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James Macdonald Lockhart

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Author of Wild Air & Raptor. Literary Agent: James Lockhart Agency: jameslockhartagency.com

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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Absolutely over the moon and deeply honoured to see Waterstones select LIFELINES as one of their Paperbacks of the Year for 2026! They've backed this book right from the very beginning and I'm so grateful for the incredible support. @eandtbooks.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social
Image from Waterstones Paperbacks of the Year promotion with the cover of Lifelines by Julian Hoffman against a gold and starred background.
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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🥳 We're so thrilled that #TheWaterlands: Follow a Raindrop from Source to Sea by @steverutt.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the Sustainable Story Award 2026! #NonFiction #Wetlands #Marshes #NatureWriting #Nature #Water #WaterCycle #Rivers #Environment #Bog #Rain #Birding #BirdWatching
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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
💧Introducing the BEAUTIFUL new paperback cover of #TheWaterlands by @steverutt.bsky.social, now with a 20% discount when you pre-order from @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social! This is a captivating retelling of the water cycle, and an urgent call to protect our most essential resource. 🗓 Out 11 March
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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Such an honour to have this incredibly thoughtful and expansive review of the North American edition of LIFELINES in the Wall Street Journal. "Prose this good deserves celebration, and the fact that it comes with a moral imperative amplifies the book's appeal." www.wsj.com/arts-culture... ($)
The cover of the NA edition of LIFELINES, including a Dalmatian pelican and a peacock butterfly.
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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
💧 Join author of #TheWaterlands @steverutt.bsky.social and Countryfile Magazine's 'The Plodcast' host Annabel Ross on a quest to explore the wildlife of the River Thames... Listen to the episode here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/3... #wildlife #nature #water #rivers #wetlands #marsh
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Excited to be speaking at the Wild Summit this Wed 9th Sept, alongside champions of the environment like @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social & @zackpolanski.bsky.social I'll be speaking about how nature is dying in our National Parks & what Ministers need to do to fix things! www.wcl.org.uk/wildsummituk...
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I've just submitted the manuscript for my next book, THE GHOSTS OF CHALK COUNTRY. It's about the loss of England's chalk downland - a tale of flowers, fertility, fascism and freedom. Published by William Collins on 22nd April 2027; pre-order here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Photo shows the printed manuscript for my book, The Ghosts of Chalk Country, by Guy Shrubsole. Background shows a cork board covered in old postcards, photos and paintings of chalk landscapes, including some Eric Ravilious watercolours, and a postcard of the Cerne Giant wearing underpants.
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The Wainwright Prizes @wainwrightprize.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The 2026 #WainwrightPrize Shortlists are here! 📚🌿 Across six categories, 43 outstanding books celebrate the power of stories to connect people and planet, from nature writing and conservation to breathtaking illustration and inspiring children's books. wainwrightprize.com
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David Higgins @davidhiggins.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I've published a version of my almost-prizewinning essay 'Minibeasts', shortlisted for the Nature Chronicles Prize in 2024. It's about my usual obsessions: wildlife, parenting, collapse, care, and hope. I would love for some of you to read it! medium.com/@d.higgins/m...
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Minibeasts
An essay about small creatures and how we care for them
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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Times+ members can now download the #audiobook #Lifelines by @julianhoffman.bsky.social. Set amongst lakes, mountains and stone villages, it follows the author and his wife as they build a new life in #Prespa, northern Greece. Visit thetimes.com/timesplus #Greece #Memoir #Nature #NonFiction #Travel
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James Macdonald Lockhart @jmlockhart.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This should be a great evening of music + readings: looking forward to taking part.
