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Five on Friday with Antony Johnston @AntonyJohnston @antonyjohnston.bsky.social Today I’m delighted to feature multi-award-winning and New York Times bestselling author, Antony Johnston. He is an exceedingly versatile writer with a body of work spanning books, film, grap…

Five on Friday with Antony Johnston @AntonyJohnston @antonyjohnston.bsky.social jillsbookcafe.blog/2026/04/03/f...
Fascinating interview. Thanks as always to @jillsbookcafe.bsky.social 💙📚#booksky

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A book cover on a wooden backdrop: the cover features a woman standing on a rocky promontory in a perilous way. Foreshadowing? No, FIVEshadowing. That’s how thrilling it is.
'Beautifully written, instantly gripping, it's a masterpiece ANDREA MARA
Jane Casey
EVERYTHING SHE DIDNT SAY
Victim, witness or killer?

A book cover on a wooden backdrop: the cover features a woman standing on a rocky promontory in a perilous way. Foreshadowing? No, FIVEshadowing. That’s how thrilling it is. 'Beautifully written, instantly gripping, it's a masterpiece ANDREA MARA Jane Casey EVERYTHING SHE DIDNT SAY Victim, witness or killer?

"Jane Casey remains an unadulterated genius'
LUCY MANGAN
Beautifully written, instantly gripping, it's a masterpiece" ANDREA MARA
Jane Casey
EVERYTHING
SHE DIDN'T SAY
Victim, witness or killer?

"Jane Casey remains an unadulterated genius' LUCY MANGAN Beautifully written, instantly gripping, it's a masterpiece" ANDREA MARA Jane Casey EVERYTHING SHE DIDN'T SAY Victim, witness or killer?

"Beautifully written and so clever'
ELLY GRIFFITHS
Beautifully written, instantly gripping, it's a masterpiece' ANDREA MARA
Jane Casey
EVERYTHING
SHE 
Didn’t 
Say 
Victim, witness or killer?

"Beautifully written and so clever' ELLY GRIFFITHS Beautifully written, instantly gripping, it's a masterpiece' ANDREA MARA Jane Casey EVERYTHING SHE Didn’t Say Victim, witness or killer?

There will be a new book by me in July! People like it! The alt text was a battle here as the words didn’t all register correctly yet I persevered, like a woman on the edge of a cliff leaning into the rain-filled Atlantic breeze…

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Five on Friday with Árni Heimir Ingólfsson @arniheimiring Today I’m delighted to feature Árni Heimir Ingólfsson a musicologist and lecturer from Iceland. He studied at Harvard University and has written several books on music history, both in Englis…

Five on Friday with Árni Heimir Ingólfsson @arniheimiring jillsbookcafe.blog/2026/03/20/f...
Fascinating insight into Icelandic music from @jillsbookcafe.bsky.social

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Five on Friday with Rosie Hendry @hendry_rosie Today I’m delighted to feature author Rosie Hendry. Her heartwarming stories are inspired by historical records, where gems of social history are often to be found. Her interest in the WWII e…

Five on Friday with Rosie Hendry @hendry_rosie jillsbookcafe.blog/2026/03/06/f...
One for those who love romance and historical fiction. Thanks to @jillsbookcafe.bsky.social and @rosiehendry.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙

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Five on Friday with Emily Gallo @TheEmilyGallo Today I’m delighted to feature novel, screenplay and television scriptwriter Emily Gallo. Emily started writing novels in 2014 and her first, Venice Beach was published a year later. She has …

Five on Friday with Emily Gallo @TheEmilyGallo jillsbookcafe.blog/2026/02/20/f...
Thanks as ever to @jillsbookcafe.bsky.social for expanding my reading universe to include @emilygallo.bsky.social #booksky📚💙

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Happy New Year everyone!
Here are my favourite books of 2025.
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But to those who don’t feature on these ‘best of’ lists, remember, your book might have been here too if I’d actually managed to read it 📚💙

