Crime weekend at the Oxford Literary Festival March 25/6. There are going to be some extraordinary speakers. Come along!

Three contenders already for crime book of year. Janice’s Janice Hallett classic puzzle, Simon Simon Mason gives us two cops any actor will ache to play when surely becomes TV hit, Craig uses original subject (housecleaner for people lay dead for months) & adds great twist

I'm listening to the audio of this amazing collection of essays. Lovely introduction by Simon Mason ! Narration by Philip Pullman is brilliant! Being read to by a master storyteller is Paradise (re) Gained!

Congratulations to Pushkin Press and all the authors (including, ahem, myself) on the True Adventures series, now eight thrilling - and educational - titles strong.

Two more cracking titles from Pushkin's True Adventures series coming very soon. Completely thrilling stories from world history. Prepare to engage your I-cannot-believe-that -really-happened faculties.

Delighted to be in such exalted company! Thank you.

LoveTheChoice! Heartfelt thanks to LoveMyRead!

I'm one of the lucky few who have read it already - and I can say that ALL readers are going to be excited when it appears - a marvellous, enthralling, moving story from the heart. Hats off to Mr Earle!

Thrilled to see advance copies of new titles in the True Adventures series. Two great characters from history! My thanks to Pushkin Press!

Thrilled to be sent new paperback editions of Philip's brilliant and illuminating essays on storytelling by David Fickling Books. For anyone who wants to write. For anyone who loves to read.

This evening's read was Queen of Freedom, about Nanny & her defence of ex-slaves in early 18th century Jamaica. #UKMG by the Doyenne of kidlit, CatherineJohnson. Really powerful & affecting, this short novel packs a lot in! First I've read of the Pushkin Press True Adventures series

The overflowing genius that is Frank Cottrell-Boyce recommends ('highly, highly, highly') the True Adventures series in this video - thank you, Frank! Very much obliged. @frank_cottrell_boyce instagram.com/tv/CEWmgAZnk3X…

Terrific to see such a strong - and well-deserved - review in the Observer of Catherine Johnson's breath-taking Queen of Freedom in Pushkin's True Adventures series. Thanks, Kitty Empire!
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Echoing this wonderful commendation - thank you, Bernardine! Catherine is a class act and her stories are gripping and moving. More thrilling adventures featuring heroes from diverse backgrounds coming from True Adventures -twitter.com/SimonMasonbook…

Delighted to celebrate the first titles in the True Adventures series - stories from round the world - history at its most exhilaratingly diverse!

Absolutely delighted to see Bearmouth honoured in this way - a gripping story and a book for our times.

Couldn't agree more, Liz! Instant classic. (More on the way from True Adventures - check out Haydn Kaye's heart-stopping The Girl Who Said No to the Nazis)

Congratulations to Guppy! A remarkable achievement! My favourite tiny fish.

Ben! Thrilled to be part of this half-dozen. Thank you!

So proud to be a part of this. Thrilling true adventure stories from world history to enthral and excite! And the first stories, from Catherine and Haydn, are absolute gems.