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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 20h

✨ On Kindle UK offer tomorrow: THE RUFFLER'S CHILD, book 1 of the best-selling Thomas the Falconer Mysteries. 'A truly fine historical series' (Booklist). #Boldwoodbooks #histfic #Tudors Check out now!

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🔔✨ Coming up on KOBO tomorrow, in 'Time is a Killer' Book 1 of the acclaimed Bishopsgate Ward Mysteries and Book 1 of the acclaimed Justice Belstrang Mysteries #BoldwoodBooks #histic #Tudors #JacobeanMystery www.johnpilkington.co.uk 'A truly fine historical series'

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Step into the world of Elizabeth I with The Elizabethan Series: Stories of intrigue, power, forbidden love and ruthless ambition… mybook.to/TheElizabeth... #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #Audiobooks

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

⚓Discover the story of Sir Francis Drake — sailor, privateer, survivor, in Drake – Tudor Corsair 🇺🇸 www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCTYQF4 🇬🇧 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FCTYQF4 #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistFic #HistoricalFiction #Audiobooks

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Mason's a nerd, reminds me of an earnest head prefect. He never really puts these people on the spot.

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The new release of Queen Anna explores the remarkable, true story of Anna of Denmark, and follows her journey from her early life in Denmark to become the queen consort of three kingdoms in Stuart England. mybook.to/QueenAnna #HistoricalFiction #Stuarts #BookLaunch

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

👑 A brilliant courtier. 💔 A forbidden love. ⚔️ A deadly game of power. She is Penelope Devereux—Tudor baroness, muse, and rebel. Her true story isn’t just history… mybook.to/PenelopeTudo... #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #HistFic #Audiobook

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Historical Fiction Spotlight: Death of a Stranger: Step into Tudor England in this gripping historical mystery from John Pilkington (The Bishopsgate Ward Mysteries Book 1) by John Pilkington tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/11/hist... @johnpilkington.bsky.social #Tudor #HistoricalFiction

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Step aboard the Golden Hinde with Sir Francis Drake in Drake – Tudor Corsair — a gripping tale of adventure, ambition, danger and discovery on the high seas: 🇺🇸 www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCTYQF4 🇬🇧 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FCTYQF4 #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Audiobooks

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I can't believe this London-based landowner is putting the iconic Glenelg to Skye ferry at risk. Support the local community - not millionaire financiers - and save the world famous Glenelg to Skye ferry by joining me and signing the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

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Save the Glenelg - Skye ferry!

This ten minute crossing is famous around the world - and is believed to be the last turntable style ferry anywhere. It's an iconic part of Skye's history, but it's under threat thanks to a wealthy la...

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

✨ Discover the JUSTICE BELSTRANG MYSTERIES, set in the corrupt reign of James 1st "Gripping.. a truly fine historical series" #BoldwoodBooks #histfic #JacobeanEngland www.johnpilkington.co.uk

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Boldwood Books @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Discover Arthur by Peter Gibbons, an epic historical adventure set in Dark Ages Britain. Packed with action, war & betrayals, you won't be able to put it down... ⚔️📚 Grab your copy now: mybook.to/Chroniclesof...

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Life's a bitch sometimes, isnt it? Commiserations. ✨

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Welsh servant Owen Tudor secretly marries the widowed Queen Catherine of Valois - and against impossible odds they change history with a new dynasty: the Tudors mybook.to/Owen #HistoricalFiction #Tudors #KindleUnlimited

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🔔✨OUT TODAY A SEASON FOR JUSTICE, Book 3 of the Justice Belstrang Mysteries. 'A truly fine historical series' #histic #BoldwoodBooks #Jacobean All 3 books in the trilogy now published by Boldwood Books.

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Sounds fun... I'm embarking on novel four of a new series myself... 😛

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

🔔✨ On KOBO today: A DANGEROUS JUSTICE, Book 1 of the acclaimed Justice Belstrang Mysteries. Check out on Amazon UK and Aus #BoldwoodBooks #histfic #TimeisaKiller www.johnpilkington.co.uk

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

✨🌃 On KOBO today: 🔔 A DANGEROUS JUSTICE, Book 1 of the acclaimed Justice Belstrang Mysteries. Check out on Amazon UK and Aus. #histfic #BoldwoodBooks #17thcentury #TimeisaKiller www.johnpilkington.co.uk

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

🔔On KOBO today: Death of a Stranger, book 1 of the acclaimed Bishopsgate Ward Mysteries. Check out on Amazon UK and Australia. ✨ #TimeisaKiller #Historicalcrime #Tudors #BoldwoodBooks www.johnpilkington.co.uk

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Discover the remarkable story of Anna of Denmark, whose intelligence and resilience helped shape the dawn of the Stuart dynasty. QUEEN ANNA – Book 1 of the Stuart Queens Trilogy by Tony Riches. NEW on Amazon: mybook.to/QueenAnna #Stuarts #HistoricalFiction #BookLaunch

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

🔔HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY TO BOLDWOOD BOOKS! 🔔 Boldwood are celebrating 7 years as one of the most sucessful independent publishers. As one of their many authors, I send hearty congrats and bright hopes for the future. Onwards and upwards. ✨ #BoldwoodBirthday

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

And P.D. James was still writing when she was 90!

