Dan Richards
Writer & Broadcaster – Edinburgh
📚 Holloway • The Beechwood Airship Interviews • Climbing Days • Outpost • Overnight / 📻 Only After Dark – BBC R4
Author illustration by @zoesees.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Dan RichardsShadows & Reflections: @danzep.bsky.social reflects on a year of sharing stories of darkness and light www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/01/shad...
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- Reposted by Dan RichardsFor anyone who missed the recent series of curated events by Jean Sprackland, you can watch back on the Manchester Poetry Library's YouTube site. Find Helen McGhie and Dan Richards here: @danzep.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=idoT...
- Reposted by Dan RichardsAnother wonderful evening of image, sound & writing from Manchester's Poetry Library last night, with Jean Sprackland's final event in her curated series Night Vision. A fantastic presentation of Helen McGhie's work & conversation & readings from @danzep.bsky.social - hosted by Andrew McMillan.
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- In the last event of the series, Jean Sprackland is joined by @danzep.bsky.social and Helen McGhie to discuss all things darkness and night time. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/night-visi... #BookSky
- A piece about @railway200.bsky.social, Vintage Trains and my grandfather’s service on the TPO night mails ran with the Observer yesterday observer.co.uk/style/travel...
- This piece is now up on my website – complete with ace pictures by Alice Morrissey & Owen Richards. Vintage trains, the Night Mail, my grandfather's service on the Western TPOs – a journey that expands on stories in my recent book 'Overnight' @canongate.co.uk www.danrichards.uk#steamdreams
- Reposted by Dan RichardsIn the last event of the series, Jean Sprackland is joined by @danzep.bsky.social and Helen McGhie to discuss all things darkness and night time. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/night-visi... #BookSky
- Reposted by Dan RichardsThursday at Manchester Poetry Library - online link Join Jean Sprackland for the third in her curated series of events at the Poetry Library for Night Vision. This week she is joined by the brilliant @danzep.bsky.social & Helen McGhie to talk all things darkness & night www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
- Reposted by Dan RichardsTom Stoppard was just one of many C19/ C20 writers who started out on local newspapers. The long list includes Graham Greene, J. M. Barrie, Monica Dickens, Arnold Bennett, Michael Frayn....now that local papers barely exist, where will all that latent writing talent be nurtured in future? #booksky
- Spent today writing Christmas cards. A ritual I very much enjoy.
- Reposted by Dan RichardsNext week at Manchester Poetry Library & Online - the wonderful Dan Richards & Helen McGhie are in conversation with Jean Sprackland. In celebration of the night & all things darkness. The 3rd in Jean's specially curated series for Night Vision. #BookSky @danzep.bsky.social @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social
- in-person tickets at Manchester Poetry Library: www.mmu.ac.uk/poetry-libra...
- Reposted by Dan Richardsin-person tickets at Manchester Poetry Library: www.mmu.ac.uk/poetry-libra...
- Reposted by Dan RichardsThe upcoming third of three curated events by Jean Sprackland to celebrate the launch of her new non-fiction book Night Vision, is on 4th December. In conversation with @danzep.bsky.social & Helen McGhie, to discuss all things night & darkness. Online tickets: www.mmu.ac.uk/poetry-libra...
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- Reposted by Dan RichardsWe need your help. @waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith. Please read on for more information www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908... (1/2)
- Reposted by Dan RichardsMy essay about the joy of the night train is up on The Winding Trail, a long read for a lazy Saturday or Sunday morning, dreaming about adventures past and journeys to come… the-winding-trail.com/2025/07/25/t...
- Reposted by Dan RichardsWe have three copies of Jean Sprackland's 'Night Vision' to give away on this afternoon's newsletter, courtesy of @jonathancape.bsky.social. Make sure you're signed up to the mailing list for entry details!
- Reposted by Dan Richardsin person tickets for Jean Sprackland's book launch, with Karen Solie: www.mmu.ac.uk/poetry-libra...
- Join Nicholas JR White and I at @nationalgalleries.bsky.social - 12:45, Tuesday 18th November - for a talk about how we're aiming to follow in the wake of Alfred Buckham's aerial photography (available to attend in-person & online) www.nationalgalleries.org/event/two-me...
- Reposted by Dan RichardsIf you are tall enough to see over the paywall, my story 'Bee Box' is up on the @irishtimes.com now, after coming second in @themothmagazine.bsky.social The Moth Short Story Prize. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
- Reposted by Dan RichardsLittle piece on darkness by Sprackland mère, ahead of the publication of her new book, Night Vision. www.penguin.co.uk/books/453167... @theobserveruk.bsky.social
- Reposted by Dan RichardsRecorded at @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social Read On this week features Dan Richards @danzep.bsky.social on Overnight and Suzanne O'Sullivan on The Age of Diagnosis. Plus books in RNIB Library by Eric Idle and Kevin Rowland @rnibradio.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/8792883 @danzep.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Dan RichardsBe sure to check out @danzep.bsky.social brilliant books too - Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark is Dan Richards latest book, a celebration of all things nocturnal, of those who labour while the rest of us sleep...Find out more at this link www.stanfords.co.uk/overnight-jo...
- Reposted by Dan RichardsYou can still book tickets for @danzep.bsky.social 's talk at the UK's friendliest literary festival, Gladfest, for just £15! 📖 Saturday 6 Sept 11.30am-12.30pm 📖 Dan's new book 'Overnight: Journeys, Conversations & Stories After Dark' will change the way you think about the hours after dark. 1/2
- Reposted by Dan RichardsThere are certain pieces I'll always go and hear if they're played at the Proms. Mostly, it's Beethoven's 9th and The Rite of Spring, but there was a rarer treat today: Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra. I've loved it since I took a punt on a 2nd hand copy 35 years ago.
- Reposted by Dan RichardsWe're taking a closer look at some of the fantastic events happening at Gladfest 2025! On Saturday 6th September, join us for a talk on 'Overnight' by Dan Richards! 1/4
- Reposted by Dan RichardsSave the date! Join us on September 3rd with Travel Writers Monisha Rajesh and Dan Richards for a not-to-missed event celebrating Moonlight Express: Around the World by Night Train , Monisha Rajesh's highly anticipated new book about the magic of night trains 🚂 www.stanfords.co.uk/event-moonli...
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- Thanks to David Robinson at @scotsman.com for this lovely review of my conversation with the Reverend Richard Coles at @edbookfest.bsky.social yesterday.
- Reposted by Dan RichardsThe new Observer keeps commissioning features I actually want to read (and somewhat wish I’d written), eg @danzep.bsky.social on the joy of aerial photography and flying in a Tiger Moth over the beautiful Northumberland coast observer.co.uk/style/travel...
- I’ve written about flying above Northumberland in today’s Observer Magazine observer.co.uk/style/travel...
- Reposted by Dan RichardsDan Richards' Overnight www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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- I’m speaking about Overnight at Blackwells in Manchester tonight at 6:30. 📖 More details below 👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/overnight-...
- Reposted by Dan RichardsThe lives of those who work after dark explored with affection and curiosity - a lovely review of Overnight by @danzep.bsky.social, published by @canongate.co.uk, in the Winnipeg Free Press: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
- Reposted by Dan RichardsRecently published by @canongate.co.uk, @danzep.bsky.social's 'Overnight' is an immersive hybrid of investigative journalism, personal memoir and nocturnal psychogeography, writes Andy Childs 🌛 www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/06/over...
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- Reposted by Dan RichardsSi vous êtes a Paris jeudi, allez voir mon ami Dan. Son nouveau livre "Overnight" est *magnifique*. Et Shakespeare and Company! ❤️
- Join us this Thursday for an evening with acclaimed travel writer Dan Richards (@danzep.bsky.social) discussing Overnight, his journey into the world after dark. As always, this event is free and open to all! www.shakespeareandcompany.com/events/dan-r... @canongate.co.uk
- Reposted by Dan RichardsMay reading 🧵 Starting the month with this wonderful book about what goes on when most of us are asleep. From bakers to bats, air search & rescue to night mail trains and much else besides, the author writes of the people who keep it all running out there through the night. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 💙📚 #booksky #books
- Reposted by Dan RichardsThe friendliest festival returns! After an unexpected pause last year, we’re thrilled at the return of Gladfest! Reimagined, renewed, and more personal than ever, this year we’re going small, but not quiet. 1/3
- Reposted by Dan RichardsOvernight: a celebration of the nocturnal, those who labour while the rest of us sleep: the bakers, health workers, sailors, couriers, broadcasters, emergency services...& a hymn to nighttime wildlife, dreams & art. @danzep.bsky.social @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/overnight-...
