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Rue Baldry
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Author of Dwell (Northodox Press) & Nice Things (Fly On The Wall) both forthcoming 2026. Winner of The First Novel Prize and Commonwealth Prize Region. 30 published stories. 2nd in Yeovil Prize. Discoveries longlist. Moniack Mhor & Arvon mentee. She/her
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Rue Baldry @ruebaldry.bsky.social · Jun 2
Looook!!! It’s the cover of my debut short story collection, NICE THINGS 🍑🍑🍑. I’m so thrilled for you all to be able to read it!!!!!
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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · Jun 2
We've all been excited about @ruebaldry.bsky.social 's short story debut! 'Nice Things' publishing Dec 26, worth the wait.

Stories examining class, race, gender, and sexuality through the lens of physical spaces and who is allowed to occupy them

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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 5h
*Submission reminder*

We're open to unagented subs from 6-12 Oct. For this submission period we are looking for novellas only (35K-50K). We're specifically looking for novellas that play w horror, mystery, weird & the unusual.

More info below🐐
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Pop up submission window — wild hunt books
Wild Hunt Books are open to unagented submissions  from 6-12 October 2025. For this submission period we are looking for novellas only (35K-50K words with a grace of 1000 words, over/under)...
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Ted Northodox @tednorthodox.bsky.social · 20h
Cannot recommend these 3 enough.

And, legitimately, all 3 are based on real things!

-One as the author's experience as an outsider
-One about the accusations thrown at real women
-One about the real British military research into magic to battle rumoured Nazi occult powers 😅
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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 20h
This spooky season, if you're looking for witches, we've got you covered!

Whether you like magical midgrade, tales of real-life witch trials in the north, or historical fantasy with spy witches battling Nazis in WW2, we have something for all tastes!
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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 10d
Super excited that we will soon have a shelf of FOTW books at
@goldfinchbooks.bsky.social showcasing our novels, short stories and poetry! Thank you for your support, we love indie bookshops :D
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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 7d
Afternoon tea anyone? Join @amylilwall.bsky.social next Sunday at The Curious Cat Bookshop Frodsham for a chat about 'The Water That May Come' over cake & tea

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 3d
Flash UK Kindle sale for The Process of Poetry!

Just 2.99 for a book 37 readers have rated as 4.5 stars?!

www.amazon.co.uk/Process-Poet...
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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 2d
Huge thank you to every person and bookshop that's ordered Ravenglass and made it stonking success so far 😍

This gripping and powerful tale of gender-fluid Kit/Stella traversing the world in the 1700s is very relevant in today's climate!

Order here: share.google/i6inpiZ7vDgH...
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Anne Woodward @annehosmwriter.bsky.social · 3d
Five authors plus our publisher! What more could readers ask for? Come and meet us.
Photo of Anne Woodward. Photo of Kristina Thornton. Photo of Jamie Jackson.
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Anne Woodward @annehosmwriter.bsky.social · 3d
Join us at Dark Peak Books, Glossop on Indie Bookshop Day! Bookish shenanigans. What fun!
Bookshop window List of authors attending event. Photo of Chloe de Lullington. Photo of Ella Ruby Self.
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Ted Northodox @tednorthodox.bsky.social · 4d
Oh God, it's finally time 🥺

The sheer emotional blunt force trauma of this literary masterpiece makes it a difficult read, but it has stayed with me since editing it, and I can't recommend it enough! Just line up something happy for afterwards!
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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 4d
🚨RELEASE WEEK🚨

This week, we release one of our most challenging and devastating reads. When Jack and Jill get together at university in the 90s, they vow to leave their tragic pasts behind. But fate has other plans...

Order this incredible, literary noir romance here:
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Rue Baldry @ruebaldry.bsky.social · 4d
Happy #WorldTeachersDay ! Here’s a short story of mine told from the point of view of a teacher in a pandemic:
Remote by Rue Baldry: www.pareidolialiterary.com/remote
Remote — Pareidolia Literary
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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 7d
UK based SFF reviewers: we need you!

We have a few unclaimed review copies left of both these brand new titles!

If epic fantasy or unusual, character driven scifi is your thing, get in touch for a copy. Strictly first come, first served ⚔️🚀
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Rue Baldry @ruebaldry.bsky.social · 8d
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James Tate Prize
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Rue Baldry @ruebaldry.bsky.social · 8d
Huge congratulations to Marie-Louise Eyres, who is a fabulous poet and a great friend! She has just won second prize in the James Tate Prize!
And well done to Elisabeth Murawski for coming first as well
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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 8d
This Saturday, we will be bookselling at The Mowbray in Sheffield with the SYP at a talk with Ella Ruby Self about her debut novel, Abraxus Elijah Honey, plus local authors Valeriya Salt and Benjamin Wylde will be joining us, and some books will be with us for the first time!

