The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner. Gimme that lush, high-budget period miniseries. We deserve the nuns.

Merry Crowsmas Eve, @farwall.bsky.social, and indeed, the rest of you lovely lot.

Looking for the perfect last minute Christmas gift? Why not sneak my wild, epic fantasy of murdered gods and stolen names under the tree? Guaranteed to see you through the coldest nights. Link in bio. Merry Christmas, sailors ⛵️🌊❄️💀

Evening @farwall.bsky.social, tonight it's one hill just sat there.

A slip after midnight @farwall.bsky.social but today it's one puffy little finch.

& close to sun-stilled but deepwinter it moves more quickly - flare 8.30 & gone 7 hours later: a buzzard sits parallel as you watch sun set (under empty jackdaw nests, 2 robins in angry chase through jagged tangle) - aftermath of clucking fieldfares, startled blur that may have been woodcock

Evening @farwall.bsky.social, tonight it's a series of curves bordered by lights.

all day it was evening - gloom & glimmer - water pulsing powerfully, wavering & searching, overtopping ditches or flung high in HGV wallow & wash - & yet the fierce winds warm, ripping agri-wrap & testing twine securing gates: a hunker down & wait but a strange version, unwinter

Evening @farwall.bsky.social tonight we're back to spindly things in fields. And also this photo.

Also! I keep coming in late with these but tonight, @farwall.bsky.social we have a little silver mouse on some cheese.

Hard to believe I'm posting another beautiful review of The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver, but I'm so buoyed by this on a freezing Monday. Snippets below, full thing at: www.instagram.com/p/DSSD-3MCiu...

Evening @farwall.bsky.social, tonight it's an icthyosaur conference. Obviously.

Very late but good eveningish @farwall.bsky.social tonight it is the pinprick honk of geese.

Evening @farwall.bsky.social, tonight it is the saddest little soldier in the station.

Evening @farwall.bsky.social, tonight it is a distant sky chicken.

My ambition is to one day be the kind of cool, elegant person who mixes up Bar Cart Bookshelf drinks. We are not quite there yet.

Evening @farwall.bsky.social, today it's a long road of hard, bright light.

It was an absolute delight to chat with Javier, and you can find my answers (and some sneaky sequel hints) over on the blog.

Evening @farwall.bsky.social, tonight it's a gull, with the erased suggestion of a river.

This is such an on-point review. J.T. writes characters with such a deft touch, you almost don't notice the clever, clever work being done.

Absolutely blown away by @jamreads.com 's beautiful, generous, and perceptive review of The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver.

Just The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver catty-corner with Katabasis. Nbd, I'm cool, I'm cool.

Evening @farwall.bsky.social, tonight it's ivy, no holly.

Excellent and weird sums The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver up perfectly. One of my favourite reviews yet 🌊💀⛵️

Evening @farwall.bsky.social tonight it's a weather vane and clear cold skies with little blurred birds.

Evening @farwall.bsky.social, I've been stuck on trains all day so it's a frankly unhinged shot of the Paisley Twister.

pause on the way home as moon lights the vertebrae of plantation river's back soft pastel of horizon & hard white light beating down

Evening @farwall.bsky.social today it is a frankly Mordor adjacent sunset.

Evening @farwall.bsky.social. Tonight it's a series of lines and light.

Evening @farwall.bsky.social. Today it's a hazy line of hills, and the fingernail of a plane.

Evening @farwall.bsky.social . Today we have a charmingly bleak tree.

Evening @farwall.bsky.social. Today it's windmills and a moody sky.

Sailing aboot everywhere.

i received an early copy of this and though i am a slow reader and am only halfway through, i’ve enjoyed every sentence of this beautiful, beautiful book. if, like me, you’re interested in what comes after the war, what sins and saints it begets, this is the book you want this year.

The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver, my beautiful, wild epic fantasy of murdered gods and forgotten magic is out today from @gollancz.bsky.social This book has lived in my head and heart for years. You could do me no greater kindness than ordering yourself a copy today, link in bio ⛵️💀🌊

Seeing my book on the shelf of an incredible author is a new and profound delight.

I have been waiting to get this book into @jamreads.com hands for ages. I would like to get a copy into everyone's hands, including you, dear reader. I know you need more beautiful, wild epic fantasy in your life.

The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver is one of Sia's Must-Have Monday picks! Set sail on that magic ship in just TWO DAYS 🌊⛵️💀

Off to Waterstones St. Andrews today for my first ever in-store signing of The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver. See you there, 2pm?

Still absolutely unreal to see Ship and Shroud out in the wild ⛵️🌊💀

It's now just under a month until The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver sets sail, and I'll be all over Scotland in November to celebrate. Event tickets and pre-order link in bio! I'd love to see you at some, or all!

Very sad to hear that Manchán Magan is gone to soon. www.irishtimes.com/video/video/...

Very pleasantly surprised to have a sneaky wee cameo in @thebookseller.com this week.

Beyond delighted to share the cover for The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver. Kerby Rosanes is a wizard. If you think the cover is beautiful, just wait until you meet the wild, heartbreaking adventure inside. The good folk @gollancz.bsky.social await your preorders. Link in bio, as they say.

Hello pals, The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver is currently in Waterstones' summer pre-order sale. Spend a little now, and give yourself a winter of wild magic. bit.ly/shipshroudsummer

After the rain.

A machine, honestly.

Amazingly, this is massive progress. Woof.

Nocturnal copyedits are the best copyedits.

Hey, we're looking for UK poetry and fiction writers for our submissions open period which closes at the end of the month! We pay royalties on books, stock with indie bookshops, and work with u extensively on your manuscript. Could you please share this to help get the word out?