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Lisa Tirreno
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Australian author: PRINCE OF FORTUNE out now with S&S. Represented by Jim McCarthy at DGB 🌈 she/her. https://linktr.ee/lisatirrenoauthor
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It is both the first birthday of Prince of Fortune AND the paperback release day so obviously, I had to make a cake #booksky
Image is a piece of cake with blue icing to match the tiny toy copy of Prince of Fortune on top of it. There is a big copy of the book behind it Image is an elaborately iced cake saying “happy release day”
October 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Prince of Fortune hits the UK on November 7, and I'm very excited!!!!! #YAfantasy
Image is the silhouettes from the cover of the queer young adult romantasy novel Prince of Fortune with the UK flag superimposed on top of it and the text "One month to go!"
October 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Can I please just be clear that I talked about hieroglyphs on rolling pins in THIS MONTH's newsletter: it isn't something I talk about ... every month. That would be a bit weird, I think. Also here are some cookies made with said rolling pin.
Image is sugar cookies in the shape of hearts with hieroglyphs on them, and also some in the shape of hello kitty
September 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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You’ll never believe what was right under this in my feed
Image is a screenshot of a Bluesky post from an account called Nothings Monstered showing cave art of a sleeping antelope in Algeria from circa 8000BCE
August 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Whyyyyyyyyy spellcheck whyyyyyyyyyy
Image is a screenshot of a Word document with a red squiggly line under the word "afraid". The line is there for no reason. It is spelt correctly.
May 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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TIL Agatha Christie went to Hawaii in the 1920s and learnt to surf. WHAT THE HELL. www.museumofbritishsurfing.org.uk/timeline/aga...
Image is author Agatha Christie in a black woollen 1920s bathing suit standing in front of a long surfboard labelled “Fred” on a beach in Hawaii
April 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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…I picked #mailchimp for my newsletter because of this feature and no I do not want to move to a paid plan. Why is the future like this. I’m going to have to move my newsletter aren’t I…
Image is a screenshot of an email from Mailchimp saying that they’re discontinuing automations on free plans and suggesting the receiver upgrade to a paid plan
April 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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No thanks Acrobat, I know what it says
Image is a screenshot of the top corner of a document open in Adobe Acrobat called "Prince of Fortune" (which is OP's novel) and a pop-up from the program saying "This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary"
March 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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No, spellcheck. No.
Image is a screenshot of spellcheck saying that the sentence "It was a grand old thing that often hosted society events" should be "It was a grand old thing that often-hosted society events" which is not correct
March 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Has anyone else been watching The Residence (we're only a few episodes in, no spoilers). So far I'm loving it, EXCEPT - no Australian politician looks like these men and it keeps distracting me.
Image is three conventionally handsome men. Too handsome.
March 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Just in case everyone else isn't as addicted to looking people up on imdb as I am - the creepy doctor from Severance voiced the beast in Disney's 1991 Beauty and the Beast. You're welcome
Image is a bunch of pictures of the creepy doctor from Severance
March 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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🇦🇺 Book launch is next Tuesday night at Melbourne CBD Dymocks! I keep forgetting to post about it here! Details in linktree!!
Image is the Dymocks sale counter in their central Melbourne store with an ad up for the Lili Wilkinson and Lisa Tirreno upcoming book launch for Prince of Fortune, Unhallowed Halls and Bravepaw 2
February 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Donor being spelt with an -or not an -er is even more annoying when you look at the etymology:
Image is a screen shot of the origin of the word donor, which comes from donare in Latin and then doneur in French
February 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Prince of Fortune hits Antipodean shelves today and I couldn’t be more thrilled. Can’t wait to find it in a local bookstore 💙

@simonschusterau #australianAuthor #YAfantasy #loveOzYA #fantasyBooks #australianBookstagram #debutCrew25
Image is the cover of the YA fantasy novel Prince of Fortune surrounded by Australian and New Zealand foliage with text underneath saying Out in Australia and New Zealand TODAY
January 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Things I did while lying in bed sick:
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January 20, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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Hi! Prince of Fortune has just been released in the US/Canada, and is available for preorder in Australia/NZ. It’s about a magical prince and the Seer he falls in love with, in a country on the brink of war. It has forgotten sorcery and stolen kisses at balls and murder scarecrows and also cravats
Image is a box of copies of the book Prince of Fortune showing a cover with some magic water and lots of foliage and flowers and thorny brambles, and some fantasy swords, and two silhouettes that look like they’re about to kiss
November 16, 2024 at 8:09 PM
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Show us your pet’s baby picture (or first times with you)?
Image is a partridge silkie chick, one day old, being held in a human hand
October 30, 2024 at 6:15 AM
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Prince of Fortune has hit shelves in the US and Canada! It is out in the world! #fantasyBooks #YAfantasy #LGBTbooks
Image is the cover of YA fantasy novel Prince of Fortune showing flowers and thorn bushes, and swords, and magical water, and two figures in silhouette who look like they're about to kiss. This is against a starry blue and gold background and text saying "Out in the world!"
October 17, 2024 at 9:44 PM
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Mine hit US/Canadian shelves this week! Prince of Fortune is a YA fantasy set in something like the Regency, about a magical prince who falls in love with someone he shouldn't, in a country on the brink of war. I'm told it's funny.
Image is the cover of YA fantasy novel Prince of Fortune showing flowers and thorn bushes, and swords, and magical water, and two figures in silhouette who look like they're about to kiss. This is against a starry blue and gold background and text saying "Out in the world!"
October 17, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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Prince of Fortune has an Australian/New Zealand release date!! It's hitting shelves on January 29!! #books #fantasy #YAfantasy
Image is the cover of YA fantasy novel Prince of Fortune, surrounded by ferns from New Zealand and wattle from Australia
October 10, 2024 at 12:21 AM
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Is the feed trying to tell me something???
September 25, 2024 at 12:11 PM
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Oh, god. My box of author's copies arrived
Image is a box full of hardcover copies of Prince of Fortune by Lisa Tirreno
September 25, 2024 at 10:52 AM
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September 11, 2024 at 6:21 AM
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September 11, 2024 at 4:34 AM
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I'm doing a giveaway for newsletter subscribers! All the details are up on my IG here: www.instagram.com/p/C_aXmNRT2zD/
Image is a photo of the book Prince of Fortune by Lisa Tirreno with a tiny dollhouse-sized version of the book on top of it, as well as some white paper flowers, and some postcard-sized art on the side as well as a bookmark hidden underneath that.
September 2, 2024 at 11:43 AM