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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Mr T and I are off to Germany this weekend, and had an early start this morning at Dublin Airport. It was such a thrill to see my book in the airport bookshop! #Authorgoals #romancebooks #sagabooks @hodderbooks.bsky.social @hachettebguk.bsky.social

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

What would your desert island choices be? I recently took part in Deborah Klee’s Castaway Books author podcast. You can only have five books & one luxury item - and I didn’t go for a comfy bed, chocolate, OR a helicopter! Here’s the link if you want to know what I chose! youtu.be/8SPDts2eIP4 .

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Calling all Book Clubs! In the back of 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞 you will find book club questions. The book covers under-explored aspects of women’s social history and provides an opportunity to discuss some of these topics alongside the plot, characters etc. Why not consider it for your next read?

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Luisa A Jones Author @luisaajones.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

The Broken Vow is only 99c/99p on #Kindle. Travel back to 1915 with this powerful story of a spoiled socialite forced to confront the realities of war. A heartfelt journey of personal growth, resilience, and friendship for fans of #DowntonAbbey. #historicalfiction geni.us/332-al-aut-am

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Luisa A Jones Author @luisaajones.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

A lovely day in Dublin! Tour of the bookshops!!

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Luisa A Jones Author @luisaajones.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Today is #InternationalReadABookDay, and I've just started reading The Irish Midwife by Seana Tinley. What are you reading today? @seanatinley.bsky.social #historicalfiction #saga #amreading

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

So you want to write a romance novel? My latest substack article has top tips for new writers: elysiumlifestyle.substack.com/p/so-you-wan...

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Award-winning author Seána Tinley shares her top tips to help you get started.

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

COVER REVEAL!!! Here it is, the cover for my new book! Book One of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 series, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗱’𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 features Marguerite, who has had to work as a servant since her father’s death. It is all the fault of the Earl of Linford, and Marguerite wants revenge! #regencyromance 🤫

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Calling all bookbloggers! The blogtour for 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙈𝙞𝙙𝙬𝙞𝙛𝙚 is now open for bookings. Spaces are limited - first come first served! Sign up link: www.rachelsrandomresources.com/blog-tours/t... #bookblog #romancebooks @rararesources.bsky.social

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SuperWendy @superwendy.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Hey, so while you were all sad recently about the state of historical romance in publishing, 18 (!) Unusual Historicals dropped in June. Turn that frown upside down and read all about them over at the Bat Cave wendythesuperlibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/06/so-m... #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia

Unusual Historicals June 2025. Book covers for A Most Unlikely Lady by Darcy McGuire, The Viking's Royal Temptation by Roxy Harper, Out with Lanterns by Hillary Bowen, What Happens in the Highlands by Anna Bradley, The Lord's Maddening Miss by Lucy Morris, Keeping the Countess by Lille Moore, To Love of a Spy by Andrea Pickens, Again Scoundrel by Kay K. Denner, Daring to Fall for the Prince by Heby Helmy, Eliza and the Duke by Harper St. George, A Rare Find by Joanna Lowell, A Scoundrel's Guide to Heists and Hearts by Arden Conroy, Here I Rogue Again by Brenna Ash, Verity's Choice by Elizabeth Donne, Not Quite a Countess by Bliss Bennet, Savannah Royals by Lindsay Barrett, The Secrets of Thorndale Manor by Syrie James, The Accidental Debutante by Jane Dunn

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

An exciting task today! I dropped off an advance copy of 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞 to the lovely team at WHSmith in Belfast City Airport. We’re hoping to arrange a book signing for September when the book is officially launched. #theirishmidwife #romancebooks #seanatinley #writingcommunity #saga

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Jacqui @heajacq.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

“We read romance because it’s well-written, engaging, and—most importantly—uplifting. And in today’s world we all need a wee glow now and again.”

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I've written for Elysium Lifestyle Magazine about the sneering that romance books often get, and outlined responses to some of the key criticisms we hear. Have I missed any? #respectromfic #romancebooks elysiumlifestylemagazine.com/but-its-so-u...

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Jan Baynham @janbaywrites.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Day 29 - #HistFicMay I don’t have a specific time for writing but for the first draft of my sixth novel, The Stolen Sister, I found that getting up and starting writing on the computer by 7am each morning kept me immersed in the story.

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Day 31 #HistFicMay My next histfic book is a follow up to Peggy’s story, featuring her friend Kathleen who is a Belfast handywoman (uncertified midwife). But it’s 1941 and the Belfast Blitz is about to happen… Currently editing this one and am really pleased with it! #theirishmidwife

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Some exciting news from me today - you can now request to read 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙈𝙞𝙙𝙬𝙞𝙛𝙚 ahead of publication on NetGalley! I can't wait to hear what you think of the book - early reader reviews are so helpful to us writers. You can request to read it here: www.netgalley.co.uk/publisher/ti...

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Hodder & Stoughton @hodderbooks.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Look at this gorgeous cover! We're so excited to be publishing The Irish Midwife on 11th September, and you can pre-order it here: amz.cx/3SP9

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Here it is - the gorgeous cover for 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞! I absolutely love it! Peggy is right there, looking gorgeous, we can see the red-brick streets of Belfast and the fancy neo-classical buildings of Dublin. If you look closely you’ll even see the bicycle!