Join us if you can!
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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 9d
🚨COVER REVEAL🚨

We are beyond excited to share with you the cover of the incredible debut novel from @bookbound2019.bsky.social

Paper Sisters is one of the most absorbing and engrossing books from the Northodox family, and it's yours in February!

Preorder here: share.google/S6e75ozqEkLz...
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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · 16d
(PS. You can still preorder a copy through the lovely @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social here: www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page... )
The Water That May Come by Amy Lilwall | flyonthewallpress
(Pre-order, will ship October 2025)From the Author of 'The Biggerers', October 2025 brings a quirky speculative tale of Britain's future... 'Warmhearted yet dark. Amy Lilwall creates a world that is i...
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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 10d
Reminder: we have an online event tomorrow night to launch Andrew Hall's incredible debut novel, Green Laughing. And it's completely free to attend!

Grab your ticket here. It promises to be an interesting one! share.google/wpkOfQao8R05...
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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 10d
I'm heading down to Beverley in a couple of weeks to talk to the Humber SFF group about my books. If you're in the area & like big fantasy stories about dragons, murder, & characters kicking against the system, then please come along.
Author photo of Andrew Knighton next to the cover for his novel The Executioner's Blade, featuring a grey-haired woman wielding a sword in front of a dragon. Between them, details for an event: Humber SFF Andrew Knighton Sunday October 12 from 6.30pm Upstairs @ Monk's Walk Inn, Beverley
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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 12d
🚨LAST CHANCE TO BUY THE MARE🚨

Due to wonderful incoming news from author Angharad Hampshire, today is your last chance to grab a copy of the haunting and brilliant Walter Scott Prize-shortlisted The Mare for the foreseeable future!Don't miss this incredible true story!
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Chloe @cdelull.bsky.social · 12d
the Barbenheimer of northern fiction, aka the wonderful @pauldcoombs.bsky.social and I hung out at the Northern Publishers' Fair today and it was lush.

(also, Manchester you cleared us out of Cacoethes within a couple of hours. love you)

thank you @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social for organising!!
A white woman with large glasses holds up a copy of The Great Orme by Paul D Coombs. A white man in black holds up a copy of Cacoethes by Chloe de Lullington.
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Liam Hogan @liamjhogan.bsky.social · 13d
Some wonderful books being sold by wonderful people: if you're in (Manchester) town, go chat to them! Lots of other Northern publishers in attendance. It's not all London, y'know...
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(Includes my #sci-fi #shortstory collection! Some of them may be signed!)
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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 13d
All set up and ready to go at the Northern Publishers' Fair in Manchester Central Library!

Come and say hello and grab a copy of The Mare for the last time!
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Rue Baldry @ruebaldry.bsky.social · 14d
I’m reading that book at the moment too! It’s very enlightening (as well as scary)
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Chloe @cdelull.bsky.social · 17d
Happy bi visibility day to all who celebrate, and big love to @divamag.bsky.social for having me in to chat about Cacoethes! 🌈
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DIVA Magazine @divamag.bsky.social · 17d
(Exclusive) @cdelull.bsky.social on her debut novel: “I didn’t want to explain bisexuality”🌈 diva-magazine.com/2025/09/23/e...
(Exclusive) Chloe de Lullington on her debut novel: “I didn’t want to explain bisexuality”
Meet the author behind the new book Cacoethes, which is all about bi+ rep, power and BDSM
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Andrew Hall @criponatrip.bsky.social · 16d
I am doing an online book launch Q&A on the 30th September at 7:00pm!

Tickets are free! So if you want to see me make a fool of myself as I forget how to speak and waffle on about nothing important, get yours here:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/green-laug...
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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · 19d
Lincolnshire, 1914. As WW1 approaches, three women are living, trapped between the unforgiving marsh, the wide, relentless river, and the isolation of the fen.
Trapped by the looming presence and eerie stillness of a hospital that has never admitted a single patient.
Fancy a proof? Get in touch
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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · 20d
WRITING UPDATE!!
CALLING AUTHORS BLOGGERS AND REVIEWS OF ALL KINDS!!!
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Five months out from #papersisters release @northodoxpress.bsky.social and things are getting exciting
PROOF COPIES will be available soon!!!! Please please please be in touch if you would like one! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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