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

We're joining the Creators' Rights Alliance (CRA) in calling on Government to protect creators from the existential threat of GenAI. Fairness and transparency must be at the heart of the UK's approach to AI. Help our mission by signing the petition buff.ly/j7NooKw

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Protect creators' rights
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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

🔔The Society of Authors reports that the government is consulting on making self-employed people - like authors - pay self-assessment tax monthly, instead of bi-annually. Not keen on this at all. I hope fellow-scribes will make their views known!

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Particularly tedious to see Victoria Derbyshire on Newsnight spending what seemed like hours hammering this silly topic into the ground.

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Historical Fiction Spotlight: A Hunt for Justice: A historical mystery of murder, superstition and hidden family crimes (The Justice Belstrang Mysteries Book 2) by John Pilkington tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/07/hist... @johnpilkington.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🔔✨ OUT TOMORROW! A HUNT FOR JUSTICE, Book 2 of the acclaimed Justice Belstrang Mysteries trilogy, is published on 25 July. 'Simply brilliant... an excellent story with plenty of twists and turns' #histfic #jacobeanmysteries #BoldwoodBooks #supernatural www.johnpilkington.co.uk

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Caroline G 📚 @loopyk.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

🧵 A Season for Justice by @johnpilkington.bsky.social ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A gripping tale of murder, greed, corruption and treason. Sadly, also the last book in this hugely entertaining series. 🗡️ See my review on www.goodreads.com/loopykaz Thanks to @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social and @netgalley.bsky.social (1/2)

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Thanks, Caroline. 😎 (Also a rugby fan - especially England's Red Roses!)

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

'A petition to save the degree, began by university philosophy lecturer Oisin Keohane, has already garnered nearly 3,000 signatures'. www.change.org/p/save-the-p...

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

📯THE RUFFLER'S CHILD 📯 Book 1 of the acclaimed Thomas the Falconer Mysteries is featured on Amazon Prime Reading in the UK, US and Australia from today. 'A truly fine historical series' (Library Journal) #Tudors #histfic #BoldwoodBooks #mystery www.johnpilkington.co.uk

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

📯Out today! 📯 Book 1 of The Justice Belstrang Mysteries from Boldwood Books A DANGEROUS JUSTICE 'Breathtakingly tense and gripping - brilliantly set in the aftermath of the gunpowder plot' #histfic #17thcentury #gunpowderplot Also in audiobook as 'Legacy', superbly read by Christopher Saul

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

📯The joy of Audiobooks! Boldwood Books are celebrating #BoldAudioMonth Most of my books are available in audiobook format - including the latest, DEATH OF A FUGITIVE (superbly read by Simon Mattacks) A delightful and new way to enjoy reading #ReadBoldly #GoAllin #BoldwoodBooks

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Hello Liz! Good to meet you at the Boldwood party. 😎

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

💐Sad to learn of the death of Maureen Duffy, a fine writer and champion of writers' (and other) causes. Also a founder of the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society, from which many of us benefit regularly. She will be sadly missed. ✨

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

📯OUT TODAY! Book 2 of The Bishopsgate Ward Mysteries. #Tudors #Histfic #BoldwoodBooks www.johnpilkington.co.uk Check out on Amazon 📯✨

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

📯KINDLE MONTHLY DEAL 📯 DEATH OF A STRANGER from Boldwood Books is now on Kindle monthly deal ✨ Book 1 in the new Tudor historical series THE BISHOPSGATE WARD MYSTERIES ✨ Book 2 is out soon - check out on Amazon!

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Discover the origins of the Tudor dynasty, from Owen Tudor’s first meeting with widowed Queen Catherine of Valois to Henry Tudor becoming King of England. mybook.to/TheTudorTril... #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #audiobooks

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

At least it wasn't Anne Widdecombe...

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

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John Pilkington @johnpilkington.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

📯ON KINDLE DAILY DEAL TODAY! Book 2 of the Thomas the Falconer series 'A truly fine historical series' (Library Journal) #Tudors #Histfic #Falconry Check out on Amazon ✨

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Tony Riches @tonyriches.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

“Dive deep into the lives of Tudor knight Sir Charles Brandon and his wives Mary Tudor and Katherine Willoughby.” mybook.to/TheBrandonTr... #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #KindleUnlimited #Audiobooks

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