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Laura Elliott
@tinywriterlaura.bsky.social
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Disabled writer of things. Bad at being on BlueSky. Debut novel AWAKENED out now with Angry Robot Books.

‘An impressive debut worth losing sleep over’ - New York Times
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tinywriterlaura.bsky.social
this is my local bookshop down the road, the one that did my book launch last year, & i’m so heartbroken for them. Kate has put her whole heart into it & it’s a wonderful little space, but 3 violent men who’ve fallen through the cracks have ruined it www.thebookseller.com/news/sheffie...
Novel Bookshop in Sheffield "closes indefinitely" after "harassment of staff"
Sheffield-based bookshop and café Novel has announced plans to “close indefinitely” due to the alleged harassment of staff.
www.thebookseller.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:53 AM
tinywriterlaura.bsky.social
no i will not be setting up Apple Intelligence get your damn AI out of my face 😤
January 12, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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cim.bsky.social
another thing you can do is have the parent ask their preferred AI "how does AI check its facts"
A Google search result for "how does ai check its facts", which notably says "LLMs... do not perceive reality or understand truth"
January 9, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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jamreads.com
I supose at this point people knows, but if you are publishing SFF/H during this 2026 and would like to be covered on Jamreads, don't be shy of contacting me (either here, form or e-mail). Publishers, authors and publicists, feel free!

Can't guarantee I will, but hey, always happy to check.

💙📚
January 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM
tinywriterlaura.bsky.social
catching up on last night’s Traitors and without spoiling: my god, THE SCENES!!!! 🤯
January 9, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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pollyrowena.bsky.social
My reflections on last year including a sneaky little hint of my forthcoming @saraband-books.bsky.social 'in the moment' book #SwimmingTheSeasons here and my forthcoming @serenbooks.bsky.social poetry collection #EmergencyDream - both seasonal, both with lashings of #LakeLight and wagtails.
caughtbytheriver.bsky.social Caught by the River @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social · 5d
‘There is so much colour, so much light to be found in this time I used to think of as a smudged void.’

Shadows & Reflections: @pollyrowena.bsky.social looks back over a year in lakes www.caughtbytheriver.net/2026/01/shad...
January 9, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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rainewilson.bsky.social
🙌🏽 Tomorrow! Join us!
ianthegreen.bsky.social Ian Green @ianthegreen.bsky.social · 6d
Tomorrow I'm on a virtual panel for the BFS day long event on social justice- britishfantasysociety.org/events-calen...

Come along! Get that positive rage

@britfantasysoc.bsky.social
@rainewilson.bsky.social
@georgiacooked.bsky.social
@abeaumontbooks.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 11:48 AM
tinywriterlaura.bsky.social
update, i have managed to capture his incredibly fluffy tail ☺️
A fluffy black and white cat half-hidden behind a rosemary plant in a garden, a very large fluffy black tail sticking up in the air
January 8, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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thejenniwren.teamlh.social
Minneapolis is out in the streets and they are righteously outraged.

I stand with them & everyone out protesting ICE.

Chinga La Migra!
January 8, 2026 at 3:42 AM
tinywriterlaura.bsky.social
ICE are just (not so) secret Nazi police at this point aren’t they. kidnappers with guns backed by a president in cognitive decline who’s desperate that the history books will speak of him in anyway, whether good or bad, while his paid thugs obliterate freedom in the US
January 8, 2026 at 9:40 AM
tinywriterlaura.bsky.social
the face of a cat who can smell ham cooking but does not know where the ham is
A fluffy white cat with a black moustache and goatee is directly in front of the camera, his nose raised in the air and his pupils wide as he looks up just past the lens
January 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
tinywriterlaura.bsky.social
go pre-order this one if you like damp ghosts and bloody moths!!!

