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Kate Elliott

@kateelliottsff.bsky.social

Peeps, here we go.

Publishers Marketplace. November 10, 2025. The Flower Court by Kate Elliott. Imprint: Tor. Kate Elliott's The Flower Court, a sapphic romantic fantasy in which a clever young scribe infiltrates the imperial consort quarters to search for a missing noblewoman, only to find herself forced to work with the Dowager Empress’s loveliest and most condescending servant; together with a second novel, both set in the Witch Roads universe, to Lee Harris at Tor, in a very nice deal, in a two book deal, for publication in January 2027, by Russell Galen at Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency (world English). russellgalen@sgglit.com Translation: danny@barorinto.com

November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM

Genoveva Dimova

@gen-dimova.bsky.social

I got to beta read this and it's excellent!

Cee Jordan @cjorwrites.bsky.social · Oct 27

#Roundtablementor #A #F #R #UN A maiden stripped of magic must seduce her people’s greatest sea-faring enemy – then use him to break her curse and regain her family’s long lost honour. THE FOXGLOVE KING’s scheming protagonist meets A FATE INKED IN BLOOD's swooning romance inspired by Irish myth.

October 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM

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Kemi Ashing-Giwa

@kashinggiwa.bsky.social

Heyo! On Tuesday, 11/4 join me and *the* @hanalee.bsky.social at Books Inc. for THE KING MUST DIE’s book launch!

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October 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM

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TransActual

@transactualuk.bsky.social

🚨This is an emergency🚨

This Government is currently sitting on an EHRC Code of Practice that will lead to the segregation and exclusion of trans people in public life.

Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#ScrapTheBathroomBan

Image has a pink background and scraps of torn blue and white paper behind the text. Text reads: Scrap the Bathroom Ban. Tell Your MP to say no to segregation. This is urgent. The EHRC Code of Practice could be laid in Parliament any day.

Act now. Tell your MP to stop this. Write to your MP:
tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

October 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM

Genoveva Dimova

@gen-dimova.bsky.social

The first two books are so good, I'm so excited for the third!

Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · Oct 17

🚨ICYMI ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT🚨

It's time to complete the trilogy! We've snapped up @csecooney.bsky.social 's third instalment in the World Fantasy Award-winning SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER series: SAINT DEATH'S DOORWAY.

Spring 2027. Lanie Stones will be back.

Learn More bit.ly/4nCm2HR

October 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM

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Juliet E McKenna

@julietemckenna.bsky.social

ICYMI yesterday. "Angry Robot Books has acquired Juliet E. McKenna’s The Riven Kingdom, described as a “fresh and gripping fantasy” that “blends politics, religion, and a battle for a dead king’s throne, perfect for fans of the Realm of the Elderlings series.”
www.julietemckenna.com/new-book-new...

October 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM

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Frances White

@franceswrites.bsky.social

🐇 💀 COVER REVEAL 💀 🐇

I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026

October 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM

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John Wiswell

@wiswell.bsky.social

Unveiling the cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS!

Garrodigh is a curmudgeonly three-headed dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. Unfortunately, the rider he's assigned to is... a lot.

Coming Summer 2026 from DAW (US) and Arcadia (UK)!

A cover illustrated by James Fenner. A woman with long red hair and padded clothing sits on the ground, petting the head of a smiling serpentine dragon. But the dragon has more than one head! On the left, a second giant dragon head emerges, frowning, looking at her while wearing a monocle. On the right, a third giant dragon head emerges, jaws wide, screaming in anger. The text is teal, contrasting sharply against the red and maroon of the creatures. The text on the cover reads "THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS. JOHN WISWELL, author of the Nebula and Locus Award-winning SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN."

September 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM

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CL Hellisen

@clhellisen.bsky.social

This looks like fab event - if you're in Edinburgh, head to Toppings Sept 26 and listen to @annabelcwrites.bsky.social, @gen-dimova.bsky.social and V. L. Bovalino chat about writing epic fantasy with female leads:

www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...

Women with Warrior Hearts: Female-Led Fantasy Panel with V.L. Bovalino, Annabel Campbell, and Genoveva Dimova at Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

www.toppingbooks.co.uk

August 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM

Genoveva Dimova

@gen-dimova.bsky.social

So excited to be participating in this panel on female-led fantasy with the brilliant @annabelcwrites.bsky.social and @toribovalino.bsky.social in Toppings, Edinburgh on the 26th of September! Come see us chat about women with warrior hearts 💜

www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...

