Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 4hJust in case you missed it on Thursday, here I am on Radio Warrington at 10 am, talking writing! radiowarrington.co.ukradiowarrington.co.ukCommunity Radio for Warrington - Radio WarringtonRadio Warrington is a community radio station broadcasting across Warrington on 1332AM, online, on App and on Smart Speaker. 010
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026My #JeffreyArcher story: in 1990 a group of us punted to Granchester (we were young, I blame Brideshead Revisited). We got lost going to the pub and were suddenly caught in security lights - we were trespassing in Jeffrey Archer’s garden. He was very nice about it and showed us the way to the pub. 000
Reposted by Fiona ForsythThe Crime Writers' Association @thecwa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026📚 Happy publication day to Penny Hancock with ‘The Ingenious Miss Sly’! Congratulations on your book launch - we hope this new book flies off the shelves 🎉 #CrimeBooks #NewBooks #CrimeFiction 021
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Interesting take from David Hewson- and he should know Why an AI Audiobook Won't Make You Rich davidhewson.com/why-an-ai-au...davidhewson.comWhy an AI Audiobook Won't Make You RichNovelist David Hewson looks at AI audiobook narration for authors — the platforms, the voice-cloning options, and why the money rarely adds up to much. 000
Reposted by Fiona ForsythSHADOW OF MADNESS out now! @dvbishop.com · 25/09/20269/25 happy Dolly Day to all those who celebrate it, and everyone who loves booksstatic.klipy.comdolly heartALT: dolly heart 171
Reposted by Fiona ForsythIndie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 22/09/2026🤍 estranged husbands 💪 close brothers x2 🗡️ an mc who is 100% done 🐺 a love interest ready to grovel 🏫 a haunted, gothic school 🔍 buried secrets ❄️ snowy setting 🔖 universal: mybook.to/aBMB 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/the-strange-... 📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22... [ #booksky ] 2277
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/she-made-w...fionaforsyth.substack.com“She made wool”Weaving women’s stories 000
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Every now and then I do wonder about the makeup but then the acting makes me forget. 010
Reposted by Fiona ForsythRobin Johnson @robinjohnson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026My cat killed a mouse overnight 3304
Reposted by Fiona ForsythThe Crime Writers' Association @thecwa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026CWA members are regularly invited to submit short stories for consideration in our anthologies. With a mix of experienced and emerging authors, these showcase *serious* talent. Want to see your work considered? Make sure you get involved next time! buff.ly/slfsV4q 122
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Happy publication day! www.amazon.co.uk/Governors-Ma...amazon.co.ukThe Governor's Man: A thrilling investigation in Ancient Rome... (Quintus Valerius Roman Mysteries Book 1)The Governor's Man: A thrilling investigation in Ancient Rome... (Quintus Valerius Roman Mysteries Book 1) eBook : Rogers, Jacquie: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store 010
Reposted by Fiona ForsythCarolyn Hughes - Author @carolynhughes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Do you prefer LISTENING to your #histfic rather than reading it? DE BOHUN’S DESTINY, the Third Meonbridge Chronicle is available in #Audible, narrated by @alexnarrator.bsky.social Amazon mybook.to/G4j4aTG Audible www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0GKQK9FRZ 031
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A lovely promo from the ever professional @maryanneyarde.bsky.social 022
Reposted by Fiona ForsythBen Bruce @therealbenbruce.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Take a look at some of the incredible authors (and me!) on this. If you're in the North-West, you need to get your finger out and head over to Preston. Hell, if you're down my way and you want a lift up on the Saturday, I'll bloody take you. For all the information you need head to the link below... 121
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I love this book - so much more than a dry reference book. #Romanhistory 010
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026More books - these are the books I found especially useful in writing about the Roman Late Republic and Early Empire 000
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Subscribe to Jacquie’s Substack to enter a giveaway for her new novelette “A Night Blacker and Darker”. #Pompeii substack.com/@jacquieroge...substack.comJacquie Rogers | Substackhttps://linktr.ee/jacquierogers for buy links, contacts, author events. Author of the Quintus Valerius mystery novels set in Roman Britain, and beyond. Reader, hillwalker, traveller, wine lover. Home ... 000
Reposted by Fiona ForsythMark Turnbull Author @1642author.bsky.social · 27/08/2026📅#OTD 1642. Nottingham. King Charles I sent Will Murray, his friend and servant, to Scotland. Murray is instructed to visit those loyal to the king (chief of whom is the Earl of Montrose) to obtain their advice. The king also wrote separately to Montrose to say he reposed great trust in him. 273
