Sign in

Rea Rhine

@rearhine.bsky.social
2.5K followers 682 following 231 posts

Historical crime writer (current WIP sees Isambard Kingdom Brunel's sister Emma act as an amateur sleuth), tour guide at the Brunel Museum, freelance tour guide offering "Visiting London in the 18th & 19th Century" walks, WaSh Wombles co-director

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Rea Rhine
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.
093
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Laura Shepherd-Robinson @laurasrobinson.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Also announced today! Thrilled that THE ART OF A LIE is book of the month @hatchards.bsky.social! Which is just down the road from Hannah Cole's confectionery shop. I will be going in there next week to sign lots of stock! 💚🍍🍦
071
Rea Rhine @rearhine.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
I went to "History East: A Festival of History at Queen Mary" last night & loved the "History & Fiction" panel with Paterson Joseph, Sarah Waters, Stella Tillyard & Philippa Gregory. I even asked the panel a question & their answers really motivated me to keep going with my own writing 🥰
030
Rea Rhine @rearhine.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
As part of a current Research Forum series, Prof Matthew McCormack came to the Brunel Museum today and gave a fascinating talk on "Studying the History of Boots & Shoes". I've learned a lot about the importance of footwear and look forward to diving deeper into the subject with Matthew's book 😊
142
Reposted by Rea Rhine
🤴🏾 Kingsley Pearson 🍐 @kingsley-pearson.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
My debut, FLAT 401, is available from @orionbooks.bsky.social on @netgalley.bsky.social now! It tells the story of man who was in prison for a crime he confessed to but didn't commit; out of prison, he is blackmailed over the crime he actually committed. www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
0106
Rea Rhine @rearhine.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
On Thursday I gave my talk on Emma Brunel at the East London History Society for Women's History Month and people really enjoyed learning more about her. ☺️👩🎩 Will share more details about the talk in a blog post soon 🙂
020
Rea Rhine @rearhine.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I'm working on a piece about a young environmentalist from London at the moment and would be keen to talk to a teacher about environmental education in the UK. TA! 🌿🌍😊 #journorequest
media.tenor.com
a blue and green globe with a pink banner that says planet number one on it
ALT: a blue and green globe with a pink banner that says planet number one on it
221
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
World Book Day shouldn't just be for kids... Use code WBD25 at the checkout to get a £1 off any book you order!
media.tenor.com
a woman from schitts creek says she discovered something called a " promo code "
Alt: a woman from schitts creek says she discovered something called a " promo code "
07426
Reposted by Rea Rhine
BookwormVaught - Dr Anna Vaught @bookwormvaught.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
On access. For all events for the foreseeable future - maybe you came to my PhD event last night and maybe you’re joining us on Thursday - EVERYTHING is ONLINE. I’ll be announcing the first in my new series of discussion sessions this weekend. 💙📚 It’s access for me too!
072
Rea Rhine @rearhine.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I've just signed up for this course 🎩🥰
media.tenor.com
a woman in a pink dress with the words so exciting below her
ALT: a woman in a pink dress with the words so exciting below her
031
Rea Rhine @rearhine.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Today marked the 200th anniversary of the foundation stone laying ceremony for the Thames Tunnel and I have written a blog post to mark this special occasion: 😊🚇🎩 rearhine.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/h... @brunelmuseum.bsky.social
rearhine.wordpress.com
Celebrating 200 Years of the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony for the Thames Tunnel
Today marks the anniversary of the construction start for the very first tunnel that was ever successfully dug under a navigable river anywhere in the world. The mastermind behind this project was …
093
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Anna M. Thane @annamthane.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Enjoy reading in February! Here is a list of new #nonfiction #books about the #18thcentury scheduled for this month: regency-explorer.net/new-releases/ - updated! #Regency #Napoleon #history #JaneAusten #read
05027
Rea Rhine @rearhine.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Really looking forward to my talk on Emma Brunel at the East London History Society next month where I'll be sharing my current research results and also explain how fiction helps me to fill in the gaps. 😊💜
042
Rea Rhine @rearhine.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Comfort read while being plagued by a cold (once again 🙃)
020
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
After my #StarterPack of writers seeking an #agent I made a waiting list. It got huge. So instead I've done Pack 2, adding other people #querying Please repost to help them out. If you want one of the few places left, please follow the instructions at the end of the thread #booksky #writingcommunity
3112975
Rea Rhine @rearhine.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
This Friday I'll be doing a Valentine's Day talk at the Brunel Museum with insights into the love story of Marc Brunel & his wife Sophia (aka my MC's parents 😊), and how she supported him during the Thames Tunnel construction. Really looking forward to this 🚇🎩 ❤️ thebrunelmuseum.com/events/event...
