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Fiona Erskine

Engineer. Writer. Swimmer.

Travels

Adventures in Sicily

Posted on September 18, 2025

I promised some images from my swimtrek holiday – here’s a selection https://fionaerskine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Sicily-swim-video-1-2025-09-08-18-33-19.mp4 https://fionaerskine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Sicily-swim-video-2.mp4 More at https://fionaerskine.substack.com/p/sulphur-and-salt

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A Love Letter to New Zealand

Posted on March 7, 2025

I knew that New Zealand would be chock full of amazing places, but I was unprepared for how vast, how varied or how beautiful it is. Milford Sound, South Island, …

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Revisiting Bhopal

Posted on November 20, 2023

In August 2023 I travelled to Bhopal, India to revisit the former Union Carbide Factory, site of the world’s worst chemical accident. In the four decades since the accident in …

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I swam 24km in 5 days. Hard work?

Try tuna canning, salt drying or sulphur mining…

https://fionaerskine.substack.com/p/sulphur-and-salt


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I swam 24km in 5 days. Hard work? Try tuna canning, salt drying or sulphur mining... https://fionaerskine.substack.com/p/sulphur-and-salt


Goodbye #egadiislands and thank you @swimtrek for an amazing week – 24 kilometres with wonderful guides, fellow swimmers and multicoloured fishes!


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Goodbye #egadiislands and thank you @swimtrek for an amazing week - 24 kilometres with wonderful guides, fellow swimmers and multicoloured fishes!


This week #PhosphateRocks e-book is only £0.99 in UK

Who doesn`t love a story about a demolition gone wrong? @raine_clouds_writes @lesleykellyauthor

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Phosphate-Rocks-Death-Ten-Objects-ebook/dp/B0CTRRXKNY

PS: The audio book narrated by @rain.goblin is pretty special too


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This week #PhosphateRocks e-book is only £0.99 in UK Who doesn't love a story about a demolition gone wrong? @raine_clouds_writes @lesleykellyauthor https://www.amazon.co.uk/Phosphate-Rocks-Death-Ten-Objects-ebook/dp/B0CTRRXKNY PS: The audio book narrated by @rain.goblin is pretty special too


A quarter of my sales this month were overseas for the very first time!

Massive thanks to all those fine Canadians for topping the list. Say Hi if you see this.

https://fionaerskine.com/


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A quarter of my sales this month were overseas for the very first time! Massive thanks to all those fine Canadians for topping the list. Say Hi if you see this. https://fionaerskine.com/


On my way to Harrogate today

https://open.substack.com/pub/fionaerskine/p/harrogate

Say hello if you`ll be there


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On my way to Harrogate today https://open.substack.com/pub/fionaerskine/p/harrogate Say hello if you'll be there


What makes the perfect handbag and how much is it worth?

https://fionaerskine.substack.com/p/the-perfect-handbag


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What makes the perfect handbag and how much is it worth? https://fionaerskine.substack.com/p/the-perfect-handbag


https://fionaerskine.substack.com/p/i-have-some-news

Goodbye @oneworldpublications and thank you for everything – it was such an honour to be published by you and I loved working with the team.

Now, like #JaqSilver I`m going solo

Big thanks to @kidethic for my beautiful new covers


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https://fionaerskine.substack.com/p/i-have-some-news Goodbye @oneworldpublications and thank you for everything - it was such an honour to be published by you and I loved working with the team. Now, like #JaqSilver I'm going solo Big thanks to @kidethic for my beautiful new covers


Such a treat to interview #TerryDeary about his first adult crime book #ActuallyImAMurderer (it’s great!) at @backofthebeyondbooks


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Such a treat to interview #TerryDeary about his first adult crime book #ActuallyImAMurderer (it’s great!) at @backofthebeyondbooks


Happy International Women in Engineering Day!
Thanks to @Chem_Processing for highlighting #TheChemicalDetective!
#INWED2025 #INWED25
https://www.chemicalprocessing.com/voices/women-in-chemistry/podcast/55298245/celebrating-international-women-in-engineering-day


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Happy International Women in Engineering Day! Thanks to @Chem_Processing for highlighting #TheChemicalDetective! #INWED2025 #INWED25 https://www.chemicalprocessing.com/voices/women-in-chemistry/podcast/55298245/celebrating-international-women-in-engineering-day


More canine readers in @forumbookscorbridge #winter #losingcontrol


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More canine readers in @forumbookscorbridge #winter #losingcontrol


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erskine_fiona avatar Fiona Erskine @erskine_fiona ·
9 Oct 1976336424371892530

Oh @adrianmckinty - where have you been all my life? Loving Sean Duffy’s adventures read by Gerard Doyle

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northodoxpress avatar Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress ·
8 Oct 1975828754388951351

Huge thank you to every person and bookshop that's ordered Ravenglass and made it stonking success so far 😍

This gripping and powerful tale of gender-fluid Kit/Stella traversing the world in the 1700s is very relevant in today's climate!

