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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · Sep 8

Ilkley Literature Festival | 18 October
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · Sep 8

A very interesting run of events coming up for author Terry Stiastny, centring around her book Believable Lies: The Misfits Who Fought Churchill's Secret Propaganda War.

Imperial War Museum | 25 September
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Lucky Hare Books | 9 October
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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · Aug 19

A brilliant review of Olivia Laing's THE SILVER BOOK by Kirkus!

www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · Aug 15

In Olivia’s words, ‘The Silver Book is a novel in love with cinema’ - and therefore it makes perfect sense for it to be launched with a series of three events at the Barbican Centre, Cinema 1.

www.rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/the-sil...

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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · Aug 15

We're coming up to halfway through the Edinburgh International Book Festival (9 to 24 August) and it's a good moment to catch up with what's been going on for RCL authors and what's to come!

Read on the RCL website: www.rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/rcl-aut...

RCL authors at the Edinburgh Festival — Rebecca Carter Literary

Still to come, appearances by Elly Griffiths and Xiaolu Guo

www.rebeccacarterliterary.com

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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · Jul 27

UK Kindle edition of HOW TO SAVE THE AMAZON is cheap today!

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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · Jul 25

More on the RCL website:

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Happy Publication to THE ORIGINAL — Rebecca Carter Literary

Rave reviews for Nell Stevens’ novel since publication on 19 June

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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · Jul 25

Nell Stevens' The Original was launched in the UK (by Scribner) on 19 June, and in the US (by Norton) on 1 July.

The UK launch was accompanied by a very special ‘in conversation’ between Nell and Olivia Laing at the LRB Bookshop.

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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · Jul 12

Highly recommend Rebecca Stott’s new radio series starting on Monday. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Beautiful Strangeness by Rebecca Stott, Episode 1: Daydreaming

Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.

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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · Jul 9

Happy Publication Day Elly!

Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · Jul 9

On the day that The Frozen People is published in the US, @ellygriffiths.bsky.social is awarded Theakstons Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution Award!

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Big Day for Elly Griffiths — Rebecca Carter Literary

On the day that The Frozen People is published in the US, Elly is awarded Theakston Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution Award

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Hay Festival @hayfestival.bsky.social · Jun 10

Political neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod explores the ideological brain in our free film of the week on Hay Festival Anytime now.

Enjoy! www.hayfestival.org/anytime

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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · Jun 4

Calling all Spanish language publishers ...

Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas @handle.invalid · Jun 3

O livro "Como Salvar a Amazônia" é lançado três anos após a morte do repórter britânico, em 2022, assassinado ao lado do indigenista Bruno Pereira.

https://latamjournalismreview.org/pt-br/articles/como-os-amigos-do-jornalista-assassinado-dom-phillips-terminaram-seu-livro-sobre-a-amazonia/

Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · Jun 4

Thank you for this wonderful piece and it's call for a Spanish-language publisher to come forward and publish Dom Phillip's important book HOW TO SAVE THE AMAZON, published in the English language and in Brazilian Portuguese this week!

Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas @handle.invalid · Jun 3

Quando Dom Phillips foi assassinado na Amazônia, deixou para trás um livro inacabado.
Jornalistas se uniram para concluir esse trabalho — uma investigação sobre como salvar a floresta.

Via LatAm Journalism Review

Como os amigos do jornalista assassinado Dom Phillips terminaram seu livro sobre a Amazônia

Como os amigos do jornalista assassinado Dom Phillips terminaram seu livro sobre a Amazônia Violência Contra Jornalistas. Latin American Journalism Review by The Knight Center at The University of Texas at Austin.

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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · Jun 4

And @leorzmigrod.bsky.social is appearing with Dr Julia Ebner in a sold out event at the Cheltenham Science Festival this evening which promises to be really interesting for the lucky people with tickets. www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/going...

Going to Extremes: The Science of Susceptible Minds | Cheltenham Festivals

Extreme groups like Anti-Vaxxers and Neo-Nazis have started to enter the mainstream. Why is disinformation on the rise, and why are some brains more suscep

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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · Jun 4

I thought @leorzmigrod.bsky.social was brilliant at encapsulating her research into brain flexibility and dogmatism on the Today programme on Tuesday 3 June. You can listen at 2 hours 20 mins into the programme.

