Donald Winchester
@donaldwin.bsky.social
Literary Agent at Watson, Little. Scotland/London https://www.watsonlittle.com/agent/donald-winchester/
Please vote for us if you appreciated the book! 📚 ✍️ www.military-history.org/books/mhm-bo... @pikegrey1418.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social @watsonlittle.bsky.social @donaldwin.bsky.social @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social
So excited to see this pre-publication copy land on my desk - the absolutely brilliant AGE OF ALCHEMY by Kit Chapman and published by @profilebooks.bsky.social It's already sold in several international territories, and is out in the UK 30 April. @watsonlittle.bsky.social
Lovely, albeit sad, article which I've just come across in the NS by my former boss at Penguin, Simon Winder www.newstatesman.com/diary/2025/1...
A life altered by Alzheimer’s
Also this week: rediscovering a lost diary, and trying to complete my book in time
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New episode drop! Today @enortonhistory.bsky.social has 15 mins to tell you why you need her book on a global history of female rulers! As ever, Patreon members get 15 minutes more on how the book was written! @donaldwin.bsky.social @boneyabroad.com
Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy with Elizabeth Norton
Podcast Episode · The 15 Minute Book Club · 17/12/2025 · 18m
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Calling #LiteraryFiction writers! The following #Agent121 dates are available to chat about your stories shaped by voice, interior lives and quiet tension. www.iaminprint.co.uk 8 Jan - Sarah Williams 13 Jan - @donaldwin.bsky.social 19 Jan - Imogen Pelham 23 Jan - Ciara McEllin #LitFic #Literary
a woman in a purple shirt is saying i can hear the voices in my head again
ALT: a woman in a purple shirt is saying i can hear the voices in my head again
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Being part of the research and discussion behind this report was so interesting - and the picture continues to change almost daily. www.thebookseller.com/news/publish...
Published novelists believe AI will 'entirely replace' their work – Cambridge University study
More than half (51%) of published novelists in the UK believe AI is likely to end up replacing their work, says a new survey of 258 authors from the University of Cambridge.
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I'm on the front page of The Scotsman today with my article about why we still love to go ghost-hunting. All front pages should always have a designated spooky corner, I think.
The Scotsman@scotsman.com · 11mo ago📰 Good morning. Here is the front page of The Scotsman for Thursday.
Huge thanks to the organisers, the judges, our fellow nominees, the excellent host Bex Lindsay, all the wonderful people we met, our brilliant publishers @wfhowes.bsky.social and @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social, my agent @donaldwin.bsky.social, and everyone who has supported the book along the way
I am thrilled that Kandake Amanishakheto of Kush has sent me this photograph of her and her friends enjoying my new book, Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy at their weekly book club. Thanks Amanishakheto! @wearefootnote.bsky.social #womenwhoruledtheworld #bookclub
A double page spread in the Daily Express! As well as looking at the life and legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, I also discuss some other reigning queens, including Ranavalona I of Madagascar and Margrete I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. #womenwhoruledtheworld
Looking forward to reading this new tome from Elizabeth Norton - it looks like a great global history of women in power
Learn more about Bev, the haunted doll @alicevernon10.bsky.social bought on Ebay in my newest episode with her! We talk about her new nonfiction book GHOSTED too, about ghost hunting, the historical and cultural context of poltergeists, and more! She was so fun to talk to 😁
Today is the day! 😁The official release of Ring of Fire in the United States! @alexchurchill.bsky.social and I are super excited, and hope you'll all enjoy it! And if you are able to come, we will be in Kansas City on the 23rd to celebrate it! Details blow!😁 @donaldwin.bsky.social
This terrific talk by Jackie Uí Chionna on the incomparable Emily Anderson (as featured in QUEEN OF CODES) to the International Spy Museum is free to view - and absolutely riveting www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8yu... @watsonlittle.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social
Queen of Codes with Dr. Jackie Uí Chionna
YouTube video by International Spy Museum
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Very excited about this! @watsonlittle.bsky.social
Dr Elizabeth Norton@enortonhistory.bsky.social · last yr.Female kings have always been a rarity, an oddity, or an undesirable outcome. Across the globe a male ruler was preferred to a woman, with female inheritance vanishingly rare and frequently disputes. In spite of this, women have secured crowns - or fought for them - over several millennia Out 4 Sept
Female kings have always been a rarity, an oddity, or an undesirable outcome. Across the globe a male ruler was preferred to a woman, with female inheritance vanishingly rare and frequently disputes. In spite of this, women have secured crowns - or fought for them - over several millennia Out 4 Sept
Amazing review of RING OF FIRE in The Observer! @watsonlittle.bsky.social @alexchurchill.bsky.social @pikegrey1418.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social
In the Observer today! @theguardian.com Thank you @alexlarman.bsky.social 🥰 @pikegrey1418.bsky.social @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social @donaldwin.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social @watsonlittle.bsky.social You can buy from a variety of outlets (or preorder in US for August) here: geni.us/RingOfFire
Great to see RING OF FIRE featured in Edinburgh Waterstones! @waterstones.bsky.social @alexchurchill.bsky.social @pikegrey1418.bsky.social @watsonlittle.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social
Congratulations, Ian!
Dr Ian Friel@drianfriel.bsky.social · last yr.Delighted & honoured to hear that I have been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society! @royalhistsoc.org @donaldwin.bsky.social @ospreypublishing.bsky.social Image: the c 1300 town seal of Dover. It depicts a ship about to get under sail & reflects some of my work in #MaritimeHistory.
Read early reviews here: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... Order from multiple vendors here: geni.us/RingOfFire @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social @pikegrey1418.bsky.social @thehistoryguy.bsky.social @donaldwin.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social @watsonlittle.bsky.social @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social
Don’t forget our Saturday keynotes come from self and @pikegrey1418.bsky.social as we celebrate the release of our book “Ring of Fire” and we will also be signing copies @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social @donaldwin.bsky.social
Looking forward to reading the pitches today for #scotwriterpitch2025 !
We are disappointed but not surprised that Meta has used millions of pirated books to develop its AI systems. As a matter of urgency, Meta needs to compensate the rightsholders of all the works it has been exploiting. But what can authors do? Read here: societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...
The Atlantic's report on LibGen, the pirated book database which Meta has used without permission from authors, is essential reading. See if your book is included here: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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Also, anyone who is registered with Netgalley can request to review an early copy… @pikegrey1418.bsky.social @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social @donaldwin.bsky.social @watsonlittle.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...
Ring of Fire
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
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Alex Churchill@alexchurchill.bsky.social · last yr.Final checks done. Off to print! T/Y 🙏🏼 @thehistoryguy.bsky.social for the cover quote! “Churchill and Eberholst put the world back into First World War. They portray the astonishing scale and reach of a war that might have started in Europe but was a genuinely global catastrophe” geni.us/RingOfFire
I've written a piece for The Bookseller on the AI and Copyright consultation, discussing why the opt-out model is completely unsuitable for protecting our creative industries and calling people to action through three simple steps! Please take a read! www.thebookseller.com/comment/a-ca...
A call to AI action
The government's consultation on AI and copyright must inspire action from everyone in publishing.
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It was a fascinating, invigorating morning, exploring the possibilities and dangers of AI to the future of the novel. And lots of excellent company there too!
Luna Press Publishing@lunapress.bsky.social · last yr.About to spend the morning in a focus group on AI. I’ve already done two consultations in February on the issue. It feels like an insurmountable mountain to climb, and we are only a small press, but thankfully we are not alone. 💙
