Fran Wilde
@franwilde.bsky.social
Author & Battle Poet (she/her) hoarder of pens and journals. Teacher. novels, poetry, short fiction, shenanigans
More at https://www.patreon.com/franwilde & http://franwilde.net
More at https://www.patreon.com/franwilde & http://franwilde.net
Author me had several works emerge in 2025 for your consideration!
* “Red, Right, Returning” in MiT/Candlewick’s STARSTUFF
* “We Are Here To Discover” in Proxima Kosmos
* A CATALOG OF STORMS : Selected Short Fiction (Fairwood Press)
* A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES (Erewhon)
1/2
* “Red, Right, Returning” in MiT/Candlewick’s STARSTUFF
* “We Are Here To Discover” in Proxima Kosmos
* A CATALOG OF STORMS : Selected Short Fiction (Fairwood Press)
* A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES (Erewhon)
1/2
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Author me had several works emerge in 2025 for your consideration!
* “Red, Right, Returning” in MiT/Candlewick’s STARSTUFF
* “We Are Here To Discover” in Proxima Kosmos
* A CATALOG OF STORMS : Selected Short Fiction (Fairwood Press)
* A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES (Erewhon)
1/2
* “Red, Right, Returning” in MiT/Candlewick’s STARSTUFF
* “We Are Here To Discover” in Proxima Kosmos
* A CATALOG OF STORMS : Selected Short Fiction (Fairwood Press)
* A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES (Erewhon)
1/2
On Sunday 11/23, I’ll be at @blackcatbooks.bsky.social in Medina OH for my last scheduled #philosophyofthieves event! Come out and say hi! I’ll definitely have some swag for you.
November 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
On Sunday 11/23, I’ll be at @blackcatbooks.bsky.social in Medina OH for my last scheduled #philosophyofthieves event! Come out and say hi! I’ll definitely have some swag for you.
Hey OHIO! On Saturday 11/22, I’ll be doing a live literary heist workshop at the FABULOUS NW Akron Library starting at 2pm! Definitely register here: services.akronlibrary.org/event/14290333
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Hey OHIO! On Saturday 11/22, I’ll be doing a live literary heist workshop at the FABULOUS NW Akron Library starting at 2pm! Definitely register here: services.akronlibrary.org/event/14290333
Hello, heist fans! This Sunday, Nov. 9, I’m teaching a virtual heist workshop! You can still register today, but you need to hurry!
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, head on over & grab a seat:
www.eventbrite.com/e...
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, head on over & grab a seat:
www.eventbrite.com/e...
November 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hello, heist fans! This Sunday, Nov. 9, I’m teaching a virtual heist workshop! You can still register today, but you need to hurry!
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, head on over & grab a seat:
www.eventbrite.com/e...
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, head on over & grab a seat:
www.eventbrite.com/e...
Hello from the Vermonter. Amtrak train is pointed in the right direction to get me to DC by 10pm and home soon after if all goes well! AMA!
November 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Hello from the Vermonter. Amtrak train is pointed in the right direction to get me to DC by 10pm and home soon after if all goes well! AMA!
Yesterday’s NH events at Toadstool & Stevens Memorial library were a great way to end this leg of the #philosophyofthieves tour - with many friends and an intergalactic cruffin heist! (IYKYK) so grateful for everyone who came out for the thieves!
Have you caught your thieves? (Thank you!)
Have you caught your thieves? (Thank you!)
November 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Yesterday’s NH events at Toadstool & Stevens Memorial library were a great way to end this leg of the #philosophyofthieves tour - with many friends and an intergalactic cruffin heist! (IYKYK) so grateful for everyone who came out for the thieves!
Have you caught your thieves? (Thank you!)
Have you caught your thieves? (Thank you!)
An important heads up (please help spread the word)! Tomorrow’s noon event is at Toadstool Books *PETERBOROUGH* and then I’ll be at Stephen’s Memorial Library at 3:30.
October 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
An important heads up (please help spread the word)! Tomorrow’s noon event is at Toadstool Books *PETERBOROUGH* and then I’ll be at Stephen’s Memorial Library at 3:30.
Hello, heist fans! On Nov. 9, Im teaching a virtual heist workshop!
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, give it a look! Help me spread the word! (The art was 100% done on the run, btw!)
www.eventbrite.com/e...
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, give it a look! Help me spread the word! (The art was 100% done on the run, btw!)
www.eventbrite.com/e...
October 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Hello, heist fans! On Nov. 9, Im teaching a virtual heist workshop!
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, give it a look! Help me spread the word! (The art was 100% done on the run, btw!)
www.eventbrite.com/e...
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, give it a look! Help me spread the word! (The art was 100% done on the run, btw!)
www.eventbrite.com/e...
