Christopher Hadley
@hadleywrites
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Author and essayist, smatterer & fumbler on hollow places, Roman roads and ways to the past. Agent @DGALitAgents Publisher @WmCollinsBooks
Hertfordshire
Joined April 2011
Uncomfortable with blowing my own trumpet. but ta-ta-tat-ta-ta! 'Magnificent…no dry and prosaic history, but a work of imagination. deeply literary. an absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year' 🙏 Harry Sidebottom @Telegraph
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RT @RoryWaterman: I'm looking forward to reading at Bishops Stortford Library on 3 October. I don't know anyone in that part of the country….
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RT @BillBailey: Today, Asthma + Lung UK launch a clean air campaign centred around school playgrounds. As someone who’s lived with asthma m….
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RT @DerekTurner1964: Self, on dragons and Norman knights.@unilincoln @adversecamber20 @FiveLeavesPub @edward_parnel….
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Just a month to go until the wonderful Barkway Literary Festival returns. Grab your tickets now. I'll be talking about Romans, dragon slayers and ways to the past at 7pm.
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RT @jjulieanderson: The best exhibitions, festivals and theatre shows to get in your diary Including this year's fa….
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RT @edward_parnell: An exciting day for me as 'Eerie East Anglia', the new book I've edited for @BL_Publishing 's 'Tales of the Weird Serie….
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'It was once said that you could trace the ancient roads the Romans used by looking for the cherry trees that grew beside them – presumably from cherry stones spat out by marching soldiers.' True or not, I love this from @BenTheEpicure 's new book.
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I've just read a very enjoyable @LRB Diary by @tomlukejohnson Tattered mss., outlandish corbel stones, restless spirits and M.R.James.
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I do enjoy writing and giving talks about my work and I try to make each one different - so as not to bore myself. My next talk and reading will be at the wonderful @Book_Nook_Shop next month. Details below. (I might weave in a few words about Hollow Places as well.)
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RT @Rokewood: Extraordinarily interesting & portentous discovery from Roman Wales, its early indications echoing John Reid’s 2023 revisioni….
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Site in Pembrokeshire suggests area was more militarised than previously thought, says expert who made discovery
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View from the office this month. The Haute-Savoie works wonders for my spirits and the book in progress. Lots of reading, writing and hiking, and a little bit of missing the kids - it was our first summer getaway without one or more of them for 23 years.
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'Enthralling' has an interesting history, and is high praise. Thank you Richard.
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My review of @cath_fletcher 's The Roads to Rome is in the latest volume of Itinera. Read it here then be sure to order a copy of Catherine's book.
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Thank you @kwilsonlee . You're very kind.
@DrFrancisYoung @hadleywrites wrote a brilliant book about this tomb and its legend.
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If you've experienced the visual & verbal joys of hwaet! zine, you'll understand why I was honoured to be asked to contribute to the new Forests & Ancient Woodland issue. I hope you like my words; you'll definitely like diddumsdoodles' magical take on them
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RT @TimDownie1: New #Folklands is out! With Phil Catling we explore everything from nuclear bunkers to Alan Garner's Brisingaman via Susan….
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Four days to go. Hope to see some of you there on Thursday. Tickets here
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I plucked up the courage to circulate & only embarrassed myself twice- when I told William Boyd he was @DalrympleWill (he didn't seem to mind) & when I interrupted @simon_schama to gush how important Dead Certainties had been to me as a young writer (he was lovely about it)
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A wonderful party & a real pleasure to meet you all, swap stories and ideas & pick your brains. Thank you for making me an honorary member of last night's archaeologists' club.
Amazing night at Hatchards Authors of the Year last night. Fantastic to finally meet @sarah_tarlow, @Jim_Leary & @hadleywrites! Who knew there’d be such an amazing archaeological presence?! And got to meet @wmarybeard!.And there were party bags.
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RT @ArabellaPike: These books for spring keep on blooming 🌿More here from @cathynewman @michikokakutani @alpashah001 @hadleywrites….
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