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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Delighted that Poole of Light has now been longlisted in this year's Page Turner Awards "Fiction Book Award" – the next stage on from the finalist round. Shortlists end of October ✨ #PageTurnerAwards #HistoricalFiction

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

One week on – what some early readers are saying about Poole of Honour 😊 If you've read it, a short review on Amazon or Goodreads would be much appreciated 🙏 www.rjverity.com/poole-legacy... #PooleOfHonour #HistoricalFiction #QueerLit #BookReview

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Last day of the deal – Poole of Light is 99p / 99¢ on Kindle until midnight tonight. Where The Poole Legacy begins. mybook.to/poole-of-light #PooleOfLight #KindleDeals #HistoricalFiction

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

That completes the Poole of Honour blog tour. Thank you @mjporterauthor.bsky.social @authorrochelle.bsky.social @helenhollick.bsky.social @charnewcomb and every host, and organiser @cathiedunn.bsky.social. Write-up with all the links: www.rjverity.com/post/poole-o... #HistoricalFiction #PubWeek

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thank you @cathiedunn.bsky.social for organising and hosting Poole of Honour this week! ✨

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who came to Poole of Honour's book launch party. It was also Pride Week in the Channel Islands – the perfect week to launch this book. #BookLaunch #PubWeek #HistoricalFiction #QueerLit #CIPride2026

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thanks to @charnewcomb.bsky.social for hosting Poole of Honour today!

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thank you @cathiedunn.bsky.social for organising and hosting Poole of Honour this week!

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Day two of the blog tour – and publication day for Poole of Honour! Thank you, Cathie. #BookLaunch #PubDay

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thank you @linneatanner.bsky.social for hosting Poole of Honour – which is published today!

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It's out today. Poole of Honour – Book Two of The Poole Legacy. London, 1965. Daniel Poole has everything to prove, and one thing to hide. mybook.to/poole-of-hon... #PubDay #NewRelease #HistoricalFiction #QueerLit

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Pre-launch day jitters – my second historical novel is out tomorrow 😊 London, 1965. Daniel Poole has everything to prove – and one thing to hide. Poole of Honour – Book Two of The Poole Legacy. mybook.to/poole-of-hon... #PooleOfHonour #HistoricalFiction #QueerLit

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Thank you, Cathie – day one, and off we go!

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Poole of Light is 99p / 99¢ on Kindle this week. If you'd like to start The Poole Legacy at the beginning before Book Two arrives tomorrow, now's the moment. mybook.to/poole-of-light #PooleOfLight #HistoricalFiction #KindleDeals #ThePooleLegacy

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Two days to go! Poole of Honour – Book Two of The Poole Legacy – is out on Tuesday 15 September, on Kindle, paperback and hardback. Some lovely early reviews on Goodreads, and this one made my week. mybook.to/poole-of-hon... #PooleOfHonour #HistoricalFiction #QueerLit

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Thanks to @cathiedunn.bsky.social , the Poole of Honour blog tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club starts Monday – 17 stops, 5 days, excerpts from the first three chapters. Book out Tuesday 15 September. #HistoricalFiction #BlogTour

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

L'amour gogne — "love wins" in Guernésiais, on the steps in St Peter Port. Poole of Honour is set in 1965, when a man could go to prison for who he loved. Sixty years on, the steps say it in two words. Happy Pride Week, Guernsey 🏳️‍🌈 #CIPride2026 #HistoricalFiction #LGBTQFiction

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Parliament – where the mass suffrage petition was handed over in 1866. Women waited until 1918 for a partial vote – it was what would pass at the time. In 1967 the Sexual Offences Act set the age of consent at twenty-one. Same reason. Poole of Honour – out 15 September. #historicalfiction #newdawn

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Chapter two. Daniel is late, and this is the route. Over Blackfriars, Bankside folding smoke into fog, then down Tooley Street to a red-brick courthouse – where two men have been in the cells since Saturday morning. Poole of Honour, out 15 September. mybook.to/poole-of-hon... #HistoricalFiction

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Everything in Poole of Honour that sounds too strange to be true is the part I didn't invent. The age of consent. The definition of privacy. The men waiting ten years for a law that arrived late and half-made. #HistoricalFiction #LGBTQHistory Available for pre-order: mybook.to/poole-of-hon...

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Two small lions, and a twelve-foot wooden door. In 1965, Daniel goes in for an interview. He comes out with the job of helping to draft the bill that might one day change his own life. Poole of Honour – out Sept 15. mybook.to/poole-of-hon... #HistoricalFiction #LondonHistory

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Delighted that both Poole of Light and Poole of Honour are finalists in this year's Page Turner Awards – Fiction Book Award and Writing Award respectively. Longlists announced end of September #pageturnerawards ✨

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I wanted readers to be exasperated by my character Daniel – and then, somewhere along the way, to realise they understood him. This early reader got there in a single sentence. Poole of Honour, 15 September. Two weeks today. #historicalfiction #queerlit #lgbtqhistory mybook.to/poole-of-hon...

