🫖 A cup of tea, amazing football teams, summertime tennis, Pantone 186 C Red and raincoat weather. Which country is this? Please answer in comment below. See what we do. 👨‍🎓 alohaglue.com/case-studies

In today's interconnected world, a country's image can shape its prosperity. Nation branding is a strategic process that helps countries manage their reputation and attract tourists, investors and talent. How does your country stand out? #NationBranding #GlobalReputation #Investment

Read about the pop culture hotspots we visited in London, Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo. 📕 The Yin to tech’s Yang: AI fuels the renaissance of handcraft and experience economy. By @zarinaholmes.bsky.social storyofbooks.co.uk/2026/02/04/t...

It’s ok for the beauty to be seduced by the male monster. So why can’t a handsome man fall for a hag? And why glorify violence towards women? At @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social, authors discuss if #femgore is the answer to the patriarchy so prolific in horror genre. storyofbooks.co.uk/2025/12/02/s...

MCM Comic Con Roundup: Artists and authors. ⭐️From Batgirl to Batgranny: Unpacking ageism in comics ⭐️Magic and mind games: beyond binary love ⭐️Gold and grimoires: crows myth of the British Isles ⭐️The rise of cultural gaming storyofbooks.co.uk/2025/10/25/m... @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social

We’re excited to meet creators and fandom again @mcmcomiccon.bsky.social London next week. Looking forward to hear the latest of adaptation news, comics and new releases. Now which anime t-shirts should we wear this year? 🍁🎃🇬🇧 #mcmcomicconlondon #storyofbooks

The Night of the Flying Blades. Part 3 of #TheConstantCompanionTales by @salinachristmas.bsky.social Ebook available on Kindle.   Included in #TheKeeperOfMyKin novel, available online and at major book outlets worldwide. Reel: vm.tiktok.com/ZNd4pnFbP/ #horror #witchcraft #fantasy

Interview with the Vampire, the female gaze, BL or yaoi influence and Mary Shelley. Our Creative Director has an opinion on the series. #iwtv @storyofbooks.bsky.social storyofbooks.co.uk/2025/09/02/i...

The TV adaptation of Interview with the Vampire impresses fans and critics, but it freaks out the establishment; Yoshiki buries the hatchet with Dan Da Dan, to fans’ relief; Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen dominate summer anime releases. storyofbooks.co.uk/2025/09/02/i...

🇬🇧Conference: Comics & AI: Critical prompts. A multi-disciplinary conference on the future of comics, technology and creativity. At @citystgeorges.bsky.social London, UK. Thank you @ernestopriego.com for the heads up. #ComicArt #AIart #copyright comicsandai.org/schedule-abs...

The Tiger-Man and His Constant Companion. Part 2 of #TheConstantCompanionTales by @salinachristmas.bsky.social Ebook available on Kindle.   Included in #TheKeeperOfMyKin novel, available online and at major book outlets worldwide. Reel: vm.tiktok.com/ZNd4pKATC/ #horror #witchcraft #fantasy

The Red-Haired Gurkhas. Part 1 of #TheConstantCompanionTales by @salinachristmas.bsky.social Ebook available on Kindle   Also included in #TheKeeperOfMyKin novel, available online and at major book outlets worldwide. Reel: vm.tiktok.com/ZNd4pGgvc #horror #witchcraft #fantasy

The latest #DemonSlayer movie opens this week, starting from SE Asia. We urge the fandom to refrain from sharing spoilers. Nerding is meant to be a happy social collusion. Read our article from 2019: How to nerd well and not give away spoilers. storyofbooks.co.uk/2019/05/09/h...

The Keeper Of My Kin and A Request for Betrayal by @salinachristmas.bsky.social have been added to the reading list of high schools across Malaysia. The books have been selected by the Ministry of Education Malaysia as additional reading for secondary school students. 🌐 salinachristmas.com

Check out my fantasy horror fiction. War meets witchcraft. Soldiers meet ghosts. Perps pining for peace. Part 6 and 7 are not in paperback yet. So ebook readers get to know the plot first ✨ And possibly the ending 🧨

The Constant Companion Tales universe is available as ebooks on Amazon Kindle. Follow the Raden family’s war saga and their journey to break their dark generational curse. By author @salinachristmas.bsky.social 📙 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BK754VZ... #fiction #horror #fantasy #witchcraft

Art toys are popular in Southeast Asia. A region once blighted by conflicts is now adamant not to repeat the past. Instead, it makes allowances for light-heartedness via meaningful creative collaborations. #supertoyfest #characterdesign storyofbooks.co.uk/2025/07/09/c...

