Katie Fraser
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Staff Writer | The Bookseller | Chair New Adult Book Prize 2025 | Chair Pageturner Book of the Year British Book Awards 2024/5 | Views my own
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Being loved in your worst moments is something I write about a lot, says @finnlongman.com on their first foray into adult fantasy with The Wolf and His King ( @gollancz.bsky.social ) 👇 #BookSky
Finn Longman's adult fantasy debut is a story of love, yearning and grief
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September 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Being loved in your worst moments is something I write about a lot, says @finnlongman.com on their first foray into adult fantasy with The Wolf and His King ( @gollancz.bsky.social ) 👇 #BookSky
In this week's edition of @thebookseller.com I spoke to @finnlongman.com about their enthralling adult fantasy debut, The Wolf and His King 👑🐺
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Finn Longman's adult fantasy debut is a story of love, yearning and grief
Medievalist and YA author Longman makes their first foray into adult fantasy with a retelling of a 12th-century tale about an exiled werewolf.
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September 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
In this week's edition of @thebookseller.com I spoke to @finnlongman.com about their enthralling adult fantasy debut, The Wolf and His King 👑🐺
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A pleasure to chat with Sen about their dark, incisive debut novel Alchemised, a reimagining of the fan fiction epic Manacled.
“There’s all these barriers and resistance that people put up if it’s non-fiction… in fiction, you can be so much more confronted with ideas because it really gets into the messiness of human experience", says SenLinYu on their dark fantasy novel debut, Alchemised 👇 #BookSky
SenLinYu makes their dark fantasy novel debut with Alchemised
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July 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
A pleasure to chat with Sen about their dark, incisive debut novel Alchemised, a reimagining of the fan fiction epic Manacled.
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This week BookTok creators shared their thoughts on the use of Character.AI, a generative AI chatbot that allows users to ‘talk’ online with book characters 👇 #BookSky
Books on BookTok: Character.AI 'crosses a line'
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July 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This week BookTok creators shared their thoughts on the use of Character.AI, a generative AI chatbot that allows users to ‘talk’ online with book characters 👇 #BookSky
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“I felt like my dream job was created for me again”
The Rising Stars 2022 honouree, Vicky Leech Mateos discusses her dream job of building a new science fiction and fantasy list from scratch, and coming full-circle at Bloomsbury 👇
The Rising Stars 2022 honouree, Vicky Leech Mateos discusses her dream job of building a new science fiction and fantasy list from scratch, and coming full-circle at Bloomsbury 👇
Bloomsbury Archer is the latest string to the bow of Rising Star alumna Vicky Leech Mateos
Rising Stars 2022 honouree Vicky Leech Mateos discusses her dream job of building a new science fiction and fantasy list from scratch, and coming full-circle at Bloomsbury.
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July 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
“I felt like my dream job was created for me again”
The Rising Stars 2022 honouree, Vicky Leech Mateos discusses her dream job of building a new science fiction and fantasy list from scratch, and coming full-circle at Bloomsbury 👇
The Rising Stars 2022 honouree, Vicky Leech Mateos discusses her dream job of building a new science fiction and fantasy list from scratch, and coming full-circle at Bloomsbury 👇
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ICYMI: I found myself becoming very agoraphobic in my 20s… I started to try and understand what it was that was giving me anxiety, and I noticed it was to do with being perceived, says Joey Batey as he discusses his debut, It’s Not a Cult 👇
Joey Batey's debut novel grapples with the complexities of social media, ego and fandom
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July 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
ICYMI: I found myself becoming very agoraphobic in my 20s… I started to try and understand what it was that was giving me anxiety, and I noticed it was to do with being perceived, says Joey Batey as he discusses his debut, It’s Not a Cult 👇
Actor Joey Batey's debut novel is an incisive examination of fandom, social media and authenticity. In last week's @thebookseller.com
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Joey Batey's debut novel grapples with the complexities of social media, ego and fandom
Joey Batey, best known for playing the confident, wistful bard Jaskier in Netflix’s The Witcher, explores fandom with his incisive debut.
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July 14, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Actor Joey Batey's debut novel is an incisive examination of fandom, social media and authenticity. In last week's @thebookseller.com
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I urge everyone to read Leigh Radford's debut novel, One Yellow Eye @thebookseller.com
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May 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I urge everyone to read Leigh Radford's debut novel, One Yellow Eye @thebookseller.com
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We are over the moon to introduce you to the New Adult Book Prize 💫
The #NewAdultPrize seeks to celebrate fiction that champions the joys and challenges of early adulthood 📚
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The #NewAdultPrize seeks to celebrate fiction that champions the joys and challenges of early adulthood 📚
Find out more, here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/awards/new-a...
April 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
We are over the moon to introduce you to the New Adult Book Prize 💫
The #NewAdultPrize seeks to celebrate fiction that champions the joys and challenges of early adulthood 📚
Find out more, here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/awards/new-a...
The #NewAdultPrize seeks to celebrate fiction that champions the joys and challenges of early adulthood 📚
Find out more, here 👉 www.thebookseller.com/awards/new-a...
I interviewed Barnaby Martin about his debut novel, The Quiet, "a feat of writing that foregrounds the value of kindness and communication in a world bent on segregation and misinformation"
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Barnaby Martin | 'I wrote this at a time when the immigration policy in the UK was more extreme… and certain things, for example the barge for refugees, went into the story'
Set in a dystopian America, Martin's debut novel imagines a world irrevocably changed after the arrival of the Soundfield, a mysterious spherical layer that now covers the Earth.
