Also while I'm at it, if you'd potentially be interested in Reviewing/ARC copies for In This City, Where it Rains (and future Luna releases including @aknighton.bsky.social's new novella, also launching Feb 3rd!) you can sign up via the form here! π www.lunapresspublishing.com/reviewersand...
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Cover of The Castaway and the Witch with the caption 'get stranded on a desert island with a witch'. Background is a woman in black in a meadow, holding a dagger aloft.
This Halloween, find yourself stranded on a supernatural desert island with Ioanna Papadopoulou's The Castaway and the Witch.
Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site
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Definitely get yourself a copy of "The Castaway and the Witch" by @ioannapauthor.bsky.social and find out why she's one of the most sublime and amazing writers out there!
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World Fantasy Con Schedule
Thursday 30th October
5pm-6pm: Nature Writing in Fantasy Panel
Friday 31st October
6pm-7pm: Newcon Press Launch
8pm-10pm: Mass Autograph Session
Saturday 1st-Sunday 2nd
Attending other panels, events, barcon, come find me! Iβll also have a few books and art cards with me!
Looking forward to seeing folks at World Fantasy Con next week! Here's where to find me β¨πΏ
23.10.2025 13:46 β
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Thank you, Eva!β€οΈβ€οΈ
13.10.2025 05:09 β
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Eva's review of The Castaway and the Witch
5/5: Copy received from publisher for review consideration Ioanna Papadopoulou is one of my favourite speculative fiction writers and has been since I discovered her work. I have a very soft spot in m...
For folks who have not yet read "The Castaway and the Witch" by the tremendously gifted @ioannapauthor.bsky.social, she is
one of the most impeccably gifted fantasy writers today and deserves great things. Read my review here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #SupportGreekAuthors
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Five tips for putting together a short story collection
Author and former New Writers Awardee Lyndsey Croal shares her top tips for putting together a short story collection.
Have you ever dreamed of turning your short stories into a collection? π
These top tips from Dark Crescent author @lyndseycroal.bsky.social might be just the thing you need. π‘
22.09.2025 16:15 β
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Only 2 days left to go on this massive giveaway! Tell everyone!
19.09.2025 18:26 β
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Mr Queen is absolutely amazing! Is it just me, or did anyone else think that the story wanted to be a BL, but they were scared? It's incredible how fluid gender is in the story, too. I also feel it has touches of Orlando by Virginia Wolf in it.
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The Castaway and the Witch is coming out next Tuesday! I am so excited my little novella is going to be out in just 4 days!
Pre-Order: tinyurl.com/3x8jcbmu
Goodreads: tinyurl.com/dkpwh4tb
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I finished season 2 of Apothecary Diaries last night and I now want to write a romantasy novel that the couple has the same vibe as Maomao and Shisui.
Tell me I am not the only one who felt their bond was really special?! Anyone else had the same thought about them?
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Build your TBR!
September new horror releases - Day 5
The Deep Well - Laura Creedle
The End - Mark Golding
The Wordless Book - Shawn Spencer
The Belles - Lacey N. Dunham t
Moonsick - Tom OβDonnell
The Others - Cheryl Isaacs
Legend Has It - DJ Slater
Body of Water - Adam Godfrey
Twisted Tales to Tell in the Night - Stephanie Rose
The Castaway and the Witch - Ioanna Papadopoulou
No Rest for the Wicked- Rachel Louise Adams
Cryptid Chronicles β Ethan Hayes
The Asylum Confessions β Jack Steen
Tales to Terrify β PD Thompson
Carapace - Travis M. Riddle
Lakegrave School for Young Women- Lauren Carter
#horror #horrorbooks #HorrorFan #scary #books #bookrecommendations #booktok #booktwt #BookTwitter #HorrorAuthors #Horrorfam #spreadthehorror
Build your TBR!
September new horror releases - Day 5
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@adamgodfreyauthor.bsky.social @stephanierose1201.bsky.social
@ioannapauthor.bsky.social @traviswanteat.bsky.social
@writerlcarter.bsky.social βͺ@bookbent.bsky.social @veloxbooks.bsky.social
02.09.2025 20:44 β
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ππ You look wonderful!
31.08.2025 06:10 β
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Episode one of "Bon Appetit, Your Majesty" watched and it was so much fun!
26.08.2025 20:29 β
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Promise that when I have the first proper edited draft that will DM you. Might take a while though.
