Heather Palmer
@heatherpalmer.bsky.social
DEATHBOUND is out on audible now!
Represented by Robbie Guillory at Underline.
www.heatherannepalmer.com
Represented by Robbie Guillory at Underline.
www.heatherannepalmer.com
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Hello to everyone joining me here after Cymera Festival!
Here's a quick intro to Deathbound, only on Audible!
⚔️ Sapphic awakening
⚔️ Proud lady knight guarding a spoiled princess
⚔️ Undead army at the walls
⚔️ Murder and magic
⚔️ Trilogy in the making
I hope you like her!
Here's a quick intro to Deathbound, only on Audible!
⚔️ Sapphic awakening
⚔️ Proud lady knight guarding a spoiled princess
⚔️ Undead army at the walls
⚔️ Murder and magic
⚔️ Trilogy in the making
I hope you like her!
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I should maybe attempt to try posting some of the pics I took during my week in Harrogate for Thought Bubble! One highlight of our extended stay was a day trip out to Leeds. I remain gutted I missed OK Comics, but I still had a nice time!
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I should maybe attempt to try posting some of the pics I took during my week in Harrogate for Thought Bubble! One highlight of our extended stay was a day trip out to Leeds. I remain gutted I missed OK Comics, but I still had a nice time!
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Less than 1 week to go until our 2025 Writers' Conference! ⏰
Cymera's 2025 Writers' Conference will take place on Saturday, 22nd November both in Edinburgh and online. Grab your ticket: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Cymera's 2025 Writers' Conference will take place on Saturday, 22nd November both in Edinburgh and online. Grab your ticket: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Less than 1 week to go until our 2025 Writers' Conference! ⏰
Cymera's 2025 Writers' Conference will take place on Saturday, 22nd November both in Edinburgh and online. Grab your ticket: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Cymera's 2025 Writers' Conference will take place on Saturday, 22nd November both in Edinburgh and online. Grab your ticket: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
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Argonaut is my local, and is the best bookshop I've ever been near. They're lovely people who care about what they do, know the tastes of their regulars, and have been nothing but supportive of me and my work. Waterstones can fuck right off.
Waterstones to open about 100m from Argonaut, a particularly nice indie bookshop. Quote from Waterstones management makes it sound like they got Argonaut mixed up with the gaming café next door.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Argonaut is my local, and is the best bookshop I've ever been near. They're lovely people who care about what they do, know the tastes of their regulars, and have been nothing but supportive of me and my work. Waterstones can fuck right off.
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Argonaut Books needs your help 📣
Waterstones are set to open a store less than 100m from the indie bookshop's front door.
Full info on @argonautbooks.bsky.social's Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DRMULI1jCI...
Waterstones are set to open a store less than 100m from the indie bookshop's front door.
Full info on @argonautbooks.bsky.social's Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DRMULI1jCI...
November 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Argonaut Books needs your help 📣
Waterstones are set to open a store less than 100m from the indie bookshop's front door.
Full info on @argonautbooks.bsky.social's Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DRMULI1jCI...
Waterstones are set to open a store less than 100m from the indie bookshop's front door.
Full info on @argonautbooks.bsky.social's Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DRMULI1jCI...
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Come find me at table B9 2000AD hall all @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social weekend
November 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Come find me at table B9 2000AD hall all @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social weekend
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I’m at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend! Come find me in the Redshirt hall! Table A13! I’m almost a Pixar Easter egg!
November 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I’m at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend! Come find me in the Redshirt hall! Table A13! I’m almost a Pixar Easter egg!
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We are all set up for Thought Bubble! Table B40 in the 2000AD hall
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We are all set up for Thought Bubble! Table B40 in the 2000AD hall
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Thought Bubble is now OPEN! Come say hello!
All set up for Thought Bubble tomorrow. Sink! Orla! Grawlgore & Shanks! The Nasty! The Crimson Cage! And Mr. Dig plushies! Come find all this comics goodness at Table C50 in 2000AD Hall at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend!
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Thought Bubble is now OPEN! Come say hello!
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BEHOLD!! IT'S @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social!!! Catch me in 2000AD hall at table B39 today and tomorrow!! 💙🌊
November 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
BEHOLD!! IT'S @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social!!! Catch me in 2000AD hall at table B39 today and tomorrow!! 💙🌊
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I will be at Thought Bubble this weekend! Find me in the 2000 AD Hall at table B13. I come bearing limited special items, including a hardcover A5 version of Sacred Bodies and some experimental colour gradient versions of my serpent shirt.
