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Joanne Harris

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Here's something nice: 50% off the audiobook of TEN THINGS ABOUT WRITING till May 5th! www.audiobooks.co.uk/promotions/p...

50% OFF Ten Things About Writing: Build Your Story, One Word at a Time

An indispensable guide to the craft of writing and business of publishing from one of our bestselling and most versatile authors. One-time teacher and bestselling novelist Joanne Harris has been advis...

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April 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM

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Rhianna Pratchett

@rhi.bsky.social

News! Wee Free Men, Thief of Time and Monstrous Regiment are being adapted into graphic novels with Transworld and Puffin. I’m word wrangling on WFM, and Gary Chudleigh and Rachel Stott are adapting ToT. Exciting times!

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Terry Pratchett’s Discworld to be launched as graphic-novel series by Transworld and Puffin

Transworld and Puffin have signed deals for three graphic-novel adaptations of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, marking the start of the Discworld Graphic Novel Universe.

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April 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM

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Hellebore

@helleborezine.bsky.social

Behind its kitsch reputation, the popularity of the British garden gnome suggests a long-standing yearning for magic and connection with the Earth.

@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social writes An Earthy History of the British Gnome for The Elemental Issue.

👉🏼 Pre-order now on helleborezine.com

Cover of Hellebore - The Elemental Issue, showing an intriguing fae figure with butterfly wings

AN EARTHY HISTORY of the
British GNOME
By
Francis Young
THE GARDEN GNOME is a classic of British kitsch. But whereas today's garden centre gnomes may do anything from exposing their bottoms to playing golf, the British gnome has a fascinating history that harks back to the spirits of the mines and caverns of German folklore and their 16th-century philosophical reimagining by Paracelsus, and even further back, to the cult of Nodens in Roman Gloucestershire and the chthonic genii cuculati, suggesting a longstanding yearning for magic and connection with the earth.

April 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM

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Sam Missingham

@samatlounge.bsky.social

Authors, please follow @victoriastrauss.bsky.social to keep up to date on scams across the book world.

Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · Apr 5

Scam "literary agency" Envision Literary Agency is impersonating Penguin Random House with fake publishing offers, via the email below, using the fake email address acquisitions@penguinrandomhouse-prh.com 🧵1/8

This is Mike Guzman, Contract Specialist at Penguin Random House.

Penguin Random House is looking for new book titles to be published this year. We are the second-largest consumer book publisher in the world. Headquartered in New York, we have publishing operations in 17 countries. With two hundred years of history and more than 120 branded imprints around the world.

At Penguin Random House, authors and their work are the center of everything we do. We are proud to provide authors with unprecedented editorial excellence, marketing reach, long-standing connections with booksellers, and industry-leading insight into reader and consumer behavior. Consistently at the forefront of innovation and technological advancement, Penguin Random House also uses digital technology to create unique reading experiences and expand the reach of our authors.

I am reaching out to you to let you know that we received a preliminary endorsement of your book, [redacted] from a literary agent named Pamela Morrison, and we are pleased to accept the submission. Before we can proceed with the acquisition process, we kindly request your assistance in processing a Separation of Book Rights Order to ensure that the rights of your work are properly assigned.

As we move forward with the potential publication of your book, it is essential for both parties to have a clear understanding of the ownership and rights associated with the work. The Separation of Book Rights Order will formalize the transfer of rights to our publishing company, outlining the terms and conditions of the agreement in a legally binding document.

This step is necessary to protect the interests of both yourself as the author and our publishing company, ensuring that the rights to your creative work are secured and that all parties involved are in agreement regarding the terms of the acquisition.

Once the Separation of Book Rights Order has been processed, we can proceed with the acquisition process and work towards bringi…

April 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM

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Xisuma

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Mark your calendars, next weekend is the Hermitcraft Charity Stream! Two days of jam packed fun being streamed by your favorite Hermits!

April 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM

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Tom Cox

@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social

Last posting day for a while tomorrow, as I'm fucking knackered and I badly need a break/some sleep. If you'd like one of these for price of postage (£4 to UK, £15 to US/Canada) plus what YOU want to pay of the £10 cover price please email me at hello@tom-cox.com with your address by 8am.

Front cover of my book Ring The Hill, including a quote from Stephen Fry saying it's funny (he's got weird taste)

Back cover of my book Ring The Hill, which has two hares on it.

April 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM

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Charlotte Moore-Lambert

@charlottereads.com

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:

March 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM