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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Book 3 of The Clapham Trilogy 'Festival Days' out April 28th. It is 1951 and celebration is in the air, but Faye and Ellie find themselves tangled up in crimes that stretch far beyond London. Pre-order www.hobeck.net/product-page...

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Yep, that's the third book, 'Festival Days', in the trilogy done and dusted (although subject to edits). What will Faye and Ellie get up to next? #ClaphamTrilogy

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

It was an absolute pleasure! As was the dinner. @hobeckbooks.bsky.social

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Hobeck Books @hobeckbooks.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Team Hobeck have been reading again! This week we have reviews from Julie Anderson and Rachel Sargeant, as well as another from The Beck (it was a short book). Find out what we've been reading: www.hobeck.net/recommended @juliewriter.bsky.social @drrachelsargeant.bsky.social #review #bookreview

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

If you're in Basingstoke next Friday (24th), I'll be at Only Murders in the Library, Basingstoke Discovery Centre talking about historical fiction with the fab Jim Kelly and @matthewsweet.bsky.social . Tickets at shop.hants.gov.uk/products/his... @hobeckbooks.bsky.social @hantsconnect.bsky.social

Poster for the event showing the three authors and the covers of their books.

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

This 👇👇👇is happening tomorrow at @omnibustheatre.bsky.social in Clapham. @claphambookfest.bsky.social has a great line-up this year. Oyinkan Braithwaite discusses her new book, Joanne Harris talks about the prequel to 'Chocolat' and Time Tate and Gavin Esler dissect the Spycatcher affair.

Poster showing Oyinkan Braithwaite, Joanne Harris, Michele Roberts, Elizabeth Buchan, Julie Anderson, Tim Tate and Gavin Esler.

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Greetings, all! I'm back up and running after having my account closed down for a while (at my behest) after a hack. Glad to be back.

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Given that I haven't posted for a while, here's what I saw on Saturday night at @operahollandpark.bsky.social A wonderful La Traviata, with the sublime Alison Langer as Violetta.

Pic of the stage before the opera begins. Behind a gauzy curtain Violetta the courtesan prepares herself for her party. In front are the players in the orchestra.

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Please note, my account has been compromised and someone pretending to be me has been sending posts asking for people's data or offering them a fake prize. This is not me! I have reported the issue. Thanks to those of you @philippaeast.bsky.social @ohmz.bsky.social and others, who let me know.

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

It's been fabulous working as a history consultant with @stpaulsopera.bsky.social on L'Elisir d'Amore, the final performance of which was on Saturday night. Tremendous, life affirming production. Plus you can read my Rehearsal Diaries on the SPO website www.stpaulsopera.org/rehearsal-di...

Programme cover for Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore

Programme Credit as official chronicler of the production and historical advisor

Curtain call for principal singer Martins Smaukstelis (Nemorino)

Curtain call for principal singer Fiona Hymns (Adina).

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Super time at Bread & Roses Theatre, Clapham last Sunday for The Big Read II with fab friends and fellow crime writers @heidiamsinckwriter.bsky.social @jennieensor.bsky.social Ivy Ngeow @jonrichter.bsky.social @alicemcastle.bsky.social @annecoates.bsky.social @tonywhite.bsky.social

Pic of the author reading from A Death in the Afternoon

Pic of Heidi Amsinck reading from her latest Jensen book

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Tonight this 👇👇👇if you happen to be in St Albans, why not join us at the Mad Squirrel tap next the Abbey.

Poster advertising event - Noir at the Bar - including a list of writers attending.

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

On a summer night, a full performance of Milton's epic poem at St Paul's, Covent Garden by the tremendously talented William Spaulding of the Royal Ballet And Opera Tickets at actorschurch.org/whatson/para... @poetrysociety.bsky.social @rsliterature.bsky.social @ucllibraries.bsky.social

Poster for the event saying 'All it takes is one bad apple.'

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Interested in literature and history? Why not join me on the Clapham Literary Walk as part of Wandsworth Arts Fringe on 14th June. Tickets at payhip.com/b/NpAj8 £10, £7 concessions - all proceeds to the Clapham Book Festival.

