Maria Turtschaninoff
@turtschaninoff.bsky.social
Author of the Red Abbey Chronicles, sold to 30 countries , and Tangled Roots, published by Pushkin Press in the UK 2025
Well well. New work week. Any tips on how to kickstart it??
September 15, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Well well. New work week. Any tips on how to kickstart it??
Today I visited my local library at the same time as a class of grade schoolers. Overheard a kid asking the teacher: Are we going to be reading a lot?
Teacher: Yes.
Kid: Yay!
THIS MADE MY DAY!!
Teacher: Yes.
Kid: Yay!
THIS MADE MY DAY!!
August 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Today I visited my local library at the same time as a class of grade schoolers. Overheard a kid asking the teacher: Are we going to be reading a lot?
Teacher: Yes.
Kid: Yay!
THIS MADE MY DAY!!
Teacher: Yes.
Kid: Yay!
THIS MADE MY DAY!!
#Anaché, my YA fantasy which was first published in 2012, will be out in paperback in Swedish this fall! The novel is set in the same universe as my Red Abbey Chronicles, but is a standalone. And here’s the new cover by Sanna Mander! I love, love, love it!
August 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
#Anaché, my YA fantasy which was first published in 2012, will be out in paperback in Swedish this fall! The novel is set in the same universe as my Red Abbey Chronicles, but is a standalone. And here’s the new cover by Sanna Mander! I love, love, love it!
Today the IG of the biggest newspaper in Finland published a video with an interviewee who used the curse-word ”horses cunt”. Unbleeped and uncensored (it appears in the article too).
I love this country.
I love this country.
July 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Today the IG of the biggest newspaper in Finland published a video with an interviewee who used the curse-word ”horses cunt”. Unbleeped and uncensored (it appears in the article too).
I love this country.
I love this country.
I have a wise mentor who just messaged me and suggested we meet up for a session in August, because she had an ”itch” that it might be necessary.
She’s a WITCH, I tells ya. I have spent the past month (ok, I’ll admit it, monthS) thinking I can’t write anymore and it’s all pointless.
She’s a WITCH, I tells ya. I have spent the past month (ok, I’ll admit it, monthS) thinking I can’t write anymore and it’s all pointless.
July 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I have a wise mentor who just messaged me and suggested we meet up for a session in August, because she had an ”itch” that it might be necessary.
She’s a WITCH, I tells ya. I have spent the past month (ok, I’ll admit it, monthS) thinking I can’t write anymore and it’s all pointless.
She’s a WITCH, I tells ya. I have spent the past month (ok, I’ll admit it, monthS) thinking I can’t write anymore and it’s all pointless.
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The actual public service chatgpt provides is in demonstrating the effect of never hearing the word no on the human psyche, it has made billionaire brain pudding a condition accessible to everyone irrespective of net worth
July 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The actual public service chatgpt provides is in demonstrating the effect of never hearing the word no on the human psyche, it has made billionaire brain pudding a condition accessible to everyone irrespective of net worth
Reposted by Maria Turtschaninoff
"Hard times are coming, when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies, to other ways of being. And even imagine some real grounds for hope."
― Ursula K. Le Guin, 2014
― Ursula K. Le Guin, 2014
July 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"Hard times are coming, when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies, to other ways of being. And even imagine some real grounds for hope."
― Ursula K. Le Guin, 2014
― Ursula K. Le Guin, 2014
Me, after finishing a lunch of creamy chanterelle sauce and Parmesan with spaghetti, and a piece of mud cake for dessert: ”It’s difficult to keep up my healthy lifestyle in summer.”
My 14-y-o: You’re keeping up your happy lifestyle.
Here’s to more happy lifestyles!
My 14-y-o: You’re keeping up your happy lifestyle.
Here’s to more happy lifestyles!
July 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Me, after finishing a lunch of creamy chanterelle sauce and Parmesan with spaghetti, and a piece of mud cake for dessert: ”It’s difficult to keep up my healthy lifestyle in summer.”
My 14-y-o: You’re keeping up your happy lifestyle.
Here’s to more happy lifestyles!
My 14-y-o: You’re keeping up your happy lifestyle.
Here’s to more happy lifestyles!
I was a guest at Jurmo literary festival, a small-scale celebration of books in one of the most special places in Finland. Thank you for having me, I hope to visit this incredible island again!
