Check out this piece on #darkacademia for @thenerdaily by #TheseDreamingSpires contributor @elspethwrites.bsky.social - link below: thenerddaily.com/elspeth-wils...

“I think often the cultivation of resilience lies with connecting with others” Thanks to Elspeth Wilson coming to talk about collective resilience, body doubling, journalling, and writing a book as a way to escape. Her new book ‘These Mortal Bodies’ out now podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

Got to chat to some of the most exciting names in the genre and write my thoughts about what makes dark academia dark academia for The Nerd Daily! Read on for discussions of institution as villain & glamour with a rotten underside w Olivie Blake and more #BookSky 🖤📚 thenerddaily.com/elspeth-wils...

Complicity everywhere, maybe this is why they wanted to make protestors "terrorists"

One of my fave bits of reader feedback so far for my debut, These Mortal Bodies, about coming of age, infatuation and the underside of girlhood - "an absolute delight, so incredibly immersive and so many characters I wanted to punch in the face" 📖🖤 #BookSky

Home again at last but here is proof of the 2 events I did @edbookfest.bsky.social this last week - 1stly with @joeharkness.bsky.social chaired by @elspethwrites.bsky.social, 2ndly with @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social @astrominx.bsky.social and James Catchpole.

So excited to be participating in this panel on female-led fantasy with the brilliant @annabelcwrites.bsky.social and @toribovalino.bsky.social in Toppings, Edinburgh on the 26th of September! Come see us chat about women with warrior hearts 💜 www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...

This month, Mary and Beth dive into The Mercy Step - the debut novel by Marcia Hutchinson. 🌟 Set in 1960s Bradford, the novel follows Mercy, a young girl growing up in a household marked by struggle. Tune in now to join the conversation 👉 https://writ.me/MercyStep

Our instant USA Today bestseller, RED magazine recommended anthology, #TheSecretRomanticsBookofMagic spotted in the wild today at our local bookstore 😀❤️

Hello strangers, I’ve been absent from here for far too long! I’ve been busy starting a new bookish podcast, I’d love to know what you think if you have a listen! linktr.ee/inmygoodbook...

This week on In My Good Books podcast I interviewed tv journalist and debut novelist @stephmcgovern.bsky.social Listen in here, I’d love to know what you think! linktr.ee/inmygoodbook...

I wrote a piece on for the Inklusion Guide with tips for ND debut writers on finding community, creating your own predictability, remembering you can say no and recognising you don't need to listen to conventional writing advice - I hope it's helpful! #BookSky www.inklusionguide.org/blog/tips-fo...

This is just over a week away! Come and see me and @joeharkness.bsky.social hosted by @elspethwrites.bsky.social talk about our relationships to nature and #NatureWriting through neurodivergence & disability.

More than 2-3 audience members would be great for the rest of my run, #EdFringe goers 🥹🙏 It's FREE, queer and freaky. freefringe.org.uk/shows/you-ou... #fringepromo

Very happy to have an interview in this issue from @booksfromscotland.bsky.social about my debut, These Mortal Bodies, writing about intense friendships, the interaction between poetry and prose, what drew me to dark academia and balancing writing admin with the actual writing itself! #BookSky

Keep your cool! It's Heatwave, the latest BfS issue! booksfromscotland.com/issue/heatwa... Thanks for your contributions: @florisbooks.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk @birlinn.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social @luathpress.bsky.social @bwpublishing.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social and more!

Ahead of release day tomorrow, another lovely endorsement for @mkhardywrites.com 's THE NEEDFIRE, this time from @elspethwrites.bsky.social, author of THESE MORTAL BODIES! "Dripping with an atmosphere so strong that it clings to you with a creeping sense of dread." geni.us/needfire

An amazing night; so excited to have The Needfire out for readers to encounter and (hopefully) enjoy!

My debut novel, These Mortal Bodies, came out last week! I'm so excited for my literary-leaning campus novel with dark academia and gothic vibes to be out in the world! Here's some of the lovely things other authors are saying about it. #BookSky

Happy book birthday! Launching tonight at Portobello Books, it's @elspethwrites.bsky.social;s new dark academia These Mortal Bodies!

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju... I love babe with my whole entire heart and I love how much earnest artistic commitment and genuine care went into making it 🐷🥹

Lovely to have a visit from @elspethwrites.bsky.social today, to celebrate the publication of her new novel, These Mortal Bodies (pub @simonandschuster.bsky.social ). Signed copies available now! #books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg

Elderly people and pensioners putting themselves on the line, accepting arrest and even imprisonment for the cause of Palestine, is indicative not of the movement’s radicalisation, but of its normalisation and absorption by regular people. It is the state that is radicalising to try and suppress it.

I’m clearing the house out so have some copies of my debut poetry collection, Human Townsperson, going cheap. A BARGAIN EVERYTHING MUST GO SALE PRICE £5+P&P if you’d like one.

Needfire events now confirmed for BOTH Glasgow and Edinburgh at the end of July! We launch at Waterstones Argyle St, Glasgow on 29th July with the wonderful Heather Parry and Kirsty Logan, and then we'll be at Blackwells South Bridge, Edinburgh on 31st July. Booking links at linktr.ee/mkhardy

ICYMI - Glasgow and Edinburgh event dates (with pubbage afterwards). Join us!!

