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Claire Dunscombe @claire-dunscombe.bsky.social · 1h

NEWS!

Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 1h

🚨AUTHOR ANNOUNCEMENT🚨

We had so many submissions before our window closed in February that we're still making decisions on the last few!

We are thrilled to announce the signing of the brilliant @claire-dunscombe.bsky.social! Her northeast-set historical fantasy novel is coming in 2027!

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Paul S Edwards @paulsedwards.bsky.social · 12h

Exciting news today as I got to see what will probably be the cover art for Jovian Sunset, out in March. I’m sure we’ll do a cover reveal soon but it is absolutely fab. Will be as stunning as the cover for The Triton Run.

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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 1h

🚨AUTHOR ANNOUNCEMENT🚨

We had so many submissions before our window closed in February that we're still making decisions on the last few!

We are thrilled to announce the signing of the brilliant @claire-dunscombe.bsky.social! Her northeast-set historical fantasy novel is coming in 2027!

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Ted Northodox @tednorthodox.bsky.social · 14h

If you haven't been to an event with Andrew Knighton, you are really missing out! A born entertainer and very funny guy 😂😍

Shellie Horst @millymollymo.bsky.social · 14h

Check out Andrew Knighton making the most of HumberSFF's splendid 'author corner' last night! Thank you so much for the entertaining readings from The Executioner's Blade @northodoxpress.bsky.social @aknighton.bsky.social + Forged for Destiny @orbitbooks.bsky.social Thanks everyone who came along!

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Jennifer Young @jenniferyjoallen.bsky.social · 19h

Good afternoon, DCI Satterthwaite fans...the next book is now available for preorder! Publishing 4 November.

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FVXSXCV1

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Suzy Henderson @suzyhenderson.bsky.social · 14h

Witches, war, and espionage collide in 1940s Cambridge.

"A beautifully written historical fantasy that brings a unique twist to the WWII era."

mybook.to/HerDarkestHour

#historicalfantasy #womensfiction #WW2 #histfic

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Suzy Henderson @suzyhenderson.bsky.social · 3d

England, 1939. A war is coming. And in the shadows, a secret resistance of witches is stirring.

"A fresh and powerful take on the period. Highly recommended." 5-Stars

#histfic #witchlit #WW2 #folklore #Booktok
mybook.to/HerDarkestHour

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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 1d

🚨RELEASE WEEK🚨

Have you been enjoying our historical fiction this year? Well, this Thursday, we have a new addition to our powerful and poignant stories of yesteryear!

Check out Stephen Wade's brilliant WW2 drama, Trials of the Heart, here:
share.google/XynFRZKbKtCi...

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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 20h

🚨NEW AUTHOR INTERVIEW🚨

With a new book out last Thursday and a launch event planned in Urmston this Wednesday, we sat down to chat about To Fetch a Pail of Water and all things writing with the wonderful John Storey!

Read it here: share.google/lyXZYy50ymB0...

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Rue Baldry @ruebaldry.bsky.social · 1d

This looks like such a good book! I can’t wait to read it

Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 1d

🚨RELEASE WEEK🚨

Have you been enjoying our historical fiction this year? Well, this Thursday, we have a new addition to our powerful and poignant stories of yesteryear!

Check out Stephen Wade's brilliant WW2 drama, Trials of the Heart, here:
share.google/XynFRZKbKtCi...

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Ted Northodox @tednorthodox.bsky.social · 1d

One of the most engrossing and twisty books we've done to date.

I absolutely love the immersive nature of the 40s Yorkshire setting and the thrilling portrayal of the trial in this.

Hugely recommended for fans of WW2 fiction 😍

Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 1d

🚨RELEASE WEEK🚨

Have you been enjoying our historical fiction this year? Well, this Thursday, we have a new addition to our powerful and poignant stories of yesteryear!

Check out Stephen Wade's brilliant WW2 drama, Trials of the Heart, here:
share.google/XynFRZKbKtCi...

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Suzy Henderson @suzyhenderson.bsky.social · 2d

England, 1939. A war is coming. And in the shadows, a secret resistance of witches stirs.

"A fresh and powerful take on the period. Highly recommended." 5-Stars

#histfic #witchlit #WW2 #folklore #Fantasy
mybook.to/HerDarkestHour

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Liam Hogan @liamjhogan.bsky.social · 2d

"For Remembrance": In the aftermath of a war, a squad of soldiers investigates reports of a psychic. It takes one to know one.
Pre-order @bulletpoints.bsky.social #11 now, to get it on release day! 16 military #Sci-Fi stories!

www.amazon.co.uk/Bullet-Point...

