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Erin Braithwaite

@ejbraithwaite.bsky.social

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She/her. Writer and illustrator of spooky stories from picture books to adult fiction. South African in Bristol. Words in The Ghastling, Northern Gravy, The Amphibian. Winner of Wilko Johnson Writing Award 2024. Rep: Silvia Molteni @PFD Agents

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 12d

This is my Lokifesto #KidsConf #UKkidlit #edusky lokibooks.com/lokifesto/

A poster of a manifesto about reading, by Loki, with 6 points on reading "bad" books, short books, comics, audioooks, webcomics and fanfic, plus not finishing bad books cos life is too short.

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The Haunted Bookshop @bookshopghost.bsky.social · 17d

"One item of subtext that I think people miss in "Dracula" is that he's going to London because people there don't believe in vampires. Because that meant they wouldn't know how to protect themselves from him."

#OverheardInABookstore

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Erin Braithwaite @ejbraithwaite.bsky.social · 18d

I can’t wait to read this 🖤

Stephen Graham Jones @sgj.bsky.social · 18d

Today’s the day all our heads (and hearts) get replaced with this book, from @raforall.bsky.social

Why I Love Horror by Becky Spratford, held in front of some dude’s face

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 23d

The British Library have just sent me photos of ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE - it has been printed!!!

EMINENT ANTHOLOGIST

Aww yeah.

#FESTIVESHINYSHINY

Book out October 16, pre-order your copy from links below:

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Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social · 22d

I AM GOING TO BE VERY BUSYYYYY!! I'm sort of going on book tour?!!

And joining @ericlarocca.bsky.social, @timlebbon.bsky.social and @cgolden.bsky.social on theirs, plus a few cons!

Come find me! I'd post links but I haven't collected them all yet. Google is your friend.

SEPTEMBER 20th- Edgelit, for panel and a ROOTS OF MY FEARS booklaunch panel, Derby

OCTOBER 7th- I'm joinining Tim Lebbon and Christopher Golden on tour with V. Castro and Ally Wilkes, Waterstones Trafalgar Square, London

OCTOBER 8th- I'm hosting Tim Lebbon and Christopher Golden on tour at Forbidden Planet, Bristol,

OCTOBER 10th- Neil McRobert and I launch GOOD BOY and ITCH! at Blackwell's, Manchester

OCTOBER 23rd, ITCH! In store conversation, Stanford's, Bristol

OCTOBER 24th, ITCH! author talk, Cheltenham Waterstones

OCTOBER 25/26th, MCM COMICCON, various panels, London

OCTOBER 27th- I'm joining Eric la Rocca on tour with Laura Purcell for Forbidden Planet, The Elgin, Maida Vale, London

OCT 31st, WORLD FANTASY CON, Brighton

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Erin Braithwaite @ejbraithwaite.bsky.social · 23d

Congratulations! 🎉 👏🏻

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 25d

finally, the September shopping list is live! new books from @almakatsu.bsky.social @brianmcwriter.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com @brackenmacleod.bsky.social @bitterkarella.bsky.social & MANY more!

All the New Horror Books Coming in September 2025

August 2025’s new horror books, featuring titles from Nadia Bulkin, Sarah Gailey, Rachel Harrison, Bitter Karella, Clay McLeod Chapman, Hailey Piper, Keith Rosson, Eric LaRocca, Alma Katsu, M…

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meliss-AAAH! @mel.bzky.team · 28d

you share the same human substance that nazis possess. the thing that separates you from each other is not some capacity for empathy but the fact that they choose to be monsters and you do not

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Nick Tankard @nicktankard.bsky.social · Sep 8

My illustrations for The Woman in Black are now available as signed giclee prints. You can view them on my website nicktankard.co.uk I’ll also be making the original illustrations available here on Bluesky, watch this space…The illustrations are in the hardback edition published by Vintage Classics.

A grid of black and white illustrations I made for The Woman in Black by Susan Hill.

