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Steven Ray Morris @stevenraymorris.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

One of the quiet bright moments of lockdown was Sam Neill serenading us on the ukulele. This type of tenderness feels rare nowadays, how lucky we were. Thank you for everything. ❤️❤️❤️

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

PRE-ORDER live for our new book, THE LONGEST DAY by LISA WILLIAMS. Shipping 2 August. £10.99 (p+p) - local pickup available. www.roadsongbooks.com/product/the-longest-day

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

New book release from Road Song Books coming in the next month. Get ready.

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

MEET DAVID GLADWIN author of COLDWELL at HESTIA BOOKS in Wirkworth, Derbsyshire. Details in the poster. Tickets www.hestiabooks.com

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

COMING SOON: The Longest Day by Lisa Williams is set on the Summer Solstice in 2019 It's a superb novella set in the heart of Leicester in a residential tower block, centring around the shared fate of its inhabitants. Release date: SOON. Image: inside cover illustration by @rangerroseroberts.

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

A future project is to draw in writers for a short story anthology. The 'theme' is to be decided - but verse and song lyrics will be invited in too. Submission guidelines, word counts and deadlines will be announced in the coming months. We're looking forward to this!

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Buy David Gladwin's Coldwell. Available from all good UK bookshops and via our website. www.roadsongbooks.com

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

TO CELEBRATE OUR FIRST BIRTHDAY we are offering FREE POSTAGE on all book orders within the UK and a COMPETITION to win a book! When you order via our website, please select the LOCAL PICKUP option then it will deduct the postage stipend. Visit Instagram for info @roadsongbooksuk or read Alt.Txt.

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

What is in your top list of greats? Do you make room for new books in your list?

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Have you bought your copy of Into My Arms yet? Estelle Phillips' wonderful novella tells a unique story of a family connected by trees and nature across generations. We think its amazing and so will you. Paperbacks £9.99 From www.roadsongbooks.com and bookshops across the UK. Order today.

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Tickets available >>>> www.teaselandskylark.com/events/into-...

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David Gladwin @dlgladwin.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Road Song Reprints! Collector's note: earlier print runs of Coldwell had smaller spine lettering. Feel free to buy a copy of the new print run, should you aspire to completism. Also available from @roadsongbooks.bsky.social Gentle November by Ed Roberts Into My Arms by @estellephillips.bsky.social

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Our new submissions window is open. What are you waiting for? We are looking for UK-based writers of novellas, novels, narrative non-fiction, poetry. Visit and follow the guidelines carefully. We won't respond if you skip a step. www.roadsongbooks.com/contact-us for submission guidelines.

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

ROAD SONG BOOKS is soooo thrilled to announce that we will be publishing Nick Power's debut novel, Ultra Drifter, next winter. Nick Power is a musician and writer from The Wirral, Merseyside. He is a contributing songwriter and keyboardist in The Coral. Photos by @dannyvistas | @kevinspower

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Andy Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

It's been quite a day for superlative fiction deliveries here. Firstly this typically beautiful production from the excellent @roadsongbooks.bsky.social

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

BE THE FIRST TO OWN Estelle Phillips' superb Into My Arms from our website. PRE-ORDERS NOW OPEN - Released on 25 February 2026. Reviewed by the author of Gentle November, Alan Edward Roberts. “Into My Arms exists beyond the frontiers of modern fiction writing…”

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I write under the name Alan Edward Roberts and I released my fourth fiction book at the end of last year, Gentle November. Gentle November is a novella about an inexplicable duo who set off on holiday to Namibia leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. Please buy Gentle November. £10.99UK

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Road Song Books is looking for new manuscripts (fiction, narrative non-fiction, and poetry collections). Please follow the submission guidelines carefully. UK-based writers only (England, Wales, Scotland, NI, CI) www.roadsongbooks.com/contact-us Thanks for reading.

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

EXCITING NEWS!!! Pre-orders for INTO MY ARMS by ESTELLE PHILLIPS are now live through the website. /shop-books £9.99 plus p&p Delivery will be on or around the 16 Feb 2026.

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Ian Critchley @iancritchley.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Just read this excellent novella by @dlgladwin.bsky.social - set in Eyam and Chatsworth during the 1666 Great Plague, it draws on history and folklore and has a brilliantly distinctive narrative voice @roadsongbooks.bsky.social

Front cover of Coldwell by David Gladwin, published by Road Song Books. Black and white image of a rock-strewn landscape with a copse on the horizon

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

We are genuinely thrilled to reveal our next release on Road Song Books. Estelle Phillips' Into My Arms. A truly unique novella set in mid-to-late 20th century Wiltshire. £9.99RR available through the Road Song Books, UK indies, Waterstones but NOT Amazon (forget them fools) (from Feb 2026).

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Happy New Year from the Road Song Books team: Ed, Matt, Cat, Chris, and Rose :) Thank you to all of you who bought a book, submitted a manuscript, and offered support and advice in 2025. Here's to 2026: more books coming soon. Get ready for an announcement in the next week. Thanks and big love

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David Gladwin @dlgladwin.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Literary delivery from @roadsongbooks.bsky.social. The new novella by Alan Edward Roberts. Gentle November is available to order right now. roadsongbooks.com/product/gent...

