Next up #onmyreadinglist is this little book. I've always loved Shakespeare's works - but never actually thought too much about the man beyond the most well-known facts. Well, now I vow to learn more!

A poem hidden within the clouds☁️☁️☁️

I've lost count of the scarves I've knitted this winter. It's been the perfect way to do something mindless when I've been overwhelmed or feeling a bit lost. And while I love making intricate things, almost every scarf I've made has been simple and safe. Says it all, really.

Just hit 200 pgs and nearly 54k words on my 2027 novel. I'll always cherish the feeling of creating something from nothing, struggling with the story until that magical point where it clicks and blooms into something special. It's a singularly human experience that AI will never be able to match. 🖤

"This absolute song of a book." @scribeofhades.bsky.social "But Mothtown is silent... It's hard to believe it could ever have been a town, with its naked hills burning beneath the stars. Its wild twists of woodland. The loudest quiet." @carolinehardaker.bsky.social

I just published an interview with the author @carolinehardaker.bsky.social about her stunning novel, Mothtown! Check it out! gabrielahouston.substack.com/p/mothtown-b...

Continuing my journey on the George Saunders train. This man knows how to do titles!👌 #onmyreadinglist

My only sale splurge this year! Hoping this helps me develop lots of new ideas and avenues for the current WIP and more🌠✍️📚

Mr.H and me began a new tradition last night. One night each month, we'll have an arty or crafty night together❤️ January was my pick, and I chose watercolours. More specifically, using watercolours to paint the cosmos🌠☄️🌒

Reading time for one of the best-namer novels I have - next up #onmyreadinglist 📚📚📚📚📚📚

2026 shall be my seaweed year🌊

Let the Solstice begin🪾✨🌬️

It's that time of year again when I ruminate on the last year and think WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED 😂 Enjoy! carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/12/17/2...

A random and unexpected purchase from The Accidental Bookshop in Alnwick, recently. When I picked it up, it just seemed like serendipity. Anyone else read it? #onmyreadinglist

Isn't everything just BETTER when there's a creepy puppet or two??

In Stephen McKenna’s novel ‘The Oldest God’ (1926), the mysterious Mr Stranger is judged by some to be ‘the reincarnation of the nature-spirit,’ while others tell him ‘that your hat concealed the horns, your boot the cloven hoof, of the traditional devil.’ #BookWormSat

You know you've gone a bit strange when you're loving the kismet between your current WIP and a specific notebook💚😂This WIP is brimming with the weird and uncanny, brings together storytelling, poetry, and illustration, and may contain a fair few of the following🪾🏚️🪾 🧚‍♂️🔮🧌💀🪾

“No,” said Lizzie, “No, no, no; Their offers should not charm us, Their evil gifts would harm us.” Christina Rossetti was born #otd 1830 and her “Goblin Market” tells the cautionary tale of forbidden fruit coming as gifts. At first. Wrapped up here for #FolkyFriday 🎨 Arthur Rackham

What feels like festive scarf number #642,687 completed👍👍

First day of the advent calender. What's behind the door? It's the Abyss! *Stares*

When you've been working all day and then - after family time - you're back on the laptop again💻✍️📝This #writinglife be tiring, but at least we're making some magic✨🔮🧙

The GOAT🐐👑

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Cover launch for DAYTIDE with a poem be MEEEEEE

In interviews, I'm always asked about the relationship between being a poet and a novelist. At this point, I usually gush about how poetry fuels prose, sharpens language, and more. Anyway - curious to find out more? Here's the blog >> carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/05/28/h...

Lovely weekend celebrating @chrisriddell.bsky.social superbly Christmassy window at Fenwick Newcastle🌟⛄❄️ Also talked collaborations, ate food, and drank a lot of wine🍷Little N may have also made a friend for life☺️❤️

Hallowe'en ready, baby🎃🔮🧙‍♂️ (Side note: I've swallowed a LOT of fake hair tonight)

Having a week off from writing. Burnt myself out completely typing into the dark each night to finish final edits on the SEA BOOK🌊🐚🦭. It's finally done, and up to my agent when it'll be released to publishers. And then I'll be in a new phase of waiting and wondering. But for now, rest.

Very excited by my poetic birthday haul!! @carolinehardaker.bsky.social @jesstraynor.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social 📚

Here’s our recommendations to add to your spooky TBR! Check out the books I’m recommending by these authors: @spookypurcell.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social @richardswanauthor.bsky.social @danhanks.bsky.social @carolinehardaker.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com

I'm in here!

What is whump? Whether you've heard of it or not, chances are that you've enjoyed it in some form. Read all about it on my blog! Link via my bio, but also here to copy and paste! carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/06/07/w... #whump #whumptober #whumptrope #whumpprompt #writingcommunity

I've never actually read this series, but the covers are just the most stunning ones I've ever seen. Doesn't matter how many times I see them on the shelves, I just HAVE to take a closer look every damn time. Would I like these? Anyone else read them? #onmyreadinglist

At work today, literally said one of the best things I've ever said, and I was utterly serious: "I don't have capacity - I finish at 4pm, and need to sort the space time continuum before then!' Think I might've peaked.

I just turned in my revisions for my 2026 @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social novel WORRY BOX. This thing is unlike anything I've written before. I'm excited. I'm scared.

This weekend, I shall be KILLING MY DARLINGS

My friend @carolinehardaker.bsky.social, who is one of the most talented writers I know, has a new blog series where authors dissect their first drafts. For some reason, she wanted me on to break down the first draft of SHITSHOW. 😂 So here it is! carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/09/17/d...

Been building up to reading this one for a while, just waiting for the right moment 💓 Can't wait to dive in!

*NEW BLOG POST*! And I'm branching out! In the first of this series, I'm inviting some author pals to spill the beans on wrangling their crazy story ideas onto solid first drafts. First in the line-up is the ever-womderful @scribeofhades.bsky.social ! carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/09/17/d...

Another day, another weird bunch of madcap characters by my 4 year old🤔😬🧐 Name suggestions, please👍

Never tire of being up-close to these beauties. I feel like 2026 might be the beginnings of my octopus era and I'm so here for that🐙🐙🐙

Signed 🦋MOTHTOWN🦋 copies at @blackwells.bsky.social Newcastle 👍👍 Get 'em while they're... Mothy?

David will always have a place in my 🖤. Strange, the place these protagonists live in us. Of mine, Norah and David are the only two out there in the bookshops. But I hope you get to meet more of them. Little Maudie. The Ritualkeeper. Violine. So much more to come📚📚📚📚📚📚

Imagining everyone blowing conches like Krishna signaling that its time to kill some relatives

Some of the inspo images from my new WIP... I'm over the 20,000 word mark now. Knee-deep. I have to say, I'm bloody loving this one👀🖤👌📚

Spotted by the keen-eyed @frith_jones in St David's, Pembrokeshire... I always thought I was a good'un, but I didn't know I was SAINTLY! Saint Non - that's me😇🪽

And so the new novel continues✍️📚It'll be a while before I know the fate of the 🌊🐚sea book🐚🌊 I finished in June, so I've jumped right into a new story. It's strange, because I was determined to wait, to have a little break. But this was one I couldn't resist...

The bond between a cat and her blanket😺💓🛏️

My origin story💀☠️🦴🩻