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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 1d

My latest book, a series of engaging and informative true stories, is published on Thursday.It is beautifully illustrated by two very talented collaborators, and available to order now.

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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 2d

Also her default position was to be nice to people she met which is quite unusual.

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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 2d

Dyslexia Awareness Week starts TODAY and
to get things rolling lovely publisher barringtonstoke.bsky.social is offering a 20% website discount on all of its books including my own. (All are written with reluctant readers in mind, not just dyslexics.)

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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 2d

100% but first you’ll need a clear idea of the book before any reputable agent will sign you. I’d like to see a book written to interest 9-14s in studying engineering.

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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 3d

Unreadable nonsense. Very mid-2020s. Bang on trend.

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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 8d

The interior is exceptional.

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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 9d

Only in Scotiand, which is a week ahead with this.

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CILIP @cilip.bsky.social · 9d

Rachel Reeves pledges a library in every primary school in England. Here at CILIP we hope that means trained library staff too #GreatSchoolLibraries
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Rachel Reeves pledges a library in every primary school in England

Exclusive: Chancellor also set to unveil plans to get young people back into work in party conference speech

www.theguardian.com

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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 9d

And this - the greatest buried treasure story ever.

David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 9d

Also these:

David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 9d

Attn. Scots! It's Dyslexia Awareness Week (29 September – 5 October) and to kick things off @barringtonstoke.bsky.social is offering a 20% website discount - on all its books not just my own.

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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 10d

Children’s Britannica. (I’m 64.)

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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 10d

Do visit the church that hosts his empty tomb, Copford in Essex, which is remarkable.

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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 12d

3 nonfiction 2 fiction

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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 14d

Authors, academics, anyone who writes professionally, needs to sign up to
@alcs.co.uk
now to get their fair share of royalties. (Today is the day for anyone who already did this.)

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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 15d

They could just read a book. www.davidlong.info

David Long | AUTHOR

David Long, a writer and journalist since graduating in the 1980s, his work has appeared in the Sunday Times and its magazine, in the Sunday Mirror andthe London Evening Standard. Whilst a columnist ...

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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 15d

Kubla Khan.

David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 19d

@leughleabhar.bsky.social Genuinely so pleased that two of my books will be coming out in Gaelic next year.

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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 19d

#OTD in 1940 Witold Pilecki allowed himself to be captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to gather information which he later smuggled out of the camp. His truly remarkable story is one of more than 30 extraordinary real-life adventures I was thrilled to recount in this book.

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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 19d

Air Force One has taken off.

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Big Bearded Spookteller @bigbeardybooks.bsky.social · 20d

Well-received by reviewers and readers alike, David Long’s engaging, imaginative and well-informed books reflect an unquenchable thirst for those events and personalities that illuminate the past. These have been translated into more than two dozen languages and won multiple awards. An author and…

David Long – Author Q&A

Well-received by reviewers and readers alike, David Long’s engaging, imaginative and well-informed books reflect an unquenchable thirst for those events and personalities that illuminate the past. These have been translated into more than two dozen languages and won multiple awards. An author and writer since leaving a first class university with a second class degree,...

bigbeardedbookseller.uk

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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 23d

#OTD in 1830 the death of William Huskisson MP who was hit by a train and is now remembered as the world's first ever railway fatality. The accident horrified the public but dramatically increased interest in and awareness of this new-fangled technology and its potential for the future.

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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 23d

Black Sea by Neal Ascherson.

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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 25d

I understand that, completely, but it’s sad to have to make that choice.

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David Long @writerdavidlong.bsky.social · 25d

We pointed out that we received only the minimum grant but this didn’t help…

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