referenced in recent letters alone #HelenFry @historyrage.bsky.social @wehaveways.bsky.social @brooklandsautomot.bsky.social #joystickclub #whitewaltham @BordersBookFest … 5/6

Yay! On my way to #BordersBookFest to talk about #AgentZo, & found a new review of the book in the current issue of #HistoryOfWar magazine!

Please join us in celebrating @dougjohnstone.bsky.social & @brookmyre.bsky.social and 50 YEARS OF THRILLING FICTION with #BordersBookFest🙌

🗓️ Saturday 13 June 2026
🕛️ 9:00pm
📍 Cullen Kilshaw Marquee
Harmony Garden and Orchard, St Mary's Road, Melrose, TD6 9LJ
🎟️ £15.48
🔗 tikt.link/chrisdoug

What an evening at @bordersbookfest -- Andrew Miller, shortlisted twice before for the #WalterScottPrize, took home the £25,000 award for THE LAND IN WINTER (@sceptrebooks.bsky.social). Learn more about our 2025 winner https://loom.ly/4XrXLTI

35,000 Polish troops regrouped overseas after Poland's occupation in #WW2. Most were posted > Scotland. Over 500 completed rigorous training, & 316 parachuted back behind enemy lines as the elite #Cichociemni (#SilentUnseen).
Among them, just 1 woman, #AgentZo.
@BordersBookFest

He's the beakiest … the sneakiest … THE CHEEKIEST!
Join Sylvester the Octopus (and me) at the Borders Book Fest for ONE CHEEKY OCTOPUS, with storytelling, drawing and general nonsense. Links below! 👇
#OneCheekyOctopus #BordersBookFest #KidLitUK @hachetteuk.bsky.social
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