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Hildur Knútsdóttir

@hildur.bsky.social

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Icelandic writer. The Night Guest is already out! // Dead Weight coming in 2026!

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 28d

Cover reveal! 🥳🎉

DEAD WEIGHT is translated by @maryrobinettekowal.com and will hit the shelves on May 26th.

Nothing tests a friendship like blood on your hands 🩸

Preorder here:
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

A peach cover with the head of a broken statue lying in a pool of blood

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 10h

*deep sigh* Again, I have an English degree and have contributed rather extensively to the British economy, including writing a show that pumped £10 million into Wales. But the stupidity is the point here, of course.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10h

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 1d

Just got some early bound manuscripts of Dead Weight in the mail and I was gonna take cute photos with Uggi to share on social media but … I don’t think he likes my new book?

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 6h

If he could talk this would probably be his constant complaint.

Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 8h

Emotional support writing buddy

Uggi the dog sleeping next to my computer

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 9h

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 10h

I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 10h

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 10h

Busted!

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Jason Sanford @jasonsanford.bsky.social · 22h

Exciting news! My novel Plague Birds, which was a finalist for the Nebula & Philip K. Dick Awards, will be rereleased by Apex Books @apexmag.bsky.social in an new edition with extra content in June 2026. And a sequel will be published by Apex in Oct. 2026. 1/
www.apexbookcompany.com/products/pla...

Cover of Plague Birds by Jason Sanford, which was a finalist for the Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 23h

Translated by @maryrobinettekowal.com, of course!

Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 23h

Well, when I think about it ...

Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 23h

I feel like I do nothing but procrastinate!

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VERY

Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 23h

And basically the elevator pitch is that I have found the PERFECT way to get rid of a dead body in Iceland, so obviously I wrote a book about it.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 23h

Anyway, it's a horror/thriller about two women who become unlikely friends and then have to get rid of a dead body, and there is a cat and a lot of blood (but! important caveat – it's human blood!) and if you think you might like it, even though Uggi clearly does NOT, you can preorder here!

Dead Weight

An Icelandic night may hide secrets and affairs – or even bodies – in this gruesomely cathartic horror thriller from the author of The Night Guest.Unnur ...

us.macmillan.com

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 1d

Just got some early bound manuscripts of Dead Weight in the mail and I was gonna take cute photos with Uggi to share on social media but … I don’t think he likes my new book?

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Lady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · 1d

Did a car write this

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

you're already seeing & will see more stories about how various attempts at reducing energy use "aren't working," etc -- those are propaganda. this is fantastic

Jonathan @renewableenergy.bsky.social · 1d

Huge historic turning point — Renewables surpassed coal as the world’s leading electricity source for the first half of 2025!

#greensky #energysky #renewableenergy

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s favourite proof note:

Replace ‘this’ with ‘that.’

Which feels like a short summary of the entire process.

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Halli @iamharaldur.bsky.social · 1d

Hi.

My name is Halli. I'm the founder and CEO of Ueno. First of all, I want to say yes. Ueno is back.

I'm kind of surprised myself. I wasn't really planning on it. I started Ueno in my apartment in Reykjavík, Iceland in 2014.

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning

Uggi the dog meeting a cat. Both look very sceptical.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

This has always been a extremely tiny screeching minority demanding that their bigotry dictate that no one else's children can learn of the existence of LGBTQ people.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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