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Spy fiction is thriving, but the @The_CWA Daggers are barely recognising it. Spybrary's @ShippersUnbound argues that Britain’s biggest thriller awards are overlooking one of spy fiction's strongest eras. What do you think? spybrary.com/cwa-daggers-sp…

#StealingHitlersRocket by @guywalters The incredible story of how one of Adolf Hitler’s top secret V2 rockets was stolen by the Poles and smuggled to Britain in one of the most extraordinary operations of WWII. Available to request on @NetGalley: bit.ly/47ChoUa

Hier im Keller eines Palais in der Plösslgasse (Wieden) soll sich Ende der 1940er J. ein Geheimgefängnis des sowjetischen NKWD befunden haben. Hier landeten Opfer von Entführungen, die die #BennoBlum-Gang im sowjetischen Auftrag durchführte

@mundoparacontar Joking aside it’s still a great read. Just challenging to know what’s true and what’s paranoia.

@spybrary 😅

Mis 12 libros favoritos de espías (No ficción) Hilo.🧵 1.El hombre sin rostro (Markus Wolf) 2.Cazador de espías (Peter Wright) 3. Operaciones especiales (Pável Sudoplatov) 4. Soldado de la CIA (Robert Baer)

@for_fi @Paulodaburka Well spotted!! Was there a waft of dodgy cologne?

This is one for my spy people - saw this sign in Frodsham and immediately thought of “Diamonds are Forever”. Coincidence? #JamesBond @spybrary @Paulodaburka

Really good insight into my colleague, Prof. Rory Cormac, and his new book on Cold War propaganda 👀 nottingham.ac.uk/alumni/notting…

Has anyone booked with a tour company called Young Pioneer Tours? Don't worry, I am not planning to go to the DPRK or Russia, but I am about to book on their Soviet Baltics Tour. This does look good! #youngpioneertours youngpioneertours.com/tour/soviet-ba…

@EphieBernstein @Tonisenior @joeljmiller However where I do think they trouble book sales, and I have no data just a hunch, is when an author produces a 4+ episode series on their book… 30-45 mins should be sufficient to educate and share what’s in the book and why the listener should buy it.

This idea that podcasts are causing declines in nonfiction book sales is utter nonsense. My shelves are filled with great books I discovered through podcasts. The excellent @joeljmiller addressed this myth in a piece he published back in February.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Is the Nonfiction Book Crisis for Real? And Are Podcasts to Blame? The Panic Makes for a Good Story. But the Numbers Tell a Different Tale open.substack.com/pub/millersboo…

A very good discussion with @Tonisenior on a recent episode of @spybrary about her new book, Stalin's Apostles: The Cambridge Five and the Making of the Soviet Empire. I pre-ordered it today as it’s not available in the States yet. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spy…

@Paulodaburka I have Toby Meres on standby Paul ;-)

Watch this space...

Next week, something brand new is hitting #Spybrary — and it’s a little different from anything we’ve done before. Saddle up, folks… the Spybrary Rodeo is coming. I may need to replace my Trilby with a tin hat…

@DavidSt82967657 @Mpolymer New Jersey or Lincs?

@Mpolymer @spybrary Newark

Best city for a spy story? London, Berlin, Moscow, Paris, Istanbul, Vienna, or somewhere else? I think after 299 episodes of Spybrary you know my choice ;-) #spybrary

@thespyhistorian @WstonesChiswick I see your book in all the best places Claire :-)

@spybrary @WstonesChiswick Wonderful! Great to see #HerSecretService in fine company 😎

There is an excellent choice of espionage history book at @WstonesChiswick Why not pop along? Buy a book or five and grab an exclusive #Spybrary bookmark! — at Waterstones Chiswick.

@elie_foube16925 @WstonesChiswick It is a cracking read and one of my favourite @gordoncorera espionage books.

@spybrary @WstonesChiswick Looking if I have the MI6 somewhere in my labyrinth of unread books.

Deskbound Party B*stards Thomas Jones on Len Deighton for the @LRB lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/… #lendeighton #spybrary

Raise a glass to Q!​ Quantum of Menace has been longlisted for the prestigious @HarrogateFest Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. Congratulations to @VaseemKhanUK!​ You can check out the rest of the longlist, watch an interview with Vaseem, and vote for Quantum of Menace to reach the shortlist at harrogatetheakstoncrimeaward.com/quantum-of-men… #TheakstonsAwards #QuantumOfMenace

Great to be speaking with historian Oliver Webb-Carter for his podcast about my new book, SAS Great Escapes 5, today - we ended up discussing how many of those on the SAS missions depicted would end up facing war crimes charges - "Lawfare" - if those missions took place today, and how this persecution of our Armed Forces has to stop. Fascinating.