thebrunelmuseum.com
Valentine’s Day Tours: A Thames Tunnel Love Story - Brunel Museum
This Valentine’s Day, explore the depths of love and history at the Brunel Museum. Discover the touching love story of Marc and Sophia Brunel, a tale of romance and resilience at the heart of one of t...
120
Rea Rhine @rearhine.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I signed this petition today. 💪✍️ I love this fantastic indie cinema in the heart of the West End and watch the Muppet Christmas Carol singalong screenings there every year. ❤️
000
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Anna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Delighted to have a chapter and introductory blog about Notes on a Drowning featured as an exclusive on the Goldsboro Crime Collective. You need to subscribe to read. @goldsborobooks.bsky.social goldsborobooks.com/blogs/news/g...
Picture of me and text re my book.
0283
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Cassidy Percoco @mimicofmodes.com · 10/01/2025
It's worth pulling this out ... So much in fashion history has been passed on via word of mouth or uncited assertion in text. I'm always interested in finding out when the received wisdom is correct/comes from actual memory of the period and when it's askew. 🗃️🪡
3365
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
National Trust to restore nature across area bigger than Greater London www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
theguardian.com
National Trust to restore nature across area bigger than Greater London
Charity reveals plans to create 250,000 hectares of nature-rich landscape as it marks 130th anniversary
46624
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Interview Room One @interviewroomone.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
With the help of author & #morse expert @dvbishop.com we've created a free walking map of #oxford featuring key points of interest from the Morse/ #endeavour #tvseries & #crimefiction books from @panmacmillan.bsky.social. Free to download so share away! interviewroomone.com/morses-oxfor...
Image of a hand created map of Oxford featuring the words 'Morse Walking Map' and 'Interview Room One' - an image of the free map which can be downloaded from the link in the post. https://interviewroomone.com/morses-oxford-walking-tour-map/
2178
Reposted by Rea Rhine
BookwormVaught - Dr Anna Vaught @bookwormvaught.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Here’s a thing. The majority of the entries so far have been poems. We added a poetry category for the 2025 #Curae and I’m so very glad we did. ❤️
0126
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Bookaholic Bex @bexbookaholic.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
An utterly compelling fictional imagining of 3 iconic women destined to become famous names, this book is a fantastic read with full on echoes of Taylor Jenkins Reid... Full review: #booksky bookaholicbex.wordpress.com/2025/01/04/t...
bookaholicbex.wordpress.com
The Socialites
I’ve never agreed with the old adage that our schools days are the best of our lives. Yes it may have been a time without all the responsibilities of adulthood, unbeset by financial or famili…
2354
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Just posted the programme for next term for @long18thsem.bsky.social at @ihrlibrary.bsky.social Very much looking forward to all the papers. Do join us! All welcome (but please register). www.history.ac.uk/seminars/bri...
history.ac.uk
British History in the Long 18th Century
A forum for debate on all aspects of research into the history of Britain and associated regions during the long eighteenth century.
04831
Reposted by Rea Rhine
In My Good Books Podcast @inmygoodbookspod.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Looking for some new authors to obsess over in 2025? Here’s my starter packs with some of this year’s debuts! Can’t wait to read their books #BookSky go.bsky.app/RYHeizd
2114950
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Wow - what a great way to round off the year! I had the best time chatting to @matildabattersby.bsky.social for this special interview in today’s edition of @the-bookseller.bsky.social 📚 #booksky 💙📚 thebookseller.com/features/manderley-press-meet-the-real-rebeka-behind-the-heritage-publisher
thebookseller.com
Manderley Press: meet the real Rebeka behind the heritage publisher
Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel Rebecca inspired the naming of Manderley Press, started four years ago by Rebeka Russell.
