Dave Rudden
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.social
Storysmith. DOCTOR WHO. KNIGHTS OF THE BORROWED DARK. And CONN OF THE DEAD - coming soon!
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Hello new followers and happy new year! We're just twelve days away from the launch of my first epic fantasy, SISTER WAKE, everything you've ever wanted in a book;
(provided what you want is Irish myth, colonial revenge and two hundred foot Celtic goddesses with a grudge.
I hope to see you there!
(provided what you want is Irish myth, colonial revenge and two hundred foot Celtic goddesses with a grudge.
I hope to see you there!
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Did you make yourself a little resolution to get out more this year? How about coming down to Grafton St and supporting a local artist, writer @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social today - it’s free, there may be wine, and everybody is really welcome #SisterWake
January 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Did you make yourself a little resolution to get out more this year? How about coming down to Grafton St and supporting a local artist, writer @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social today - it’s free, there may be wine, and everybody is really welcome #SisterWake
Thank you so much, I really hope you like it! :)
January 14, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Thank you so much, I really hope you like it! :)
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January 13, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Just two days left until SISTER WAKE is released!
If you happen to be in Dublin this Thursday, come to the launch!
If you're not, but you're craving an epic fantasy with;
- anti-colonial themes
- giant monsters with tragic hearts
- Irish myth and history
Then this might be the book for you...
If you happen to be in Dublin this Thursday, come to the launch!
If you're not, but you're craving an epic fantasy with;
- anti-colonial themes
- giant monsters with tragic hearts
- Irish myth and history
Then this might be the book for you...
January 13, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Just two days left until SISTER WAKE is released!
If you happen to be in Dublin this Thursday, come to the launch!
If you're not, but you're craving an epic fantasy with;
- anti-colonial themes
- giant monsters with tragic hearts
- Irish myth and history
Then this might be the book for you...
If you happen to be in Dublin this Thursday, come to the launch!
If you're not, but you're craving an epic fantasy with;
- anti-colonial themes
- giant monsters with tragic hearts
- Irish myth and history
Then this might be the book for you...
This was a lovely chat with the fantastic @eithneshortall.bsky.social about all things SISTER WAKE, Sam, and a dinner party argument about why, no, colonialism was not a 'mixed bag...'
'Books and Sam' – extremely proud of @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social whose STUNNING Irish fantasy is out on Thursday #SisterWake www.independent.ie/entertainmen...
Dave Rudden: ‘If stuck for a villainous phrase, I’d look up a thing said by someone from the British Empire’
If there was ever a time to attempt a sprawling fantasy novel featuring 200-foot gods and an intricately developed, alternate version of Ireland’s colonial history, then the pandemic – and accompanyin...
www.independent.ie
January 10, 2026 at 11:03 AM
This was a lovely chat with the fantastic @eithneshortall.bsky.social about all things SISTER WAKE, Sam, and a dinner party argument about why, no, colonialism was not a 'mixed bag...'
The real MVP was a woman in her 50s who came with her daughter, sat very quietly in the corner all night, and them brought the house DOWN with a perfect Tim Curry impression for Sweet Transvestite
January 7, 2026 at 10:43 AM
The real MVP was a woman in her 50s who came with her daughter, sat very quietly in the corner all night, and them brought the house DOWN with a perfect Tim Curry impression for Sweet Transvestite
What a joy - you are in for such a treat, I revisit them every year and still find new wisdom, new kindness, new terrible terrible puns
January 7, 2026 at 10:40 AM
What a joy - you are in for such a treat, I revisit them every year and still find new wisdom, new kindness, new terrible terrible puns
You absolute hero - my editions are all these and I love them to pieces, hunted down each one in second hand book shops over about ten years as a broke teenager, they will always be the quintessential Pratchett cover to me
January 7, 2026 at 10:39 AM
You absolute hero - my editions are all these and I love them to pieces, hunted down each one in second hand book shops over about ten years as a broke teenager, they will always be the quintessential Pratchett cover to me
You know it's a good literary event when you and the audience end up singing Stacy's Mom at karaoke in a pub called the Banshee Labyrinth.
January 7, 2026 at 10:37 AM
You know it's a good literary event when you and the audience end up singing Stacy's Mom at karaoke in a pub called the Banshee Labyrinth.
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Friends in Clare/Limerick, I've been offered a job working between Ennis & Shannon.
I'm looking for somewhere to live, I'll be hoping my 15yo can join me over summer, but I could rent a room til then. If anyone has any accommodation leads please give me a shout.
Shares appreciated 🙏
#Speirgorm
I'm looking for somewhere to live, I'll be hoping my 15yo can join me over summer, but I could rent a room til then. If anyone has any accommodation leads please give me a shout.
Shares appreciated 🙏
#Speirgorm
January 6, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Friends in Clare/Limerick, I've been offered a job working between Ennis & Shannon.
I'm looking for somewhere to live, I'll be hoping my 15yo can join me over summer, but I could rent a room til then. If anyone has any accommodation leads please give me a shout.
Shares appreciated 🙏
#Speirgorm
I'm looking for somewhere to live, I'll be hoping my 15yo can join me over summer, but I could rent a room til then. If anyone has any accommodation leads please give me a shout.
