SAM BLAKE
@samblakebooks.bsky.social
No 1 bestselling Irish crime writer (adult & YA) 💙📚
Chair Society of Authors, views my own.
Agent: Simon Trewin
https://linktr.ee/SamBlakeBooks
Chair Society of Authors, views my own.
Agent: Simon Trewin
https://linktr.ee/SamBlakeBooks
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SAM BLAKE
@samblakebooks.bsky.social
· Jan 27
For anyone new to me, I write thrillers (www.samblakebooks.com 😊 #TheKillingSense No 1 bestseller, out now! 🎉) I founded Europe's biggest writing resources website @writing.ie, Ireland's International Crime Writing Festival @murderonefest.bsky.social & run a fab online writers group, Writers Ink 💙📚
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Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
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Leonard Cohen who died on this day 2016:
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Leonard Cohen who died on this day 2016:
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
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It’s 6 November, and you know what that means, don’t you? YES, THAT’S RIGHT. It’s the 156th anniversary of the death of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s pet wombat
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
It’s 6 November, and you know what that means, don’t you? YES, THAT’S RIGHT. It’s the 156th anniversary of the death of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s pet wombat
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On Toad’s birthday Frog gave him a hat. Toad was delighted.
“Happy birthday,” said Frog. Toad put on the hat. It fell down over his eyes.
“Happy birthday,” said Frog. Toad put on the hat. It fell down over his eyes.
November 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
On Toad’s birthday Frog gave him a hat. Toad was delighted.
“Happy birthday,” said Frog. Toad put on the hat. It fell down over his eyes.
“Happy birthday,” said Frog. Toad put on the hat. It fell down over his eyes.
Thanks so much M!
Wishing @samblakebooks.bsky.social a Very Happy Paperback Publication Day 🎉
#TheKillingSense is a superbly researched, taut, contemporary thriller with a strong Parisian flair
Review:
swirlandthread.com/the-killing-...
Shortlisted for Crime Fiction Book of the Year
➡️ VOTE irishbookawards.ie/vote/
#TheKillingSense is a superbly researched, taut, contemporary thriller with a strong Parisian flair
Review:
swirlandthread.com/the-killing-...
Shortlisted for Crime Fiction Book of the Year
➡️ VOTE irishbookawards.ie/vote/
November 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Thanks so much M!
🙏❤️
November 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🙏❤️
❤️❤️
We are 5! 🎈
THANK YOU for being part of the mission. At a time when Amazon profits are soaring, and small businesses face ever increasing pressure, WHERE you choose to spend your money makes all the difference in keeping these community spaces on the high street. Bookshop.org
THANK YOU for being part of the mission. At a time when Amazon profits are soaring, and small businesses face ever increasing pressure, WHERE you choose to spend your money makes all the difference in keeping these community spaces on the high street. Bookshop.org
November 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM
❤️❤️
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
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Best of luck to @samblakebooks.bsky.social and Kieran Marsh in the An Post Irish Book Awards. If you haven't done so already, please do go and vote at www.irishbookawards.ie/vote (you can vote for Sam, but not Kieran, unfortunately).
#IrishFictionBooks
#IrishFictionBooks
October 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Best of luck to @samblakebooks.bsky.social and Kieran Marsh in the An Post Irish Book Awards. If you haven't done so already, please do go and vote at www.irishbookawards.ie/vote (you can vote for Sam, but not Kieran, unfortunately).
#IrishFictionBooks
#IrishFictionBooks
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Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
October 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
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Books may well be the only true magic.
Alice Hoffman
(Halloween week - I’m indulging in AH audio books as I work!)
Alice Hoffman
(Halloween week - I’m indulging in AH audio books as I work!)
October 28, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Books may well be the only true magic.
Alice Hoffman
(Halloween week - I’m indulging in AH audio books as I work!)
Alice Hoffman
(Halloween week - I’m indulging in AH audio books as I work!)
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As we approach our 20th year anniversary in publishing.
We've just had our BEST MONTH EVER for book sales.
Thank you to all the bookshops and librarians for
placing our books in readers' hands.
Phenomenal!!
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@forumbooks.bsky.social
@book-ish.bsky.social
We've just had our BEST MONTH EVER for book sales.
Thank you to all the bookshops and librarians for
placing our books in readers' hands.
Phenomenal!!
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@forumbooks.bsky.social
@book-ish.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
As we approach our 20th year anniversary in publishing.
We've just had our BEST MONTH EVER for book sales.
Thank you to all the bookshops and librarians for
placing our books in readers' hands.
Phenomenal!!
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@forumbooks.bsky.social
@book-ish.bsky.social
We've just had our BEST MONTH EVER for book sales.
Thank you to all the bookshops and librarians for
placing our books in readers' hands.
