MK Hardy
@mkhardywrites.com
Sapphic Scottish specfic duo E&M. Fungi fanatics, lurcher lovers, gin guzzlers.
The Needfire NOW OUT out with Solaris Books!
Repped by John Baker @ BLM.
https://linktr.ee/mkhardy
The Needfire NOW OUT out with Solaris Books!
Repped by John Baker @ BLM.
https://linktr.ee/mkhardy
I swear I posted this before but apparently not. Better late than never... super excited to be heading to But n Ben books in Stonehaven for a signing and chat with @lyndseycroal.bsky.social this afternoon! Hope to see folk there!
November 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I swear I posted this before but apparently not. Better late than never... super excited to be heading to But n Ben books in Stonehaven for a signing and chat with @lyndseycroal.bsky.social this afternoon! Hope to see folk there!
We said goodbye to the best boy today.
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We said goodbye to the best boy today.
We're finally having our Dundee launch event... and we hope you can make it! Join us and the incredible @rainewilson.bsky.social on November 19th for an event celebrating both The Needfire and her new book The Salt Oracle. Get your tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/na13/...
October 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We're finally having our Dundee launch event... and we hope you can make it! Join us and the incredible @rainewilson.bsky.social on November 19th for an event celebrating both The Needfire and her new book The Salt Oracle. Get your tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/na13/...
Why does this DK encyclopaedia have such horror cover vibes??
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Why does this DK encyclopaedia have such horror cover vibes??
Carol Ann Lee talking about her book Something Wicked about the Pendle Witch Trials, and the difficulty of extracting truth from unreliable and hidden historical records.
October 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Carol Ann Lee talking about her book Something Wicked about the Pendle Witch Trials, and the difficulty of extracting truth from unreliable and hidden historical records.
Fantastic event with Jacqueline Harris and Marjan Wouda about Lancaster folk tales. "You are all the folk of folk tales! Don't forget that!"
October 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Fantastic event with Jacqueline Harris and Marjan Wouda about Lancaster folk tales. "You are all the folk of folk tales! Don't forget that!"
Made it to Lancaster for @litfest.bsky.social - looking forward to attending and speaking at some cracking events!
October 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Made it to Lancaster for @litfest.bsky.social - looking forward to attending and speaking at some cracking events!
It's a @solarisbooks.bsky.social launch party!! All World Fantasy Con-goers, we hope to see you there! Sunday 10 am in Oxford Main Room; there will be drinks and chat and some very caffeinated authors!
October 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's a @solarisbooks.bsky.social launch party!! All World Fantasy Con-goers, we hope to see you there! Sunday 10 am in Oxford Main Room; there will be drinks and chat and some very caffeinated authors!
SURPRISE! We were thrilled to contribute to Rebellion's Thirteenth Floor anthology, which sends homicidal computer Max all across the world to protect and terrorise.
Better yet, it's available to pre-order in the Waterstones sale. It's due out February 12, 2026 - perfect for Valentine's Day!
Better yet, it's available to pre-order in the Waterstones sale. It's due out February 12, 2026 - perfect for Valentine's Day!
October 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
SURPRISE! We were thrilled to contribute to Rebellion's Thirteenth Floor anthology, which sends homicidal computer Max all across the world to protect and terrorise.
Better yet, it's available to pre-order in the Waterstones sale. It's due out February 12, 2026 - perfect for Valentine's Day!
Better yet, it's available to pre-order in the Waterstones sale. It's due out February 12, 2026 - perfect for Valentine's Day!
Hygrocybe conica! They're not super rare except that they kind of are (their environment is declining) and I've never seen them before. And these ones were literally next to the doctors office we walk by every evening with the dog. So chuffed! 🍄📷
October 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Hygrocybe conica! They're not super rare except that they kind of are (their environment is declining) and I've never seen them before. And these ones were literally next to the doctors office we walk by every evening with the dog. So chuffed! 🍄📷
Found this nestled in a 'recommended book club reading list' on Goodreads. I have questions.