26313
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Brunel Museum @brunelmuseum.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Off for Christmas? Spare a thought for Gilbert Blount, Thames Tunnel intern. When he requested a Christmas holiday, the reply was stern: "Is pudding & dancing to be put into consideration against a week’s study and attention? [...] Success does not depend upon Holidays..." Find out more here:
thebrunelmuseum.com
What was it like to work for Brunel? Gilbert Blount, Tunnel Superintendent - Brunel Museum
In this blog, Jack Hayes (Collections Access Coordinator), examines a little-known archive detailing the early career of Gilbert Blount, who worked under Marc Brunel between 1840-42. Far from being the perfect job, working life at the Tunnel seems at times to have been a little disorganised, and quite stressful – though undoubtedly Blount’s experience working …
062
Rea Rhine @rearhine.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Happy 209th book birthday to one of my favourite Jane Austen novels! 🥳❤️ Am wondering if Emma Brunel (aka my MC) might have liked it as well. She was nearly 12 when "Emma" was first published, so the chances that she read the book at some point in her life are quite high... ☺️
010
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
I've been a bit rubbish with #BertVent this year... We've still been doing it, but I've forgotten to tell you what they are. So we're gonna do a mega-thread! These are the books I've enjoyed the most in this year. Each day during December, we've given one away!
24 books wrapped up and positioned on Bert's bookshelves.
810321
Rea Rhine @rearhine.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
My "Visiting London in the 18th & 19th Century" guided walks are featured in a local culture magazine. ☺️ If anyone's still looking for a present to do some special, there are still some tickets left for my Wapping tours on 1st & 3rd January '25 😊🎩⚓️ www.eventbrite.com/cc/wapping-g...
000
Rea Rhine @rearhine.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Happy 181st book birthday to the iconic "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens 🥳🎩🎅❤️
030
Rea Rhine @rearhine.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
As I'm getting closer to start querying my historical crime novel next year (eek!), I'm considering to get a mentor. I really like to give Emma Brunel's story the best chance possible. 🍀💫 I know there are some good mentors out there, so please share your links with me 😊
media.tenor.com
a woman in a denim jacket has the word do tell in front of her
ALT: a woman in a denim jacket has the word do tell in front of her
140
Rea Rhine @rearhine.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
I went to see A Sherlock Carol at the Marylebone Theatre yesterday and it was absolutely fantastic. ❤️ In the play two worlds collide when a grown up "Tiny Tim" asks Sherlock Holmes to investigate the death of his patron, Ebenezer Scrooge. At Christmas. The Game is afoot 🔍🎩🎅🎄
070
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Pauline Loven @paulineloven.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
And today is also Jane Austen’s birthday, so here is the film we made of Regency Dress featuring Jane and her sister Cassandra youtu.be/0W36w-PT9ic
youtu.be
Getting Dressed - Jane Austen and her sister Cassandra (1810)
YouTube video by CrowsEyeProductions
0195
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Anna Britton @brittonbookgeek.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
The final episode of the first season of the Rejected Writers’ Club is here and it’s with hecking @jennycolgan.bsky.social 😍 Listen here 👇 open.spotify.com/show/1ywPPUA...
073
Rea Rhine @rearhine.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Miss Austen Investigates by @jessicabull.bsky.social is one of my favourite reads of 2024, and I can't wait for the release of the sequel next year ❤️🎩
131
Rea Rhine @rearhine.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
As the year comes to a close, here are my favourite reads of 2024 😊📚❤️ (Note: Even though the majority of these fantastic books were released this year, some of them are also a little older but still deserve a shout out from me 🥰)
020
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦 @kfduggan.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Murder at the Medieval Mill Medieval millers were not always well liked and it’s not uncommon to read in criminal court records that a miller had been killed. This person leaving a windmill sure looks like they regret doing something nefarious at the mill with the mallet they're holding. 🧵1/5
A person wearing a dark tunic is leaving a windmill, presumably at the end of a hard day's work. The person is carrying a mallet and has a look on their face like they've done something wrong. Maybe they've killed the miller?