Poster advertising the Clapham Literary walk 14th June 2025

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

On a chilly but dry Friday night to @operahollandpark.bsky.social to see the fabulous Itch, with excellent company, Paul, Tim, Ruth and Andrew.

Curtain call for the cast of Itch, fabulous new opera by Jonathan Dove.

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Back at @sadlerswells.bsky.social on Tuesday for the fabulous trio of talent from Jerez - Mercedes Ruiz, Santiago Lara and David Lagos - not to mention Jose Maldonado and the palmista twins. Superb. Viva Jerez!

Curtain call of the five artists involved.

Curtain call for Mercedes Ruiz, fabulous flamenco dancer

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Tremendous performance at @sadlerswells.bsky.social last night. Manuel Linan and company in 'Muerta de Amor'. Stupendous!

Picture of the cast at curtain call lined across the stage.

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Prepping for the book launch/insight event at St Pauls on Wednesday... some of the documents are over a hundred years old, so scanning with great care. @stpaulsopera.bsky.social @hobeckbooks.bsky.social @rcnlibraries.bsky.social

Image of a desk on which lie a number of old documents about the South London Hospital for Women and Children in front of a keyboard, mouse and PC monitor.

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Such a lovely review 'Wow, what an interesting and exciting historical crime thriller.' @hobeckbooks.bsky.social

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

In #HistficMay why not try a slice of mystery and a whodunnit with your historical fiction? @hobeckbooks.bsky.social has plenty, not just mine. See Mark Wightman and Rob Gittins.

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

How did a road in Clapham become the name of a character in a globally best-selling book series? Which Nobel Laureate honed his trade in Clapham? Learn the answers and more on the Clapham Literary Walk, Sat 14th June. #WelcometoWandsworth #WAF2025 All proceeds to @claphambookfest.bsky.social

Listing item showing the Clapham Literary walk, date and ticket button

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Hobeck Books @hobeckbooks.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

'Another triumph from a wonderful author.' Yep, we'll take that! Thanks, Donna. Thank you for joining the blog tour and for reviewing today #review #blogtour #book @juliewriter.bsky.social

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Kirk Rafferty ✨is editing✨ 📖 @kirkrafferty.com · 12/03/2025

In case you're worried that you don't know where your story is leading you...

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Peter Fleming @easthullpete.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Day 2 of the @hobeckbooks.bsky.social blog tour (and publishing day) for #ADeathInTheAfternoon bk 2 in @juliewriter.bsky.social Clapham Trilogy. There are already some great reviews to check out and more to follow for this excellent historical noir peterturnsthepage.wordpress.com/2025/04/29/a...

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Lovely publication day flowers from a dear friend. So thankful.

White, red and pink roses in a glass vase on a mantlepiece with large, Victorian mirror behind.

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Hobeck Books @hobeckbooks.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Congratulations, Julie! Available from all the usual places, folks! Such as: www.amazon.com/Death-Aftern... @juliewriter.bsky.social #crimefiction #crimeseries #historicalcrime #indiepub #publication

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The Crime Writers' Association @thecwa.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social with ‘A Death in the Afternoon’! #crimewriter #mystery #booksky

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Hobeck Books @hobeckbooks.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

What a fantastic review to kick-start the blog tour for A Death in the Afternoon by Julie Anderson! Thank you so much to Bobs and Books! Love this: 'From the first few pages I got totally absorbed into this world ... I am itching for Book 3'. www.bobsandbooks.com/post/blog-to... #review #book

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Blog Tour- A Death in the Afternoon (The Clapham Trilogy Book 2) by Julie Anderson

With thanks to Hobeck for having me on this tour.What's it about?Summer 1948London swelters amid post-war reconstruction, while continued rationing and the black-market fuel the rising crime wave. The...

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

A Death in the Afternoon is a murder mystery, a whodunit, packed with nasty criminals, an intriguing plot and a gutsy protagonist... A thoroughly enjoyable read.' @hobeckbooks.bsky.social Thank you, Mairead!

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

So... this begins tomorrow. Can't wait to see what folk think about this!

