Lenore Hart (she/her)
@lenorehartauthor.bsky.social
Novelist, poet, Night Bazaar series creator. Historical Novel Society grand prize winner; Shirley Jackson Award & Exeter Novel Prize finalist. IWU/AG member. Ossabaw Island Writers Retreat faculty. Serving 3 cat overlords. https://www.lenorehartbooks.com/
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The Laird o’ Phelps spent Hogmanay declaring he was sober,
Counted his feet to prove the fact and found he had one foot over.
— Louis MacNeice, “Bagpipe Music”
Happy New Year, best beloveds
Counted his feet to prove the fact and found he had one foot over.
— Louis MacNeice, “Bagpipe Music”
Happy New Year, best beloveds
December 31, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The Laird o’ Phelps spent Hogmanay declaring he was sober,
Counted his feet to prove the fact and found he had one foot over.
— Louis MacNeice, “Bagpipe Music”
Happy New Year, best beloveds
Counted his feet to prove the fact and found he had one foot over.
— Louis MacNeice, “Bagpipe Music”
Happy New Year, best beloveds
Naia’s Yule wreath blew us away this year. The locally sourced materials included an antlered stag skull from nearby woods; plus boxwood, yew, holly, and mistletoe. Also a few charms hung from the antlers for good luck! Gothic gloomth cotttagecore holiday perfection! #embracethegloomth #gothicXmas
December 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Naia’s Yule wreath blew us away this year. The locally sourced materials included an antlered stag skull from nearby woods; plus boxwood, yew, holly, and mistletoe. Also a few charms hung from the antlers for good luck! Gothic gloomth cotttagecore holiday perfection! #embracethegloomth #gothicXmas
Each Xmas we build a gingerbread house. 2024: “Baba Yaga's Cottage". 2023: “Battle of the Santas" brawling at the North Pole. 2022, “Monster Santa House"; Claus in its door’s jaws. This year? “The Rings of Power" LOTR prequel. The Tower of Mordor. Baby Orcs, marzipan Sauron. The all-seeing "eye"!
December 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Each Xmas we build a gingerbread house. 2024: “Baba Yaga's Cottage". 2023: “Battle of the Santas" brawling at the North Pole. 2022, “Monster Santa House"; Claus in its door’s jaws. This year? “The Rings of Power" LOTR prequel. The Tower of Mordor. Baby Orcs, marzipan Sauron. The all-seeing "eye"!
Art director Naia Poyer's cover design for Northampton House Press author Amanda Cockrell’s ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN? is shortlisted for Rakuten Kobo’s cover contest! PLEASE VOTE (hopefully for Naia's!🤭) in Fiction/Nonfiction category by Dec 8. #bookcoverdesign
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December 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Art director Naia Poyer's cover design for Northampton House Press author Amanda Cockrell’s ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN? is shortlisted for Rakuten Kobo’s cover contest! PLEASE VOTE (hopefully for Naia's!🤭) in Fiction/Nonfiction category by Dec 8. #bookcoverdesign
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IT'S UNBOXING DAY FOR AMANDA COCKRELL'S ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER? A NOVEL OF THE HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST -- and we are all very excited for this book to meet the world! #unboxingday #newnovels #hollywoodblacklist #historicalnovels #hollywoodclassics #moviestars
November 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
IT'S UNBOXING DAY FOR AMANDA COCKRELL'S ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER? A NOVEL OF THE HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST -- and we are all very excited for this book to meet the world! #unboxingday #newnovels #hollywoodblacklist #historicalnovels #hollywoodclassics #moviestars
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AMANDA COCKRELL ON PBS' WRITE AROUND THE CORNER, DISCUSSING COYOTE WEATHER. "I could not put it down. I felt like I knew all the characters...full of fumbles and missed chances...but somehow managing to survive." -- PETER COYOTE, actor, author of Sleeping Where I Fall. www.pbs.org/video/write-...
Write Around the Corner | Write Around the Corner - Amanda Cockrell | Season 7 | Episode 5
We discuss Coyote Weather which takes readers on a journey to 1960s in California.