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Knitted Christmas Tree

Knitted Christmas Tree

Thanks to Birkdale Community Hub and Library‘s wonderful knit and natter group for their magnificent Christmas Tree

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99p Kindle Festive Reads for November As already highlighted in my previous post, there’s a change in format over my previous year’s Festive Reading list/s. However, there’s still plenty of titles to choose from. Plus…

99p Kindle Festive Reads for November jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/11/03/n...
Thanks to @jillsbookcafe.bsky.social for a bumper crop of bargain festive reads 💙📚#booksky

5 months ago 4 1 0 0
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‘Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’ : a cosy autumnal reading list In deciding what to call this post I went for a more cultured approach to my usual, and opted to quote the first line of John Keats poem ‘To Autumn’. It’s a poem that captures the…

'Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness' : a cosy autumnal reading list jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/10/13/s...
Wonderfully written nostalgia from @jillsbookcafe.bsky.social - and book recommendations too 💙📚#booksky

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Publication day for The Peculiar Incident at Thistlewick House by Jenni Keer @JenniKeer @BoldwoodBooks I’m delighted to wish Jenni Keer ‘Happy Publication Day’ on the launch of her latest novel The Peculiar Incident at Thistlewick House. Jenni writes historical romances often with …

Publication day for The Peculiar Incident at Thistlewick House by Jenni Keer @JenniKeer @BoldwoodBooks jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/10/11/p...
Congratulations to @jennikeer.bsky.social on publication day. Thanks to @jillsbookcafe.bsky.social for the heads up. 💙📚#booksky

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Five on Friday with Justin Myers @theguyliner #FiveonFriday Today I’m delighted to feature author and journalist Justin Myers. I had the pleasure of meeting Justin at the Love Stories etc festival in Manchester over the summer and his books have now b…

Five on Friday with Justin Myers @theguyliner #FiveonFriday jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/09/19/f...
Thanks to @jillsbookcafe.bsky.social and congratulations to @theguyliner.bsky.social on the publication of The Glorious Dead 📚💙#booksky

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Publication day for Atticus Arnott’s Great Adventure by Caroline James @CarolineJames12 #PublicationDay I’m delighted to wish Caroline James ‘Happy Publication Day’ on the launch of her latest novel Atticus Arnott’s Great Adventure. I’m so looking forward to reading this…

Publication day for Atticus Arnott's Great Adventure by Caroline James @CarolineJames12 #PublicationDay jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/09/09/p...
Congratulations to @carolinejames1.bsky.social on publication day and thanks to @jillsbookcafe.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙

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Five on Friday with Jenni Keer @JenniKeer @BoldwoodBooks #FiveonFriday Today I’m delighted to feature author Jenni Keer. I had the pleasure of meeting Jenni at the recent Love Stories etc festival in Manchester and she is as open and lovely as her replies sugges…

Five on Friday with Jenni Keer @JenniKeer @BoldwoodBooks #FiveonFriday jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/08/22/f...
A pleasure to meet @jennikeer.bsky.social today thanks to @jillsbookcafe.bsky.social

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A beautifully written emotional tour de force from @fionacumminsauthor.bsky.social which kept me guessing to the last page.

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Five on Friday with Gemma Denham @gemmaEdenham #FiveonFriday Today I’m delighted to feature debut crime author and illustrator Gemma Denham. I met Gemma last year in Harrogate and was lucky enough to catch up with her again this year – no I wasn&…

Five on Friday with Gemma Denham @gemmaEdenham #FiveonFriday jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/08/15/f...
Always a treat to see @jillsbookcafe.bsky.social Five on Friday in my inbox especially when it’s a new (to me) author #booksky 💙📚

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Thanks to @dianejeffreyauthor.bsky.social for a thrilling rollercoaster of a page turning twisty-turny psychological thriller. Would love The Crime Writer to be the start of a series featuring journo Gabriella Conti. #booksky 💙📚

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Five on Friday with Milly Johnson @millyjohnson Today I’m delighted and also honoured, to feature one of my favourite authors Milly Johnson. Milly has long been on my list of authors to meet but it never happened, until this year, when it …

Five on Friday with Milly Johnson @millyjohnson jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/08/08/f...
Thanks @jillsbookcafe.bsky.social for introducing me to an author from a different genre to my usual crime fiction.