Order here: https://share.google/i6inpiZ7vDgHK3mMh

Image for the Tweet beginning: Huge thank you to every Twitter feed video.
erskine_fiona avatar Fiona Erskine @erskine_fiona ·
6 Oct 1975190662938050639

Delighted to celebrate International Week of Happiness at Work with a 99p deal in UK. Jaq Silver has found the perfect job in Brazil. Or has she?

The Chemical Cocktail (Jaq Silver Thriller) eBook : Erskine, Fiona: : Kindle Store https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chemical-Cocktail-Silver-Thrillers-Book-ebook/dp/B0FG8X59MT

erskine_fiona avatar Fiona Erskine @erskine_fiona ·
6 Oct 1975191847506214989

The Chemical Cocktail goes right back to Jaq’s childhood and can be read first - only £0.99

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erskine_fiona avatar Fiona Erskine @erskine_fiona ·
26 Sep 1971514137437188163

Trust me, you won’t regret reading this. Exquisite prose and a rollicking, propulsive, deeply moving story. @novelcarolyn is a fearless writer who wears her deep research so lightly that you are instantly immersed into the booming north of the 1720s

Trust me, you won’t regret reading this. Exquisite prose and a rollicking, propulsive, deeply moving story. @novelcarolyn is a fearless writer who wears her deep research so lightly that you are instantly immersed into the booming north of the 1720s
Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress

🚨PUBLICATION DAY🚨

Ravenglass is available everywhere now! A tender and powerful tale of a gender fluid character trying to make their way in the 1700s, we can't recommend this incredible adventure novel enough 🏳️‍🌈

Order yours here: https://share.google/bfWyYAWWNBHLr9rB6

erskine_fiona avatar Fiona Erskine @erskine_fiona ·
24 Sep 1970880378236711145

I was today years old when I learned I’ve been eating my favourite biscuits all wrong

Chocolate digestives: How do you eat them? Choc side up or down? - CBBC Newsround https://www.bbc.com/newsround/articles/cvg7lnp19n0o

erskine_fiona avatar Fiona Erskine @erskine_fiona ·
23 Sep 1970384381790626057

Ravenglass by @novelcarolyn is the most beautifully written exploration of how we once lived and worked and lived and loved and fought in the north. A cracking good read, I cannot recommend it strongly enough - a complete breath of fresh air.

Ravenglass by @novelcarolyn is the most beautifully written exploration of how we once lived and worked and lived and loved and fought in the north. A cracking good read, I cannot recommend it strongly enough - a complete breath of fresh air.
Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress

🚨RELEASE WEEK🚨

One of the biggest and most ambitious Northodox books to date is out this Thursday!

Join Kit Ravenglass on his seafaring journey in this swashbuckling, gender fluid, historical fiction novel!

It is incredible 😍

Preorder now: https://share.google/9lT4pFxkL9DOMypUR

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northodoxpress avatar Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress ·
22 Sep 1970029235482894649

🚨RELEASE WEEK🚨

One of the biggest and most ambitious Northodox books to date is out this Thursday!

Join Kit Ravenglass on his seafaring journey in this swashbuckling, gender fluid, historical fiction novel!

It is incredible 😍

Preorder now: https://share.google/9lT4pFxkL9DOMypUR

Image for the Tweet beginning: 🚨RELEASE WEEK🚨 One of the biggest Twitter feed video.
erskine_fiona avatar Fiona Erskine @erskine_fiona ·
19 Sep 1968975461163110469

Big and lusty! Spot on. #Ravenglass is my book of the year so far.
I'm so looking forward to talking with @novelcarolyn this week on her northern tour!
Who is coming along ?

Big and lusty! Spot on. #Ravenglass is my book of the year so far. I'm so looking forward to talking with @novelcarolyn this week on her northern tour! Who is coming along ?
Carolyn Kirby @novelcarolyn

6 days till #RavenglassNovel goes live and the first press review is a "big and lusty" 9/10!!! 🤩😁Thank you @peterboroughtel 😍

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