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October 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
AMANDA COCKRELL ON PBS' WRITE AROUND THE CORNER, DISCUSSING COYOTE WEATHER. "I could not put it down. I felt like I knew all the characters...full of fumbles and missed chances...but somehow managing to survive." -- PETER COYOTE, actor, author of Sleeping Where I Fall. www.pbs.org/video/write-...
"Amanda Cockrell is a master magician," said George Garrett. If you've read COYOTE WEATHER, you already knew this. Now, in her next novel, ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER? she recreates an era as turbulent & politically dangerous as our own: the Red Scare/Black List 1950s. #historicalfiction #1950s
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. Amanda Cockrell talks series & her upcoming novel on 1950s' "Red Scare": the persecution and silencing of Hollywood writers and actors by a reactionary US Congress. And what happens to people when their own government betrays them. #Redscare #historicalnovels #McCarthyism
October 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"Amanda Cockrell is a master magician," said George Garrett. If you've read COYOTE WEATHER, you already knew this. Now, in her next novel, ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER? she recreates an era as turbulent & politically dangerous as our own: the Red Scare/Black List 1950s. #historicalfiction #1950s
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🧵For those who missed it, Larry Ellison is on the verge of becoming one of the most powerful media & entertainment moguls America has ever seen
If you fear Brendan Carr, fear Ellison more
He's already a major stakeholder in CBS & Paramount.
Now CNN, HBO & major share of TikTok are in his sights
If you fear Brendan Carr, fear Ellison more
He's already a major stakeholder in CBS & Paramount.
Now CNN, HBO & major share of TikTok are in his sights
Opinion | The Billionaire Trump Supporter Who Will Soon Own the News
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
🧵For those who missed it, Larry Ellison is on the verge of becoming one of the most powerful media & entertainment moguls America has ever seen
If you fear Brendan Carr, fear Ellison more
He's already a major stakeholder in CBS & Paramount.
Now CNN, HBO & major share of TikTok are in his sights
If you fear Brendan Carr, fear Ellison more
He's already a major stakeholder in CBS & Paramount.
Now CNN, HBO & major share of TikTok are in his sights
"Follow your dreams -- ideally in a field that will still require humans when you graduate." (from The New Yorker)
August 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"Follow your dreams -- ideally in a field that will still require humans when you graduate." (from The New Yorker)
ATTENTION, SPECULATIVE PEOPLE: FREE Writing workshops on the craft! I'm attending. RT if you think others will find this helpful 🙌 worldshift.manyworldswriting.com
Worldshift: The Speculative Fiction Writers' Summit 2025
Speculative Fiction Writers' Summit
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August 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
ATTENTION, SPECULATIVE PEOPLE: FREE Writing workshops on the craft! I'm attending. RT if you think others will find this helpful 🙌 worldshift.manyworldswriting.com
IF YOU GO TO DENVER, DON’T MISS THE RINO DISTRICT. In River North has cool old renovated buildings, strange deconstructed new ones, and over 80 huge outdoor murals. Also fantastic coffee shops and a big vintage indoor market full of food vendors and restaurants.! #outdoorart #muralart #RiNo #denver
August 1, 2025 at 1:35 AM
IF YOU GO TO DENVER, DON’T MISS THE RINO DISTRICT. In River North has cool old renovated buildings, strange deconstructed new ones, and over 80 huge outdoor murals. Also fantastic coffee shops and a big vintage indoor market full of food vendors and restaurants.! #outdoorart #muralart #RiNo #denver
My life is a real (cat)balancing act. Here with Marlingspike Finn, who never met a shoulder he didn't make into a perch, leaping up in one go from the ground. I warn visitors to brace for impact, and to avoid bending over and becoming an easier target! #catsofbluesky #writerscats #literarycats
June 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
My life is a real (cat)balancing act. Here with Marlingspike Finn, who never met a shoulder he didn't make into a perch, leaping up in one go from the ground. I warn visitors to brace for impact, and to avoid bending over and becoming an easier target! #catsofbluesky #writerscats #literarycats
SOME DAYS THE WORLD is just too extra for Nemo. I can totally relate. #catsofbluesky #blueskycats #writerscats #needamentalhealthday
June 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
SOME DAYS THE WORLD is just too extra for Nemo. I can totally relate. #catsofbluesky #blueskycats #writerscats #needamentalhealthday
IN OTHER NEWS, PEAFOWL MATCHMAKING DAY. Daisy's new family took her up to live with cousin Alistair in a nice 1-bedroom henhouse. Their awkward-blind-date expressions didn't last; recent reports say they're very happy! (photo: Tatum Sumners Ford) #peafowl #peahens #peacocks #lovematches #firstdates
May 26, 2025 at 9:52 PM
IN OTHER NEWS, PEAFOWL MATCHMAKING DAY. Daisy's new family took her up to live with cousin Alistair in a nice 1-bedroom henhouse. Their awkward-blind-date expressions didn't last; recent reports say they're very happy! (photo: Tatum Sumners Ford) #peafowl #peahens #peacocks #lovematches #firstdates
American national and public libraries are under dire threat, including from censorship, book removals, and even stalking of and violence against staff.