Poster showing the dates and contributor to a blog tour for 'A Death in the Afternoon' by Julie Anderson

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Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @disavowtrump20.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

🚨NEW: The FBI has arrested Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan for allegedly interfering in immigration enforcement. No information has been provided since the arrest and Kash Patel deleted his statement announcing the arrest. REPOST to demand justice and due process for Judge Dugan!

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Second to the Riverside Book shop for @heidiamsinckwriter.bsky.social wonderful book launch for Jensen 4. @muswellpress.bsky.social Sarah acted as MC, actor, Leo read a thrilling chapter and a good time was had by all.

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Had a very full evening yesterday. First, a lovely exhibition at the @rcn.org.uk on nursing in prisons. The Prison Medical Service was established long before the NHS, but some of its practices were dubious - force feeding suffragists for example. It's on until December if you're in Cavendish Sq.

Board describing how suffragist women were treated in prison

Memorabilia of incarceration, including a Women's Suffrage leaflet, Holloway Division

The glorious ceiling of the Council Room of the Royal College of Nursing.

Exhibition leaflet - Prison Nursing Unlocked.

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

I went to a most interesting discussion last week at St-Martin-in-the-field with @fergalkeane.bsky.social Here's my review of it for Time and Leisure Magazine. timeandleisure.co.uk/things-to-do...

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The Conversation: Fergal Keane

Julie Anderson reports on The Conversation: Fergal Keane, where the war correspondent discusses conflict, brutality and addiction.

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Are others seeing threats that 'people' will resort to vigilantism (a polite description)? First the man on Newsnight saying 'do something or the public will', then the plumber saying 'or things will get ugly'. There was mob violence in S'port last summer, is this prep and justification for more?

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

For Nat. Crime Reading Month join the crime writers for a free Sunday afternoon of crime and mystery @heidiamsinckwriter.bsky.social @alicemcastle.bsky.social @annecoates.bsky.social @victoriadowd.bsky.social @jonrichter.bsky.social @tonywhite.bsky.social RSVP app.lineupnow.com/event/nation...

Poster with pics of ten crime writers participating, plus details of the event

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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Following the news about Meta's mass theft of writers' work to train AI, we're joining the #DoTheWriteThing day of action today - Make a noise on social media - Write to Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy - Tell Meta they don't have the right to use your books writersguild.org.uk/do-the-write...

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#DoTheWriteThing - join the day of action - The Writers' Guild of Great Britain

Following the The Atlantic’s article, which revealed that many UK authors have had their work taken without consent as part of the Library Genesis ‘LibGen’ dataset and used by Meta …

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Today is the day of protest against the theft of our work by GenLib and Meta. I can't be at the physical protest, but will be posting online. Please repost and share. @societyofauthors.bsky.social

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Today's images for 'A Death in the Afternoon' are a brace of police stations, Cavendish Road (with cells attached) and Union Grove. I remember the former as a working police station. @hobeckbooks.bsky.social @claphambooks.bsky.social

Black and white photo of the Edwardian police station complete with blue lamp out front and cell block attached.

Photo of large Union Grove police station, when operational as a local station, with blue lamp and flagpole outside.

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

This week's three images for 'A Death in the Afternoon' are photos of housing in Clapham. These were built in the 1930s and 40s and one is a pre-fab - the 100,000th pre-fab in the UK was built in Clapham in 1947. Houses like them appear in the book. @hobeckbooks.bsky.social

Photo of Westbury Court a 1930s apartment block above Clapham South tube station.

Line of pre-fabricated houses in Rodenhurst Road, Clapham.

Large, relatively low-rise apartment block of the 'international' style on the South Circular, Clapham.

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Walked past another south London women's hospital this morning, the General Lying-In Hospital, York Road. Opened 1767, closed 1971. @hobeckbooks.bsky.social

Pic of the 1830ish building of the Lying-In Hospital, complete with neo-classical Greek columns, and frieze.

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Julie Anderson @juliewriter.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The Crime Writers' Association 'Hot Off the Presses' for April includes 'A Death in the Afternoon' (@hobeckbooks.bsky.social). It's in some very good company. Available for pre-order now from www.hobeck.net/product-page... or Mr Besos' emporium.

List, with cover pictures, of crime fiction published in April 2025, as 'Hot Off the Presses' from the Crime Writers' Association.

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