Last chance to apply to our Breakthrough Mentoring Programme for Disabled Writers. Four talented writers will be awarded nine months of mentoring from a published author-mentor and a tutorial with a literary agent. Apply by 2 Nov: www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/break...

Mentors for our Breakthrough Mentoring Programme for Disabled Writers include @pollyrowena.bsky.social, Lisette Auton, @nydiawriter.bsky.social, @clotimms.bsky.social and @clairerwade.bsky.social.

Mentors for our Breakthrough Mentoring Programme for Disabled Writers include @pollyrowena.bsky.social, Lisette Auton, @nydiawriter.bsky.social, @clotimms.bsky.social and @clairerwade.bsky.social.

My huge thanks to Wilbur Niso Smith Foundation for the 2025 shortlisted books by Costanza Casati @nydiawriter.bsky.social @jackjordanbooks.bsky.social @dmccaulay.bsky.social Samantha Sotto Yambao @nussaibah.bsky.social to Read Share Recommend Each sounds superb and I know Redemption is!

Sycorax by @nydiawriter.bsky.social Set in Algiers and the Mediterranean Shortlisted for the 2025 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize! www.thebooktrail.com/book-trails/... @Wilbur_Niso_Fdn #adventurewriting #bookmap #booktrail @quercus62.bsky.social

How I Write with Nydia Hetherington If you missed my conversation with @nydiawriter.bsky.social you can catch up now. It was great to hear about Nydia's new book Sycorax, as well as about #publishing as a #disabled #author. vimeo.com/showcase/704... #books @societyofauthors.bsky.social

To celebrate #DisabilityPrideMonth the @societyofauthors.bsky.social is hosting an In Conversation this week (17th July, 14:30 BST). I’m interviewing @nydiawriter.bsky.social Nydia is an author living with chronic illness. Her second novel Sycorax was published in February 2025. bit.ly/4lNjfdF

Thank you @pastemagazine.bsky.social for including SYCORAX on your list of Best Fantasy Books of July 25. So lovely to see! #Booksky #booksky www.pastemagazine.com/books/fantas...

Second great book of the day I’m sharing. It will be a joy to welcome @nydiawriter.bsky.social back onto the podcast soon too

Good morning America! And happy American Publication Day to Sycorax. I can’t wait for North American readers to meet her. Thank you to Pegasus_Books for publishing this beautiful edition of #Sycorax 🧡🧡🧡 #booksky

I’m really looking forward to talking to @nydiawriter.bsky.social about her fabulous book Sycorax, her experience of disability, writing and publishing and how she wove disability through her story. How I write – in conversation with Nydia Hetherington 17 July @ 14:30 BST FREE bit.ly/4lNjfdF

I can't wait for July 1st when the North American edition of Sycorax will be published by Pegasus Books based in NYC. What a thrill. Sycorax will be in bookstores across the USA & Canada in just a few short weeks! Yay! Of course, you can pre-order now, too! Super YAY!

She’s here!! My author copies of the North American edition of Sycorax, published by the truly wonderful @Pegasus_Books have arrived. And she is GORGEOUS! Out in USA & Canada on 1st July. I can’t wait for American readers to discover Sycorax’s story! #booksky #Sycorax

I am honoured and excited to share the news that Sycorax has been SHORTLISTED (eek!) for the amazing Wilbur Smith Published Novel Prize for Adventure Writing. I'm beside myself with joy. Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors! #Booksky #books #adventurewritingprize #booksky #authorlife

www.amazon.co.uk/Sycorax-capt... SYCORAX is at a nice lower price at the mo'. In case anyone might be thinking of getting it 💙🌊

Seeing your book looking gorgeous stacked on a table in Waterstones never gets old. There she is 🥰💙🌊 looking lovely @waterstones.bsky.social in Bromley 🥰💙🌊⚡️

Thrilled to be on this longlist! Congratulations to all the longlisted authors & thank you to The Wilbur Smith Prize for Adventure Writing. What an honour!

Thank you. This is such a wonderful review 🙏🏼💙🌊💙

In the latest episode, I'm joined by @nydiawriter.bsky.social to discuss her second book. Full episode here: youtu.be/TLRtSddDWM8?...

How well do you know the life and works of Shakespeare? @nydiawriter.bsky.social set this quiz to celebrate her brilliant book #Sycorax. I scored seven out of ten. #MustRead www.nationalbooktokens.com/quizzes/how-...?

Not very well, it turns out...