Shares appreciated 🙏
#Speirgorm
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Preorders are important because then you forget you preordered and you buy another copy of the book and give the one you get after the one you get surprisingly quickly to your friend.
Preorders help small presses and authors tremendously but that’s not why they’re important on a soul level. Preorders matter because they’re acts of faith. You trust the order will come through, the book will be good, which means something in this low-trust society we’re trapped in.
January 5, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Preorders are important because then you forget you preordered and you buy another copy of the book and give the one you get after the one you get surprisingly quickly to your friend.
Off to #Edinburgh for my annual week-long fantasy writing course with Rutgers students AND my first Sister Wake event AND also to go to the bar where they lower a nine-foot Frankenstein from the ceiling at 4pm every day, all equally and extremely educational
January 5, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Off to #Edinburgh for my annual week-long fantasy writing course with Rutgers students AND my first Sister Wake event AND also to go to the bar where they lower a nine-foot Frankenstein from the ceiling at 4pm every day, all equally and extremely educational
I don't I'm afraid, US publishing is a bit fraught at the minute, but hopefully soon physically, and potentially you can get it digitally - I'm not 100% sure!
January 5, 2026 at 5:15 AM
I don't I'm afraid, US publishing is a bit fraught at the minute, but hopefully soon physically, and potentially you can get it digitally - I'm not 100% sure!
Nothing spooky at all!
(It is a perfect place to keep my skull though)
(It is a perfect place to keep my skull though)
January 5, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Nothing spooky at all!
(It is a perfect place to keep my skull though)
(It is a perfect place to keep my skull though)
Thank you so much - currently in the pre-release terror cycle, it'll be grand, it'll be grand...
January 5, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Thank you so much - currently in the pre-release terror cycle, it'll be grand, it'll be grand...
So they can spin through enemy regiments like fleshy Catherine wheels, obvs!
January 5, 2026 at 4:55 AM
So they can spin through enemy regiments like fleshy Catherine wheels, obvs!
Thank you, and you absolutely will!
January 4, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Thank you, and you absolutely will!
It will! books.apple.com/gb/book/sist...
Sister Wake
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 2026
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January 4, 2026 at 7:09 AM
It will! books.apple.com/gb/book/sist...
Thank you all for your kind interest in my haunted door!
Upon opening, it is in fact the door to a haunted room. So that's consistent at least
I did a lil photoshoot (incl with my new book!) so insert your own monster here, and hey, may you also be visited by a creepy door this year too...
Upon opening, it is in fact the door to a haunted room. So that's consistent at least
I did a lil photoshoot (incl with my new book!) so insert your own monster here, and hey, may you also be visited by a creepy door this year too...
January 3, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Thank you all for your kind interest in my haunted door!
Upon opening, it is in fact the door to a haunted room. So that's consistent at least
I did a lil photoshoot (incl with my new book!) so insert your own monster here, and hey, may you also be visited by a creepy door this year too...
Upon opening, it is in fact the door to a haunted room. So that's consistent at least
I did a lil photoshoot (incl with my new book!) so insert your own monster here, and hey, may you also be visited by a creepy door this year too...
When I tell you how impressed my pilates class was at how I go down the stairs...
January 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
When I tell you how impressed my pilates class was at how I go down the stairs...
Because I had two packets of crisps for lunch and I assume the imposter would have more self-respect.
January 3, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Because I had two packets of crisps for lunch and I assume the imposter would have more self-respect.
Hello new followers and happy new year! We're just twelve days away from the launch of my first epic fantasy, SISTER WAKE, everything you've ever wanted in a book;
(provided what you want is Irish myth, colonial revenge and two hundred foot Celtic goddesses with a grudge.
I hope to see you there!
(provided what you want is Irish myth, colonial revenge and two hundred foot Celtic goddesses with a grudge.
I hope to see you there!
January 3, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Hello new followers and happy new year! We're just twelve days away from the launch of my first epic fantasy, SISTER WAKE, everything you've ever wanted in a book;
(provided what you want is Irish myth, colonial revenge and two hundred foot Celtic goddesses with a grudge.
I hope to see you there!
(provided what you want is Irish myth, colonial revenge and two hundred foot Celtic goddesses with a grudge.
I hope to see you there!
But I now have all these mouths! It feels ungrateful not to use them
January 3, 2026 at 11:15 AM
But I now have all these mouths! It feels ungrateful not to use them
I'd like to think my friends were excited about hanging out with me for NYE but then again they all arrived chanting SECRET DOOR SECRET DOOR
January 3, 2026 at 11:14 AM
I'd like to think my friends were excited about hanging out with me for NYE but then again they all arrived chanting SECRET DOOR SECRET DOOR
Happy New Year everyone! My NYE's plans involved inviting some friends over and opening the mysterious door in our new house for the first time.
It was lots of fun and we certainly didn't unleash or get replaced by anything.
Here's to a new year of definitely not being possessed!
It was lots of fun and we certainly didn't unleash or get replaced by anything.
Here's to a new year of definitely not being possessed!
January 2, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Happy New Year everyone! My NYE's plans involved inviting some friends over and opening the mysterious door in our new house for the first time.
It was lots of fun and we certainly didn't unleash or get replaced by anything.
Here's to a new year of definitely not being possessed!
It was lots of fun and we certainly didn't unleash or get replaced by anything.
Here's to a new year of definitely not being possessed!