Andrew Knighton

Purple background, white text, which says Nanny, a typically candid and non-judgemental figure, is mortified to find out that her grandson suggested staying at this kind of establishment. She is then floored when Granny Weatherwax is unphased, knows exactly who Mrs Rosemary Palm is, and speaks of her with matter-of-fact respect. "Almost a Witch," Freyja Stokes

In which Granny Weatherwax is far more comfortable with Mrs Palm than Nanny... and Freyja Stokes explores the historical connections between witchcraft and sex work, as so beautifully explored by Terry Pratchett.

Read it now for free: www.speculativeinsight.com

Hey it's sneak peak o'clock!

I am in an end-of-con fugue state but if you, unlike me, have more than one functional braincell please go give it a read?

Wiz Duos – Book 3 ISBNs Paperback: 978-1-917950-23-7 EPUB: 978-1-917950-22-0

And if you're after another novella in the meantime, I had a little something out this weekend... wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove...

Thank you! Really glad you enjoyed Ashes, hope you enjoy the next one even more.

Love a Luna Novella and these ones couldn't be in two safer pairs of hands...es. Andrew's previous outing Ashes of the Ancestors is also excellent and I have told him so TO HIS FACE.

Had an excellent time at World Fantasy Con, feeling very happy & energised to get writing - just as soon as I've had a solid week's sleep. But first, a train ride home carrying aprox fifty squillion tons of books.

One of the tensest reads I’ve had in a while

It was really good to see you - I'm looking forward to Easter now too.

I hadn't expected those details to show up so well when I took the photo, was really nice that it captured the whole scene.

Yup.
No regrets.

A shingle beach and the sea under moonlight.

Brighton beach under moonlight. The whole weekend would have been justified by this view alone.

It had never occurred to me that mediaeval art is not representational. It’s symbolic. Almost linguistic. So: no shadows.

Adding shadows to paintings is like drawing shadows on every letter of your handwriting. It messes up legibility. It’s a communication medium, not a slavish copy of reality…

For those at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social I'm currently in the dealer's room at the @elsewhen.press table and can be persuaded to sign copies of my novel "Body and Soul" if you wish!

A shingle beach and the sea under moonlight.

Brighton beach under moonlight. The whole weekend would have been justified by this view alone.

Who won this year’s British Fantasy Awards? Here’s the deets so you don’t have to scroll through the live blogging: britishfantasysociety.org/british-fant...

And you!

Have changed my mind about tonight's reading at least three times. Looks like I'll be doing the start of my new @wtpress.bsky.social novella Walking a Wounded Land, very excited to see how that works in front of an audience. If you're at World Fantasy Con, come along at 9pm to find out!

Wizard's Tower Press Launch Wizard's Tower Press launch event at the 2025 World Fantasy Convention in Brighton, England to celebrate the launch of The Green Man's Holiday (book 8 of the series), by Juliet E. McKenna, Of the Empe...

Photos from the @wtpress.bsky.social Launch Event at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social start here: flic.kr/p/2rCRjUL #WorldFantasyCon

Saturday at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social - the @wtpress.bsky.social launch is at three in Balmoral - we're launching a bunch of books and have three different kinds of cake, so be there!
@rozc.bsky.social and I will also be at the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social awards, and the karaoke!

Blood In The Bricks edited by Neil Williamson — Runalong The Shelves I would like to thank the editor and NewCon Press for an advance copy of this anthology in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - NewCon Press Published - 5/11 Price - £13.99 pape...

Folk horror goes to the cities in the inventive Blood In The Bricks edited by Neil Williamson www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/10...

My Warhammer novel Starseer’s Ruin is up for preorder - if you want a hardback be aware the print runs are small so they go fast www.warhammer.com/en-GB/black-...

‘It is the scariest of times’: Margaret Atwood on defying Trump, banned books – and her score-settling memoir At 86, she’s a literary seer and saint – and queen of the Canadian resistance. So what does the writer make of our dystopian world?

Terrific interview with Margaret Atwood.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

Picked up a copy of this at the launch yesterday - a great lineup of writers, can't wait to read it.

A little bunny dressed as a witch goes trick-or-treating. Arriving at a house where candy has been left out, she is surprised to see two squirrels taking all the candy for themselves, despite the sign saying "Take One"

Daily bunny no.3125 got here early

Treat yourself to a spooky read in our sale today and tomorrow 😍

Blood In The Bricks edited by Neil Williamson — Runalong The Shelves I would like to thank the editor and NewCon Press for an advance copy of this anthology in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - NewCon Press Published - 5/11 Price - £13.99 pape...

New Review - out soon but suitable for Halloween is this anthology giving us folk horror city style! I highly recommend Blood In The Bricks edited by @neilwilliamson.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/10...

It's the last day of the 99p Kindle ebook deal for The Green Man's War. Don't miss out - especially if you want to catch up with Dan's adventures before embarking on The Green Man's Holiday which keen readers are already enjoying. You could get both for under six quid, just saying 😁

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!

A Spiderman travel mug and an e-reader sitting on a bench in a station. The e-reader is open to the cover of Juliet E. McKenna's The Green Man's Holiday.

Spidermug, Spidermug,
Does whatever a Spider does.
Brighton bound for fantasy,
But first it's time for coffee.
Look out, here comes Spidermug!

My poem ‘Sugar’ has been published on Disabled Tales today (30th October 2025). It is a horror retelling of Hansel & Gretel and you can read for free! disabledtales.co.uk/.../s…
Disabled Tales explores and discusses folklore and fairy tales with a particular focus on disabled characters.
#poetry