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20k words on the WiP! Yesterday, mum asked me what it was called and I had to admit "alchemy book.docx" 😂 Titles are definitely the last thing I do. They're so difficult to get right even when you have a whole novel spread before you
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Fellow writers - titles first or last? Any love out there for the working title?
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#wip #fantasy #booktitles #alchemy #workinprogress #bookstagram #aesthetic #bookaesthetic #alchemist #illustration #art #inspiration #pinterest #writing #fantasy

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Flood waters begone! Managed to make it to San Marco today. As you can see, it's still a little wet there, but it was lovely to see the sun. We did *a lot* of walking. A good thing too because we also ate *a lot* of 🍕 Can highly recommend Venice Free Walking Tour - our guide Federico was extremely knowledgeable and funny and it was a great way to spend a few hours
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#venice #Venezia #AcquaAlta #walkingtour #sanmarco #stmarkssquare #holiday #reflections #gondola #sightseeing #palazzoducale #waterfront

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"Bella Venezia" - to quote the Italian tourists wearing bin bags 😅 Had an incredible day experiencing acqua alta, an exceptionally high tide that turns the city into a kind of Atlantis. The Venetians are remarkable people to weather this with such good humour despite the heavy toll it must take on their livelihoods. And Venice is still beautiful no matter the rain or tide. We have a duty to protect this unique place which has seen so much history
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#venice #venezia #italy #AcquaAlta #tide #hightide #canalegrande #holiday

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I had forgotten face ceiling in the Academia. Hall of Faces, anyone? 🖼 Also featuring a great deal of wtf Christianity. Religion is extremely weird. 🖼 Saw some incredible Bellinis and Boschs. The talent that goes into creating a deliberately foreshortened painting (i.e. for a church roof) is mind blowing. 🖼 Those two girls remind me of @lauramadeleineauthor & I! 🖼
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#academia #venezia #art #giovannibellini #hieronymusbosch #religiousart #gallery #sightseeing #paintings #italianrenaissance

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The Secret Chapter is the latest in the Invisible Library series by @genevievecogman. I've been following these books for a while now and they are always something to look forward to at the end of every year. .
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Since I know there's a lot of you out there who enjoy them too, who is your fav character? And which side would you fight on - order or chaos? 😉
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#bookstagram #igreads #theinvisiblelibrary #thesecretchapter #genevievecogman #toruk #panmacmillan #fantasy #fae #dragons #bibliophile #library #booklove #femalewriters #bookworm #fiction #ilovereading #bookish #readersofinstagram #bookphotography #alwaysreading

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🌑 Elegant in black and gold 🌕
Three of these are on my TBR pile. Particularly excited to get to Crownbreaker as I've loved the Spellslinger series so far
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Are these on anyone else's TBR?
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#bookpost #bookstack #bookstagram #newbooks #bookphotography #alwaysreading #igreads #bookworm #booklove #writing #fction #fantasy #sebastiendecastell #erinmorgenstern #thestarlesssea #crownbreaker #neilgaiman #thenightjar

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My new read is Always North by Vicki Jarrett. Also I rather like this photo I took. Thanks murky parental bedroom light. I've been a fan of @unsung.books ever since I read Metronome by Oliver Langmead and then The Beauty by Aliya Whitely. They publish high concept work that's really accessible
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Q: What's your fav high concept read?
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#bookstagram #bookart #unsungstories #igreads #alwaysnorth #vickijarrett #bookphotography #alwaysreading #booklove #femalewriters #coverlove #epicreads #bookcommunity #publishing #bibliophile #ilovereading #bookish #beautifulbooks #scifi #climatechange #timetravel #fiction

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🐚 Happy book birthday to Deeplight by the one and only Frances Hardinge. In addition to being a lovely person, Frances' voice is so completely unique among writers. It's always a joy to open one of her books and I can't wait to encounter all the colourful weirdness that I just know waits in this one. Thank you @bellapagan for my copy! 🐚
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Have you read any Frances Hardinge? I am a huge fan of A Face Like Glass. Never read anything else like it 😯
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#franceshardinge #deeplight #bookstagram #newbook #panmacmillan #igreads #books #reader #booklove #femalewriters #bookworm #beautifulbooks #readersofinstagram #bookphotography #alwaysreading #bookish #bookcommunity #bookpost #coverlove #epicreads #hardback #ocean #publicationday

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Ok I had a bit of fun with this one. But does Gideon the Ninth not have the coolest cover? @drvictoriajames says this ought to be my next read and I'm enjoying it so far! But then I've always had a soft spot for necromancy...🧟‍♀️ p.s. my sister's severed hand came in really useful for this pic 😅
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#gideontheninth #tamsynmuir #tor #lesbiansinspace #necromancy #fantasy #sff #halloween #bookstagram #igreads #booklove #femalewriters #bookworm #beautifulbooks #coverlove #epicreads #hardback #books #bibliophile #ilovereading #bookish #bookcommunity #bookpost #bookphotography

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Meg made a beautiful bookstagram of our award 😍

#Repost @breaking_the_glass_slipper
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WE WON A BRITISH FANTASY AWARD 🥇
Two days later and it still hasn’t really sunk in. We were up against some incredible podcasts and audiobooks this year and it was an honour just to be nominated.
We were so sure we wouldn’t win that we hadn’t prepared any kind of speech... which is why @m_leigh_g thanked Prince 🤟 in her very much ad libbed non-speech. 😂

