Great fun celebrating the release of "Treasure of Ocean Parkway" with @sarvenaztash.bsky.social and @lancerubinparty.bsky.social tonight! Lived hearing them talk about the writing process, and can't wait to dive into the book!

Sophia threw a "Halloween at Hogwarts" party, and I took the prompt as a chance to cosplay the Fat Lady, after she's been brutally victimized by Sirius Black! Honestly, what kind of man starts slashing up innocent portraits?

Some of the coolest Halloween costumes I saw this year: photos.app.goo.gl/gcY1wWh9o1Bu...

There will be so many things to say about the legendary Nancy Pelosi's transformational tenure in Congress—but for now, let's start with "Thank you, Madam Speaker."

"it's inevitable" has never struck me as a compelling argument for AI. never seen a genuinely useful technology ushered in with the enthusiasm of a tired mom coming to terms with the fact that her kids are going to pick up foot fungus at a community pool.

I just read the sweetest book - "Confessions from the Group Chat" by Jodi Meadows! These MG rom-coms are like a warm hug, I just wish it could have gone on longer! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Bonus costume! Yelena and I wanted our Freaky Friday outfits to be a big dramatic reveal when we performed. I'd already gotten the nightgown for the costume, and I'd purchased a lot of wolf paraphernalia for the release of MALFOY, so... closet cosplay of Big Bad Wolf and Red Riding Hood!

It was an awesome Halloween - great company, and a really fun night out! Any Halloween festivities that get me home at 3:30am can be considered a success. I got to walk through the parade demanding the crowd "woohoo" (a la the talkshow in the movie); we had quite a few fans!

With Halloween on a Friday, things got a little... Freaky! Here's what happened when Yelena and I landed on the idea of a #FreakyFriday performance at our school's Halloween social! youtu.be/BLFlOb0MdMo

Happy #Halloween from Anna, I mean Tess Coleman! With Halloween on a Friday this year, is it any wonder things got a little freaky? #FreakyFriday (I knew I'd do this for Halloween the minute I saw #FreakierFriday in theaters - iykyk)

5pm on November 1: let’s go for a walk, it’s still light out! 5pm on November 2: an early darkness blankets the land. Fallow fields lay bone-bleached by moonlight. The last memories of summer fade into oblivion. The last echoes of hope lapse into baleful silence.

For some characters, Halloween is nothing but trauma!

Happy book birthday to Confessions From The Group Chat by @jodimeadows.bsky.social! Got my copy and I'm so excited to start reading!

The last 52 hours have been some of the most joyous, most creative, most exhausting of my life. #MalfoyCon - what an effort, what a payoff, what a celebration! Truly a weekend I'll never forget.

This week, it was great getting to visit @mugglecast.bsky.social again to talk about Spinner's End, one of the most elegant and Malfoy-iest chapters in the series! mugglecast.com/episode-724-...

This coming weekend is it! Bust out your Slytherin robes and join us in NYC for #MalfoyCon! We've got the full lineup for you: fabulous #wizardrock, thought-provoking presentations, and a big old launch party with cake! Come celebrate the #Malfoys in style. Details: irvinkhaytman.com/malfoycon/

One of an author's indulgences - making merch for my book launch! I'm having so much fun. I know enough that this isn't a profitable endeavor, but I give myself a budget of $150 to make cool little buttons and bracelets to give out to celebrate the occasion!

Oooh. @darklordofdance.bsky.social wrote a green book for us.

About to see Cascada in concert and I am HYPED!!! Ready to evacuate this dancefloor!

when they said there'd be bread and circuses, they should have specified that the bread would cost 200% more than it did four years ago and the circuses are only available on your least favourite streaming network for $19.99/month

Yesterday would've been my grandpa's 86th birthday - it's unplanned, but fitting that the book I dedicated to him came out the same week. For 2 years, between my dad's passing and his own, he was my main father figure. Wish he was still around to celebrate both occasions with me.

Yesterday was the happy book birthday for MALFOY by @darklordofdance.bsky.social ! In case Malfoys happen to be on your mind, for some reason!

It's real!!! I walked into @booksofwonder.bsky.social and there it was, on the shelf! This'll never not be mind-blowing!

There are so many Draco-related birthdays to celebrate right now! Not just my #Malfoy book - happy book birthday to @senlinyu.bsky.social's #Alchemised and happy actual birthday to Tom Felton! 'Tis definitely the season to celebrate the inimitable Draco Malfoy.

Today is the day!! My #Malfoy book is now out in the world! It's already been spotted in the wild a couple times. (If you do spot it, btw, we love to see it!) I guess all that's left to say is... happy reading!

#Malfoy releases tomorrow! Here is the newsletter with all of the information - links to buy it, online Malfoy content to go with the book, and all the details for the epic launch party happening in October! hpboy13.substack.com/p/its-public...

