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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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The UK print editions of my Jessica Thorne books Mageborn and Nightborn, The Hollow King duology, are out today. Let me know if you see them in the wild.
The covers of Mageborn, with it's magical flower and Nightborn with it's shattered mirror, both by Jessica Thorne The cover of Mageborn by Jessica's Thorne with tropes listed beside it - Dark fantasy romance, Secrets and mystery, Magic, Slow burn, Found family
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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You're invited to the launch of The Lore of Silver on Thursday 20th November at 6.30pm in the @gutterbookshop.bsky.social Cow's lane, Dublin 2, now with added @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social

There will be cake. And shenanigans.
Cover of The Lore of Silver and the words You're invited to the launch of The Lore of Silver, the Gutter bookshop Cow's lane, Dublin 2 with Sarah Rees Brennan 6.30pm 20 November 2025
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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I've run out of space on my "me" shelves! (There's another for hardbacks 😂).

UK print run copies of Mageborn and Nightborn have arrived and they are GORGEOUS 🥰 In bookshops on Thursday!

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Bookshelves full of books by Ruth Frances Long and Jessica Thorne. And some fairies.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Lunch was nom!
Poached egg & asparagus on toast
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Only 2 weeks to go!

You're all invited to the launch of The Lore of Silver, sequel to The Book of Gold, in the @gutterbookshop.bsky.social Cow's lane Dublin 2 on the 20th November at 6.30pm. All welcome. Please please please bring everyone you know!

There will be cake!
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The blue silver and red cover of The Lore of Silver on a blue and silver background with the words "You are invited to the launch of the Lore of Silver 6.30pm 20 November 2025 at The Gutter Bookshop, Cow's lane, Dublin 2
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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This is not a drill! There are early release paperbacks of The Book of Gold at the @waterstones.bsky.social stall at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social . The paperback includes a bonus brand new short story "Courting House Alvarez". Only 5, all signed, with art cards. Get them now before they're gone!
Ruth signing copies of The Book of Gold paperback The book of gold paperbacks
November 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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The fabulous @abeaumontbooks.bsky.social , in bronze age costume, launching her books Dissonance of Birdsong and Ballad of River Bones at
#WorldFantasyCon
Alexandra Beaumont, in bronze age costume, launching her books Dissonance of Birdsong and Ballad of River Bones at World Fantasy Con Alexandra Beaumont, in bronze age costume, launching her books Dissonance of Birdsong and Ballad of River Bones at World Fantasy Con
October 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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A little concerned about our train...
Train sign saying "Or next stop is final destination"
October 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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One more from last week's in Bournemouth with @amydelaforce.bsky.social and @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️
Amy, Ruth and Sarah holding a sign saying Romance Writing Festival
October 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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I'm going to be at World Fantasy in Brighton next week and here's where to find me

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Ruth Frances Long/ Jessica Thorne Find me at World Fantasy Con, Brighton Fri 31st Oct 11am - Paranormal Romance to Romantasy panel 8pm - Mass Signing Sat 1st Nov 10am - Reading Sun 2nd Nov 1pm - Music as Expression panel
October 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Aww my favourite photo from the Bournemouth Romance Writing festival and the face I make when someone asks me to sign my books out of the blue. Happy writer.

(Great photos by @solidimagery.bsky.social )
Ruth Frances Long in a crowd, about to sign books, smiling. The yellow banner for the Bournemouth Romance festival is behind her and the heading reads Write by the Sea
October 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Trade paperbacks of my new book The Lore of Silver arrived so I brought it and The Book of Gold into the library (as is now traditional) to meet their grandparents, especially the Plantain Polyglot Bible which started it all.
#FeralGods #booksky💙📚 @hodderscape.bsky.social
The Book of Gold (red and gold cover) and The Lore of Silver (blue and silver cover) in front of shelves of rare books. The Book of Gold and The Lore of Silver with the Plantain Polyglot Bible which inspired them.
October 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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The secret is out. Are you ready to enter...

Wildewood

My Irish gothic romance is out in January and available to pre-order now

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The book Wildewood a spooky cover with a gothic house surrounded by foxgloves and handwritten pages
October 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Wherever a book full of books arrives there is only one true winner

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A small white cat with black ears sits in a cardboard box A small white cat with black ears sits in a cardboard box
October 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Unboxing the paperback copies of The Book of Gold. It contains the bonus story "Courting House Alvarez". Out November 20th (1 month to go!) #FeralGods @hodderscape.bsky.social

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October 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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A fabulous day at the Bournemouth Romance Writing Festival kicking things off with the Love & Magic panel, taking Romantasy with @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social & @amydelaforce.bsky.social So lovely to see Katie Fforde and @themillyjohnson.bsky.social honoured in the evening (Shameless photo theft)
Front of the Royal Bath Hotel a large white Victorian building with the yellow Romance Writing Festival banner outside it Post from the Romance Writing Festival from Instagram with Ruth Frances Long, Amy de la Force and Sarah Rees Brennan on stage Ruth Frances Long, Amy de la Force and Sarah Rees Brennan on stage Amy de la Force and Ruth Frances Long laughing together at the book signing
October 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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I'm at the airport on the way to the Bournemouth Romance Writing Festival, treating myself in the fancy lounge
A glass of wine and a bowl of stew with bread and two cans of coke
October 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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The Lore of Silver, the sequel to the alt-renaissance fantasy heist The Book of Gold, is up on Netgalley now and I have a few codes to share. If you're interested, DM me and I'll see what I can do.
The cover of The Lore of Silver, blue with a silver vine decoration, featuring windows, a horse and a gladius wrapped in a red ribbon. The imagery is reflected in the background.
October 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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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
October 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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I survived the Bookbinding workshop at @octocon.bsky.social ! #Octocon25 (next time 2 hours!)
Ruth Frances Long teaching Coptic Bookbinding at Octocon Ruth Frances Long teaching Coptic Bookbinding at Octocon
October 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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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.
October 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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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
October 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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I'll also give a shout out to my beloved boys from The Book of Gold, Kit and Ben, whose story continues in The Lore of Silver

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Kit's one of the three pov characters throughout the series.
Kit and Ben from The Book of Gold, two young men, one with red hair and one with black hair, kissing passionately beneath a starry sky
October 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Next weekend it's @octocon.bsky.social and here's what I'm going to be doing...

yes... that is a bookbinding workshop...

Come and join us - 2025.octocon.com
Saturday 11 October 2025 13:00 Avoiding Interesting Research: Escaping the Rabbit Hole Shannon 2 + Alpha Stream,Duration: 60 mins 16:00 Build a Book with Ruth Frances Long Arena,Duration: 60 mins 17:30 Historical Myths and How to (Not) Use Them Shannon 2 + Alpha Stream,Duration: 50 mins
October 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Himself and myself are home sick with the dreaded C-lurgy so we needed something to occupy ourselves...

(As well as me writing and doing edits of course)
Table covered in craft kit pieces and a mug
September 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM