Cover Reveal - it’s my pleasure to share with you the cover to the new fantasy novel from @elizachanwrites.bsky.social - Harbour of Hungry Ghosts coming this July via @orbitbooks.bsky.social and look at this cover! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/3/...

Here it is! HARBOUR OF HUNGRY GHOSTS my new Babel x Buffy the Vampire Slayer historical fantasy novel out 28th July Cover by Toma Nguyen, art director Ella Garrett

Harbour of Hungry Ghosts cover reveal is coming on Thursday! Can't wait to share more about this Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Chinese Hopping Vampires book with you. It is a ROMP (by my standards). lol DM me if you want to an early sneak peak of the cover and to get involved in the reveal.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/igw... Kickstarter is now live for Newcon Press's THE IRON CODE, 21 original stories by a wildly talented line-up of fantasy authors in honour of David Gemmell! There are some swanky rewards in there and a story from yours truly! Pledge your allegiance today.

The news is out! DELIGHTED to be introducing the enigmatic @nickbrucker.bsky.social to the literary scene — add this to your reading list for 2027 folks.

Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for 2026 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in the second half of the year! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out July-Dec (or publicist), share the link/info here!

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I feel like midlist SFF is both vitally important and uniquely threatened right now because the midlist is where you find most of the queer, PoC, and otherwise marginalized authors. As well as a lot of really exciting books trying new things! Stuff that's not a "safe bet" but often a great read

I have been a fan of Amal's since The Truth about Owls and Seasons of Glass & Iron. Love that I get to chair her in Manchester for her forthcoming short story collection. Come join us!

I could write for days, months, years. I could read decades of sci-fi from the most annoying Golden Age authors. I could peruse the most cringe things on TikTok. And still, I could never come up with the deeply embarrassing things Sam Altman says on any given Tuesday

GUYS! The sequel to THE OUTCAST MAGE is coming out THIS YEAR! Book 2 of The Shattered Lands is going to be called THE VOID DRAGON, and despite everything IS COMING OUT THIS YEAR. THE VOID DRAGON will be out October 2026 and you can PRE-ORDER NOW. Come on an adventure with me!

Thread. Shitty people can make good and even great art. Likewise, dropping a favorite artist after you realize you can no longer support them can feel like a divorce or a friend breakup because they and their work were just that important to you. That shit hurts, even when it's necessary for you.

"The UK creative industries — which contributed £125 billion to the economy in 2024 and supported 2.4 million jobs — are being destroyed by an AI sector that, whatever its long-term potential, contributed just £11 billion in the same year and supported only 85,000 jobs." archive.is/hvRv2

ARCs of MORTEDANT's PERIL are moving out in the world and it's always a weird feeling; 'what are readers thinking?' Sadly, it's frowned on in publishing to hire a PI to track them down, kidnap them and bring them to a warehouse for questioning. Which, for the author, is very frustrating.

Of recent reads, I thought Fathomfolk by @elizachanwrites.bsky.social was really evocative in its setting -- at times I could almost feel the waters soaking through my socks. And @authorplm.bsky.social's Sisters of the Crimson Vine perfectly conveys the heat of an eerie, sweltering summer. #SFFChat

Book shop shoutout! I and @elizachanwrites.bsky.social went to @paperandword.bsky.social today to sign some of our books (and of course to buy some books too). It is such a lovely shop with wonderful staff AND it’s totally dedicated to fantasy! Don’t sleep on this gem, folks.

My Top Books read in 2025 - see image! 📚📅📊 Part 1 - Fiction (just by author alphabetical order) @annasmithwrites.bsky.social @clclark.bsky.social @themattlacey.bsky.social --> @devinmadson.bsky.social + @rebeccaide.bsky.social @elizachanwrites.bsky.social @samuelburr.bsky.social

This is so much fun!

What a better way to start a Monday than with the third part of "A Jam's list to 2026 releases"? Third part of my most awaited titles for 2026 and that I hope to cover in the blog (depending on review copies and all): jamreads.com/articles/a-j... 💙📚

OTHERSIDE has been open for 20 minutes and we’re already reading submissions! Thank you to everyone who decided to ring in the new year by sending us your work—we can’t wait to read it all! othersidespec.com/guidelines/

It's time to finally talk about my favourite books of 2025, so I made a list, without any kind of order, that pretty much covers it. It may be great to fill your TBR! You can check it here: jamreads.com/articles/my-... 💙📚

If you’re in the UK & are so inclined, from Dec 25 to Jan 5 you can get the Kindle edition of THE RIVER HAS ROOTS for 99p as part of their 12 Days of Kindle event! This means in the UK you can also get that price matched at other etailers, like Kobo! Merry Christmas! www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

🚨ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 For the longest night of the year, here's something dark & spooky: NORDIC NIGHTMARES: The Best of Nordic Horror ed. by Margrét Helgadóttir! This spooky older sister to NORDIC VISIONS, showcases nightmarish horror tales from 20 electrifying voices! https://bit.ly/4agCxFE

Hey it's that time of year! Where everything is on fire and satire is my only coping mechanism! I'm feeling bitey so it's time for THE TECH BILLIONAIRE'S WISHLIST FOR THE OFFICE SECRET SANTA 1/

Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why. Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.

