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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Looking for an adventure book to spark curiosity in the classroom? 🚣

Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🌿 UNWILDED by Alastair Humphreys What happens when we lose our everyday connection with nature? In Unwilded, Alastair Humphreys explores how our increasingly indoor, screen-based lives affect our wellbeing, our communities and the planet.

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What can Britain’s oldest family businesses teach us about surviving and thriving for centuries?

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📚 Join us online on 27 October at 7pm for a conversation with Anthony Gardner about All God’s Creatures, chaired by Polly Clark. Religious zealots, art fraudsters, Russian spies and murder collide in this darkly funny and wonderfully eccentric novel. 🎟️ zurl.co/2Uo7o

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What makes Finland so happy? In Happy Land, journalist Tim Bird draws on 40 years of life in Finland to explore the country's culture, history, landscape, language, food and famous ‘sisu’ spirit.

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

December 1941. Leningrad. Eight-year-old Galina is surviving the siege, eating soup made from wallpaper and dreaming of a different life. Decades later, the Soviet Union is disappearing and Galina’s world is changing beyond recognition.

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What happens when medical expertise meets the realities of lived experience? In Under a Himalayan Sky, doctor and aid worker Jane Wilson-Howarth reflects on her decision to take her seriously ill baby out of the hospital system and back to Nepal.

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

📚 Publication Day! Two very different journeys, two extraordinary books. 🏔️ Under a Himalayan Sky by Jane Wilson-Howarth is a moving memoir of motherhood, medicine, Nepal and finding unexpected joy in the face of an uncertain future.

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Religious zealots. Art fraudsters. Russian spies. Murder. And somehow, it’s very funny.

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A remote Scottish island. A ramshackle mansion. Missing children. And an unsettling feeling that nobody is telling the truth. 👀 When investigative journalist Adam Budd inherits his estranged mother’s estate, he expects a quiet trip to sort out her affairs.

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Fourteen-year-old Joel Brady is awaiting a murder trial. If he can survive that long... Pretty Boy Red by Derek Byrne is a hard-hitting literary thriller set inside the violent world of a juvenile prison in Western Australia.

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A wonderful evening last week at Lock & Co. Hatters celebrating the launch of The Great Survivors by Nigel Cope. 📚 Huge thanks to everyone who came, to Lock & Co. for hosting us, and congratulations on their incredible 350th anniversary!

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

❤️ Coming 17 September What if the best thing you could give your child was a life filled with joy, dignity and love? Under a Himalayan Sky by Jane Wilson-Howarth is a powerful memoir of motherhood, courage and an extraordinary life lived in Nepal. 📖 zurl.co/Js1ou

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Under a Himalayan Sky

The memoir of a mother's decision to take her seriously ill baby out of the hospital system to Nepal

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🛶🌎 COMING 17 SEPTEMBER! Tom and Lucy are back for their biggest adventure yet, retracing an epic journey across America by canoe. Mighty rivers, wild rapids, starry skies and a whole lot of adventure await in The Canoe Challenge by Alastair Humphreys.

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🚪 HARD KNOCKS IS ON TOUR! 🎭 Rowan McCabe, the world’s first Door-to-Door Poet, is taking Hard Knocks on the road this autumn. Expect mistaken identities, rebellious snails, poetry, stories and the wonderfully odd moments that come with an unconventional career in poetry.

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Coming this September: Under a Himalayan Sky by Jane Wilson-Howarth. A powerful memoir of motherhood, courage and finding unexpected joy. #UnderAHimalayanSky #JaneWilsonHowarth #Memoir #Nepal #Himalayas

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Attention booksellers, reviewers & librarians: WE ARE NOW LIVE ON NETGALLEY! 🎉📚 👇 Request your copies here: zurl.co/r0GO2 #NetGalley #BookTwitter #ARC #BookReviewer #UpcomingReleases

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Out today 📚 The Great Survivors by Nigel Cope explores the stories of some of Britain’s oldest family businesses, from Tiptree and Walker’s Shortbread to Barbour and Shepherd Neame. How have they survived for centuries? And what can other businesses learn from them?

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Independent Publishers Guild @independentpublishersguild.com · 10/08/2026

Jamie Hodder-Williams of @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social and Will Atkinson of @wiltonsquare.bsky.social and @eyebooks.bsky.social reflect on the ups and downs of their last 12 months in independent publishing.

Promotional graphic for the IPG's Autumn Conference session with Jamie Hodder-Williams of Bedford Square Publishers and Will Atkinson of Wilton Square and Eye Books, featuring headshots of Jamie and Will alongside a description of the session.

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

What does it take to survive 300 years in business? In The Great Survivors, Nigel Cope explores 12 remarkable British family businesses, from Tiptree and Barbour to Shepherd Neame, uncovering the lessons behind their longevity, adaptability and success.

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

What makes a place feel good to live in? 🌿🏡 Is it the landscape around us? The people we share it with? A sense of belonging, connection, and care?

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

🔍 Mystery & Crime Reads: two powerful novels to add to your list Looking for mysteries that go beyond the crime itself? These two gripping reads explore the secrets people carry, the stories we tell about violence, and the search for justice.

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Independent bookshops have a special talent for creating those perfect bookish discoveries. 📚✨ From hidden gems on the shelves to thoughtful recommendations from booksellers, they make reading feel like a shared experience. What’s your favourite independent bookshop, and what makes it special?

