Suzie Wilde
@suziewilde.bsky.social
Author , reader, book podcaster and opinionated dog owner. https://omny.fm/shows/petersfieldstories/talking-books-november-2024
@thetimes.com If you want to get Britain reading, don’t have a firewall beyond the QR code.
October 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
@thetimes.com If you want to get Britain reading, don’t have a firewall beyond the QR code.
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So this is why I’ve been so quiet for so long.
So this is why I’ve been so quiet for so long.
Death of a publishing dream: how the Unbound revolution b...
The literary disrupters enjoyed great success with their crowdfunding model, signing authors that other publishers overlooked. And then the money ran out…
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August 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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So this is why I’ve been so quiet for so long.
So this is why I’ve been so quiet for so long.
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Hugely chuffed, grateful (and relieved) to share the news that my novel, The Low Road, will be published as a paperback and e-book by @eyebooks.bsky.social this year, following the collapse of my former publisher, Unbound. I love the new cover too! www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
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Eye Books rescues award winning historical novel
Will Atkinson's first acquisition for the indie publisher is Katharine Quarmby's The Low Road
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July 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Hugely chuffed, grateful (and relieved) to share the news that my novel, The Low Road, will be published as a paperback and e-book by @eyebooks.bsky.social this year, following the collapse of my former publisher, Unbound. I love the new cover too! www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
#EyeBooks
#EyeBooks
Reposted by Suzie Wilde
In November we publish the paperback edition of @katharineq.bsky.social’s powerful historical novel The Low Road, currently on the shortlist for the New Angle Prize. Pre-order it online from Waterstones using the code SUMMER25 and you get 25% off shorturl.at/zUUyu
July 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
In November we publish the paperback edition of @katharineq.bsky.social’s powerful historical novel The Low Road, currently on the shortlist for the New Angle Prize. Pre-order it online from Waterstones using the code SUMMER25 and you get 25% off shorturl.at/zUUyu
Dogs and humans loving the garden at this temperature (23C). Can it please not get hotter?
June 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Dogs and humans loving the garden at this temperature (23C). Can it please not get hotter?
I needed this post - thank you - and reposting in case you do too ❤️🩹
June 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I needed this post - thank you - and reposting in case you do too ❤️🩹
It may not be perfect but it’s all we have. I had to sit on my mum’s legs to keep her from damaging herself with the pain, dying 3 weeks after pancreatic cancer diagnosis. Please don’t let fear of endless potential problems cause agony right now, for real.
This Friday, MPs will vote on the assisted dying Bill.
It all comes down to this - Tag your MP and ask them to vote yes.
If it passes, the Bill continues its journey in the House of Lords - if not, it falls.
This could be our last chance to secure a compassionate law.
It all comes down to this - Tag your MP and ask them to vote yes.
If it passes, the Bill continues its journey in the House of Lords - if not, it falls.
This could be our last chance to secure a compassionate law.
June 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It may not be perfect but it’s all we have. I had to sit on my mum’s legs to keep her from damaging herself with the pain, dying 3 weeks after pancreatic cancer diagnosis. Please don’t let fear of endless potential problems cause agony right now, for real.
I think we all need a dog picture. Unless you’re a cat.
March 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I think we all need a dog picture. Unless you’re a cat.
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Congratulations to Matt Cain @mattcainwriter.bsky.social on being awarded an MBE in The King's New Year Honours List 2025 for services to #LGBTQIA+ culture! 👑🏳️🌈
TheMadonnaofBolton is available from Macmillan, Gardners and your usual supplier (Paperback 9781783528004).
#books #queerlit
TheMadonnaofBolton is available from Macmillan, Gardners and your usual supplier (Paperback 9781783528004).
#books #queerlit
January 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Congratulations to Matt Cain @mattcainwriter.bsky.social on being awarded an MBE in The King's New Year Honours List 2025 for services to #LGBTQIA+ culture! 👑🏳️🌈
TheMadonnaofBolton is available from Macmillan, Gardners and your usual supplier (Paperback 9781783528004).
#books #queerlit
TheMadonnaofBolton is available from Macmillan, Gardners and your usual supplier (Paperback 9781783528004).
#books #queerlit
Hope it’s repeated - though I’m always worried with seeing things again that the magic may have gone as the world changes.
‘The high point of TV as a medium’: David Lynch’s Twin Peaks may never be bettered
‘The high point of TV as a medium’: David Lynch’s Twin Peaks may never be bettered
The surreal murder mystery’s impact is so profound that its fingerprints are on every show made during TV’s golden age. What a legacy
In the coming days and weeks, much will be made about David Lynch’s gargantuan contribution to cinema. This will be…
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January 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Hope it’s repeated - though I’m always worried with seeing things again that the magic may have gone as the world changes.
Always up for a Viking word-hoard
🌿☕ 'Odd' comes from the Scandinavians, these prolific travelers brought 'oddi' to the British Isles, meaning without a corresponding mate
By the C15th it meant astounding or illustrious
So if someone ever calls you odd today, channel your C15th ancestors💃🌿
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By the C15th it meant astounding or illustrious
So if someone ever calls you odd today, channel your C15th ancestors💃🌿
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
The Odd History of 'Odd'
The word comes to us from geography
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January 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Always up for a Viking word-hoard
The steady gaze of one who can resist all male attention-seeking.
January 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The steady gaze of one who can resist all male attention-seeking.
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Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
January 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Word of the Day is ‘uhtcearu’ [ucht-kay-aru, with the 'ch' as in the Scottish ‘loch']:
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
Old English for ‘the sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worries crowd your mind.