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

The big day is finally here! I am so happy to be able to share the cover for THE IRISH MIDWIFE! The big reveal will be on my BRAND NEW facebook page - facebook.com/seanatinley (link in bio) If you’re on fb, please give me a like and follow - I’d really appreciate it!! #theirishmidwife #romfic

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Luisa A Jones Author @luisaajones.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

#HistFicMay Day 20. When researching #evacuees in #Wales, I read a snippet about a biracial family who faced racism at first but were later accepted. I was able to find a descendant of the family and speak to her. Research gold! Her story inspired the Clarke Children in #WhatWeLeftBehind. #WW2

Photo of 3 black children dressed in outfits in line with 1939. The tallest is a boy aged about 10. His arm is around the shoulders of his younger sisters. All are smiling. In the background are hills like those in Wales.

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Day 16 #HistFicMay My favourite secondary character Dan, our hero, has a roommate called Paudie who is from Cork. Here’s the exchange where they’re all working out which of the student midwives they fancy.

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Day 12 #HistFicMay My heroine’s greatest fear The secrets Peggy is keeping become increasingly burdensome. She can never let down her guard. She is not wealthy like the other student midwives. She used to work as an illegal midwife. And worst of all, the man she’s fallen for is her family’s enemy

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Day 10 #HistFicMay Your mc’s greatest strength Peggy has many challenges to handle - poverty, life as a Belfast milly, the loss of her beloved aunt. Later, she has to manage secrets, work hard at her studies, and deny her feelings for a certain handsome doctor… #TheIrishMidwife

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Day 9 #HistFicMay Your antagonist. Nope! No consistent antagonist, though my heroine Peggy has to cope with a few arrogant, self-centred people along the way. 1/2

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Jan Baynham @janbaywrites.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Day 8 - #HistFicMay. In #TheSilentSister, we meet young widow Cassia Makris when a huge earthquake strikes #Kefalonia in 1953. She helps to rescue a young girl orphaned in the disaster and raises her as her own daughter. #secrets #trauma #forgiveness #identity

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Day 8 #HistFicMay Introduce your protagonist Peggy Cassidy, 20. Poor millworker from Belfast. Unexpectedly gets the opportunity to train as a midwife in the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin, but has to hide her poor origins- plus the fact she’s an experienced ‘handywoman’ - an uncertified midwife!

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Tom Williams @tomcw99.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

#HistFicMay How much is real, how much is made up? James Burke was real and 'Burke in the Land of Silver' is mostly fictionalised versions of real things. Later adventures are mostly made up, but details of the historical background (people, places, battles etc) are real.

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Tom Williams @tomcw99.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Have you seen the cover for 'Burke and the War of 1812' yet? Here it is. It publishes on 26 April and is already available on pre-order. Link in comments.

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Day 7 #HistFicMay Places and people- real or fictional? My people are mostly fictional, though I’ll occasionally weave in a real person. My places, though, are almost always real. This is the entrance corridor to Belfast’s Royal Maternity Hospital

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Virginia Crow @stompermcewan.com · 06/05/2025

#HistFicMay Day 6 I don't have a set period but tend to lean further back in history just because I find the cultural nuances suit my writing. Poisoned Pilgrimage is solely because I find Savonarola and his friendship with Pico absolutely fascinating. Two men who should *never* have got along!

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Day 6 #HistFicMay Why this time period? 1930s Ireland, and everything is changing. The Free State has its independence from Britain and six counties in the north have been partitioned. War is coming - the Nazis are on the rise.

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Vic is querying! 🌿🏺📚 @velf.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

When one man’s dream of family and brotherhood collides with another’s quest for honour, can their bond survive the trauma of war? THE SONG OF ACHILLES x QUEENS OF THEMISCYRA x THE BINDING 👨‍👦‍👦Found family ♾️ Neurodiverse 🌈 LGBTQ ❤️F2L 💔HEA free zone #A #HF #HR #2025pit

A helmeted ancient Greek warrior walks frontal through a field of golden barley. He carries a round shield in his left hand and in his right, a spear pointing downwards. His cape flows to the left from his shoulder. The background surroundings are smoky and atmospheric. His face can not be seen. Along the top of the image in caps is a title: THE ARGONAUT’S SON.

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Linda McEvoy @lindamcevoywriter.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The Christmas Market starts in Galway, so I was thrilled when a friend sent me this pic of my debut novel on the bestselling paperbacks poster in Easons on Shop Street. I need to go back soon for the Galway Christmas Market and to soak up some festive Galway vibes. And to visit bookshops, of course.

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Sheryl Nantus @sherylnantus.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Congrats!!!

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Ruth Kramer @ruthkramer.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Congratulations, Seána! Wonderful news 🎊🎉 @seanatinley.bsky.social #booksky

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Seána Catherine Tinley @seanatinley.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

So here’s the official announcement! Delighted to confirm that I have signed a two-book contract with @hodderbooks.bsky.social Huge thanks to Lucy Stewart at Hodder, and to my agent Elizabeth Winick Rubinstein at McIntosh & Otis. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞 will be out in September!

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Julia Boggio @juliaboggio.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Congratulations!! Fabulous news.

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