Hi there Western Massachusetts! The thieves, @scottlynch78.bsky.social and I will see you tonight at @odysseybks.bsky.social ! 7pm! (RSVP if you can!)
October 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Hi there Western Massachusetts! The thieves, @scottlynch78.bsky.social and I will see you tonight at @odysseybks.bsky.social ! 7pm! (RSVP if you can!)
Hello, heist fans! On Nov. 9, Im teaching a virtual heist workshop!
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, give it a look! Help me spread the word! (The art was 100% done on the run, btw!)
www.eventbrite.com/e...
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, give it a look! Help me spread the word! (The art was 100% done on the run, btw!)
www.eventbrite.com/e...
October 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Hello, heist fans! On Nov. 9, Im teaching a virtual heist workshop!
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, give it a look! Help me spread the word! (The art was 100% done on the run, btw!)
www.eventbrite.com/e...
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, give it a look! Help me spread the word! (The art was 100% done on the run, btw!)
www.eventbrite.com/e...
They caught the Louvre thieves, but the Canarviers are still on the loose!
I’m in BAY RIDGE today at 2pm! Catch me, @victormanibo.com, and some future thieves at The Bookmark Shoppe today!
I’m in BAY RIDGE today at 2pm! Catch me, @victormanibo.com, and some future thieves at The Bookmark Shoppe today!
October 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
They caught the Louvre thieves, but the Canarviers are still on the loose!
I’m in BAY RIDGE today at 2pm! Catch me, @victormanibo.com, and some future thieves at The Bookmark Shoppe today!
I’m in BAY RIDGE today at 2pm! Catch me, @victormanibo.com, and some future thieves at The Bookmark Shoppe today!
Boston & Western MA - you have two chances to catch the thieves:
* Tuesday 10/28 at Pandemonium Books & Games w @fondalee.bsky.social
* Wednesday 10/29 at @odysseybks.bsky.social with @scottlynch78.bsky.social
* Tuesday 10/28 at Pandemonium Books & Games w @fondalee.bsky.social
* Wednesday 10/29 at @odysseybks.bsky.social with @scottlynch78.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Boston & Western MA - you have two chances to catch the thieves:
* Tuesday 10/28 at Pandemonium Books & Games w @fondalee.bsky.social
* Wednesday 10/29 at @odysseybks.bsky.social with @scottlynch78.bsky.social
* Tuesday 10/28 at Pandemonium Books & Games w @fondalee.bsky.social
* Wednesday 10/29 at @odysseybks.bsky.social with @scottlynch78.bsky.social
Brooklyn friends, come see me & @victormanibo.com at The Bookmark Shop in Brooklyn on Sunday at 2pm!
October 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Brooklyn friends, come see me & @victormanibo.com at The Bookmark Shop in Brooklyn on Sunday at 2pm!
I had a fantastic time in conversation at The Bookies yesterday with @carrievaughnco.bsky.social ! Thanks to the booksellers & everyone who came out! What a gorgeous bookstore!
October 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I had a fantastic time in conversation at The Bookies yesterday with @carrievaughnco.bsky.social ! Thanks to the booksellers & everyone who came out! What a gorgeous bookstore!
New #aphilosophyofthieves FIVE events added! (Not in the Louvre!)
Catch the Canarviers in November!
11/18 - Brooklyn Books & Booze
11/22 - at Akron-Summit Library OH for an in-person, immersive workshop! (See library to register)
11/23 - at Black Cat Books, 1pm!
2/2
Catch the Canarviers in November!
11/18 - Brooklyn Books & Booze
11/22 - at Akron-Summit Library OH for an in-person, immersive workshop! (See library to register)
11/23 - at Black Cat Books, 1pm!
2/2
October 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
New #aphilosophyofthieves FIVE events added! (Not in the Louvre!)
Catch the Canarviers in November!
11/18 - Brooklyn Books & Booze
11/22 - at Akron-Summit Library OH for an in-person, immersive workshop! (See library to register)
11/23 - at Black Cat Books, 1pm!
2/2
Catch the Canarviers in November!
11/18 - Brooklyn Books & Booze
11/22 - at Akron-Summit Library OH for an in-person, immersive workshop! (See library to register)
11/23 - at Black Cat Books, 1pm!
2/2
New #aphilosophyofthieves FIVE events added! (Not in the Louvre!)
Come catch the Canarviers in New Hampshire, Brooklyn & Ohio in November!
11/1 - at Toadstool Books, 12pm AND Stephenson Library, 3:30pm!
1/2
Come catch the Canarviers in New Hampshire, Brooklyn & Ohio in November!
11/1 - at Toadstool Books, 12pm AND Stephenson Library, 3:30pm!
1/2
October 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
New #aphilosophyofthieves FIVE events added! (Not in the Louvre!)
Come catch the Canarviers in New Hampshire, Brooklyn & Ohio in November!
