovely exploration of Edinburgh past and present (with interesting casting of Louis and Fanny🤔)
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Jekyll, Hyde & Hunter #whoknew
#robertlouisstevenson #theabsentheart
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
February 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I thought this would be good and it was!
Lovely exploration of Edinburgh past and present (with interesting casting of Louis and Fanny🤔)
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Jekyll, Hyde & Hunter #whoknew
#robertlouisstevenson #theabsentheart
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Lovely exploration of Edinburgh past and present (with interesting casting of Louis and Fanny🤔)
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Jekyll, Hyde & Hunter #whoknew
#robertlouisstevenson #theabsentheart
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Raced through this fascinating novel by @vickymackenzie.bsky.social then I remembered Within these Walls, my take on the life of a 10th century nun in Skeins anthology. Great to explore those long-ago voices.
#womensvoices
#WOMENSWORDS
#skeins #linenpress
#womensvoices
#WOMENSWORDS
#skeins #linenpress
February 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Raced through this fascinating novel by @vickymackenzie.bsky.social then I remembered Within these Walls, my take on the life of a 10th century nun in Skeins anthology. Great to explore those long-ago voices.
#womensvoices
#WOMENSWORDS
#skeins #linenpress
#womensvoices
#WOMENSWORDS
#skeins #linenpress
@stroudbookfestival.bsky.social Hi Stroud and greetings from SouthGlos. My second historical/biographical novel is out in March and I’d love to talk about it at your 2025 festival or take part in discussion. Should I send a full pitch? Review copy available on request 😊🙏
February 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
@stroudbookfestival.bsky.social Hi Stroud and greetings from SouthGlos. My second historical/biographical novel is out in March and I’d love to talk about it at your 2025 festival or take part in discussion. Should I send a full pitch? Review copy available on request 😊🙏
@vickymackenzie.bsky.social just saying hi while devouring your 'Great Pain' Love conjuring these long-ago voices. Meanwhile we share attachment to #EastNeuk and my latest has a nod to Mr Ruskin. Good to connect!
February 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
@vickymackenzie.bsky.social just saying hi while devouring your 'Great Pain' Love conjuring these long-ago voices. Meanwhile we share attachment to #EastNeuk and my latest has a nod to Mr Ruskin. Good to connect!
I've just checked and all my posts on here to date are pure #bookpromo. What can I say? Time to talk #amreading. This one by @ajwestauthor.bsky.social was a wild ride. Unforgettable cast of mollies, and I've never felt so close to 17th C. London. #histfic
February 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I've just checked and all my posts on here to date are pure #bookpromo. What can I say? Time to talk #amreading. This one by @ajwestauthor.bsky.social was a wild ride. Unforgettable cast of mollies, and I've never felt so close to 17th C. London. #histfic
Later today will see the next issue of my Beyond the Book newsletter with background, research, and characters in #TheAbsentHeart Sign up here to subscribe (and get a bonus chapter too). #shamelessselfpromo #historicalfiction #robertlouisstevenson
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January 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Later today will see the next issue of my Beyond the Book newsletter with background, research, and characters in #TheAbsentHeart Sign up here to subscribe (and get a bonus chapter too). #shamelessselfpromo #historicalfiction #robertlouisstevenson
eepurl.com/iTCrNc
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Reviewed on Amazon.
Gorgeous pre-Christmas read from Chloe Turner. Quietly compelling, 17th Century pastoral with guts!
Also had joy of driving through Cotswold valleys just after I finished it 😊
www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3MMA...
Gorgeous pre-Christmas read from Chloe Turner. Quietly compelling, 17th Century pastoral with guts!
Also had joy of driving through Cotswold valleys just after I finished it 😊
www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3MMA...
December 23, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Reviewed on Amazon.
Gorgeous pre-Christmas read from Chloe Turner. Quietly compelling, 17th Century pastoral with guts!
Also had joy of driving through Cotswold valleys just after I finished it 😊
www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3MMA...
Gorgeous pre-Christmas read from Chloe Turner. Quietly compelling, 17th Century pastoral with guts!
Also had joy of driving through Cotswold valleys just after I finished it 😊
www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3MMA...
My historical novel The Absent Heart inspired by letters of R. L. Stevenson is due April 2025. Find out more with Beyond the Book, next issue out tomorrow.
sign up now for a bonus chapter 😉#shamelessselfpromo eepurl.com/iTCrNc
sign up now for a bonus chapter 😉#shamelessselfpromo eepurl.com/iTCrNc
December 16, 2024 at 8:07 PM
My historical novel The Absent Heart inspired by letters of R. L. Stevenson is due April 2025. Find out more with Beyond the Book, next issue out tomorrow.
sign up now for a bonus chapter 😉#shamelessselfpromo eepurl.com/iTCrNc
sign up now for a bonus chapter 😉#shamelessselfpromo eepurl.com/iTCrNc
On account of some wrinkle in the universe of Amazon, In the Blink of an Eye paperback may now be had for £2.72
Limited time. #histfic #photohistory #dohill
Don't all rush at once
Okay go on then!
www.amazon.co.uk/.../099359.....
Limited time. #histfic #photohistory #dohill
Don't all rush at once
Okay go on then!
www.amazon.co.uk/.../099359.....
January 8, 2024 at 9:34 AM
On account of some wrinkle in the universe of Amazon, In the Blink of an Eye paperback may now be had for £2.72
Limited time. #histfic #photohistory #dohill
Don't all rush at once
Okay go on then!
www.amazon.co.uk/.../099359.....
Limited time. #histfic #photohistory #dohill
Don't all rush at once
Okay go on then!
www.amazon.co.uk/.../099359.....
Yikes, a blog post. Happy Christmas from #RLS, Harry Styles, and me! wordpress.com/post/alibaco...
December 21, 2023 at 10:16 AM
Yikes, a blog post. Happy Christmas from #RLS, Harry Styles, and me! wordpress.com/post/alibaco...
a question I've asked myself many times! What's the diffrence between literary, upmarket and bookclub fiction? 🤔 and some answers from @darlingaxe.bsky.social darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/u...
December 6, 2023 at 7:20 PM
a question I've asked myself many times! What's the diffrence between literary, upmarket and bookclub fiction? 🤔 and some answers from @darlingaxe.bsky.social darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/u...
Obscurely reminds me of Esther Freud's novel 'Mr Mac and Me' (although that's set in Suffolk!) - excellent read. #amreading #fictionalbiography #histfic
October 20, 2023 at 10:04 AM
Obscurely reminds me of Esther Freud's novel 'Mr Mac and Me' (although that's set in Suffolk!) - excellent read. #amreading #fictionalbiography #histfic