Words in Walden

We have a fantastic culinary event on our 2025 programme - Max Chater, from local restaurant Chater’s will be demonstrating his favourite recipes - book now at wordsinwalden.com

The first literary event of the 2025 festival is Sam Dalrymple talking about his book, Shattered Lands. Book your tickets at www.wordsinwalden.com

Words in Walden is back for 2025 - visit us at www.WordsinWalden.com to see event details and book tickets

This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

Finding the Lost Murals of the Bardfield Artists, a talk by Alan Powers and part of our annual Fry Lecture Series, is on Friday 25 April at 7.30pm in the Quaker Meeting House, Saffron Walden CB10 1AA. Tickets £6 on the door or on line. See you there!

Save the date! Sunday, 5 October.
Our legendary annual family concert at Saffron Hall with James Mayhew, Antonio Reche, Saffron Walden Symphony Orchestra.
This year: A Symphony of Stories - Fire & Ice
While the Orchestra plays James & Toto weave their magic, creating paintings in time to the music.

Publishing Assistant - Daunt Books Publishing - London Publishing Assistant - Daunt Books Publishing - Publisher - Admin & PA - £28,000 p.a.

We're hiring!! Publishing assistant, hybrid home/office, £28K, come, join our team: jobs.thebookseller.com/career/27582...

Piatkus acquires 'trailblazing' guide for parents from Sarah Ockwell-Smith

Piatkus, an imprint of Little, Brown, has acquired the 'trailblazing' guide for parents of children with ADHD, from childcare expert Sarah Ockwell-Smith. 👇 #BookSky

This really is an exceptional debut. The prose is gorgeous. A quiet book but gripping and moving. Can't think when I last read a debut this good. Congratulations to @dauntbookspub.bsky.social for getting this book out ....

This is about as tidy as my bookshelves will ever get - organised chaos! ✨

#shelfie 💙📚⌛

National Poetry Centre to receive £5m in government investment

The government has pledged £5m in support of the National Poetry Centre’s new home in Leeds. 👇 #BookSky

Photo by Trophim Lapteff on Unsplash

Tomorrow, Wednesday 4 December, 4.00pm, come and find us on Zoom ready to answer your questions/talk through ideas/share inspiration on #PoetryByHeart. All informal, friendly and info-packed. We *may* be wearing Christmas jumpers. Come along! #teachers #poetry #EduSky
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Storyville Books Bookshop UK Nestled in the rolling hills of the South Wales valleys, we are the only independent bookshop in Pontypridd, selling new books and more.

I was at the wonderful @storyvillebooks.bsky.social yesterday, and signed a load of stock for them. Overnight, the shop and many of their neighbours were devastated by flooding. Please help them out by buying from them online, and help spread the word. uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi... #KidLitUK

Green cover of the book 'Servants Abroad: Travel Journals by British Working People, 1765–1798'. The image shows an 18th-century caricature of a male servant carrying books and wine.

My edition of four travel journals by 18th-c servants is out now, including accounts of France, Italy, the Low Countries, Germany and the Ottoman Empire by three valets and a maid – the majority of people who went on the 'Grand Tour' #skystorians #18thc #c18th global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Latest read: The Blackbirds of St Giles by @lilacaine.bsky.social One of the most exciting books I've read in ages. Daniel is such a real, believable hero with flaws & secrets & huge integrity. I was rooting for him from 1st page to last. An atmospheric, compelling read. Out January 2025

Jane Morris, Pre-Raphaelite model, seated in an armchair, photographed in a garden marquee, 1865

If you'd like to know more about Jane Morris (photo in D G Rossetti's garden, 1865), do listen to Great Lives with Anneka Rice & me: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
We talk about her childhood in poverty, her love of learning, & her radical marriage to William Morris
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This is maddening if you use MS word to write books. Opt out to stop them using your writing to train A.I. Please share.

I have just finished this #booksky, and I am in pieces. An unbelievably moving story about love, memory and aging, it is beautiful in so many ways. I can't wait to discuss this with my FB book club. Also I'm off to give both of my parents an enormous hug.

Decorative graphic with instruction Record a Festive Poem and the Poetry By Heart heart logo

Teachers, is Talking Turkeys by Benjamin Zephaniah your favourite or The Journey of the Magi by TS Eliot? Record a performance of your favourite festive poem with your class, #poetry club or just you solo & send it to us to share it in our Festive Poetry Showcase poetrybyheart.org.uk/news/record-...

Samantha Harvey's Orbital held in front of Bert's bookcase.

FACT - Orbital is the first Booker Prize winner to go to number 1 in the bestseller charts in the week of its win.

A pile of small badges with a cartoon of a happy-looking ghost reading a book on each.

My website shop is open until the 5th of December with badges, zines and prints for sale. It's probably best to order soon if you'd like things for Christmas, especially if you are not in the UK: www.tomgauld.com/shop

Book Cover of the Day:

Spredges effect: why books are becoming more beautiful Sprayed edges, intricate foils, gilded endpaper—the industry is seeing an increased demand for books with a decorative "aesthetic".

Sprayed edges, intricate foils, gilded endpaper—the industry is seeing an increased demand for books with a decorative "aesthetic" 👇 www.thebookseller.com/spotlight/sp...

Baffled as to why BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds aren’t here, so no links, but if you missed it do catch this morning’s Start the Week. Fascinating discussion, especially with Lucy Hughes-Hallett about George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, the subject of her new book ‘Scapegoat’.

Huge congratulations to James! His wonderful new book is only just published and has already received an accolade, with many more to come, we're sure. What a fabulous Christmas present!