11/1 - at Toadstool Books, 12pm AND Stephenson Library, 3:30pm!
1/2
Come catch the Canarviers in New Hampshire, Brooklyn & Ohio in November!
11/1 - at Toadstool Books, 12pm AND Stephenson Library, 3:30pm!
1/2
The Canarviers and I are in Denver* today and very excited to see you at The Bookies** with @carrievaughnco.bsky.social this afternoon! Come catch some thieves!
*not Paris
**not the Louvre
*not Paris
**not the Louvre
October 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The Canarviers and I are in Denver* today and very excited to see you at The Bookies** with @carrievaughnco.bsky.social this afternoon! Come catch some thieves!
*not Paris
**not the Louvre
*not Paris
**not the Louvre
Richmond! Come catch the thieves tonight at Fountain Books with me and @alixeharrow.bsky.social ! #aphilosophyofthieves
October 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Richmond! Come catch the thieves tonight at Fountain Books with me and @alixeharrow.bsky.social ! #aphilosophyofthieves
Thank you to @scrawlbooks.bsky.social & especially bookseller Kiran for the amazing conversation last night about writing heists in multiple genres with chaos gremlins - I loved seeing so many of you in Reston!
Today, catch me at 100 Acre Books in Culpeper w. @jodimeadows.bsky.social
Today, catch me at 100 Acre Books in Culpeper w. @jodimeadows.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Thank you to @scrawlbooks.bsky.social & especially bookseller Kiran for the amazing conversation last night about writing heists in multiple genres with chaos gremlins - I loved seeing so many of you in Reston!
Today, catch me at 100 Acre Books in Culpeper w. @jodimeadows.bsky.social
Today, catch me at 100 Acre Books in Culpeper w. @jodimeadows.bsky.social
Hey NoVa - come out to catch a thief tonight at @scrawlbooks.bsky.social ! 6:30pm!
October 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Hey NoVa - come out to catch a thief tonight at @scrawlbooks.bsky.social ! 6:30pm!
Thursday - the traveling SFF Panel convenes at @eastcitybooks.bsky.social with me, @juliavee.bsky.social Ray Naylor and Yume Kitasei
Then on Sunday the thieves and I magically appear in *Denver* at The Bookies with @carrievaughnco.bsky.social
Come catch your very own thieves!
Then on Sunday the thieves and I magically appear in *Denver* at The Bookies with @carrievaughnco.bsky.social
Come catch your very own thieves!
October 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Thursday - the traveling SFF Panel convenes at @eastcitybooks.bsky.social with me, @juliavee.bsky.social Ray Naylor and Yume Kitasei
Then on Sunday the thieves and I magically appear in *Denver* at The Bookies with @carrievaughnco.bsky.social
Come catch your very own thieves!
Then on Sunday the thieves and I magically appear in *Denver* at The Bookies with @carrievaughnco.bsky.social
Come catch your very own thieves!
This week is EXCITING, Virginia friends!
Tomorrow - join me at @scrawlbooks.bsky.social in Reston!
Tuesday - @jodimeadows.bsky.social & I are at 100 Acre Wood Books in Culpeper!
Wednesday - @alixeharrow.bsky.social & I will be at Fountain Books in Richmond!
(Continued… 1/2)
Tomorrow - join me at @scrawlbooks.bsky.social in Reston!
Tuesday - @jodimeadows.bsky.social & I are at 100 Acre Wood Books in Culpeper!
Wednesday - @alixeharrow.bsky.social & I will be at Fountain Books in Richmond!
(Continued… 1/2)
October 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This week is EXCITING, Virginia friends!
Tomorrow - join me at @scrawlbooks.bsky.social in Reston!
Tuesday - @jodimeadows.bsky.social & I are at 100 Acre Wood Books in Culpeper!
Wednesday - @alixeharrow.bsky.social & I will be at Fountain Books in Richmond!
(Continued… 1/2)
Tomorrow - join me at @scrawlbooks.bsky.social in Reston!
Tuesday - @jodimeadows.bsky.social & I are at 100 Acre Wood Books in Culpeper!
Wednesday - @alixeharrow.bsky.social & I will be at Fountain Books in Richmond!
(Continued… 1/2)
This feels apt today.
(& If you love the Canarviers, give them a shout, tell someone to catch theirs today !)
(& If you love the Canarviers, give them a shout, tell someone to catch theirs today !)
October 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This feels apt today.
(& If you love the Canarviers, give them a shout, tell someone to catch theirs today !)
(& If you love the Canarviers, give them a shout, tell someone to catch theirs today !)
Just under two hours, you Charmers. Enoch Pratt. Me. 7pm. #aphilosophyofthieves
October 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Just under two hours, you Charmers. Enoch Pratt. Me. 7pm. #aphilosophyofthieves