Women with Warrior Hearts: Female-Led Fantasy Panel with V.L. Bovalino, Annabel Campbell, and Genoveva Dimova at Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh

www.toppingbooks.co.uk

August 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM

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Distópolis 📚 Temporada XI

@distopolis.bsky.social

La Editorial Hidra publicará el lunes 29 de septiembre la novela DÍAS ACIAGOS de Genoveva Dimova @gen-dimova.bsky.social, inicio de la duología EL BESTIARIO DE LA BRUJA: distopolis.com/la-editorial... #DíasAciagos #FoulDays

July 9, 2025 at 6:14 AM

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STET Podcasts

@stetpodcasts.bsky.social

A busy launch week, including the launch of our new podcast, Adventures in Publishing-Land, featuring the hosts of @ukpageone.bsky.social and @theconversation.bsky.social! First episode out later today... Stay tuned!

Schedule for STET podcasts this week:
- Adventures in Publishing-Land: An Inside Look at the Latest Publishing News: Unbound|SocialMedia|Estates and Copyright - Monday 23 June
- The Conversation: Ep. 135 - Chris Bridges: Writing What You Know and Second Acts - Tuesday 24 June
- Page One Extra: 5 Books that influenced DV Bishop for Carnival of Lies - Wednesday 25 June
- Coffee Break: with Beth Lewis, Author of The Rush - Thursday 26 June
- Page One - The Writer's Podcast: Ep. 230 - Beth Lewis on Bringing History To Life - Friday 27 June

June 23, 2025 at 10:36 AM

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CL Hellisen

@clhellisen.bsky.social

My Audible Original novel The Shape of Monsters, read by Omari Douglas (It's a Sin, Black Doves) will be live in July!

Full details here - substack.com/@portobellol...

Publishers Marketplace deal report for THE SHAPE OF MONSTERS and A MILLION POINTS OF LIGHT by CL Hellisen, about power and who chooses to wield it, set in a place where magic is awakening from a long slumber, sold to Audible Originals in a two book deal by Caro Clarke of Portobello Literary

The cover for THE SHAPE OF MONSTERS by CL Hellisen. Two silhouetted figures stand before a void of wavering red and blue light, in which can faintly be seen the eyes of the creature inside it.

June 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM

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It's Strange Up North

@strangeupnorth.bsky.social

WHAT A NIGHT!!
We just want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone involved in making It's Strange Up North 2025 such an incredible success! The authors, the attendees, the publishers, the waterstones staff, the organisers, we could not be more grateful for all you've done!

A group of people in a bookstore -Genevieve Cogman, Nicholas Binge, Sam K Horton, Dan Hanks, Stark Holborn, Sunyi Dean, Annabel Campbell, Yvonne Battle-Felton, Genoveva Dimova, Katie Bruce, Emma Newman, Eliza Chan, David Wragg, Richard Swan

A Y Chao in a bookstore talking to readers

Nicholas Binge in a bookstore talking to readers

Yvonne Battle-Felton in a bookstore talking to readers

May 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM

Genoveva Dimova

@gen-dimova.bsky.social

Three days to go! I'm so excited!

It's Strange Up North @strangeupnorth.bsky.social · May 21

3 days to go!!!

The bags are packed!

The books are in!

The authors are all preparing to descend upon Yorkshire for one glorious SFFH bookish event!

Are you joining us?

Tickets: tinyurl.com/itsstrange

A blue background, with colourful cartoons of Leeds buildings along the bottom, two teal dragons in the sky and the words "IT'S STRANGE UP NORTH, 3 days to go!!!"

A blue background, with colourful cartoons of Leeds buildings along the bottom, two teal dragons in the sky and the words "IT'S STRANGE UP NORTH, A Y Chao, Yvonne Battle-Felton, Richard Swan, Nicholas Binge, Annabel Campbell, Dan Hanks, Genevieve Cogman, Stark Holborn, Eliza Chan, Genoveva Dimova, Sam K Horton, David Wragg, Mark Lawrence, David Barnett, Emma Newman, An evening of fantastical fiction with fantastic scifi & Fantasy authors, 5:30-8:30pm, Sat 24th May 2025, Waterstones, Leeds"

May 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM

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It's Strange Up North

@strangeupnorth.bsky.social

We're also looking at the fabulous @gen-dimova.bsky.social

Genoveva's debut series starts with Foul Days and continues with Monstrous Nights.

