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Margo Laurie

@margo-writing.bsky.social
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Scribbler, history lover, fan of old Hollywood. RNA member. 📚💃🍰 🎬 #writingcommunity #historicalfiction

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Historical Novel Society @histnovsoc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Congratulations to our members on their new #HistoricalFiction releases! They span many eras, including the Roman Republic, the Norman Conquest and WWII: historicalnovelsociety.org/new-books-by...
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New books by Historical Novel Society members, August 2026 - Historical Novel Society
Congrats to all HNS members with new books out!  If you’ve written a historical novel or nonfiction work published (or to be published) in March 2026 or after, send the following details in via our…
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Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Last night at Locarno Film Festival — world premiere of documentary ‘Dangerous Citizen: The Life & Times of Abraham Polonsky’ on the Blacklisted writer-director. Really engrossing, loads of archival footage including interviews w/ Polonsky (a true mensch!) Congrats @eddiemuller.bsky.social + team!
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Jessica Francis Kane @jfkane.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
New paperback is here! Flowers from my garden.
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Raymond Chandler reading a paperback book in a cameo appearance in #FilmNoir Double Indemnity (1944)...
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𝙉𝙤𝙞𝙧 𝙃𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙠 ♬ @noirbeachshack.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Me every morning when I see the news... #SummerOfDarkness #OutOfThePast #TCMParty #FilmNoir
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Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Penelope Keith as the immortal Margo Leadbetter
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
RIP Penelope Keith Sheer class.
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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🚨SUMMER SALE🚨 Our Summer Sale is on until Wednesday! Want to grab 1 of the new titles that have been getting widespread acclaim? Or some of the incredible older titles that helped us build the company up? All orders are 25% off with the code SUMMER26 www.northodox.co.uk/bookstore
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𝙉𝙤𝙞𝙧 𝙃𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙠 ♬ @noirbeachshack.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Jane Greer on a noir beach in #FilmNoir OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
And so it begins - all over again - for the sixteenth time! Our latest title, The Moon is Making by Storm Jameson, has just arrived in our office, perfectly in time for summer reading. All subscription and advance orders will now be wrapped and ribboned and packed and posted #booksky
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Eddie Muller @eddiemuller.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
PORTLAND is always fun. COMING UP!
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Historical Novel Society @histnovsoc.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
'In 1927's Detroit, a daughter of the ultra-wealthy Lennox family uncovers a mystery in an artist's residency. Impressive.' Editor's Choice: A Fortune of Sand by Ruta Sepetys, reviewer Sarah Johnson
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A Fortune of Sand - Historical Novel Society
One expects some level of eccentricity from the ultra-wealthy, yet Marjorie Lennox’s family sits in a class by itself. In 1927, at their mansion in the Detroit suburbs, they rest secure in their…
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Marcie808🎃💀👻 @marcie808.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The Philadelphia (1901-1972) was a legendary restaurant, candy store and soda fountain in downtown South Bend. This is such a classic slice of Americana I will bet cash money that everything here tastes delicious. Welsh Rarebit sandwich, please The Philadelphia South Bend IN 1930s #VintageMenus
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Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Wrote about teaching life writing in prisons. If you ever do it, bring Wagon Wheels with you. Nothing wins over a prison crowd like surprise Wagon Wheels. adamfarrer.substack.com/p/an-inside-...
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An Inside Job
I don’t know if you’ve seen the TV show Waiting For The Out, but it’s brilliant.
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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
FOLKTALES: Short Story Course w/ Sophie Parkes 🐉✍ 📌 Online 📅 Jun 23 - Sep 1 🎫 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folktales-... Explore the age-old art of folk tales with Sophie Parkes and have your work published in a Comma eBook. BURSARY DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE! 🎟️ 📧 commapublishing(at)yahoo.co.uk
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Rue Baldry @ruebaldry.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This year 2 of my books are being published. Dwell, my debut novel, is LGBT historical lit fic about young men falling in love in 1919. Published June 11th. Nice Things is my debut story collection, lit fic exploring desire, displacement & disquiet in Northern England. Published Dec 2nd.
