Elliot J Harper
@elliotjharper.bsky.social
Speculative Fiction Writer, based in York, England.
The Peculiar Journey of Cecil Tabiner coming in 2026 by @northodoxpress.bsky.social.
www.elliotjharper.com
The Peculiar Journey of Cecil Tabiner coming in 2026 by @northodoxpress.bsky.social.
www.elliotjharper.com
Pinned
After an unscheduled stop, Cecil Tabiner finds himself on the Templewood Express, where a perfectly ordinary journey becomes something quite peculiar. Will Cecil arrive with his mind and body intact?
Available for preorder now!
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
#booksky
Available for preorder now!
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
#booksky
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We've added so much SFF to our list this year and we're extremely pleased with how it's been received!
Our newest title is KJ Taylor's incredible northern dystopia novel, The Year of the Rat!
Do you dare see what lies behind the walls of The Institution?
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
Our newest title is KJ Taylor's incredible northern dystopia novel, The Year of the Rat!
Do you dare see what lies behind the walls of The Institution?
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 AM
We've added so much SFF to our list this year and we're extremely pleased with how it's been received!
Our newest title is KJ Taylor's incredible northern dystopia novel, The Year of the Rat!
Do you dare see what lies behind the walls of The Institution?
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
Our newest title is KJ Taylor's incredible northern dystopia novel, The Year of the Rat!
Do you dare see what lies behind the walls of The Institution?
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
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Palestine Minus One at the Manchester Museum, 3 Dec. Fighting the erasure of history through fiction. This will be a great event. Book now.
Palestine Minus One
www.museum.manchester.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Palestine Minus One at the Manchester Museum, 3 Dec. Fighting the erasure of history through fiction. This will be a great event. Book now.
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‘It’s in the almost incidental details that Maitland’s prose really shines, with a rhapsodic beauty.'
@matthewepaul.bsky.social reviews the inimitable Sara Maitland's selected works 'True North' (link 👇🧵)
📃 matthewpaulpoetry.blog/2025/11/07/r...
@matthewepaul.bsky.social reviews the inimitable Sara Maitland's selected works 'True North' (link 👇🧵)
📃 matthewpaulpoetry.blog/2025/11/07/r...
Review of Sarah Maitland’s True North
Sara Maitland, True North, Selected Stories, Comma Press, 2024 £14.99, available to buy here.Among post-war British writers, few can justifiably claim to have amassed an oeuvre as varied and intere…
matthewpaulpoetry.blog
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
‘It’s in the almost incidental details that Maitland’s prose really shines, with a rhapsodic beauty.'
@matthewepaul.bsky.social reviews the inimitable Sara Maitland's selected works 'True North' (link 👇🧵)
📃 matthewpaulpoetry.blog/2025/11/07/r...
@matthewepaul.bsky.social reviews the inimitable Sara Maitland's selected works 'True North' (link 👇🧵)
📃 matthewpaulpoetry.blog/2025/11/07/r...
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🚨COVER REVEAL🚨
For the final time in 2025, feast your eyes on a new Northodox cover!
Sequel to the incredible The Executioner's Blade, The Executioner's Price by Andrew Knighton is coming 27th November!
Do not miss this!
Preorders and details here:
share.google/byM73OhMI6c5...
For the final time in 2025, feast your eyes on a new Northodox cover!
Sequel to the incredible The Executioner's Blade, The Executioner's Price by Andrew Knighton is coming 27th November!
Do not miss this!
Preorders and details here:
share.google/byM73OhMI6c5...
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🚨COVER REVEAL🚨
For the final time in 2025, feast your eyes on a new Northodox cover!
Sequel to the incredible The Executioner's Blade, The Executioner's Price by Andrew Knighton is coming 27th November!
Do not miss this!
Preorders and details here:
share.google/byM73OhMI6c5...
For the final time in 2025, feast your eyes on a new Northodox cover!
Sequel to the incredible The Executioner's Blade, The Executioner's Price by Andrew Knighton is coming 27th November!
Do not miss this!
Preorders and details here:
share.google/byM73OhMI6c5...
