Bethan James
@thebethanjames.bsky.social
Marketer at Perlego ("Netflix for Books"). Arts Council grant recipient. Fuelled by writing, reading & Earl Grey tea. Identical twin. She/her.
Lit agent: Harry Illingworth.
WIP: speculative crime novel
Insta & X: @thebethanjames
Lit agent: Harry Illingworth.
WIP: speculative crime novel
Insta & X: @thebethanjames
Thanks @BritFantasySoc.bsky.social for making #WorldFantasyCon accessible by streaming it!👏🐉
Some author panel highlights:
✨British Urban Fantasy
✨Occult Adventures
✨Blending the Genres
✨Playing for Laughs in SFF (incl @Davidwragg.com & BSF winner @Franceswrites.bsky.social)
Feeling inspired ✍️🔮
Some author panel highlights:
✨British Urban Fantasy
✨Occult Adventures
✨Blending the Genres
✨Playing for Laughs in SFF (incl @Davidwragg.com & BSF winner @Franceswrites.bsky.social)
Feeling inspired ✍️🔮
November 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Thanks @BritFantasySoc.bsky.social for making #WorldFantasyCon accessible by streaming it!👏🐉
Some author panel highlights:
✨British Urban Fantasy
✨Occult Adventures
✨Blending the Genres
✨Playing for Laughs in SFF (incl @Davidwragg.com & BSF winner @Franceswrites.bsky.social)
Feeling inspired ✍️🔮
Some author panel highlights:
✨British Urban Fantasy
✨Occult Adventures
✨Blending the Genres
✨Playing for Laughs in SFF (incl @Davidwragg.com & BSF winner @Franceswrites.bsky.social)
Feeling inspired ✍️🔮
Happy Halloween! 🎃 Here’s some spooky book picks for you…
October 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃 Here’s some spooky book picks for you…
❤️📚Missing #TheakstoneCrime @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social already!
Incredible author panels, lovely writer catch-ups, murder mystery dinner, publisher popups, and tons of fabulous freebies
Incredible author panels, lovely writer catch-ups, murder mystery dinner, publisher popups, and tons of fabulous freebies
July 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
❤️📚Missing #TheakstoneCrime @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social already!
Incredible author panels, lovely writer catch-ups, murder mystery dinner, publisher popups, and tons of fabulous freebies
Incredible author panels, lovely writer catch-ups, murder mystery dinner, publisher popups, and tons of fabulous freebies
It’s day 1 of #1000WordsofSummer from @jamiattenberg.bsky.social ! Can’t wait to kick off this 2 week challenge ✍️
May 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It’s day 1 of #1000WordsofSummer from @jamiattenberg.bsky.social ! Can’t wait to kick off this 2 week challenge ✍️
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A reminder that every small bit of good you do - whether it be putting art into the world, helping a friend or stranger, donating to a good cause, or just listening to someone who needs to vent - offsets all the evil in the world just a little bit. And sometimes that's just what the world needs.
April 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A reminder that every small bit of good you do - whether it be putting art into the world, helping a friend or stranger, donating to a good cause, or just listening to someone who needs to vent - offsets all the evil in the world just a little bit. And sometimes that's just what the world needs.
Thanks/ diolch to for an inspiring weekend, Wales International Crime Fiction Festival, aka Gwyl Crime Cymru! 🏴📚
April 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Thanks/ diolch to for an inspiring weekend, Wales International Crime Fiction Festival, aka Gwyl Crime Cymru! 🏴📚
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Introducing The Killer Twist Pitch Prize for Unagented Crime Writers!
Top Prize: 4-Day Pass #TheakstonsCrime + 3-night hotel stay in #Harrogate, Pitch Revision & Coaching. (a $1250 value)
2nd Place: @JerichoWriters Agent 1-on-1! T&Cs apply, See www.alessandraranelli.com/prize for details.🧵1/4
Top Prize: 4-Day Pass #TheakstonsCrime + 3-night hotel stay in #Harrogate, Pitch Revision & Coaching. (a $1250 value)
2nd Place: @JerichoWriters Agent 1-on-1! T&Cs apply, See www.alessandraranelli.com/prize for details.🧵1/4
February 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Introducing The Killer Twist Pitch Prize for Unagented Crime Writers!
