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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 10d

We were chuffed that Hilary Taylor took the runner-up award at last week’s New Angle Prize, and that four of the six shortlisted books – by @robertashton.bsky.social, @katharineq.bsky.social & Amanda Addison – are now published by us or our sister company @wiltonsquare.bsky.social. Full story ⤵️

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 10d

A very funny, very charming book with lots of madcap adventures which becomes a book about modern Britain in its diversity, and that’s what I love about it’ Fantastic to hear @stuartmaconie.bsky.social so keen on Rowan McCabe’s The Door-to-Door Poet on Loose Ends www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 12d

Congratulations to Hilary Taylor, runner-up in the New Angle Prize with her Norfolk-set literary thriller Sea Defences (and of course to the winner Ian Collins for his deservedly acclaimed biography of Ronald Blythe)

Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 14d

It was great to hear Gaby Roslin so enthusiastic about Rowan McCabe and his book The Door-to-Door Poet on BBC Local Radio’s The Make a Difference Show last week. It’s a very nice interview. Listen from 2:18 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 15d

It’s not often we say here’s an entire radio programme dedicated to a book we’ve just published, but the latest episode of Secret North East on BBC Radio Newcastle is just that: Anna Foster talks to Rowan McCabe about his memoir The Door-to-Door Poet bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Secret North East - The world's first door to door poet - BBC Sounds

Meet door to door poet Rowan McCabe. He told Anna Foster about his work.

bbc.co.uk

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 16d

Here’s the full review of Season observer.co.uk/culture/book...

Books in brief: The House of Wolf, Everything We Do Is Mu...

New books by Tony Robinson, Elizabeth Alker and George Harrison reviewed

observer.co.uk

Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 16d

‘A heartfelt, platonic love story develops between the Young Man and the Old Man as they navigate their complicated lives and find a connection. This is an intelligent exploration of masculinity in the 21st century’ George Harrison’s debut novel Season reviewed in the Observer (link ⤵️)

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Richard Hall @richardhwrote.bsky.social · 19d

Out now in all formats, and endorsed by @bethwritesstuff.bsky.social

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 20d

The Door-to-Door Poet, out today, is ‘a funny, self-aware chronicle of the year Rowan McCabe spent in pursuit of a madly brilliant project’, says NARC. magazine. Read more about that project in their interview with Rowan here
narcmagazine.com/interview-ro...

INTERVIEW: Rowan McCabe

Fran Harvey chats to the poet and performer about his book which chronicles his year of taking spoken word to the doorsteps of the UK

narcmagazine.com

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 20d

Happy publication day to Rowan McCabe, whose book The Door-to-Door Poet – a joyful and thoughtful portrayal of a very unusual mission and the many and varied voices that make up a nation – is out today. (1/3)

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 20d

Obviously you can also get it from your nearest bookseller or you can buy it directly from us (3/3)
www.eye-books.com/books/the-do...

The Door-to-Door Poet by Rowan McCabe | Eye Books

The story of a maverick literary quest to knock on strangers’ doors in some of the most deprived parts of England and and offer to write poems for them, for free, about any subject they like

www.eye-books.com

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 20d

It’s great to see that it’s an instant Amazon bestseller – #2 in British Poetry (2/3) amazon.co.uk/gp/bestselle...

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 20d

Happy publication day to Rowan McCabe, whose book The Door-to-Door Poet – a joyful and thoughtful portrayal of a very unusual mission and the many and varied voices that make up a nation – is out today. (1/3)

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 21d

And here’s the link to Rowan’s Guardian piece (3/3)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I toured UK council estates and learned this: all our lives are poems just waiting to be written | Rowan McCabe

I knocked on doors, spoke to people about hopes and concerns, and wrote poetry to share with them. It could and should be an art form for everyone, says poet Rowan McCabe

www.theguardian.com

Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 21d

He tells his full story in The Door-to-Door Poet, which we publish tomorrow eye-books.com/books/the-do... (2/3)

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 21d

When RowanMcCabe told a police officer neighbour he was planning to knock on doors at Byker Wall and offer to write poems for free, she advised him to take pepper spray and not carry valuables. The reality was very different, as he explains in today’s Guardian (1/3)

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katharineq.bsky.social @katharineq.bsky.social · 23d

I'll be at #IpswichBookFestival talking about my prize-listed novel, #TheLowRoad @eyebooks.bsky.social, based on a true story from my East Anglian hometown. It tells the story of a Norfolk girl transported to Australia as a convict and is a tale of love, grief, betrayal - and solidarity. #Convicts

Image of a poster about Katharine Quarmby speaking on Sunday 5 October at 12.30 about her debut, prizelisted novel, The Low Road

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 26d

‘As the line between disaster and salvation becomes increasingly complex and blurred, the pages of the novel turn into an adventurous, adrenaline-filled diary. Original and overwhelming’ Another rave review of the Italian edition of Polly Clark’s new novel Ocean, this one in Corriere della Sera

Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 26d

‘With a nonconformist heroine at the helm, OCEAN [is] a gripping, epic and tragic journey, a wild and incredible adventure in the solitude of the sea, in search of what it means to heal.’ A great review of the Italian edition of Polly Clark’s novel in La Repubblica

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 28d

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Flint by Joanne Bourne | Eye Books

Fusing science, poetry, history and a deep love of landscape, Joanne Bourne pays tribute to flint, the magical and deeply practical stone made from sea creatures which has been part of human developme...

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 28d

Tomorrow we publish the paperback edition of Flint, Joanne Bourne’s deeply personal love letter to the magical stone that has fuelled three million years of human development. Order it direct from us for the next week and save 30%. Link ⤵️

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 28d

www.eye-books.com/books/season...

Season by George Harrison | Eye Books

The Young Man and the Old Man – two fanatics in adjacent seats – form a slow but steady friendship over the course of a football season. As their beloved club lurches towards relegation – and as they ...

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 28d

The paperback edition of Season, George Harrison’s acclaimed debut novel about two men – one young, the other old – who occupy adjacent seats in an unnamed football stadium, is out now. Order it directly from us in the next week and save 30%. Link ⤵️

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Richard Hall @richardhwrote.bsky.social · Sep 8

I was on BBC radio talking about my book.
Follow the link to listen, or better still, buy a copy and see what we're talking about

Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · Sep 8

Yesterday @richardhwrote.bsky.social was @cazzamartin.bsky.social’s guest on her BBC Radio Gloucestershire/Wiltshire/Bristol breakfast show talking about the groomer and rapist he meet in the 90s at a Swindon LGBT organisation – the story he tells in his book I’m Fine
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Caroline Martin on BBC Radio Wiltshire - 'I'm Fine' by Richard Hall is a horrifying true story of a safeguarding fail in an LGBT youth group in Swindon - BBC Sounds

Richard Hall talks to Caroline Martin about his story

www.bbc.co.uk

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