Phenomenal!!
@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@forumbooks.bsky.social
@book-ish.bsky.social
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You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.
October 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.
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A year ago, Spain was hit by deadly floods
They were supercharged by climate change
Yet in their wake, climate-denying politicians gained influence - which risks undermining climate action, making people less safe
Today we publish new research on this troubling dynamic🧵
www.scri.org.uk/derailment
They were supercharged by climate change
Yet in their wake, climate-denying politicians gained influence - which risks undermining climate action, making people less safe
Today we publish new research on this troubling dynamic🧵
www.scri.org.uk/derailment
Welcome to the Strategic Climate Risk Initiative
How can we stop the consequences of climate change from undermining climate action?
www.scri.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
A year ago, Spain was hit by deadly floods
They were supercharged by climate change
Yet in their wake, climate-denying politicians gained influence - which risks undermining climate action, making people less safe
Today we publish new research on this troubling dynamic🧵
www.scri.org.uk/derailment
They were supercharged by climate change
Yet in their wake, climate-denying politicians gained influence - which risks undermining climate action, making people less safe
Today we publish new research on this troubling dynamic🧵
www.scri.org.uk/derailment
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9-year-old's letter to BBC Children's programme: Blue Peter (1973)
Hollander is now Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research & Impact and Professor of StemCell Biology at Liverpool University
#highered #science #medicine #surgery #edchat #education
www.liverpool.ac.uk/researcher/w...
Hollander is now Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research & Impact and Professor of StemCell Biology at Liverpool University
#highered #science #medicine #surgery #edchat #education
www.liverpool.ac.uk/researcher/w...
![Dear Val, John, Peter and Lesslie
This may seem very strange, but I think I no how to make people or animals alive. Why Im teling you is because I cant get the things I need.
A list of what I need.
1. Diagram of how evreything works (inside youre body)
2. Model of a heart split in half, (both halvs)
3. The sort of sering [syringe] they yous for cleaning ears (Tsering must be very very clean)
4. Tools for cutting people open
5. Tools for stiches
6. Fiberglass box, 8 foot tall, 3 foot width.
7. Picture of a man showing all the arteries.
Sorry but in number 6 in the list the box needs lid. If you do get them on 1st March I can pay £10, £11, £12, £13 or £14. Send your answer to me,
Love from Anthony, London, NW11](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6xzczlgdl4dklm6hw2xxlgyh/bafkreigu7p4qukzgiqp3bzzmqlwuyuxb2wszdyll53oywfilh6vcsl7awe@jpeg)
October 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
9-year-old's letter to BBC Children's programme: Blue Peter (1973)
Hollander is now Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research & Impact and Professor of StemCell Biology at Liverpool University
#highered #science #medicine #surgery #edchat #education
www.liverpool.ac.uk/researcher/w...
Hollander is now Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research & Impact and Professor of StemCell Biology at Liverpool University
#highered #science #medicine #surgery #edchat #education
www.liverpool.ac.uk/researcher/w...
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Just finished Han Kang's We Do Not Part last night. It will take a while to process all that is contained between the covers. The writing & translation (by e. yaewon & Paige Aniyah Morris) are exquisite. There is love & tenderness & care, profound trauma & brutality, art & nature & spirits & memory.
Announcing the longlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2025! Featuring 10 languages, 12 publishers, 4 collections of poetry - and much more. The longlist travels from Argentina to South Korea, from Haiti to Romania, from Sweden to Slovenia.
tinyurl.com/4cu8sdv9
tinyurl.com/4cu8sdv9
October 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Just finished Han Kang's We Do Not Part last night. It will take a while to process all that is contained between the covers. The writing & translation (by e. yaewon & Paige Aniyah Morris) are exquisite. There is love & tenderness & care, profound trauma & brutality, art & nature & spirits & memory.
How lovely is this?! ❤️😊
Posted by @littleluxurieslibrary on instragram:
What a SUPER read. This is my first @samblakebooks but it absolutely will not be my last. 🥰😍
Posted by @littleluxurieslibrary on instragram:
What a SUPER read. This is my first @samblakebooks but it absolutely will not be my last. 🥰😍
October 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
How lovely is this?! ❤️😊
Posted by @littleluxurieslibrary on instragram:
What a SUPER read. This is my first @samblakebooks but it absolutely will not be my last. 🥰😍
Posted by @littleluxurieslibrary on instragram:
What a SUPER read. This is my first @samblakebooks but it absolutely will not be my last. 🥰😍
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Can’t say I know much about the powers of the Irish president but it’s interesting that this woman ran as a left-wing independent, won 63% of the vote, was lauded by her opponent, and is succeeding the man who took his adorable dogs everywhere. Seems a proper country.
