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Book cover for "River Kings" by Cat Jarman
#TheWriteWomen: In March, post a book by a female author every day
• It has to be a book you’ve read
• It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from
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#books
#authors
#women ♀️
6/31 "River Kings" by @catjarman.bsky.social
Delighted you enjoyed River Kings!
Back-to-back Viking goodness. I loved @judithjesch.bsky.social’s new reworking of the Orkneyinga Saga - a great Introduction, excellent references, and very readable! Then @catjarman.bsky.social’s amazing River Kings - what a ride, what a journey! That little carnelian bead has my heart. 🥰
Read #TheBoneChests by @catjarman.bsky.social
Reading River Kings by @catjarman.bsky.social and very much enjoying the picture of 200 Vikings trying to raid Paris for wine and being unsuccessful. NEVER GET BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND THEIR WINE, lads!
At a breakneck speed of 0.008 knots (or 25cm/min), the Oseberg ship is once again on the move today, for the first time in almost a century.
They seem to love it here!
An alpaca looking at the camera
Completely obsessed with these incredible animals. This is Andora, the most inquisitive of the four. There’s a lot going on in that little head! She’s food obsessed, but still a little too shy to eat from my hand. Getting there!
You can see our alpacas if you visit Althorp this summer!
I know!! 😍
Thank you!! 🙏🏻
This was the most incredible birthday present - a complete surprise!! Thank you @charlesspencer.bsky.social, I love them! 😍
So pleased to hear that — I hope we can campaign to make sure everyone gets access to the right medication and advice quickly, it’s so important!
I’m exceptionally lucky to have a wonderful network around me and especially Charles, who is the most supportive partner I could possibly hope for. ♥️
The topic of this year’s awareness week is #msconversations — it should always be your choice how and when you want to talk about your condition.
I was lucky to be diagnosed at a time when hard-hitting drugs had become available, meaning disease progression can usually be halted. But it’s still an extremely challenging illness to live with.
It’s MS awareness week and recently, @charlesspencer.bsky.social and I attended an event at the Houses of Parliament arranged by the MS Society. We were there to speak to over 140 MPs, Lords and MPs’ staff about the realities of the 150 000 people living with this devastating condition in the UK.
😆 love this!
Student 1: “I’m only on chapter 1 and there’s a mass grave, a guy missing his *you know* and four kids that might have been human sacrifices .”
Student 2: “You ARE taking a class with Amy.”
(They’re talking about chapter 1 of River Kings by Cat Jarman)
It is lovely to be at Althorp literary festival listening to fantastic writers including Cat Jarman talking about ‘The Bone Chests’ reviewed for the journal ‘Óenach: Reviews’ here #medievalsky oenach.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
We’ll all be there!
Really excited for the Althorp Literature Festival 11-13 April. We have some fantastic speakers: my favourite is the wonderful Bernard Cornwell, who is coming over from the US especially for this.
There are still a few tickets available - please help spread the word!
althorp.com/book-tickets...
Unsolicited writing advice, no: 73:
Stop calling yourself an "aspiring writer."
Just write.
Now, you're a writer.
Keep writing, reading, observing, learning.
Soon, you'll be a better writer.
Delighted to hear the German edition of River Kings came out well - thank you for this lovely review @domwass.bsky.social!
😬 If only they had remembered to show it to me before they sent it to print….
Thank you, delighted you enjoyed it!
😄 Morsomt!
#AmReading #WorldBookDay
#RiverKings @catjarman.bsky.social
Thank you, delighted you enjoyed it!
Excellent book by @catjarman.bsky.social - some really interesting facts in here about dating objects and also a nice narrative style. Will definitely be reading Bone Chests soon #history #vikings