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I will be at Thought Bubble this weekend! Find me in the 2000 AD Hall at table B13. I come bearing limited special items, including a hardcover A5 version of Sacred Bodies and some experimental colour gradient versions of my serpent shirt.
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I get why a lot of non-disabled people want to pretend respiratory illnesses don’t exist, but as we’re coming up on another event I can’t safely attend, I encourage you to just THINK about wearing a mask at events - or at least on the train/ plane there, where there’s probably no reason not to
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I get why a lot of non-disabled people want to pretend respiratory illnesses don’t exist, but as we’re coming up on another event I can’t safely attend, I encourage you to just THINK about wearing a mask at events - or at least on the train/ plane there, where there’s probably no reason not to
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If you’ve not already gotten it, The Outcast Mage by @annabelcwrites.bsky.social is £3.99 on Audible right now! That’s a steal! The narration is amazingly done. www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Outca...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If you’ve not already gotten it, The Outcast Mage by @annabelcwrites.bsky.social is £3.99 on Audible right now! That’s a steal! The narration is amazingly done. www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Outca...
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Thought Bubble is next weekend! Really excited, but please please wear a mask - i see fewer & fewer each year, and COVID is just as serious as it was 5 years ago. TB is an amazing event, but it’s not worth getting disabled or immunocompromised.
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Thought Bubble is next weekend! Really excited, but please please wear a mask - i see fewer & fewer each year, and COVID is just as serious as it was 5 years ago. TB is an amazing event, but it’s not worth getting disabled or immunocompromised.
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I now have incredibly frustrating chronic fatigue after getting covid in 2022. Please wear a maaaaask, it sucks
Thought Bubble is next weekend! Really excited, but please please wear a mask - i see fewer & fewer each year, and COVID is just as serious as it was 5 years ago. TB is an amazing event, but it’s not worth getting disabled or immunocompromised.
November 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I now have incredibly frustrating chronic fatigue after getting covid in 2022. Please wear a maaaaask, it sucks
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A quick reminder that i have a weirdish dark fantasy novel available on Audible.
And, despite the shocked Pikachu reviews about being woke cannibal erotica, it is a) queer and b) not a YA ;)
Listen to The Shape of Monsters by C L Hellisen on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGDJ5X1...
And, despite the shocked Pikachu reviews about being woke cannibal erotica, it is a) queer and b) not a YA ;)
Listen to The Shape of Monsters by C L Hellisen on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGDJ5X1...
Audible
Try Audible free for 30 days! Start listening to best-selling audiobooks, exclusive Originals, and free podcasts with the Audible app.
www.audible.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A quick reminder that i have a weirdish dark fantasy novel available on Audible.
And, despite the shocked Pikachu reviews about being woke cannibal erotica, it is a) queer and b) not a YA ;)
Listen to The Shape of Monsters by C L Hellisen on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGDJ5X1...
And, despite the shocked Pikachu reviews about being woke cannibal erotica, it is a) queer and b) not a YA ;)
Listen to The Shape of Monsters by C L Hellisen on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGDJ5X1...
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After a whirlwind time in Brighton at World Fantasy Con, here’s a quick reminder of the last few UK tour stops!
Edinburgh, Nov 4 w/ Hannah Kaner
Glasgow, Nov 5 w/ @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social
Leeds, Nov 6 w/ @tashasuri.bsky.social @toribovalino.bsky.social
Tickets below!
Edinburgh, Nov 4 w/ Hannah Kaner
Glasgow, Nov 5 w/ @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social
Leeds, Nov 6 w/ @tashasuri.bsky.social @toribovalino.bsky.social
Tickets below!
November 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
After a whirlwind time in Brighton at World Fantasy Con, here’s a quick reminder of the last few UK tour stops!
Edinburgh, Nov 4 w/ Hannah Kaner
Glasgow, Nov 5 w/ @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social
Leeds, Nov 6 w/ @tashasuri.bsky.social @toribovalino.bsky.social
Tickets below!
Edinburgh, Nov 4 w/ Hannah Kaner
Glasgow, Nov 5 w/ @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social
Leeds, Nov 6 w/ @tashasuri.bsky.social @toribovalino.bsky.social
Tickets below!
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Can we use a prescription as a base for a SFFH story? What about a receipt? A parking ticket? A nursery rhyme? How many 'other' forms of writing could we harness to enrich our writing practice?
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Sat 22 Nov: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Sat 22 Nov: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Can we use a prescription as a base for a SFFH story? What about a receipt? A parking ticket? A nursery rhyme? How many 'other' forms of writing could we harness to enrich our writing practice?
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Sat 22 Nov: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Sat 22 Nov: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
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Announcing the Scottish Christmas Book Fair!