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Tuesday wisdom from Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social in her fascinating look at the great Library of Alexandria.

“Knowledge is hard-won, but easily lost… Cherish your libraries. They are places that scare people who don’t want us to think for ourselves.”

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An A-Z of Independent Publishers in the UK and Ireland – H By definition an Independent Publisher is one that is not one of the large multinational publishing houses commonly referred to as the ‘Big Five’ (namely Penguin Random House, Macmillan…

An A-Z of Independent Publishers in the UK and Ireland - H jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/06/24/a...
A typically well researched and helpful piece from @jillsbookcafe.bsky.social

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Publication day for Into the Fire by GD Wright @GDWrightWrites @AvonBooksUK I’m delighted to wish Gary aka GD Wright ‘Happy Publication Day’ on the launch of his latest novel Into the Fire. As Gary has been having a tough time health wise recently, I&#821…

Publication day for Into the Fire by GD Wright @GDWrightWrites @AvonBooksUK jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/06/05/p...
Congratulations to @gdwright on the publication of his latest novel and thanks to @jillsbookcafe.bsky.social for the heads up

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Great event last night at a legendary and iconic venue stuffed with people who love and deeply care about books and culture. An absolute tonic for the blandness of our age and important to remember that places like this absolutely thrive. The store is always rammed, with huge lines to get inside.

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A selection of this week’s new crime, thriller, mystery and general fiction titles to 25th May My pick of new paperback and hardback fiction sourced from The Bookseller.

A selection of this week's new crime, thriller, mystery and general fiction titles to 25th May jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/05/19/a... Thanks to @jillsbookcafe.bsky.social for her tempting pick of new titles. The Sarah Moss will be coming to Italy with me on an upcoming holiday 📚💙 #booksky

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Little Women - spoiler - I couldn’t read on for days after Beth died

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Delighted to see Abir win this one!

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A selection of this week’s new fiction titles to 18th May My pick of new paperback and hardback fiction sourced from The Bookseller.

A selection of this week's new fiction titles to 18th May jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/05/12/a...
More temptation thanks to @jillsbookcafe.bsky.social 📚💙 #booksky

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Thanks to @janecasey.bsky.social from this I-must -get -out -of -my -dressing -gown -reader. Such a clever writer. I did and didn’t want to get to the end. Utterly engrossing. Unputdownable. I envy anyone who has yet to start the Maeve Kerrigan series 📚💙 #crimefiction #booksky

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You can learn so many things at the library and that’s a fact. Here’s another fact we discovered at Greenwich Centre Library: my books are very well-travelled and overdue at Belmarsh Prison 😂
You can still vote for me 👉🏾https://www.harrogatetheakstoncrimeaward.com/vote
#TheakstonsAwards

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An addictive, into the small hours read - murder, art history,toxic family,gothic pile. What’s not to like? Thanks to @panmacmillan.bsky.social and to @baytales.bsky.social for introducing me to Ellery Lloyd aka husband and wife Colette Lyons and Paul Vlitos 📚💙 #booksky #crimefiction

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Lovely review in the Irish Independent for The One You Least Suspect (out Thurs): "An utterly believable and breathlessly exciting examination of the distrust and suspicion that still permeates post-Good Friday Agreement life in the North from the pen of a true master of Ulster noir crime fiction.”

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A selection of this week’s new Crime, Mystery, Thriller and General fiction titles to 11th May My pick of new paperback and hardback fiction sourced from The Bookseller.

A selection of this week's new Crime, Mystery, Thriller and General fiction titles to 11th May jillsbookcafe.blog/2025/05/05/a...
Another super selection from @jillsbookcafe.bsky.social A new @brianmcgilloway.bsky.social is always a treat. Look forward to nuanced moral dilemmas. 📚💙#booksky

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