Dwell cover: wisteria and swallows in muted coloursNice Things cover: a damaged peach
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Rue Baldry @ruebaldry.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Thanks very much for having us, Hyde Park Book Club! And thanks to my fellow panelists, Leeds Book Fest @leedslitfest.bsky.social, @northodoxpress.bsky.social and to everyone who came to listen!
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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🚨TOMORROW🚨 Dwell is one of the most powerful, emotional and affecting books we've done to date, and we're so grateful for all the reviews, posts and comments we've had about it so far 🙏 It's out tomorrow and you can order yours here: share.google/zHm7kkRjDIne...
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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This from @corinnaboard.bsky.social arrived today. Looking forward to it #poetrycommunity
The cover of the short poetry Mædwe by Corinna Board. (Mædwe is the Anglo-Saxon rendering of the word we now spell meadow and is likely to have persisted into Middle English - see wydwe for widow in the Nun’s Priest’s Tale). The title and the author’s name appear on a mustard cover on which, painted green, appear the stems, a leaf and spikelets of giant fescue grass faintly labelled taxonomically beneath Festuca Gigantea XLVII)
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Film Noir UK @filmnoiruk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Check out #BBCRadio3's recent episode on Miles Davis (marking his centenary) and particularly his work on French #FilmNoir Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud (Lift to the Scaffold/ 1958). Listen on #BBCSounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Pen Fight @penfight.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
reminder this is tonight! There will be a selection of queer zines for Pride Month from @salfordzinelibrary.bsky.social collection available to browse #diyzines
a selection of zines including: Queer Masses, Dyke Dreams, Pink Mince, A bookish look at queer historylots of queer themed zines laid out including: dirty lesbian, bitter feels, a queer menopause, small town girl, sapphic angst fest
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Greg Greene @igreggreene.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER wins the genre fiction triple crown - Locus, Stoker, and Nebula awards! Maybe the first horror novel ever to do so? Way to go, @stephengrahamjones.com, and thank you for writing your heart out for us! 🦬 www.stephengrahamjones.com/two-trophies...
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Two Trophies, One Amazing Night - Stephen Graham Jones
Stayed up all night in Edinburgh, Scotland to watch these two ceremonies. So, so honored for The Buffalo Hunter Hunter to have somehow won both a Bram Stoker Award and a Nebula Award. Did some light s...
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#FilmNoir CLASH BY NIGHT at the New York Paramount Theatre, June, 1952. With Les Paul and Mary Ford in person + Joey Bishop and more... #TCMPARTY
The New York Paramount Theatre marquee advertised a dual entertainment experience, pairing the cinematic feature with live big band and variety performances:The Feature Film: Clash by Night, an adaptation of a Clifford Odets play exploring adultery and emotional turmoil in a California fishing town.Live Music Headliners: Legendary guitarist Les Paul and singer Mary Ford.The Orchestra: Big band leader Ralph Marterie and His Orchestra.Variety Acts: Comedian Joey Bishop, singer Tommy Edwards, and the juggling duo the Peiro Brothers. 1952.
