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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 2h

At 7pm on 9th October, don't miss @aptshadow.bsky.social at Leeds Waterstones for a very special panel event on "Building Brilliant Worlds" alongside @rjbarker.bsky.social and
@davewragg.com in association with @britfantasysoc.bsky.social!

Tickets only £5! www.waterstones.com/events/panel...

A screenshot of the Waterstones Event Graphic.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 19h

🌊1st in a new epic fantasy series
🛶 Inspired by the culture and folklore of the Tlingit tribe of Alaska
📕 One of Reactor & Indigo's "Most Anticipated" Books of 2025
🐦⬛ Features a REALLY rude Raven

🎂🎉Happy US Book Birthday to Caskey Russell's THE DOOR ON THE SEA!

Buy geni.us/doorsea

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 22h

To celebrate Spooky Season, and the UK release of @isabelcanas.bsky.social's 3rd standalone Horroromance - THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ - UK readers can grab her second book - VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE - for just 99p for a limited time!

Snap it up now from Kobo, Apple, Google & Amazon! geni.us/VoEN

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Now on Netgalley: 3 spectacular SciFi Titles for Spring 2026...

🪐 THE MANY: a new standalone from @neuvel.net!
🌍 THE MISHEARD WORLD by Aliya Whiteley: the queen of literary spec fic returns
🍩 INTERGALACTIC FEAST: @lavanya.bsky.social's FLAVOUR HACKER duology concludes

geni.us/SolarisNG

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Now on Netgalley: 3 spectacular SciFi Titles for Spring 2026...

🪐 THE MANY: a new standalone from @neuvel.net!
🌍 THE MISHEARD WORLD by Aliya Whiteley: the queen of literary spec fic returns
🍩 INTERGALACTIC FEAST: @lavanya.bsky.social's FLAVOUR HACKER duology concludes

geni.us/SolarisNG

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that if you preorder RAGWORT, @samkhorton.bsky.social 's much-anticipated sequel to his deliciously dark fantasy GORSE, you can get an exclusive pack of missing scenes from book 1?

Preorder now - geni.us/ragwort - then provide your proof of purchase here: geni.us/RAGWORTPre

Against a gold fabric background, two flatlaid hardbacks by Sam K. Horton (GORSE and RAGWORT) with white arrows pointing to them with white text "If you preorder RAGWORT...you can get an exclusive pack of missing scenes from GORSE!"

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Huge congratulations to @sapphomancer.bsky.social /August Clarke - METAL FROM HEAVEN has won the @lambdaliterary.org Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction!

We're bringing it to the UK later this month, preorder now: geni.us/metalfhe

Congratulations to all the winners at this year's Awards!

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Out next month (with a beautiful new paperback cover by our very own Sam Gretton!): @rainewilson.bsky.social 's BSFA Longlisted WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST!

"Haunting, heartwarming, and brimming with hope" @lavanya.bsky.social

Preorder: geni.us/weallghostsPB

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you to @ala-booklist.bsky.social for this beautiful review of Caskey Russell's THE DOOR ON THE SEA

"Both timeless and fresh...this exhilarating adventure blends the grandeur of epic fantasy with the intimacy of character-driven storytelling."

Out 7th Oct! Preorder: geni.us/doorsea

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Heads up UK Readers! Ahead of us bringing @kerstinhall.bsky.social 's ASUNDER to the UK in January 2025, did you know that you can dip into the first two chapters over at Reactor?

First Chapter bit.ly/4pR7rtu
Second Chapter bit.ly/4pR7rcY

Preorder: geni.us/asunder

Read the First Chapter From Kerstin Hall's Asunder - Reactor

Sabriel meets Witch King in Kerstin Hall's new standalone fantasy.

bit.ly

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 3d

Oh yes!! So deserved. Coming out in the UK from @solarisbooks.bsky.social later this month ❤️❤️❤️

Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 3d

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction: Metal From Heaven by August Clarke! 🎉🎉🎉 @sapphomancer.bsky.social @erewhonbooks.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Wonderful to see THE HACIENDA on this Goodreads round up of Ten Years of Horror Hits!

You can grab all of @isabelcanas.bsky.social 's standalone horror novels from Solaris in the UK. THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ is out next week!

