@gibrides

Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller by @BarrettsBooks and @NualaCalvi telling true stories of some of Britain's 70,000 #WW2 GI brides.

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Ever wanted to write a real-life story? Check out my online @Domestika course to find out all the secrets I've learned over ten years as a bestselling author. You can sign up today with a 60% discount at the link below. Hope to see you on the course! domestika.org/en/courses/309…
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Do you have a story to share? There's still time to register for my Memoir and Life-Writing class, starting next Monday evening in Lewes. In six weeks we'll cover narrative structure, characterisation, dialogue, creative license and more. Full details: lifewriters.co.uk.
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If anyone in #Liverpool would like a signed copy of one of these books for £7, give me a shout. They were left over from a talk I did earlier today and I could do without having to lug them all the way home again! I’m around until lunchtime on Tuesday, bottom end of Duke Street.
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Just received a bunch of copies of my #WW1 Post Office book Men of Letters before the remainder are sent off to be pulped. Does anyone want one? I will inscribe and post it to you for a fiver...
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If anyone (UK-based) would like a copy of @The_Sugar_Girls, @gibrides or @WomensForces for a #MothersDay present, drop me a DM and Nuala and I can sign and inscribe it for you. (£9.99 including P&P.) #womenshistory #giftideas – at Camberwell, London
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Dear @4hundredrabbits pls can you stock vegan cheese for vegan customers rather than telling them to buy it themselves from the shop across the rd? Esp when you’ve been advertising a new vegan pizza (which turns out to just be pizza with no cheese). @FatGayVegan @WeAreVeganuary
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Packaging these up for @NewhamBookshop's ongoing #GrenfellTower raffle. An amazing fundraising effort, they've raised over £1,700 already!
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Not long now until @alexvtunzelmann's debut feature, #Churchill hits UK cinemas, with DP David Higgs BSC. Released 12th June.

Churchill Trailer | © Lionsgate

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Looking for a wartime love story this #valentines day? @gibrides is just 99p @KindleUK amzn.to/2jCOImD #lovecrossesallboundries
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"Advice to Young Ladies" by A.D. Hope #NationalPoetryDay – at Camberwell, London
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Does anyone want a signed copy of one of these? Will post UK-wide for £10. (I really need the shelf space!)
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My @GYlibrary podcast interview is online: goo.gl/KQ4Pgo We had a great chat about writing history, #WW2 and more #twitterstorians – at Bailiwick of Guernsey, United Kingdom

Occupation Memories - w/Duncan Barrett

Historian Duncan Barrett is in Guernsey this summer researching a new book on the Occupation of the Channel Islands. In this podcast he shares some of the memories he's heard from the islanders he's...

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Before @the_sugar_girls this was the first book Nuala & I wrote together. Now we need your help to get it published. unbound.co.uk//books/Zippy-a… – at Bonnieux, France
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If you're in Dorset, come along to our talk at @LitfestPurbeck on Saturday afternoon. There will be tea and cake... xitter.cf/litfestpurbeck/status/… – at Swanage, England
PurbeckLitfest@LitfestPurbeck18 Feb 2016
Celebrating 'The Sugar Girls': with authors Duncan Barrett and Nuala Calvi - 20 February purbeckliteraryfestival.info…
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On the plus side, it's nice to hear we made the Top 50 of 2015... (Not much else to celebrate here though!) xitter.cf/ww1stories/status/6875…
Duncan Barrett@BarrettsBooks14 Jan 2016
Always nice to get a mention in the @guardian but this article is pretty depressing #twitterstorians #everydaysexism theguardian.com/books/2016/j…
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I'm really looking forward to this panel - should be an interesting event for anyone interested in #StarTrek's 50th. xitter.cf/lsepublicevents/status… – at South East, England
LSE Events@LSEpublicevents3 Jan 2016
Celebrating 50 years of Star Trek at #LSELitFest w/ Michèle Barrett, @WW1Stories Barry Buzan & Steven French 26 Feb bit.ly/1YwojkE
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In honour of National Postal Workers Day, a story of some extraordinary Xmas deliveries facebook.com/notes/great-war… #PeoplesPost @postalheritage – at Lambeth, London
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Only 1 more hour to win a bundle of inspiration on 5th Day of #Bookmas. RT & Follow by 5pm to win 1 of 3
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For #Loos100, an extract from my book Men of Letters on the Post Office Rifles' contribution to the battle. #WW1 #WWI ow.ly/SFhsN
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I’m not your average #crane driver, but I will be just as good as the rest j.mp/1KrDk3L #notjustforboys
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