And finally, rainbow cupcakes for all the LGBTQ characters in the book (and the ones who will love reading it!) 🌈🧁🌈🧁🌈🧁

No book launch is complete without some shimmering salmon shortbread biscuits 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟😜

When my son Tom’s first book came out (Perilous Times), I made Sword in the Stone cupcakes for the launch. Had to do something similar this time, so here are cakes representing Tristan & Isolde, and the Great Salmon of Lyn Llyw! 🧁😜

Some signed copies of The Knight Watch at Glasgow Sauchiehall and Argyle Street Waterstones, if anyone wants to go and snap them up!

Also, nazis get punched, bludgeoned, shot, decapitated, and all sorts. So go get it!

@davewragg.com says it's 'magnificent'. What more do you need to know?

I have been rereading Perilous Times by @thomasdlee.bsky.social in order to crack my copy of The Knight Watch (out tomorrow from Orbit!) and I cannot express enough how everyone should read it. Arthurian legend meets billionaires and climate change.

@realjacksonford.bsky.social says that The Knight Watch is going to launch me into the stratosphere. I'd better take a parachute...

Happy publication day to The Knight Watch! @thomasdlee.bsky.social's latest is a riotous, action packed Arthurian tale featuring a memorable band of immortal knights trying to do what they do best, this time against the rising Third Reich... 💙📚🪐 #SFF

I'm up at @uofgfantasy.bsky.social this week for the very exciting inaugural Fantasy's Present Pasts conference, but I will be talking about the book at Edinburgh Waterstones on Friday (and hopefully dropping in on some Glasgow bookshops this afternoon!)

happy book birthday ☺️🎉 been eagerly anticipating this book ever since I saw the announcement. very much looking forward to listening to the audio!

With only a couple of weeks until the storytelling panel, it's time to get to know our lovely authors and their personal brand of chaos! @thomasdlee.bsky.social @rflong.bsky.social @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social @rjbarker.bsky.social

Happy pub day to this gleefully and successfully ambitious epic It’s hilarious, it’s heartbreaking, it’s morally moreish, it’s riotously fun, it’s authentically queer (British mythology deep cut), it’s satirical, and it’s got Knights shooting Nazis What more do you want

Thank you @bluebookballoon.bsky.social for this glowing review. It's always a delight to fill a book with little nods and easter eggs and then find that they didn't go unnoticed!

Up next, we can't wait to hear @thomasdlee.bsky.social discuss his second novel, The Knight Watch with @caimhmc.bsky.social! TKW is a "queer, Nazi-killing, WWII Arthurian romp". Oh yes. This is going to be a fun one.

Quilt no. 166 - Blue & purple celestial 💙💜🌜🌖🦋🌝🌛💜💙

The Knight Watch is out in the world! It's a very queer book about fighting fascism, unlearning toxic masculinity, and becoming a better person. I'm very proud of it and I can't wait for everyone to get their hands on it.

Tom’s book is in the shops today, so if you didn’t pre-order your copy, you can get one from your local bookshop - it’s a cracking read, so don’t miss out 🙌

If you hear the air raid warning, proceed immediately to your nearest bookshop and purchase a copy of The Knight Watch by Thomas D. Lee

@emmasternerradley.bsky.social (author of 'Snowblooded' says 'The Knight Watch is a fun page-turner of a quest through history, myths, love, and the human psyche.'

Join us for an event with author and Centre for New Writing PhD student @thomasdlee.bsky.social as he launches his new novel The Knight Watch at @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-knight...

Anyone who's read Perilous Times will know why this news grieves me so much. The Guardian reports that 'its decline was exacerbated by a series of hot, dry summers'. When will we stop warming the planet and destroying the natural world? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Author of Dragonfly (a bloodcurdling sci-fi horror) @padswa.bsky.social says 'If Knights of the Round Table beating up Nazis doesn't do it for you, then I don't know what else will'

Quilt no. 165 - Black & gold celestial 🌝🌛🌜🌚💫🪐🖤💛🖤💛

Next we have my good friend @elizachanwrites.bsky.social Sunday Times Bestselling Author of FATHOMFOLK and TIDEBORN. (Keep an eye out for her new release HARBOUR OF HUNGRY GHOSTS, which is out in July!)