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Out today! 📚 All God's Creatures by Anthony Gardner is a brilliantly funny, sharp satire packed with religious zealots, art fraudsters and Russian spies. 'Hilarious, joyous and astute.' – Nicholas Coleridge

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🐾 Coming this August: All God’s Creatures by Anthony Gardner. Religious zealots, art fraudsters and Russian spies collide in this sharp, darkly funny satire. “Hilarious, joyous and astute” Nicholas Coleridge 📚 Paperback coming this August. #BookBluesky #BookRecommendations #Satire

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🌊 Adventure is calling... 🛶 ⏰ Last chance to save 25% at Waterstones with code SUMMER26. Offer ends today (24 July)! 📚 www.waterstones.com/book/canoe-c...

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Can you trust your own memory? 🧠 What happens when the truth is buried somewhere you can’t reach? In Pretty Boy Red by Derek Byrne, fourteen-year-old Joel Brady is awaiting trial for murder, but he can’t remember exactly what happened.

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

📚 Mid-July reading check-in… Need a book to match your mood? 🌿 To slow things down: Unwilded 😂 For something funny and chaotic: Marrow Jam ⚡ For a gripping read: Words Fail Me ☕ For something cosy and uplifting: The Corner Shop in Cockleberry Bay What’s on your reading pile this week?

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

When did nature become something we visit rather than something we belong to? 🌿 In Unwilded, Alastair Humphreys explores our growing disconnection from the natural world and how small acts of attention can help us reconnect with ourselves, our communities and the planet.

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Village bookshops, country lanes and wide-open moors. 📚🌿 There’s something special about stories that transport us to new places, whether real, imagined or somewhere in between. Where are your books taking you today?

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Paul David Gould @pauldavidgould.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

On #holiday? At the beach? Read my #Russian noir #thriller Last Dance, a #gay love story set in 1990s #Russia pre #Putin So: suspense, heartbreak💔 and DISCOS!🪩 Buy @wiltonsquare.bsky.social @eyebooks.bsky.social @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social @citybookshove.bsky.social @kemptownbookshop.bsky.social

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Douglas Board @boardwryter.uk · 05/07/2026

1/7 Some writing experts swear by daily discipline combining routine with variety. I hope different pubs count - this is me with 15 years' writing output last Thursday in the legendary Brunel in Rotherhithe (SE London: Mayflower country to Americans). Let's take a walk ... @eyebooks.bsky.social

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Douglas Board @boardwryter.uk · 05/07/2026

2/7 ... the even more legendary Ship and Whale in Surrey Docks (Canada Water to the literati), and superwoman manager Basia, on Friday. Check my other posts to find out about The Blindspot, published by @eyebooks.bsky.social - I'll walk you through the rest pointing out which ones were with them ...

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Douglas Board @boardwryter.uk · 05/07/2026

4/7 ... then my first novel, a farce set in a business school as the world stumbles into the global financial crisis (remember that?). Published by @eyebooks.bsky.social, it includes what I claim is the most truthful romantic scene ever written ...

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Douglas Board @boardwryter.uk · 05/07/2026

5/7 ... and so to a world of lies, and novel 2, another with @eyebooks.bsky.social Worst moment: the day the title and dedication came to me, the assassination of Jo Cox MP. Best moments: generous praise from Chris Mullin and Matthew d'Ancona. In the meantime the world got worse ...

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Douglas Board @boardwryter.uk · 05/07/2026

7/7 ... in 2021 'Elites' is published by @eyebooks.bsky.social The late Gareth Jones, a much esteemed management thinker, made time for me and the book, and @financialtimes.com came up with 'profound, subversive and often very funny' - which I'll always treasure. Next stop: 'The Blindspot'.

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Douglas Board @boardwryter.uk · 08/07/2026

Not just Binface / Farage ... 'The Blindspot' from @eyebooks.bsky.social analyses #power as #humanchess. It says the first power-literate generation is coming and joins up the Death Star canteen sketch, the Post Office Horizon scandal and @bellingcat.com. #lifeskills #hope

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Katharine Quarmby @katharineq.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Booklovers: I'll be chatting about my East Anglian novel, The Low Road, published by @eyebooks.bsky.social, and the hidden histories of convicts and agricultural protest, at #StrumpshawTreeFair, near Norwich, this Saturday at 12.15. #lovenorfolk #HistoricalFiction #HistoricalRomance

pictures of the book, The Low Road, in a box

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Some books are for thinking. Some are for switching off completely and having fun with it. Today is for the second kind 📚

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Let's have a reading day 📚 What are you reading today?

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Publishing today 📚 🌿 Unwilded by Alastair Humphreys ♟️The Blindspot by Douglas Board & Martin Henwood 🎨 Super 8 Dream by Ray Robinson Three very different books, all publishing today. Which are you adding to your reading list?

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Congratulations to George Harrison, whose debut novel Season was shortlisted for the Betty Trask Prize at this year's Society of Authors Awards. ⚽📚 #SeasonNovel #BettyTraskPrize #SocietyOfAuthorsAwards

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Paul lives quietly in a northern town. By day he works in a café. By night he retreats into his graphic novel, using art to contain memories he has spent years trying to bury.

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Coming 2 July: Unwilded by Alastair Humphreys 🌿 What happens when each generation accepts a slightly diminished natural world as normal?# #Books #NatureWriting #EnvironmentalBooks #Unwilded

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The Blindspot by Douglas Board and Martin Henwood asks: what is power, who understands it, and how do they learn it? “refreshingly different… always interesting” David Smith, Economics Editor, Sunday Times Out 2 July.

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

📚 Reading Pride doesn’t end in June 📚 Pride Month is a moment of visibility, but these stories deserve to be read all year round.

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

A gripping, emotionally charged novel from Ocean, now available in paperback. After a terrorist attack on the London Underground, schoolteacher Helen is left shaken, pregnant, and increasingly unmoored from reality.

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Eye Books @eyebooks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Out today 📚 Fourteen-year-old Joel Brady is awaiting trial for murder. The problem is, he can't remember exactly what happened.

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