🎉📽️ Join us on Day One of #ALAAC25 for an exclusive screening of "The Librarians," a powerful documentary about the fight for truth, democracy, and access to information. Stick around for a live Q&A with the director and the librarians featured in the film. Register Now. bit.ly/ALAAC25-Regi...
May 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
American national and public libraries are under dire threat, including from censorship, book removals, and even stalking of and violence against staff.
A great monthly reading event with fantastic libations!
This is a reading -- and a drink -- that will put you under a spell! Don't miss me (and some other authors you may have possibly kinda heard of 😜) next Tuesday, at Brooklyn Books & Booze's May event!
One night only: The Bewitching Brew! Get yours at Brooklyn Books & Booze's 5/20 reading at 7pm at Barrow's in #IndustryCity w/ authors @jeffreyford8.bsky.social, @matociquala.bsky.social, @scottlynch78.bsky.social & @randeedawn.com! PURE MAGIC! 🔮📚🧉
More info: BrooklynBooksBooze.com
More info: BrooklynBooksBooze.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A great monthly reading event with fantastic libations!
ORANGE CATS AND PAPER RAIN. Why my office can never have nice things. 🐱 #catsofbluesky #officecats #writerscats #marmaladecats #gingercats #homeofficelife
May 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
ORANGE CATS AND PAPER RAIN. Why my office can never have nice things. 🐱 #catsofbluesky #officecats #writerscats #marmaladecats #gingercats #homeofficelife
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For 225 years, the Library of Congress has collected America’s stories and kept Congress informed. The American Library Association stands with America’s library.
![The Library of Congress belongs to Congress and the American people. [Logos: Show up for our libraries - American Library Association]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q5qyswhppr7tiskw43xhcv7f/bafkreib3eioahb3b27g7vdp65hu4bmfloqxp3k3frylkwhdtg6bnfbl7iy@jpeg)
May 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
For 225 years, the Library of Congress has collected America’s stories and kept Congress informed. The American Library Association stands with America’s library.
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April 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I was very excited to learn this weekend that my speculative historical novel in progress, The Alchemy of Light, has advanced to the finalist stage for this UK-based novel prize -- the winner will be announced in May!
April 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I was very excited to learn this weekend that my speculative historical novel in progress, The Alchemy of Light, has advanced to the finalist stage for this UK-based novel prize -- the winner will be announced in May!
GRAND THEFT AUTHOR! In or near Dublin on this date? Please try to attend! The Irish Writers Union will be there to remind the government of the intellectual property rights of Irish writers. #metatheft #AIplagiarism #irishwritersunion #AontasScribhneoiriEireann #scrapingcopyrightedmaterialistheft
April 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
GRAND THEFT AUTHOR! In or near Dublin on this date? Please try to attend! The Irish Writers Union will be there to remind the government of the intellectual property rights of Irish writers. #metatheft #AIplagiarism #irishwritersunion #AontasScribhneoiriEireann #scrapingcopyrightedmaterialistheft
Putin’s war crimes continue. Ukraine burns while Trump fiddles — er, goes golfing again.
Russian bastards. Phosphorus rain that burns people alive. A night in Ukraine.
April 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Putin’s war crimes continue. Ukraine burns while Trump fiddles — er, goes golfing again.
Thanks to Brittany and Sara of the Carterhaugh School for reminding me about this LeGuin quote.
April 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Thanks to Brittany and Sara of the Carterhaugh School for reminding me about this LeGuin quote.