Every day is Blue Monday when you're depressed af

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👇🏻 Something to read this morning 👇🏻 The paperback has now been updated on Amazon to the new version. Also available in ebook on Kobo and Apple Books! www.elliotjharper.com/strange-tale... My other book, New Gillion Street, is £4 at Waterstones! www.elliotjharper.com/new-gillion-... #booksky

📣 CALLING ALL BOOK BLOGGERS 📣 You can now request an ARC for The Ones We Fear on the @srlpublishing.bsky.social website: srlpublishing.co.uk/arc-requests Go go go!

I have arrived at the Flamingo Hotel. My room is small but the view is beautiful; I fear both my fellow guests and the staff. I hope I survive the week.

When the cats are away (my wife goes to the cinema with a friend) The mice will play (I lay on the couch watching a Robert Eggers film) Spent Friday night catching up with madness. Great movie. Robert Eggers can do no wrong. Cannot wait for his Werewulf movie.

Thanks to @robertwelbourn.bsky.social for this lovely review of my chapbook You: From Pissed to Publication. (And it’s £5 from @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social - all are numbered and signed) www.beardedbadgerpublishing.com/online-store...

Shirley Jackson was right. No live organism can exist sanely for long under conditions of absolute reality.

Just doing a little pre-reading ahead of my visit to the Hotel Flamingo this weekend. @drewgum.bsky.social never fails to make me laugh; his surreal humour never fails to make me think of Vonnegut. I'm excited to get away.

THIRTY SEVEN of you lovely people have booked for this already, if you wanna come and you've not booked yet best get a move on cos i'm determined to sell this fucker out. SRO FTW 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 www.waterstones.com/events/book-...

📣 CALLING ALL BOOK BLOGGERS 📣 You can now request an ARC for The Ones We Fear on the @srlpublishing.bsky.social website: srlpublishing.co.uk/arc-requests Go go go!

Did you see this yesterday??????????????????????

👇🏻 Coming Soon! 👇🏻 #booksky

🔥 COVER REVEAL 🔥 Robert Welbourn's horror debut, THE ONES WE FEAR. When a child goes missing, accusing fingers fall on Janet, the school weirdo, and her mother. 15 year old Alex doesn't believe the accusations and is desperate to protect Janet. But Alex doesn't know who Janet really is.

We always want to protect the ones we love. They don't always need it. Here it is, the cover for The Ones We Fear! Thank you so much to Gemma Fairclough for the amazing blurb. Publishing 28 April from @srlpublishing.bsky.social. Pre-order now: srlpublishing.co.uk/product/the-...

I'm revealing The Ones We Fear cover at midday and I'm so excited.

‘Amazing. Best book I’ve read in years.’ This game of cat and mouse is not your average stalker thriller. BROKEN COMPASS is a deadly twist on the tired tropes begging the question; can you really trust your judgment?

One hour to go!

THE ONES WE FEAR cover reveal email is being sent at midday! This colour is a tease! You still have time to sign up to be the first to see the cover: buttondown.com/RobertWelbourn

I've just written and scheduled this email; there's still time to subscribe and be the first to see the cover for THE ONES WE FEAR, coming 28 April from @srlpublishing.bsky.social 👇

EXCITING NEWS The cover for The Ones We Fear will be revealed this Thursday... Unless you're an email subscriber, in which case you'll get to see it tomorrow! Sign up now to see it a full day before anyone else: buttondown.com/RobertWelbourn

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Really enjoyed The Penguin but glad it was only 8 episodes and no more. Oz's pity party got reallllll boring.

Got my ticket for this one, really looking forward to it. Cannot, and I mean CANNOT, wait to read the book.

CELEBRATE THE NATIONAL YEAR OF READING WITH 25% OFF Kick off 2026 right with a book haul. Use promo code READING25 to receive 25% off paperbacks in our online bookshop to celebrate the National Year of Reading. T&Cs apply 👇

My current read; I'm deep in the Steinbeck catalogue and absolutely loving exploring his wider works. Although I've nearly run out of unread Steinbeck books and have no idea what I'll do when that time comes.

So I finished my read-through of The Ones We Fear on Friday and this morning I finished the last read-through of a short story I've been working on. So what now? I have no open writing projects???

Are you a writer, performer, publisher or event promoter? If you’d like to be part of Leeds Lit Fest 2026, we’d love to hear from you. The submission window is now open for event ideas and closes on 1st Feb. Follow the link to apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #LLF26

I've read this collection and you should too! It's a brilliant book of stories, containing some of the wildest, maddest stuff you can imagine. Very Lovecraft-esque, and not for the faint of heart.

This meeting could have been a deathbed confession

Saltburn is a great book, one of my top 10 from last year. For a fiver it's an absolute steal!

I'm going through a weird thing with the read-through of The Ones We Fear: I don't hate it! Writers, let me tell you - it is possible to read something you've written and not hate it and yourself!

Publishing NEXT MONTH, Lipstick and Lullabies follows a struggling mither who gets a part time job in the beauty industry. But behind the glossy packaging and the promise of miracle potions, the pressure to be perfect unveils some ugly truths. #BookSky

I have seen the first ideas for The Ones We Fear cover and I AM EXCITED. I cannot wait for you all to see it!

GREAT NEWS In a world with increasing cost pricing and increasing postage costs, we're thrilled we have now DECREASED our UK shipping - check out our sale with some incredible titles on our website srlpublishing.co.uk/product-cate... #BookSky #ShopIndie

Final read-through before publication 🥰 Coming 28 April from @srlpublishing.bsky.social; pre-order now: srlpublishing.co.uk/product/the-...

Sometimes I think everything is going to be ok, and other times I post on Instagram that my book comes out on 28 April and someone messages me asking when my book comes out 🫠🫠🫠

Mixed feelings watching Semi Ajayi flying with Nigeria at the AFCON. I'm thrilled he and Nigeria are doing so well, but oh my how much Hull could use him back.

Got the interior PDF of The Ones We Fear today and I cannot stress HOW EXCITED I am to read it.

Look at this absolutely beautiful homemade tarot card incredible Canadian author Heather O'Neill sent me 🥰

This book is amazing, AM Homes is absolutely hilarious.

The flu episode of Parks and Rec is one of the best sitcom episodes ever made.

And now to commence with a collection of stories from perhaps the most underappreciated novelist currently writing.

First review of the year sent off to the editors!

Hate-watching Madame Web and honestly thought about turning it off after one minute and 48 seconds. It's that bad.

Raised on propaganda that America is the greatest country on earth. Watch the news as an adult and realise America is the most dangerous country on earth.

No cheating, reskeet with the most recent photo of your pet.

Listed in the Irish News as one of five books to read this week, THE CANDIDATE'S HUSBAND is out now! When headteacher Kirsty’s local MP resigns after a sex scandal, she’s set on running in the by-election to replace him. Only her husband Rick is unconvinced. www.irishnews.com/life/5-new-b...

Beginning the new year with No Gods For Drowning by @haileypiperfights.bsky.social. A little lie - I ended the old year with it. Full review coming soon from @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org but spoiler alert: I'm really, really enjoying it.

I have a New Year's Day tradition of starting a jigsaw whilst watching Hull City lose. The jigsaw is begun - The World of Dickens, of course - but I'm hoping Hull's recent good form will continue and this year I'll start a jigsaw whilst watching Hull City win🤞