Caroline Hardaker
@carolinehardaker.bsky.social
Author, Poet, Novelist. A bit witchy. MOTHTOWN & COMPOSITE CREATURES from Angry Robot, LITTLE QUAKES & BONE OVATION from Valley Press.
In interviews, I'm always asked about the relationship between being a poet and a novelist. At this point, I usually gush about how poetry fuels prose, sharpens language, and more.
Anyway - curious to find out more? Here's the blog >>
carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/05/28/h...
Anyway - curious to find out more? Here's the blog >>
carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/05/28/h...
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
In interviews, I'm always asked about the relationship between being a poet and a novelist. At this point, I usually gush about how poetry fuels prose, sharpens language, and more.
Anyway - curious to find out more? Here's the blog >>
carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/05/28/h...
Anyway - curious to find out more? Here's the blog >>
carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/05/28/h...
Lovely weekend celebrating @chrisriddell.bsky.social superbly Christmassy window at Fenwick Newcastle🌟⛄❄️
Also talked collaborations, ate food, and drank a lot of wine🍷Little N may have also made a friend for life☺️❤️
Also talked collaborations, ate food, and drank a lot of wine🍷Little N may have also made a friend for life☺️❤️
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Lovely weekend celebrating @chrisriddell.bsky.social superbly Christmassy window at Fenwick Newcastle🌟⛄❄️
Also talked collaborations, ate food, and drank a lot of wine🍷Little N may have also made a friend for life☺️❤️
Also talked collaborations, ate food, and drank a lot of wine🍷Little N may have also made a friend for life☺️❤️
Hallowe'en ready, baby🎃🔮🧙♂️
(Side note: I've swallowed a LOT of fake hair tonight)
(Side note: I've swallowed a LOT of fake hair tonight)
October 31, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Hallowe'en ready, baby🎃🔮🧙♂️
(Side note: I've swallowed a LOT of fake hair tonight)
(Side note: I've swallowed a LOT of fake hair tonight)
Having a week off from writing. Burnt myself out completely typing into the dark each night to finish final edits on the SEA BOOK🌊🐚🦭. It's finally done, and up to my agent when it'll be released to publishers. And then I'll be in a new phase of waiting and wondering.
But for now, rest.
But for now, rest.
October 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Having a week off from writing. Burnt myself out completely typing into the dark each night to finish final edits on the SEA BOOK🌊🐚🦭. It's finally done, and up to my agent when it'll be released to publishers. And then I'll be in a new phase of waiting and wondering.
But for now, rest.
But for now, rest.
What is whump?
Whether you've heard of it or not, chances are that you've enjoyed it in some form. Read all about it on my blog!
Link via my bio, but also here to copy and paste!
carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/06/07/w...
#whump #whumptober #whumptrope #whumpprompt #writingcommunity
Whether you've heard of it or not, chances are that you've enjoyed it in some form. Read all about it on my blog!
Link via my bio, but also here to copy and paste!
carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/06/07/w...
#whump #whumptober #whumptrope #whumpprompt #writingcommunity
October 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
What is whump?
Whether you've heard of it or not, chances are that you've enjoyed it in some form. Read all about it on my blog!
Link via my bio, but also here to copy and paste!
carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/06/07/w...
#whump #whumptober #whumptrope #whumpprompt #writingcommunity
Whether you've heard of it or not, chances are that you've enjoyed it in some form. Read all about it on my blog!
Link via my bio, but also here to copy and paste!
carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/06/07/w...
#whump #whumptober #whumptrope #whumpprompt #writingcommunity
I've never actually read this series, but the covers are just the most stunning ones I've ever seen. Doesn't matter how many times I see them on the shelves, I just HAVE to take a closer look every damn time.
Would I like these? Anyone else read them?
#onmyreadinglist
Would I like these? Anyone else read them?
#onmyreadinglist
October 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I've never actually read this series, but the covers are just the most stunning ones I've ever seen. Doesn't matter how many times I see them on the shelves, I just HAVE to take a closer look every damn time.
Would I like these? Anyone else read them?
#onmyreadinglist
Would I like these? Anyone else read them?
#onmyreadinglist
This weekend, I shall be KILLING MY DARLINGS
September 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This weekend, I shall be KILLING MY DARLINGS
Been building up to reading this one for a while, just waiting for the right moment 💓
Can't wait to dive in!
Can't wait to dive in!
September 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Been building up to reading this one for a while, just waiting for the right moment 💓
Can't wait to dive in!
Can't wait to dive in!
*NEW BLOG POST*! And I'm branching out!
In the first of this series, I'm inviting some author pals to spill the beans on wrangling their crazy story ideas onto solid first drafts. First in the line-up is the ever-womderful @scribeofhades.bsky.social !
carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/09/17/d...
In the first of this series, I'm inviting some author pals to spill the beans on wrangling their crazy story ideas onto solid first drafts. First in the line-up is the ever-womderful @scribeofhades.bsky.social !
carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/09/17/d...
September 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
*NEW BLOG POST*! And I'm branching out!
In the first of this series, I'm inviting some author pals to spill the beans on wrangling their crazy story ideas onto solid first drafts. First in the line-up is the ever-womderful @scribeofhades.bsky.social !
carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/09/17/d...
In the first of this series, I'm inviting some author pals to spill the beans on wrangling their crazy story ideas onto solid first drafts. First in the line-up is the ever-womderful @scribeofhades.bsky.social !
carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/09/17/d...
Another day, another weird bunch of madcap characters by my 4 year old🤔😬🧐
Name suggestions, please👍
Name suggestions, please👍
September 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Another day, another weird bunch of madcap characters by my 4 year old🤔😬🧐
Name suggestions, please👍
Name suggestions, please👍
Never tire of being up-close to these beauties. I feel like 2026 might be the beginnings of my octopus era and I'm so here for that🐙🐙🐙
September 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Never tire of being up-close to these beauties. I feel like 2026 might be the beginnings of my octopus era and I'm so here for that🐙🐙🐙
Signed 🦋MOTHTOWN🦋 copies at
@blackwells.bsky.social Newcastle 👍👍 Get 'em while they're... Mothy?
@blackwells.bsky.social Newcastle 👍👍 Get 'em while they're... Mothy?
September 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Signed 🦋MOTHTOWN🦋 copies at
@blackwells.bsky.social Newcastle 👍👍 Get 'em while they're... Mothy?
@blackwells.bsky.social Newcastle 👍👍 Get 'em while they're... Mothy?
David will always have a place in my 🖤. Strange, the place these protagonists live in us.
Of mine, Norah and David are the only two out there in the bookshops. But I hope you get to meet more of them. Little Maudie. The Ritualkeeper. Violine.
So much more to come📚📚📚📚📚📚
Of mine, Norah and David are the only two out there in the bookshops. But I hope you get to meet more of them. Little Maudie. The Ritualkeeper. Violine.
So much more to come📚📚📚📚📚📚
August 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
David will always have a place in my 🖤. Strange, the place these protagonists live in us.
Of mine, Norah and David are the only two out there in the bookshops. But I hope you get to meet more of them. Little Maudie. The Ritualkeeper. Violine.
So much more to come📚📚📚📚📚📚
Of mine, Norah and David are the only two out there in the bookshops. But I hope you get to meet more of them. Little Maudie. The Ritualkeeper. Violine.
So much more to come📚📚📚📚📚📚
Some of the inspo images from my new WIP... I'm over the 20,000 word mark now. Knee-deep.
I have to say, I'm bloody loving this one👀🖤👌📚
I have to say, I'm bloody loving this one👀🖤👌📚
August 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Some of the inspo images from my new WIP... I'm over the 20,000 word mark now. Knee-deep.
I have to say, I'm bloody loving this one👀🖤👌📚
I have to say, I'm bloody loving this one👀🖤👌📚
Spotted by the keen-eyed @frith_jones in St David's, Pembrokeshire... I always thought I was a good'un, but I didn't know I was SAINTLY!
Saint Non - that's me😇🪽
Saint Non - that's me😇🪽
August 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Spotted by the keen-eyed @frith_jones in St David's, Pembrokeshire... I always thought I was a good'un, but I didn't know I was SAINTLY!
Saint Non - that's me😇🪽
Saint Non - that's me😇🪽
And so the new novel continues✍️📚It'll be a while before I know the fate of the 🌊🐚sea book🐚🌊 I finished in June, so I've jumped right into a new story. It's strange, because I was determined to wait, to have a little break. But this was one I couldn't resist...
August 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
And so the new novel continues✍️📚It'll be a while before I know the fate of the 🌊🐚sea book🐚🌊 I finished in June, so I've jumped right into a new story. It's strange, because I was determined to wait, to have a little break. But this was one I couldn't resist...
The bond between a cat and her blanket😺💓🛏️
August 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The bond between a cat and her blanket😺💓🛏️
My origin story💀☠️🦴🩻
August 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My origin story💀☠️🦴🩻
While planning the next ⏳BOOK⏳I've been suddenly taken over by a new idea but it's a crazy one. It might be a novel. It might be a novella. Or even just a short story. But I feel like I have to do it now. It's a worm on my head and it's tickling too much.
Who wants to read my take on zombies??
Who wants to read my take on zombies??
July 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
While planning the next ⏳BOOK⏳I've been suddenly taken over by a new idea but it's a crazy one. It might be a novel. It might be a novella. Or even just a short story. But I feel like I have to do it now. It's a worm on my head and it's tickling too much.
Who wants to read my take on zombies??
Who wants to read my take on zombies??
New story checklist for the weekend. Slower pace for me, having finally submitted the 🌊SEA BOOK🌊 back to my agent and hopefully for good.
Ready for a new challenge. A new story📚📖👍😊
Ready for a new challenge. A new story📚📖👍😊
July 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
New story checklist for the weekend. Slower pace for me, having finally submitted the 🌊SEA BOOK🌊 back to my agent and hopefully for good.
Ready for a new challenge. A new story📚📖👍😊
Ready for a new challenge. A new story📚📖👍😊
Early morning train to the Big Smoke for an agent brunch, book chats, the Arthur C Clarke Awards with some publisher peeps, and to see the lovely @gabrielahouston.bsky.social !
See you soon, the North!
See you soon, the North!
June 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Early morning train to the Big Smoke for an agent brunch, book chats, the Arthur C Clarke Awards with some publisher peeps, and to see the lovely @gabrielahouston.bsky.social !
See you soon, the North!
See you soon, the North!
Here I go again. PLANNING THE NEXT BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Here I go again. PLANNING THE NEXT BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!
Been trying to limit my book-buying recently, as it's got a bit ridiculous🤭😬so I'm working through books from ages ago. My books are 3 rows deep on our shelves so I'm discovering some old surprises. I'm shopping my shelves, and loving it.
#onmyreadinglist
#onmyreadinglist
June 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Been trying to limit my book-buying recently, as it's got a bit ridiculous🤭😬so I'm working through books from ages ago. My books are 3 rows deep on our shelves so I'm discovering some old surprises. I'm shopping my shelves, and loving it.
#onmyreadinglist
#onmyreadinglist
My roses are back! Who understands the mystery of nature? Not I. But I'm thankful as I head out to write at the bottom of my garden🏵️🏵️🏵️
June 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My roses are back! Who understands the mystery of nature? Not I. But I'm thankful as I head out to write at the bottom of my garden🏵️🏵️🏵️