3 days to go until #Malfoy! In honor of three days, here are three episodes of the Three Broomsticks where the Malfoys are discussed. Plenty of sneak previews of the book’s contents on these podcasts! (Links in reply)

4 days to go until the release of #Malfoy! In advance of the book’s release, the book’s bibliography has been published on the website. If anyone wants to read lots and lots of essays about the Malfoys to get hyped for the book, this can keep you busy all weekend. irvinkhaytman.com/malfoy/bibli...

5 days to go until #Malfoy! Today, I'm happy to share an old essay that's just been republished at the Lexicon. My book explores how Lucius Malfoy went from influential schemer to hapless shmuck. To get ready, read this essay about dads being powerless in Book 4! www.hp-lexicon.org/2025/09/18/t...

With six days to go until the publication of my book about the Malfoys, here’s a new essay about the connection between Draco Malfoy and the number Six throughout the #HarryPotter series! Give this a read, and I hope it whets your appetite for #Malfoy! hpboy13.substack.com/p/draco-six

One week! One week from today, my beautiful book about the blonde brat will be out in the world! There's a million things to do on my end. But for you, only a few! Lock in preorder prices while they last! Reread all 7 HP books! Make your travel plans to NYC this October! All this info at Malfoys.com

COVER REVEAL!!! I’m so excited to share the beautiful cover of SEA OF CHARMS — my newest cozy fantasy in the world of the Spellshop series! Cover illustration: Lulu Chen Cover design: Esther S. Kim Coming 7/21/26 and now available for preorder: sarahbethdurst.com/SeaofCharms....

I find book translation endlessly fascinating. Was perusing the German version of Dumbledore today. They took out a citation for Machiavelli's Prince (surely everyone knows it offhand!) but put in an explanation and Wikipedia link for the word "MacGuffin." 😂

Bess: If you were to set up your dream lineup of bands to play with, who would you include? Deirdre: You know, I think Irvin does it for us. 🥺🥰 If that doesn't get you hyped for #WrockThePeacock next month, I don't know what will!

RIP to Stuart Craig. For all of how I shit on the movies, I've never had a bad thing to say about the set design. He truly captured the scale, the grandeur, and the magic of the wizarding world. Every time I well up at the theme park or studio tour, that's thanks to his genius.

If you say at work that you'll schedule a meeting for midday around 12-1, it should be illegal to send a Teams invite that morning for a 10:30 meeting. Thank God I'd just gotten to a cafe and purchased coffee w/ two minutes to spare, but that is too sudden and too early for meetings!

No one ever tells you how much work it is just creating event pages for a weekend full of activities. The links, crosslinks, adapting to Meetup vs Eventbrite... It was my whole afternoon.

‪my phone number was a closely guarded secret for the first five years I had a cellphone because it cost money to RECEIVE texts in those days and I simply could not risk my parents’ wrath should my number fall into the hands of some wealthy heiress who sent texts at 2pm‬

#FreakierFriday is everything I wanted it to be, and more than I dared hope for! It allows characters to keep their growth from the 1st movie, and tells a great story with enough winks & references to the original to keep the dopamine hits coming. A paragon of a legacy sequel!

I come back to NYC only to find that the fucking MTA has foisted their fucking OMNY bullshit on my entire fucking subway line. I hope they choke on their fucking price hike, and they can pry my monthly MetroCard from my hands on the last day the system takes them.

I finally got my copy of #Malfoy! It's real, it's an honest to goodness book that I can hold! 🥰 And doesn't it look great lying next to its big brother? Craziest thing is that next month, other people will also be able to hold this book! And even read it! 🤯

Listen to me interview the inimitable Celestial Warmbottom, the eldest of wizard rockers! #wrock

On one hand, Republican officials call themselves "warfighters." On the other, they become whiny crybabies at the thought of setting foot in DC streets and New York City subways that literal schoolchildren navigate every day without incident. Real macho stuff.

No HP fan's trip to Warsaw would be complete without popping in to their Harry Potter store, Sklepik Magiczny! Got quite a bit of cool HP merch. The only (very flattering) issue is that they were sold out of my book!

This dollhouse of a 1930s NYC brownstone seems to have as much square footage as real-life modern NYC apartments!

How do I recreate this outfit for my next birthday party?

Today's the day! Let's talk #HarryPotter at Massolit Books tonight at 6pm, Krakow - I'll see you soon! Do zobaczenia wkrótce!

I'm really pushing the limits of my determination to be a proper tourist and see sights. I got back from a wedding at 4am, set my alarm for 10:30, got on an un-air-conditioned train packed like sardines. Now I'm in a coffee shop w/ cold brew and facing prospect of a hike. Gonna get up any minute...

I stumbled across this review of the Polish "Dumbledore" and Justyna made my entire day! You always hope, as a writer, that your books will mean something to someone. This kind of reception is beyond my wildest dreams! 🥰 czarodziejski-kramik.blogspot.com/2025/02/001-...

Exciting news - today is the long-awaited release of "Dumbledore: The Life and Lies" as an e-book! If you've wanted to read about Dumbledore's machinations but don't want to drag hardcovers to the beach, now you can! B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dumbledore... Amzn: a.co/d/cUn8yCI & everywhere else!