I am writing a memoir inspired by the bird notes my father made as a POW in Singapore during the Second World War.
brianspittle.com
@terrysmyth.bsky.social
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Author: 'Captive Fathers, Captive Children: Legacies of the War in the Far East' (Bloomsbury 2023). Community Fellow, History Dept, University of Essex (2017-2025).
@neglectedbooks.com
Brad Bigelow, writer in Missoula, MT Author, Virginia Faulkner: A Life in Two Acts (Jan 2026) Editor, Recovered Books series @ Boiler House Press: www.boilerhouse.press/recovered-books Editor, neglectedbooks.com. Champion of reading off the beaten path.
@calflyn.bsky.social
Author of the Sunday Times bestseller ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT: LIFE IN THE POST-HUMAN LANDSCAPE—a book about the ecology and psychology of abandoned places. Currently at work on THE SAVAGE LANDSCAPE, expected early 2026
@centreplacewriting.bsky.social
Creative-critical research centre, Manchester Metropolitan University. Exploring the relationship between writing & place to examine major contemporary issues. Co-directed by Dr David Cooper & Dr Rachel Lichtenstein https://linktr.ee/centreforplacewriting
@stephenmossauthor.bsky.social
Naturalist, author, broadcaster, academic. TEN BIRDS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD (Faber) shortlisted for 2023 Wainwright Prize & published in ten countries.
@willdalrymple.bsky.social
Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
@keggiec.bsky.social
BEASTLY: The Epic 40,000-Year Story of Animals & Us. (Wainwright SL 2023) DADLAND. Costa Biog Award 2016. QUICKSAND TALES. 'a tonic for the tortured and cursed' 2019 keggiecarew.co.uk
@derekniemann.bsky.social
Loves both writing (nature and life writing) and teaching CW (mostly for Cam U's ICE). Loves parentheses too. Publications inc Guardian country diary, also books such as Birds in a Cage and some others. Enjoying life as a Frome Boy. Accent to follow.
@midgegillies.bsky.social
"Atlantic Furies" coming soon, Scribe UK - early women who flew the ocean. Existing Books: biogs of Amy Johnson, Marie Lloyd, Piccadilly Circus, #POWs ("The Barbed-Wire University") etc. #WW2 Creative writing tutor Cambridge. https://midgegillies.com/
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: [email protected]