Reposted by Fiona ForsythAlex Shaw @alexshaw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The war ended in 1945, but for some, the killing never stopped... Readers are absolutely hooked by #Codename61 by @alexshawhetman 🙌📖 Treat yourself this weekend to a historical thriller that'll have you on the edge of your seat... Read it today! mybook.to/Codename61 021
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Some time ago I wrote a short story about Agrippa. My cunning plan is to completely outdo Robert Harris this week by putting my story on Substack. Mwahahaha! fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/agrippafionaforsyth.substack.comAgrippaI know, I know, we are all waiting for Thursday and the publication of Robert Harris’ Agrippa. But more than a year ago, I wrote this short story, and I thought it might entertain you a little as you ... 042
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Maybe today marks the anniversary of Vesuvius’ eruption, maybe it was later on in the year. There is a lot more to discover about the people and their lives. #Pompeii 010
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Writerly to-do list. Gosh the glamour! #crimewriting 100
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 15/08/2026A cunningly camouflaged bee is delighted at the blooming of my sunflowers 031
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Some musings on that most challenging event for the introvert author - the book festival! fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/selling-bo...fionaforsyth.substack.comSelling booksThe above explains why we didn’t make a podcast from the Liverpool Book Festival… which was otherwise great fun. 042
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Out of curiosity, I tried to spin wool today. I shall never look at “lanam fecit” on a Roman lady’s tombstone without awe now. 060
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Happy International Cat Day! With love from Lucie, Frannie, Alice, Eileen, Kitty, Rufus, Sam and Dean 030
Reposted by Fiona Forsythmaryanneyarde.bsky.social 💙📚📜 @maryanneyarde.bsky.social · 06/08/2026🏛️📜 What happens when Rome's greatest poet becomes entangled with a killer whose crimes follow the rhythm of his own verses? Find out with Fiona Forsyth fabulous novel - Poetic Justice. 📖 Read with #KindleUnlimited 🦋 maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2026/08/poet... #HistFic #mustread 💙📚 11411
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Wow don’t I look like a real author??😆Thank you! 000
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I present a Substack all about animals this week - Roman animals fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/the-animal...fionaforsyth.substack.comThe Animals of Norwich CastleEspecially the Roman ones 010
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 22/07/2026A lovely portrait of Vespasian on this coin from Norwich Castle’s Boudicca exhibition. That is a very determined chin! 010
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 19/07/2026A lovely visit to the impressive Sainsbury Visual Art Centre 020
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 18/07/2026This one is stuck indoors and won’t listen to common sense advice 110
Reposted by Fiona ForsythG. Lawrence 📚💙📚💙📚 @glawrence.bsky.social · 14/07/2026#NewRelease! Alexandria, Egypt, 51 BCE. Cleopatra has ascended the throne of Egypt. As her reign unfold, mistakes cost the young Queen dearly, leading to mortal peril, flight... & civil war Descendants of the Gods £3.99 #Free #KindleUnlimited! #Ancient #histfic #booksky 📚💙 amzn.eu/d/05DbzF6m 15242
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/bishop-ovi...fionaforsyth.substack.comBishop Ovid of TomisFrom the Art of Love to sainthood 000
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026And in today’s Substack, something you would never have guessed about #Latin poet and bad boy #Ovid 111
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 11/07/2026The oregano bush has proved the big hit of the summer with bees and butterflies. 010
Reposted by Fiona ForsythDr Angela Buckley @drangelabuckley.bsky.social · 11/07/2026150 years ago today (it was also hot!), the second inquest into Charles Bravo's death opened at the Bedford Hotel, Balham. It lasted for 23 days. There were lots of quirky events inc viewing Charles's exhumed body and the jurors tasting the poison that killed him. 🔗 www.amazon.co.uk/Mysterious-P... 2245
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Anyone else going? www.lavidaliverpool.co.uk/last-chance-...lavidaliverpool.co.ukLAST CHANCE TO BUY TICKETS TO LIVERPOOL BOOK FESTIVAL! - La Vida LiverpoolLiverpool’s largest book festival, Liverpool Book Festival, is returning to BoxPark with a Summer Special on Sunday 2nd August and there are only a limited number of tickets available! The incredible ... 123
Fiona Forsyth @fionawriter.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Looking forward to the summer edition of Liverpool Book Festival! substack.com/@zoehelliwel...substack.comLiverpool Book Festival 2026Join The Literary Lasses as we discuss preparing for Liverpool Book Festival. 022
