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Alicia Warne
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Writer of historical fantasy cozy mysteries. https://aliciawarne.com
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Hey!

Win a SIGNED copy of Imperfect Creatures by the AWESOME @writelikeashark.bsky.social Joe Butler.

Joe's new book is "a metafictional mind-melter" (check the link).

Repost this & follow Joe by 10th December at 6pm for a chance to win.

Good luck!

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Front cover of Joe's ace new book, Imperfect Creatures. Blurb for Joe's book. Clare returns home to Harrow, hits a man with her car, has a panic attack, goes to her father’s funeral, searches for his notes on his final book then Clare returns home to Harrow, hits a deer with her car, has a panic attack, goes to her father’s funeral, meets a stranger called Jack, searches for her dad’s notes then Clare returns home to Harrow, narrowly misses a man with her car, has a panic attack, skips her dad’s funeral, doesn’t meet a non-stranger called Jack, searches for her dad And that’s before everything falls apart. An unyielding plunge into memory, grief, and the instability of reality, Imperfect Creatures explores one woman’s experience with the House—an eldritch creature that feeds on pain and suffering, predating humankind’s shared conceptual universe. As Clare attempts to reckon with her mother’s traumatic death when she was a child and her father’s recent passing, the House draws her further and further into a web of illusion and realization, through phone calls, hallucinations, and a constant repetition repetition repetition of pain and horror.
December 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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I'm doing a raffle to raise money to buy books for two ace schools

Tickets are just £2 each!

You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.

More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for the schools.

TWO POUNDS.

Info here.

biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...

Please share
A pile of the NINE signed books you can win in the raffle.
December 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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News from "Big Green Books 500 Club".

Blackwood Primary School are the latest school to receive £500 of books, thanks to your donations!

They sent me this.

THANK YOU to everyone who's got involved in the club. It's really amazing!

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A message from Blackwood Primary School, Dear Big Green Books 500 Club Thanks you for your kind donation of £500 for new books. Each class enjoyed making lists of books they would like. We had great fun unpacking the books to see what had been sent! Thank you for encouraging reading for enjoyment in our school. From Blackwood Primary School Reading Leadership Group
December 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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DM me.

Or email biggreenbooks@gmail.com

I can get pretty much any book, and I can hopefully help you out.

Free wrapping.
And we can add a personal note.

If you're not sure and want advice on the book you need, I can hopefully help you there too.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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It's the week of Scalzi's fantastic holiday gift guide posts - if you're looking to support authors, artists, and crafters of all kinds, it's a great place to check for ideas.

I've got a comment in there, or you can check out www.celialake.com/2025/12/2025... for what I've been up to this year.
scalzi.com John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 7d
Indie and non-traditional authors! Today is the day to tell thousands of readers looking for holiday gifts about your books! Follow the link for all the details and leave a post (there, not here)!

Musicians/crafters/artists, etc: Your day is tomorrow!

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The 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day Two: Non-Traditional Books
Today is Day Two of the Whatever Holiday Gift Guide 2025, and today the focus is on Non-Traditionally Published Books: Self-published works, electronically-exclusive books, books from micro presses…
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December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Hey #booksky and #indieauthors: John Scalzi's Whatever holiday book shopping guides are up for both posting and browsing!

Yesterday's thread was for tradpub, today's thread is for indie books, and tomorrow's is for makers and crafters:

whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/02/t...
The 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day Two: Non-Traditional Books
Today is Day Two of the Whatever Holiday Gift Guide 2025, and today the focus is on Non-Traditionally Published Books: Self-published works, electronically-exclusive books, books from micro presses…
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December 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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I started a thing called The Big Green Books 500 Club on July 25th (my birthday!).

I'm asking people to chip in £1 each week so we can get books into schools.

Every time we reach £500, I send £500 of books to a different school.

