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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 20h

This is a fun one! If you love dark retellings, gray characters, and alt history like THE TRAITOR OF SHERWOOD FOREST, read:

DARLING GIRL by @michalskiliz.bsky.social
THE BOOK OF GOTHEL by Mary McMyne
BLOOD SLAVES by @markusredmond.bsky.social
LIGHTBORNE by @hessephillips.com

Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · 23h

What books should people be reading if they enjoy yourself? Shout them out! #WritingPrompt

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Courtney & Clarke Collins | Fantasy Co-Authors @collinsauthors.bsky.social · 1d

✨Attention Readers!✨ You have ONE WEEK LEFT to sign up for either the Cover Reveal Team or Street Team for the Vows & Valor Book 2, IN THE NAME OF PRIDE!

Details here: linktr.ee/collinsauthors

Forest green graphic. Text reads: In the Name of Pride, Wanted: Cover reveal team and street team members. A list of tropes read: mental health rep, don't you touch me, wounded mmc, Mr. Darcy hand flex, princess/knight slowburn, queernorm world, chaotic cousins, quid pro quo coercion, and a cheese thief. A cover placeholder features a sword lying atop snow.

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Lucy Pick @lucykpick.bsky.social · 1d

Fun interview about my latest novel, with lots of history — Eleanor of Aquitaine, the Secnd Crusade, the Templars etc, including the burning question: did or didn’t she sleep with her uncle?
(Fun to do. Still haven’t dared listen. Tell me what you think)
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⌛️📚💙
newbooksnetwork.com/the-queens-c...

Lucy Pick, "The Queen’s Companion" (Cuidono Press, 2025) - New Books Network

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations, Lacey!!

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! She's getting older and it comes with the territory, unfortunately 😔.

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 1d

Glamorous books events last week, steam-cleaning cat puke out of the carpet this week. The duality of author.

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 2d

Thank you so much @scalzi.com for giving me a space to write about academia's floating brains, neurodivergence, disability, and HIGHER MAGIC!

The Big Idea: Courtney Floyd

Though neurodivergent people tend to love the world of academia and absorbing information, the systems and structure of higher education is often antithetical to the needs of differently abled peop…

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Michelle J. @heyitsmichellej.bsky.social · 3d

Emory watches her best friend, Xana, sleep for 3 years & awaken for 3 weeks—a curse since childhood. When rumors surface of a tea plant that cures magical ailments, Emory finds a thief, witch, & assassin for an epic tea heist. But only greed can determine their fates. #YA #F #DVPit #POC #LGBT #BVM

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Sam B. Farkas @sambfarkas.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning, #DVpit!

If I like your pitch, please send the query + first fifty pages as an attachment to info(at)jillgrinbergliterary(dot)com with DVpit + my name in the subject line.

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Pub Day!!

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Book Birthday, Kiri!!!

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Kiri Callaghan @kiricallaghan.com · 3d

It’s release day!
I am all official. For the first time in my life I don’t just have a book out, I have an audiobook!
It’s in stores I have never spoken to—yesterday it was on the Netgalley homepage! It’s been featured in the Library Journal and I have multiple upcoming appearances in just October!

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 4d

It’s book day!!!

HIGHER MAGIC is out in the US today! UK readers, it’s coming your way November 20th. I’m so excited for you all to meet Bartleby, Anne, and the rest of the gang. ✨

Higher Magic propped up against a white gnarly pumpkin and a big orange pumpkin on a bed of fall leaves.

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Kiri Callaghan @kiricallaghan.com · 4d

Two official events this week:
(Your ticket is also your book)

October 8th, Culver City event: www.therippedbodice.com/events-and-t...

October 9th, Sierra Madre (closer to Pasadena): fablesandfanciesbooks.com/events/33993...

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 4d

I had an amazing time in Nova Scotia last week, talking to brilliant students and seeing very dear friends I haven't seen since pre-COVID times. Here's a tiny photo dump of me, Halifax, Wolfville, and me on a coffee shop fuse box!
It's a pretty long flight from YVR, but I can't wait to go back!

An author with a reading copy of her novel.

An author event flyer on the wall of a coffee shop.

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Emily Krempholtz 📚 @writersofrohan.bsky.social · 4d

This year for Banned Books Week, I teamed up w @taradairman.bsky.social & Kellye Crocker, my co-leaders of the Colorado chapter of AABB, to showcase some of what we've been up to in Colorado this year, as well as why everyone should be thinking about banned books and some next steps for our state.

Celebrate and protect your right to read, an excerpt from an op Ed in Westword magazine about banned books week

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Cdn Society of Medievalists/Société Canadienne des médiévistes @canmedievalists.bsky.social · 4d

CFP - CSM Sessions at ACCUTE's 2026 conference in Montreal, 4-7 June

Submit your paper proposals on
• Medieval Magic
• Medieval Masculinities

for two CSM-sponsored sessions. Deadline 15 Nov. 2025. Details here www.canadianmedievalists.org/CSM-at-ACCUT...

The Canadian Society of Medievalists - CSM at ACCUTE 2026

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 4d

I had an amazing time in Nova Scotia last week, talking to brilliant students and seeing very dear friends I haven't seen since pre-COVID times. Here's a tiny photo dump of me, Halifax, Wolfville, and me on a coffee shop fuse box!
It's a pretty long flight from YVR, but I can't wait to go back!

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 7d

Today at 3:45!

Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 8d

I had a blast at Acadia U last night, and if you missed me there, I'll be at Dalhousie tomorrow afternoon! (McCain 1198, 3:45pm) The event is free and open to the public. I hope to see you there!

advertisement for a talk at Dalhousie University, October 3, 2025, 3:45pm, McCain Room 1198.

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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 7d

New Medieval Books: The Stone Witch of Florence www.medievalists.net/2024/10/new-... #historicalfiction

New Medieval Books: The Stone Witch of Florence - Medievalists.net

Set in Florence at the height of the Black Death, this novel tells the story of a woman who returns from banishment to help save the city and uncover a conspiracy. It's a blend of historical fiction…

www.medievalists.net

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 8d

no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask

A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch:
Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's
In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 8d

I had a blast at Acadia U last night, and if you missed me there, I'll be at Dalhousie tomorrow afternoon! (McCain 1198, 3:45pm) The event is free and open to the public. I hope to see you there!

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 10d

Today at Acadia University, I'll be talking about the medieval Robin Hood, how I incorporated the earliest ballads into THE TRAITOR OF SHERWOOD FOREST, and how I got a peasant girl mixed up in all this. 5:00pm in the Vaughan Memorial Library!

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Flyer for an author event at Acadia U, today at 5pm.

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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 10d

The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation has some great resources for learning and reflecting on reconciliation and the legacy of residential schools on their YouTube channel

I especially appreciated the discussion on confronting residential school denialism

youtube.com/@nationalcen...

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

The NCTR is the permanent home for all statements, documents, and materials gathered by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We ensure continued preservation, education and research on Residential...

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 12d

PS Halifax I'm also coming to Dalhousie this Friday afternoon! Details soon!

Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 16d

Super excited to be heading out to Nova Scotia next week for a book talk and signing at Acadia University as part of the Authors@Acadia speaker series!
valleyevents.ca/105643

If you're in Wolfville or Halifax, come say hello! The talk is free and open to the public!

Authors @ Acadia: Amy S. Kaufman at Vaughan Memorial Library on Wednesday October 1

Amy S. Kaufman will read from her debut novel, The Traitor of Sherwood Forest, a historical reimagining of the Robin Hood ballads told through a peasant-girl-turned-spy. Amy taught medieval literature...

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