Top Prize: 4-Day Pass #TheakstonsCrime + 3-night hotel stay in #Harrogate, Pitch Revision & Coaching. (a $1250 value)
2nd Place: @JerichoWriters Agent 1-on-1! T&Cs apply, See www.alessandraranelli.com/prize for details.🧵1/4
Top Prize: 4-Day Pass #TheakstonsCrime + 3-night hotel stay in #Harrogate, Pitch Revision & Coaching. (a $1250 value)
2nd Place: @JerichoWriters Agent 1-on-1! T&Cs apply, See www.alessandraranelli.com/prize for details.🧵1/4
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📣 Last call for early bird tickets! Are you joining us for Capital Crime 2025?
Our early bird pricing ends THIS WEEK, on Friday 31st January 2025. Save nearly 20% on weekend tickets and 15% on day tickets.
➡️ www.capitalcrime.org
#crimefiction #thrillerfiction
Our early bird pricing ends THIS WEEK, on Friday 31st January 2025. Save nearly 20% on weekend tickets and 15% on day tickets.
➡️ www.capitalcrime.org
#crimefiction #thrillerfiction
January 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
📣 Last call for early bird tickets! Are you joining us for Capital Crime 2025?
Our early bird pricing ends THIS WEEK, on Friday 31st January 2025. Save nearly 20% on weekend tickets and 15% on day tickets.
➡️ www.capitalcrime.org
#crimefiction #thrillerfiction
Our early bird pricing ends THIS WEEK, on Friday 31st January 2025. Save nearly 20% on weekend tickets and 15% on day tickets.
➡️ www.capitalcrime.org
#crimefiction #thrillerfiction
How enchanting is this @Illumicrate special edition of #WaterMoon by Samantha Sotto Yambao 🌊💙
✨ “Would you rewrite your destiny if it meant losing a part of your past?✨
#FantasyBooks #Illumicrate #BookBox
✨ “Would you rewrite your destiny if it meant losing a part of your past?✨
#FantasyBooks #Illumicrate #BookBox
January 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
How enchanting is this @Illumicrate special edition of #WaterMoon by Samantha Sotto Yambao 🌊💙
✨ “Would you rewrite your destiny if it meant losing a part of your past?✨
#FantasyBooks #Illumicrate #BookBox
✨ “Would you rewrite your destiny if it meant losing a part of your past?✨
#FantasyBooks #Illumicrate #BookBox
My New Year hopes for you (credit to Positive Present) 🎉 #HappyNewYear
January 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
My New Year hopes for you (credit to Positive Present) 🎉 #HappyNewYear
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‘Perfect for winter nights’: the best crime novels to read at Christmas according to Ian Rankin, Bella Mackie and more
‘Perfect for winter nights’: the best crime novels to read at Christmas according to Ian Rankin, Bella Mackie and more
From Maigret to Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple, authors choose the whodunnits they love to hunker down with at this time of year
A Maigret Christmas and Other Stories by Georges Simenon Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2024 at 9:16 AM
‘Perfect for winter nights’: the best crime novels to read at Christmas according to Ian Rankin, Bella Mackie and more
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My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.
Morning.
Morning.
November 16, 2024 at 9:05 AM
My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.
Morning.
Morning.