July 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I was a guest at Jurmo literary festival, a small-scale celebration of books in one of the most special places in Finland. Thank you for having me, I hope to visit this incredible island again!
I can’t begin to express how happy this made me!
One of the most beautiful books I've ever read 💚 Tangled Roots by @turtschaninoff.bsky.social , translated by A. A. Prime, published by @pushkinpress.com 🌱🌲🌱Cover design Jo Walker, cover illustration Joe McLaren 💚
July 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I can’t begin to express how happy this made me!
Kiitos! ❤️
Lähes yhdeltä istumalta luin @turtschaninoff.bsky.social Suomaan. Jotenkin täydellinen, ei mitään liikaa eikä mitään jäänyt puuttumaan. Miten haikeaa olla osa sukupolvien ketjua, miten oikein lukea tämä maisemissa, joissa sukuni ollut jo satoja vuosia. 📚
June 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Kiitos! ❤️
My midsummer: burned home-made pizza, strawberries, Taskmaster and Lonkero. Oh yeah.
June 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
My midsummer: burned home-made pizza, strawberries, Taskmaster and Lonkero. Oh yeah.
The teen was telling his (paternal) grandmother that he’s started reading Stephen King.
Gran: I’ve never read a horror novel. But I watch CNN and NBC every day.
Gran: I’ve never read a horror novel. But I watch CNN and NBC every day.
May 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The teen was telling his (paternal) grandmother that he’s started reading Stephen King.
Gran: I’ve never read a horror novel. But I watch CNN and NBC every day.
Gran: I’ve never read a horror novel. But I watch CNN and NBC every day.
Fountain pen
Coffee
Notebook
Rain
=writing
Coffee
Notebook
Rain
=writing
May 23, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Fountain pen
Coffee
Notebook
Rain
=writing
Coffee
Notebook
Rain
=writing
Look! Spotted in the wild at Hatchardsby @tulivirta.bsky.social !#TangledRoots
May 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Look! Spotted in the wild at Hatchardsby @tulivirta.bsky.social !#TangledRoots
Please read this. I’m not based in the UK, and in Finland we don’t even have birth certificates. But believe me, things happening in the UK and US will happen in Finland, too. The UK ruling was already hailed by the major Finnish newspaper as a ”victory for women’s rights activists.” It isn’t.
I was hoping to be spending my birthday enjoying an Eastercon in the company of a few hundred friends. Instead I am spending it doing necessary trans activism work. Please read: www.cheryl-morgan.co...
A Birthday Request | Cheryl's Mewsings
I don't often do this sort of thing, and I am definitely not asking you to give money to anyone. All I want you to do is write a letter. Let me explain. By now the chances are that you have heard of Wednesday's ruling by the UK's Supreme Court which, in a very limited
www.cheryl-morgan.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Please read this. I’m not based in the UK, and in Finland we don’t even have birth certificates. But believe me, things happening in the UK and US will happen in Finland, too. The UK ruling was already hailed by the major Finnish newspaper as a ”victory for women’s rights activists.” It isn’t.
Tangled Roots is out in the UK today! It’s a novel spanning 400 years and explores where we come from, the roots we put into the earth and the roots earth forms in us. It’s about love: love between humans and nature, between generations and between people.
#Arvejord #TangledRoots
#Arvejord #TangledRoots
April 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Tangled Roots is out in the UK today! It’s a novel spanning 400 years and explores where we come from, the roots we put into the earth and the roots earth forms in us. It’s about love: love between humans and nature, between generations and between people.
#Arvejord #TangledRoots
#Arvejord #TangledRoots
My author copies of Tangled Roots arrived today! Out in the UK on April 10th! @pushkinpress.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
My author copies of Tangled Roots arrived today! Out in the UK on April 10th! @pushkinpress.com
Writing (the act of as well as the paraphernalia of)
The Iron Age
Female authors
The Iron Age
Female authors
I have about 5 topics I'd do this for but I'm curious, what do YOU think I'd talk about for 19 hours? You the general bluesky, not demanding david answers...
What would you talk about for 19 hours?
April 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Writing (the act of as well as the paraphernalia of)
The Iron Age
Female authors
The Iron Age
Female authors
I just came home from a wonderful trip to Germany where I talked about #Moorhöhe (#Arvejord)! One performance in Berlin and three at Leipzig book fair! I can’t believe how many books I, an unknown author from a small country, got to sign! I love countries with ppl who read ❤️
March 31, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I just came home from a wonderful trip to Germany where I talked about #Moorhöhe (#Arvejord)! One performance in Berlin and three at Leipzig book fair! I can’t believe how many books I, an unknown author from a small country, got to sign! I love countries with ppl who read ❤️
Hey, do you like books? Of course you do! Now you can get a an advanced copy of my upcoming novel, Tangled Roots, over at the Independent Alliance on IG!
