Ukraine: a chocolatier at war | The Observer Oleksiy Kolchanov founded the bean-to-bar chocolate company Meetty in Ukraine in 2013. He’s still making chocolate, but now he’s defending his country too

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In Green by Louis D. Hall | Waterstones Buy In Green by Louis D. Hall from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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I travelled 2,000 miles from Italy to the tip of Spain – on horseback I had to brave wolves, bitter weather and mountain passes during my epic journey, but it was transformative

Just out in hardback - a beautiful debut - a restless young souls life changing journey through Europe with horse...www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/mar/22/ride-...

Good news - yes, healthtech can transform lives A decade of progress for young diabetics

open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... My Substack post this morning is unadulterated good news - how young people with diabetes are seeing their lives transformed by #healthtech

Unsolicited writing advice, no. #1716336:
Over-use of dialogue tags and adverbs tends to draw attention away from the actual content of your dialogue. If you need to say in every case HOW someone said something, then consider that perhaps WHAT you made them say wasn't interesting enough.

Lest we forget about our families' journeys through the post-war period....This is @rorycj.bsky.social 's captivating memoir about his mum, his dad, the BBC and a generation of talented women for whom doors often remained closed... Available from Amazon amzn.to/414HqwC & Waterstones bit.ly/4aNDyTH

Cover of The Compendium of the Occult by Liz Williams, published by Thames and Hudson.

No bookshop can stock all titles. No bookseller can keep current with all publications. If Amazon discount and next day delivery aren't factors for you, ordering from your local bookshop alerts staff to new things. I ordered this and a bookseller bought their own. Sometimes they add a copy to stock.

Hello—I am looking for first person essays by scientists and doctors that are relevant to the news to run in Slate. Pitches and submissions: shannon.palus@slate.com

Join French illustrator, Sandrine Kao on Feb 14 as she leads a special love themed draw along session, part of our French Week celebrations. Learn how to draw Sandrine’s kawaii characters which is are deeply influenced by Asian culture. Event is free for all - societyofauthors.org/event/french...

Rory Cellan-Jones, SOPHIE FROM ROMANIA, 2Oth February Books at the Barn brings authors and readers together. We host author talks and literary events at venues in Hampshire & Oxfordshire. Find out more on-line.

www.booksatthebarn.co.uk/shop/rory-ce... Really looking forward to meeting lots of #sophiefromromania fans in a Hampshire barn on February 20! (Correct link this time) #booksatthebarn

This Must Be the Place: Simon Phipps & John Grindrod | MK Lit Fest 2025 Join architectural photographer Simon Phipps and writer John Grindrod as they take us on a tour of some of the amazing modern places in Britain that Simon has captured in his acclaimed books, includin...

Don't miss a stunning online visual tour of Britain’s modern places with photographer Simon Phipps and historian John Grindrod, Wed 29 Jan.

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I read Airplane Mode by Shahnaz Habib a few months ago (Thank you @septemberbooks.bsky.social ) I found it compelling, witty, nuanced & devastating on the many ways that colonialism is embedded in the experience of travel. I think it is a must-read. #books #travelwriting #creativenonfiction

Coming in February 2025: a brand new edition of the much-loved cult classic If Women Rose Rooted by Sharon Blackie.

'And if we rise up rooted, like trees … well then, women might indeed save not only ourselves, but the world.’

"...one must work and be bold if one really wants to live." Vincent to Theo, 1885.
'Advice for the Soul' from the letters and sketches of Vincent van Gogh. Available from all good bookshops soon. Or here: septemberpublishing.org/product/advi...

Our first post & it's a celebration! Shahnaz Habib's Airplane Mode:Travel in the Ruins of Tourism has just won the New American Voices Award. 'I thought of all the young women who travel - the intrepid ones and the shy ones - against all the odds piled up on our way. How strong and curious we are.'