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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · 2d

Not one but TWO books in the window at lovely long-established Lincoln bookshop, Lindum Books. And next to @richardosman1.bsky.social, no less! My cup runneth properly over, this week. Wishing all the writers here the same happiness 📚💙

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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · 3d

Aw, thanks Val ❤️

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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · 4d

Launch party yesterday of The Water That May Come (with cupcakes) at the wonderful Lark Books Lincoln, with the awesome Rob Weston. We talked immigration, inspiration, intimacy and, er, volcanoes... Wonderful turnout! Am feeling very blessed 📚💙

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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you Alison x

Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · 7d

PUBLICATION DAY! 🥳 To celebrate, I've made a little video of an extract from The Water That May Come. My character, Jane, is driving up to Scotland to flee the pending natural disaster. Here, she realises the power of the kindness of strangers 💙📚✨️
Massive thanks to @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social

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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · 9d

Oh, that feeling when you see something you made (while hunched pyjama-clad over a laptop for weeks on end) for sale in an actual SHOP! My chuffed-o-meter has reached new levels thanks to @waterstones.bsky.social , Lincoln
💙📚

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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · 13d

'Jane drives them to their first port of call, a cattery up by Northfleet, where a wrong turn leads them to a still, dark line of Eurostar trains. WELCOME TO DISNEYLAND KENT is graffitied on one of the carraiges in a long, orange sqiggle.'

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The Water That May Come by Amy Lilwall | flyonthewallpress

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 instantly relatable, populated by ec...

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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · 14d

(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...

www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk

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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · 14d

Eek! One week to go! 💙📚

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · 19d

Cli-fi and sci-fi and worldbuilding today with novelist @amylilwall.bsky.social!

open.substack.com/pub/flyonthe... #books💙📚

Fair Season + Climate Fiction Deep Dive

How the immigration crisis inspired a climate thriller + publishing opportunities

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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · 20d

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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · 20d

Me: 'Fairy Godmother, I'd like to have afternoon tea on the 12th October at 3pm.'

FG: 'Well that sounds simple enough...'

Me: 'Could it be in a bookshop?'

FG: 'Absolutely!'

Me: 'Oo, and can you throw in a cat?'

FG: 🪄✨️ Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo!' ✨️

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Amy Lilwall - Author Afternoon Tea - The Curious Cat Bookshop

Afternoon Tea with Author Amy Lilwall at the Curious Cat Bookshop.

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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · 23d

TWO WEEKS until The Water That May Come bobs up to the surface, arrives on a publishing wave, makes its splashy entrance, ALL the water metaphores! 🌊I'm a bit nervous, I must admit... (That's normal, right?) 💙📚

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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...

www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk

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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · 26d

Really lovely to discuss The Water That May Come with the excellent @samszanto.bsky.social 💙📚

Sam Szanto @samszanto.bsky.social · 26d

New on my blog, an interview with the very talented Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social about her fantastic new book, 'The Water That May Come', with @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social - please have a read and share
www.samszanto.com/post/amy-lil...

Amy Lilwall: "The fun starts when you have a full draft and the editing begins. It’s like building a house, then placing the furniture inside it."

A chat with Amy Lilwall about her book, The Water That May Come (Fly on the Wall Press, 2025)How would you describe The Water That May Come in one sentence? The Water That May Come is a book about rel...

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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks so much, @samszanto.bsky.social ❤️

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · Sep 8

Really excited that @amylilwall.bsky.social will be launching the emotive novel 'The Water That May Come' at #larkbooks #lincolnbookfestival

Friday, 3rd October
7:00pm

lincolnbookfestival.org/festival-pro... @inpressbooks.bsky.social

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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · Sep 8

Publication date is coming! 😮 I'll be at Lincoln's lovely Lark Books where my friend and fellow writer, Robert Weston, will be interviewing me about my book. (Really hope he likes it, otherwise things could get very awkward...).
Join us and find out! 💙📚✨️
lincolnbookfestival.org/festival-pro...

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · Sep 7

Packaging up subscriber preorders for The Water That May Come today 🥰🥰 @amylilwall.bsky.social

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Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · Aug 27

First book club! 14th October, 7pm, grab a cuppa and a copy of 'The Wager and the Bear' and come discuss this life-affirming journey, from Cornwall to the Greenland glaciers, with fellow book lovers and author @johnironmonger.bsky.social himself!

fly-on-the-wall-press.eventcube.io/events/87893...

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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm on the front cover of something! This has never happened in the history of me!! 😀 As part of Lincoln Book Festival, I'll be launching The Water That May Come at Lark Books on the 3rd October from 7pm at the wonderful Lark Books. If you're in the area, please pop in and say hi. 😊✨️📘

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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · Sep 1

Oooo the books (complete with their EDGES) have arrived! 📚 Thank you @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social; they are beautiful! ✨️

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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy publication day, @rgrosvenorauthor.bsky.social, for the fabulous Witch Borne ✨️

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Amy Lilwall @amylilwall.bsky.social · Aug 28

Very inspired by parambulating poet John Welsh at Lincoln Steampunk Festival this week 🦾✨️🦄

'Leather, lace and parrots
every punk uniquely dressed
as unalike as peas and carrots.'

Never a truer word spoken (apparently, there were parrots!).

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Sarah-Jayne Kenyon @sjkenyon.bsky.social · Aug 26

On the day Nigel Farage spouts off about mass deportations, @amylilwall.bsky.social asks a very different question. Who gets the chance at safe asylum in Europe when it's the people of the UK at risk from the flood? Turn the political diatribes on their head. Who would you choose to save? 💙📚

Fly on the Wall Press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social · Aug 26

Meet me where the sky touches the sea ✨️ @amylilwall.bsky.social weaves a speculative tale of Britain's future, one in which class and money dictate the ability to leave (and which countries will take them) when a volcano threatens to erupt and cause a tsunami which will cover the UK. Preorders open!

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