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Quentin Bates @graskeggur.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When you're in too deep to say no... Behind the scenes at one of Reykjavík's smartest hotels as someone needs a murder on the ninth floor to be made to disappear. Erlendur Arason is a fresh new voice in Nordic Noir. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GZ543WF2/

Banner for Nordic Noir novel The Hotel Manager's Guide to Murder.

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Quentin Bates @graskeggur.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Another hot weekend coming up? Or a cool, wet weekend ahead? Either way you can't go wrong with a portion of ice-fresh Nordic Noir... BOLO Books called it ‘...undeniably Nordic and yet it feels as fresh as a field of daffodils on a Spring morning.’ www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GZ543WF2/

Nordic noir novel The Hotel Manager's Guide to Murder by Erlendur Arason

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Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Stoat of the day! He made me very happy to be idling. #stoat

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TheCenci @thecenci.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Monkey Thoughts - Skip Ad. open.substack.com/pub/karlcopp...

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Getting old.

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Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This is very good and well worth the (short) read! Karl is a man of erudition for all of us of a certain grumpy disposition!

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Quentin Bates @graskeggur.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

My mate wrote this. It's worth a read.

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Quentin Bates @graskeggur.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Thanks to @westwords.bsky.social for the cool review!

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Ewa Sherman @ewashe.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Have you heard of the Icelandic crime fiction writer Erlendur Arason? Yes? No? His book The Hotel Manager’s Guide to Murder will be available later this week, in excellent English translation by @graskeggur.bsky.social 🇮🇸, famous for his own writing & @corylusbooks.bsky.social’ literary adventures.

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Quentin Bates @graskeggur.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

'...a brilliantly witty book, with a dark, slightly whacky humour. It’s also tense, with properly shocking moments, and more twists than a barley sugar sweetie.' Many thanks to @tripfiction.bsky.social for the kind words!

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Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Tired of it now. Stop please.

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Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The hapless and unfortunate Torfi may have become one of my favourite characters of this year! @graskeggur.bsky.social has done a fantastic job of translating. More, please, Hr Arason!

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Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Three chicks in the wren's nest in the office/shed porch. #wren #nest Not a little pleased.

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Ewa Sherman @ewashe.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Yes! The Hotel Manager’s Guide to Murder #Iceland 🇮🇸

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Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Some uncommon promotion. Why not? You might like it, you might not.

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Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The Book Elves have been in the night, leaving the latest translation by @graskeggur.bsky.social Stora takk fyra! An even better excuse to sit in the deck chair!

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Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

One of the great minds of the 21st Century at work here:

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Quentin Bates @graskeggur.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Some very swish advance paperback copies turned up today... Review copies on their way tomorrow.

Paperback copies of Nordic Noir novel The Hotel Manager's Guide to Murder

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Lulu Allison @luluallison.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Anatomy for Lovers. In my seventysevenseas.co.uk shop now.

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Quentin Bates @graskeggur.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I can make guesses – but four books in, and I'm still not certain of the identity of the mysterious Stella Blómkvist. Translating the work of an anonymous author comes with both challenges and advantages... www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H1DZGV5L

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Stella Blómkvist

Visit Amazon's Stella Blómkvist Page and shop for all Stella Blómkvist books. Check out pictures, author information, and reviews of Stella Blómkvist

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𝕃.𝕁.𝔽𝕆𝕏 🇮🇸☕📚 @onefootiniceland.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Get your preorders in for this great new voice, #TheHotelManagersGuideToMurder has the most fantastic premise, with the perils that can arise from a simple misinterpretation of a throwaway phrase! #BookSky #Iceland

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Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

To my surprise and delight I discovered a #wren (male) has built a nest in the office/shed porch. I now feel privileged, and also guilty about coming and going in case I (or the office cat) disturb him. #nest #spring

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Corylus Books @corylusbooks.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Fresh Stella! Look out for The Murder Pool - classic @stellablomkvist.bsky.social with all the twists and double crosses anyone could desire. Pre-order now and get all the previous titles on Kobo, Apple and Amazon amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G7JL3SZ6 www.kobo.com/ww/en/series...

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Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Today I have mostly been making up articulated prehistoric creatures. Why not? #metal

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Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

This is a great little story. Read it. You won't be sorry. #iceland

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Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Some kinda mushroom! Anyone know what it is? #fungi #mystery

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Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

It woz the bluetit wot dunnit. I know coz I saw it!

Red apple pecked out by bird while still on the tree

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Lulu Allison @luluallison.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

#Rapture is imminent - it's thrilling! But if tomorrow, nothing has changed and you want to recapture the heady rapture thrill of today, buy a copy of my book, Salt Lick from me. Probably the only book on the 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist that included any reference to the blessed event

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"The ground floor is large, white and mostly empty except for the few shop dummies. The six in the window stand in orderly anticipation, as though waiting for the rapture. A disparate bunch of stragglers lag behind, some of them still wearing the odd item of clothing."

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Quentin Bates @graskeggur.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Highly recommended. Although I may be slightly biased.

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Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I think it may be a mast year for egg-corns around here #acorn #iphonephoto

Close up of three yellow-green acorns on a tree surrounded by leaves

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Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

In this dry weather the sheep will take any extra browsing they can find. In this case a blackthorn removed to let the tractor in. #sheep

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Lulu Allison @luluallison.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Reminder for anyone in the area, I am doing a conversational talk and signing copies of my new book, Beast, at Bridport Waterstones next Wednesday 27th at 6pm. Would love to see/meet you.

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Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Personally, I'm hoping it's the Great Eastern Overspill Outlet, and NOT the West Midlands Secondary Trunk Route.

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Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

This fine fellow wasn't happy about being disturbed by recent re-paving work. #toadoftheday #toad

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Ewa Sherman @ewashe.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Tomorrow a new #blogtour begins to celebrate publication of Stella Blómkvist’s latest novel #MurderTide in English, translated from #Icelandic 🇮🇸 by @graskeggur.bsky.social 😎 Poster designed by @westwords.bsky.social 🌟 @corylusbooks.bsky.social @marinasofia.bsky.social @jackycnoir64.bsky.social

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Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

@luluallison.bsky.social Piece about Unbound on R4 You &Yours today (about 20 mins in). Probably nothing you don't know already but...

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Chris Ould @chrisould.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

My favourite #radio4 quote this week: "The Peak District is 500 sq miles of wander" Was this a very neat pun or just another example of the strange inability of R4 folk to pronounce the "U" sound in "won" and "wonder"? Saying "wun" and "wunder" doesn't make you northern, just more comprehensible!

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