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Zeno Agency
@zenoagency.bsky.social
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London-based literary agency specialising in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror; also expanding into other genres, such as crime & thrillers, women’s fiction & YA fiction. Authors seeking representation should refer to submission guidelines
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New novella from @ianmcdonald.bsky.social coming soon: BOY, WITH ACCIDENTAL DINOSAUR!

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Due to be published by @torbooks.bsky.social in February 2025.
Cover for Ian McDonald’s BOY, WITH ACCIDENTAL DINOSAUR — a man dressed as a cowboy has his hand on the snout of a dinosaur, which has a saddle and bridle on it.
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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BUTTER COOKIES AND DEMON CLAWS by @pvbrett.bsky.social is out now in the UK! Published by Harper Voyager…

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#demoncycle #nightfallsaga
Cover for Peter V Brett’s BUTTER COOKIES AND DEMON CLAWS — a demonic claw reaches down towards a plate of cookies.
December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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ICYMI: New Russian edition of @yudhanjaya.bsky.social’s NUMBERCASTE is out now!

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Published by Эксплорер Букс, as Цифровая каста.
Russian cover for Yudhanjaya Wijeratne‘s NUMBERCASTE: Цифровая каста. Black-and-green colours, silhouettes of multiple figures, glowing numbers float above them, a city-scape in the background.
December 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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New UKPB edition of THE WILDING by @ianmcdonald.bsky.social is out today!

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Published by @gollancz.bsky.social
Paperback cover for Ian McDonald’s THE WILDING: a young figure in the foreground, clearly lost in a spooky wood/forest, a strange tree-creature looming out of the fog among the trees.
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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TAILORED REALITIES by @brandonsanderson.com is out in two weeks!

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Due to be published by @gollancz.bsky.social in the UK, on December 9th.
Graphic for Brandon Sanderson’s TAILORED REALITIES — the hardcover in the centre of the image. Some techno-style filigree. A sticker with “signed copies available” also on there.
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Great to see @travisbaldree.bsky.social get a spotlight in the latest issue of @thebookseller.com (beside the chart information in the print edition), and that BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES is a #1 “heatseeker” title this week!

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Screenshot of The Bookseller’s Fiction chart page, with a spotlight column on the left about Travis Baldree! On the right, in the “Heatseekers” column, BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES is at the top!
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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A FARM GIRL'S GUIDE TO RULING AS A BLOODTHIRSTY TYRANT by Katy Nyquist is out in three weeks!

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Due to be published by Podium, on December 16th.
Cover for Katy Nyquist's A FARM GIRL'S GUIDE TO RULING AS A BLOODTHIRSTY TYRANT - a woman wearing a bright red dress sits on a throne - another woman leans over her, while a man sits just behind the throne, reaching over to kiss the tyrant's hand.
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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New Russian illustrated #ChroniclesOfAmber omnibus out now!

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Published by Fanzon/Эксмо.
Cover for Russian illustrated Roger Zelazny omnibus — a gentleman on a galloping horse in the foreground, a flotilla in the background in a red sea with at least one sea monster in it.
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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ICYMI: Katy Nyquist’s A HOLY MAIDEN’S GUIDE TO GETTING KIDNAPPED is a #BestBookAwards Finalist (Fantasy)!

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Published by Podium, out now!
Cover for Katy Nyquist’s A HOLY MAIDEN’S GUIDE TO GETTING KIDNAPPED — a woman wearing an evening gown sits on the lap of a dark lord (spiky armour and all). She has a confident, in-charge look on her face. Clearly, the evil dude had no idea what he was getting himself into… Also a Best Book Awards Finalist “sticker” in the bottom left corner
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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ICYMI: There are some new Jonathan Carroll audiobooks available!

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Published by Brilliance.
Audiobook cover for Jonathan Carroll’s THE LAND OF LAUGHS — an origami dog made out of a book. Audiobook cover for Jonathan Carroll’s MR BREAKFAST — a collage of Americana images, with title and author information in place of what one might usually find on signs. Audiobook cover for Jonathan Carroll’s WHITE APPLES — a man and a woman sit at a table, while above them large white apples float into the air… Audiobook cover for Jonathan Carroll’s FROM THE TEETH OF ANGELS — an angelic figure floats above a cityscape.
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Russian edition of NEOM by @lavietidhar.bsky.social is out now!

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Published by Fanzon/Эксмо as Неом, it was translated by Полити Мажуноной.
Russian cover for Lavie Tidhar’s NEOM — a large robot strides through a desert, surrounded by smaller robots. A large city is behind them in the distance.
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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HUSBAND OF THE YEAR by @mawardell.bsky.social is out today in North America! Published by Forever.

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UK edition published on Thursday, via Penguin.
Cover for M. A. Wardell’s HUSBAND OF THE YEAR — two gentlemen in each other’s arms, some urns with flowers behind and to the side of them. Background is split between turquoise and light yellow.
November 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Fantastic to see this great THESE SHATTERED SPIRES backdrop at the @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social stand at #YALC this past weekend!

@cesalter.com’s novel is due out in March 2026!
November 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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EXO by Colin Brush is out tomorrow!

