Michael Ridpath

Author of the Magnus Iceland Mysteries, Amnesia, Launch Code and The Diplomat's Wife.

[Michael Ridpath @MichaelRidpath]

Get a free copy of my 60-page novella, The Polar Bear Killing, featuring my detective Magnus Jonson. https://t.co/KGeholT2O9

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For reasons which are obvious, I have decided to stop posting and scrolling on Twitter. If you would like to seek me out elsewhere, I am on Bluesky, Facebook and Instagram.

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Here is a list of the most useful and enjoyable TV programmes and films I watched while researching my Iceland novels. Latest post on my #writinginice blog. https://t.co/sXWnMnUnoe

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@Avid_eva @zanewrites @graskeggur 🎩🎩

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Fiction and poetry I read when researching Iceland for my Magnus detective series. My latest #writinginice blog post: https://t.co/uTylVEFjfd @zanewrites

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@RebeccaTope Thanks Rebecca. I should look for that. I stayed in his house near Dartmoor a few years ago and loved the place. Good bluebells.

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The non-fiction books I read while researching Iceland. My latest blog post https://t.co/JT3BFGjwsr #writinginice

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Possibly the most incredible Beethoven Ode to Joy flashmob by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Nuremberg and the Hans-Sachs-Choir in front of the St. Lorenz Church in Nuremberg, Germany.

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@Author_Dave Hope it works! Sounds like it might. Nice to meet you too. and I look forward to catching up again in the future.

[Aspects of History @AspectsHistory]

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#spies #espionage #historybooks

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[Frank Tallis @FrankTallis]

My free on-line one-line writing course: 'When in doubt, take it out'. Yes, you've heard it before, I know. But the more I write, the more this seems to me to be the single most important thing. I now cut so much, my books represent a tiny fraction of what I've actually written.

[Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo]

I guess it is appropriate that the ultimate shark-jumping VAR moment came in the Schleswig-Holstein match.

VAR is so complicated, only three people have ever understood it. One is dead, the second's gone mad and the third has forgotten all about it.

[Michael Ridpath @MichaelRidpath]

Excellent advice, especially 3.

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If you are near Duxbury, Massachusetts and are free this afternoon, come to Booked at 35 Depot Street to hear me talk about Iceland!

[𝕃𝕚𝕝𝕛𝕒 Sigurðardóttir @LiljaWriter]

What an honor it was to serve as the Fjallkona (Mountain Woman) of Kópavogur this national day!
The Fjallkona symbolizes the very spirit of Iceland – our majestic landscapes, our resilient nature, and the enduring strength of our people. Here’s to our beloved Iceland! 🇮🇸

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Guest blog post this week is from the Scottish-Danish author Christoffer Petersen (pictured) who writes the wonderful David Maratse crime novels set in Greenland. Fascinating stuff. https://t.co/6Z8Ck3XacY #writinginice

[Quentin Bates @graskeggur]

It's here! The delightfully creepy Shrouded by @solveigpals has arrived – a pleasure to work on this one! Sólveig never fails to take the translator by surprise! @sh_ewa @CorylusB
Ebook online for pre-order. https://t.co/5U2CcumvC2

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@AspectsHistory @petertonkin50 @AndrewJRTaylor @for_fi @MarkEllis15 @JeanCBriggs @The_CWA American Nations by Colin Woodard. I usually read a book of American history every summer and this is this year's. The author makes a persuasive argument that US attitudes and history are determined by the origins of the original settlers of the different regions. Very good.

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How Gudrid the Wanderer and her husband discovered North America centuries before Columbus, and how this irritated some historians: my latest #writinginice blog post. https://t.co/BSWYTrm06H Pic is of an iceberg giving me the finger in front of Erik the Red's house in Greenland.