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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · 16h

My magpie moon
still shining

kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 1d

"The end comes slowly.
Takes hours and every ounce of strength. As she sits by his bed Alice’s lungs grasp at the last remaining atoms of hot and fetid air.
And still the magpie stays."
- Magpie Moon, Rachel Canwell
@bookbound2019.bsky.social

kithbooks.com/shop/p/magpiemoon

Magpie Moon
Rachel Canwell

cover:
a grayscale painting of moonlight through a conifer forest with two magpies in the foreground.

text:
The end comes slowly.
Takes hours and every ounce of strength. As she sits by his bed Alice’s lungs grasp at the last remaining atoms of hot and fetid air.
And still the magpie stays.

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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 7d

ICYMI:

Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 8d

🚨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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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you Jan xx

Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · 8d

I am pinching myself that this day is finally here!
Sound up and enjoy!
And huge thanks to @northodoxpress.bsky.social

Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 8d

🚨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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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 8d

🚨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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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · 17d

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

Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · 18d

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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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · 18d

WRITING UPDATE!!
CALLING AUTHORS BLOGGERS AND REVIEWS OF ALL KINDS!!!
⬆️⬇️⬆️⬇️⬆️⬇️⬆️⬇️⬆️⬇️⬆️⬇️
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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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · 18d

WRITING UPDATE!!
CALLING AUTHORS BLOGGERS AND REVIEWS OF ALL KINDS!!!
⬆️⬇️⬆️⬇️⬆️⬇️⬆️⬇️⬆️⬇️⬆️⬇️
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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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · Aug 9

Loved doing this! Have a watch to see which Austen I chose!

Fran Moldaschl - When The Giants Passed Through @franmoldaschl.bsky.social · Aug 9

This is such a good video!

I initially watched it for Lindz's bit, but also spotted my fellow Northodoxian @bookbound2019.bsky.social in there (who is totally right about her choice btw)! 😍

@northodoxpress.bsky.social

Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · Aug 7

I'm so delighted to be featured in this video! We were asked to briefly describe our books and talk about our favourite Austen novel. I'm at 12:46 if you want to skip to me (but really, the whole vid is fun)

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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · Jul 14

Had a little cry! My book having its first reader

Amanda Huggins @troutiemcfish.bsky.social · Jul 14

I read @bookbound2019.bsky.social's forthcoming novel in one sitting yesterday. Not my original intention, but it's a real page-turner! Beautifully written, set in the Lincolnshire Fens at the start of WWI - you can pre-order from @northodoxpress.bsky.social here: www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...

Paper Sisters - Paperback (Pre-Order) | Northodox Press

Publishing February 2026 May 1914, and as the First World War approaches, three women are living, trapped between marsh, river, and fen. Their lives held fast by grief, the past, and the looming prese...

www.northodox.co.uk

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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · Jul 14

I really can’t thank you enough for this Amanda

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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · Jul 5

That’s a great thing to hear!!

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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · Jul 5

Thank you

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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · Jul 5

Thank you

Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · Jul 5

Just me hanging out in @_thebookseller!!!!!
#dreams #papersisters

Another step on the journey towards publication. @northodoxpress.bsky.social #jemmamcdonaghagency

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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · Jun 22

Today is the last day of the @northodoxpress.bsky.social Summer Sale.
So many great titles and you can now preorder Paper Sisters.
If you like #historicalfiction with a side order of #dysfunctionalfamiles and #hauntinglandscapes this might be for you.
And of course I would be forever grateful!

Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · Jun 21

@northodoxpress.bsky.social PAPER SISTERS #historicalfiction
PREORDER 25% off code SUMMER25
May 1914,3 women are trapped between marsh, river, and fen By grief, the past, & the looming presence of a hospital. A hospital which has never admitted a single patient. www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...

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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · Jun 22

Today is the last day of the @northodoxpress.bsky.social Summer Sale.
So many great titles and you can now preorder Paper Sisters.
If you like #historicalfiction with a side order of #dysfunctionalfamiles and #hauntinglandscapes this might be for you.
And of course I would be forever grateful!

Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · Jun 21

@northodoxpress.bsky.social PAPER SISTERS #historicalfiction
PREORDER 25% off code SUMMER25
May 1914,3 women are trapped between marsh, river, and fen By grief, the past, & the looming presence of a hospital. A hospital which has never admitted a single patient. www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...

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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · Jun 21

Thank you!

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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · Jun 21

@northodoxpress.bsky.social PAPER SISTERS #historicalfiction
PREORDER 25% off code SUMMER25
May 1914,3 women are trapped between marsh, river, and fen By grief, the past, & the looming presence of a hospital. A hospital which has never admitted a single patient. www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...

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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · Jun 21

@northodoxpress.bsky.social PAPER SISTERS #historicalfiction
PREORDER 25% off code SUMMER25
May 1914,3 women are trapped between marsh, river, and fen By grief, the past, & the looming presence of a hospital. A hospital which has never admitted a single patient. www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Jun 6

Rachel Canwell's Magpie Moon is a tale of mothers and daughters, of medicine and magic, a crisp walk through the dark days of girlhood where sisters collude and the kind may find themselves cruel.
@bookbound2019.bsky.social

Magpie Moon
Rachel Canwell
cover:
A greyscale painting of a evergreen forest at night with two magpies in the foreground, the moon full in the sky, and light filtering through the trees.

text:
The pact.

There i here is a stillness in the air. A nip of frost and the musk of firewood. An essence fit to bottle. Thickened like velvet, a wrong to be righted or a long- forgotten name.

They all feel it. All five of them, wrapped against the chill, deep within their furs. Each sensing that they are on the very edge; just dangling their pretty little fingers into times and opportunities they will never see again.

Five sisters drawn together in the garden. Heads close, shades of gold spilling just slightly from their caps. Foreheads damp and almost touching. Their breath smoking, barely kissing the air before it vanishes, in clouds of stolen words and secrets.

What they whisper is the beginning.
What they promise is the end.
All held together with the laces of rumour, threaded with the tattered

ribbons of the past. Words started by Jane and then woven between the five of them.. And the magpie on the outhouse. The only witness to their game.

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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · May 1

www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...

Preorders for Paper Sisters are up on the Northodox Press @northodoxpress.bsky.social website and today you can get 25% off!!!

Please share if you can x

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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · May 1

❤️

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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · May 1

Thank you Laura x

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Rachel Canwell @bookbound2019.bsky.social · May 1

www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...

Preorders for Paper Sisters are up on the Northodox Press @northodoxpress.bsky.social website and today you can get 25% off!!!

Please share if you can x

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