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#HistFicThursdays - A Shape on the Air by Julia Ibbotson - Spotlight

 This week for #HistFicThursdays, I'm delighted to be teaming up with  The Coffee Pot Book Club  to welcome back  Julia Ibbotson  and her fabulous writing! Here's a spotlight on her brilliant book,  A Shape on the Air . So, let's meet the book... Can echoes of the past threaten the present? They are 1500 years apart, but can they reach out to each other across the centuries? One woman faces a traumatic truth in the present day. The other is forced to marry the man she hates as the 'dark ages' unfold. How can Dr Viv DuLac, medievalist and academic, unlock the secrets of the past?  Traumatised by betrayal, she slips into 499 AD and into the body of Lady Vivianne, who is also battling treachery. Viv must uncover the mystery of the key that she unwittingly brings back with her to the present day, as echoes of the past resonate through time. But little does Viv realise just how much both their lives across the centuries will become so intertwined. And in th...
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#HistFicThursdays - A Shape on the Air by Julia Ibbotson - Spotlight


 This week for #HistFicThursdays, I'm delighted to be teaming up with The Coffee Pot Book Club to welcome back Julia Ibbotson and her fabulous writing! Here's a spotlight on her brilliant book, A Shape on the Air.

So, let's meet the book...

Can echoes of the past threaten the present? They are 1500 years apart, but can they reach out to each other across the centuries? One woman faces a traumatic truth in the present day. The other is forced to marry the man she hates as the 'dark ages' unfold.

How can Dr Viv DuLac, medievalist and academic, unlock the secrets of the past? 

Traumatised by betrayal, she slips into 499 AD and into the body of Lady Vivianne, who is also battling treachery. Viv must uncover the mystery of the key that she unwittingly brings back with her to the present day, as echoes of the past resonate through time. But little does Viv realise just how much both their lives across the centuries will become so intertwined. And in the end, how can they help each other across the ages without changing the course of history?

For fans of Barbara Erskine, Pamela Hartshorne, Susanna Kearsley, Christina Courtenay.



You can find A Shape on the Air on #KindleUnlimited via this Universal Link!

 Now, let's meet the author:

Julia Ibbotson is fascinated by the medieval world and the concept of time. She is the author of historical mysteries with a frisson of romance. Her books are evocative of time and place, well-researched and uplifting page-turners. Her current series focuses on early medieval time-slip/dual-time mysteries. 

Julia read English at Keele University, England, specialising in medieval language / literature / history, and has a PhD in socio-linguistics. After a turbulent time in Ghana, West Africa, she became a school teacher, then a university academic and researcher. Her break as an author came soon after she joined the RNA’s New Writers’ Scheme in 2015, with a three-book deal from Lume Books for a trilogy (Drumbeats) set in Ghana in the 1960s.

She has published five other books, including A Shape on the Air, an Anglo-Saxon timeslip mystery, and its two sequels The Dragon Tree and The Rune Stone. Her latest novel is the first of a new series of Anglo-Saxon dual-time mysteries, Daughter of Mercia, where echoes of the past resonate across the centuries. 

Her books will appeal to fans of Barbara Erskine, Pamela Hartshorne, Susanna Kearsley, and Christina Courtenay. Her readers say: ‘Julia’s books captured my imagination’, ‘beautiful story-telling’, ‘evocative and well-paced storylines’, ‘brilliant and fascinating’ and ‘I just couldn’t put it down’.


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  1. Dr Julia Ibbotson24 July 2025 at 10:27

    Thank you so much, Virginia, for featuring my book on our tour today - much appreciated!

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  2. Cathie Dunn24 July 2025 at 14:20

    Thank you so much for hosting Julia Ibbotson today, with her wonderfully evocative timeslip novel, A Shape on the Air.

    Take care,
    Cathie xx
    The Coffee Pot Book Club

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