🌟 From Today until 11th July! THESE DREAMING SPIRES is available to preorder from Barnes & Noble with 25% off! Just use the code PREORDER25 at checkout! #BNPreorder https://tinyurl.com/5ya3er9y

Congratulations to @clhellisen.bsky.social, whose book The Shape of Monsters launches today on Audible! All book-loving people with ears, check it out! Cat writes beautiful, visceral stories and it's a real treat to have their words performed by a talented actor! www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGDJ5X1M

So cool to see These Mortal Bodies in this list!!!

"The phrase dark academia evokes haunted halls on elite campuses, dusty libraries and dour dorms, and toxic type-A friend groups." TODAY!! Updating the Curriculum: 2025 SFFH Dark Academia Novels You Won’t Want to Miss by @courtney-floyd.com FEATURING (cont') psychopomp.com/2025-dark-ac...

Happy book birthday to this gorgeousness - huge thanks to @titanbooks @fallintofiction and all the contributors. Link to buy below ❤️ 🌹 www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Roman...

Is 600 deaths in one heatwave enough to make you wonder whether it was right to imprison so many Just Stop Oil protestors? If not how many will it take? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Thrilled to be taking #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles to @NairnFest in September! Join me and @Marciathewriter when we discuss our ‘outsider history’ novel with the brilliant @seanlusk1 on Friday Sept 5th 🐦‍⬛💚🐦‍⬛

excited to be in @thebookseller.com today with lots of fellow disabled Porty Literary pals including @rachelcdailey.bsky.social! especially as Awakened is reviewed as a ‘Brilliant, evocative debut blending a Frankensteinian exploration of scientific hubris, selfhood & the ethics of medicine’ 🥹

With @elspethwrites.bsky.social chairing us too I’m so looking forward to this. I’ve been reading Joe’s new book and it’s great - such important points to make.

Our brilliant Scottish authors are in Munich today as part of the Scottish Books Showcase, supported by the Scottish Government in Germany, they are Elspeth Wilson, Jean Findlay, Mairi Kidd, Ewan Morrison & David Farrier. (with Marion & Patrick from PS) www.publishingscotland.org/event/scotti...

✨️Dark Crescent is out today!! Thank you @lunapress.bsky.social for giving the perfect home to this wee dark folklore book of my heart, @jennicoutts.bsky.social for its stunning cover, and anyone who has bought, or plans to read a copy! Let these strange tales set sail...! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌊✨️ linktr.ee/lyndseycroal

I'm running a workshop next Wednesday on writing friendship and would love to see you there (or send you the recording if that date doesn't work for you!). Going to be discussing the different shades of friendship and how that can create action and tension

…speaking of which, Elspeth's dark academia novel These Mortal Bodies is out soon and you can preorder it now: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/thes...

The fabulous @elspethwrites.bsky.social featured me on their Neurodivergent Notes On Writing substack where I talk about my experience as an autistic author and gush about one of my favourite autistic writers @chrisgpackham.bsky.social ✨ neurodivergentnotesonwriting.substack.com/p/dont-try-t...

My debut novel These Mortal Bodies comes out in July and I'm running a workshop about writing friendship as the light and dark of friendship is at the heart of the book. To join you can just DM or email me with proof of purchase in any form - I'd love to see you there ❤️ #Writing #BookSky

it’s my US pub date today!! I’m at home in London celebrating in style 😌✌🏼

My debut novel These Mortal Bodies comes out in July and I'm running a workshop about writing friendship as the light and dark of friendship is at the heart of the book. To join you can just DM or email me with proof of purchase in any form - I'd love to see you there ❤️ #Writing #BookSky

It's great news that this profoundly selfish landowner has been beaten in court, and many congrats to the National Park and those supporting it. But wild camping is a fundamental right that we should be able to exercise in many parts of England, not just Dartmoor. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

🔥 I’m so so delighted to share the cover of Left in the Ashes with you all - the third in the Martin and Stern series 🔥 It’s out on the 18th September but you can pre-order now - all the links you need are in my bio 🧡

The death cult of extremist tin pot capitalism is upon us - the repeated failure of the mass media to hold these people to account is disastrous and as they destroy the world for the profit of the few they will cause pain and poverty for multitudes

Book 20 of 2025: ‘These Mortal Bodies’ by Elspeth Wilson. This is a morally twisty tale, full of dark academia, that leaves you unsettled. Out in July from @simonandschuster.bsky.social

Join us for a panel discussion and sharing of work curated by @elspethwrites.bsky.social featuring three disabled and/or neurodivergent artists and writers who explore the theme of masking in their creative practice. When - 01 May Where - Online Cost - Free disabilityarts.online/events/the-a...

A total pleasure to speak w @danaiwrites.bsky.social about their fantastically imaginative debut, Vile Lady Villains, & their writing insights as both author and literary agent. "To me, retelling is an act of rebellion." #BookSky neurodivergentnotesonwriting.substack.com/p/im-fascina...

Delighted to be running an online gentle yoga asana and journaling workshop on the 30th of April - themed around self-compassion, it's suitable for beginners and will be a really cosy evening! Would love to see you there, feel free to get in touch with Qs x www.eventbrite.com/e/evening-yo...