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 2d

My weekend so far - interviewing @caimhmc.bsky.social at Leeds Waterstones, marching in support of immigrants with the Prof (and 3000 other Leeds folks), and tackling our first potato harvest. Time very well spent.

Two authors sitting on front of an audience in a bookshop - C K McDonnell and Andrew Knighton.

Two people smiling for the camera, one of them holding a "refugees welcome" sign, with other demonstrators visible behind them.

Rows of potatoes laid out on a garage floor.

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Ted Northodox @tednorthodox.bsky.social · 2d

Did my bit for Bookshop Day today 👀

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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 4d

This spooky season, if you're looking for witches, we've got you covered!

Whether you like magical midgrade, tales of real-life witch trials in the north, or historical fantasy with spy witches battling Nazis in WW2, we have something for all tastes!

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Ted Northodox @tednorthodox.bsky.social · 4d

Cannot recommend these 3 enough.

And, legitimately, all 3 are based on real things!

-One as the author's experience as an outsider
-One about the accusations thrown at real women
-One about the real British military research into magic to battle rumoured Nazi occult powers 😅

Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 4d

This spooky season, if you're looking for witches, we've got you covered!

Whether you like magical midgrade, tales of real-life witch trials in the north, or historical fantasy with spy witches battling Nazis in WW2, we have something for all tastes!

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SF Layzell @sflayzell.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Bookshop Day! Last week I visited my book Cottonopolis at radical booksellers Housmans nr Kings Cross London. If only I could stretch big enough to hug the whole shop.

If you're after a historical LGBTQ novel for readers young and old, find it here ❤️🏳️‍🌈
housmans.com/product/cott...

Image shows the front window of a small but perfectly formed bookshop. There is a book trolley in the foreground, and behind the book trolley is a smiling person in a blue coat, stretching their arms wide to showcase the window display.

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Marie Sinadjan @quillandcrib.bsky.social · 2d

OMG @northodoxpress.bsky.social you were serious! Thank you so much 😭

Hand holding a gift wrapped book in front of a bookshelf.

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Liam Hogan @liamjhogan.bsky.social · 2d

It is not too late, on this, #BookshopDay, to wander into your local bookshop (be it chain or otherwise) and order a copy of A Short History of the Future: 42 retro themed #sci-fi short stories, including some award winnners. From @northodoxpress.bsky.social, promoting Northern writers.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Got a question about publishing you've always wanted answered? Well now's your chance!

#AuthorTalk #WritingCommunity #Manchester

@aknighton.bsky.social ky.social @emmasternerradley.bsky.social @britfantasysoc.bsky.social
@alethearlyons.bsky.social
@urmstonbooks.bsky.social

Background graphic of a printing press. Urmston Books and BFS logos on either side of the title.
Three author photos beneath title plus the compass emblem for Northodox Press
Text:
The British Fantasy Society & Urmston Books & Board Games
“Paths to Publication”
Keith Dickinson, Andrew Knighton, Emma Sterner-Radley, Northodox Press
Wednesday 22nd October, 7pm, Urmston Books, 72 Flixton Road, M41 5AB
Tickets £5
https://www.urmstonbooks.co.uk/paths-to-publication

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Ted Northodox @tednorthodox.bsky.social · 3d

Testament, Obituary, Destruction, and Nervosa in Manchester tonight.

Absolutely incredible evening 😍

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Paul D Coombs @pauldcoombs.bsky.social · 3d

A great evening @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social ...
The fact that @talkscaredpod.bsky.social and @manylittlewords.bsky.social are amazing insightful speakers, as well as super talented horror writers is probably not fair!
Stoked to have had the pleasure to attend tonight's sold out event 🖤
Thanks!

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 4d

Good morning.

The next 10 days are going to be absolutely brilliant.

I would like to thank all the Indy booksellers who have made _Leonard and Hungry Paul_ @ronanhession.bsky.social a word of mouth bestseller.

With a special nod to.

@bookcornerhx.bsky.social
@forumbooks.bsky.social

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Ted Northodox @tednorthodox.bsky.social · 4d

Cannot recommend these 3 enough.

And, legitimately, all 3 are based on real things!

-One as the author's experience as an outsider
-One about the accusations thrown at real women
-One about the real British military research into magic to battle rumoured Nazi occult powers 😅

Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 4d

This spooky season, if you're looking for witches, we've got you covered!

Whether you like magical midgrade, tales of real-life witch trials in the north, or historical fantasy with spy witches battling Nazis in WW2, we have something for all tastes!

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