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JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · Nov 12
We have some fantastic authors here on Bluesky ✨ Give them a follow!

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UK-based reviewers: ON SUNDAYS SHE PICKED FLOWERS by Yah Yah Scholfield is available for request on NetGalley!

www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

To be published by Solstice Books/Simon & Schuster, on January 29th, 2026.
On Sundays She Picked Flowers
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November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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ajirving.bsky.social
Stoked to see THE BI BOOK by Cynthia Alonso & me included in this fabulous holiday gift guide of 2025 LGBTQ+ picture books and chapter books! Thank you, @mombian.bsky.social! 🌈 📚 🎁 #kidlit #queerkidlit #booksky
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving! We are so thankful for all of our Graphic Audio listeners. This holiday season, may you find joy in every moment spent with loved ones. Wishing you all a Thanksgiving full of warmth, happiness, and delicious treats! 🦃
November 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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madeleinegunhart.bsky.social
Super excited to finally share this beautiful character art I commissioned from the wonderful @camishroom.bsky.social !

Enjoy this little intro to the main characters of CULL ME, MAYBE, Raff & Essa!
Commissioned art of two of my characters. On the left, a fat, pale femme with purple hair and antlers in a black dress. On the right, a tall, slender man in a light blue suit with long pink hair. Superimposed text reads “Meet Raff and Essa from CULL ME, MAYBE”
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 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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silviamg.bsky.social
THE INTRIGUE is now up at Netgalley, you can request an ARC there. This noir with a classic vibe is out July 2026.
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PS: Still on hiatus, just posting and going back to my social media blackout.
November 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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victormanibo.com
Here are some snaps from Monday’s delightful launch event—my deepest thanks to @claymcleod.bsky.social for being such an insightful and generous interlocutor, and to Strand Bookstore for always supporting my work. Thank you too to everyone who came out and celebrated with us! … ⬇️
Victor signing the title page of THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED Clay Mcleod Chapman and Victor seated on brown leather stage on a stage, holding mics. Backdrop is wall shelves of old leatherbound books; between the authors is a Strand banner and a table with copies of The Villa, Once Beloved on it Victor and Clay standing in front of a seated audience in Strand’s Rare Book Room, all smiling, Clay holding a copy of The Villa, Once Beloved
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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After a long journey, we have finally arrived at THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED. I’m so grateful for getting to tell this complex and horrifying Gothic tale, and especially proud as I think this is my best work to date. I hope you all fall in love with it as much as I have. … ⬇️
Victor Manibo wearing a black turtleneck with a sparkly beetle shaped brooch on his chest, seated behind a table holding upright a copy of THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED. To his right are stacked copies of the same book, and to his left are his three novels, THE VILLA, THE SLEEPLESS, and ESCAPE VELOCITY. Background is a red step-and-repeat backdrop of Strand Bookstore logos.
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Just want to say thanks to both Victor Manibo and The Strand Bookstore for letting me join in the fun tonight for the release of THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED, which hits shelves tomorrow. This lush gothic horror is gorgeous and grotesque and so good @erewhonbooks.bsky.social @strandbookstore.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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My deepest thanks, Clay! What a spectacular night. I’m so glad we got to do this
claymcleod.bsky.social Clay McLeod Chapman @claymcleod.bsky.social · 4d
Just want to say thanks to both Victor Manibo and The Strand Bookstore for letting me join in the fun tonight for the release of THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED, which hits shelves tomorrow. This lush gothic horror is gorgeous and grotesque and so good @erewhonbooks.bsky.social @strandbookstore.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Read Victor’s book!
awfulagent.bsky.social JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · 4d
Happy #bookbirthday to THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED by @victormanibo.com! 🎉

"Manibo has written a chilling gothic tale, using classic tropes to explore history, corruption, and injustices, both of the nation and the family"
—Library Journal

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November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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HAPPY THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED DAY @victormanibo.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
awfulagent.bsky.social
Happy #bookbirthday to THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED by @victormanibo.com! 🎉

"Manibo has written a chilling gothic tale, using classic tropes to explore history, corruption, and injustices, both of the nation and the family"
—Library Journal