Hello to my new followers! #writingcommunity 👋
November 12, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Hello to my new followers! #writingcommunity 👋
Thank you, Edinburgh Fringe Fest. What a week of comedy, storytelling, new writing, magic and mayhem ❤️ 🏴
August 18, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Thank you, Edinburgh Fringe Fest. What a week of comedy, storytelling, new writing, magic and mayhem ❤️ 🏴
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Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
March 1, 2024 at 8:29 AM
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
Voyage of the Damned by Frances White I’m is a spellbinding new murder mystery set on a boat full of magic. 💙🌊
This enchanting read is well worth checking out ✨
This enchanting read is well worth checking out ✨
February 11, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Voyage of the Damned by Frances White I’m is a spellbinding new murder mystery set on a boat full of magic. 💙🌊
This enchanting read is well worth checking out ✨
This enchanting read is well worth checking out ✨
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30 of the best fantasy novels of all time
Not all those who wander are lost
www.standard.co.uk
January 31, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Writers, you NEED to watch #AnatomyOfAFall 👀
A heartbreakingly beautiful film about obsession, jealousy, and the thin line between truth and lies in storytelling ✍️
#AmWriting #WritingCommmunity
A heartbreakingly beautiful film about obsession, jealousy, and the thin line between truth and lies in storytelling ✍️
#AmWriting #WritingCommmunity
February 4, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Writers, you NEED to watch #AnatomyOfAFall 👀
A heartbreakingly beautiful film about obsession, jealousy, and the thin line between truth and lies in storytelling ✍️
#AmWriting #WritingCommmunity
A heartbreakingly beautiful film about obsession, jealousy, and the thin line between truth and lies in storytelling ✍️
#AmWriting #WritingCommmunity
Picked up the keys to my first home.
A new chapter begins 🏡🔑❤️
A new chapter begins 🏡🔑❤️
January 21, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Picked up the keys to my first home.
A new chapter begins 🏡🔑❤️
A new chapter begins 🏡🔑❤️
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‘The writer shares their opinion online’. My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books.
January 21, 2024 at 10:14 AM
‘The writer shares their opinion online’. My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books.
New Year’s Eve words of wisdom from Neil Gaiman 🥂
I hope 2024 brings you good stories 🎉
I hope 2024 brings you good stories 🎉
December 31, 2023 at 11:46 PM
New Year’s Eve words of wisdom from Neil Gaiman 🥂
I hope 2024 brings you good stories 🎉
I hope 2024 brings you good stories 🎉
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Believe it or not I wrote and scheduled this post three weeks ago. I considered not posting as it feels a little opportunistic but maybe it'll be helpful?
Anyway, some thoughts on how to look at the long game beyond the debut year:
open.substack.com/pub/lorraine...
#authors #books #publishing
Anyway, some thoughts on how to look at the long game beyond the debut year:
open.substack.com/pub/lorraine...
#authors #books #publishing
December 9, 2023 at 2:07 PM
Believe it or not I wrote and scheduled this post three weeks ago. I considered not posting as it feels a little opportunistic but maybe it'll be helpful?
Anyway, some thoughts on how to look at the long game beyond the debut year:
open.substack.com/pub/lorraine...
#authors #books #publishing
Anyway, some thoughts on how to look at the long game beyond the debut year:
open.substack.com/pub/lorraine...
#authors #books #publishing
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Back in 1692, obscure Dutch artist A Boogert produced a one-off, hand-painted, 900 page catalogue of every conceivable colour, complete with handwritten, detailed advice to artists on how to create them. Now available online, see
www.openculture.com/2019/10/a-90...
www.openculture.com/2019/10/a-90...
November 24, 2023 at 6:51 AM
Back in 1692, obscure Dutch artist A Boogert produced a one-off, hand-painted, 900 page catalogue of every conceivable colour, complete with handwritten, detailed advice to artists on how to create them. Now available online, see
www.openculture.com/2019/10/a-90...
www.openculture.com/2019/10/a-90...
🕯️It’s the perfect spooky night to be scared out of my wits by #TheWinterSpirits - 12 gothic & ghostly tales from mesmerising storytellers 📖
November 5, 2023 at 8:03 PM
🕯️It’s the perfect spooky night to be scared out of my wits by #TheWinterSpirits - 12 gothic & ghostly tales from mesmerising storytellers 📖