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Thanks so much, Leia 😊 if you want to support writers & their publishers Forget Amazon and buy direct from small indies 🙏 @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @galleybeggars.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @sidhepress.bsky.social
I picked up these wonderful books a few weeks ago at the small publishers fair and can confirm @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social books are beautiful. Highly recommend supporting them ⬇️
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Thanks so much, Leia 😊 if you want to support writers & their publishers Forget Amazon and buy direct from small indies 🙏 @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @galleybeggars.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @ninearchespress.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @sidhepress.bsky.social
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Well, it would have been Mum's 70th birthday party today, so it's fitting the short story I wrote in aftermath of her passing has been published the same day! Page 55 if anyone is interested! Also, note @northodoxpress.bsky.social 's Amy on page 12, and John Storey on 34 😍
I’m thrilled to share Issue 5 of Underbelly Press!
Our website (in bio) features a PDF copy to download or read as a flipbook: underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/copy-of...
Our website (in bio) features a PDF copy to download or read as a flipbook: underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/copy-of...
November 8, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Well, it would have been Mum's 70th birthday party today, so it's fitting the short story I wrote in aftermath of her passing has been published the same day! Page 55 if anyone is interested! Also, note @northodoxpress.bsky.social 's Amy on page 12, and John Storey on 34 😍
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I’m thrilled to share Issue 5 of Underbelly Press!
Our website (in bio) features a PDF copy to download or read as a flipbook: underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/copy-of...
Our website (in bio) features a PDF copy to download or read as a flipbook: underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/copy-of...
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I’m thrilled to share Issue 5 of Underbelly Press!
Our website (in bio) features a PDF copy to download or read as a flipbook: underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/copy-of...
Our website (in bio) features a PDF copy to download or read as a flipbook: underbellypress.wixsite.com/home/copy-of...
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Have you ordered your copy of our brand new dystopia novel, The Year of the Rat, yet?
An intriguing read from the brilliant KJ Taylor and another addition to our recent incredible SFF titles!
Browse our store here:
share.google/0SUOI5QoDqPM...
An intriguing read from the brilliant KJ Taylor and another addition to our recent incredible SFF titles!
Browse our store here:
share.google/0SUOI5QoDqPM...
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Have you ordered your copy of our brand new dystopia novel, The Year of the Rat, yet?
An intriguing read from the brilliant KJ Taylor and another addition to our recent incredible SFF titles!
Browse our store here:
share.google/0SUOI5QoDqPM...
An intriguing read from the brilliant KJ Taylor and another addition to our recent incredible SFF titles!
Browse our store here:
share.google/0SUOI5QoDqPM...
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On famous authors who had no one turn up for their book launches...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
On famous authors who had no one turn up for their book launches...
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Since this is STILL going on where we live, I’m sharing this again.
Contact your MP if you’ve had enough of this bullshit firework nonsense going on for over a WEEK! 😡😡😡
action.dogstrust.org.uk/page/178980/...
#dogs #fireworks #fireworksfuckoff #dogsky
Contact your MP if you’ve had enough of this bullshit firework nonsense going on for over a WEEK! 😡😡😡
action.dogstrust.org.uk/page/178980/...
#dogs #fireworks #fireworksfuckoff #dogsky
Help Protect Dogs from Firework Fear | Dogs Trust
action.dogstrust.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Since this is STILL going on where we live, I’m sharing this again.
Contact your MP if you’ve had enough of this bullshit firework nonsense going on for over a WEEK! 😡😡😡
action.dogstrust.org.uk/page/178980/...
#dogs #fireworks #fireworksfuckoff #dogsky
Contact your MP if you’ve had enough of this bullshit firework nonsense going on for over a WEEK! 😡😡😡
action.dogstrust.org.uk/page/178980/...
#dogs #fireworks #fireworksfuckoff #dogsky
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Today, we are celebrating the release of KJ Taylor's incredible and unsettling new dystopia novel, The Year of the Rat.
Do you dare take a look at what dwells beyond the walls of The Institution?
Order yours now:
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
Do you dare take a look at what dwells beyond the walls of The Institution?
Order yours now:
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Today, we are celebrating the release of KJ Taylor's incredible and unsettling new dystopia novel, The Year of the Rat.
Do you dare take a look at what dwells beyond the walls of The Institution?
Order yours now:
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
Do you dare take a look at what dwells beyond the walls of The Institution?
Order yours now:
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
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It's easy for me to write unlikeable characters because I'm a very unlikeable person ❤️
GREAT ROMANCES OF THE 20TH CENTURY available now from @srlpublishing.bsky.social:
srlpublishing.co.uk/product/grea...
GREAT ROMANCES OF THE 20TH CENTURY available now from @srlpublishing.bsky.social:
srlpublishing.co.uk/product/grea...
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It's easy for me to write unlikeable characters because I'm a very unlikeable person ❤️
GREAT ROMANCES OF THE 20TH CENTURY available now from @srlpublishing.bsky.social:
srlpublishing.co.uk/product/grea...
