Revealing the beautiful theatrical cover for #TheNightingaleofCoventGarden which I co-wrote as #LilaCain with Marcia Hutchinson @mhut25.bsky.social as a sequel to our novel #TheBlackbirdsofSGiles published in 2024 Romance, rivalry, betrayal and fame…the stage is set

On #WutheringHeights - I just reviewed two wildly different versions for @historia-hwa.bsky.social And LOVED them both @essiefox.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/hist...

Thank you to @kateagriffin.bsky.social for her double review of February's two retellings of Wuthering Heights! The new film and @essiefox.bsky.social's just-published Catherine "have brought bold fresh eyes to a classic," she says. Read more at historiamag.com/review-wuthering-heights-catherine

Bookreviews 2026 1/n 📚💙 The Blackbirds of St Giles by Lila Cain 1782. Soldier & former slave Daniel fights to protect sister Pearl from Elias, criminal head of underground Rookery in St Giles. Corrupt aristos, pro fighters, fierce women & anti-slavery campaigners in Black Georgian London thriller.

My December #TBR so far 📚💙 Blackbirds of St Giles by Lila Cain (Black Georgian London) @kateagriffin.bsky.social @mhut25.bsky.social Pelican Girls by Julia Mayle (Frenchwomen shipped to New Orleans) Dance of the Earth by @annamholmes.bsky.social (Ballets Russes to WW1) Reviews in the New Year ⏳📚

Thank you to generous contributors, including @tracyborman.bsky.social, @kateagriffin.bsky.social, @michaeljecksauthor.bsky.social, @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social, @chrislloydauthor.bsky.social, @seanluskauthor.bsky.social, @lindsaypowell.bsky.social, @1642author.bsky.social and @anniehistory.bsky.social

Chuffed to say that in the US 🇺🇸#TheBlackbirdsofStGiles the historical novel of black Georgian London I wrote with wonderful Marcia Hutchinson has been chosen as a 2025 Great Group Reads title by the Women's National Book Association! This is an honour! 🐦‍⬛💚🐦‍⬛ #NatlReadingGrpMonth, #GrtGrpReads2025

Thrilled to see #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles as a Kindle Daily Deal! You can delve into the secrets and the story of London’s hidden black Georgian community for just 99p If you take your morning history sharp, strong and gritty - sweetened with love, family and hope this is for you!

📣🐦‍⬛💚🐦‍⬛📣 #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles beautiful hardcover now £10.97 on the ‘A’ place 🤩 Lose yourself in the labyrinthine darkness beneath the lace and ruffles of Georgian London with black siblings Daniel & Pearl. #love #family #freedom #hope

#Giveaway for US readers 🇺🇸📣 Just one more day to enter the #Goodreads #Giveaway for one of 10 gorgeous hardback copies of #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles Published in the US by Kensington Books Enter here: goodreads.com/book/show/2181… Why you should enter here 👇🏻👇🏾🤩

Just saying, but if anyone is considering giving me a late birthday present and has £2500 to spare…

Hey US readers 🇺🇸 📣📣 Writing as #LilaCain me & @Marciathewriter #MarciaHutchinson are delighted that #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles our gritty historical novel featuring London’s black Georgians is a #goodreads #giveaway 🐦‍⬛💚🐦‍⬛ www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... (US only) @KensingtonBooks

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 🐦‍⬛💚🐦‍⬛

Looking forward to speaking at this tomorrow eve, Thurs 22 May @waterstones.bsky.social St Albans, with fellow biographer @dspring.bsky.social and chaired by @kateagriffin.bsky.social Our books are the first on our chosen women. See you there! #History #women

‘Only a Girl’? Writing Women into History with @janedismore.bsky.social @kateagriffin.bsky.social and me, coming soon on 22 May, Waterstones St Albans www.waterstones.com/events/only-... #StAlbans #WomensHistory

Several years ago I wrote this true ghost story for @thegentleauthor & the wonderful Spitalfields Life. It’s about my grandad ‘Timo’, the worst night of the Blitz, my mum & a spectral dog. As we commemorate #VEDay80 I hope you might lenjoy it & remember… spitalfieldslife.com/2013/12/28/a...

This Thursday. St Albans. To celebrate the publication of Rachel’s Sun Trap, @rachelwolfauthor.bsky.social, @kateagriffin.bsky.social and I will be talking books, writing and such. Come join us. It will be an informal and fun evening. www.waterstones.com/events/rache...

Look! 👀 👇🏻👇🏽 Many thanks to Angela Cobbinah whose brilliant review /feature on #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles is the lead story in this week’s review section of London’s superb independent newspaper The Camden New Journal @camdennewjournal.bsky.social We’re preening our feathers 🐦‍⬛💚🐦‍⬛ @mhut25.bsky.social

Cover reveal and special edition ahoy! www.waterstones.com/book/house-o...

'Two Bats Flying' -Katsushika Hokusai

Published today, Antonia Hodgson's sprawling, intricate, and densely plotted The Raven Scholar belongs on every fantasy fan's must-read list. Here’s why: www.pastemagazine.com/books/antoni...

Antonia Hodgson's sprawling, intricate, and densely plotted The Raven Scholar belongs on every fantasy fan's must-read list. www.pastemagazine.com/books/antoni...

📣BARGAIN ALERT 📣 If you love stirring historical fiction, #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles is an AMAZING 99p kindle deal today 🤩 Love, loyalty, betrayal & hope in the little-known black community of Georgian London. Join Daniel & Pearl as they battle for true freedom 🐦‍⬛💚🐦‍⬛ www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0CW...