🇲🇾 Don’t miss Teman Lelaki gig at Laman Karya Lumut this Saturday 🏝 Come visit our pop-up booth and check out our books, The Keeper Of My Kin and A Request For Betrayal. Venue: LAKAR, Lumut, Perak Date: Saturday 12 July 2025 Time: From 4 pm Available online and at major book outlets worldwide.

A new romantic movement underpins the rise of poetry and indie bands at small and major book events in Malaysia. But the romance genre somehow unsettles the book censors. In another continent, the UK romance genre successfully crosses over to fantasy. storyofbooks.co.uk/2025/07/04/h...

Head over to A4 Art Gallery at GMBB, Kuala Lumpur for a showcase of Charmy Chan series, customised by 30 Malaysian artists. Charmy Chan is a classic character created in the 70s by Kodama Sangyo, a Japanese toy company founded in 1930. More photos on IG: www.instagram.com/p/DKj7OhbpEa...

#IABF2025 is no self-referencing cloud. The questions are sharp and the ideas revolutionary, without upsetting the apple cart. This is Ipoh at its best: laidback, charming but gets you thinking. A charm offensive of authors and poets. storyofbooks.co.uk/2025/05/17/i... #bookfestivals #malaysia

#IABF2025: The merchants of cool. Poetry and musical collectives, Ipoh place makers and NGOs make the Ipoh Alternative Book Fest. storyofbooks.co.uk/2025/05/17/i... #bookfestivals #malaysia

The Ipoh Alternative Book Fest needs to happen. Like the Arts and Crafts movement, progress that comes hurtling at Perak and Malaysia must be softened by humanising words. We joined fellow authors and booksellers at #IABF2025 storyofbooks.co.uk/2025/05/17/s... #bookfestivals #malaysia

I'll be giving a talk: “Monsters as metaphor. A discussion on grotesque creatures as a device in storytelling.” Event: Ipoh Alternative Book Fest Venue: Moody Cafe, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia Date & time: Saturday 3 May, 12 pm-1 pm #booksky #author #fantasy #fiction

Peace demands sacrifice. A Request For Betrayal. The second book of #TheConstantCompanionTales. Now available worldwide. ⭐️ “Defy categorisation” ⭐️“Unputdownable” ⭐️“Beware. Highly addictive” salinachristmas.com/books #author #booksky #horror #fantasy #thriller #mystery

We’ll be here at our booth and giving a talk with @salinachristmas.bsky.social on monsters as storytelling device.

I’m super happy to @salinachristmas.bsky.social books placed among gothic greats, Stephen King and VC Andrews, at Eslite Malaysia. Another exciting milestone for @storyofbooks.bsky.social and @alohaglue.bsky.social #author #fiction #horror

Treason comes from within. The Keeper Of My Kin. The first book of #TheConstantCompanionTales. Now available worldwide. ⭐️ “Defy categorisation” ⭐️ “Unputdownable” ⭐️ “Beware. Highly addictive” salinachristmas.com/books #horror #fantasy #booksky

My deepest thank you to those supported my journey. The Keeper Of My Kin & A Request For Betrayal are made possible thanks to my readers and mentors. 📚 Available eslite.com.my in Malaysia & major bookstores worldwide. 🕷 salinachristmas.com

Grateful to see The Keeper Of My Kin & A Request For Betrayal next to Stephen King & VC Andrews at Eslite Bookstore eslite.com.my. Thank you Gerakbudaya. I'll be taking about monsters as metaphor in my books at Ipoh Alternative Book Fest, Sat 3 May 2025, 12-1 pm. #author #booksky #fantasy #horror

Ipoh Alternative Book Fest will be on from 3-4 May 2025. See us there. ✍🏻 Author: @salinachristmas.bsky.social 🎭 Creative Director, Story Of Books: @zarinaholmes.bsky.social 🎧 Production: Studio GLUE @alohaglue.bsky.social Organiser: www.instagram.com/ipohalternat... #IABF2025 #fiction

The Keeper of My Kin & A Request for Betrayal by our imprint @storyofbooks.bsky.social are now available at Eslite Bookstore Malaysia. Opinion-leading publisher Gerakbudaya is the distributor for Malaysia. alohaglue.com/2025/04/02/t... #fiction #publishing

This world is better with me in it, than with you. A Request For Betrayal. The second book of #TheConstantCompanionTales. Now available worldwide. ⭐️ “Defy categorisation” ⭐️ “Unputdownable” ⭐️ “Beware. Highly addictive” salinachristmas.com/books #booksky #horror #fantasy

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The plundering of pirated books to train AI gets authors wondering: when does ‘fair use’ stop and larceny begin? The line is blurred, and the Society of Authors demands answers from Meta. @societyofauthors.bsky.social storyofbooks.co.uk/2025/03/26/a... #storyofbooks #booksky

[STAFF] The Keeper of My Kin and A Request for Betrayal by Salina Christmas are now available at Eslite Bookstore, Malaysia. Taiwanese retailer Eslite is one of the largest bookstore chains in the Chinese-speaking market. 📚 Find out more at Eslite Bookstore: eslite.com.my

When you seek revenge, dig two graves. The Keeper Of My Kin. The first book of #TheConstantCompanionTales. Now available worldwide. ⭐️ “Defy categorisation” ⭐️ “Unputdownable” ⭐️ “Beware. Highly addictive” salinachristmas.com/books #horror #fantasy #booksky

We made a delivery in Kuala Lumpur this week. Thank you Gerakbudaya for distributing our books. ‘The Keeper of My Kin’ and ‘A Request for Betrayal’ by @salinachristmas.bsky.social are available at Eslite Malaysia bookstore. 📚 salinachristmas.com #author #horror #fantasy

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Story Of Books is produced by @alohaglue.bsky.social Founded in London, UK, our studio is now based in Malaysia following #CPTPP to bridge the APAC region and global markets. We are now open for business and partnerships in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. More: www.instagram.com/p/DHdAZ3YJm_...

The effect of the US tariff on imports from Canada and China highlights the book industry’s dependency on expertise and resources spread out globally. Print-on-demand might help. But that begs the question: why is it still not prevalent in ASEAN countries? storyofbooks.co.uk/2025/03/16/w... #booksky

Thank you, dear reader, for suggesting that my books would make an amazing film or TV series. “You’ll have catalysed an entire industry,” he said. salinachristmas.com/2025/03/12/w... #booksky #fantasy #horror

“We are in danger of taking some of our flaws into the stars with us.” Space colonialism, like colonialism of the 1500s, relies on science and technology for its success, says author RJ Fitzharris. storyofbooks.co.uk/2019/07/21/f... #booksky #scifi

Some threats can't be subdued with bullets. A Request For Betrayal. The second book of #TheConstantCompanionTales. Now available worldwide. ⭐️ “Defy categorisation” ⭐️ “Unputdownable” ⭐️ “The book kept me awake” ⭐️ “Beware. Highly addictive” salinachristmas.com/books #horror #fantasy #booksky

“Envy is the illusion that you’re on fire when someone’s gain is your loss. It’s an irrational zero–sum belief system that we need to unlearn.” It can also be the fire that fuels one's desire for virtuous goals. Essay: Meditation on Envy aftertherainproject.com/2025/03/05/e... #mindfulness #booksky

When it's all too much, look away. The Keeper Of My Kin. The first book of #TheConstantCompanionTales. Now available worldwide. ⭐️ “Defy categorisation” ⭐️ “Unputdownable” ⭐️ “The book kept me awake” ⭐️ “Beware. Highly addictive” salinachristmas.com/books #horror #fantasy #booksky

Thank you, Dr. Matt Voigts for featuring ‘Perak-on-the-sea’ reportage by @zarinaholmes.bsky.social in Copyright News, 27th Feb edition. Dr Voigts is a lecturer of English Literature at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. Please read it here: copyrightnews.substack.com/p/copyright-...

Choose a side. A Request For Betrayal. The second book of #TheConstantCompanionTales. Now available worldwide. ⭐️ “Defy categorisation” ⭐️ “Unputdownable” ⭐️ “The book kept me awake” ⭐️ “Beware. Highly addictive” salinachristmas.com/books #horror #fantasy #booksky

The past returns to haunt us. The Keeper Of My Kin. The first book of #TheConstantCompanionTales. Now available worldwide. ⭐️ “Defy categorisation” ⭐️ “Unputdownable” ⭐️ “The book kept me awake” ⭐️ “Beware. Highly addictive” salinachristmas.com/books #horror #fantasy #booksky

Sustainability seems like a lofty goal for many but the needle of change can be moved via collaborative consumption. Kristine Harper, author, “Anti-trend”, explains how slow, unrushed living leads to “anti-trendy decisions”. storyofbooks.co.uk/2021/08/22/f... #booksky #sustainability #design