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Published by @diversionbooks.bsky.social; audiobook edition, published by @dreamscape-media.bsky.social and read by Gildart Jackson.
Cover for Colin Brush's EXO - a man runs away along a road, thick clouds roil before hum. Big title, running down the middle of the image, author's name along the bottom of the cover.
November 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Great news: A HOLY MAIDEN’S GUIDE TO GETTING KIDNAPPED is a finalist for the American Bookfest Best Book Awards (Fantasy)!

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Out now, published by Podium.
Cover for Katy Nyquist’s A HOLY MAIDEN’S GUIDE TO GETTING KIDNAPPED — a woman wearing an evening gown sits on the lap of a dark lord (spiky armour and all). She has a confident, in-charge look on her face. Clearly, the evil dude had no idea what he was getting himself into…
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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#ClassicSF fans: ROGUE MOON by Algis Budrys is on sale in the U.S. — only $1.99, today only!

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Published by Open Road Media.
eBook cover for Algis Budrys’s ROGUE MOON — mostly red background, with some “cut-aways” featuring a tree-covered riverbank and a red-tinged moon hanging above.
November 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Also arrived…

@jeremyteg.bsky.social @pvbrett.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social @gollancz.bsky.social @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social
Photo of a bookshelf with four copies of J. T. Greathouse’s THE TOWER OF THE TYRANT on it — two hardcovers, two paperbacks. Photo of Peter V. Brett’s BUTTER COOKIES AND DEMON CLAWS hardcover sitting on a bookshelf, with some of the author’s other books behind.
November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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A whole host of client books have arrived in the office this week!

@travisbaldree.bsky.social @lavietidhar.bsky.social
Photo of two books by Travis Baldree being held up, in front of a stacked bookshelf — the books are the Finnish edition of BOOKSHOPS & BONEDUST and the Korean edition of LEGENDS & LATTES Photo of a bookshelf with three copies of Katy Nyquist’s A FARM GIRL’S GUIDE TO RULING AS A BLOODTHIRSTY TYRANT, and also a copy of the author’s A HOLY MAIDEN’S GUIDE TO GETTING KIDNAPPED. Photo of Lavie Tidhar’s KOMM MIT IN DIE ZUKUNFT, held up in front of a full bookshelf.
November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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From the above post:
Screenshot from Goodreads, re: Travis Baldree’s BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES… “With his hugely popular 2022 debut novel, Legends & Lattes, author Travis Baldree mapped out some prime real estate in the frontier lands of cozy fantasy. Readers really and truly love Baldree's gentle, low-stakes fantasy world and its eccentric characters. Returning readers will be happy to hear that this latest story follows potty-mouthed bookseller Fern (from the prequel Bookshops & Bonedust) and her adventures with a legendary elf, a notorious goblin, and a bit of sentient cutlery.”
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES by @travisbaldree.bsky.social is out today in the UK!

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Published by @torbooksuk.bsky.social, set in the #legendsandlattes world!
UK cover for Travis Baldree’s BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES — light wood border, title around a campfire (the “&” is incorporated into the flames).
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Spanish edition of Andrew Cartmel's WRITTEN IN DEAD WAX is out now!
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Published by Liburuak as ESCRITO EN EL ESPACIO MUERTO, it was translated by Miguel Jiménez, with cover art by Ane Arzelus.

#vinyldetective
Spanish cover for Andrew Cartmel's WRITTEN IN DEAD WAX -- "EL DETECTIVE DEL VINILO: ESCRITO EN EL ESPACIO MUERTO"; red background with a smashed vinyl record as the main object. Title, author, and publisher information also on there.
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES by @travisbaldree.bsky.social is out now in North America and the Netherlands!

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Published by @torbooks.bsky.social (N.America) and Z&K in Dutch.
North American cover for Travis Baldree’s BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES — a group of fantasy characters (an elf, a large mouse, a goblin, and a horse) gather around a campfire. It is nighttime. Dutch cover for Travis Baldree’s BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES — BANDIETEN & BROODMESSEN. “Wooden” border, title and author text, the “&” is incorporated into a campfire, a letter and butter knife are above.
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Three weeks until BUTTER COOKIES AND DEMON CLAWS by @pvbrett.bsky.social!

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UK edition to be published by Harper Voyager, on December 4th.
Cover for Peter V. Brett’s BUTTER COOKIES AND DEMON CLAWS — orange-tinged background, a large monster-claw reaches down toward a plate of cookies.
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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EXO by Colin Brush is out in two weeks!
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Due to be published by @diversionbooks.bsky.social (print and eBook) and @dreamscape-media.bsky.social (audio) on November 18th.
Cover for Colin Brush's EXO - a man runs away along a road, thick clouds roil before hum. Big title, running down the middle of the image, author's name along the bottom of the cover. Audiobook cover for Colin Brush's EXO - a man runs away along a road, thick clouds roil before hum. Big title, running down the middle of the image, author's name along the bottom of the cover.
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Great to see the story as the headline in the Book Brunch mailer, too!
Screenshot of the latest Book Brunch newsletter, with the BUTTER COOKIES AND DEMON CLAWS story nice and prominent up top.
November 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM