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Joanne Hall

@hierath77.bsky.social

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Fantasy writer and editor, hound mum, permaculturist, woke hobbit. Writes, reads, games, gardens. Trying to leave it better than I found it. Ideologically opposed to bigots of all stripes. She/her. Cymru.

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · Jun 6

New pinned post - currently slush reading novellas for @wtpress.bsky.social with @rozc.bsky.social . If you have novella length SF or F we want to read it!
Also feel free to ask questions here before you submit.

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Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · 2h

New Review - happy publication day to the excellent When There Are Wolves Again by EJ Swift - a science fiction novel for the 21st century that gives us hope. Run and get it I think we all need this. One of the best reads of my year! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/10...

When There Are Wolves Again by EJ Swift — Runalong The Shelves

I would like to thank Arcadia for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and valid review Publisher – Arcadia Published – Out Now Price – £20 hardback £9.99 ebook   Dec...

www.runalongtheshelves.net

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Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com · 2h

My Amazon reviews so far are simply wonderful!

Have a look (and then buy my book - ask at your local bookshop or check out online alternatives if you don’t fancy Amazon)

www.amazon.co.uk/This-Might-S...

#cansky #graphicmedicine

This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story

Buy This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story by Gullen, Hayley (ISBN: 9781399424745) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

www.amazon.co.uk

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 3h

I agree. Could have done with something like chicken to make it a bit more interesting.

Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 13h

Congratulations!

Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 13h

@jolantru.bsky.social look!

val - V.M. Ayala 🏳️‍🌈 @spacevalkyries.bsky.social · 13h

DRAGONRIDERS OF PERN x PACIFIC RIM

✨mecha dragons
🪐disabled protagonist
💜Mexican American diaspora worldbuilding
🌈bi love interest + an ex-BFF
🌌epic space opera
🐉a hivemind of corrupted dragons somehow back after centuries in an entirely new solar system—it's fine!

#DVpit #A #SF #Latine #DIS #LGBT

Moodboard of the evil hivemind of corrupted dragons. Everything is in red, there are three rows of three images, with a middle row having a text box in the middle.

First row: a broken red crystal, red filter spacescape, and a close-up of red crowing crystals.
Second row: red filtered snakescales (to stand in for robot dragons), text box that says: beware the Myriad, beware their crystals bright and red. Survive, survive, but don't let the Myriad take you alive. Third is a canyon crevasse in the shape of a menacing looking eye.
Third row: more angry red space scape and then a red filtered texture effect.

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 13h

*hugs*

Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 14h

@yes-cymru-ankh.bsky.social

www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...

S'mae! Wondering if you wouldn't mind giving our Welsh Mythology Kickstarter a share? Aiming to promote welsh writers, artists and (hopefully) cymraeg translators. Diolch yn fawr!

They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd)

An anthology of contemporary fantasy stories featuring creatures and characters from Welsh mythology and folklore

www.kickstarter.com

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 14h

Not yet - I'm taking most of this week and all of next week off as I'm travelling for funerals. But it is high on my list when I get back!

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 20h

Among the addons for our Kickstarter campaign are these lovely folklore-themed bookmarks made by Welsh writer, Hazel Hitchins.
www.kickstarter.com/...

A selection of folklore-themed charmed used on the bookmarks. The designs include a fairy, a dragon, a pixie and a ghost.

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 19h

Today's update on the Kickstarter campaign is all about the Lady of Lake, and all her sisters, because there are lots of them. Come and meet the Grawgedd Annwn: www.kickstarter.com/...

The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd).

The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left.

Art by Josh Arklin.

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 15h

Oh for fucks sake.

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 15h

If you see this, post a pet!

Elsa white lurcher snootbooping the camera

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 15h

Ben is so gorgeous x

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17h

The best gig I ever saw cost £4. Spiralling concert prices are a cultural disaster | John Harris

Tickets for big tours have vastly outstripped inflation, while smaller artists and venues struggle. The magic is in danger of being snuffed out entirely, says Guardian columnist John Harris

www.theguardian.com

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 17h

#365DaysOfFood Day 211 - we picked all the bell.peppers for the market (great year for bell peppers, kind of making up for the dismal tomato harvest), and its been a while since I made a pilaf, so why not?

www.vegrecipesofindia.com/capsicum-pul...

Capsicum Rice Recipe or Bell Pepper Rice Pilaf (Easy & One Pot)

If you thought that capsicum or bell pepper could only be used extensively in Chinese or Indo-Chinese cuisines, then here’s an Indian recipe that’s going to change the perception of yours. This is a C...

www.vegrecipesofindia.com

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 20h

I'm so sorry. Hang in there xx

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 1d

Very exciting!

Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 1d

Happy editor @rozc.bsky.social with the next @wtpress.bsky.social Wiz Duos from @r-emrys.bsky.social and @aknighton.bsky.social - launching at WFC!

Riz, a white lady with curly red hair and oval glasses wearing a grey cardie, holding two copies of Duo 3

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 23h

A Welsh engineer from Cardiff has invented a new type of domestic woodburning stove to eliminate indoor pollution from wood burning stoves

Welsh invention prevents indoor pollution from wood burning stoves

A Welsh engineer from Cardiff has invented a new type of domestic woodburning stove to eliminate indoor pollution from wood burning stoves. Marc Howell, who studied engineering at Cardiff University f...

nation.cymru

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Ruthanna Emrys @r-emrys.bsky.social · 23h

I will be there, and can't wait to have this out in the world!

Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 1d

Happy editor @rozc.bsky.social with the next @wtpress.bsky.social Wiz Duos from @r-emrys.bsky.social and @aknighton.bsky.social - launching at WFC!

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 1d

Happy editor @rozc.bsky.social with the next @wtpress.bsky.social Wiz Duos from @r-emrys.bsky.social and @aknighton.bsky.social - launching at WFC!

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 1d

Good advice here. Pete Sutton and I are running a workshop on Getting through the Slush Pile at @bristolcon.bsky.social , if you're interested?

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

‘Stay true to yourself – and fly closer to the sun’: what I’ve learned from 50 years of rejection

As a writer, I have been rejected thousands of times, and it initially led to shock, denial and anger. Then I accepted it. Here’s what you can gain from doing so too

www.theguardian.com

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 1d

With stories by Danie Ware, Juliet McKenna, Anna Smith Spark and many others, Fight Like A Girl #2 has been a feature on award short lists this year. Find out why people love it so much:
wizardstowerpress.co...

Cover of Fight Like A Girl #2. Art by Oisin McGann.

Image is of a brown-skinned girl in light armour wielding a Very Big Sword. She is surrounded by images of other things she might use to fight, not all of them obviously weapons.

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Mrs DoomCakes. @helsmels.bsky.social · 1d

Message for Wednesday… let’s do it.

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 1d

Hope it all goes smoothly and you feel better soon xxx