We are so proud to be (hopefully) improving representation of diversity in genre fiction. This is an ongoing discussion that needs to happen and we want to thank everyone who has joined us on the journey so far.
Thank you to everyone who has listened to and recommended the podcast, with a special shoutout to our Patreon supporters
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#fantasycon #fantasycon2019 #britishfantasysociety #britishfantasyaward #podcast #bookstagram #fantasybooks #award #btgs #breakingtheglassslipper #bookworm #igreads #books

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Still reeling from the fact that, as of yesterday, we host an award winning podcast 🥰 So much ❤to my co presenters Megan and Charlotte and a huge thank you to everyone who listens to and supports BtGS, we couldn't have done it without you 😘
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#fantasycon2019 #breakingtheglassslipper #btgs #britishfantasyaward #britishfantasysociety #audioaward #awardwinning #omg #podcast #feminism #intersectionalfeminism #womensvoices #listen #thankyou #bookstagram #igreads #genre #sff #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #specfic

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Found another great photo of dad messing about on Canvey Island in the 60s (he's the one on top). Apparently this is easier than it looks 😂
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#sepia #oldphotograph #dad #canveyisland #essex #1960s #60s #bestfriends #boys #vintage #oldphoto

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Lulworth cove, gorgeous even in the rain 🌧
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#lulworthcove #dorset #outing #seaside #beach #cove #england #ocean #rainyday

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Amazing weekend at the (supposedly) haunted Woodford Castle in Dorset. What an incredible building, so much old stone and history, riddled with secret chambers. The constant rain made it more atmospheric and I enjoyed giving a reading in the undeniably creepy undercroft. Visited Max Gate, Hardy's house, which just made me feel sorry for his wife, Emma, and the ever beautiful Lulworth Cove. Got to hang out with some very cool people and be driven around in a Rolls-Royce Ghost which is undoubtedly the poshest car I will ever find myself in ☺️ .
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#woodfordcastle #landtrust #castle #oldbuilding #ghosts #hauntedbuilding #dorset #dorchester #countryside #fireplace #spiralstaircase #rollsroyce

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I am really enjoying this series. Great writing and complex characters, and it's not without humour too. I loved Harper in ACSDAL and it was good to see positive disability rep in a fantasy book. This is more a reimagining than a retelling, as the author only uses the bare bones of the Beauty and the Beast plotline. More interesting is the intersection of worlds - ours with a traditional fairytale universe whose stereotypes Harper is all too aware of. I'm keen to see where the story goes from here. Many thanks to Bloomsbury for my beautiful proof of A Heart So Fierce and Broken. It opens like a door! (Check out my story to see) .
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Q: do you have a favourite fairy tale retelling/imagining?
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#brigidkemmerer #acursesodarkandlonely #aheartsofierceandbroken #cursebreakers #bloomsburybooks #bookstagram #ya #yabooks #booklove #femalewriters #igreads #books #bookphotography #candles #cosy #fairytales #beautyandthebeast #reimagining #bookcommunity #bookpost #bookworm #beautifulbooks #readersofinstagram

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The lovely Alan Lee signed my copies of The Fall of Gondolin and Beren and Luthien 😍 Hopefully he'll be back in Exeter this Christmas when The Hobbit Sketchbook is published 👍
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Q: who else first read these tales in The Silmarillion? I came across it when I was 14 and loved every moment. Remember there was no YA in my day, kids 😂
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#tolkien #thesilmarillion #thelordoftherings #middleearth #thechildrenofhurin #berenandluthien #thefallofgondolin #tales #alanlee #illustration #artwork #signedcopies #fantasy #bookstagram #igreads #booklove #books #bookphotography #alwaysreading #bookcommunity #coverlove #hardback

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Because 3.10 is Fullmetal Alchemist Day, I feel it's a good time to introduce my new work in progress which is probably best pitched as Fullmetal Alchemist meets Neverwhere in alternate Renaissance Venice. While this is all very exciting, it means I am once again setting sail into the unformed darkness*
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*my writing process
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#fullmetalalchemist #fullmetalalchemistday #wip #workinprogress #newstory #neverwhere #venice #alchemy #renaissance #italy #fantasy #historicalfantasy #bookstagram #newbook #newproject #amwriting #nanowrimo #staytuned

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🍂I finished this beautiful signed hardback last night. Not at all what I thought it would be...in a good way! Dracula always (and understandably) hogs the spotlight in a vampire tale, but not so here. The Deathless Girls is described as the story of his brides, but really it's their own story and focuses on how they ended up vampyre. Issues of racism and discrimination are explored as well as first love and the bonds of sisterhood. I particularly liked the fact that twins Kizzy and Lil are so different. If you're looking for a well-written and evocative autumn read, don't pass this one by. Oh and I loved the epigraph from Catherynne Valente's Deathless - one of my favourite books 🍂
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Q: now that the days are getting shorter, what autumnal October book would you recommend?
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#TheDeathlessGirls #kiranmillwoodhargrave #femalewriters #dracula #vampyre #autumn #autumnreads #ya #bookstagram #newbook #igreads #books #reader #booklove #flatlay #bookworm #beautifulbooks #signedcopy #hardback #hachettekids #ilovereading #bookish #coverlove #epicreads #bookcommunity

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A mysterious parcel arrived today. Swipe through to see what it is! Pushkin loves mysterious parcels almost as much as me 😺
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#suprisegift #ihavelovelyfriends #itmustbesmelt #perfectforautumn #foxes

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Who needs the neatly stacked ombréd shelves of bookstagram when you can have THE VORTEX 🌪 .
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#livealittle #lifeontheedge #thewildside #shelfie #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks #morebooks #ilovereading #bookish #igreads #bookshelf #nobookshelf #whatishappening #idareyou #bookjenga #thisishowiroll #itcouldgoatanymoment

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