25.08.2025 08:28 β
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Ahhh, yes! Where do you get one of those? It's been 32 years, and I still don't have one!
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Editing has officially began for my Greek, gothic book. Hagiography is about misogyny and the various faces it wears, about doomed love and broken families.
And it is a beast of a book! I need to cut at least 10k off it. Ideally 20k.
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Cover of The Castaway and the Witch with the caption: 'now available on Netgalley'
The Castaway and the Witch is now available to download on Netgalley! Check out Ioanna Papadopoulou's tale of mythology and magic here: buff.ly/7ZLM19g
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Covers of Winter Harvest and The Castaway and the Witch by Ioanna Papadopoulou with the caption 'If you love mythology'
If you're fascinated by mythology then Ioanna Papadopoulou's books are for you!
Get a deeper perspective on the well-known story of Demeter and Persephone with Winter Harvest, or delve into a magical tale with The Castaway and the Witch.
Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site
15.07.2025 14:31 β
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A quote from the Castaway and the Witch.
It reads: I
still wish upon the stars at night, but they never blink back at me anymore. I have
spent my ratio of miracles. Now, I must continue the fairy tale.
The background is a washed-out beach, a detail from the book cover.
The cover of the novella, The Castaway and the Witch. It has a large elk standing in front of a dark forest and at the edge of a beach.
Written by an unnamed former witch in my novella, The Castaway and the Witch.
The Castaway And The Witch is a dark fantasy tale about a magical prison island that feeds its existence by making each new inhabitant adopt the role of The Witch.
It's not about the truth but the fairytale.
28.06.2025 09:08 β
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Ya know they say don't judge a book by its cover but I'm legitimately interested in this book because of its cover! First impressions are important people, we will be reading!
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04.07.2025 11:11 β
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The Castaway and the Witch by Ioanna Papadopoulou
Dangit @ghostorchidpress.com! I can never resist their review emails for novellas. Just look at it! Canβt say no to that! π
04.07.2025 09:29 β
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Cover of The Castaway and the Witch by Ioanna Papadopoulou
Cover of Every Dark Cloud by Marisca Pichette
Cover of The Extravaganza Eternia by Kristin Osani
Cover of Winter Harvest by Ioanna Papadopoulou
"Wouldn't it be great if people still made book covers using real, specially comissioned art?"
You mean like these?
09.07.2025 07:26 β
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"A haunting and thought-provoking twist on the fairytale narrative. Must we be only what others have foretold and experienced? Or can we make our own stories, flawed and complex as we are..."
-- Shawna Lawless, author of the critically acclaimed Gael Song series
The Castaway and the Witch is the new novella from Ioanna Papadopoulou, author of Winter Harvest. Coming September 2025.
Preorder now from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ
Or your preferred retailer: buff.ly/NfmdIfK
08.08.2025 14:31 β
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"Captivating from the first page, this is a story about growing up and growing wise, a book-love story as harrowing as it is tender. With a touch of Piranesi, an undercurrent of fairy tales, and an ancestry of Greek myth, The Castaway and the Witch is a beautiful, deeply moving book."Β
-- Natalia Theodoridou, Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author of Sour Cherry
The Castaway and the Witch is the new novella from Ioanna Papadopoulou, author of Winter Harvest. Coming September 2025.
Preorder now from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ
Or your preferred retailer: buff.ly/NfmdIfK
15.08.2025 14:32 β
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After my "miraculous" recovery regarding my attention span and reading, I have written a new book review!
"The Enchanted Greenhouse" by @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social #bookreview β¬οΈ
ioannapauthor.com/blog/f/the-e...
16.08.2025 20:49 β
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There's something inspiring and sentimental when you read your friend's work! Don't miss out on THE CASTAWAY AND THE WITCH, a harrowing mythic fantasy inspired by Greek myth and dealing with memory, grief, love and the fights women have to give against invisible systems. β¨
@ioannapauthor.bsky.social
15.08.2025 17:41 β
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My author copies of The Castaway and the Witch arrived at my house! What a wonderful birthday present it is to have them with me today!
The novella looks so beautiful! I was a touch worried it might be too thin, but it looks like a short novel, actually!
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I had the pleasure of hearing Ioanna read a chapter of this book, and it utterly captivated me. If you're a NetGalley reviewer, I'd highly recommend taking a look at this one
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