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LadyKdesigns @ladykdesigns.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
📣 Calling all members of #WidmarkWednesday! #RichardWidmark #FilmNoir #ClassicFilm
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The Noir Collective @thenoircollective.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Next Wed, June 10: Betty Grable sparkles, Victor Mature struggles and Laird Cregar looms, as #TheNoirCollective serves up film noir in its infancy. @vanstanwyck.bsky.social is hosting I WAKE UP SCREAMING (1941). Come see screwball plunge into the inky depths of noir. Link to watch coming Monday. 😊
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Historical Novel Society @histnovsoc.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
'A vivid portrayal of jazz prodigy Hazel Scott's artistry and activism between 1943 - 1960, and how she helped redefine life in America. Brilliant, convincing and immersive.' Editor's Choice: With Love from Harlem by ReShonda Tate, reviewer David J. Mason
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With Love from Harlem: A Novel of Hazel Scott - Historical Novel Society
A jazz prodigy at twenty-three, Hazel Scott’s dazzling performances at Café Society in New York City launched her as a major Harlem Renaissance figure. Scott challenged racial barriers and advocated…
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Luke West @lukecinemawest.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Road House (1948) Directed by #JeanNegulesco Starring: #IdaLupino #CornelWilde #CelesteHolm #RichardWidmark Cinematography by #JosephLaShelle Music by #CyrilJMockridge #RoadHouse #1940s #40smovies #40sfilms #1940s #FilmNoir #Classicfilm #Filmnoir
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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
With huge thanks to @financialtimes.com for featuring our forthcoming book Woman Alive in their #htsi section - as introduced by Graham Norton and illustrated by the fabulous @tomgauld.bsky.social This book will be published next weekend on #internationalwomensday
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Crow & Cross Keys || SUBS OPEN @crowkeys.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
It has been uncharacteristically sunny around the tower today. We're certain that the weather is up to something. We're uncertain whether that something is nefarious. We'll distract ourselves with today's story: "The Mirror and the Wind" by Andrew Senior crowcrosskeys.com/2026/02/28/t...
A muted greyscale banner for short story, The Mirror and the Wind by Andrew Senior published on crowcrosskeys.com, featuring an ornate mirror on a light coloured wall.
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Juno Baker @junobaker.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
So thrilled to be shortlisted in the prestigious #hns2026 competition. I couldn't be happier to have A Murder of Crows recognised by the #historicalnovelsociety. Thank you @histnovsoc.bsky.social #historicalfiction💙📚 #booksky
Certificate from Historical Novel Society for A Murder of Crows being on the 2026 First Chapters competition 17th to 19th century shortlist
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Marianne Holmes @mariannehauthor.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
So excited that my Dido story has been shortlisted in the Historical Novel Society's 2026 First Chapters Competition in the Ancient to 10th Century category. Thank you @hns2026.bsky.social and congratulations to all listed authors. #HistoricalFiction #BookSky #HNS2026 #HistoricalNovelSociety
Certificate showing Dido, Fugitive Queen by Marianne Holmes shortlisted for the Historical Novel Society 2026 First Chapters Competition in the Ancient to 10th Century Short List
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Cathie Dunn – Historical Fiction & History 🥰📚 @cathiedunn.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Check out The Coffee Pot Book Club #BookOfThe Month: 💫The Du Lac Devil by Mary Anne Yarde💫 Discover an enthralling tale of political intrigues, ambitions, betrayal & love! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2026/03/book... #HistoricalFantasy #HistoricalFiction #BookSky @maryanneyarde.bsky.social
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Neckties of Noir @neckties-of-noir.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
#filmsky #moviesky Time for a drink
Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra drinking beer at a bar in From Here to Eternity
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Melanie Ktorides @melkt.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
@dailyphotothemes.bsky.social #DailyPhotoThemes March 1 Fav from February This stunning purple & mauve Hyacinth appeared in the garden a beautifully fragrant sign of Spring 🪻🌸🌼
This stunning purple and mauve Hyacinth appeared in the garden a beautifully fragrant sign of Spring 🪻🌼
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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
🤍 romantic fantasy 🔥 forbidden love ❄️ winter time 🌃 urban fantasy 🃏 gentleman trickster 🔮 magic 🖋️ binding agreements 🐕 doggy sidekick 🔖 universal link: mybook.to/X7QtGZf 💌 itch.io link: rebecca-crunden.itch.io/a-game-of-wi... 📖 gr: www.goodreads.com/book/show/61... [ #booksky ]
A Game of Wings and Marks by Rebecca Crunden kindle cover; image shows blue flowers and wings
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Ali Hope 📚📚 @heavenalibooks.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
My February reading round-up. 7 books, one was a re-read (though I had remembered nothing). A really excellent mix of books, mainly fiction but each quite different. Full list in alt text. Hard to pick one favourite. So, I call that a good month. What good things did you read in February? 💙📚
February books:
Fanfare for Tin Trumpets by Margery Sharp 
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Birding by Rose Ruane 
Dancing with Death by Joan Coggin 
The Party by Tessa Hadley 
And so Did I by Malachi Whitaker 
The Flint Anchor by Sylvia Townsend Warner.
