Came in three months too late for me - but I don't think I was alone in terms of a landlord acting on Section 21 before this went through. I'm pleased for future tenants.

New Review - an excellent tale of digital ghosts, seers, scientists and ethics await in the brilliant The Salt Oracle by @rainewilson.bsky.social out now - very strongly recommended! Huge thanks to @solarisbooks.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...

A review that shows someone who really *got* everything that Lorraine was working towards in this novel. Ethical dilemmas abound, morally grey characters are grey, a young girl is to be either exploited or rescued, a real look at how academia can poison those involved.

THE SALT ORACLE has been out in the world for one whole week! So here's some nice things some even nicer people said about it! And thank you to everyone who entered the preorder giveaway - I'm contacting winners today & am very grateful to you all x @solarisbooks.bsky.social

"This place, I thought it would be perfect. I thought, I want it to be perfect. Please, let it be perfect." - House by Charlie xcx ft. John Cale HOME SICK cover reveal tomorrow. @solarisbooks.bsky.social

Enjoying the increasingly desperate emails from Netflix following cancellation - they're starting to sound like Rose at the end of Titanic: "come back", with a devastated tone.

Ick. Just had a final bill from Eon and the person writing the email signed off with: "sending positive energy" 🤢

Please help, I've fallen down the Temu screaming goat throw pillow rabbithole

I'm still thinking about Simon Jimenez's THE SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER almost weekly; I cannot get over the *shape* of that book

HAPPY ALL SOULS DAY! Why not celebrate with a ICYMI Acquisition Announcement? We've snapped up @harleylaroux.bsky.social 's SOULS TRILOGY for the UK. Book 1: HER SOUL TO TAKE. Fall 2026 UK/BC Rights exc. CAN and ANZ acquired by @alrutter.bsky.social Learn More https://bit.ly/4ofkGD0

Ah, this is 3D knitted. Unlike that other secret 2D form of knitting...

Did you know that it's #singlesday? The perfect opportunity to remind you of a superb selection of Solaris Standalones across fantasy, scifi, horror & spec fic! From award-winners to modern classics, out of this world highjinks to creeping terror, you can find your perfect partner in our books!

I'm at the dentist, and they've put an artsy print of a molar next to a bunch of lilies on a small table and it feels like I'm at a funeral for a tooth

Or just have him start the next film alive and well and then at some point have someone be like "Bond! I thought you got blown up!" And then have him quip "you know better than to listen to rumors," or "what can I say? That was no time to die" and then absolutely refuse to explain further

It is a bad pain day 😔 Not helped, I'm sure, by Hunter trying to wrap my left forearm around a metal post last night, which prompted a visit to the hospital to get it x-rayed. Somehow that bruising and maybe the shock has turned into full body aches.

it was an absolute pleasure to interview the brilliant and thoughtful @vajra.me, whose writing frequently leaves me floored. the le guin prize is so well deserved

This came up on my FB: Bat Conservation Trust is recruiting! 1. Bats in Churches Advisor to join the National Bat Helpline team, providing resources, information and guidance to churches with bats. Full-time + fixed term contract (maternity cover). Apply by 9am, 17 November: buff.ly/AdUbIGk

If Tim Powers is your jam, I think you'd like When the Winds Sing by @ldcolter.com. This is a beautiful use of Slavic gods and folklore, with characters who leap off the page fully formed.

It's about to get proper unhinged over here 🪓🐑

ICYMI: I wrote a review for Mickey7 by @edashtonwriting.bsky.social. With a fast-moving story and socially conscious themes, it's a fun, meaningful book, and it's easy to see why Bong Joon-Ho chose to adapt it. 📚💙 medium.com/@lawardornd/...

Too terribly obsessed with #traitors. Just asked my dog to reveal if she was a traitor or she was a faithful. She wagged her tail so hard that I think she's over-compensating for being a traitor. She's trying to deflect!

If Tim Powers is your jam, I think you'd like When the Winds Sing by @ldcolter.com. This is a beautiful use of Slavic gods and folklore, with characters who leap off the page fully formed.

Publishing is weird & full of hidden lows and visible highs, but can I just take this wee moment to be extremely un-British and say 'hey I did a thing'? 6 books 5 awards 14 (I think?) award listings It's been rocky & the road ahead is uncertain but this here is not too shabby, is it?

Hello Evening crowd this excellent novel which has digital ghosts, magic and a cat is out now in paperback All The Ghosts In The Forest by Lorraine Wilson www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2024/12...

10/10 take. No notes.

Out now in paperback is this gorgeous story of magic, digital ghosts, communities and even a cat - I strongly recommend All The Ghosts In The Forest by @rainewilson.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2024/12...

Nick Mohammed's reaction to Alan's uncloaking - and then his mournful "Joe" as he left the round table room - was worth every penny of my TV licence #traitors #celebritytraitors

My word, this review is everything I believe the novel to be as well ❤️

Hey so I have *opinions* about Dark Academia & the splendid folk at Fantasy Hive were kind enough to let me expound on them!! Let me know what you think? And what your recommendations in the genre are 📚📚📚

Happy publication day to @rainewilson.bsky.social's THE SALT ORACLE! Looking forward to diving in 🌊

🎂 🎉 Happy UK Book Birthday to @artofelaineho.bsky.social 's CRY, VOIDBRINGER! Its the dark political fantasy that everyone's talking about: a searing examination of the cycles of imperialism and oppression, a raging battle cry to break the wheel and rise up. Buy now https://geni.us/cryvoi

We're thrilled to welcome Dr Lorrain Wilson back to the Hive. She's written us another excellent article, this time on Dark Academia, ahead of the release of her own DA novel THE SALT ORACLE, out today from @solarisbooks.bsky.social More: tinyurl.com/mvywxtep @rainewilson.bsky.social

Wishing the biggest congratulations to both @artofelaineho.bsky.social and @rainewilson.bsky.social on publication of Cry, Voidbringer and The Salt Oracle respectively (Lorraine is also celebrating the paperback release of We Are All Ghosts in the Forest!) These are truly amazing books ❤️

✨It's Double Publication Day!✨ If you like science fantasy, folklore with a twist, digital ghosts, nature having opinions, and ghost cats/orcas living their best lives please do give these books a go? geni.us/weallghostsPB geni.us/saltorac @solarisbooks.bsky.social

My last two announced acquisitions have ranged from spicy demon fantasy to lyrical eco fantasy, so when I tell people I will know it when I see it in terms of submissions, I am completely telling the truth!

Woop! We are bringing Juliet Marillier's latest to the UK! 😍😍😍

So pleased to snag Harley's dark, sexy novels for the UK market ❤️ (Cover artwork by Stephanie Hess)

Ahead of its release next week, why not take a sneak peek at an excerpt of @rainewilson.bsky.social 's THE SALT ORACLE? A locked boat murder mystery in a giant floating college plagued by digital ghosts! Read @scifinow.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4kwsu1j Preorder: https://geni.us/saltorac

OUT THIS MONTH! ⚔️ CRY VOIDBRINGER @artofelaineho.bsky.social https://geni.us/cryvoi 🌊 THE SALT ORACLE @rainewilson.bsky.social https://geni.us/saltorac 💫 THE GANYMEDAN @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social https://geni.us/ganym 🦅 WHEN THE WINDS SING @ldcolter.com https://geni.us/whenthewindss

Home owner 🥰🥰🥰🥰

For some #FridayFun, how about a Spooktastic Selection of Solaris Books? Remember, being spooky is for life, not just for Halloween! Ft. books from @rainewilson.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @emmanewman.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @alexdecampi.bsky.social#FridayFun& more!

So damn excited!!

Me leaving the house to socialise

One-handed working because I am not moving my Velcro dog 🥹

Watching early Sewing Bee and Claudia Winkleman is being warm, eccentric, funny and enthusiastic. Watched Celeb Traitors earlier and Claudia Winkleman is being warm, eccentric, funny and enthusiastic. Same when she hosts Strictly. The woman has a gift when it comes to presenting.

This politician just called the Daily Mail a shitrag... *sits up* *applauds*

This is a Pixar movie. The little moon (Sabrina Carpenter) comes in to work-shadow the veteran actual moon (Meryl Streep). Streep is grumpy about it for the film’s first thirty mins. But by the end they’re inseparable and when 2083 comes we cry. While also learning about the need to let someone go.

That’s a fantastic comparison, because the reason they added lead to gasoline was just to increase convenience a tiny bit, and they’ve poisoned the world in the process. The good news is: Impossible as it may seem, we banned it worldwide and its bad effects are now mostly gone. Makes you think.

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