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The Wainwright Prizes @wainwrightprize.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We're delighted to reveal the 2026 #WainwrightPrize longlists! 📚 From captivating nature writing & urgent conservation stories to children's books that spark curiosity, this year's lists celebrate the stories that connect people & planet. Discover more: wainwrightprize.com
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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🎉Huge congratulations to @steverutt.bsky.social on his book #TheWaterlands: Follow a Raindrop from Source to Sea being longlisted for the @wainwrightprize.bsky.social for Nature Writing! #WainwrightPrize #StoriesThatConnect #waterlands #wetlands #bog #marsh #nature #NonFiction #WaterCycle #ecology
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David Higgins @davidhiggins.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Happy to announce that my next book will be published by @batsfordbooks.bsky.social in spring 2028. I'm excited to be writing for an audience beyond academia! Most grateful to my agent @jmlockhart.bsky.social for helping me get to this point.
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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The UK paperback of LIFELINES is out tomorrow, but I'm also so deeply thrilled and honoured to share that it's Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month for July! Huge thanks to @waterstones.bsky.social for the selection and to @eandtbooks.bsky.social for believing in this book from the beginning.
The cover of the paperback edition of Lifelines against a backdrop image of mountains and houses with the Waterstones Non-Fiction Books of the Month logo.
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 30/06/2026
Colin Bramwell’s FOWER PESSOAS has won the 2025 Duas Leabhair na Gàidhealtacht / Highland Book Prize “Colin Bramwell puts all four of [Fernando] Pessoa’s heteronyms into a present-day Scots-language vernacular, & so creates a parochial Pessoa for our own times” www.highlandbookprize.org.uk/winner/
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Winner - The Highland Book Prize | Duais Leabhair na Gàidhealtachd
‘Bold and Brilliant’, Fower Pessoas wins the 2025 Highland Book Prize Fower Pessoas by Colin Bramwell is the winner of the 2025 Highland Book Prize. Published by Carcanet, Fower Pessoas is a bold reim...
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Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Stunning etchings by Leeds born artist Norman Ackroyd. Exhibition of his work is on in Bath. #art #Yorkshire www.victoriagal.org.uk/event/norman...
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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
So elated and honoured to have LIFELINES win the @anglohellenic.bsky.social Runciman Award 2026 this week. With immense thanks to the judges for selecting it - and to my brilliant publisher, @eandtbooks.bsky.social, who believed in this book from the beginning. www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1306...
The paperback cover of Lifelines with a caption from the Anglo-Hellenic League and mention of Winner of the Runciman Award 2026.Julian Hoffman being presented the Runciman Award by the Greek Ambassador to the UK, Yannis Tsaousis.Julian Hoffman at a lectern delivering his acceptance speech.Julian Hoffman at a lectern with the paperback cover of his book Lifelines on the screen behind him.
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 10/06/2026
Lifelines: Searching for Home in the Mountains of Greece by Julian Hoffman (@eandtbooks.bsky.social) has been awarded The Anglo-Hellenic League’s Runciman Award 2026. 👇
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Julian Hoffman wins £10k Anglo-Hellenic League's 2026 Runciman Award
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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The Flow Country — where nothingness is something very special... @steverutt.bsky.social speaks to @thetimes.com about The Flow Country, a vast bog in the far northeast of #Scotland where the plants have turned predator and the soil is less solid than milk: www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
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The Flow Country — where nothingness is something very special
The vast bog in the far northeast of the Scottish mainland is an otherworldly place where the plants have turned predator and the soil is less solid than milk
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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🥂 Huge congratulations to @julianhoffman.bsky.social who last night accepted the @anglohellenic.bsky.social Runciman Award 2026 for his life-affirming memoir, #Lifelines: Searching for Home in the Mountains of Greece 🎊 Pre-order the paperback edition @waterstones.bsky.social: bit.ly/49QNooM
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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
On the #ScotlandOutdoors podcast, @steverutt.bsky.social discusses the journey of a single raindrop through Britain's diverse waterscapes: from upland moors and spectacular lochs to saltmarsh-flanked firths and estuaries: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Stephen Rutt's #TheWaterlands is out now!
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Scotland Outdoors - From Raindrop to Sea with Stephen Rutt - BBC Sounds
Mark Stephen chats to writer Stephen Rutt about his new book 'The Waterlands'
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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Delighted to say that the North American edition of LIFELINES is now published! With immense thanks to the wonderful team at Godine and to Nicole Caputo for the fabulous cover. Now available at all your favourite bookstores across Canada and the United States! bookshop.org/p/books/life...