GREAT ROMANCES OF THE 20TH CENTURY available now from @srlpublishing.bsky.social:
srlpublishing.co.uk/product/grea...
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You are all cordially invited to the launch of:
Orca and Bird by Anna Chilvers.
Hebden Bridge library Wednesday 26th November at 7pm
The event is free and you can book here.
ticketsource.co.uk/calderdalelibraries
Orca and Bird by Anna Chilvers.
Hebden Bridge library Wednesday 26th November at 7pm
The event is free and you can book here.
ticketsource.co.uk/calderdalelibraries
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
You are all cordially invited to the launch of:
Orca and Bird by Anna Chilvers.
Hebden Bridge library Wednesday 26th November at 7pm
The event is free and you can book here.
ticketsource.co.uk/calderdalelibraries
Orca and Bird by Anna Chilvers.
Hebden Bridge library Wednesday 26th November at 7pm
The event is free and you can book here.
ticketsource.co.uk/calderdalelibraries
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ONLINE SCI-FI COURSE ✍️🚀
🗓️Dec 15 - Feb 23
📍 Online Via Zoom
Learn the art of Sci-Fi & get published in a Comma eBook! 📚
Bursary discounts available for underrepresented writers & those on low income! DM to apply 🎟️📩
🎟️: eventbrite.co.uk/e/sci-fi-onl...
🗓️Dec 15 - Feb 23
📍 Online Via Zoom
Learn the art of Sci-Fi & get published in a Comma eBook! 📚
Bursary discounts available for underrepresented writers & those on low income! DM to apply 🎟️📩
🎟️: eventbrite.co.uk/e/sci-fi-onl...
November 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
ONLINE SCI-FI COURSE ✍️🚀
🗓️Dec 15 - Feb 23
📍 Online Via Zoom
Learn the art of Sci-Fi & get published in a Comma eBook! 📚
Bursary discounts available for underrepresented writers & those on low income! DM to apply 🎟️📩
🎟️: eventbrite.co.uk/e/sci-fi-onl...
🗓️Dec 15 - Feb 23
📍 Online Via Zoom
Learn the art of Sci-Fi & get published in a Comma eBook! 📚
Bursary discounts available for underrepresented writers & those on low income! DM to apply 🎟️📩
🎟️: eventbrite.co.uk/e/sci-fi-onl...
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PALESTINE - 1 at Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair 📚🕊️
🗓️THIS SUNDAY at Assembly Roxy
🎟️ lighthousebookshop.com/events/pales...
Basma Ghalayini & Mazen Maarouf discuss the stories of Palestinian villages in the year before the Nakba, & the place of history in constantly 'unprecedented' times.
🗓️THIS SUNDAY at Assembly Roxy
🎟️ lighthousebookshop.com/events/pales...
Basma Ghalayini & Mazen Maarouf discuss the stories of Palestinian villages in the year before the Nakba, & the place of history in constantly 'unprecedented' times.
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
PALESTINE - 1 at Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair 📚🕊️
🗓️THIS SUNDAY at Assembly Roxy
🎟️ lighthousebookshop.com/events/pales...
Basma Ghalayini & Mazen Maarouf discuss the stories of Palestinian villages in the year before the Nakba, & the place of history in constantly 'unprecedented' times.
🗓️THIS SUNDAY at Assembly Roxy
🎟️ lighthousebookshop.com/events/pales...
Basma Ghalayini & Mazen Maarouf discuss the stories of Palestinian villages in the year before the Nakba, & the place of history in constantly 'unprecedented' times.
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Wow! Isabelle Kenyon has been shortlisted for Leader of the Year and The Fly on the Wall Press Publishing Academy has been shortlisted for a FutureBook Excellence Award by The Bookseller !
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/post/fly-on-... @inpressbooks.bsky.social
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/post/fly-on-... @inpressbooks.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Wow! Isabelle Kenyon has been shortlisted for Leader of the Year and The Fly on the Wall Press Publishing Academy has been shortlisted for a FutureBook Excellence Award by The Bookseller !
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/post/fly-on-... @inpressbooks.bsky.social
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/post/fly-on-... @inpressbooks.bsky.social
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🚨RELEASE DAY🚨
What awaits you outside The Institution, and do you remember your life before?
The Year of the Rat by the brilliant KJ Taylor is out today!
Order this mysterious and trippy dystopia novel here:
share.google/Z30H3shXwwh8...
