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Elyse John
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Author, ORPHIA AND EURYDICIUS • elysejohnbooks on IG and Twitter
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Elyse John @elysejohnbooks.bsky.social · Nov 18
Greetings to the writers, readers, academics, flâneurs, and general intelligentsia! And nice to meet you, new followers. I'm a novelist. My most recent book, ORPHIA AND EURYDICIUS (2024, HarperCollins) is a gender-swapped retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. Plenty of new things in the works!
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Given the news from the USA, please donate to help LGBTQI+ young people if you can. 💙

I'm running a book auction to raise money for The Trevor Project, giving away a limited edition, sprayed edges copy of ORPHIA AND EURYDICIUS and 2 of the regular paperback. See my IG for details (same username).
January 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Honestly, Harry Hartog's in Penrith is just stunning and we all need bookstores in our lives like this.
The Vintage Room at Harry Hartog's in Penrith full of books and Christmas cheer. It's a delight. Harry Hartog's bookstore in Penrith full of books and colourful furniture
December 3, 2024 at 7:39 AM
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I will be packaging and shipping the weekends orders first thing in the morning🧡

if you’re outside of the UK the Xmas last posting dates are coming fast so don’t wait too long!🏺🌿 Shop.flarohillustration.com
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December 2, 2024 at 12:02 AM
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Kicking my book recommendations off with a new queer novel I just read an ARC of, THE HYMN TO DIONYSUS by Natasha Pulley. It's a rich psychological drama. The narrator's voice brings humour and earthiness into a mythic story, and the two leading men are fascinating: soldier and witch, entangled.
November 20, 2024 at 8:20 AM
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Starter pack for #literaryfiction writers to find each other! Comment/repost and I'll add you go.bsky.app/ARue8c8

#literaryfiction #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors 💙📚
November 18, 2024 at 7:36 AM
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Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction by Eugen Bacon (editor)
November 19, 2024 at 11:55 PM
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So delighted to hear this! This book sounds amazing, congratulations Danai. Can't wait to read it.
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danaiwrites.bsky.social Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · Nov 18
I cannot believe I finally get to announce this. An unhinged dream, so many years and monologues in the making. I'm elate to announce my debut novel VILE LADY VILLAINS, a horromantasy about Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth, will be published with Penguin Michael Joseph in 2026.
November 19, 2024 at 9:37 AM
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ONE FOR ALL, my debut novel, is a gender-bent reimagining of The Three Musketeers with a main character with POTS!

*Inspired by my experience as a competitive fencer with POTS.
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An illustrated cover: a girl with brown eyes and brown hair in an updo, in a red pink dress, is surrounded by swords and backed into the corner of an alley. She confidently holds her own sword, which has leaf filigree detail. To her left, the reader’s right, there is an archway leading into darkness. On her upper left is a window. On her bottom left is the shadow of a sword pointing at her back. Above her, the shadow of a figure in a hat holding a knife looms above her. ONE FOR ALL is centered and is in a sharp silver font that mimics the swords (some of which intersect the title.) LILLIE LAINOFF is in a small gold font underneath. At the top of the cover, there is a blurb “There are no limits to the will—and the strength—of this unique female hero.” —Tamora Pierce, writer of the Song of the Lioness series and the Protector of the Small quartet A girl with wavy brown hair facing forward, head hunched over a sword with leaf detail. Her gloved hand holds the blade. She is wearing a white top with brown details. Sparks surround the blade and her head. ONE FOR ALL (top third of the cover, centered) is in a sharp silver font, so is LILLIE LAINOFF at the bottom of the cover (centered). The image is framed with gold foil filigree. Centered above the title is a blurb: “THERE ARE NO LIMITS TO THE WILL—AND THE STRENGTH—OF THIS UNIQUE FEMALE HERO.” Tamora Pierce, writer of the Song of the Lioness series A girl with wavy brown hair facing forward, head hunched over a sword with leaf detail. Her gloved hand holds the blade. She is wearing a white top with brown details. Sparks surround the blade and her head. The image is framed with gold filigree. UNA PARA TODAS (top third of the cover, centered) is in a sharp silver font, so is LILLIE LAINOFF at the bottom of the cover (centered). Below LILLIE LAINOFF is the Fandom Books logo (Fandom Books in all caps, with the o in fandom as a star with a white outline.)
November 17, 2024 at 4:11 PM
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THE SENTENCE is out in the world today.

Available at your local bookshop, and to order online:

www.amazon.in/dp/936045152...
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October 28, 2024 at 10:45 AM
elysejohnbooks.bsky.social
Greetings to the writers, readers, academics, flâneurs, and general intelligentsia! And nice to meet you, new followers. I'm a novelist. My most recent book, ORPHIA AND EURYDICIUS (2024, HarperCollins) is a gender-swapped retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. Plenty of new things in the works!
November 18, 2024 at 1:28 PM