A copy of Lifelines by Julian Hoffman leaning against a tree. The cover depicts a Dalmatian pelican against a blue mountain background.
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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Such a pleasure talking about the Greek mountains, the Prespa lakes and the unique Aoos-Vjosa river system spanning Greece and Albania for the brilliant Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures podcast. @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social msmf.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/05/13/l...
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Jason König interviews Julian Hoffman about his book Lifelines and his latest project on the Aoos/Vjosa river.
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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
In this extract from #TheWaterlands, @steverutt.bsky.social reflects on an incident that left him unable to swim, yet deeply drawn to water throughout his life: booksfromscotland.com/2026/04/the-...
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The Waterlands by Stephen Rutt - Books from Scotland
'Water and land are not separate, nor are they two sides of the same coin, but more profoundly intertwined. They are the blood and bone of the earth.'
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Honoured to write a chapter for FUTURE RURAL, a new book out this week to mark CPRE's centenary My chapter, 'In defence of scrub', is about Britain's most unfairly maligned habitat. Derided by pundits & politicians, it's in fact a gorgeous home for wildlife... www.littletoller.co.uk/shop/books/l...
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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The spirit of place has always been my great fascination as a writer so it's an especial honour to see LIFELINES longlisted for the Ondaatje Prize, which celebrates place in all its countless, extraordinary and vital forms. Immense congratulations to all - honoured to be in such incredible company!
A title image for The RSL Ondaatje Prize longlist 2026.A composite image of the 16 book covers that make up this year's Ondaatje Prize longlist.
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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
We are so pleased to share that #Lifelines by @julianhoffman.bsky.social has been longlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize! Congratulations to Julian and the other longlisted authors! 🎉
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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
#TheWaterlands by @steverutt.bsky.social is... 'A wonderful piece of natural storytelling.' ROGER MORGAN-GRENVILLE ‘A lucid, passionate and moving book.’ HELEN JUKES ‘A kaleidoscopic tumult of aquatic wonders.’ DAN RICHARDS Get your copy here bit.ly/4ccwQJk
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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Deeply honoured to be in such amazing company on the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award shortlist! Given annually for a book in English inspired by Greek culture and history, this is the 40th anniversary of the prize @anglohellenic.bsky.social www.anglohellenicleague.org/news/1q3q33h...
Seven books lined up. From left to right, Athens Tales, Open Socrates, Goatsong, Lifelines, Alexandrian Sphinx, The Odyssey and Beauty and the Gods.
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James Macdonald Lockhart @jmlockhart.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
'It is why learning even a little about small boats can reveal so much about the world, and why looking carefully at a boat is a journey deep into a localised culture and its seafarers' dreams.' A wonderful new book by David Gange, published 23rd April by William Collins.
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James Macdonald Lockhart @jmlockhart.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Latest edition of Archipelago, just published by Clutag Press: www.clutagpress.com is a lovely thing.
