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Dave "David" Wragg @davewragg.com · 6h

Always the way!

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Dave "David" Wragg @davewragg.com · 7h

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Dave "David" Wragg @davewragg.com · 7h

Congratulations, Steve!

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Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 7h

Next up for #drawtober is spellbound princess!
This has got several loving references to one of my all time favourite illustrators, Harry Clarke, and also Sergio Toppi.
I’ve included some process photos - the final work is in pen and ink on paper, but the planning sketch was digital.
See it at WFC!

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Dave "David" Wragg @davewragg.com · 7h

VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED was a stellar debut, but THE BONE DOOR is something else. Opening in May!
🐰🦴☠️

Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · 7h

🐇 💀 COVER REVEAL 💀 🐇

I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026

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Frances White @franceswrites.bsky.social · 7h

🐇 💀 COVER REVEAL 💀 🐇

I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026

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Dave "David" Wragg @davewragg.com · 21h

Thank you very much for such top organising and moderation!

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Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 21h

A huge thank you to everyone who came to the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social Building Brilliant Worlds event last week!
@rjbarker.bsky.social @davewragg.com and @aptshadow.bsky.social were all on top form, managing to be entertaining, informative AND stay on topic for at least 12% of the night!

David Wragg, RJ Barker, Katie Bruce and Adrian Tchaikovsky sat on stage facing an audience, with black banners with Waterstones behind them and shelves with games and books to either side

A table with stacks of the following books:
Heart of the Wyrdwood by RJ Barker
Warlord of Wyrdwood by RJ Barker
Age of Assassins by RJ Barker
The Bone Ships by RJ Barker
Gods of the Wyrdwood by RJ Barker
Lives of Bitter Rain by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Spiderlight by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Hungry Gods by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Bee Speaker by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Days of Shattered Faith by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Iron Road by David Wragg
The Black Hawks by David Wragg
The Hunters by David Wragg
The Company of the Wolf by David Wragg

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Dave "David" Wragg @davewragg.com · 2d

Broken Binding special editions still available while stocks last, act fast!

Book Granny @bookgranny.bsky.social · 2d

More goodies! The @tkingfisher.com and @davewragg.com titles are still available from @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social. The @aptshadow.bsky.social isn't on BB at the time of recording, but beautiful!

youtu.be/OBH9nqlWdww

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#books
#Reading
#SFF
#FantasyBook
#readersky
#BookReview

Tchaikovsky, Kingfisher, Wragg Broken Binding Unboxing

YouTube video by Book Granny

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Dave "David" Wragg @davewragg.com · 2d

Excellent selection - thank you for giving the books such attention!

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 6d

TONIGHT! LEEDS!
Moderator @katiebruce.bsky.social is joined by SFF writers @aptshadow.bsky.social David Wragg & @rjbarker.bsky.social for Building Brilliant Worlds: A conversation on fantastic landscapes and the creatures that inhabit them at Waterstones, Albion Street. Tix: tinyurl.com/LeedsWorlds

A background of moorland with dry stone walls and a grey, cloudy sky. Pictures of the authors around the outside and their books in the centre. Adrian Tchaikovsky - The Hungry Gods, David Wragg - The Iron Road, RJ Barker - Heart of the Wyrd Wood

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Miguel Peck @miguelpeck.bsky.social · 6d

Knox is as mesmerised by these editions as I am :) It’s good that these arrived today because it means I can quickly get into The Iron Road.

Tales of the Plains has been a fantastic series so far. @davewragg.com doesn’t miss.

#BookSky #amreading #DavidWragg @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social

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Dave "David" Wragg @davewragg.com · 6d

Magnificent. Very happy reading!

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Dave "David" Wragg @davewragg.com · 7d

TOMORROZ!

Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 7d

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 · 7d

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...

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Dave "David" Wragg @davewragg.com · 7d

a baby is crying while being held by a woman in a crowd .

Alt: Baby says YESSSSS

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Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 8d

Two days!!
Come join the chaos!

Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · Aug 7

It's time for another fabulous @britfantasysoc.bsky.social event!

Building Brilliant Worlds: fantastic landscapes and the creatures that inhabit them!
Waterstones Leeds 9th October 7pm

@rjbarker.bsky.social
@aptshadow.bsky.social
@davewragg.com
Katie Bruce (mod)

tinyurl.com/LeedsWorlds

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Earon the Grate @earon66.bsky.social · 8d

Just finished The Iron Road - bloody brilliant! Great story, humour, fights, gore, mad schemes, wonderful characters, what more can you ask for...?

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Dave "David" Wragg @davewragg.com · 8d

Thank you so much for reading!

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sunyi @handle.invalid · 9d

Happy Mid Autumn Festival! 🥮 I’m thrilled to share the cover of #TheGirlWithAThousandFaces, coming 5 May 2026 from @torbooks.bsky.social! ⭐⁣The Girl with a Thousand Faces is a Chinese-Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong.

Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta

A ghostly Chinese woman with dead white eyes stares out from a stylised black and green ocean, her face surrounded by billowing gold foam

THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BOOK EATERS

A haunting dark urban fantasy set in a historical Hong Kong, where ancient myths and local legends combine in a story of ghosts, grief and women who will not forgive.

Mercy Chan is a triad exorcist with a mysterious past. After washing up on the shores of Hong Kong with no memory during World War II, she found a home in Kowloon Walled City, an infamous, ghost-infested slum full of lost and traumatised civilians. Since the war ended, Mercy has rebuilt her life and found work as a ghost-talker for the local triad, dealing with the angry and bitter spirits who haunt this place.

But the past she can’t remember won’t let her go. An unusually powerful ghost lurks in Kowloon’s waterways, drowning innocents and threatening the district. Unnervingly, it claims to know Mercy—and her forgotten childhood.

As Mercy is drawn into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with this malignant spirit, she begins to realise that the monster she fights within these walls may well be one of her own making.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 13d

Next week, 7pm 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...

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Dave "David" Wragg @davewragg.com · 14d

It's the only rational response!

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Dave "David" Wragg @davewragg.com · 14d

A week away! You simply MUST come!

British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 14d

Coming up in Leeds!

Building Brilliant Worlds: A conversation on fantastic landscapes and the creatures that inhabit them.

Thur 9th Oct, 7pm. Waterstones, Albion Street.

Ticket: tinyurl.com/LeedsWorlds

@rjbarker.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social ‬ @davewragg.com‬ @katiebruce.bsky.social

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 14d

Coming up in Leeds!

Building Brilliant Worlds: A conversation on fantastic landscapes and the creatures that inhabit them.

Thur 9th Oct, 7pm. Waterstones, Albion Street.

Ticket: tinyurl.com/LeedsWorlds

@rjbarker.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social ‬ @davewragg.com‬ @katiebruce.bsky.social

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Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 14d

Next week!
tinyurl.com/LeedsWorlds

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