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The Villa, Once Beloved – JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc
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November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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OMG BEST LIST
Navigational Entanglements on this list of Weird Jellyfish books
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Thank you Judith Tarr!!!
(and thanks to K1 for the biologically accurate space jellyfish)
The Lore and the Weird Magic of the Jellyfish - Reactor
Even as sea creatures go, the jellyfish is especially alien...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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It's the year of the witch — THE BEWITCHING by @silviamg.bsky.social and WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by Grady Hendrix are both featured on @npr.org's Books We Love 2025 list! ✨
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 5d
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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ICYMI: HarperVoyager has preempted Caitriona Moran’s “searing” debut, The Trial of Magdalena Overmorrow, a fantasy novel in which a woman arrested for providing illegal abortions awaits trial under the guardianship of a high priest 👇 #BookSky
HarperVoyager pre-empts Catriona Moran’s ‘searing’ debut
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November 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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victormanibo.com
TONIGHT TONIGHT
victormanibo.com Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · Oct 2
LAUNCH EVENT! Join me at the Strand as we usher into the world my gothic horror child, with one of my horror idols @claymcleod.bsky.social (Jsyk, his delicious new book Acquired Taste pairs well with mine, so go pick it up).

More book tour stops coming soon but if you’re in NY, grab your tix now ⬇️
Graphic with Victor Manibo’s headshot, and book cover for The Villa, Once Beloved on red and white background. Text reads: NOV 24 7 PM BOOK LAUNCH FOR VICTOR MANIBO Victor Manibo + Clay McLeod Chapman: The Villa, Once Beloved Strand Book Store • New York, NY Nov 24 at 19:00 Strand Book Store logo in upper right corner
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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ladzwriting.bsky.social
Can someone go in my stead? This book fucking ruled and I wish Victor a very happy release week
victormanibo.com Victor Manibo @victormanibo.com · Oct 2
LAUNCH EVENT! Join me at the Strand as we usher into the world my gothic horror child, with one of my horror idols @claymcleod.bsky.social (Jsyk, his delicious new book Acquired Taste pairs well with mine, so go pick it up).

More book tour stops coming soon but if you’re in NY, grab your tix now ⬇️
Graphic with Victor Manibo’s headshot, and book cover for The Villa, Once Beloved on red and white background. Text reads: NOV 24 7 PM BOOK LAUNCH FOR VICTOR MANIBO Victor Manibo + Clay McLeod Chapman: The Villa, Once Beloved Strand Book Store • New York, NY Nov 24 at 19:00 Strand Book Store logo in upper right corner
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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This is a lovely article.

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How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life (Gift Article)
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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This arrived in the mail today. @themonstersknow.com's work is always so solid. If you're not familiar, my gosh, why not? #rpg #ttrpg #themonstersknow
A book called "Making Enemies."
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo is a compelling gothic horror complete with an atmospheric estate, a mysterious family legacy involving a curse, and an innocent young woman at the center. #BookSky TY #NetGalley, @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social, & @rbmediaco.bsky.social for the ARCs.
The Villa, Once Beloved — CandiKat Horror
The Villa, Once Beloved by Victor Manibo is a compelling gothic horror complete with an atmospheric estate, a mysterious family legacy involving a curse, and an innocent young woman at the center.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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I've got a poem in NO BRAIN THE SAME. I'm so excited for everyone to see this special book next year!
keilavdawson.bsky.social Keila V. Dawson @keilavdawson.bsky.social · 14d
Proofs! NO BRAIN THE SAME, the third book in our young activists series with @lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social and @jbradley.bsky.social coming June 2 to a shelf near you. The poems: inspirational. The art: spectacular. 💕📚💕

#NBTS #poetry #pb #neurodivergence #edusky #librarians #teachers #allies #book
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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ANOTHA ONE
November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Thanks to @athenascalzi.com & @scalzi.com for the chance to talk about a Big Idea involving my novel Exo over at Whatever. It's all about writing adaptability and exploring different paths through the story woods. Because there's more than one way to tell a story.
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The Big Idea: Colin Brush
When writing a novel, a lot of people think of the process as sort of rigid. You have a specific story to tell and it needs to be an unchanging vision all the way through. Author Colin Brush, howev…
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November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Good morning, Philadelphia! And, uh, merry Christmas 🫤

I'll see you at noon in the #PAXUnplugged Autographing Area, if not sooner!

How to spot me in the wild:

- dressed like a professor
- Bag of Holding
- hauling suitcases of inventory around like a goddamn ant

Friendly greetings welcome #PAXU
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM