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Sarra Manning @sarramanning.bsky.social · 1m

"All loans are at the borrower's own risk."

(Sorry that my face looms so large.)

www.thebookseller.com/rights/orion...

Orion Fiction scoops Sarra Manning's 'swoonworthy' new novel

Orion has scooped journalist Sarra Manning's new novel The Love Library.

www.thebookseller.com

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 1d

Hello all, some bargainous news but if you preorder Reality Check from @Waterstones.bsky.social right now, you can save 25% with the code OCTOBER25 if you order before end of day on Friday the 17th!

(I promise, I’ve checked. My publisher sent me this official asset. I am COOL now guys)

Hux holds a laptop up to their face. On the screen it shows the cover of Reality Check and says Waterstones 25% off 2026 new titles. Preorder now with code October25 online only 14-17 October.

Waterstones 25% off 2026 new titles. Preorder now with code October25 online only 14-17 October.

Hux points at their laptop on the desk where the asset for the offer is loaded up on screen

As before but I’m being a little goofy with my eyes closed

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 20h

THE FINAL!!!!

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Janina Matthewson @j9andif.bsky.social · 21h

We just launched the final season of Within the Wires so I wrote a small farewell of sorts.
ihavenoplanforthis.ghost.io/a-farewell/

A farewell

The first episode of the tenth and final season of Within the Wires is out today. I have been working on this show for ten years, which makes absolutely no sense. I cannot imagine working on somethin...

ihavenoplanforthis.ghost.io

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Hal Schrieve - preorder Fawn’s Blood 🩸 out sep 16 @halschrieve.bsky.social · 20h

Childrens middle grade fantasy in the 70s-80s (which often had teen characters and was also sort of YA) was astonishingly original , didnt have to follow conventions of adult literature and structurally broke the mold, and taught love of reading in an u precedented way

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 1d

theyre LUMINOUS, no face up table display is safe

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merman hellville @seafoamghost.bsky.social · 1d

LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS

hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 1d

Tadaa, here’s the cover for my next romcom, Reality Check out April 9th (and available to preorder now!)

On reality tv, what’s behind the scenes will always filter through. It’s f/f, lovers to enemies to lovers, chaotic nonsense with hot disabled babes. 👰🏼‍♀️💓📚🎥✨

The paperback cover for Reality Check by Lizzie Huxley-Jones which shows two women in bridal dresses, facing forward but smirking at each other. One is tall blonde and fat, and the other is small and ginger haired. The background is a bisexual fade with confetti and film camera patterns.

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 1d

Wrote a little about how Reality Check came to be.

open.substack.com/pub/lizziehu...

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 1d

how obvious is it that i took these photos at 8am off the back of four hours sleep and a flu vaccine i think it is QUITE

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 1d

Some more I spotted!

- Father Material by Alexis Hall
- The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones by Lex Croucher
- the paperback release of Hekate by @nikitagill.bsky.social

You have to use the code October25 and check out by 17th October go go go go go x

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 1d

Here's some other bangers I spotted in a quick scroll of the big page of books on offer (not all books!)

- @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social's Unapologetic Love Story
- How to Write a Love Story @catwalshwriter.bsky.social
- Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi
- Almost Life by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 1d

The offer apparently works on the app and the website, and in my bio is a link to alllll the books on the offer and ngl lads I might have tripped and fell into a very full basket. If you like to buy your future self treats, this is a nice way to do it.

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 1d

Hello all, some bargainous news but if you preorder Reality Check from @Waterstones.bsky.social right now, you can save 25% with the code OCTOBER25 if you order before end of day on Friday the 17th!

(I promise, I’ve checked. My publisher sent me this official asset. I am COOL now guys)

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 1d

Rest in power, Miss Major.

www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died

The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

www.advocate.com

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 1d

Not to be all if you like Marvel so much name x many characters, but I do find these conversations particularly fascinating because books from the last 2-3 years are rarely mentioned. The last Potter book came out in 2007, 18 years ago — if we only count to GCSE that’s 3.5 high school cycles ago!