What awaits you outside The Institution, and do you remember your life before?
The Year of the Rat by the brilliant KJ Taylor is out today!
Order this mysterious and trippy dystopia novel here:
share.google/Z30H3shXwwh8...
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
🚨RELEASE DAY🚨
What awaits you outside The Institution, and do you remember your life before?
The Year of the Rat by the brilliant KJ Taylor is out today!
Order this mysterious and trippy dystopia novel here:
share.google/Z30H3shXwwh8...
What awaits you outside The Institution, and do you remember your life before?
The Year of the Rat by the brilliant KJ Taylor is out today!
Order this mysterious and trippy dystopia novel here:
share.google/Z30H3shXwwh8...
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Join us tonight in Manchester at House of Books & Friends! Tickets still available 👇🖤
houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/author...
houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/author...
November 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Join us tonight in Manchester at House of Books & Friends! Tickets still available 👇🖤
houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/author...
houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/author...
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There is no wrong or right time to join the academy, so if you are curious about a career in books, check out our community here! Open internationally
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/publishingac...
#publishingcareers #workinpublishing #publishingacademy
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/publishingac...
#publishingcareers #workinpublishing #publishingacademy
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
There is no wrong or right time to join the academy, so if you are curious about a career in books, check out our community here! Open internationally
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/publishingac...
#publishingcareers #workinpublishing #publishingacademy
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/publishingac...
#publishingcareers #workinpublishing #publishingacademy
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I’m excited to share a sneak peek before the full release of Issue 5 this Saturday, 08 Nov!
It’s been a pleasure to put this themed issue together, filled with fantastic work from so many stellar contributors. These delectable morsels will give you a taste of what's to come🧵
It’s been a pleasure to put this themed issue together, filled with fantastic work from so many stellar contributors. These delectable morsels will give you a taste of what's to come🧵
November 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I’m excited to share a sneak peek before the full release of Issue 5 this Saturday, 08 Nov!
It’s been a pleasure to put this themed issue together, filled with fantastic work from so many stellar contributors. These delectable morsels will give you a taste of what's to come🧵
It’s been a pleasure to put this themed issue together, filled with fantastic work from so many stellar contributors. These delectable morsels will give you a taste of what's to come🧵
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JUST A FEW TICKETS LEFT! 📣
We're closing ticket sales this Sunday (Nov 9th) so be sure to book your place at the National Creative Writing Industry Day while you can! 🎫🔥
Click here to book and see the full programme of events 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-nation...
We're closing ticket sales this Sunday (Nov 9th) so be sure to book your place at the National Creative Writing Industry Day while you can! 🎫🔥
Click here to book and see the full programme of events 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-nation...
NATIONAL CREATIVE WRITING INDUSTRY DAY - FULL PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED! 🎉✍
📅 Sat 15 November (9.30-5.30PM)
📍 Manchester Writing School
🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-nation...
⭐KEYNOTE + Q&A with author Claire Daverley
📅 Sat 15 November (9.30-5.30PM)
📍 Manchester Writing School
🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-nation...
⭐KEYNOTE + Q&A with author Claire Daverley
November 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
JUST A FEW TICKETS LEFT! 📣
We're closing ticket sales this Sunday (Nov 9th) so be sure to book your place at the National Creative Writing Industry Day while you can! 🎫🔥
Click here to book and see the full programme of events 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-nation...
We're closing ticket sales this Sunday (Nov 9th) so be sure to book your place at the National Creative Writing Industry Day while you can! 🎫🔥
Click here to book and see the full programme of events 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-nation...
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Lovely Scribblers, you know we like to be positive, but naturally selling books is tough - indeed website sales for the last few months have been slim.
We keep almost 100% of the income when you buy direct - and we can therefore give more % to our authors too!
Check out www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk
We keep almost 100% of the income when you buy direct - and we can therefore give more % to our authors too!
Check out www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Lovely Scribblers, you know we like to be positive, but naturally selling books is tough - indeed website sales for the last few months have been slim.
We keep almost 100% of the income when you buy direct - and we can therefore give more % to our authors too!
Check out www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk
We keep almost 100% of the income when you buy direct - and we can therefore give more % to our authors too!
Check out www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk
Well look at that! 🤩 #booksky
I'm at House of Books & Friends in Manchester and I'm thrilled to see they have excellent taste!
@elliotjharper.bsky.social @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @ronanhession.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
@elliotjharper.bsky.social @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @ronanhession.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Well look at that! 🤩 #booksky