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Andy Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

This brilliant novella by Alan Edward Roberts, courtesy of the excellent @roadsongbooks.bsky.social, is a work of terse beauty. This haunting, devastating tale of detonated lives left me feeling hollowed out. It resonates long beyond the final line.

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Andy Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

You are definitely on the right track! This is outstanding stuff. I'd urge anyone to give it a read.

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

GENTLE NOVEMBER by ALAN EDWARD ROBERTS is now available and already the first reader reviews are coming through. What's heartening about these reviews are that they are by fellow writers, each of whom have crafted excellent books themselves. Makes me feel like I'm on the right track. Thanks!!!!!

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Our next book, GENTLE NOVEMBER, is due out on 1 December 2025. Pre-orders soon. Thanks to the Road Song Books team, Chris, Matt, Cat, David, Sarah & Rose for everything so far. The lovely Oryx was drawn by @rangerroseroberts Please support us if you can.

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Get your manuscripts in before you go to bed!

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

SUBMISSION WINDOW CLOSES SOON Visit our website for our submission guidelines.

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Reviews of our books are really important to us for better or worse. A book has to stand on it's own feet once the assembly has finished and it's out there. We do our best to give it a good life beyond its delivery to market. Once that happens, it's no longer yours anymore. It's everybody's.

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Andy Humphrey @andyhumphrey11.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I'm very impressed with this classy production from @roadsongbooks.bsky.social. This is a fine read with a unique and compelling voice, terrific writing from @dlgladwin.bsky.social. I look forward to reading more from David and Road Song Books.

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Thank you Instagram. 1,000 followers. BlueSky, you and Facebook have been sidetracked.

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

roadsongbooks Dear creatives!!! We have temporarily widened our scope for submissions to include novels and short-story collections, as well as novellas and narrative non-fiction. You can reach us via our contact page on the image. All the info is there. Get involved today!!!

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Dear creatives!!!

We have temporarily widened our scope for submissions to include novels and short-story collections, as well as novellas and narrative non-fiction.

To submit, you can reach us via our contact page on the image. All the info is there.
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Tell your friends. Tell yourself.

This is rare opportunity to get in on the ground floor with a new publisher. As our reputation grows our focus may turn to developing our existing slate.

For now, you writers have our undivided attention.

Get involved today.

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Definition of forced irony: I ordered a 12" record. Record is: MISSING by Everything But The Girl. The package arrives, however, the seller has packed WRONG by Everything But The Girl instead. How did I phrase my letter to the seller?

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Third print run for Coldwell. Still selling steadily. Well done David 🙂 We are looking for authors of literary fiction and narrative non-fiction Visit www.roadsongbooks.com for submission requirements, please. #submissions #davidgladwinauthor #coldwell #smallpresspublishing #newauthors

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Thanks are due to staff at The Beverley Bookshop who hosted David Gladwin's first booksigning event. Also to everybody that bought a signed copy of his novella, Coldwell. Thanks also to David for making the arrangements click. Proud of you mate 🙂 www.roadsongbooks.com/product/coldwell

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

We are looking for authors. Please visit our contact page at www.roadsongbooks.com for our submission requirements. Unrepresented artists are welcome to send their manuscripts. We are encouraging writers from all social backgrounds. If you know a writer, please send them our way.

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Many thanks to Penny Gladwin for this beautiful recreation of Coldwell's jacket for the upcoming booksigning at The Beverley Bookshop. Meet the author David Gladwin between 11:00 and 13:00 this Saturday (23 August). This is Road Song Books first ever signing event. First = 4ever.

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Coldwell is stepping out of the shadows in Beverley this weekend, the home of its creator, David Gladwin. 23rd August, The Beverley Bookshop, 11am-1pm (or longer) Be there AND be square #thebeverleybookshop #davidgladwinauthor #coldwell #owdjack #novellas2025 #arborlow #newbooks2025

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

❤️ Meet the author David Gladwin at The Beverley Bookshop in Beverley (E Yorks) where he will be answer questions and signing copies of his debut novella, Coldwell. This event is taking place from 11am on Saturday 23rd August (2025). Get your signed copies in person.

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Chris @gigticket.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Immediately immersed in the stark, dark world of Eyam 1666. A short but compelling tale with an intriguing lead and setting. I read it in one train trip and will seek out more from @roadsongbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

The cover of the book Coldwell by David Gladwin

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Here is a sneak preview of our next book. Sam Oates's SEE YOU AT THE TOP COMING autumn/winter 2025 More details available soon. Spread the word.

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Second time I've seen Gints Zilbalodis's animated feature, FLOW. I urge everybody to see this spooky, beautiful, very moving feature at all costs. Your lives will be all the better for it. #gintszilbalodis #latvia #latvianfilms #flow #blackcat

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Beverley Life published an article about David Gladwin and his novella Coldwell, which is still available from your local bookshop or directly from Road Song Books website. #beverleylife #davidgladwinauthor #coldwell #eyam #novellas #literaryfiction2025 #newbooks2025

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Road Song Books @roadsongbooks.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Praise for Coldwell by David Gladwin from the former director of Cornwall's Hermitage Press and author of 'Sisters of the Pentacle', Paul Taylor-McCartney. Thank you Paul.

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