Quilt no. 164 - this was made as a leaving gift for a member of our local church 😇

I am so proud of my son, Dr Thomas Lee, on the publication of his second book - it’s a great read, but don’t just take my word for it, get yourselves a copy!! 💚💛💚💛💚

It's a week until pub day, so I'm going to start sharing some of the amazing blurb quotes from authors who loved The Knight Watch. First up is @venetiaconstantine.bsky.social , #1 Sunday Times Bestselling Author of The Last Starborn Seer!

A thousand years ago, the Knights of the Round Table made an oath to protect the realm forevermore... Now Britain is embroiled in WWII, the knights are back to punch nazis, but by now they've been getting on each others' nerves for centuries. Knight Watch by @thomasdlee.bsky.social is out 23/6! 🪐📚💙

…..but when I asked her to use PayPal to buy the quilt, she stopped communicating and is now nowhere to be found. I looked up the address, which is a trailer park. The name isn’t quite right though, and I suspect it’s a scam. Good job I didn’t give them my bank details. Bastards 🤬

I was delighted when a follower on Bluesky bought a bespoke quilt from me recently. It is winging its way to the USA as we speak. Imagine my excitement this morning when another person enquired about buying a quilt - it seemed a legitimate query from a lady in Florida. She gave me her address,

Quilt no. 163 - Spooky scraps part II 🕷️💀🕸️🧙‍♀️🍄🦉🦇🖤

Quilt no. 162 - Peter Rabbit, owls and Highland cows! What’s not to like? 🥰 💙🩵🤎🩶🧡

Author copies!!!!

Quilt no. 161 - a scrappy spooky square rainbow! 💀🖤🕸️🐈‍⬛🦇🌈

Another lovely #bookpost today from @gambit589.bsky.social @orbitbooks.bsky.social - The Knight Watch by @thomasdlee.bsky.social - WW2 shenanigans with the bickering Knights of the Round Table. Like Perilous Times this promises to be an irreverent and fresh take on the national myth. 📚💙 #booksky

Behold, the beautiful cover of THE KNIGHT WATCH, which is now available to pre-order!

Happy Pride month 🌈🤗

The stall looked good today, despite having virtually no customers!

Can confirm the craft fair was a complete disaster 😥. Sold 1 quilt, and that was to the stall holder next to me. Lots of lovely comments, and I gave out loads of business cards, but only the one sale. I am reliably informed (by the organiser) that the footfall was very low today 🙄

Quilt no. 160 - Black cats! 🐈‍⬛🖤🐈‍⬛🖤🐈‍⬛🖤 - phew! Finished two quilts today and I’m knackered 😅. I just had to use the lovely cat fabric which arrived in the post today!

Quilt no. 159 - Black with a hint of pink! 🖤🩷💀🦇🕸️🖤🩷

Getting ready for the craft fair tomorrow - the hanging rail works well as a backdrop for the stall! The quilts are very excited at the prospect of going to new homes, so 🤞🤞🤞😜

Quilt no. 158 - Black & purple 🖤💜💀🕷️🕸️🦇🖤💜 - wondering if I have time to make one more before Sunday, and if it should be black & pink (to complete the rainbow), or black cats 🩷🐈‍⬛🩷🐈‍⬛???

Quilt no. 157 - Black & sepia (part 2). Change of plan - decided to repeat this colour combo as I really like the first one I did! 🕷️🕸️💀🐈‍⬛🦇🖤💛

Quilt no. 156 - Black & blue 💀🦇🖤💙🖤💙. I’m hoping to complete my set of “Black & (rainbow colour)” before Sunday when I’ll be taking the quilts to the witchy/spooky craft fair - 3 sewing days left 😅, 2 quilts to go!!

It's that time of year again! 🖤🖤🖤🍷🍷🍷

Quilt no. 155 - Black magic 🖤🐈‍⬛🧙‍♀️💀🕷️🕸️🖤

Quilt no. 154 - Spooky rainbow (part 3) 🌈🦇💀🎃🕷️🕸️🌈