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · Sep 6

Here are some non-fiction book recs for readers who love horror fiction! (I didn't include books about horror movies)

Stephen King’s Danse Macabre
Why I Love Horror
America’s Most Gothic
Paperbacks From Hell
Most of J. W. Ocker’s Books
MY BOOKS 🤭
Monster, She Wrote
Wasteland
The Science of Monsters
The World of Lore
Curious Coffins & Riveting Rituals
A Rather Haunted Life
Somebody is Walking on Your Grave
Ghosted
When We Spoke to the Dead
How to Build A Haunted House
American Scary

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · Sep 4

The weather changed to an autumnal vibe too quickly for me, but at least it’s cosy reading weather. - Michael

There’ll be stories as long as there are any of us here, until the stars disappear - China Mieville

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Erin Braithwaite @ejbraithwaite.bsky.social · Sep 2

I loved this novel!

Lauren Beukes @laurenbeukes.com · Sep 2

Hey UK, my reality-bending mother-daughter-found-family-multiverse novel is on sale on Kobo. It's about being lost, trying to find the best version of you (literally), the mysteries of our parents, neuroparasites, murder and features two of my favourite characters I've ever written in Dom and Amber

NickPheas @nickpheas.bsky.social · Sep 1

Bridge by @laurenbeukes.com

www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

Erin Braithwaite @ejbraithwaite.bsky.social · Sep 2

Well, this is just wonderful

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · Sep 1

A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.

Bridget hanging out in Grant Wood's American Gothic.

Bridget in Bruegel's Hunters In The Snow (with a freshly caught mouse).

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Aug 29

I have a book out in two weeks. So....one repost of this and I'll drop one fact/spoiler/detail about the book. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social www.walker.co.uk/978152951581...

Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos - Walker Books

PRE-ORDER NOW! THE BRAND-NEW HILARIOUS DOODLE-PACKED DIARY IN THE BESTSELLING LOKI SERIES.‘Tom Gates and Wimpy Kid fans need look no further than this laug...

www.walker.co.uk

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Erin Braithwaite @ejbraithwaite.bsky.social · Aug 27

Already said nice things about this on Instagram but it bears repeating here: Good Boy by Neil McRobert @talkscaredpod.bsky.social is a stunning piece of writing, everyone should read it and also everyone should hug their pets immediately. It’s out in October from @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social

A hand holding up a copy of Good Boy by Neil McRobert. The cover artwork depicts a night time scene of a man digging a hole with a shovel, while a little wire-haired terrier stands guard. There’s a house in the background with a single light on inside.

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · Aug 25

was just told by a doctor that I need to "limit and reduce stress" in my life but then he refused to put me in a medically induced coma -- pick a side, man

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Erin Braithwaite @ejbraithwaite.bsky.social · Aug 24

Day 4362 of trying to write this synopsis. So many subplots 🥲

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Ellen Datlow @datlow.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Erin Braithwaite @ejbraithwaite.bsky.social · Aug 22

Iceland looks amazing! 😍 my good news is that I got an agent this week! 🥹

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Erin Braithwaite @ejbraithwaite.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thanks so much Sarah and Elane! I Am In Print definitely helped me along the way 🥳

Erin Braithwaite @ejbraithwaite.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thank you! ☺️ yes please, all the wine and all the books! X

Erin Braithwaite @ejbraithwaite.bsky.social · Aug 21

News! 📢💥 A thing has happened!

I’m very, very excited to say that I’m now represented by Silvia Molteni at PFD Agency 🎉📚

An open sketchbook on a table surrounded by pencils, a sharpener and pencil shavings. The illustration is of a notebook bearing the words “now rep’d by Silvia Molteni at PFD” drawn in orange pencil.

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Erin Braithwaite @ejbraithwaite.bsky.social · Aug 20

Tok-tokkie in South Africa! 🇿🇦

Erin Braithwaite @ejbraithwaite.bsky.social · Aug 19

Much excitement this week to have the Northern Gravy Fiction Anthology arrive through the letterbox 🥳 first time seeing one of my stories in an actual book!

Blonde woman with glasses holding up a book in front of her, the Northern Gravy Fiction Anthology edited by Nick Jones.

The back cover of the Northern Gravy Fiction Anthology edited by Nick Jones.

A hand holding a book open to a page containing a short story titled Adrift, written by Erin Braithwaite.

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Matthewせいじ @matthewseiji.com · Aug 14

It’s 2050 and a teen girl is torrenting a .tar.gz file of all the consciousnesses of all the tech bros who uploaded themselves into the cloud in a bid for immortality and modding them into The Sims 4

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