This week in Read On, author Nydia Hetherington tells us how living with a chronic yet hidden illness inspired her to write the untold story of Shakespeare's witch, Sycorax. @nydiawriter.bsky.social @rnib.bsky.social @rnibradio.bsky.social @quercusbooks.bsky.social audioboom.com/posts/8698550

Take the quiz! How well do you know Shakespeare @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social www.nationalbooktokens.com/quizzes/how-...

How well do you know Shakespeare? Test your knowledge with my quiz @nationalbooktokens.bsky.social newsletters.booktokens.co.uk/q/1Hvu4S7oNK...

On the 3 April we’re organising a day of protest against Meta following revelations of pirated books being used to train their large language models. More information on how to get involved 👇 societyofauthors.org/2025/04/01/s...

A million thanks to wonderful Diane & her amazing team at Wave of Nostalgia Books in Haworth for the most fun evening. We talked all things Sycorax & nattered like jackdaws. And thank you to all who attended in person & online. You are beautiful. #Sycorax #booksky #Shakespeare

Online tickets are still available for my SYCORAX event at the wonderful Wave of Nostalgia, Haworth. In person tickets, too. Thursday 27th March. This week! Witches, Shakespeare & chronic illness rep in fiction! #ADCI #booksky #disability #Shakespeare www.waveofnostalgia.co.uk/event-ticket...

New blanket. Brilliant book. Feeling all snuggly and cosy and dreamy… @nydiawriter.bsky.social #BookSky #ChronicIllness #LoveToRead

Thank you so much @sylphsea.bsky.social This is such an incredible review. I feel humbled and a little emotional 🌊💙 #booksky #bookreview #books #bookworm

‘an impressive novel, a vital contribution both to feminist retellings of female characters in canonical literature and to disability literature’ Review of Sycorax by @nydiawriter.bsky.social for Ciadish magazine ciadish.wordpress.com/2025/03/14/s... #booksky #writing @barrowmember.bsky.social

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY! To celebrate I’m doing a giveaway over on Instagram. Head over to my Insta page @nydiamadeofwords for a chance to win: a first edition copy of Sycorax, a ltd bookmark, a Sycorax inspired Tatty Devine necklace. Follow the steps for a chance to win.

My beautiful publication day flowers from last week are looking glorious in this early spring sunshine. Thank you @quercusbooks.bsky.social & to my lovely husband for these still gorgeous blooms. #Sycorax #books #flowers #cats #bookworm #authorlife #writer

3 shiny new hardbacks we're very excited about: * Mother Animal by @helenjukes.bsky.social published today @eandtbooks.bsky.social * Death of The Author by @nnedi.bsky.social published last week @gollancz.bsky.social * Sycorax by @nydiawriter.bsky.social published today @quercusbooks.bsky.social

A four star review for SYCORAX in the amazing @sfxmagazine.bsky.social Oh, yes please! And yay! And thank you! “ . . . a fascinating exploration of an obscure character.” #BookTwitter #BookReview #BooksWorthReading #books #AuthorsOfTwitter #authors #bookrecommendations #read #shakespeare

And to @nydiawriter.bsky.social and Sycorax which looks fab! 🎉🎉🌊

Tonight!!

It’s publication week! This book is very dear to me & I hope you will find something in its pages that speaks to you. Sycorax launches on Weds at @waterstones.bsky.social Islington. There are still some tickets if you’d like to join us. Then publication day is Thurs! She is ready. She is waiting.

This was such a great chat. Thank you @talking-books.bsky.social

We will be celebrating all things #Sycorax at Islington @Waterstones. Tickets from £5. Do join us. It will be magic! Link here www.waterstones.com/events/sycor...

Thank you @suffolklibraries.bsky.social for the marvellous questions! I loved answering them www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/meet-the-aut...

We will be celebrating all things #Sycorax at Islington @Waterstones. Tickets from £5. Do join us. It will be magic! Link here www.waterstones.com/events/sycor...

Unsolicited writing advice, no. #276: No-one in your story needs to be there as a representative of their community, their race, their disability or their beliefs. Everyone is unique. Everyone serves the story. Diversity is part of the world. Anyone can be a main character.

My Favourites Books of January! ❤️💙📚

I was really thrilled to be asked about the inspiration behind SYCORAX by the wonderful @bookbrunch.bsky.social You can read what I said here www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/free-ar...

Thank you so much, Hayley. This means so much 💙💙💙🌊

Bloody hell.

Always late to the party, I’ve just discovered #booksky. So let me introduce my forthcoming novel, Sycorax. The silenced witch, mother of Caliban from Shakespeare’s The Tempest, speaks! Oh, and how! Signed copies available to preorder now www.waterstones.com/book/sycorax...