Amy SparkesAug 24, 2025
🎭LAST DAY OF #Players1715 BLOGTOUR🎭 Thank you to @mjporterauthor.bsky.social for the review on this last stop. Thanks to all the bloggers for arranging interviews, reviews and guest posts. And a big thank you to @rachelsrandoms.bsky.social for organising the tour. #BookSky #histfic 🎭🥁🎻💀⚔️🎲

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AlynAug 23, 2025
I know I've been posting a lot about my wife's book, but THIS author interview hit some really insightful questions, and is worth a read if you have any interest in the book at all. Claire from A Knight's Reads is clearly enthusiastic about books and authors, not just trying to build a brand or reputation on the back of them - that's just happening as a natural consequence!
https://aknightsreads.wordpress.com/2025/08/23/the-players-act-1-by-amy-sparkes-blogtour-authorinterview-theplayersact1/
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The Players: Act 1 by Amy Sparkes #blogtour #authorinterview #theplayersact1

Happy Saturday!! Today I’m interviewing Amy Parkes as part of the blog tour celebrating The Players Act 1.

A Knight's Reads
Amy SparkesAug 23, 2025
🎭DAY SIX OF THE #Players1715 BLOG TOUR🎭 A very big thank you to A Knight's Reads for the lovely interview - I really enjoyed answering these thoughtful questions. 🎭🎻🥁🎲⚔️💀❤️‍🩹 #historicalfiction #historicalfictionbooks #shakespeare #BookSky aknightsreads.wordpress.com/2025/08/23/t...

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The Players: Act 1 by Amy Sparkes #blogtour #authorinterview #theplayersact1

Happy Saturday!! Today I’m interviewing Amy Parkes as part of the blog tour celebrating The Players Act 1.

A Knight's Reads
Amy SparkesAug 22, 2025
🎭DAY FIVE OF #Players1715 BLOG TOUR🎭 A big thank you to Joanne at @portybelle.bsky.social for the very fun quickfire questions on today's leg of the tour. Much appreciated. Find out the answers here: portobellobookblog.com/2025/08/22/t... #historicalfiction #histfic #Shakespeare #BookSky 🎭🥁🎻🎲💀⚔️❤️‍🩹

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#ThreeTwoOne quickfire questions with Amy Sparkes #author of The Players Act 1 | @rararesources

I’m delighted to be joined by Amy Sparkes today, author of The Players Act 1: All the World’s A Stage. The Players Act 1: All the World’s A Stage was published in July and is avai…

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Amy SparkesAug 21, 2025
🎭DAY FOUR OF BLOG TOUR: PART 1🎭 "Amy Sparkes writes with care and sensitivity about friendships, families, finding your place in the world and working through adversity" Thank you to Portable Magic for the review. Check it out here: portable-magic.com/2025/08/21/a... #histfic #BookSky #Players1715

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Amy Sparkes: The Players Act I: All The World’s A Stage

Today I’m joining the blog tour for The Players Act I: All The World’s A Stage. My review is written with thanks to Rachel Gilbey at Rachel’s Random Resources for inviting me on t…

Portable Magic
AlynAug 20, 2025
Fantastic for Amy to get an interview on local radio yesterday. She talked about her new book for adults, her current and previous writing for children, and some other bits and pieces she does around her authorship including her monthly pieces in Writing Magazine.
The full interview is available as MP3 here:
https://www.amysparkes.co.uk/audio/Amy_Up_Close_Interview_Aug_2025.mp3
or as 3 podcast episodes here (or in any app that searches podcastindex.org or Apple):
https://www.amysparkes.co.uk/audio/up_close_pod/
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AlynAug 15, 2025

Great to see my wife's new book has been picked up by a good number of book bloggers to review and talk about next week. I've not been able to find any of them with federated accounts sadly.
https://adults.amysparkes.co.uk
Blog page links in the reply & feel free to boost this post (but maybe not my own reply).

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Alyn SparkesAug 4, 2025
That's @amysparkes.bsky.social to you sunshine! #booksky #books #histfic #Players1715

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Alyn SparkesAug 4, 2025
As de-facto publishers of @amysparkes[email protected] new book, *The Players Act 1: All The World's A Stage*, we had an exciting "first" today.
Book distribution to retailers in the UK is handled by one of a very few companies, of which Gardners Books is one of the main ones. We've been set up as a supplier ever since we knew we were publishing in paperback as well as e-book, and today we posted off our first copies to them.
That means someone (maybe two people), somewhere in the UK has been to their local book shop and ordered Amy's book!
If you'd like your own copy, you can of course do the same, or it's available as DRM-Free ebook from Kobo and Amazon and paperback direct from Amazon.

Kobo e-book:
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-players-act-1

Amazon e-book:
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DY8CM3LX

Amazon paperback:
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/106832791X

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AlynAug 1, 2025

It's always nail-biting when you send something new out into the world, especially a 'first'. #Players1715 is my wife Amy's first book for adults & first #historicalfiction. We're incredibly grateful for these encouraging words from early readers.
DRM-free ebooks:
https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-players-act-1
https://amzn.eu/d/gFzEGRS

Paperback:
https://amzn.eu/d/8Ftu8Sd

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