- Over the moon to reveal that @edbookfest.bsky.social have invited me to speak & chair 5 events this August including 2 for Overnight @canongate.co.uk 🌓👍 www.edbookfest.co.uk 1. Hattie Crissell & Roland Allen - 11:30 Tuesday 12th August 2. Caroline Eden & Monisha Rajesh - 16:00 Tuesday 12 August
- 3. Lara Pawson - 15:45 Thursday 14th August 4. Overnight event w/ Arifa Akbar - 20:15 Monday 18th August 5. Edinburgh Night Walk - 20:30 Tuesday 19th August Massive thanks to Tam Zimet & all the team at @edbookfest.bsky.social A great programme - beautifully curated, vast & varied. Roll on August!
- A thousand followers! Thank you all 📚👍
- Reposted by Dan RichardsYesterday, over 380 writers published an open letter demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire and end to the genocide. It's a letter we believe everyone should read, and one we support wholeheartedly: canongate.co.uk/news/writers...
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- Thank you @hayfestival.bsky.social – I had the most wonderful few days. Highlights included sharing a stage with Meg Clothier to talk about Overnight @canongate.co.uk and The Shipping Forecast, speaking with Joycelyn Longdon about her Natural Connection book, and cheering on the all-star Authors CC.
- Wonderful to talk to Robert Bound on Monocle Radio about my new book Overnight. www.youtube.com/watch?v=--SS...
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- Reposted by Dan RichardsThrilled to see @danzep.bsky.social in the New York Times opinion pages this weekend, with a rallying cry in praise of European sleeper trains, and against environmentally ruinous, socially divisive American individualism (here’s looking at you, Musk). Read it here: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/o...
- Reposted by Dan RichardsA little excerpt from @danzep.bsky.social book "Overnight" featuring the #Buckfastleigh bats with me and Phil @thejunebrides.bsky.social
- Bats of Buckfastleigh: @danzep.bsky.social introduces a chiropteran extract from his latest book ‘Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark’ (@canongate.co.uk) — a celebration of all things nocturnal 🦇 www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/04/bats... Photo courtesy Pam Barrett/Phil Wilson
- Thanks to National Geographic Traveller for the opportunity to write about how Swiss trains and an alpine benighting inspired my new book, Overnight @canongate.co.uk
- Reposted by Dan RichardsToday's #ArchiveObject is one of our favourites. This collapsible brass viewer for stereoscopic images. Owned by Dorothy Pilley and donated to the club with a set of her photographs. Amazing to see images from the early 1900s in 3d! #Archive30 #Climbingdays
- Reposted by Dan RichardsBats of Buckfastleigh: @danzep.bsky.social introduces a chiropteran extract from his latest book ‘Overnight: Journeys, Conversations and Stories After Dark’ (@canongate.co.uk) — a celebration of all things nocturnal 🦇 www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/04/bats... Photo courtesy Pam Barrett/Phil Wilson
- Reposted by Dan RichardsA few years ago Phil Wilson @thejunebrides.bsky.social & I took author @danzep.bsky.social to see the Greater Horseshoe Bat emergence in #Buckfastleigh for his book Overnight. It's a moving & fascinating book - catch the review here then get a copy! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
- Reposted by Dan RichardsSo happy to have received @danzep.bsky.social's glorious new book Overnight (from @canongate.co.uk). Dan's writing is wonderful at the best of times, but this is stunningly wide-ranging and at times incredibly personal book. So, so highly recommended.
- Reposted by Dan RichardsSheffield folk! Do come along to this event on Tuesday, for drinks, chat and excellent discussion about our relationship with the night - via bats, Moomins, night ferries, insomnia and much much more.
