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After two and a half years I have just delivered a first draft. So coffee at the beach today instead of at the laptop (both of us a bit greyer than when I started)

Today is the 26th anniversary of the Great Lego Spill and this is an excellent book about it

BOOKS FOR SCHOOLS. I am restarting this project. Any state school may apply to me for money to buy not text books but reading books for school & classroom libraries. I will set up a dedicated email address and make it public on here soon. Please RT/pass on.

Winner of CA Rescue Project of the Year for 2023 (sponsored by Dr John Mitchell) is Archaeology adrift? A curious tale of Lego lost at sea the-past.com/feature/archae… Lego Lost At Sea #CALive23

📢We are now taking entries for several of our awards & prizes, across all forms. These include an open call for literary projects, support for first-commissioned works of non-fiction, and recognition of the best unpublished short story. See below & here: bit.ly/RSLAandP

Distracting myself with #seaweed while I wait for second draft edits to come back

Red comb weed that washed up at my feet on Saturday. #seaweed

Happy day! THE 2023 NAN SHEPHERD PRIZE IS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS⛰️🍃🐞 nanshepherdprize.com/submissions - Open to underrepresented writers - Seeking proposals for an unpublished nature writing book - Win a £10,000 publishing contract & editorial mentorship on your book - Free to apply

Delighted to have been involved in Tom Buchanan's excellent book on box art creativereview.co.uk/tom-buchanan-b… Tom Buchanan

And we’re off! Tickets for this years North Cornwall Book Festival are now on sale. I couldn’t be prouder of the amazing line-up for what will be our tenth festival. Book now to avoid disappointment! ncornbookfest.org/whats-on/

Plastic seaweed and plants found on Cornish beaches #unnaturalhistory

Tomorrow sees the launch of our exhibition at The Royal Cornwall Museum. Adrift: Lost at Sea explores the journey of plastic from the ocean to our shores. Open 10 - 4pm, Tues to Sat. There be dragons...and more. royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/exhibition/adr…

Beautiful Fan Weed, a little battered by Storm Antoni. I started collecting these seaweeds for a small, graphic idea for my book due out in spring - but it's been fairly addictive. #seaweed

Typeset pages for Lost to the Sea, along with a few sea things picked up along the way – in places that once were land. It’s due out in May and the first time it really feels like a book. Going on last time, it’s also when it becomes something of an emotional rollercoaster.

Gorgeously written and perpetually fascinating, LOST TO THE SEA by Lisa Woollett is such a rich and rewarding book. Out on May 9th from John Murray Press, it’s an absolute beauty and no mistake.

Out this week (John Murray Press), Lisa Woollett's 'Lost to the Sea' explores where mythology & reality meet on Britain & Ireland's margins. Its author has an eye for detail, finds Dr Tom Bolton — & for the strange, the inexplicable, the funny & the unforgettable caughtbytheriver.net/2024/05/lost-t…

Lost to the Sea is out today! For anyone wondering where I went over the years I've been quiet on here, this is a ‘ghost map’ from the book. The paler text shows places lost to the sea and drifting sand, both real and in legend. lisawoollett.co.uk

St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall, where a submerged forest lies beneath the low-tide sands. The trees are 4000-6000 years old and the island’s old Cornish name - Karrek Loos yn Koos - means the ‘Grey Rock in the Wood’. #LostToTheSea

Little is known of the village, not least as it remained buried until the late nineteenth century heraldscotland.com/news/24368463.… Lisa Woollett

We’re very excited to be hosting the fabulous Lisa Woollett in August to discuss her brilliant book Lost to the Sea 🌊 You can grab a ticket at the link below 👇 shorturl.at/szN5U