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February 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Hey, do you like books? Of course you do! Now you can get a an advanced copy of my upcoming novel, Tangled Roots, over at the Independent Alliance on IG!
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I looked for something for my 14-y-o in Helsinki’s biggest book store last fall, and everything in the ”teen” section was romantacy. When I asked the staff for recommendations they recommended The Witcher (from the adult section). Where are the actual books for teens?
The adultification of YA
Is the trend towards ever-harder romantasy pushing out younger readers?
www.thebookseller.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I looked for something for my 14-y-o in Helsinki’s biggest book store last fall, and everything in the ”teen” section was romantacy. When I asked the staff for recommendations they recommended The Witcher (from the adult section). Where are the actual books for teens?
If you see this, reboot with the top 2 places you absolutely fucking hate with a passion
1. Manchester airport
2. The Autobahn
1. Manchester airport
2. The Autobahn
If you see this, reboot with the top 2 places you absolutely fucking hate with a passion
1) the M25
2) multi-storey carparks
1) the M25
2) multi-storey carparks
If you see this, rebloot with the top 2 places you absolutely fucking hate with a passion
1) the Tube
2) airports
(Euston stn is a close third)
1) the Tube
2) airports
(Euston stn is a close third)
February 2, 2025 at 5:50 AM
If you see this, reboot with the top 2 places you absolutely fucking hate with a passion
1. Manchester airport
2. The Autobahn
1. Manchester airport
2. The Autobahn
”I place the urn on the porch table when we unpack the car
pour a glass of Talisker
For a brief moment
I want to open the urn lid and pour some inside
You were the one who taught me to drink whisky”
Tangled Roots, out in April 2025 from Pushkin Press
pour a glass of Talisker
For a brief moment
I want to open the urn lid and pour some inside
You were the one who taught me to drink whisky”
Tangled Roots, out in April 2025 from Pushkin Press
Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book,
"As the soul comes to a child at the moment of hatching, so the soul flows into each day when the beak of the sun first taps at the horizon and cracks the egg of night."
Everybody's Perfect, coming from Tor June 2026
"As the soul comes to a child at the moment of hatching, so the soul flows into each day when the beak of the sun first taps at the horizon and cracks the egg of night."
Everybody's Perfect, coming from Tor June 2026
Authors if you see this, it’s a sign to post the first line of your book.
“At the centre of every village stands the smithy, where you can expect deals to be shaken on and conflicts to be shaken out, but if you need fairy-smithing you must travel the miles to Gyrford.”
tinyurl.com/bdzdtrkh
“At the centre of every village stands the smithy, where you can expect deals to be shaken on and conflicts to be shaken out, but if you need fairy-smithing you must travel the miles to Gyrford.”
tinyurl.com/bdzdtrkh
February 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
”I place the urn on the porch table when we unpack the car
pour a glass of Talisker
For a brief moment
I want to open the urn lid and pour some inside
You were the one who taught me to drink whisky”
Tangled Roots, out in April 2025 from Pushkin Press
pour a glass of Talisker
For a brief moment
I want to open the urn lid and pour some inside
You were the one who taught me to drink whisky”
Tangled Roots, out in April 2025 from Pushkin Press
There are several stages of writing where I want to ask for help.
In the beginning: help, what is this? Is this anything? Should I continue?
A bit into the writing: help, what direction should this take? Is this too odd? Is this the wrong thing for me to be writing right now?
(Thread)
In the beginning: help, what is this? Is this anything? Should I continue?
A bit into the writing: help, what direction should this take? Is this too odd? Is this the wrong thing for me to be writing right now?
(Thread)
January 31, 2025 at 7:27 AM
There are several stages of writing where I want to ask for help.
In the beginning: help, what is this? Is this anything? Should I continue?
A bit into the writing: help, what direction should this take? Is this too odd? Is this the wrong thing for me to be writing right now?
(Thread)
In the beginning: help, what is this? Is this anything? Should I continue?
A bit into the writing: help, what direction should this take? Is this too odd? Is this the wrong thing for me to be writing right now?
(Thread)