Jonathan de Peyer
@jondepeyer.bsky.social
Editorial Director, Non-fiction @HarperNorthUK 📌 The false azure in the windowpane Not changing the world, one platform at a time. Purely personal, except when it isn’t.
J.B. Priestley died on this day 1984. In 1938 he chaired a Yorkshire Authors Dinner in Leeds. White roses, heather and bracken adorned the top table, a map of the county was placed behind Priestley and a vast Yorkshire pudding was brought in to singing of ‘Ilkla Moor Baht 'At’.
Would it actually stop a bullet though? Preorders wherever you get your books.
Today I, and other UK climate scientists, sent an open letter to the Energy Secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, asking her to take serious note of the science when making a decision about the Jackdaw and Rosebank oil fields @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social
"It's in the trees, it's coming!" 🎵 Actually, the trees have been cut down and made into paper which right now this is being printed onto ⬇️ Available in all the usual places and as an audiobook so you can laugh at my pronunciation of "melange".
Bloomsbury Sport @bloomsburysport.bsky.social · 4d agoThe vivid story of the fanzine movement that gave supporters a voice and changed football forever. 'Fanzine' by @danielgraywriter.bsky.social publishes 10th September.
'As Sally Coulthard reminds us in A Brief History of the Coast in 100 Objects, Britain's coastline has always been more than a place of leisure. It has been a frontier, a trading route, a line of defence, and a meeting point between cultures.' www.history.org.uk/historian/ne...
Near the top of the Kindle bestseller list. Hurry while this offer lasts.
Brian Groom@groomb.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Kindle version of 'Made In Manchester: A People's History of the City That Shaped the Modern World' is currently available for just 99p at Amazon and bookshop.org. Fill your boots!
Or has politics followed us? 👀👀👀 www.thebookseller.com/features/no1...
No10 North: will publishing follow Westminster?
For many in the industry, Burnham’s decision to establish No10 North is symbolic. If political decision-making no longer needs to be concentrated in Westminster, they argue, perhaps publishing does no...
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Timely corrective. 'Liddle the Today editor, listening to much of the discussion, would have said, “what the fuck are you playing at, trying to describe this outrageous character without naming any of his outrages?”'
Zoe Williams@zoesqwilliams.bsky.social · last wk.Wrote a thing about Rod Liddle www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
HarperNorth has acquired Hotel Britannia: A Seaside Story of Splendour, Decline and National Identity by Bee Rowlatt, author of One Woman Crime Wave and In Search of Mary. Hotel Britannia will be published in May 2027👇
HarperNorth buys Bee Rowlatt’s book on The Grand Hotel in Scarborough
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"Summer book post: the perfect beach-on-fire read!" "A great recent book on the subject is 'The Fate of the World' from the outspoken Bill McGuire, who takes us through our geological past to put the present in context" Thank you so much Ben Carey - Creative Director, Utopia Bureau
The Kindle version of 'Made In Manchester: A People's History of the City That Shaped the Modern World' is currently available for just 99p at Amazon and bookshop.org. Fill your boots!
20,000 books. 20 Glasgow primary schools. Thousands of children choosing stories of their own to take home and keep. HarperCollins are partnering with @childrensbooksf.bsky.social, helping put reading for pleasure back at the heart of children’s lives. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2612042...
Publisher rooted in Glasgow for 207 years to help gift 20,000 books across city
Vast distribution centre will be turned into 'logistics hub' under new charity partnership.
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It's Yorkshire Day tomorrow and HarperNorth are heading to Scarborough next spring to uncover what the iconic Grand Hotel tells us about Britain today, in an insightful tale of class, regional identity, and belonging. By award-winning writer and proud daughter of Yorkshire Bee Rowlatt. Ummissable.
Market Street, Wigan, 1968. Wiganers leave for their holidays as the mills close for two weeks in the summer.
The book market at Pochainyi in Kyiv has been completely destroyed, gutted by fire, after being hit by a Russian missile. Another treasure of the Ukrainian capital destroyed by fascist Russia.
📥 The New Prime Minister's In-Tray 📖 A HarperNorth reading list for Andy Burnham Forget the civil service briefing packs — here's the only reading list Number 10 actually needs.
📥 The New Prime Minister's In-Tray 📖 A HarperNorth reading list for Andy Burnham Forget the civil service briefing packs — here's the only reading list Number 10 actually needs.
People could do a lot worse than read your brilliant, moving, insightful book on the subject. amzn.eu/d/0ilkYlgs
Why I Care: And why care matters : Davey, Sir Ed: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Why I Care: And why care matters : Davey, Sir Ed: Amazon.co.uk: Books
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Ed Davey@eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 3w agoI’m with my family in France and as people know I have a disabled son who needs 24/7 care, so I can’t be back in Westminster tomorrow - but I look forward to meeting Andy Burnham over Zoom. I’m hopeful this call may prove to be the first step towards fixing our broken care service.
People could do a lot worse than read your brilliant, moving, insightful book on the subject. amzn.eu/d/0ilkYlgs
Why I Care: And why care matters : Davey, Sir Ed: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Why I Care: And why care matters : Davey, Sir Ed: Amazon.co.uk: Books
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Ed Davey@eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 3w agoI’m with my family in France and as people know I have a disabled son who needs 24/7 care, so I can’t be back in Westminster tomorrow - but I look forward to meeting Andy Burnham over Zoom. I’m hopeful this call may prove to be the first step towards fixing our broken care service.
A new Peterloo jug is news, because all known examples are printed over a leftover batch commemorating an admiral. This one is part of a new batch on a purpose-made jug, indicating sustained demand. On display soon at the People’s History Museum. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
People's History Museum to display rare Peterloo massacre jug
The jug commemorating the 1819 Peterloo massacre will be displayed at the People's History Museum.
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She's not let me read it yet, but I just know Alice's book will be unmissable. www.thebookseller.com/rights/bloom...
Bloomsbury acquires debut novel from HarperNorth’s Alice Murphy-Pyle
Bloomsbury Publishing has acquired One Hundred Minutes More, the debut novel from Alice Murphy-Pyle, head of marketing and publicity at HarperNorth
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Searching for an entry-level job in publishing in the north? Come and work here in the new centre of British politics, within a stone's throw of where Rolls met Royce, Rutherford split the atom and Dylan went electric. We have free breakfast. harpercollins.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/...
Editorial Assistant, HarperNorth
Job Opening: Editorial Assistant, HarperNorth at HarperCollins UK in Manchester .
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The new director of political strategy at No. 10 picked HOW TO DEFEAT THE FAR RIGHT as one of his books of 2025. 'A difficult topic but never heavy, accessible to read but really thought provoking. And despite ~waves at everything~ really quite hopeful.' www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-fav...
My favourite books this year
There’s more to life than books you know, but not much more. I’ve tended to shy away from doing book lists in case I look like Chris Finch from 'The Office' boasting, "I read a book a week, me".
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There's this: www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n... Although a 'gourmet crisps firm' is unlikely to recognise R S Thomas.
Gourmet crisps firm Tyrrells unwittingly uses image of Welsh poet RS Thomas in competition
The photograph of Thomas appears on a packet of crisps next to the words ‘Win a fleeting look of contempt or £25,000’
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Anyway the World Cup final between these two…. Quite a thing.
