Amanda Rutter

Ten Longbarrow hardbacks, stacked on a diagonal, spines facing outwards.

One book sale in seventeen days. Yikes. Help us to avoid the worst of all possible fates - the crowdfunder - by buying our scrupulously edited, meticulously designed, handsomely produced and fastidiously packaged books here:
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I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

Honestly, I cannot believe the bravery you've shown here. My own father is a racist and a bigot, and because I don't want to lose him completely, I'm forced into a situation where I feel like I cannot challenge his comments, and it makes me feel like a terrible coward and a fraud. You did good.

Huge congratulations to @sapphomancer.bsky.social /August Clarke - METAL FROM HEAVEN has won the @lambdaliterary.org Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction!

We're bringing it to the UK later this month, preorder now: geni.us/metalfhe

Congratulations to all the winners at this year's Awards!

I'll be there 😁

Devastated to hear that Jilly Cooper has died. I have adored her books for decades, and thought that her eye for human relationships was second to none. Will miss settling down with her new stories, and will enjoy her existing books like old friends.

I'm so sorry, David - my three hounds are giving you virtual cuddles and licks x

I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files.

But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

a blue monster with big eyes is standing in front of a painting ALT: a blue monster with big eyes is standing in front of a painting

I think we all just need to accept that this is where TV reached its pinnacle.

Zack on Bold Politics podium

I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.

Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.

Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?

Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk

Against a gold mosaic background, the cover for WHILE THE GODS SLEEP by L. D. Colter. The white Solaris Nova logo is in the bottom left corner.

To celebrate the release of WHILE THE GODS SLEEP, the first book in @ldcolter.com 's PERILOUS GODS trilogy, she's hopped over to @scalzi.com 's Big Idea to explore why the retelling of myths is a tradition practically as old as the myths themselves...

Read here: bit.ly/473oYpZ

Read the First Chapter From Kerstin Hall's Asunder - Reactor Sabriel meets Witch King in Kerstin Hall's new standalone fantasy.

Heads up UK Readers! Ahead of us bringing @kerstinhall.bsky.social 's ASUNDER to the UK in January 2025, did you know that you can dip into the first two chapters over at Reactor?

First Chapter bit.ly/4pR7rtu
Second Chapter bit.ly/4pR7rcY

Preorder: geni.us/asunder

Thank god, I was fearing the absolute worst when I heard he was airlifted. It's a terrible injury, and I wish him swift recovery, but that was a reminder it can always be worse 😔

Oh yes!! So deserved. Coming out in the UK from @solarisbooks.bsky.social later this month ❤️❤️❤️

Other people might detest it, but Strictly Come Dancing is bringing sunshine to my weekends. While it's on, I do nothing but smile.

Solaris completes the set with Saint Death's Doorway from C. S. E. Cooney! | Rebellion Publishing It's the news that fans have been clamouring for...Solaris is delighted to be completing the series that began with World Fantasy Award-Winner Saint Death's Daughter, as C. S. E. Cooney draws Lanie's ...

new book who dis?
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tee hee! GUESS WHAT I'M WRITING TODAY!

A venn diagram featuring three fantasy novels. In one circle is the cover of "Asunder" by Kerstin Hall, in the second circle is the cover of "The Witch Roads" by Kate Elliott, and in the last circle is the cover of "The Last Hour Between Worlds" by Melissa Caruso. Where the circles of Asunder and The Witch Roads overlaps is text reading, "Terrifying eldritch beings and blood magic." Where the circles of Asunder and The Last Hour Between Worlds overlaps is text reading "Charming and incorporeal love interests." Where the circles of The Witch Roads and the Last Hour Between Worlds overlaps is text reading, "MC travels perilously for a living." Where the circles of all three books overlaps is text reading "Appreciation for a good pair of boots." End description.

Had this realization about three of my favorite fantasy novels I've read this year: Asunder by @kerstinhall.bsky.social, The Last Hour Between Worlds by @melissacaruso.bsky.social and The Witch Roads by @kateelliottsff.bsky.social. All of them also have queer characters :) #booksky

Love this. Play along. Who are your autobuy/autoread authors? Mine are Guy Gavriel Kay, Jacqueline Carey, Charles de Lint, Sarra Manning, Mhairi McFarlane and Emily Henry 😁

Jolene

I created a monster 🤣

I WANT THESE SO MUCH

Too much of this today, and a lot of “former nurse”, rather than “Chief Nursing Officer”, “Director of Patient Experience for England”, or even “full-time CofE minister since 2004” or “one (of two) of the first women to be consecrated as bishops at Canterbury Cathedral”

Wow, the England cricket team crushed SA - a win by 10 wickets. How often do we get to type that? How often does it feel so comfortable watching an England cricket team? 🤣

Article reads: Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Turns out, pretty serenely 😍😂

Well, England annihilated South Africa with the ball - but how will they go along with the bat?

Well, no, but it's an even worse 50 over score...

This World Cup opener from England feels like a T20 match...

The whole post is filled with nonsense like that. It feels like it should be inspirational...? But it just ends up making my flesh crawl because it's clear that no human hands have written it. There is nothing natural or easy about the succession of paragraphs that read exactly like that.