Always a good read and at this price? A giveaway.

Philip Gwynne Jones@pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 2d ago

For those of you in the UK....there's a cracking offer this month with the ebook of "The Venetian Candidate" at just 99p for the whole of August! There's a bit of history, a new enemy is introduced, Nathan goes ice-skating and...just what lies within The Visconti Box?

Many thanks to author Kate Furnivall for her review. 'I absolutely loved it. Every page is thick with tension, ablaze with fear and thrilling action... a story driven by a love so strong, a mighty evocation of seventeenth-century Venice...A story that will stay with you for a long time.'

Thanks to Boyd & Beth Morrison for giving my new book a super review. @boydmorrisonwriter.bsky.social @blakefriedmann.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

March 1594 - North Atlantic "He did not want the sea to be his mother, he insisted. The men around him laughed but his father’s voice was stern. They would sail for Newfoundland." davidgilman.com/site/knifema... @blakefriedmann.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social

There's a Waterstones promotion for my new book The Knife Maker of Venice starting today until the 24th July. Please quote the promo code if your order.

The Knife Maker of Venice, my new novel, has a different narrator from my Master of War books. I had the pleasure of meeting and then being interviewed by the multi-talented Ben Cura. Actor, writer, director, who's done a wonderful narration of my book. @HoZ_Books @BlakeFriedmann #Venice

🖤OUT NOW!🖤 #Dangerous by @essiefox.bsky.social is a dark, dazzling historical thriller for readers who love gothic atmosphere, real-life literary figures and twisty mysteries😱 GET YOUR COPY NOW! 🔗https://geni.us/dBOXX

A piece by me on "The Venetian Redemption" for "Aspects of Crime" magazine.

The Venetian Redemption by Philip Gwynne Jones - Aspects of Crime

Nothing will ever prepare you for the late-night phone call from a familiar number. My mother had been very frail for many years. I would go back to visit her in her nursing home in South Wales for a ...

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Back from a busy time in London. Interviewed at @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social & @headofzeus.bsky.social for my new novel The Knife Maker of Venice. The audio version narrated by the multi-talented Ben Cura. Then a book signing at @goldsborobooks.bsky.social. Thanks Pavla!

On this day, Billie Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge.

Gardening therapy. Perfect after a hard slog.

David Hewson@davidhewson.com · 3mo ago

Next year's book delivered. 99,000 words of something old and something new. Now to plant courgettes before heading off to Venice for meetings, stuff and possibly the odd spritz.

There's a promotion to help support indie bookshops for my new standalone novel due Aug. Pre-order a copy of THE KNIFE MAKER OF VENICE from Bookshop.org between 13-17 May and save 20% with the code PREORDER20. Every sale supports real independent bookshops across the UK! #Venice #HistoricalFiction

The paperback edition of Rage of Swords my 9th book in the Master of War series is being published on 7th May. And there's a bonus chapter added at the back = Chapter 1 of my new standalone novel The Knife Maker's Apprentice.

Vance: "We want you to make a decision about your future with no outside forces pressuring you or telling you what to do. I'm not telling you exactly who to vote for." Vance 20 minutes later: "Go to the polls at the weekend. Stand with Viktor Orbán!"

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

I get a dozen emails/day offering to promote my work at fake festivals/radio and bookclubs. For anyone starting out as an author there's also this scam impersonating editors at publishing houses including Pan Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Bloomsbury, HarperCollins, Hachette. New authors be aware.

COVER REVEAL: 1604. Headstrong Richard and his sister Elizabeth are torn from their Devonshire home by slavers. He vows to save her but first, he must survive the snakepit that is Venice... THE KNIFE MAKER OF VENICE by @davidgilman.bsky.social is out 13 August 2026 from @headofzeus.bsky.social.

I planted a nice patch of crocus and my resident pheasant trampled them and then ate all the flowers. He'd better watch out or he'll be on borrowed time.

David Hewson@davidhewson.com · 5mo ago

Pheasant has decided the newly sown raised bed is his.

Any readers in south Manchester or Stockport on 19th March, come along to Cheadle library and be entertained by a group of crime writers. @cazengland.bsky.social @matthewboothauthor.bsky.social @thedecentbrief.bsky.social

We are so excited to share that @essiefox.bsky.social will be speaking at the YMCA Theatre about her newest release #Catherine: A Retelling of #WutheringHeights💙🕯️ GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! 🗓️ Friday 5 June 2026 🕛️ 12:30pm 📍 Queen Street Methodist Church 🎟️ £9 🔗https://tinyurl.com/ybdsxv4n

Rome's Capitoline Museums offer free guided tours in English of the exhibition ‘La Grecia a Roma’ every Sunday afternoon until 12 April.

Rome's Capitoline Museums offer free tours in English of exhibition La Grecia a Roma

Rome's Capitoline Museums will offer free guided tours in English of the exhibition La Grecia a Roma every Sunday afternoon at 16.30, until 12 April 2026.

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Read this if you’re thinking of travelling to the US. Absolutely shocking. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks

Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

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When has POTUS ever got his facts straight?

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Healthcare in Greenland is publicly funded, free at the point of use, and despite geographical challenges considered very good. Healthcare costs in the USA are extortionate and responsible for 60% of all US bankruptcies. So maybe Denmark should be sending hospital ships the other way.

THE ENGLISHMAN by David Gilman A former Foreign Legionnaire takes on the Russian mob. Classic @davidgilman.bsky.social. Teak-tough thriller ranging from the backstreets of Britain to the snows of central Russia. Immersive and uncompromising. Full review: paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com/2021/11/neve...

Some good news from Germany. My German edition of Rage of Swords -- 'Schwerter des Zorns', has just gone into the top 20 at Der Spiegel best seller list. Thanks to all my German readers and publisher Rowohlt Verlag

My review of action-packed historical adventure Rage of Swords by David Gilman @headofzeus.bsky.social @davidgilman.bsky.social #books #bookreviews #historicalfiction #booksky

Book Review – Rage of Swords by David Gilman @AriesFiction @HoZ_Books

About the Book 1368. Amidst the Hundred Years' War, alliances must be brokered. The Duke of Clarence, second son of King Edward III, journeys from Paris to marry the daughter of the powerful Lord of Milan. Little does he know that he is heading into a trap. Luckily the Duke is preceded on the road to Milan by Sir Thomas Blackstone, Master of War, on an urgent mission of his own.

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David Gilman's new novel, Rage of Swords, is the latest in his Master of War series and sees Thomas Blackstone in action in Italy. Congratulations, David! He tells Historia about the ideas and research behind his book at historiamag.com/historia-interview-david-gilman @davidgilman.bsky.social

Publication day today for the 9th book in my Master of War series, so a signing session at @goldsborobooks.bsky.social for these first editions.

Just unpacked the latest Master of War pre publication date 3rd November. It's always a moment of satisfaction to see the effort all tidied up.