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A beautiful sunrise this morning, and a moment to reflect on my Poole Legacy family of books – one published, one set to be released into the world, and one still in my head. Poole of Honour out two weeks today 📖 🚀 #historicalfiction #thepoolelegacy

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Barkston Chambers doesn't exist, but this place does. When I needed somewhere to put Daniel's place of work, I put them here – Devereux Court, just off the Strand in London. mybook.to/poole-of-hon... #LondonHistory #PooleOfHonour #1960sLondon

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Wet and windy outside. Thanks to the postman for keeping my paperbacks dry 😊 Poole of Honour – out 15 September. mybook.to/poole-of-hon... #HistoricalFiction #PooleOfHonour

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"The law, it seemed, was forever being asked to repair what ordinary decency should have prevented." Daniel Poole, a barrister in 1965, drafting the law that should never have been needed. Me, outside where it passed in 1967. Poole of Honour – out 15 Sept. #HistoricalFiction #QueerHistory

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Poole of Honour has been chosen as an Indie Books We Love title by LoveReading. They called it “a heartfelt and compelling story about those who are willing to stand up for what they believe in”. Out 15 September. eBook available to pre-order mybook.to/poole-of-hon...

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

In 1965 a brave thing could cost you your career, your marriage and your liberty – so most people made the careful choice instead, and lived with it. Poole of Honour, 15 September. eBook available to pre-order. mybook.to/poole-of-hon... #LGBTQHistory #QueerLit #1960sLondon

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

London, 1965. The city is swinging, the world is shifting, and Daniel Poole is a rising criminal barrister with everything to prove – to the courts, to his father, to his wife and to himself. #HistoricalFiction #QueerLit #PooleOfHonour #ThePooleLegacy #1960sLondon mybook.to/poole-of-hon...

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Spennymoor, 1913. A boy from a coal-mining town sees a moving picture for the first time – and glimpses a life beyond his reach. But ambition comes at a cost. And the past is not done with him yet. Book One in The Poole Legacy mybook.to/poole-of-light

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New York, 1921. A borrowed name and a pair of crimson shoes. She bluffed, danced and dared her way in. Because some dreams are worth everything. Short story FREE to download: dl.bookfunnel.com/e7w4c3pqmy

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Fifty-nine years ago this week, the Sexual Offences Act 1967 became law. I've written about why the bill previously failed, and why 1965 became the setting for my next novel. www.rjverity.com/post/the-tru...

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Poole of Honour has gone off to print – and The Poole Legacy has a new look. All three covers brought into one style, so they finally read as what they are: character-led historical fiction. Poole of Honour out 15 September – available for pre-order now. mybook.to/poole-of-hon...

Three books in a series: Bright Light, Poole of Light, Poole of Honour

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Hottest day on record in Guernsey – perfect excuse to stay inside with a great book 📚 Poole of Light is still just 99p/99c on Amazon Kindle until Monday. mybook.to/poole-of-light #HistoricalFiction #KindleDeal

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 3: You don't need an MA in Creative Writing to write. You don't need special software to write. You don't need online services to write. All you need is a notepad, a pen and the willingness to take time, make mistakes and learn.

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Where did the story begin? ✨ In my latest blog, I’m sharing the real inspiration behind Poole of Light – where history and imagination first came together. 🔗 www.rjverity.com/post/where-t... #amwriting #histfic #writingcommunity

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Where the Story Began

Why I wrote The Poole Legacy: exploring family history, generational change, identity, and the forces that shape a life.

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The Poole of Light blog tour has wrapped up – and I’m grateful for the generosity of everyone who took part. Thanks to the bloggers, and to @rararesources.bsky.social for organising ✨ rjverity.com/post/poole-o... #bookreviews #historicalfiction

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Colin Garrow @colingarrowauthor.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

‘Metropolis’ by Colin Garrow ‘…a well-written, easy on the eye thriller…’ geni.us/ps3XiW #FinlayMacBethThrillers #murder #IARTG

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Thanks to @colingarrowauthor.bsky.social for reading Poole of Light and for the thoughtful review ✨

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Blog tour spotlight today for Poole of Light – featuring an exclusive excerpt and giveaway, hosted by fellow historical novelist Rachel Elwiss Joyce. Grateful for the support 🙏 @rararesources.bsky.social www.rachelelwissjoyce.com/rachels-blog...

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Poole of Light by RJ Verity — RACHEL ELWISS JOYCE, MULTI-AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF HISTORICAL FICTION

For the Rachel’s Random Resources Blog Tour

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

The Poole of Light blog tour is from 10-19 January✨ Ten days, wonderful book bloggers, reviews, guest posts and Q&As. I’ll be sharing links as we go – hope you’ll follow along. Thanks to @rararesources.bsky.social for organising the tour

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RJ Verity @rjverity.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Thanks to @mybooksandcrafts.bsky.social for joining the Poole of Light book blog tour and for the lovely review ✨ @rararesources.bsky.social

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