* The perfect occasion for Christmas gift shopping
* All your favourite genres for adults & children
* Chat with Scotland’s indie publishers & meet their authors
See below for who'll be there!
www.publishingscotland.org/event/scotti...
* The perfect occasion for Christmas gift shopping
* All your favourite genres for adults & children
* Chat with Scotland’s indie publishers & meet their authors
See below for who'll be there!
www.publishingscotland.org/event/scotti...
October 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Announcing the Scottish Christmas Book Fair!
* The perfect occasion for Christmas gift shopping
* All your favourite genres for adults & children
* Chat with Scotland’s indie publishers & meet their authors
See below for who'll be there!
www.publishingscotland.org/event/scotti...
* The perfect occasion for Christmas gift shopping
* All your favourite genres for adults & children
* Chat with Scotland’s indie publishers & meet their authors
See below for who'll be there!
www.publishingscotland.org/event/scotti...
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What beats writers block is not treating your body like a factory. What beats writers block is healthcare. What beats writers block is gardening, & rest, & food, & companionship, & reading, & leisure, & anti-capitalism—but of course that’s not a very profitable thing to write, & won’t sell LLMs.
AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief
Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
What beats writers block is not treating your body like a factory. What beats writers block is healthcare. What beats writers block is gardening, & rest, & food, & companionship, & reading, & leisure, & anti-capitalism—but of course that’s not a very profitable thing to write, & won’t sell LLMs.
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Writer pals! just a wee reminder to join ALCS if you haven't already, and to make sure they have details of your print publications by the end of november - 30/11 is the cut-off for the next royalty payments in March.
www.alcs.co.uk
www.alcs.co.uk
ALCS
www.alcs.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Writer pals! just a wee reminder to join ALCS if you haven't already, and to make sure they have details of your print publications by the end of november - 30/11 is the cut-off for the next royalty payments in March.
www.alcs.co.uk
www.alcs.co.uk
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Sorry but it’s hard for me to care about the BBC’s risk of being defunded or whatever when frankly it’s been primarily used to normalise right wing rhetoric about immigrants, trans people, and others. 🤷🏻♀️
The bbc is basically the daily mail
October 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sorry but it’s hard for me to care about the BBC’s risk of being defunded or whatever when frankly it’s been primarily used to normalise right wing rhetoric about immigrants, trans people, and others. 🤷🏻♀️
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I am so excited for you all to read @rainewilson.bsky.social's THE SALT ORACLE - it's beautiful, tragic, haunting and filled with brilliant details - this is near future speculative fic of the fantastical.
Also TINY SPINE ORCA!
Also TINY SPINE ORCA!
LOOK WHO HATCHED!
New books are in my very own paws & they're looking so damn pretty I can't!
(Please admire the teensy spine orca whomst I adore)
(Also have I shown you my spite dedication? I can't remember)
@solarisbooks.bsky.social @literaryfey.bsky.social
New books are in my very own paws & they're looking so damn pretty I can't!
(Please admire the teensy spine orca whomst I adore)
(Also have I shown you my spite dedication? I can't remember)
@solarisbooks.bsky.social @literaryfey.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I am so excited for you all to read @rainewilson.bsky.social's THE SALT ORACLE - it's beautiful, tragic, haunting and filled with brilliant details - this is near future speculative fic of the fantastical.
Also TINY SPINE ORCA!
Also TINY SPINE ORCA!
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In things that are cool, The Shape of Monsters is up for a Speakies award next month! Am I amused that it's listed as YA? Yes, but also teens read whatever they want.
www.thebookseller.com/british-audi...
www.thebookseller.com/british-audi...
Best Audiobook: Young Adult Books Shortlist | The British Audio Awards
The shortlist for the Best Audiobook: Young Adult Books category at The British Audio Awards - aka The Speakies - organised by The Bookseller and The Stage
www.thebookseller.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
In things that are cool, The Shape of Monsters is up for a Speakies award next month! Am I amused that it's listed as YA? Yes, but also teens read whatever they want.
www.thebookseller.com/british-audi...
www.thebookseller.com/british-audi...
I'm super excited to chat about the manuscript's journey and working with agents at this fantastic conference in November!
Our 2025 Writers' Conference Programme is LIVE 🎉
This year's programme delivers a variety of writing workshops, industry expert panels and agent one-to-ones – plus a full day of fantastic networking opportunities with other genre writers.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
This year's programme delivers a variety of writing workshops, industry expert panels and agent one-to-ones – plus a full day of fantastic networking opportunities with other genre writers.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
October 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I'm super excited to chat about the manuscript's journey and working with agents at this fantastic conference in November!