Sylvie Cathrall rarely uses social media, alas

It’s not epistolary, but it is VERY silly, and I’ve never put so much of myself into a book before. The book will be released in August, so I expect you’ll see me again in approximately 5-6 months when I next log into bluesky 💞

An illustrated book cover with text reading “The Art of Charming a Changeling” and “Sylvie Cathrall” in a hand-written, swirly style. The cover is decorated with pastel-colored borders of flowers, sparkles, potion bottles, and paintbrushes. A woman with light brown skin and black hair in a Regency-style gown and hairstyle looks out thoughtfully from the foreground, with a landscape painting tucked under her arm. Up towards the top, a fairy man with light pink skin and pinkish hair grins mischievously within an ornate golden frame. The overall visual suggestion is, perhaps, that they might fall in love...

Orbit just revealed this lovely cover (illustrated by Dawn Cooper and designed by Charlotte Stroomer) for my next book, so I’m obliged to post it here, too! The Art of Charming a Changeling is my "fairy museum romcom," featuring autistic joy and art historical satire aplenty. Publishing this summer!

The Sunken Archive: I &II Auction item 'The Sunken Archive: I &II' hosted online at 32auctions.

A final note before I sign off and return to my underwater cave: UK readers, there's a signed set of both Sunken Archive books available in the current Genre Creators for Trans Rights auction 💕https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/128726/auctions/181943/auction_items/6194400

thank you so much for reading @stephanieburgis.bsky.social 💞 I hope you'll enjoy the rest of it, too!

A poster for the event "Academia in Fantasy: Emily Tesh, Sylvie Cathrall, and Antonia Hodgson in Conversation with Nadia El-Fassi at Waterstones Covent Garden" on Thursday, May 8 at 6 PM. Thumbnails for book covers of THE INCANDESCENT, A LETTER FROM THE LONESOME SHORE, THE RAVEN SCHOLAR, and BEST HEX EVER accompany portraits of the authors. A link on the bottom reads "Visit waterstones.com/events for details."

Also, on 8 May I'm taking part in an "Academia in Fantasy" panel with Emily Tesh and Antonia Hodgson, moderated by Nadia El-Fassi, at Waterstones Covent Garden. Come meet me, and I can near-guarantee you'll conclude that I speak like how I write. Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/acade...

Sylvie, a white woman with strawberry-blonde hair, stands in a bookstore holding up a copy of A Letter from The Lonesome Shore (which, conveniently, blocks out her face). She's wearing a purple cardigan and teal dress to match the ocean and coral on her book cover. Text on an antique-style label reads "THE SUNKEN ARCHIVE CONCLUDES!" and sparkles and bubbles appear unnecessarily throughout.

I said this was "updates-only," so, uh, here's an update...A Letter from the Lonesome Shore published today, bringing The Sunken Archive duology to a close. The journey of writing these books began seven years ago (!), and it's strange to be done with these delightfully peculiar characters I adore.

As I awkwardly overemphasized and overexplained in my bio, this is merely an updates-only account. I’m disabled, and I'm afraid I'm unable to post or reply very often. While I’m here, though…thanks for reading! (P.S. I’ve heard A Letter from the Lonesome Shore is on NetGalley now... )

A book cover for A LETTER FROM THE LONESOME SHORE by Sylvie Cathrall, which features a magenta tangle of coral at the bottom of a shining teal sea, surrounded by peculiar fish, letters, and vintage-inspired books. Blurb text from H.G. Parry beneath the title reads "A shimmering, delicately crafted delight."

Hi Bluesky! I'm the author of A LETTER TO THE LUMINOUS DEEP (out now), A LETTER FROM THE LONESOME SHORE (out in May), and a future trilogy of fairy museum romances (whatever that means). I’m also a board game enjoyer, a doll collector, and someone who exclusively wears dresses (for sensory reasons).