Frances White

Attention UK readers! The Bone Door, a horror fantasy escape room novel is now available on NetGalley UK! Go forth and request!!

www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

The Bone Door by @franceswrites.bsky.social will be published in May by @michaeljbooks.bsky.social

A story about ‘trauma, friendship & hope’ with a boy called Hop who finds himself in an ‘unsettling labyrinth where he must complete impossible tasks to survive.’

I’m looking forward to this!

Ahhh! It’s happening!

My horror fantasy escape room novel, The Bone Door, is now available to request on NetGalley US!

If you’ve ever said ‘boy, I wish I could just read something DIFFERENT, ya know?’ This may well be the book for you. 👀

www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

Aww thank you!

Ahhh you’re the best thank you! 💙💙

A pic of us in front of a tree

Yesterday I had an “office party” with some of the best colleagues and friends imaginable. Thanks @elizachanwrites.bsky.social , @franceswrites.bsky.social , and @sarahbrooks.bsky.social for touring York with me. (Mainly through drinking mulled wine and having a publishing chat in a pub!)

A copy of the book on the bookshelves during pride month this year, with a little rainbow recommends card saying pretty much what's in the post

A copy of the book next to a detail of our window display for the book. A giant old fashioned ticket says "magical gay murder cruise: please keep your ticket" and a giant sparkly blue fish skeleton tail in the background.

Next up in my paperbacks of the year is Voyage of the Damned by @franceswrites.bsky.social!

Really loved this one: disaster-bisexual Dee is an adorable mess of a main character, stuck on a magical boat trip from hell in this murderous fantasy whodunit 🐟✨

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Eee! Thank you so much. You’re the best 💙🐟

We’re so excited to bring you the stunning North American cover reveal for
@franceswrites.bsky.social's new fantasy horror THE BONE DOOR!🗝️

All first-edition copies have beautiful endpapers and gorgeous sprayed edges - however they are limited to the first print run! Coming May 2026.

I am SO excited to reveal the US cover of my new fantasy horror novel The Bone Door!

I am equally excited to scream about the STUNNING special edition.

This will be a limited first print run. Once it’s gone, it’s gone. So if you want to ensure you get the pretty I advise you to pre-order asap.

Thanks so much! That’s very kind of you!💙🐟

I’ve included my speech which sums up my feelings quite well, you’ll just have to forgive the fact I was almost sobbing while saying it!🙈

But again thank you so much for all the readers and your unending support for this book. ❤️

I won a British Fantasy Award!!

Sooo this happened! Yesterday I was awarded the British Fantasy Award for Best Newcomer for Voyage of the Damned.

I know everyone says this but I really didn’t expect to win! I’ve always maintained I don’t write the type of books that win awards but apparently I do?

Thanks so much!

Ahhhh! I can’t believe it. Thank you so much! 😭💙 More when I’m actually coherent, but what an honour!

A lot of you have asked me about special editions, this is the plain fact of it—the more people preorder the book, the more likely special editions are. 🙏🏻

The Bone Door, like all my books, is for the outcasts and the underdogs. Let’s show the industry that our voices matter too! 🖤 🐇

The cover of the bone door—a silver rabbit on a black background. Accompanied by the words Pre-order now with code: OCTOBER25 14-17 October online only

Thank you for all your love and support on the cover reveal for The Bone Door! I’m honestly blown away 😭

The book is included in Waterstones preorder sale available to all customers which lasts until Friday 17th October and you can get 25% off!

www.waterstones.com/book/the-bon...

Omg that’s a strange coincidence!

Ahh thank you so much!

Ed as usual sums up one of my books better than I ever could 🤣

This cover captures the magical yet creepy vibes of the book. I love all the symbolism from the keys, the spiky border with its thistles and our poor broken rabbit at the centre of it all. 🖤 (And yes, it’s FOILED!)

ALSO The Bone Door is included in the Waterstones sale at 25% off!

🐇 💀 COVER REVEAL 💀 🐇

I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026

Aww thank you!!

Sorry only just saw this as I don’t use bluesky much! I recommend query tracker, you can filter by genre etc. Also checking the agents of authors you enjoy or are similar to your books!

Recently read - Voyage of the Damned by Frances White

Adored this diverse magical murder mystery by a fellow @edinburghsff.com writer @franceswrites.bsky.social! The characters are so compelling and sensitively written, not to mention hilarious. Highly recommend!

Ahh thank you so much!

A review card for Voyage of the Damned reads: One of my favourite reads so far this year! Disaster-bisexual Dee is an adorable mess of a main character, stuck on a magical murderous boat trip from hell...

Thought I'd write some book reviews for #PrideMonth on these cute rainbow cards, only to find most of my reviews were already very queer and could just be copied over 😅
So that tells you something about my reading habits!

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Yay! Love this! 🌈

Picture from the panel

Pic of me on the panel

Group shot of all of us afterwards

Silly signing pic of me and Frances

Here are a few pics from yesterday’s panel! It was really great, made so by lovely fellow panellists, chairperson, arrangers and the wonderful audience. Thank you to @alethearlyons.bsky.social and @britfantasysoc.bsky.social for arranging this!

Thank you so much!! 💙🐟