The cover of Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova, featuring a girl standing in a doorway, surrounded by shadowy creatures

The cover of Monstrous Nights by Genoveva Dimova, featuring the shadow of a wolf on a wall in a gaslamp-type town

A white background with the text: As a witch in the walled city of Chernograd, Kosara has plenty of practice treating lycanthrope bites, bargaining with kikimoras, and slaying bloodsucking upirs. There's only one monster she can't defeat: her ex, the Zmey, known as the Tsar of Monsters. She's defied him one too many times and now he's hunting her. Betrayed by someone close to her, Kosara's only choice is to trade her shadow-the source of her powers-for a quick escape.

Unfortunately, Kosara soon develops the deadly sickness that plagues shadowless witches-and only reclaiming her magic can cure her. To find it, she's forced to team up with a suspiciously honorable detective. Even worse, all the clues point in a single direction: To get her shadow back, Kosara will have to face the Foul Days' biggest threats without it. And she's only got twelve days.

But in a city where everyone is out for themselves, who can Kosara trust to assist her in outwitting the biggest monster from her past?

May 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM

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It's Strange Up North

@strangeupnorth.bsky.social

THREE WEEKS TO GO!!
Three weeks until 15 wonderful sci fi, fantasy and horror authors descend on Leeds to hang out with all you fabulous readers!
Have you got your ticket yet? They're selling fast and you don't want to miss out on this amazing event!
www.waterstones.com/events/its-s...

A blue background, with colourful cartoons of Leeds buildings along the bottom, two teal dragons in the sky and the words "IT'S STRANGE UP NORTH, three weeks to go!!!"

May 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM

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Harry Woodgate

@harrywoodgate.bsky.social

Authors, illustrators, screenwriters, poets etc. Please sign this open letter regarding the recent UK Supreme Court judgement on trans peoples’ rights to legal recognition. 🏳️‍⚧️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

An Open Letter of Solidarity With the Trans Community from UK Writers

NOTE: THIS LETTER WILL BE SENT TO PRESS AND RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC ON TUESDAY - UNTIL THEN, PLEASE ONLY SHARE WITH SMALL GROUPS AND TRUSTED INDIVIDUALS. The UK Supreme Court ruling of 17th April 2025...

docs.google.com

April 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM

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Eliza Chan

@elizachanwrites.bsky.social

Scottish peeps, a reminder I have two events next week! Wed 23rd at Waterstones Edinburgh with @annabelcwrites.bsky.social and @gen-dimova.bsky.social hosted by Cymera's own Ann Landmann.

www.waterstones.com/events/outsi...

April 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM

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Sophia-Maria Nicolopoulos

@sophiamweaves.bsky.social

The world is not a safe place anymore but books will always be my refuge. After wrapping up the fantastic 'Foul Days' by @gen-dimova.bsky.social I snuggled with my preorder of 'They Bloom at Night' by @nvtran.bsky.social and, as expected, I'm falling hard.

Please read and support #ownvoices 🙏🏻❤️

April 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM

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Juliet E McKenna

@julietemckenna.bsky.social

Help us convince the UK government to uphold the law on copyright which Meta has ignored in order to use the illegally shared work of thousands of writers, without asking permission and without payment, with the explicitly stated aim of making money for themselves.
www.change.org/p/protect-au...

Sign the Petition

Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training

www.change.org

March 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM

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Greg Jenner

@gregjenner.bsky.social

Fellow authors! The @societyofauthors.bsky.social has issued a statement about Meta’s theft of copyrighted books to train its AI. societyofauthors.org/2025/03/21/t...

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March 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM

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It's Strange Up North

@strangeupnorth.bsky.social

Our next author is the wonderful Genoveva Dimova!

@gen-dimova.bsky.social latest book, Monstrous Nights, is the breakneck conclusion to the Slavic folklore-inspired Witch's Compendium of Monsters duology, which began with Foul Days.