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March 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I interviewed Barnaby Martin about his debut novel, The Quiet, "a feat of writing that foregrounds the value of kindness and communication in a world bent on segregation and misinformation"
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Brilliant book. Brilliant conversation. Brilliant author. Thank you Joe Abercrombie
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Joe Abercrombie | 'I like things that are familiar but doing something slightly surprising with them at the same time'
Set in a "medieval-ish [...] version of Europe", The Devils is the first instalment in a planned series from fantasy heavyweight Abercrombie.
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March 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Brilliant book. Brilliant conversation. Brilliant author. Thank you Joe Abercrombie
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Introducing our Book of the Year shortlists✨
In these lists we see the contours of the year past and of the months to come, we see books that reflect, represent and reveal the world around us - Philip Jones
🔗https://buff.ly/teqw2Ak #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards
In these lists we see the contours of the year past and of the months to come, we see books that reflect, represent and reveal the world around us - Philip Jones
🔗https://buff.ly/teqw2Ak #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards
March 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Introducing our Book of the Year shortlists✨
In these lists we see the contours of the year past and of the months to come, we see books that reflect, represent and reveal the world around us - Philip Jones
🔗https://buff.ly/teqw2Ak #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards
In these lists we see the contours of the year past and of the months to come, we see books that reflect, represent and reveal the world around us - Philip Jones
🔗https://buff.ly/teqw2Ak #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards
A brilliant conversation with fantasy star Carissa Broadbent
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From the floorboards up: Carissa Broadbent's star in the ascendant
The romantasy star has successfully crossed the aisle to traditional publishing, but she says it would never have happened without first building an indie author fanbase.
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February 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A brilliant conversation with fantasy star Carissa Broadbent
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A joy to speak to Antonia Hodgsonabout her masterful SFF debut, The Raven Scholar
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Antonia Hodgson | "I always feel the most immersed in fantasy… I like the soulful, philosophical, personal journey that people can go on in fantasy"
A fascination with a charismatic corvid has led the author to write a novel – replete with murder, bloodshed, redemption and grief– that is as erudite as it is other-worldly.
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February 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A joy to speak to Antonia Hodgsonabout her masterful SFF debut, The Raven Scholar
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INTRODUCING your #Nibbies judges✨
The #BritishBookAward judges "bring to our 35th year an eye-watering level of authority, skill and expertise. These are voracious readers with an extraordinary breadth of knowledge, who love the world of books and the people who make them." #BookSky
The #BritishBookAward judges "bring to our 35th year an eye-watering level of authority, skill and expertise. These are voracious readers with an extraordinary breadth of knowledge, who love the world of books and the people who make them." #BookSky
January 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
INTRODUCING your #Nibbies judges✨
The #BritishBookAward judges "bring to our 35th year an eye-watering level of authority, skill and expertise. These are voracious readers with an extraordinary breadth of knowledge, who love the world of books and the people who make them." #BookSky
The #BritishBookAward judges "bring to our 35th year an eye-watering level of authority, skill and expertise. These are voracious readers with an extraordinary breadth of knowledge, who love the world of books and the people who make them." #BookSky
Delighted to be returning as chair of the Pageturner Book of the Year Award at the #BritishBookAwards with @the-bookseller.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Delighted to be returning as chair of the Pageturner Book of the Year Award at the #BritishBookAwards with @the-bookseller.bsky.social
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This week's issue is out now, featuring:
⭐Review of the Year: A successful year for publishers in our top 20
⭐Author Profile: David Szalay and Anthony Cheetham
⭐Previews: Children's – New titles publishing in April
Read the issue 👉 www.thebookseller.com/editions/202...
⭐Review of the Year: A successful year for publishers in our top 20
⭐Author Profile: David Szalay and Anthony Cheetham
⭐Previews: Children's – New titles publishing in April
Read the issue 👉 www.thebookseller.com/editions/202...
January 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This week's issue is out now, featuring:
⭐Review of the Year: A successful year for publishers in our top 20
⭐Author Profile: David Szalay and Anthony Cheetham
⭐Previews: Children's – New titles publishing in April
Read the issue 👉 www.thebookseller.com/editions/202...
⭐Review of the Year: A successful year for publishers in our top 20
⭐Author Profile: David Szalay and Anthony Cheetham
⭐Previews: Children's – New titles publishing in April
Read the issue 👉 www.thebookseller.com/editions/202...
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You've still got a week to get your entries in for The #BritishBookAwards✨
We are so looking forward to celebrating your and your teams’ achievements, make sure you're a part of the fun 👉 thebookseller.com/the-british-... #Nibbies #BookSky
We are so looking forward to celebrating your and your teams’ achievements, make sure you're a part of the fun 👉 thebookseller.com/the-british-... #Nibbies #BookSky
January 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
You've still got a week to get your entries in for The #BritishBookAwards✨
We are so looking forward to celebrating your and your teams’ achievements, make sure you're a part of the fun 👉 thebookseller.com/the-british-... #Nibbies #BookSky
We are so looking forward to celebrating your and your teams’ achievements, make sure you're a part of the fun 👉 thebookseller.com/the-british-... #Nibbies #BookSky
My first author profile of 2025 with the utterly fantastic Ava Reid and her dystopian novel, Fable For The End Of The World🌎
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Ava Reid | 'Art isn’t about telling you what to believe, it’s about making you feel strongly and think deeply'
Set in a dystopian US where financial debts can get you killed and the climate crisis has resulted in extreme flooding, Ava Reid's latest novel skirts the boundary between fiction and reality.
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January 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My first author profile of 2025 with the utterly fantastic Ava Reid and her dystopian novel, Fable For The End Of The World🌎
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