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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Non-league football grounds are always interesting spaces, but they don't come much better than Blyth Spartans. Hidden away behind terraced housing, it feels like an old-school Football League ground. Blyth Spartan 1 North Ferriby FC 0.

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I often wish I was good at photography... 📸

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

A few point and click Wembley shots in the sun, a story in four parts maybe... ⚽️

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

A fine battalion of men to go to war with... yesterday saw the annual North Ferriby F.C. Walking Football Tournament... P9 W3 D3 L3... two more points and we would have made the final/been left at the back of the buffet queue in the clubhouse ... ⚽️

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Before, during and after... could Hull City make the Championship play-offs? No problem...😎⚽️

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Any excuse to get this masterpiece back out... it's time for Hull KR v Hull FC, the 250th derby meeting 🏉

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

A couple of snaps from last week's @hullnoir.bsky.social with Harriet Tyce. We packed almost 200 of you into @hulllibraries.bsky.social! 📚

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Wonderful afternoon in Bridlington with East Riding Libraries talking to @alexnorth.co.uk as part of the Springfest programme. Be rude not to have fish and chips afterwards...

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

This is a rather excellent spot. It's @markthomasinfo.bsky.social back in the Humber region...

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Excellent morning spent gathering my thoughts and writing questions ahead of talking to @alexnorth.co.uk next week. Tickets here: www.bridspa.com/event-detail...

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

A story in three photographs... Hull KR are World Champions, beating Brisbane Broncos 30-24... 🏉🏆

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Our next @hullnoir.bsky.social event and it's turned into a monster! We're absolutely at capacity for in-person at @hulllibraries.bsky.social with Harriet Tyce, but the online stream is still available. If you have a ticket and find you can't use it, please let us know and we'll reallocate it 🙌

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

TOMORROW EVENING! Hope you can join us 👇

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

A quick post-Xmas dash to London to see 'The Spy Who Came In From The Cold'. Fantastic production, even from the cheap seats in the amazing Soho Place.

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

A 'what day is it?' walk around Hull University...

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Squeezing in some late excellent #BookPost... an absolute treat, it's the new one from @brookmyre.bsky.social ... published May 2026! 📚

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

East Park looking a bit desolate this afternoon... #Hull

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Wednesday night at North Ferriby FC. All welcome 👇⚽ "Join us for a captivating evening with four of the Villagers finest. Nick will be discussing career highlights, hearing about triumphs, challenges, and unique football experiences in the game and at North Ferriby."

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Big night for the youth... first proper gig and it's the singular talent that is CMAT at the 02 Academy, Leeds...

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Notes done - roll on Wednesday 🫡 It's free to join Hull Noir at @hulllibraries.bsky.social (Central and online).

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

#Bookpost - huge thanks to Richard Lusmore for having this sent to me, and for the kind words 😀 Rich launches the book, 12th November at The Stags Head Inn, Lelley ⚽️

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Out to The New Adelphi Club, Hull, and it's @joe-solo.bsky.social in his natural habitat...

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

#bookpost - I initially joined the crowdfunder for this one a couple of years back. Great to see it come to fruition, and a story that should be told loudly and beyond the city of Hull...

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

It's only Idlewild playing all the greatest hits off their new LP in Leeds last night...

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Wonderful #bookpost... it's the new one from @harriettyce.bsky.social. Hitting the shops Feb '26... sounds excellent!

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

No photos from the stage, but an absolute treat to go deep into the 'Layer Cake' world with JJ Connolly last night at @hulllibraries.bsky.social. The film still crackles and pops on screen 😎

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

A great day with East Riding Libraries talking all things crime with @mwcraven.bsky.social & Zoe Sharpe and then @simonmccleave.bsky.social & @carahunterbooks.bsky.social. Read them all!📚

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Absolutely the last knockings of the school holidays... cheap train tickets to York... more trains, shops and and an unbelievable sandwich via Shambles Kitchen...

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Took a trip to Hill Valley, 1955, to sort out the beef between Marty McFly and Biff Tannen*... *it's Mrs Pip's Milk Bar in Willerby, Hull...

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

It's #NationalBookLoversDay, so here's what I'm reading now, what I'm taking on holiday next week and one of my own (do leave a review if you can, please)... 📚

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Tickets are on sale for 'Crime Day' at the East Riding Festival of Words, 27th September! Lots going on, but I'll be chatting with @mwcraven.bsky.social and Zoe Sharp, @simonmccleave.bsky.social and @carahunterbooks.bsky.social. Link in the comments.

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

#BookPost - always a treat to have a new one from @sarahhilary.bsky.social. 'The Drowning Pool' is a return to the police novel for Sarah and set in The Peak District. Sounds amazing. In the shops next Spring.

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Spent plenty of time on trains of late, so here are some random book recs ... It's a new one from Carl Hiaasen... Florida, corrupt politicians, dumb far-right activists and justice being served... Jake Arnott's back with a razor sharp contemporary thriller taking us into the dark heart of London.

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

It's Newark Book Festival in all its glory 📚

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Feeding the child's new interest in theatre with a trip to Hull Truck Theatre's 'Grow Festival' and a script in hand reading of new work, 'Can We Be Friends?'. Shaping up nicely and interesting to follow its journey towards full production 👊

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I was invited to visit a Reading Retreat in this amazing building in Great Limber, Lincolnshire, earlier this week. It was excellent to talk books with the participants, and eat like a king for the evening 😊 A holiday consisting of reading? Sign me up! 📚

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Been working this weekend at the amazing Big Malarkey festival, the child has been playing football... but who's the real winner 🤔

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Not sure if my laptop is paying homage to Brian Wilson, but I approve.

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

The view from @jebookshull.bsky.social at tonight's @hullnoir.bsky.social event. What a treat to have Amit Dhand in the room to talk all things 'The Chemist' and 'Virdee' 📚📺

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

What a brilliant week working with East Riding Libaries to deliver talks as part of National Crime Writers' Month... Goole, Snaith and Driffield done, but plenty still going on in various branches throughout the month.

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

No Wembley for me, but a cracking day of books... an early start to talk 'Cast No Shadow' at Wakefield Library followed by a quick hop up to York to catch up with @vftae.bsky.social and @danielgraywriter.bsky.social before finishing with some excellent Beatles chat from @ianleslie.bsky.social 📚

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

This bunch... from only having 12 players in the summer wanting to play for the team, and then losing two teammates with broken bones during the season, the child and her mates have stuck at it and finally scooped the league title today 👊⚽️

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Wonderful evening with The Silent Book Club, Hull. I also got to eat in Furley and co beforehand and enjoy an hour's silent reading after the event. May have peaked now... 📚

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Back garden's like a throwback to the Sunday League days ... ⚽️

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Nick Quantrill @nickquantrill.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Off to see a play on a car park roof. It's "Biting Point" from the wonderful @middlechildhull.bsky.social.

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