October 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Found this nestled in a 'recommended book club reading list' on Goodreads. I have questions.
Had to reset all my browser cookies and re-log into everything which means I'm getting a bunch of notifications to the author inbox. And I get excited every. time. "Finally some activity! Some movement!"
the email:
the email:
September 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Had to reset all my browser cookies and re-log into everything which means I'm getting a bunch of notifications to the author inbox. And I get excited every. time. "Finally some activity! Some movement!"
the email:
the email:
Today's swimming spot.
September 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Today's swimming spot.
Morning Womble! Currently finishing off an ARC of Hex House by Amy Jane Stewart - really great! Underscored with dread and spiked with rage.
September 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Morning Womble! Currently finishing off an ARC of Hex House by Amy Jane Stewart - really great! Underscored with dread and spiked with rage.
In the UK? Want a print copy of our book? Don't wanna pay any money? Then head over to Storygraph and enter the giveaway!
app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/c2...
app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/c2...
September 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In the UK? Want a print copy of our book? Don't wanna pay any money? Then head over to Storygraph and enter the giveaway!
app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/c2...
app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/c2...
My best picture of a dog, hands down (the brown thing is a chicken nugget)
September 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My best picture of a dog, hands down (the brown thing is a chicken nugget)
Just opened a notebook to find M's practice page; a bit The Shining, no?
September 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Just opened a notebook to find M's practice page; a bit The Shining, no?
Morning Womble! Reading and loving Ragwort by @samkhorton.bsky.social!
September 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Morning Womble! Reading and loving Ragwort by @samkhorton.bsky.social!
If you've never watched Jurassic Park while drinking fizz in a hot tub you are missing out.
September 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
If you've never watched Jurassic Park while drinking fizz in a hot tub you are missing out.
Hey, it's Sapphic September! The best month of the year!
We have a Scottish sapphic gothic novel for all your lesbian needs: heaps of yearning, a sleeve rolling up scene (iykyk), and a woman moving in with her lover WAY too soon.
Buy it now! geni.us/needfire
We have a Scottish sapphic gothic novel for all your lesbian needs: heaps of yearning, a sleeve rolling up scene (iykyk), and a woman moving in with her lover WAY too soon.
Buy it now! geni.us/needfire
September 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Hey, it's Sapphic September! The best month of the year!
We have a Scottish sapphic gothic novel for all your lesbian needs: heaps of yearning, a sleeve rolling up scene (iykyk), and a woman moving in with her lover WAY too soon.
Buy it now! geni.us/needfire
We have a Scottish sapphic gothic novel for all your lesbian needs: heaps of yearning, a sleeve rolling up scene (iykyk), and a woman moving in with her lover WAY too soon.
Buy it now! geni.us/needfire
Big skies over Fife this evening.
September 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Big skies over Fife this evening.
Oh to be a dog, joy and comfort always close at hand.
September 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Oh to be a dog, joy and comfort always close at hand.
Happy Labor Day, Americaland! Here to remind everybody to JOIN YOUR UNION. And if you don't have one, AGITATE FOR A UNION.
Our workplace is currently going through considerable financial hardship caused by a combination of gross mismanagement and ingrained structural unsustainability.. (cont)
Our workplace is currently going through considerable financial hardship caused by a combination of gross mismanagement and ingrained structural unsustainability.. (cont)
September 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Happy Labor Day, Americaland! Here to remind everybody to JOIN YOUR UNION. And if you don't have one, AGITATE FOR A UNION.
Our workplace is currently going through considerable financial hardship caused by a combination of gross mismanagement and ingrained structural unsustainability.. (cont)
Our workplace is currently going through considerable financial hardship caused by a combination of gross mismanagement and ingrained structural unsustainability.. (cont)
Just doing some last-minute very important edit notes to my co-writer...
September 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Just doing some last-minute very important edit notes to my co-writer...