Independent left-wing politician Connolly wins Irish presidency in landslide
Catherine Connolly, a veteran lawmaker on the far left of the Irish political spectrum, was elected president by a landslide margin on Saturday in a stinging rebuke to the recently re-elected centre-right coalition.
www.reuters.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Can’t say I know much about the powers of the Irish president but it’s interesting that this woman ran as a left-wing independent, won 63% of the vote, was lauded by her opponent, and is succeeding the man who took his adorable dogs everywhere. Seems a proper country.
What a fab day in Waterford yday talking to aspiring writers - we delved into their indiv issues as well as explaining publishing. And look at these fab mannequins - Paris! I'll have to go back! If u have a sec to vote for The Killing Sense at www.irishbookawards.ie/vote I'd be hugely grateful ❤️❤️
October 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
What a fab day in Waterford yday talking to aspiring writers - we delved into their indiv issues as well as explaining publishing. And look at these fab mannequins - Paris! I'll have to go back! If u have a sec to vote for The Killing Sense at www.irishbookawards.ie/vote I'd be hugely grateful ❤️❤️
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When Albert Einstein met Charlie Chaplin in 1931, Einstein said, “What I admire most about your art is its universality. You do not say a word, and yet the world understands you." “It's true.” Replied Chaplin, "But your fame is even greater. The world admires you, when no one understands you."
October 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
When Albert Einstein met Charlie Chaplin in 1931, Einstein said, “What I admire most about your art is its universality. You do not say a word, and yet the world understands you." “It's true.” Replied Chaplin, "But your fame is even greater. The world admires you, when no one understands you."
If yr nr Waterford 2day, I'm talking getting published 2-4pm at the art gallery - you're supposed to book but will be fine if you just show up! It's free!! Randomly this is a pic of me and Donal Skehan at the Irish Book Awards shortlisting with Hazel Gaynor - do vote! Www.irishbookawards.ie/vote
October 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
If yr nr Waterford 2day, I'm talking getting published 2-4pm at the art gallery - you're supposed to book but will be fine if you just show up! It's free!! Randomly this is a pic of me and Donal Skehan at the Irish Book Awards shortlisting with Hazel Gaynor - do vote! Www.irishbookawards.ie/vote
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Always a lovely surprise to get a pal’s latest novel, in the post. Thanks SO much @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social and #HachetteIreland really looking forward to it. Gorgeous cover 🙏👍😘😘😘
October 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Always a lovely surprise to get a pal’s latest novel, in the post. Thanks SO much @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social and #HachetteIreland really looking forward to it. Gorgeous cover 🙏👍😘😘😘
Great news! Thrilled to be shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year for The Killing Sense, & totally delighted for Kieran Marsh, shortlisted for Short Story of the Year!
Kieran is in our writers group Writers Ink & a fabulous writer - you can vote for us both www.irishbookawards.ie/vote
🙏🙏❤️
Kieran is in our writers group Writers Ink & a fabulous writer - you can vote for us both www.irishbookawards.ie/vote
🙏🙏❤️
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Great news! Thrilled to be shortlisted for Irish Crime Novel of the Year for The Killing Sense, & totally delighted for Kieran Marsh, shortlisted for Short Story of the Year!
Kieran is in our writers group Writers Ink & a fabulous writer - you can vote for us both www.irishbookawards.ie/vote
🙏🙏❤️
Kieran is in our writers group Writers Ink & a fabulous writer - you can vote for us both www.irishbookawards.ie/vote
🙏🙏❤️
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“Rural pursuits” - what a noxious phrase and an insult to the majority of people who live in rural areas.
What other rural pursuits does she support? Destroying hedgerows, polluting rivers, poisoning raptors…?
#Aras25 #SpeirGorm
What other rural pursuits does she support? Destroying hedgerows, polluting rivers, poisoning raptors…?
#Aras25 #SpeirGorm
🗣️ “If a fox is being ripped limb from limb and is dying a slow and agonising death - how can you say you abhor animal cruelty?”
🗣️ “These are rural pursuits and have been for many, many years.”
Heather Humphreys discusses her support for fox hunting and hare coursing.
#TheBigInterview
🗣️ “These are rural pursuits and have been for many, many years.”
Heather Humphreys discusses her support for fox hunting and hare coursing.
#TheBigInterview
October 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“Rural pursuits” - what a noxious phrase and an insult to the majority of people who live in rural areas.
What other rural pursuits does she support? Destroying hedgerows, polluting rivers, poisoning raptors…?
#Aras25 #SpeirGorm
What other rural pursuits does she support? Destroying hedgerows, polluting rivers, poisoning raptors…?
#Aras25 #SpeirGorm
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A picture is worth 1,000 words.
October 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A picture is worth 1,000 words.