Rachel Delahaye

This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad

Three books covers for the Mort The Meek series on a green background with pictures of a raven, rat and octopus.

It looks fun, smells funny, definitely tastes unusual... It's #MortTheMeek! Perfect for quick reads, reluctant readers and weird kids. If an absurd cocktail of #Pratchet - #MontyPython - #HowToTrainYourDragon appeals, the series is available at W'stones online rb.gy/dy8wip @littletigeruk.bsky.social

Amazing, amazing. Thank you, @writeblendbookshop.bsky.social This has made my week. 🙏

😍🤩😍 Thank you for reading, @scoobiesue2.bsky.social !

I'm appearing at Clifton Lit Festival next month with a talky workshop on writing for YA, exploring themes, voice and the absolute privilege of publishing fiction for this readership. Come and join me, Bristol people! Open to everyone. Tickets at cliftonlitfest.com/litfest-even... #cliftonlitfest

It's here and available to order! #ElectricLifeSurge is the sequel to the award-winning #ElectricLife by @racheldelahaye.bsky.social. What happens to Alara next? Does she feel at home in Under, or are the walls closing in? Sacrifices, dreams and fears, and, as always, a current of hope.

OOOH! Thank you! xxx

Thanks, Stu!

Yeah this is true for me, too.

Would any senior schools in the West London (Richmond/Kingston/M4 corridor) be interested in a discounted KS3 author talk/workshop on Friday 3rd October on author life/creativity/world building/ futuristic and dystopian stories? Please get in touch!

Lovely day today! I met @racheldelahaye.bsky.social in Wells and then visited the Cathedral, followed by a trip to King John's Hunting Lodge on the way home before having cuddles with baby Esme! Perfection!

Red and blue cover of Electric Life with a skyscraper city with wires coming out of it.

two potatoes next to a bowl of mashed potato.

It's #NationalPotatoDay and we couldn't let that go by without saying that potato is a unlikely but very real hero in #ElectricLife by @racheldelahaye.bsky.social - if you know, you know. If you don't know, maybe you should find out...

Thank you for reading, Tia ❤️ so glad you liked it.

Yes! But not until he was 90 I think! 😊

Lyrics from Tom Lehrer's song, College Days: Soon we'll be out amid the cold world's strife Soon we'll be sliding down the razor blade of life But as we go our sordid separate ways We shall ne'er forget thee Thou golden college days Hearts full of youth Hearts full of truth Six parts gin to one part vermouth

Goodbye, great man. Funny, was only thinking of him last week at @timminchin.bsky.social show, thinking how Tim is in the new Tom. Razor sharp and raucously comedic, with lyrical hangovers and brilliant preamble. #RIP #TomLehrer

Cover of Ghost with a blue tinted forest scene with the silhouettes of three girls and a stone tower.

I was trapped in its spell, pinned by beautiful storytelling and the fate of three girls, joined across time by their Wicca ways and ghostly fates. With whispers of mythology yet totally fresh, and woven with haunting gossamer prose... #ghost by @finbarhawkins.bsky.social @zephyrbooks.bsky.social

Bright book cover with the title again at a sea backdrop with a whale drawn into the sand at the bottom

It's #NationalMarineWeek so what better time to pick up a copy of the acclaimed children's book #DayOfTheWhale by @racheldelahaye.bsky.social which is a love letter to nature and a plea to conserve our oceans, wrapped up in an island thriller!

Everything you need to know about "STORY" in one cartoon, thanks to Grant Snider. He created this back in 2013 for the New York Times Book Review ❤️😁📚
#books #love #grantsnider

Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £9.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £17.99 for a completely blank notebook?

Me, approximately ten minutes after saying 'right, let's get this show on the road'.

The only goose-stepping I want to see evah!

It's written in first person (17yr old) so I think I'll go with the casual form

It's first person so character! Thank you. Just don't want to be criticised for writing bad English in a book for teens. 🙃

YA writing question. Should we use 'to whomever' as it is correct, or go with the more natural 'to whoever'? Thoughts?

No review could do it full justice. It's simply brilliant.

Going to see @timminchin.bsky.social tomorrow night. Wondering if I should work out a way of popping a copy of #DayoftheWhale #scholasticaustralia in his green room. Tim would make the most delicious Byron Voss in the film.... Ludicrous idea?

🤗 thank you for putting me in the spotlight!

Orange cover with the title large in the middle

YA's answer to Sex Education (tv), brings huge issues like pregnancy and coercion into focus without sacrificing humour. Brilliant characters, un-sugar-coated and real, Tia distils teen emotion into immediate, must-read verse. Adored #NotGoingToPlan @tiafisher.bsky.social @hotkeybooks.bsky.social

It's coming this September 😃

This little beauty, by @racheldelahaye.bsky.social , explores a fascinating premise. I don’t want to say too much, but it explains the phenomenon that was The Spice Girls. As expected, every sentence testifies to Rachel’s huge writing talent. Mystery lovers will adore ‘Splinters’.