Yesterday I had an “office party” with some of the best colleagues and friends imaginable. Thanks @elizachanwrites.bsky.social , @franceswrites.bsky.social , and @sarahbrooks.bsky.social for touring York with me. (Mainly through drinking mulled wine and having a publishing chat in a pub!)

I'm finalizing my Best YA science fiction, fantasy, and horror of 2025 this weekend. What were your top picks? (Authors, you can rec yourselves lol)

I am very pleased to announce that I am supporting the wonderful Goldsboro Writing Academy to provide funded places on their courses for writers from low-income and under-represented backgrounds in 2026 and in 2027. For more details contact Phil Vinter or visit the @goldsborowritingacademy website!

The Dark has reprinted my short story "Lustre Mining", originally published in ParSec Mag in 2023. Inspired by the 1980s UK miners' strike, Mother Shipton's Cave & my parents' generation. Go read it and the other excellent short stories in the Dec issue! www.thedarkmagazine.com/lustre-mining/

"Save what can be saved. Let go of what cannot. Love, love, love, love, *love*. Live. The future is the only apology you can offer the past, and the only forgiveness you can grant the present." An astounding review. Thank you for letting me know I'm not just shouting into the void.

I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers. "Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."

@elizachanwrites.bsky.social immediately referencing the old “If you don’t do politics, what *do* you do?” advert from the 90s which is something that’s always stuck with me in that *everything* is political in some way, from the price of beer to roadworks.

Second panel: Politics in Fantasy with @annasmithspark.bsky.social @hollyrace.bsky.social @thomasdlee.bsky.social @elizachanwrites.bsky.social and Jean Burlesk

I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...

If only OpenAI could have foreseen the entirely predictable hazards of irresponsibly releasing this tech. I guess the estate of every dead person will have to individually request a special dispensation to no longer have disgusting videos made by OpenAI’s tools.

Lovely to be invited back by Womble to share some insights on TIDEBORN, book 2 of the Drowned World duology!

🐇 💀 COVER REVEAL 💀 🐇 I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026

WATERSTONES PREORDER CAMPAIGN! Eager readers, I have a special surprise for you! If you preorder FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN through @waterstones, we’ll send you some gifts☀️ Head to the form in my bio to share your proof of purchase🧡

I am delighted to announce my first picture book will be published in 2026 by Hachette Children's as part of their Little Myths series. Please enjoy my take on the Moon Goddess Chang'e herself, with beautiful illustrations by Yingzhu Xue

Currently at: — only buy tech too old to have AI built in — painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well — if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool — if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts — patiently wait for the crash

Now we're into October and we're all looking for spooky reads, I've got a couple of things due for release later in the month which I'm gonna be promoting. (Sorry in advance!)

The official database of works eligible for the Anthropic AI settlement has been released and, as I suspected, many authors are screwed. Basically, if your books weren't officially registered with the US Copyright Office you're out of luck. 1/ secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/results

www.kickstarter.com/projects/191... We're hopefully doing a Welsh folklore anthology - gyffrous iawn! Please back and/or share widely!

somehow completely missed TIDEBORN, the sequel to FATHOMFOLK by @elizachanwrites.bsky.social and was quite put out. not anymore, as I had it for last night's bedtime story and it was everything I wanted and more (okay maybe I want more because the world's so great, but I would also like a pony)

As well as accepting submissions, don't forget that Translunar Travelers Lounge published Issue 13 in August - have you read it yet? translunartravelerslounge.com

We are delighted to reveal the cover for First Mage on The Moon by @cameronjohnston.bsky.social! Ella is on a mission to reach the moon–even if that incurs a little blasphemy (and Unity interference). Look for it April 14, 2026 from @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social! reactormag.com/cover-reveal...

Arrival of the dragon matriarch Jiang-Li for #Tideborn by @elizachanwrites.bsky.social #illustration #illustrator #fantasy #fantasyart #dragon #magic #YAfantasy

General submission open on Monday 22 September. We are looking for speculative fiction 5000 words and under. Our remit is very broadly fun, but don't self-reject - a truly superb story offers an enjoyment of it's own.

I totally missed that GBBO was back. Huzzah. Let me indulge in a version of Britain where everyone is welcome no matter the age, gender, sexuality, race or country of birth. Where people try their best, help each other and eat delicious cakes.

This crazy sci fi noir crime thriller is out today in the UK and I can't wait for you all to read it! Available in hardback, ebook, and audio from all reputable retailers (and probably some disreputable ones too!) If you can, support your local indie!