A Georgian Spartacus...The Blackbirds of St Giles. And some interesting observations about cheetahs. #historicalfiction #bookreview

Next up, snagged an ARC of The Blackbirds of St. Giles! #histfic #historicalfiction #booksky #reading #arc

Just back from a wonderful event organized by Lindum books in Lincoln. #TheBlackbirdsofSaintGiles @kateagriffin.bsky.social

US reader #GIVEAWAY🇺🇸 📣 Our fabulous US publisher Kensington Books has teamed up with Goodreads to offer 100 pre-pub copies of our historical novel #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles set in the little-known black community of 18thC London #Freedom #Enslavement #Hope 👇🏻👇🏾 www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... 🐦‍⬛💚🐦‍⬛

*NEW BLOG POST* The Blackbirds of St Giles by Lila Cain #randomthingstours #blogtour lotuswritingtherapy.com/2025/02/08/t... Follow the link and sign up to my mailing list for all my book content. #theblackbirdsofstgiles #lilacain #booksky

Behind door 11 of my fave books of the year is Fyneshade by Kate Griffin. I love this classic Gothic set up with a mean and practical heroine who isn't afraid to be ruthless to get what she wants. So many tropes played with and such masterful characterisation! For fans of Vanity Fair + Gothic

🎉 #GIVEAWAY 🎉 (UK only 🇬🇧) Find me & @marxia1 over on Instagram as @LilaCainBooks where we’re running a #giveaway to celebrate one month of our birds in flight! #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles 🐦‍⬛💚🐦‍⬛ Times Historical book of the month for Feb In the beautiful box: ⭐️ Signed book ⭐️ Rum chocs ⭐️ Bonus US proof 🐦‍⬛💚🐦‍⬛

OMG this is fantastic. youtu.be/OvfIneIoAWw?...

This is the most amazing shout out for Fyneshade from @jackguignol.bsky.social Thank you both!!! bsky.app/profile/jack...

Our picks for the best books, music, movies, etc. we indulged in over the year! Shout outs to @sgj.bsky.social and @kateagriffin.bsky.social for killing it on the fiction front

#US #Booksky Don’t miss out on this giveaway - one of the best books you’ll read this year #TheBkackbirdsofStGiles

US reader 🇺🇸 Goodreads #GIVEAWAY alert 📣📣 Until 9/3/25 you can WIN a copy of the BEAUTIFUL US version of #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles 🐦‍⬛💚🐦‍⬛ Follow siblings Daniel & Pearl from enslavement on a sugar plantation to Georgian London. Just 100 pre copies available Swoop now! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

We’ve often been asked about co-writing #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles and how the process worked. We answered those question in this piece for #WritingMagazine Spoiler… wine was involved 🐦‍⬛💚🐦‍⬛ www.writers-online.co.uk/how-to-write...

Me and Erin Kelly are coming to Enfield, innit. Tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/erin-...

Words To Live By Number 186

Looking for top notch hisfic? THE BLACKBIRDS OF ST. GILES features free siblings who make their way from the islands to fight for the British in the Revolution only to find the same racism and classism when they claim their due in London. Beautifully written! #EWGC @kensington-library.bsky.social

THE BLACKBIRDS OF ST. GILES by Lila Cain is a fascinating work of historical fiction. From the horrors of a Jamaican plantation to the squalid streets of 18th century London, we follow a young Black man and his sister as they strive for freedom and dignity. #ewgc @kensington-library.bsky.social

Lovely to see #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles written by me and @mhut25.bsky.social reviewed in Woman’s Weekly! ‘Captivating’ and ‘genuinely heart-stirring’ Thank you @zoeannewest.bsky.social 🐦‍⬛💚🐦‍⬛

Dreams of the Scottish Highlands is out today! As a result, I've been holding it up all over the West Coast in different hats...https://geni.us/B0DMP344XWauthor

Also see the tour poster and the beautiful Georgian London map endpapers in The Blackbirds of St Giles #bookreview 2/2 @kateagriffin.bsky.social

Check out my review of #TheBlackbirdsOfStGiles A powerful, immersive tale of resilience and the fight for freedom—one of the best I’ve read this year. My thanks to @annerandomthings.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social 1/2

Spotted in the wild, in The Whitby Bookshop, #TheBlackbirdsOfStGiles by Marcia Hutchinson and @kateagriffin.bsky.social writing as #LilaCain.

📙📙BOOK REVIEW📙📙 The Blackbirds of St Giles by Lila Cain Full review ➡️ t.ly/jgLw1 “Personally I thought it was a brilliant book and I savoured every page.” @simonschusteruk.bsky.social @kateagriffin.bsky.social #marciahutchinson

Absolutely THRILLED to see #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles which I co-wrote (as Lila Cain) with @Marciathewriter as @thetimes PICK OF THE MONTH in today’s historical fiction round up. Huge thanks to Nick Rennison for his generous review We are wagging our tail feathers 🐦‍⬛💚🐦‍⬛

As always, coordinated ribbon from @bertsbooks.bsky.social can’t wait to start reading this. Pre-ordered ages ago! #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles @kateagriffin.bsky.social

A wonderful review of #TheBlackbirdsofStGiles They’re flocking to our cause 😉 Thank you so much ‘whatyoutolkeinabout’ 🐦‍⬛💚🐦‍⬛ whatyoutolkienabout.wordpress.com/2025/01/31/b...