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EdwardMO @emo777.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
“A city becomes a world when one loves one of its inhabitants...” Lawrence Durrell #botd The Alexandria Quartet
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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Thanks so much to the judges who have selected my novel in progress for the Historical Adventure category in the #HNSFirstChaptersCompetition. #Manumission is set in the years following the global pandemic that ancient historians call the Antonine pandemic. #HNS2026 #AmWriting #HistoricalFiction
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Meg Dunley @megdunley.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
My story Un|Common Thread has been shortlisted in the Historical Novel Society (17th to 19th century category) First Pages Competition. I’m so thrilled that this story has reached the judge’s hearts #hns2026 #historicalfiction #hnsfirstchapterscompetition #historicalnovelsociety
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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
These wonderful women have been so generous with their reaction to Paper Sisters. I can’t thank them enough.
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LadyKdesigns @ladykdesigns.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Celebrating #botd for Director, Producer, and Screenwriter, Ben Hecht. His list of movies is long and notable, spanning many genres and including some classic #filmnoir. Do you have a favorite? 📽️🎂
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Margo Laurie @margo-writing.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Thrilled my work-in-progress is shortlisted, in the 'Biographical Historical Fiction' category, for HNS's 2026 First Chapters Competition. Many thanks to the judges & organisers - and congratulations to everyone shortlisted!💫🎉 #hns2026 #historicalfiction #hnsfirstchapterscompetition
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Historical Novel Society @histnovsoc.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Set during the Napoleonic Wars, Linda Wilgus’s debut novel unfolds against a Cornwall shaped by wartime scarcity, smuggling and folklore:
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Where the Sea Calls Home: The Sea Child by Linda Wilgus - Historical Novel Society
BY WILLIAMAYE JONES Along Cornwall’s coastline, reality and myth exist side by side, where hard, salt-weathered survival blurs with ancient seaborn stories. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, Linda…
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𝙉𝙤𝙞𝙧 𝙃𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙠 ♬ @noirbeachshack.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Back when you could go to a movie theatre like this to see Humoresque in 1946. A Romance/Noir starring Joan Crawford and John Garfield. Music composed by Franz Waxman. 🎶🎻🎬🍿🎟
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Turner Classic Movies @tcmtv.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
NEW EVENT ADDED! Oscar-nominated actress Rosie Perez joins Eddie Muller to introduce the film noir classic SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS ('57) at our TCMFF x 92NY pop-up festival on January 31st. Get your tickets now: bit.ly/4sKZqI8
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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
'Prepare to be surprised, unsettled, and thrilled. And don’t be surprised if you close this book having discovered a new favourite writer.' - @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social Ft. Ben Connell, Greg D'Cruz, Peter Law, K.L. Johnson, Catherine Wimpeney & Tami Wylie ✍️ www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GGHPVH6...
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I couldn't be more thrilled with the cover art for my forthcoming book with @uncpress.bsky.social. Lindsay Starr and the rest of the art production team knocked it out of the park. Thank you to everyone involved. It's starting to look like a book.
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als @als84.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Another good read from my public library winter reading program. “The Tainted Cup” by Robert Jackson Bennett is a mystery that occurs in a fantasy empire. Published in 2024.
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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
We're delighted to share this wonderful anthology of gothic fiction produced by the writers on our Gothic short story course, taught & edited by @bronteschiltz.bsky.social 📕🌹 Ft: Ninutsa Nadirashvili , Peter Beech, Adam Brown, Ewan Hannah @ewanmh.bsky.social, Margo Laurie & Christina Isibéal ✍️ 🔗👇
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 12/01/2026
Open to emerging writers aged 25+, the Spirit of Adventure prize welcomes short pieces of stand-alone prose in either Fiction or Non-Fiction (1,500 - 3,000 words) Closes 31st March. Details in link. Please share :)
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Tom Grass Prize
An international literary prize honouring writer and traveller Tom Grass. Open to emerging writers of fiction and non-fiction worldwide. Entries open 1 November 2025.
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