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot sleep because of flu injection making me hot hot then cold cold and three mammals snoring in my room then occasionally the big light outside goes on and tomorrow there will be more boiler jiggling happening so I suppose I will just enjoy rhe sonic soundscape

hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 1d

The insistence of people who do not write for children, engage with current works for children, or *current children* it seems half the time on opining about art written for children and teens is so bold and so so so so so so boring guys xxxx

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 1d

my favourite favourite thing is when I see people complaining about YA and their first point of reference is Harry Potter — my!! good!! bitches!! please sit down, you have started out with two wrong feet x

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Gabby 🥰🥰

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 1d

If you missed my announcement last week, here’s some more about my toxic horrible girls that I love ever so much

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 6d

The news is official! I can finally tell you that my next romcom Reality Check will be out in April next year!

A sunny selfie of Hux, a white person with auburn hair and green glasses, holding up a postcard to their face. The postcard is pink and purple and says Reality Check.

A screenshot of the Bookseller announcement for my new novel. Simon and Schuster UK swoons for Lizzie Huxley-Jones’
‘escapist’ reality show romance
RIGHTS
OCT 9, 2025
BY CASSIDY BAILEY.

The photo shows Hux a white person with light auburn hair sitting on a couch in a green lead patterned suit, eyes closed and laughing.

Simon & Schuster UK has acquired two new novels by Lizzie Huxley-Jones, who was previously published by Hodder & Stoughton. Deputy publishing director Molly.
Crawford acquired world all-language rights in a two-book deal from Abi Fellows at DHH Literary Agency.
The first of the two novels, Reality Check, is a "funny, escapist" romance between two women who share a kiss behind the scenes of a reality TV show and find themselves choosing between on-screen fame or true love. Reality Check will publish in all formats in April 2026.
Crawford said: "I've long been obsessed with Lizzie's Christmas romances so am absolutely thrilled to be able to welcome them to the S&S list. Reality Check satiates a universal need for realistic romance elevated by unusual circumstance rather than narrative necessity.
Lizzie captures the chaos and charm of reality TV, weaving a love story that delivers kick-your-feet romance alongside punch-in-the-gut relatable detail. It centres and celebrates queer love, living with chronic illness and freeing ourselves from life's filters. It's a novel you can't help but press into the hands of friends and I'm so excited to take it to market."

Huxley-Jones is the author of the queer holiday romcoms Make You Mine This Christmas and Under the Mistletoe with You, the young adult summer romance Hits Different co-written with Tasha Ghouri, and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted fantasy series Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend. Reality Check is their third adult romance novel.
Huxley-Jones said: "Reality Check brings together my deep fascination with reality television, with the concept of persona and masking, through the experiences of two queer women who just cannot seem to escape each other. There's hijinks and fake-dating arrangements and an autistic girl unravelling 'comphet' all within the bounds of a wedding-themed dating show. It's been a book in my heart for years and I'm so glad it will reach readers next year.
"It is such a thrill and honour to bring my romcoms to the incredible team at Simon & Schuster, especially my wonderful editor Molly Crawford. They are not only a team who understand and respect commercial romance fiction, but one that deeply cares for their authors. It's been such a joy to work with them on Reality Check, my most ambitious romcom to date, and to see their enthusiasm at every step. I'm so thankful for my agent Abi Fellows finding my work such an enriching home."

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 1d

Tadaa, here’s the cover for my next romcom, Reality Check out April 9th (and available to preorder now!)

On reality tv, what’s behind the scenes will always filter through. It’s f/f, lovers to enemies to lovers, chaotic nonsense with hot disabled babes. 👰🏼‍♀️💓📚🎥✨

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 4d

Yes I am still posting about my love life even though I should be posting the cover reveal here, today has WHOOSHED by so if I post it tomorrow can youse all be nice about it

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 4d

Bought some new jeans and joked to Tim it’s so I’ll be even more like Izzy Rowlands bc they’re like some she has, and he stopped me and said hey if I like her, it’s because she has YOUR vibe, and isn’t that the nicest distinction haha.

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hux | aka Lizzie Huxley-Jones @littlehux.bsky.social · 5d

Woahhhhh

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 6d

Thrilled to share a clip from our funny new children's audiobook about the Stone Age. I had such fun writing and narrating this with the brilliant archaeologist @brennawalks.bsky.social

In this clip, join Homo Erectus on a scavenging hunt... but they're in for a nasty, LOUD surprise! (Sound on!)

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