Details HERE.

www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...
Big Green Books 500 Club - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.
The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people
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November 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Day 23 #fantasyindiesnovember Imposter Syndrome

Everyone has bad days! Sometimes it helps to just switch up what you're doing. Write a different story. Work on some edits. Turn off social media. We all have bad sales stretches and moments when our writing isn't clicking. It will pass!
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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The Big Green Books Advent Calendar.

Choose from 4, 6 or 12 books.

Unwrap a surprise book every few days in the run up to Christmas.

Each book will be individually picked based on what you enjoy reading.

Info HERE.

www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...

PLEASE SHARE.

Ends tomorrow.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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More reminders of The Festive Big Green Book Swap from last year.

Join in this year for more of the same fun.

But let's make it even bigger!

A book chosen just for you.
Choc and tea.

A new book buddy.

JOIN HERE. Just £15!

www.biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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HEY!

I'm doing a Book Advent Calendar this year.

You can get 4, 6 or 12 books.

Each book will be personally picked based on the stuff you enjoy reading.

So count down the days to Christmas by unwrapping a few delightful literary treats.

HERE

www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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The Big Green Books Advent Calendars are a hit!

I've now sold eleven of them!

I'll send you 4, 6 or 12 surprise books, personally chosen just for you, to unwrap on the run up to Christmas

Available for ALL ages.

INFO HERE.

www.biggreenbookshop.com/simon-likes-...

Sharing is caring (thanks).
A stack of twelve books, individually wrapped in red and white striped wrapping paper, surrounded by some of Simon's Christmas decorations. The Big Green Bookshop logo, with animated Christmas tress on either side of it and a garland (?) running along the top.
November 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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LAST FEW HOURS to get your fill of #cozyfantasy books at the Cozy the Day Away sale!

150+ books, all deeply discounted. 120 free or 99c.

Ebooks, audiobooks, paperbacks, bundles. Diverse characters, themes, authors!

cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org
#cozythedayaway #booksale #discountbooks
Cozy the Day Away logo: a cartoon of a blue axolotl reading a purple book, sitting in a large pink armchair surrounded by piles of books, with one stack topped by a curled up sleeping cat and another by a cup of tea. The words Cozy the Day Away Sale are written in a curve over the top of the armchair.
October 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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LAST FEW HOURS!

Love cozy fantasy? 150+ books on sale this weekend: all deeply discounted, 120 free or 99c.

Includes my series starter, Death on the Loper, for 99c.

Ebooks, audiobooks, paperbacks, bundles. Diverse characters, themes, authors!

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#cozythedayaway
Promotional graphic for the Cozy the Day Away sale on October 11th-12th. Under the Cozy The Day Away Logo are the words Sat /Sun Oct 11th - 12th Cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org Followed by a grid of cover of twelve books in the Cozy the Day Away sale.
October 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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ENDS SOON!

Get my series starter, Death on the Loper, this weekend for 99c in the Cozy the Day Away sale.

A sprinkle of magic, a reluctant sleuth and a boatload of suspects combine in this cozy mystery with a historical fantasy setting.

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#cozythedayaway #BookSale
Promotional graphic for Death on the Loper, the series starter for the Jorinde Schuiters Mysterispes, in the Cozy the Day Away sale on Oct 11th-12th. Under the Cozy The Day Away Logo is an image of the book's cover and the words A two day sale specifically for the cozy fanrasy genre, Death on the Loper, $5.99 struckthrough! $0.99, Sat/Sun 11th-12th October
October 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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ENDS SOON!

Get my series starter, Death on the Loper, this weekend for 99c in the Cozy the Day Away sale.

A sprinkle of magic, a reluctant sleuth and a boatload of suspects combine in this cozy mystery with a historical fantasy setting.

cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org
#cozythedayaway #BookSale
Promotional graphic for Death on the Loper, the series starter for the Jorinde Schuiters Mysterispes, in the Cozy the Day Away sale on Oct 11th-12th. Under the Cozy The Day Away Logo is an image of the book's cover and the words A two day sale specifically for the cozy fanrasy genre, Death on the Loper, $5.99 struckthrough! $0.99, Sat/Sun 11th-12th October
October 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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LAST FEW HOURS!

