Anna M.C.

a bichon frise is sitting (or standing? laying down? hard to say, for reasons that will become apparent) on a light carpet and staring directly at the camera. her fur is teased out to form a perfect sphere, and her legs are nowhere in sight, so she just looks like a white orb with a little black nose and judgmental brown eyes.

a very round blob of dog is looking up at you from a light carpet with wide, intrigued eyes. there’s just the faintest smudge of discoloration around her mouth, but you better not make her self-conscious about it.

the round bichon is resting at the edge of an orange leathery sofa, but this time, her two front paws are hooked over the front edge of the seat, so we can confirm she actually has legs. jury was out until now.

This is Teena. She has heard your cotton ball jokes and is not impressed. 12/10 (IG: bichon_punta)

Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!

a screenshot of the Australian version of Taste Christmas, a recipe magazine, showing a recipe for a gingerbread house made of something known as "crack", which I think is some kind of mixture of chocolate and salty ingredients like crackers or pretzels. so they've called it "festive crack house"

oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that

#worldchildrensday

In the vast playground of life, where every adventure begins, lies a world of endless possibilities for the little dreamers.

Thank you Terry for all the stories. 📚

#discworld #terrypratchett #sirterrypratchett

But what Discworld fan would want to kill San Vimes?

Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

@lucyparkerauthor.bsky.social Have you read any good rom-coms lately? Heavy on the "com," please. I've already read all of your delightful books.

We had so much fun on our 2025 Bigger & Weirder tour that we decided we just didn’t want to stop. So we’re doing a bunch of shows next year too! If you missed it the first time around - or if for some crazy reason you want to see it again - now’s your chance!! Dates and info at weirdal.com on Monday

It’s nearly that time…
Pick up a copy of the classic #Discworld novel. If you've never experience this delight, you're in for a treat!
📚 bit.ly/Hogfather-Te...
"You can't give her that!' she screamed. 'It's not safe!"
IT'S A SWORD, said the Hogfather. THEY'RE NOT MEANT TO BE SAFE. — Hogfather

WeRateDogs turns 10 years old today! A very silly idea to numerically objectify dogs has become one of the kindest and most powerful online communities ever. Thank you for joining us over the last decade. I never knew what this could be until you all showed me. Here's to many more good dogs ❤️

The tooth fairy once wrote to me IN ELVISH (or at least in runes) ON A LEAF! I was a lot more impressed by this as an adult than I was as a child. I wish I still had that leaf.

📣📣📣 TERRY PRATCHETT'S DISCWORLD LIVE 📣📣📣
📍 London’s indigo at the O2
Get your tickets now!
🎟 www.aegpresents.co.uk/event/discwo...

#Discworld #DiscworldOfficial #TerryPratchett #SirTerryPratchett #FavouriteAuthor #rpg #roleplayinggame #tabletopgaming #ttrpg #liveAP

Anything by @franceshardinge.bsky.social

Forest of a Thousand Eyes This original illustrated middle-grade fantasy fromacclaimed author and illustrator duo Frances Hardinge and Emily Gravett follows a girl who must venture through the ravenous, dangerous Forest that h...

#TheForestOfAThousandEyes, my second collaboration with award-winning illustrator Emily Gravett, is released in the US today!
www.abramsbooks.com/product/fore...

Featuring @alixeharrow.bsky.social @ldlewiswrites.com & @franceshardinge.bsky.social !

ICYMI, later this week I will be appearing at #Festival42 in Barcelona! Here are the details of my events on 7th and 8th November.
www.barcelona.cat/festival42/e...

Great news! My partner in crime, the brilliant Emily Gravett, has been nominated for the #Carnegie Medal for Illustration for her wonderful pictures in our book #TheForestofAThousandEyes!
carnegies.co.uk/illustration...

Can't wait!

First Ink unveils award-winning Frances Hardinge’s YA historical fantasy First Ink has acquired Traitors’ Nest, a historical YA fantasy novel by Frances Hardinge, the award-winning author of the Costa Book of the Year 2015, The Lie Tree.

I'm very happy to announce that my next novel TRAITORS' NEST will be published in July 2026 by Macmillan's imprint First Ink!
www.thebookseller.com/rights/first...

What a strange thing for someone to make up

@franceshardinge.bsky.social Any truth to this?

@franceshardinge.bsky.social You are officially the creator of "one of the [tea] industry's most cherished sayings"

THE FOREST OF A THOUSAND EYES (Amulet/Abrams) by @franceshardinge.bsky.social‬; illus. by Emily Gravett will receive a starred review in the September/October 2025 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

A lovely start to the month! Island of Whispers (my first collaboration with brilliant illustrator Emily Gravett) has won the Children's Literature category of the Mythopoeic Awards!
www.mythsoc.org/awards/award...

By the way, reporting it as a 'fake profile' doesn't appear to work since it demands to know what my real Facebook account is, and doesn't seem to accept other URLs any more. But reporting it as 'scam, fraud or false information' does seem to work.

Winners of the 2025 Mythopoeic Awards (announced August, 2025) 6 books by Lia Mythopoeia is a subgenre of speculative fiction where the author develops fictionalized or artificial mythology. The Mythopoeic Society honors authors in this space each year. Acknowledged masters…

Mythopoeia is a subgenre of speculative fiction where the author develops fictionalized or artificial mythology.

This year, The Mythopoeic Society honors @franceshardinge.bsky.social, @amiekaufman.bsky.social, Minsoo Kang, & Stefan Ekman! hardcover.app/@liashl/list... @mythsoc.bsky.social

Traitors' Nest by Frances Hardinge Find out more about Traitors' Nest by Frances Hardinge

Ooh, a new @franceshardinge.bsky.social book is coming! www.panmacmillan.com/authors/fran...

Reality Reimagined: The Paint From the May/June 2025 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Perception and Reality.

From May/June #HBMag Special Issue: Perception and Reality "#HBRealityReimagined: The Paint" by @franceshardinge.bsky.social : "[T]hemes that matter to me tend to creep into my stories from the darkened corners" www.hbook.com/story/realit...