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Fran Wilde

@franwilde.bsky.social

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Author & Battle Poet (she/her) hoarder of pens and journals. Teacher. novels, poetry, short fiction, shenanigans More at https://www.patreon.com/franwilde & http://franwilde.net

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Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 13d

Hi everyone from launch day for A Philosophy of Thieves!

Thieves is my 9th novel & it’s launching close to the10-year birthday of my first book, Updraft. To celebrate, I’ve made my monthly craft essay public, with how-to-writer thoughts I’ve picked up over the past decade.

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A grid with a book-filled window and author with short brown hair, an author with long, silvering hair sitting with a pile of books, an author signing books.

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Patrick DeWind @dewind.bsky.social · 3h

Reading A Philosophy of Thieves by @franwilde.bsky.social, and I swear I caught a hint of Yinzer in her words. "Needs cleaned" if I remember correctly.

Laurie Anderson once sang Language is a Virus (itself a Burroughs quote), and I think Yinzerisms are the best example.

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Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 17h

❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 18h

Hooray!!

Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 18h

Thursday - the traveling SFF Panel convenes at @eastcitybooks.bsky.social with me, @juliavee.bsky.social Ray Naylor and Yume Kitasei

Then on Sunday the thieves and I magically appear in *Denver* at The Bookies with @carrievaughnco.bsky.social

Come catch your very own thieves!

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Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 18h

This week is EXCITING, Virginia friends!

Tomorrow - join me at @scrawlbooks.bsky.social in Reston!

Tuesday - @jodimeadows.bsky.social & I are at 100 Acre Wood Books in Culpeper!

Wednesday - @alixeharrow.bsky.social & I will be at Fountain Books in Richmond!

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A.D. Sui 🇺🇦 [sway] @thesuiway.bsky.social · 1d

story out today, about grief and memory, and all the usual goodies you can expect from a Sui piece.

Two Bikes, One Red, One Silver

In their first appearance at Sunday Morning Transport, A.D. Sui takes us on a heart wrenching journey of survival and remembrance.

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Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!!

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Mari-homeless soon. @wordglass.bsky.social · 1d

Posted from my short review
I managed to snag a library audiobook copy of "The Philosophy of Thieves" by the ever stellar Fran Wilde and while I'm not done yet, I can say it easily creates a story as complex as her Cloudbound universe.

Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 2d

This feels apt today.

(& If you love the Canarviers, give them a shout, tell someone to catch theirs today !)

A stack of Thieves books from 100 Acre Books with the caption : when the poor live in an SF world and the rich live in a fantasy, only thieves can make it right.

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Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 1d

That’s cold

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Aiko Aslanian @aiko-aslanian.bsky.social · 2d

Swinging by @faceinabook.bsky.social to pick up the copy that's waiting for me today 😊

Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 2d

This feels apt today.

(& If you love the Canarviers, give them a shout, tell someone to catch theirs today !)

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Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!!

Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 2d

It is!! Artist is Steve Thomas!

Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 2d

This feels apt today.

(& If you love the Canarviers, give them a shout, tell someone to catch theirs today !)

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Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you! And you also, Charles!

Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 3d

Just under two hours, you Charmers. Enoch Pratt. Me. 7pm. #aphilosophyofthieves

Library event sign for Fran Wilde in Baltimore 10/9 7pm

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Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 4d

Happy 17!

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Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · 4d

New stories: @patricksamphire.bsky.social and @rjtaylor.bsky.social stories in BCS #442, Seventeenth Anniversary Double-Issue are live today, alongside James Morrow and @willmcmahon36.bsky.social released last week, behind cover art by Bruce Brenneise: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...

Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Issue #442, Seventeenth Anniversary Double-Issue by Scott Andrews

Featuring new cover art: "Arbor" by Bruce Brenneise. The Last of Atlantis by James Morrow. The Thirteenth Time by Patrick Samphire. The Third Movement of Time by RJ Taylor. Pools of Light at the Cente...

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Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 4d

Hey, Baltimore! Can’t wait to see you tonight (10/9) at the Pratt Library!

Fran Wilde at the Enoch Pratt library 10/9 7pm!

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Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social · 4d

The UK edition of ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM is out today! I loved working on this novel about how to remain human in the age of ubiquitous AI. Readers in the UK can pick it up wherever you prefer to get your books. @headofzeus.bsky.social

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/all-that-...

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Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social · 5d

I legit love MacArthur day. I love seeing the amazing things people are working on: www.npr.org/2025/10/08/n...

Thinkers, dreamers, doers: Here's who made the 2025 MacArthur Fellow list

A cartographer, a composer, a neurobiologist, and a novelist are among the recipients of this year's "Genius Grants." Each Fellow will receive a no-strings attached award of $800,000.

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Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 5d

LOVE seeing there are great reviews from new readers (and notnew!) over at Goodreads - a great way to support your favorite authors is to let people know you like their book! - www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Lanina's review of A Philosophy of Thieves (The Canarvier Files, #1)

5/5: This was my first book by Fran Wilde, so I wasn't sure what to expect going in. Thank you to the giveaway that gave me the opportunity to read this story and find this author! The Canarviers a...

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Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 5d

Agreed! It was so great to see you too!

Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 5d

An excellent #aphilosophyofthieves evening at Main Point Books in Wayne! Thank you so much @acwise.bsky.social for the wonderful conversation and everyone in the audience for the excellent questions!

Next up: Baltimore! See you at the Enoch Pratt Library at 7pm tomorrow 10/9/25!

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William Alexander @willalex.bsky.social · 6d

I wrote a story set in the SUNWARD universe and you can read it right now if you want to.

The Sunday Morning Transport @morningtransport.bsky.social · 7d

The Sunday Morning Transport visits a private box today with a story from William Alexander (@willalex.bsky.social) about the persistence of narrative in an ever-changing universe. Free for everyone to read!

Changeling

For October, The Sunday Morning Transport brings you new stories by William Alexander, A.D. Sui, Alan Smale, and John D. Murphy. As always, the first story of the month is free to read.

www.sundaymorningtransport.com

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A.C. Wise @acwise.bsky.social · 6d

Join the heist crew tonight at Main Point Books in Wayne!

Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 6d

Where to find me this week: At Main Point Books in Wayne Pa tonight w. @acwise.bsky.social! On Thursday I’m at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore! And I’m over at my Patreon talking about favorite heists, lessons learned & hosting a free write-in on Wednesday. Join me! www.patreon.com/c/franwilde

Main point books 6:30 pm 10/7 with A.C. Wise

October what I love and where I’ll be News on Patreon

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