Love cozy fantasy? 150+ books on sale this weekend: all deeply discounted, 120 free or 99c.

Includes my series starter, Death on the Loper, for 99c.

Ebooks, audiobooks, paperbacks, bundles. Diverse characters, themes, authors!

cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org
#cozythedayaway
Promotional graphic for the Cozy the Day Away sale on October 11th-12th. Under the Cozy The Day Away Logo are the words Sat /Sun Oct 11th - 12th Cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org Followed by a grid of cover of twelve books in the Cozy the Day Away sale.
October 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Last day to snatch your severely discounted Cozy reads! Check out the more than 150 books at cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org/all-the-books/

And yes, both of mine are participating, find them on Kobo, D2D and the zon.

#reader 💙📚 🌈📚 #indiebooks
All The Books: October 11-12, 2025 - Cozy Fantasy Sale
The following listings are for the October 2025 sale. With over 150 books, there’s a lot to see: Click through to the following pages too!…
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October 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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The Cozy the Day Away Sale ends today. Scoop up some cozy fantasy (and cozy-adjacent) books, including two of mine, Tea and Empathy (secondary world cozy fantasy) and Interview with a Dead Editor (cozy paranormal mystery). cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org
Logo showing a creature snuggled among a pile of books. Text reads Cozy the Day Away Sale A two-day sale specifically for the cozy fantasy genre Pictured are book covers for Tea and Empathy and Interview with a Dead Editor Sat/Sun Oct 11-12
October 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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LAST FEW HOURS to get your fill of #cozyfantasy books at the Cozy the Day Away sale!

150+ books, all deeply discounted. 120 free or 99c.

Ebooks, audiobooks, paperbacks, bundles. Diverse characters, themes, authors!

cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org
#cozythedayaway #booksale #discountbooks
Cozy the Day Away logo: a cartoon of a blue axolotl reading a purple book, sitting in a large pink armchair surrounded by piles of books, with one stack topped by a curled up sleeping cat and another by a cup of tea. The words Cozy the Day Away Sale are written in a curve over the top of the armchair.
October 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Get my series starter, Death on the Loper, today and tomorrow for 99c in the Cozy the Day Away sale.

A sprinkle of magic, a reluctant sleuth and a boatload of suspects combine in this cozy mystery with a historical fantasy setting.

cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org
#cozythedayaway #BookSale
Promotional graphic for Death on the Loper, the series starter for the Jorinde Schuiters Mysterispes, in the Cozy the Day Away sale on Oct 11th-12th. Under the Cozy The Day Away Logo is an image of the book's cover and the words A two day sale specifically for the cozy fanrasy genre, Death on the Loper, $5.99 struckthrough! $0.99, Sat/Sun 11th-12th October
October 12, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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ONE MORE DAY to get your fill of cozy fantasy books at the Cozy the Day Away sale!

150+ books, all deeply discounted. 120 free or 99c.

THIS WEEKEND ONLY.

Ebooks, audiobooks, paperbacks, bundles. Diverse characters, themes, authors!

cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org
#cozythedayaway 📚🌍 🪐📚🌈🚀💫 💙📚
Cozy the Day Away logo: a cartoon of a blue axolotl reading a purple book, sitting in a large pink armchair surrounded by piles of books, with one stack topped by a curled up sleeping cat and another by a cup of tea. The words Cozy the Day Away Sale are written in a curve over the top of the armchair.
October 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Get GRAVE HOUNDS 👻 for free today, the last day of the Cozy the Day Away event. 📚 Over 100 cozy fantasy books are free or discounted at cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org 💫
October 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Today is the final day of the Cozy The Day Away Sale & your opportunity to pick up Tales of a Stranger Sister for only .99¢!

cozyfantasysale.promisepress.org/

Books2read.com/stranger-sister

#booksky #cozythedayaway #indiefantasy #cozyfantasy #fantasybooks #Indieauthor #ebooks
October 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM