Frances Hardinge

⭐ #Fiction #HBReviewoftheWeek THE FOREST OF A THOUSAND EYES (Amulet/Abrams): "A short, atmospheric tale told through @franceshardinge.bsky.social ’s skillful fairy-tale prose + Emily Gravett’s art, which intertwines, illuminates, + sometimes takes over pgs altogether" www.hbook.com/story/review...

I'm aware of this, but thanks for making sure I knew. That's very kind.

Yup. :-)

This would make a very different Pixar movie. :-)

Fantàstic, gòtic i terror pop, amb Frances Hardinge, Ben Aaronovitch, Roger Luckhurst i Grady Hendrix Què tenen en comú un historiador del gòtic, un autor de terror pop, una escriptora de fantasia obscura i un hibridador de gèneres exguionista de Doctor Who? Més del que sembla! Tots escriuen i pensen ...

Hoy a las 16:00 estaré de nuevo en el #Festival42, esta vez charlando sobre fantástico oscuro con @franceshardinge.bsky.social , @benaaronovitch.bsky.social , @theprofrog.bsky.social y @gradyhendrix.bsky.social . Se puede ver en streaming también.
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Espectacular la mesa redonda de @benaaronovitch.bsky.social @gradyhendrix.bsky.social @franceshardinge.bsky.social y Roger Luckhurst al #Festival42 moderados por @sergiviciana.bsky.social 🤩

Hi ha altres mons, i tots hi volen, pel 42. Us animeu a pujar-hi? Del 5 al 9 de novembre el vestíbul de la Fabra i Coats s'omplirà de llibres durant el Festival 42 de gèneres fantàstics.

Aquesta és la setmana del 42 🚀🖤
www.barcelona.cat/festival42/ca

Great news! My partner in crime, the brilliant Emily Gravett, has been nominated for the #Carnegie Medal for Illustration for her wonderful pictures in our book #TheForestofAThousandEyes!
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I would probably not choose my kitchen windowsill. Four carnivorous plants...

Daylight Saving Time is increasingly hard to notice when my digital devices are like, "What? Nothing happened. We know what time it is."

And my stove is left blinking and screaming, "IT HAPPENED! TIME SHIFTED UNNATURALLY! THEY'RE ALL LYING! ONLY I KNOW! ONLY I REMEMBER!"

ICYMI, later this week I will be appearing at #Festival42 in Barcelona! Here are the details of my events on 7th and 8th November.
www.barcelona.cat/festival42/e...

Thank you!
(Though that may depend on what I actually deserve. :-) )

Happy Halloween, everyone!

That's good. :-)

Sadly not. How do you feel about siege engineers?

Thank you! :-)

Thank you! I don't think it's been decided yet who the illustrator will be. Once that has been pinned down, I'll definitely let people know.

Thank you!

This is fantastic news! Many congratulations!

First Ink unveils award-winning Frances Hardinge’s YA historical fantasy First Ink has acquired Traitors’ Nest, a historical YA fantasy novel by Frances Hardinge, the award-winning author of the Costa Book of the Year 2015, The Lie Tree.

I'm very happy to announce that my next novel TRAITORS' NEST will be published in July 2026 by Macmillan's imprint First Ink!
www.thebookseller.com/rights/first...

So do I! Having googled, it looks like this might even be true...

Oh, I'm so glad it wasn't just me! :D
I loved the way the cast just played along with my silliness, even though we all knew it couldn't go anywhere. The mayor getting increasingly tense about my 'campaign' was a complete delight. I had to fight the urge to applaud.
How did your campaign go? :-)

Thank you!

Vallvidrera, near Barcelona, has a curling club. Each season, the members of the club go to the local reservoir and toss a stone in to see if the ice is strong enough to play. Since the water never freezes, they go for brunch instead and raise the toast, ‘We shall play one day’.

That is very wonderful. Thank you. :-)

Why do they look like they’re from a 1970s British sitcom?

Then, broth the ramen: “over-pour.”

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