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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Stories from the earth, sea and skies — @financialtimes.com pick four of the best new books on the environment - including @steverutt.bsky.social's new book #TheWaterlands! www.ft.com/content/83ef... #wetlands #bogs #conservation #WaterCycle #NonFiction #marsh #nature #NatureBooks
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Stories from the earth, sea and skies — four of the best new books on the environment
The brutal business of oil and gas — plus green tariffs, the wonder of ‘murderous birds’ and bringing wetlands back to life
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Chris Fitch @chrisfitchchris.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Publication day 🎉 If you've ever wondered if maybe your local environment could use a little more greenery, or some exciting urban wildlife, pick up one of these, and take a glimpse into real projects from around the world that show just how much is possible! 🌳🦊🦜🦋🏢
Cover of the book Wild Cities by Chris Fitch
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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
💧Happy publication day to #TheWaterlands by @steverutt.bsky.social! Follow a raindrop as it flows through diverse waterscapes: river sources, saltmarsh-flanked firths and estuaries, spectacular lochs, crystal-clear chalk streams, blanket bogs and more. bit.ly/4dbmYka #NatureWriting #wetlands
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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
‘Stephen Rutt’s exploration of Britain’s waterlands combines clear-eyed scientific writing with just the right amount of epiphanic prose ... I find it impossible not to feel wonder at such facts.’ @scotsman.com Out tomorrow!💧 #TheWaterlands by @steverutt.bsky.social: bit.ly/4bKfqSN
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England. I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry
Exclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
It was an honour to give a talk at Oxford University’s Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery last night, with the title ‘Ill Fares the Land? Holding large landowners to account for nature destruction & restoration’ Huge thanks to @ymalhi.bsky.social for inviting me! bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Happy #WorldBookDay! We are thrilled on this special day to be publishing Gwyneth Lewis's memoir 'Nightshade Mother: A Disentangling' in paperback! Order now from your favourite local bookshop or through the link below. 📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/nightsh...
Cover of Nightshade Mother which features a nightshade plant closely tangling around the title. The text reads: COMING SOON IN PAPERBACK
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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
💧‘It falls in a moment. When the heaviest droplets of ice can no longer be held, the first slips from the sky and plunges, down through the damp, cold air, thawing as it falls. Once one slips, the others come. The earth inhaling rain, again.’ 📕 #TheWaterlands by @steverutt.bsky.social, out 26 March
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
"The quiet revolution that both books will further charge is of potentially planet-changing importance." Super-proud of this joint review of my book The Lie of the Land and @righttoroam.bsky.social's Wild Service, in the Journal of Historical Geography (£): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Land reform in the home of enclosure: How to right historical land ownership and environmental injustice in England and Wales | The Lie of the Land: Who Really Cares for the Countryside?, Guy Shrubsol...
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Saraband Books @saraband-books.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Happy publication day to Jim Crumley and Symphonic 🍃 Renowned nature writer Jim Crumley draws on more than six decades of immersion in wild landscapes to explore the profound harmony at the heart of the natural world and why it matters now more than ever 🍃 saraband.net/sb-title/sym... #Booksky 📚💙
Symphonic: Harmony in Nature and Why It Matters by Jim Crumley, published by Saraband.
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Calon @calonbooks.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Coming soon in paperback! 'Nightshade Mother: A Disentangling' by Gwyneth Lewis will be available in paperback on 5 March 📚 Pre-order now through the link below or in your favourite local bookshop! www.uwp.co.uk/book/nightsh...
Cover of Nightshade Mother which features a nightshade plant closely tangling around the title. The text reads: COMING SOON IN PAPERBACK
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Elliott & Thompson @eandtbooks.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Looking forward to reading #TheWaterlands? Close your eyes and immerse yourself in Britain's watery landscapes with author @steverutt.bsky.social's playlist on Spotify: 🎧https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ib6U5Mayp8LuXk4BdFLTY?si=37ZlSZiqSrOfKeeaKLHz-g&pi=ZJglFI8ARkCiA&nd=1&dlsi=f7a09a9f067841dc
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Fraser MacDonald @frasermacdonald.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I have some hot compost news
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 19/02/2026
Canongate has acquired world rights to Fraser MacDonald's The Book of Compost: A Manual for Consolation and Repair 👇 #BookSky
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Canongate pre-empts Fraser MacDonald's literary exploration of compost
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James Macdonald Lockhart @jmlockhart.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Happy paperback publication day to Merlin Hanbury-Tenison, whose acclaimed book Our Oaken Bones is published today by Ebury Witness.
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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
It seems like only yesterday that LIFELINES was out in hardback but with the first signs of spring appearing here in northern Greece it means the paperback is already on its way. And Waterstones is offering 25% off from today until Friday for online pre-orders! www.waterstones.com/book/lifelin...
A promotional image for the paperback edition of my book Lifelines as part of a Waterstones online offer for pre-orders.
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