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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne

@rflong.bsky.social

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Author, Librarian, general book nerd, SFF, Irish, she/her (pretty much always a library in my books) http://www.rflong.com/ The Book of Gold out now: lnk.to/thebookofgold Jessica Thorne: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Jessica-Thorne/author/B07KRHB3HR

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · Aug 29

COVER REVEAL for the 2nd #FeralGods book, THE LORE OF SILVER, sequel to THE BOOK OF GOLD. Artwork by the incredible @micaelaalcaino.bsky.social

Are you ready to go back to Amberes?

A Stolen Relic. A Missing Girl. A Horror Unleashed...

hodderscape.co.uk/products/the...

@hodderscape.bsky.social

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 13h

Yesterday, thanks to the lovely @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social Adiba Jaigirdar & I went to the Museum of Literature Ireland MoLI, & found our books in their exhibition Happy Ever After, Falling in Love with Irish Romance Fiction. An author dream unlocked! #DubhLinn #ACrackInEverything #TheHennaWars

Adiba Jaigirdar and Ruth Frances Long sitting in armchairs in a formal room in Moli

A Crack in Everything exhibited in the Museum of Literature Ireland

Ruth Frances Long with A Crack in Everything on display in the Museum of Literature Ireland

Adiba Jaigirdar with The Henna Wars on display in the Museum of Literature Ireland

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 15h

‘96% of healthcare professionals said the model helps to reduce children’s anxiety, and 46% reported a lesser need to use sedation after the children played with the set.‘

‘Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world.’

Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 15h

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment

Lego's MRI scanner play sets, which launched in 2023, are significantly reducing anxiety and the use of sedation in children, according to new research.

www.cnbc.com

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 1d

The Lore of Silver is up on Netgalley. Request your copy now.

✨🗡️A STOLEN RELIC. A MISSING GIRL. A HORROR UNLEASHED.🗡️✨

Catch up with Lyta and co b in the sequel to The Book of Gold.

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

The Lore of Silver

NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...

www.netgalley.co.uk

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 1d

An excellent hat. And an excellent head to put it on. 😍

Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 2d

Another time!

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 2d

We are delighted to announce that #Octocon2026 will be taking place in Cork City with special guests @cemurphy.bsky.social and @aptshadow.bsky.social.

Find out more at
https://2025.octocon.com/announcing-octocon-2026/

#Octocon #Fantasy #SciFi #Fandom #ReadingCommunity #SciFiConvention #CorkCity

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Stephen Aryan @stephenaryan.bsky.social · 2d

The full programme for World Fantasy Convention in Brighton at the end of this month is now available.

worldfantasy2025.co.uk/programme/

Programme – World Fantasy Convention 2025

worldfantasy2025.co.uk

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 2d

Ea-Nāşir's perfidy seems eternal!

Comic

Panel one. Stick finger singing, "Raindrops on rose/ And whiskers on kittens."

Panel two. Same stick figure holding pot and singing, "Bright copper kettles leave/ ...Flakes on my mittens!?"

Panel three. Same figure still holding pot and singing, "Hey, these are stone with a copper veneer!"

Fourth panel. Same stick figure has put down pot and is singing, "I've been bamboozled by Ea-Nāşir!"

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 2d

I will of course!

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C.T. O'Mahony @ctomahony.bsky.social · 2d

It was so nice to hang out and talk about the books 😊 Can't wait for The Lore of Silver 📚

Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 3d

At @octocon.bsky.social with the fab @ctomahony.bsky.social who dressed as Lyta from The Book of Gold! 😍
#Octocon25 #FeralGods

Ruth Frances Long and CT O'Mahony at Octocon, holding a copy of The Book of Gold and an art cards depicting Lyta.

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 3d

I survived the Bookbinding workshop at @octocon.bsky.social ! #Octocon25 (next time 2 hours!)

Ruth Frances Long teaching Coptic Bookbinding at Octocon

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 3d

At @octocon.bsky.social with the fab @ctomahony.bsky.social who dressed as Lyta from The Book of Gold! 😍
#Octocon25 #FeralGods

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Norncon sff convention, Belfast @norncon.bsky.social · 3d

It’s official! We decided to have a small convention next 8-9 May.

We have the terrific @annasmithspark.bsky.social and Adrian Tchaikovsky as our guests of honor. You can find out more on our website norncon.org

We’d love it if you could join us! And if you’re at Octocon today say hi to Tommy!

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 3d

I will indeed!

Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 3d

On the way to #Octocon2025!

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 4d

Good to know!

Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 4d

Same. I am so excited for this.

Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 5d

Oh Dave, I'm so sorry.

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 6d

KPop Demon Hunters is a brilliant film, but it’s also lovely seeing its voice actors, songwriters, and singers become stars after years of struggling in the industry

It’s pretty bonkers this is not a real band, and EJAE (lead vocals) hadn’t performed in a decade until this
youtu.be/8y-ViyUk7Dk?...

EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami from KPop Demon Hunters: Golden | The Tonight Show

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 6d

Yay!

Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 6d

Hopefully there will be a lovely surprise in the post any day now.

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 6d

Oh no there should be something on the way to you already. Do you want me to check?

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah I spent the afternoon getting everything ready for the bookbinding workshop I'm giving on Saturday

Piles of paper and boards with holes on a sofa

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 6d

Having handed in Book 3 and the copy edits for Wildewood I am in the very unusual position of having nothing to do. So I'm watching TV and drinking tea and eating cheese! (It won't last)

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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 6d

They are always up to something... ;)