James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery #61 is all about the thinky puzzle of pitching ... mailchi.mp/05858e6d3069... #booksky 091
Reposted by James SpackmanJames Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Somehow this bluesky post now has a date of transmission (29th October) and official artwork. 1933093
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery #60 is about finding the opposition at the heart of a book and using that to pitch it. Link here: mailchi.mp/dbe541309c4f... 011
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 13/08/2026In two weeks, I'm doing a bike ride through the Outer Hebrides, ending at the standing stones of Callanish. I'm raising money for The Callanish Society, which offers retreats to people living with or dying from cancer. Click here if you'd like to sponsor me www.canadahelps.org/en/charities... 000
Reposted by James SpackmanJames Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 10/08/2026My reading habits as a child made me believe people got captured by unscientific tribes and were about to be sacrificed moments before their almanac informed them there was going to be an eclipse a LOT more often than happens in real life, although I suppose there's still time. 4354
Reposted by James Spackmanrobyn @robynemz.bsky.social · 09/08/2026thankful for every woman that paved the way for the tour de france femmes and all the race variations that came before it. what we are able to experience now is phenomenal. 817322
Reposted by James SpackmanJames Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Everyone should listen to this and NOT just because Pagans get a mention at the end in the summer reading bit, that would be shallow of me. I do genuinely listen to OGWN, so this was lovely to hear and thanks to @chloesackur.bsky.social for alerting me before I even knew it was out. 3102
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Some ride by Niewiadoma. Amazing focus, power, cadence … fab #TDFF2026 020
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Until this morning I'd never heard the phrase 'self-insert character'. Handy phrase. Has everyone else been saying it for years and I just didn't notice? 110
Reposted by James SpackmanAvery Hill Publishing @averyhill.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Do you like discounted bundles? We've got bundles in our store. averyhillpublishing.bigcartel.com/category/bun...averyhillpublishing.bigcartel.comBundlesBrowse all products in the Bundles category from Avery Hill Publishing. 63619
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I love the way Wiebes sprints. Something trackie (keirin-y even?) about it. #tdff2026 100
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery #59 - Winston Churchill Was A Swot mailchi.mp/292c4afd7b60... with thanks to @jp.flintoff.org #Booksky 040
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 28/07/2026In less grumpy/whiney news: The Brian Jonestown Massacre really suit a hot, dozy afternoon 👍 000
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Regret to say I've just been invited to activate my account on a publisher's 'agent's portal' straight line mouth emoji 020
Reposted by James SpackmanLaura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Some thoughts on the current state of ebike news. Can the juggernaut of public opinion still be turned around? open.substack.com/pub/lauralak...open.substack.comBruising time for e-bike users and industryIs it too late to turn things around? 42412
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I'm so chuffed about this. Fabulous book from a fabulous human. And the birth of 'traumantasy' - you heard it hear first. 130
Reposted by James SpackmanJames Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I've read this and it's GREAT. 192
Reposted by James SpackmanDani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Do any of my journalist friends - or indeed anyone else - have any good, helpful journalistic contacts in Florence or thereabouts? Have hit a brick wall with something that I really need to sort out soon. Thank you. 2418
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 04/07/2026All of my sports on, all at once. *panics slightly* 000
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 03/07/2026This series is (unsurprisingly) bloody excellent 010
Reposted by James SpackmanJames Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 03/07/2026A *brief* plug to say Pagans is in Waterstones' Bestselling Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror at £7.99 instead of £9.99, so you know, do with this information what you will, etc. 01714
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 03/07/2026This week's Book Pitch Doctor's surgery is all about bringing the whole audience with you. Link here: mailchi.mp/cf60615370e6... #booksky 060
Reposted by James SpackmanLaura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I went cycling along a dual carriageway in a heatwave, as you do open.substack.com/pub/lauralak...open.substack.comYour life in their hands on the *other* A27 pathCycling a narrow pavement cycle path beside a dual carriageway in a heatwave 1174
