Our first ABC radio show featured Louis de Bernieres & 'Smelling of Rooks' @saltpublishing.com went out last night. Listen again here: www.mixcloud.com/gwradio/mad-...

Mad About Books meets Louis de Bernières and highlights the Leiston Book Festival. by Mad About Books

In our first episode of Mad about Books, Robert Ashton is in conversation with Louis de Bernières about his new book, 'Smelling of Rooks: Nine Years in the Norfolk Alps.' Then later on, Simon Eyre di...

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An invitation to speak at @aldeburghbookshop.bsky.social is not like an invitation to speak at any bookshop. A loyal following of local readers, expertly curated books & a glass of wine means I can expect a good crowd at 18:00 tonight when I will be talking about my new book 'Down to Earth.'

The first review of my new @wiltonsquare.bsky.social book & it's a good one! Thanks @tomasstanger.bsky.social!

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My review of Down to Earth: Rediscovering our roots through the soil beneath our feet by @robertashton.bsky.social and published by @wiltonsquare.bsky.social is on my website to read now. tomasstanger.com/down-to-earth #bookreview #wildlife #nature #history #climatechange

Looking forward to chatting about my @wiltonsquare.bsky.social book at Groundswell today at 14:00 in the Davids Bookshop book marquee. Several exhibitors are mentioned in the book.

Time to start marketing the third #Leiston Book Festival on 19 Sept, which promises to be the best yet. Tickets here: www.leistonbookfestival.co.uk

Time to start thinking about my forthcoming book, old farming films, & as great East Anglian charity YANA buytickets.at/leistonbookf...

Buy tickets – Let’s get Down to Earth: Suffolk farming films & book launch – Castle Community Room, Framlingham

Let’s get Down to Earth: Suffolk farming films & book launch – Castle Community Room, Framlingham, Sat 18 Jul 2026 -

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On this day in 1831, New York city saw its first bank robbery. But you don't need to rob a bank to buy the paperback edition of my latest @wiltonsquare.bsky.social book! See here on #Amazon www.amazon.co.uk/Where-are-Fe...

In two weeks time (Sun 29th) it will all be over. We'll have enjoyed an afternoon in #Framlingham watching two rare Suffolk films, and talking about why I chose to follow in the footsteps of local oral historian #GeorgeEwartEvans. There's still time: www.tickettailor.com/events/leist...

Book Tickets – Where are the Fellows who Cut the Hay? Paperback Book Launch & Film Event – Castle Community Room, Framlingham

Where are the Fellows who Cut the Hay? Paperback Book Launch & Film Event – Castle Community Room, Framlingham, Sun 29 Mar 2026 - A paperback launch with a difference! The hardback edition of Robert A...

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Lunch today with my publisher @wiltonsquare.bsky.social , where no doubt we will discuss the #Suffolk launch of the paperback edition of my latest book on Sunday 29th. Have you bought your tickets yet? It's also a charity fundraiser: www.tickettailor.com/events/leist...

Book Tickets – Where are the Fellows who Cut the Hay? Paperback Book Launch & Film Event – Castle Community Room, Framlingham

Where are the Fellows who Cut the Hay? Paperback Book Launch & Film Event – Castle Community Room, Framlingham, Sun 29 Mar 2026 - A paperback launch with a difference! The hardback edition of Robert A...

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We've already sold 40 tickets for this unique fundraising event. Two rare, old #Suffolk films, conversation about #GeorgeEwartEvans & a @wiltonsquare.bsky.social paperback to launch. There's still room for you. Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/leist...

Love #Suffolk's history? Enjoyed the books by #GeorgeEwartEvans? You'll love the films we're showing at the launch of the paperback of 'Where are the Fellows who Cut the Hay'. Sun 29 March - #Framlingham - Tickets: tickettailor.com/events/leist...

Do you fill your diary months ahead, or just take each day as it comes? I like to plan weill ahead. www.linkedin.com/posts/robert...

I've just added a couple of July bookings to my diary, for events at which I'll be speaking about my forthcoming book https://lnkd.in/g7fbiXhT, which will then be newly published. Planning my ...

I've just added a couple of July bookings to my diary, for events at which I'll be speaking about my forthcoming book https://lnkd.in/g7fbiXhT, which will then be newly published. Planning my time mon...