(seriously though it’s great)
lyndseycroal.bsky.social Lyndsey Croal (she/her) @lyndseycroal.bsky.social · 9d
Today's blurb is from the author of one of my favourite reads from last year, @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social ! In This City, Where it Rains, and all its gothic horror weirdness hits shelves on Feb 3rd! Pre-order now in all the usual places and from @lunapress.bsky.social ✨! linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
"A beautifully haunting tale about grief and letting go. In this City, Where it Rains is a distinctive and evocative gothic novella, rich in atmosphere and place - I loved it.” Laura Elliott, author of Awakened
January 5, 2026 at 3:07 PM
tinywriterlaura.bsky.social
the great relief when your agent loves the first 10,000 words of book two as you’re ploughing towards the end of the full second draft 🙌
Screenshot of an email reading: Hi Laura, hope you had a lovely break! I finished reading -book name blanked out- and absolutely adored it!! I love your writing on the line and I loved the atmosphere. I think the voice works really well and I found it really gripping! I can’t wait to read the rest! It is both extremely my vibe and I also forgot I was reading a draft so I was completely hooked.
January 5, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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runalongwomble.bsky.social
A bookish weekend was had with Edge-lit and an unexpected bookshop detour today
Books on floor Futility by Nuzo Onoh, Dark Unicorn by Steve Martin, roots of my Fears edited by Gemma Amor, Awakened by Laura Elliott, The Ghosts of Merry Hall by Heather Davey, Hawthorn by Elaine Thompson, The Scholar And The Fairy Next Door by HG Parry
September 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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samreadbookseller.bsky.social
Dr Thea Chares only wanted to cure her mother’s debilitating illness, but the cure had side effects: an apocalypse. Shut into the tower of London with a few survivors and a state-of-the-art lab, she is left to consider the consequences of her single-minded focus [...]
Books Spotlight page from The Bookseller: disability focus. Preview with tag line 'changing the world through representation', and five category picks by me: these moral bodies by elspeth wilson, awakened by laura elliot, the quiet ear by Raymond antrobus, Annah, infinite by Khairani Barokka and Ramping up rights by Rachel Charlton-Dailey, with intro text: In the three years since the last Disability Category Focus publishing has begun to shift its norms in response to demand for better representation, with successful examples of disabled children’s writers like Elle McNichol showing own voices narratives can be best-sellers, and making a commercial argument for the rest of us. In fiction, from literary to romance to sci-fi and fantasy, the ground for disabled, D/deaf and neurodivergent writers to tell stories with unapologetically disabled, D/deaf and neurodivergent protagonists has been laid and paved, and it shows in the wealth of stories in all genres being published this year. Crime has seen a similar shift, with Chris Bridges ‘Sick To Death’ gripping readers this spring. The space for complex disability memoirs continues to grow as does the need for practical guides both to living well as a disabled person, and to anti-ableism. Hybrid memoirs combining disability and nature writing have sown the seeds for disability nature writing to thrive, reflected in growing confidence from publishers. As disabled people in the UK come under threat of unprecedented withdrawal of support, it is more pressing than ever to hear from disabled people themselves, in their own words. Each of these books might just change the world if they reach the right readers.
June 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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owlphabetical.bsky.social
Evening Womble! Back into Lady Eve's Last Con this week. Or possibly more Murderbot if I want a re-read. And of course I got these at Edge Lit yesterday
Six books on a blanket. They are: Awakened by Laura Elliott. The Ghosts of Merry HALL by Heather Davey. Blood As Bright As The Moon by Andrea Morstabilini. The Executioner's Blade by Andrew Knighton. Secret Lives Of The Dead by Tim Lebbon. Roots Of My Fears Edited by Gemma Amor.
September 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
tinywriterlaura.bsky.social
***2026 reading thread***

1. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

i promised i’d give Dickens another go this year so began with one i’d read at school & university, & i was pleasantly surprised by how much easier, funnier, & more enjoyable i found it. me & Charles may get on!
Laura’s hand holding the book Great Expectations, featuring an old stone gate looking out onto a misty landscape
January 3, 2026 at 11:19 PM
tinywriterlaura.bsky.social
ahhhh i see my baby on there! thanks so much Cat 🥰
druidcat.bsky.social Cat Treadwell @druidcat.bsky.social · 12d
Finally the most anticipated: my Mainstream Favourites! This year was so difficult to narrow down, but these are the titles that stayed with me, stories that felt like a true privilege to read.

Thankyou to all of these authors and publishers ❤️👏🏻💙📚

(PS I haven't read 'King Sorrow' yet, sorry!)
January 3, 2026 at 11:08 AM
tinywriterlaura.bsky.social
i was lucky enough to get a digital proof of this before christmas and it snuck in at the end of the year as one of my favourites of 2025! you should all be watching out for it this year 👀
angryrobotbooks.bsky.social Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social · 12d
ARCs of Jeff Noon's new novel, Moon Over Brendle, are in production.

A fantastical memoir? A ghost story? High-concept SF? Existential fantasy? A celebration of storytelling?

All of the above? Probably. Wholly Jeff Noon yet quite unlike anything else he's written? Pretty much. Amazing? Definitely
January 3, 2026 at 11:03 AM
tinywriterlaura.bsky.social
happy new year friends in my phone! may you all be as content in 2026 as hercule purrot getting his belly rubbed this morning
A fluffy white cat with grey markings and a black moustache lying upside down on Laura’s lap with his legs stretched out while Laura’s hand rubs his tummy
January 1, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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louiestowell.bsky.social
It's the national year of reading in the uk in 2026. Instead of asking "why don't kids read any more", ask "how can I help them find the stories (and non fic) they will fall in love with". Less "get off my lawn whippersnappers" and more "come, sit on the lawn, here's a comic".
January 1, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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tinywriterlaura.bsky.social
we’re closing in on the end of 2025, so here’s my year in books! 66 in total, and a list of my favourites for you to peruse 📚

notesfromanunrulybody.substack.com/p/2025-in-bo...
2025 in Books
Well, 2025 has certainly been a year!
notesfromanunrulybody.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
tinywriterlaura.bsky.social
i started 2025 without a book or a husband

i’m ending 2025 as both a published author and a wife, which quite frankly is insane

not sure 2026 can top that!
Laura, a white woman with cropped red hair beams at the camera in front of a bookstore. She’s holding a copy of her book, Awakened, in one hand. It has a raven on the cover and her top also has ravens on A black and white photo of Laura with james, a middle aged man with glasses and a beard. They are both dressed up at their wedding, Laura in a sparkly black dress and james in a suit, and they’re smiling and leaning in for a kiss as Laura holds a glass of Prosecco in her hand
December 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM