Lucy Holland

Thanks for the share ☺️

Diolch yn fawr Cheryl 🥰

I am beyond excited to share! 🪉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️

Thanks Pers! ☺️

Thanks Angela! It's 💯 the book of my heart ❤️

QUOTE: Helpless in the grip of my sorrow, I reached out to them. ‘I will make a song of you. A song of Gododdin. A song of the north. And folk will sing it long after I am gone, and the stars have different names. This, I promise.’ You too have a life to live, my mother’s voice echoed as I fell to my knees. Don’t give it all to the dead.

It's World Fantasy so what better day for a title reveal?

Poetry, pining, grief and glory. A love that survives after death. Inspired by Britain's earliest literature, history & myth, THE LAST VERSE OF THE HARP LORD is the story of legendary bard, Aneirin.

Look out for more news next year!

It's World Fantasy tomorrow! Here's my schedule:

Thurs 7pm in Buckingham room 2: Asexuality in Fantasy

Sat 12pm in Buckingham room 2: Shapeshifting Stories

Sat 4pm in Balmoral room: Writing the Magic launch

Who is coming to Brighton this weekend?!

AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal

What the holy fuck is wrong with these motherfuckers?

What is it about AI that makes people lose their damn minds and spew bilge from their mouths?

(The key thing here is 'licensing deal' which = money, the love of which is root of all evil.)

#SerendipityLit author Dr. @csmaccath.com will be moderating the "Shapeshifting Stories" panel at the World Fantasy Convention next Saturday!

Featured panelists:
@abielongstaff.bsky.social
@silvanhistorian.bsky.social
@toribovalino.bsky.social

A membership is required: worldfantasy2025.co.uk

The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd). The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left. Art by Josh Arklin.

We have made it to two-thirds funded. As promised I have done an update about our initial stretch goals. www.kickstarter.com/...

THIS WEEKEND 😁

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.

Men went to Catraeth: a few short words on Aneirin and Y Gododdin for National Poetry Day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 open.substack.com/pub/silvanhi...

Oct is busy! First up I'll be at the wonderful @butserancientfarm.co.uk for their lit fest.

I'm talking to Samantha Shannon about history & fantasy on the 18th, and running a workshop on the 19th. What's more I'll be doing it IN A SAXON MEADHALL.

www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/butser-liter...

Application deadline is today. Come write fantasy with me!
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Closes 21st September!

Ooh thanks for sharing RJ 🙏

Breakthrough Scholarship for Fantasy Writers with Low Income This scholarship will award one talented speculative writer with limited financial means a place on our new nine-week online Writing Fantasy course.

Opportunity here for a writer on a low income to get access to a nine week novel writing course taught by the great @silvanhistorian.bsky.social

www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/break...

Lucy Holland on writing fantasy | Author interview We caught up with bestselling fantasy author Lucy Holland to discuss what first sparked her love for the fantasy genre, how she incorporates magic into her worldbuilding, the inspiration behind her…

'Journeying alongside my characters is how I come to understand them' 🛣️

We caught up with bestselling fantasy author Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social to discuss what sparked her love for the fantasy genre, how she incorporates magic into her worldbuilding and our #WritingFantasy course:

My @cbcreative.bsky.social course starts in Oct. 9 weeks of exploring fantasy: writing, workshopping, live online lessons, sharing the journey with a small group of passionate fellow writers.

Deadline to apply is 21/9 & there's 1 scholarship place too www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writi...

Writing Fantasy | Zoom Course Write epic fantasy fiction with dedicated online teaching and feedback from British Fantasy Award-winner and bestselling author, Lucy Holland.

There's still time to apply for our Writing Fantasy course ⚔️

Join us for nine weeks of Zoom teaching, workshops and tutorials led by British Fantasy Award-winner and bestselling author, Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social!

Apply by 21 Sept:

Give a witch the sky and she will tell you tomorrow in nephomantic knowing of its clouds. Give a witch a field and in the wind's dance across it, she will tell you of secrets hidden below. For the witch is a translator, an apprehender of nature's languages. – #EmilyCBanting, 1981 #WitchSky

Lucy Holland on writing fantasy | Author interview We caught up with bestselling fantasy author Lucy Holland to discuss what first sparked her love for the fantasy genre, how she incorporates magic into her worldbuilding, the inspiration behind her…

'Journeying alongside my characters is how I come to understand them' 🛣️

We caught up with bestselling fantasy author @silvanhistorian.bsky.social to discuss what first sparked her love for the fantasy genre, how she incorporates magic into her worldbuilding and our #WritingFantasy course:

Lucy Holland on writing fantasy | Author interview We caught up with bestselling fantasy author Lucy Holland to discuss what first sparked her love for the fantasy genre, how she incorporates magic into her worldbuilding, the inspiration behind her…

'Build in limitations because magic can be plot-breaking' 🔮

We caught up with bestselling fantasy author Lucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social to discuss what first sparked her love for the fantasy genre, how she incorporates magic into her worldbuilding and our Writing Fantasy course.

Please!

Thanks Pers!

𝐀 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐬.

Do not miss the glorious @robynholdaway.bsky.social narrating the audiobook of SISTERSONG. You can get all 14 hours of it for £3.99 this month on Audible! www.amazon.co.uk/Sistersong/d...

Thrilled for Dan and Heartwood! It was an honour to contribute to this brilliant anthology celebrating 40 years of Holdstock's Mythago Wood