Preorder geni.us/palbad
Buy THE HACIENDA geni.us/OmXinM

Ten Years of Horror Hits to Read This October

Halloween is, of course, the traditional season for scary stories. But for those of us weirdly dedicated to the genre, it’s a year-round endeavor....

www.goodreads.com

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 3d

🚨ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT🚨

It's time to complete the trilogy! We've snapped up @csecooney.bsky.social 's third instalment in the World Fantasy Award-winning SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER series: SAINT DEATH'S DOORWAY.

Spring 2027. Lanie Stones will be back.

Learn More bit.ly/4nCm2HR

Against a black starred background, two blue interconnected circles. In the larger one, white text "ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT. C.S.E. Cooney #3 Saint Death's Daughter: SAINT DEATH'S DOORWAY. Spring 2027. In the smaller circle, an author portrait of Claire

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Fancy a chance to win some FREE Books? We've teamed up with @thestorygraph.com to give away copies of THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell, AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by @voidcricket.bsky.social THE NEEDFIRE by @mkhardywrites.com and GORSE by @samkhorton.bsky.social !

Closes 18th October '25.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Next week on Friday 10th October, at @villagebookswa.bsky.social , Bellingham, WA, you can join our very own Caskey Russell (author of THE DOOR ON THE SEA) who will be delivering An Indigenous Peoples' Day Primer with Rena Priest!

Book your tickets 👇

An Indigenous Peoples' Day Primer with Caskey Russell and Rena Priest

Join Village Books and North Cascades Institute in welcoming Rena Priest and Caskey Russell to the Readings Gallery!

www.eventbrite.com

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d

To celebrate the release of WHILE THE GODS SLEEP, the first book in @ldcolter.com 's PERILOUS GODS trilogy, she's hopped over to @scalzi.com 's Big Idea to explore why the retelling of myths is a tradition practically as old as the myths themselves...

Read here: bit.ly/473oYpZ

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d

It's all thanks to/the fault of @alrutter.bsky.social, once she told us about #thegarlicbook, we couldn't resist!

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Last, but by no means least, a true Solaris Feast could go all medieval to align with the splendour at @natania.bsky.social's interpretation of King Arthur's Court in QUEENS OF MERCY.

(Just make sure to get your plateful before Gawain gets there!)

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Sometimes all a Solaris Feast needs is the right drink.

@roannelau.bsky.social's THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY would be perfectly paired with Jasmine tea. The ideal thing for Lythlet and Desil to unwind with after a day of deadly arena fights!

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d

It wouldn't be Solaris Feasts without @lavanya.bsky.social's INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF!

Complement you read with an Earthen banquet. After all, Saras crossed a galaxy to enter the SciFi equivalent of GBBO and bring our cuisine to the spacers. It's bound to be delicious!

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d

For this Solaris Feast, @shaykauwe.bsky.social 's THE KILLING SPELL has to be paired with Hawaiian Poke.

In the changed world after The Flood, Kea's family are used to reinterpreting recipes with the monstrous creatures crawling out of the sea - but they're bound to make a KILLER Poke!

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d

This Solaris Feasts combination is an obvious one to us.

To survive in the world of @rainewilson.bsky.social 's WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST and THE SALT ORACLE, you're going to need Valerian.

Pop it in a cake, add it in a stew, however you choose to take it, take it before the ghosts take you!

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d

What to pair with @mkhardywrites.com THE NEEDFIRE for a Solaris Feast?

It has to by Cranachan, sweet and strong and extremely Scottish. It's the perfect antidote to whatever shenanigans are going on at Corrain House.

(Frankly, Norah and Agnes deserve a drink)

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Our third course for Solaris Feasts is...

GORSE and RAGWORT by @samkhorton.bsky.social

It has to be Cornish Cream Tea, but make sure to put the jam and cream on the right way round or the King of the Undermoor will be VERY angry.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 4d

Next up for Solaris Feasts...

The Mirror Realm Cycle by Ariel Kaplan. As this begins in an alternate history version of Spain on the verge of the inquisition we've suggested tapas, bonus point if the dishes include the cover elements of pomegranates, salt, olives and almonds.

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