Leor Zmigrod @leorzmigrod.bsky.social · Jun 3

On BBC’s Radio 4 Today programme talking about my book THE IDEOLOGICAL BRAIN with Nick Robinson and Julia Ebner about how we - as individuals - can cultivate resilience to extreme ideologies 🧠

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Suhrkamp Verlag @suhrkamp.de · Jun 4

Mit nur 29 Jahren begründet @leorzmigrod.bsky.social ein neues Forschungsfeld: die politische Neurobiologie. In ihrem neuen Buch zeigt die preisgekrönte Wissenschaftlerin, wie Denkmuster unsere politische Haltung formen und wer für extreme Positionen anfällig ist: shrk.vg/Ideologische...

Das Buch »Das ideologische Gehirn« liegt auf rotem Hintergrund.

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David Edmonds @davidedmonds100.bsky.social · Mar 21

I bring you amazing news of the Duck-Rabbit which went viral after being drawn in 1892. (From a new book by Leor Zmigrod) @nigelwarburton.bsky.social

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Goethe-Universität Frankfurt @goetheuni.bsky.social · Jun 2

🧠 🧪 How does our #brain influence our political stance - and vice versa? Neuroresearcher @leorzmigrod.bsky.social presents her #book "Das ideologische Gehirn" on June 10 | 6 pm at Campus Westend, Cas. 1.801. Event on EN. | 🔗 www.suhrkamp.de/buchpraesent...

Plakat zur Buchvorstellung und Diskussion mit Dr. Leor Zmigrod. Links ist ein Porträtfoto von Dr. Zmigrod zu sehen, daneben das Buchcover ihres Buches „Das ideologische Gehirn – Wie politische Überzeugungen wirklich entstehen“. Rechts stehen die Veranstaltungsinformationen: Dienstag, 10. Juni 2025, 18 Uhr, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Campus Westend, Casino-Gebäude, Renate von Metzler-Saal, Cas. 1.801. Moderation: Prof. Dr. Martin Saar. Unten sind die Logos des Suhrkamp Verlags und der Goethe-Universität abgebildet.

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Chipping Campden Literature Festival @chipcampdenlitfest.bsky.social · Jun 3

I spy below @timcoulson.bsky.social who on 9 May did a brilliant presentation for us covering 13 billion years in 45 minutes! He said he’d enjoyed himself enormously so thank you, Tim 👍

Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · Jun 2

I’m loving Tim's new podcast ‘The Science of the Times’ with @sykhalid.bsky.social!

scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm

Science Of The Times

Do you want to learn a little more about topical science findings? Do many of the science stories you hear leave you with unanswered questions? Syma and Tim will discuss in non-technical language and ...

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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · Jun 2

And Tim has also just appeared on BBC Radio 4's ‘The Life Scientific’.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Tim Coulson on how predators shape ecosystems and evolution

Professor Tim Coulson on how the wolves of Yellowstone National Park shape the ecosystem.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · Jun 2

I’m loving Tim's new podcast ‘The Science of the Times’ with @sykhalid.bsky.social!

scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm

Science Of The Times

Do you want to learn a little more about topical science findings? Do many of the science stories you hear leave you with unanswered questions? Syma and Tim will discuss in non-technical language and ...

scienceofthetimes.transistor.fm

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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · Jun 2

Professor @timcoulson.bsky.social’s The Universal History of Us is now out in paperback from Penguin under a new title – A Little History of Everything: From the Big Bang to You.

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Happy paperback publication day to Tim Coulson — Rebecca Carter Literary

To mark publication, Tim has just appeared on Radio 4’s ‘The Life Scientific’, and has started a podcast

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Rebecca Carter @rebeccasbooks.bsky.social · May 30

UK publication of @nellstevens.bsky.social's second novel THE ORIGINAL is on the horizon (Scribner, 19 June), as witnessed by this signing of 400 copies for independent publishers.

www.rebeccacarterliterary.com/news/400-signed-copies-of-the-original-nell-stevens

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