Reference: Taymouth Hours, BL, Yates Thompson 13 (14th century)
613834
Rea Rhine @rearhine.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
My book club's December read is "Julia" by Sandra Newman, which is a re-telling of Orwell's dystopian novel "1984". I find this line particularly chilling and really like to avoid living in such a horrible world: 😬👇
021
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Dr Luke Deckard | Crime Writer 🕵🏻‍♂️ @lukedeckard.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
On Feb 6, 2025, @heathercritchlow.bsky.social and I are hosting the next Book Club Battle at the Pioneer Club, St Albans. Tickets are selling fast! So hurry up and book a table! *Note - you don't have to be a book club, you can book a table with your friends! wegottickets.com/event/634120
wegottickets.com
Book Club Battle (Noir At The Bar Edition)
Following on from the success of our debut, Book Club Battle returns on Thursday 6th February but this time with a noir at the bar theme! Join new hosts, local authors Luke Deckard and Heather Critchl...
086
Reposted by Rea Rhine
BookwormVaught - Dr Anna Vaught @bookwormvaught.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The CURAE becomes a charity in 2025. At the moment it’s very simple as we’re yet to achieve funding from arts bodies & we’re all volunteers. However, I’ll be looking for a patron from the world of books or a well-known book lover. Someone passionate about shining a light on the #unpaid care role
042
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Skandar 5 is coming next August! You can preorder signed indie exclusive right here bertsbooks.co.uk/skandar-5
Join Skandar for his Final Fight - coming 28th August 2025
053
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Sian Meades-Williams @sianysianysiany.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
This week's Freelance Writing Jobs fills me with such hope for the year to come. Share with your favourite freelancer, they might buy you pastries when they get brilliant commissions. 🥐https://freelancewritingjobs.substack.com/p/freelance-writing-jobs-faber-comic-relief
freelancewritingjobs.substack.com
Freelance Writing Jobs: Faber, Comic Relief, Glamour
Plus loads of brilliant journalism prizes.
0135
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Lucy Lapinska / LD Lapinski 💛🤍💜🖤 @ldlapinski.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Reminder that A VERY STRANGEWORLDS CHRISTMAS is only available as an ebook! But it’s 99p all year round and available wherever ebooks are sold, so enjoy! www.amazon.co.uk/Very-Strange...
0103
Reposted by Rea Rhine
💀Chris💀 @cotexican.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Galveston Island, 1900: A young Latina dreams of love and independence, but haunting secrets and history's deadliest hurricane threaten everything she holds dear. REBECCA x MEXICAN GOTHIC 🌊 Seaside brooding 🥀 Gothic romance 🎄 Tamales #CheerPit #romance #gothic #A #upmarket pic.x.com/a19UuSY0JG
66128
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Aaliyah🌸 @alpaolucci.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
❄️When a dragon bonds with her, Lily must give up on becoming a healer and endure the training of a soldier alongside Ryker the Dragon Prodigy Fav Holiday Drinks: ❄️Ryker - hot chocolate (he’ll down it even if it’s scalding hot) ❄️Lily - peppermint latte #Cheerpit #Q #R #F #NA
207945
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Kala is ✨️querying✨️ & ✍️🏽something 💫new💫 @kpbooksnstuff.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
She's always tried to do the 'right thing' but when a death becomes suspected murder, a PR exec must decide how far to go to protect the people she loves. They all have motive. Especially the dead woman's husband, the man she's in love with. #CheerPit #A #Q #R #M 🎶Summertime🎶
A villa swimming pool at night. Partial photo of a dead woman floating in water. Mrs Danvers type silhouette parting fine, lace curtains. A couple holding hands. Silhouette of a woman in party dress running. A note saying 'I know what you did'. A man standing alone on a rock. A man and woman kissing. Photos of a man wiping a tear off a woman's face; a woman screaming, head tilted back; a man standing at a desk, hanging his head; and last one is of a car at night on an empty coastal road.
296
Rea Rhine @rearhine.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
This "Enola Holmes" style murder mystery unfolds in 1825 when Emma, sister of famed civil engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, dresses like a man to investigate her suitor's death after his body is discovered at the Thames Tunnel construction site. 👩🎩🚇🔎 #CheerPit #A #HF #W
083
Reposted by Rea Rhine
Chloe Timms @clotimms.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
It's time for the #5ActFestiveStory competition with @cbcreative.bsky.social! I can't wait to see how my writing prompt inspired you...
061