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Strange how the last place I write about the launch of the paperback of my @wiltonsquare.bsky.social book is on my own website! www.robertashton.co.uk/blog/paperba...

Paperback launch & film show — Robert Ashton

We’ll be showing two rare Suffolk films, and launching the paperback edition of my latest book at 1400 on Sunday 29th Msarch, in Framlingham. Don’t miss it: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/leisto...

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Join me on Sunday 29th March for the launch of the paperback edition of my @wiltonsquare.bsky.social #book. We'll be showing two brilliant old #Suffolk films. Als a fundraiser for #Framlingham charity Hour Community. www.hourcommunity.co.uk Tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/leist...

Thanks to my new publisher @wiltonsquare.bsky.social for stocking trade supplier Gardners with copies of my latest #book. It will now be back in #bookshops across the UK.

I guess we're never too old to start something new @eastangliabylines.co.uk eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/cu...

Literary success aged 69, I was longlisted for the Wainwright prize

You are never too old to embark on a new adventure as I discovered in 2024, which has kickstarted a new life as a full time writer

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I always wondered why grandfather wore suit, waistcoat and time when sitting on the beach at Walton on the Naze. open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

Something prompted me to think about my grandparents

Who when this picture was taken in 1958 were 65 and 66 years old

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The pennies are dropping @wiltonsquare.bsky.social as the thrust of my next book becomes clear open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

I've been seeking parallels

As the shape of my next book becomes clearer

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Order your copy of the paperback of my latest book before midnight & enjoy a 25% discount. That's a great deal for a book that says so much about our rural past & what lies ahead @wiltonsquare.bsky.social: shorturl.at/2ByiE

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Here's a challenge for a Thursday afternoon @wiltonsquare.bsky.social @troopersnooks.bsky.social - How far can this brilliant offer from @waterstones.bsky.social s for a must read book about rural life go if everyone who sees it, shares it? shorturl.at/2ByiE

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Seeing the play Akenfield at the weekend, reminded me of something George Ewart Evans wrote, after meeting retired Suffolk farmer James Seeley. open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

The Great War changed life on Suffolk farms

The men who came back were changed by their experience, as many writers have explained

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So much news, about climate change denial & extracting more, not less oil and gas, can be depressing @wiltonsquare.bsky.social. But pre-order a copy of my book from @waterstones.bsky.social, get 25% off & discover why I'm so positive about the futurel shorturl.at/2ByiE

Did you have these when you were at school? open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

Are you old enough to remember these?

On Monday I revisited my old school

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As winter nears, let's prepare for spring with this @wainwrightprize.bsky.social longlisted exploration of social change in rural #Suffolk. Order from @waterstones.bsky.social today, get a discount & your copy will arrive when the daffs are in bloom! shorturl.at/2ByiE @wiltonsquare.bsky.social

Look what my new publisher @wiltonsquare.bsky.social has arranged with @waterstones.bsky.social. The chance to pre-order the paperback edition of my latest book for less than a tenner! Order here: shorturl.at/2ByiE

Research for my next book is now under steam @wiltonsquare.bsky.social & promises to be anything but boring! open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

What connected Quakers with the Titanic?

I was surprised, and the story will appear in my next book, due out in 2027

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An autumn Saturday is a time for reflection, putting me in the right mood to hear Simon Barnes speak in Aldeburgh this morning open.substack.com/pub/robertas...

There's something about autumn light

Our Suffolk landscape has a spiritual quality, if you stop rushing to see it.

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We were chuffed that Hilary Taylor took the runner-up award at last week’s New Angle Prize, and that four of the six shortlisted books – by @robertashton.bsky.social, @katharineq.bsky.social & Amanda Addison – are now published by us or our sister company @wiltonsquare.bsky.social. Full story ⤵️

Brilliant to pop into @shuckhappens.bsky.social l at #Minories #Colchester today @wiltonsquare.bsky.social & be told that they loved my latest book; they even remembered my name! #ProudAuthorMoment #ColchesterBookEvent?

After a period of creative constipation, when a new book begins to emerge, you have to go with it, so today I am writing in a rather nice hotel at #Lavenham