This is what I call a Peter Pan sky and I love it. Anyone else know what I mean? Or have their own terms for something that’s book nostalgia
January 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This is what I call a Peter Pan sky and I love it. Anyone else know what I mean? Or have their own terms for something that’s book nostalgia
Only a Labrador can look both noble and silly. Our first yellow and probably not the last, for all that we love black Labs.
January 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Only a Labrador can look both noble and silly. Our first yellow and probably not the last, for all that we love black Labs.
Sir Ernest Shackleton died on this day, 1922. He was only 47 and fed up being told to give up things by his doctor. I'm a Shackleton by birth and always try to be better.
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Death of Shackleton - South Georgia Museum
Shackleton’s Rise to Fame Journey to South Georgia The Ship The Crew Death of Shackleton The Quest Continues The Quest Returns End of the Heroic Era Reflections of Shackleton Previous Next Death of Sh...
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January 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Sir Ernest Shackleton died on this day, 1922. He was only 47 and fed up being told to give up things by his doctor. I'm a Shackleton by birth and always try to be better.
sgmuseum.gs/death-of-sha...
sgmuseum.gs/death-of-sha...
The magical surprise of lime juice dripped into red cabbage soup brought as much pleasure to this old cook as the magic painting pages in my 1960s Rupert Bear annuals.
January 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The magical surprise of lime juice dripped into red cabbage soup brought as much pleasure to this old cook as the magic painting pages in my 1960s Rupert Bear annuals.
A great blog from a kind and insightful reviewer (and no, I didn’t have a book out this year) 😘 Plus, reading challenge and charitable giving! Win, win 🏆
www.sarahbroadley.com/2024/12/31/s...
www.sarahbroadley.com/2024/12/31/s...
See You Later 2024 and a Warm Welcome to 2025
It’s that time of year when I look back at all the incredible books I’ve read and reviewed. It’s a thing a lot of reviewers do at this time of year but how do I choose? Every book…
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December 31, 2024 at 11:09 AM
A great blog from a kind and insightful reviewer (and no, I didn’t have a book out this year) 😘 Plus, reading challenge and charitable giving! Win, win 🏆
www.sarahbroadley.com/2024/12/31/s...
www.sarahbroadley.com/2024/12/31/s...
Well worth full price if my husband is anything to go by. I bought it for Christmas and he hasn’t come up for air since.
December 27, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Well worth full price if my husband is anything to go by. I bought it for Christmas and he hasn’t come up for air since.
And the Bass Strait to come …
Sydney to Hobart yacht race: Two sailors killed in separate accidents during night of wild weather
Sydney to Hobart yacht race: Two sailors killed in separate accidents during night of wild weather
One sailor each on yachts Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline died after being struck by booms, a large pole at bottom of the sail
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Two Sydney to Hobart sailors on separate yachts have died at…
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December 27, 2024 at 3:21 PM
And the Bass Strait to come …
A lovely story. The boat we lived on for 5 years was a Freya 39, which won the Sydney-Hobart three times. It’s a deep deep love, for a boat you’ve lost.
Boat built 120 years ago in English brewery vies for win in Sydney to Hobart race
Boat built 120 years ago in English brewery vies for win in Sydney to Hobart race
Katwinchar, the oldest boat in the race’s history, is making her third attempt since being found in a dilapidated state on Gumtree and undergoing restoration
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The oldest boat in the…
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December 25, 2024 at 9:26 AM
A lovely story. The boat we lived on for 5 years was a Freya 39, which won the Sydney-Hobart three times. It’s a deep deep love, for a boat you’ve lost.
I love that the AA sent this to my husband. It’s like a salute from a uniformed man on a motorcycle. Remember that?
December 25, 2024 at 9:21 AM
I love that the AA sent this to my husband. It’s like a salute from a uniformed man on a motorcycle. Remember that?
Christmas reading sorted thanks to @lissakevans.bsky.social and others not on here. So wise to base emotions - and also funny. How did I miss this first time? What’s everyone else’s stress time read?
December 24, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Christmas reading sorted thanks to @lissakevans.bsky.social and others not on here. So wise to base emotions - and also funny. How did I miss this first time? What’s everyone else’s stress time read?
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If you read one thing on here today then make sure it’s this. More excellent writing yet again from Mr Rebanks which really is “food for thought” ⤵️
There is a lot of talk about ‘food security’…
So I wrote this (and it got a sexed up headline :-)
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So I wrote this (and it got a sexed up headline :-)
unherd.com/2024/12/a-fo...
A food apocalypse is coming
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December 22, 2024 at 6:50 AM
If you read one thing on here today then make sure it’s this. More excellent writing yet again from Mr Rebanks which really is “food for thought” ⤵️
“The wolves are running.” This iconic place is the dark lodestone of Landfall, my Norse saga @unbounders.bsky.social #romantasy #vikings
10 places to see in the winter solstice in the UK and Ireland (that aren’t Stonehenge)
10 places to see in the winter solstice in the UK and Ireland (that aren’t Stonehenge)
The longest night/shortest day is celebrated at the famous prehistoric site, but there are many other atmospheric locations to welcome the returning of the light on 21 December
From the outside it looks like a grass-covered UFO, its curved, chalk-white…
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December 19, 2024 at 8:52 AM
“The wolves are running.” This iconic place is the dark lodestone of Landfall, my Norse saga @unbounders.bsky.social #romantasy #vikings