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Quentin Bates @graskeggur.bsky.social · 20h

We're talking books this Saturday with Icelandic authors Sólveig Pálsdóttir, Jón Atli Jónasson and Erlendur Arason, plus @annamazz.bsky.social, @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social, Felix Francis, @paulwaters.bsky.social and more ... a short train ride from Marylebone. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-noi...

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Global Noir Festival - Crime Fiction from around the world at Chorleywood

Global Noir: featuring acclaimed crime fiction authors and stories from around the world, plus pitch to a literary agent one-to-one.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’ve gone down a dark hole of looking up Tudor items on Vinted and oh my word

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thank you, anonymous writer in @thebookseller.com today. As a lawyer, I find it mind-boggling that there’s supposedly no way of holding publishers accountable when they renege on things they agreed to do. We deserve honesty even if information is hard to give. www.thebookseller.com/comment/who-...

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Bonjour. I have now read a lot of very bad fiction (and a lot of very good non-fiction) about Marie Antoinette. Surely there must be some good novels that I've missed, other than Farewell, My Queen and Dumas.

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

‘When you come to Auschwitz, bring some food and drink’. Iconic.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Official Conciergerie Inventory listing the meager possessions Marie Antoinette left in her cell before her execution. Somehow, this one of the saddest things I’ve seen about her.

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Crystal Ponti @crystalponti.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

La Mulata de Córdoba was a legendary woman accused of witchcraft in colonial Veracruz. One famous tale says she drew a ship on her prison wall, stepped aboard, and vanished. When the authorities returned, only the drawing remained. #WyrdWednesday

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Really hoping our racists will have an ‘are we the baddies?’ moment soon.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

New mini cat just crossed your path. Consider this good luck.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Fell in love with a wolf I fell in love once and she might eat me 🎵

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harpy @harpy.party · 07/06/2026

if i was Paddington Bear I'd be feasting on British people until Scotland Yard killed me in a hail of gunfire

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If only someone could have predicted that teen boys who watch trash-hunting videos wouldn’t want to buy a novel written with some bloke their dad reads.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Just found out that, in the Netherlands, instead of 'Irish goodbye' people say 'taking the rat taxi', i.e. scuttling away. Which makes more sense than 'Irish goodbye' given actual Irish people say goodbye at least five times or just don't leave at all (my mother's side is Irish).

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton was the opposite of Elon Musk. She created, she donated, she gave, she loved. We all need to be a bit more more Dolly now that she’s gone.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Brilliant article by brilliant @annalisadinn.bsky.social on how funding is being quietly withdrawn from disabled creatives. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Maybe they should….NOT do that?

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I love everything about Widow’s Bay, but in particular I love The attention to sinister detail. The Daddy’s Home game with its whisky bottle, belt and other things to hit with. The Stephen King book next to YOUR TURN, and the hilarious opening page.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Writing a novel is like doing a giant jigsaw puzzle where you have to create all the pieces yourself and many of them are misshapen and don't fit, but when you FINALLY put all of the pieces together you have an immense sense that the puzzle is shit.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

School summer holiday status: heard the song ‘you’ll never walk alone’ earlier and it sounded like a threat.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Looking at the first draft of my novel through a colander so as not to blind myself.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 13/08/2026

"PSA: don't leave the house. Make our low-paid contractors do it for you instead."

A shitty notification from Zoom from Ocado

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

If you didn’t get the grades you wanted today, remember: the world is frying and we’re all going to die soon so it doesn’t matter anyway.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Protect your eyes during the eclipse by reading a book instead

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I love the idea that in 2009 people were going around farting profusely thinking it was going to help them lose weight.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

‘As Alan walked into the room, unaware of his supreme attractiveness, his balls bounced like two terriers trying to escape his trousers. Catching sight of Samantha, his nipples swivelled in her direction, then wilted.’ (Writing about men like some men write about women).

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The only taxidermied blue whale in the world, 1865 CE, now housed at the Natural History Museum in Sweden. The public was allowed to enter the whale up until a couple was found having sex inside it. Now the whale’s jaws are opened only for special occasions, such as Swedish election days.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

David Hume here, making me think publishing in the 18th century had some similarities to now. Love his resilience, though. I need to work on my sanguine temper.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Americans/Canadians/anyone with NordVPN: my Anna Sharpe thriller NOTES ON A DROWNING is 99c in ebook for 3 days and you can also buy real copies of it online. Two determined women unravel a scandal involving misogyny, conspiracy and murder. A Times thriller of 2025. www.amazon.com/Notes-Drowni...

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Ranger @joy.codes · 25/07/2026

Finished The Clockwork Girl by @annamazz.bsky.social and really liked it. Beautifully-written, fantastic characters, a historical mystery - just wonderful! #booksky

Book cover for The Clockwork Girl by Anna Mazzola.

Illustrations of a little mechanical girl and birds. Patterned with clocks, skulls and flourishes.

“Evocative, chilling, compelling.” - Tammy Cohen

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

When did you last tell a lie? Go on: be honest. We all lie, all the time. Reviewers/bloggers - LIE FOR YOUR LIFE is on NetGalley. Please do request it and review it. Nicole, a barrister from a criminal family, must prosecute the wrong man and find the right one in order to save her brother.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Where am I and what am I drinking? 🧚🏻

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

New book, bitches! I’ve made this one really good so you should order it. A criminal barrister from a criminal family is forced to prosecute a man she realises may be innocent. LIE FOR YOUR LIFE coming Jan 27 from Anna Sharpe who is secretly me. geni.us/LieForYourLi...

Lie For Your Life cover with woman running through tube station.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

My Gold Dagger award-winning novel, The Book of Secrets is in the Kindle 99p deal if you fancied some discount historical poisoning. Books in book shops also available, but the idea of these promotions is to ‘raise visibility’. Reviews also help. Unless they’re shit www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Secrets...

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I love the dramatic way they ring a bell and say THE FINAL DESTINATION OF THIS BUS HAS CHANGED like it might now be headed for enemy territories and we should all load our pistols

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I've seen and heard about some sick things in my life, but my mum said a man sat down next to her last week and ate a banana WHOLE without removing the skin, and I don't know what to do what that information.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Famous people whose names are better when you swap the first letters of their first and last names: Sailor Twift Bustin Jiebers Tronald Dump Bandy Aurnham Wenzel Dashington Cenedict Bumberbatch

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Emma Darwin @emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

"Beautifully written and with beautiful title pages, The Bruegel Boy is a clever and skillfully drawn story of love, art and faith set in a fascinating era alive with religious and political unrest” says @annamazz.bsky.social of The Bruegel Boy. More here: buff.ly/2QuN1Yi

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Breaking up all future literary events with obligatory ‘hydration breaks’ where I just shout BUY MY BOOK for three minutes.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

British: bash the bishop Polish: beat the horse Dutch: beat the monkey Portuguese: drown the swan US: choke the chicken Norway: pull the salmon German: butter the salmon Any other international slang terms I should be aware of in this context??

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Writers and illustrators, remember to register any new work for PLR by 30 June. (This is the money we receive every time someone takes our book taken out of libraries in the UK. Use libraries!). plr.bl.uk/login

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

The word 'brainchild' is horrible, isn't it? Your brain had a baby? What? With who? Who the hell impregnated your brain?

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

In which I recommend KILLING ME SOFTLY by Christie Watson and THE PINNACLE by @radiomukhers.bsky.social and @avaglassbooks.bsky.social and I fight it out over doppelgänger books.

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Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

For anyone who's worked in civil actions against the police, the idea that the English police might be TOO anti racist is absolutely wild. But the populists tell the lies they know people want to believe.

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