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Ceilidh Newbury
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they/she, polite menace who writes things, still working on my roller derby name
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I'm back again, it's not the same as it just being out in the wild in a bookshop BUT I ordered a copy from my local bookshop in Devonport, Tasmania, and I got to go pick it up today!!! Gonna look so pretty on my shelf 🥰😍
A photo of someone holding the book The Keeper of Lonely Sprits by E.M. Anderson. In the background are the sci fi/fantasy shelves of a bookshop.
September 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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It's in the newsletter again!!! Look how pretty and right up the top 😍
Screenshot of an email newsletter from the bookshop Hares & Hyenas. Screenshot of an email newsletter that features "Rowland's Top Pick": The Night Alphabet by Joelle Taylor. Below it are the covers for The Keeper of Lonely Spirits by E.M. Anderson and Pioneer Summer and a link reading "Shop New Gay Fiction".
August 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Hi #BluePit📖 I'm looking for betas for my 70k #YA #LGBT #H #WIP!

SCREAM meets roller derby!

When someone starts stalking Cari's beloved roller derby team dressed as the killer from her dad's 90s cult classic slasher, she and her messy gay love quadrangle must put their baggage aside to stop them.
A watercolour horror-movie style poster depicting four feminine figures in monochrome the orange and pink of the lesbian flag. The first labelled "an anxious lesbian" with a lesbian pride flag, is a girl with long bangs, wearing a hoodie, running from something frightening. Next, a girl with her hair in a bun holding a landline phone, looking over her shoulder, frightened, is labelled "the ex-girlfriend" with the lesbian flag and the asexual flag. Next, a feminine Asian person screams, their hair all over their face, labelled "the new femme in town" with the lesbian flag and the nonbinary flag. The final figure is a girl with short pigtails wearing a collared shirt, looking to the side with fear, labelled "the ex-girlfriend's new girlfriend" with the lesbian flag. Art by @checheven.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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oops all lesbians SCREAM x roller derby

feat.

🔪 a dad's horror movie legacy
💜 messy small town exes
👀 the new femme in town
🎶 your ex girlfriend's new girlfriend (ala Becky's So Hot)
💀 a killer?!?!?!

#BluePit #W #YA #H #LGBT 📖
A mood board centred on an image of car headlights in the dark with the quote: "When Addie broke up with me six months ago, I figured out we weren't in a romantic comedy. I'm only just now realising we're actually in a fucking horror movie." The last three words are in a bold handwritten red font. The images surrounding are: a dark hallway, shadows of skaters at a skate park, a hand washing blood in the sink, a close up of the Ghost Face mask from Scream, someone tying up roller skates, a girl sitting at a dark desk with a single light, a close up of a progress pride flag that has been stuck to a cross walk sign, a close up of a passionate kiss, a red neon question mark, a pile of old film.
January 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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She's here!! This trans magical girl is officially in all the libraries in Tasmania!!!! (They're all connected so if it's in one it's in ALL of them!) Also love when my library holds come in with a theme ✨️✨️✨️ @magicariot.com
Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan on a library shelf, facing out. The cover is purple and shows a white woman with purple hair jumping as though in the midst of a magical transformation. A library shelf with various fantasy novels by authors whose surnames start with B. Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan is the most colourful with a purple spine. Someone holding two library books: A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon and Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan. Both covers are mostly purple and have magical girls on them.
January 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Thought I would let you know that not only did they order it, they ordered THREE copies!! And it's on the new and notable page! Still waiting for my hold to come in so I can take a photo of it in the library, but very excited! 💖🏳️‍⚧️
Screenshot of a "new and noteable" page in a library app. Circled in the top row is Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan. Screenshot of a catalogue item in a library app. It shows three copies of the book (Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan) in transit. There are also a list of subjects for the book: rock groups, magic, monsters, secret societies, secrecy, LGBTQ+, queer fiction, action and adventure fiction, fantasy fiction, LGBTQIA+, LGBTIQA+
December 18, 2024 at 6:17 AM
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Deleting my dating apps so I can meet lesbians the old-fashioned way:

Impersonating her betrothed and hoping for a happy platonic marriage while accidentally falling for my assistant/partner-in-crime

Awesome art by Jess Montz 🥰
An illustration of a tall white woman and a short white man leaning against each other smirking. The woman has red hair tied in a bun and is wearing a dress with orange and purple stripes, and is folding her arms. The man has brown curly hair and is wearing a blue jacket, cream vest and pants, and has his hands in his pockets nonchalantly. Around the illustration is a title and description: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Gays: A Fantasy RomCom - lesbian landscape architect - f/enby lovers to lovers - demiaro demiace tarot reader - m/m partners in crime to lovers
November 27, 2024 at 4:51 AM
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My weasel MC 🥰

art by Jess Montz and Gru meme by my friend Kyra!
A moodboard made of memes. On the left is an illustration of a short white man with curly brown hair wearing a white suit and a blue jacket and a tie. In the centre, the demiromantic and demisexual flag and the label "Benedict (he/him)". The first meme is a photo of a garden store sign, text above reads "No, I don't really consider myself a twink or a jock or even a bear. I'm more of a:" the sign of the garden store reads "scrumptious pansy." The next meme shows a white man and a black man sitting on some bleachers, the white man is labelled bisexuals and says: "Girls are hot. Guys are hot. Why is everyone so hot?" The Black man, labelled asexuals, says: "Global warming." The final meme shows Gru, an animated character with a whiteboard showing his scheme idea that reads "Get Isla to fall in love with me." In the first panel he looks off screen excitedly reading out his plan, in the next panel he stands up straighter, looking at the text in confusion as if he's not sure that's actually a good plan.
November 16, 2024 at 8:29 AM
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The fact that this appeared like 10 minutes after I started deleting all my tweets 💀
A Twitter/X notification saying "it's your X anniversary! Celebrate with a special post created just for you." Beneath the text is a graphic of a seven surrounded by colourful lines.
November 15, 2024 at 9:01 AM
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Timothee Chalamet in Little Women but instead of "and I'll watch" the subtitle says "and I'll read".
November 13, 2024 at 9:42 PM
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Tarot Spread Synopsis for the adult fantasy romcom I queried this year 🥰✨️

#unhingedpit #A #F #R #Q
A simple graphic with 7 tarot cards arranged in a spread. They are: 1. The Fool, which shows a carefree traveller looking to the sky unaware they are about to step off a cliff. It is labelled: start - let's go we got this!!!! 2. 7 of Cups, which shows a figure in black looking at a cloud that holds 7 cups all brimming with different items. It is labelled: We want EVERYTHING 3. 9 of Swords, which shows a figure sitting up in bed, their head in their hands, with 9 swords on the wall behind them. It is labelled: IT'S ANXIETY TIME 4. The Tower, which shows a tower being struck by lightning and 2 figures falling from its height. It is labelled: FUUUUUUUCK 5. 4 of Cups, which shows a figure sitting beneath a tree with their arms crossed staring at 3 cups while a hand appears out of a cloud to offer them a 4th cup. It is labelled: it's SULK HOURS 6. 3 of Cups, which shows 3 figures, each with a cup, dancing and raising their cups high in celebration. It is labelled: friends let's party!!!!! 7. The Lovers, which shows 2 figures in the foreground reaching out to hold hands while and angel smiles in the sky above them. It is labelled: we have a boyfriend/wife now :3
November 13, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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I don't think I ever introduced my cats here!?! Please enjoy my sons: Max (ginger and white), resident grump with a heart of gold, and Babe (tabby), resident himbo with a heart of confusion 🥰
Photo of two cats sitting on the same cat tree. A big tabby with a white belly and paws is on the top shelf, lying on his side with all four of his paws dangling over the edge. On the level below him a white and ginger cat dies and stares intently out a big window showing a blue sky and a view of the ocean. The white and ginger cat's expression is reflected in the window and looks very serious while the tabby cat's pose looks very silly. A photo of a white and ginger cat sitting on a grey couch leaning against a white cushion with bees embroidered on it. He rests his chin on his front leg, eyes open and staring into space as though he is having a cat existential crisis. Beside him is a stack of books, the top on is Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. A photo of a tabby cat with white paws sitting on very green grass surrounded by pink petals. The cat is wearing a pink harness and the lead is held by the person taking the photo. He looks picturesque and beautiful. In the foreground are orange flowers.
November 11, 2024 at 8:32 AM
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Breaking my refusal to cross post for this: LARK IS HERE!! TWICE!!!! Library copy and my copy arrived at the same time and also IM IN THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND AM SOBBING ABOUT IT!!!! 😭😭 Go buy and read this novella and then prepare yourselves for the rest of the series!! @aimeedonnellan.bsky.social
A photo of two copies of the same book sitting face out on a bookshelf. One is a laminated library copy. The book is The Chase Begins by Aimee Donnellan. The cover shows an illustrated portrait of a person with dragon scales on their head, medium brown skin, one green dragon eye, and brown hair, holding a book in one hand and a glowing orb of magic in the other. A photo of The Chase Begins by Aimee Donnellan sitting face out on a bookshelf. The cover shows an illustrated portrait of a person with dragon scales on their head, medium brown skin, one green dragon eye, and brown hair, holding a book in one hand and a glowing orb of magic in the other. Other books on the shelf are: Girl, Serpent, Thorn; Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries; Still the Stars; Cute Mutants Vol 1; Tell Me How it Ends. A photo of a grey tabby cat and a white and ginger cat sniffing two copies of The Chase Begins by Aimee Donnellan. A photo of a section of the acknowledgements that reads: "Additional thanks to my earliest ARC readers: Ceilidh, Lynea, Nic, Bryanna, Salem. This book is better for your insights. Ceilidh, you especially I want to thank for your boundless and vocal enthusiasm for this series from the moment you started reading it - I needed it desperately at the time, and you have given me the belief in myself to make sure I finish the race to my first ever publication."
August 16, 2023 at 5:07 AM