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On #WutheringHeights - I just reviewed two wildly different versions for @historia-hwa.bsky.social
And LOVED them both
@essiefox.bsky.social
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Thank you to @kateagriffin.bsky.social for her double review of February's two retellings of Wuthering Heights!
The new film and @essiefox.bsky.social's just-published Catherine "have brought bold fresh eyes to a classic," she says.
Read more at historiamag.com/review-wuthering-heights-catherine
The Blackbirds of St Giles by Lila Cain
Bookreviews 2026 1/n 📚💙
The Blackbirds of St Giles by Lila Cain
1782. Soldier & former slave Daniel fights to protect sister Pearl from Elias, criminal head of underground Rookery in St Giles. Corrupt aristos, pro fighters, fierce women & anti-slavery campaigners in Black Georgian London thriller.
Thank you! 🐦⬛💚🐦⬛
Blackbirds of St Giles, Pelican Girls, Dance of the Earth
My December #TBR so far 📚💙
Blackbirds of St Giles by Lila Cain (Black Georgian London) @kateagriffin.bsky.social @mhut25.bsky.social
Pelican Girls by Julia Mayle (Frenchwomen shipped to New Orleans)
Dance of the Earth by @annamholmes.bsky.social (Ballets Russes to WW1)
Reviews in the New Year
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Thank you to generous contributors, including @tracyborman.bsky.social, @kateagriffin.bsky.social, @michaeljecksauthor.bsky.social, @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social, @chrislloydauthor.bsky.social, @seanluskauthor.bsky.social, @lindsaypowell.bsky.social, @1642author.bsky.social and @anniehistory.bsky.social
Thank you for inviting us!
Thank you for coming! What a location! 🖤
Chuffed to say that in the US 🇺🇸#TheBlackbirdsofStGiles the historical novel of black Georgian London I wrote with wonderful Marcia Hutchinson has been chosen as a 2025 Great Group Reads title by the Women's National Book Association!
This is an honour! 🐦⬛💚🐦⬛
#NatlReadingGrpMonth, #GrtGrpReads2025
Thrilled to see #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles as a Kindle Daily Deal!
You can delve into the secrets and the story of London’s hidden black Georgian community for just 99p
If you take your morning history sharp, strong and gritty - sweetened with love, family and hope this is for you!
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#TheBlackbirdsofStGiles beautiful hardcover now £10.97 on the ‘A’ place 🤩
Lose yourself in the labyrinthine darkness beneath the lace and ruffles of Georgian London with black siblings Daniel & Pearl.
#love #family #freedom #hope
#Giveaway for US readers 🇺🇸📣
Just one more day to enter the #Goodreads #Giveaway for one of 10 gorgeous hardback copies of #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles
Published in the US by Kensington Books
Enter here:
goodreads.com/book/show/2181…
Why you should enter here
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Just saying, but if anyone is considering giving me a late birthday present and has £2500 to spare…
Hey US readers 🇺🇸 📣📣
Writing as #LilaCain me & @Marciathewriter #MarciaHutchinson are delighted that #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles our gritty historical novel featuring London’s black Georgians is a #goodreads #giveaway
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(US only)
@KensingtonBooks
Thrilled to be taking #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles to @NairnFest in September! Join me and @Marciathewriter when we discuss our ‘outsider history’ novel with the brilliant @seanlusk1 on Friday Sept 5th
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Me too!
Looking forward to speaking at this tomorrow eve, Thurs 22 May @waterstones.bsky.social St Albans, with fellow biographer @dspring.bsky.social and chaired by @kateagriffin.bsky.social Our books are the first on our chosen women. See you there! #History #women
‘Only a Girl’? Writing Women into History with @janedismore.bsky.social @kateagriffin.bsky.social and me, coming soon on 22 May, Waterstones St Albans www.waterstones.com/events/only-...
#StAlbans #WomensHistory
Several years ago I wrote this true ghost story for @thegentleauthor & the wonderful Spitalfields Life.
It’s about my grandad ‘Timo’, the worst night of the Blitz, my mum & a spectral dog.
As we commemorate #VEDay80 I hope you might lenjoy it & remember…
spitalfieldslife.com/2013/12/28/a...
This Thursday. St Albans. To celebrate the publication of Rachel’s Sun Trap, @rachelwolfauthor.bsky.social, @kateagriffin.bsky.social and I will be talking books, writing and such. Come join us. It will be an informal and fun evening.
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Many thanks to Angela Cobbinah whose brilliant review /feature on #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles is the lead story in this week’s review section of London’s superb independent newspaper The Camden New Journal
@camdennewjournal.bsky.social
We’re preening our feathers 🐦⬛💚🐦⬛
@mhut25.bsky.social
This looks AMAZING Laura!
Cover reveal and special edition ahoy!
www.waterstones.com/book/house-o...
Ink painting of two flying bats with a crescent moon in the background
'Two Bats Flying'
-Katsushika Hokusai
Published today, Antonia Hodgson's sprawling, intricate, and densely plotted The Raven Scholar belongs on every fantasy fan's must-read list. Here’s why: www.pastemagazine.com/books/antoni...
Antonia Hodgson's sprawling, intricate, and densely plotted The Raven Scholar belongs on every fantasy fan's must-read list. www.pastemagazine.com/books/antoni...
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📣BARGAIN ALERT 📣
If you love stirring historical fiction,
#TheBlackbirdsofStGiles is an AMAZING 99p kindle deal today
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Love, loyalty, betrayal & hope in the little-known black community of Georgian London.
Join Daniel & Pearl as they battle for true freedom
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www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0CW...
I loved this review! And yes - cheetah’s really do purr and they have half retractable claws.
That’s deeeeep research 🐆