Reposted by James SpackmanLondon Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 01/07/2026👏 Big shout-out to Share the Joy funding recipient, photographer Becky Mursell, who's displaying her brilliant 'Everyday Cyclist' exhibition across London this summer 📸cyclingweekly.com'I want cycling to be a more welcoming space' – how a bike shop worker turned photographer rebelled against marketing imagery with this new exhibitionLondoner Becky Mursell is displaying her 'Everyday Cyclist' exhibition across the capital this summer 0206
Reposted by James SpackmanCarol Adlam @caroladlam.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I am unwell and am unable to respond to messages for the time being. Please contact my agent James Spackman at the BKS Agency for anything book-related. I will be unable to fulfil print orders for the foreseeable. I hope to be able to respond or provide an update in 3-4 weeks’ time. Thank you! 001
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Just been told by my wife and daughter that I’ll ’never be Dani Minogue’ 😕 200
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 26/06/2026This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is actually about riding bikes! Do join us for Paperback Riders every third Friday of the month at 8am, starting from London Zoo. Message me if you fancy it. More details here: lnkd.in/eS3dHa5e #books #publishing #cycling 110
Reposted by James SpackmanJames Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Now it is OFFICIAL and they cannot take it back (well, maybe they can, dunno, not going to push it). www.uchronia.net/sidewise/ 7399
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 12/06/2026This week's Book Pitch Doctor's surgery is a thought experiment to unlock a pitch: 'what question is this book asking?' Link here: mailchi.mp/e3f5bc62b507... #booksky 060
Reposted by James SpackmanIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 04/06/2026This was a groundbreaking piece of work. A work so good it means a life well spent. Millions of people understand Iran, the diaspora and the weird bittersweet details of the immigrant experience through the work she did. 17781156
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 04/06/2026My amazing wife Sarah Brown and her team put heart and soul and extraordinary care into making this. Please consider watching it. On Netflix now. 052
Reposted by James SpackmanHannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 03/06/2026The AOI’s 2026 Mentorship Scheme is open now! I’m thrilled to be one of their mentors. (Obvs I would mentor any mentee with gusto, but I hope they’re a comics person… 😎) Are you an underrepresented illustrator (or comic artist!) interested in mentoring? Apply here👇 theaoi.com/news/aoi-men... 156
Reposted by James SpackmanJames Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Doorstep Library are doing an excellent job trying to break the link between poverty and low literacy, bringing the magic of books and reading directly into family homes. Can you donate to the Big Give? donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...donate.biggive.orgLife Changing Literacy: 15 Years of Shared Reading – Big GiveReading for pleasure creates transformational opportunities, but for many children in underserved areas, access to books remains elusive. For 15 … 187
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 30/05/2026In August I'm doing a bike ride through the Outer Hebrides to raise money for The Callanish Society, a Canadian charity run by my sister in law, which cares for people living with or dying from cancer. Care to sponsor me? www.canadahelps.org/en/charities... 030
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 29/05/2026No YOU check your connection, OneDrive. Absolute bellend of an app. 000
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 22/05/2026How do you intervene in meetings? New Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery today. Let me know if you have a pet phrase you use ... :) #booksky mailchi.mp/4853b918eb50... 041
Reposted by James SpackmanJames Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 13/05/2026History Bluesky! Daughter and I tried to have a sensible conversation about career prospects for medieval women (medieval women blacksmiths etc) but then turned into us wondering if there were such things as 'party nunneries' or some nunneries which were more for arts and crafts etc. Possible? 11202
Reposted by James SpackmanAvery Hill Publishing @averyhill.bsky.social · 01/05/202610 needed in the next 11 hours! 066
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 01/05/2026This week's Book Pitch Doctor's Surgery is about Being a Recommender mailchi.mp/3f03bb735da8... #booksky 050
Reposted by James SpackmanFictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 29/04/2026What's the reality of motherhood? In this graphic short story, Bruna Martini takes it one day at a time: www.fictionable.world/stories/one-... Image: Josh Bean #books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog 061
Reposted by James SpackmanFictionable @fictionable.bsky.social · 11/04/2026On Monday Bruna Martini will be speaking about her work at LDC and giving a glimpse of her #GraphicStory due in next week's #spring issue. She'll be appearing online with Myfanwy Nixon and Fionnuala Doran. Tickets are at: ldcomics.com/product/ldco... #books #comics #reading #writing #eventsldcomics.comLDComics – A women-led comics forum, open to allWe are here to support your journey. 051
James Spackman @jamesspackman73.bsky.social · 11/04/2026I appreciate Tommy Fleetwood’s commitment to the wider trouser 010
