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Tansy Rayner Roberts
@tansyrr.bsky.social
Author of cozy fantasy, mysteries & more. Latest release: THE SEASON OF DRAGONS. Semi-professional tea-drinker. Occasional podcaster! Find me at patreon.com/tansyrr and tansyrr.com. She/Her
Do you have all these wonderful fantasy books in your e-reader? If not, why not?

Buy through Storybundle, pay what you want - and you can even donate to charity at the same time!

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November 27, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Have you checked out the latest fantasy @storybundle.bsky.social yet? It's got my complete Harwood Spellbook omnibus as well as 9-11 other fantasy novels from great authors like Victoria Goddard, @jbensonink.bsky.social , @kristadb1.bsky.social & more: storybundle.com/fantasy

#romancelandia
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Current status: unreasonably obsessed with Lady Caroline Lamb. #hatoftheweek
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Oh my gosh snap this up if you haven’t already read it, Musketeer Space is terrific! (Also what a fabulous cover!)
Ten years ago, I sent Musketeers into space with my epic, gender-swapped space opera retelling of the Dumas novel. Now the Musketeers are back in 3 snazzy paperback editions featuring glorious art by @ravven.bsky.social

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November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Ten years ago, I sent Musketeers into space with my epic, gender-swapped space opera retelling of the Dumas novel. Now the Musketeers are back in 3 snazzy paperback editions featuring glorious art by @ravven.bsky.social

books2read.com/Valiant-Stars
November 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Snap up my complete Harwood Spellbook romantasy boxed set (usually $9.99/£7.99) in the Leading Ladies
@storybundle.bsky.social along with 9 to 11 other books by amazing authors like @tansyrr.bsky.social, @kristadb1.bsky.social & more for just $25 in total!

storybundle.com/fantasy

#romancelandia
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Power and Majesty is one of my all time favourites, so do go check this bundle out!
Check out this month's Storybundle curated by Charlotte E English -- featuring fantasy with strong female leads! a great way to pick up new reads including my own Power & Majesty

storybundle.com/fantasy
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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The Leading Ladies Fantasy Bundle:
You know how it goes. There's one female character in the book, and she's a love interest. She's given little to do and less to wear. She has no good lines, and nothing to contribute save her helplessness.
These are not those stories. storybundle.com/fantasy
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Check out this month's Storybundle curated by Charlotte E English -- featuring fantasy with strong female leads! a great way to pick up new reads including my own Power & Majesty

storybundle.com/fantasy
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I think it's hilarious that most people cite Anne Rice as the 'cautionary tale' for authors responding badly to book reviewers, when Lord Byron is RIGHT THERE and no literary critics ever challenged Anne Rice to a duel for being mean to them.
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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This time last year, @tansyrr.bsky.social gave us her list of the great (male) brutes and villains of the #Discworld...

Read it here (for free!): www.speculativeinsight.com/essays/brutes-villains
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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@tansyrr.bsky.social has been writing a series on Pratchett's Men, and you can catch half of them for free (and subscribe to get the other half!). The most recent essay is the first focused on Sam Vimes... but there's more to come, don't worry.

www.speculativeinsight.com/essays?autho...
October 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Happy Ace Pride Week, ace friends! Y'all have taught me a lot over the past few years. Let me thank you by recommending this cool (though not yet finished) fantasy series with a major ace-spec protagonist, Sparks & Philtres by @tansyrr.bsky.social. (It's the male lead.)

tansyrr.com/series/spark...
Sparks and Philtres – Tansyrr
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October 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The new Downton Movie offered a whole lot of cozy goodness, but particular a splendid array of new hats! Of all the costume dramas, Downton has always delivered good hat.
October 2, 2025 at 4:57 AM
This is wild to me.
@lizbethmyles.bsky.social I think I know this one. (Tues 16th Sept S17E43) #TheChase
September 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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... and our subscriber essay in September 2024 was by @tansyrr.bsky.social : how #Pratchett deconstructed fantasy heroes right from the start (and with a massive focus on Cohen, the barbarian of my heart...).

You can read it still be subscribing, for AUD 30/year! www.speculativeinsight.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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To all of my fabric-crafting friends or anyone who needs wallpaper, check out @kmjennings.bsky.social designs on Spoonflower. They're the kind of designs that make me wish I sewed (or could wallpaper my apartment). Some faves in replies.
www.spoonflower.com/profiles/tan...
tanaudel's shop on Spoonflower: fabric, wallpaper and home decor
World Fantasy Award-winning illustrator (also a writer). I particularly love fairy-tale, Gothic, and fairy-tale Gothic designs, Golden Age illustration and midcentury old endpapers. Mostly hand-drawn...
www.spoonflower.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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I just read and absolutely loved @tansyrr.bsky.social's Joyeux, a prequel novella (that works beautifully on its own! but also left me desperate for MORE) to her gender-flipped Three Musketeers in space retelling (Musketeer Space). SO GOOD! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Stephanie's review of Joyeux (Musketeer Space #0.5)
5/5: Ahhh this novella is a witty, sharp-edged treat for any fans of the original Three Musketeers (or French history from around that time), and I loved every moment of it. Set before the events of (...
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September 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I think my favourite thing about the Downton Abbey movie coverage so far is all the media flipping out because they forgot to obsessively invade the privacy of the cast for the last several years and now they have several marriages, pregnancies and babies to catch up on.
September 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It is so bizarre to me to see how much 'cozy' is being used in the promo tour for Downton Abbey Happy Ever After - all 3 movies certainly ARE cozy because basically epilogues but the original series was pure agony!angst!melodrama punctuated by witty remarks, frocks and tea.
September 21, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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We've been publishing some cool extras every now and then, like this listicle from @tansyrr.bsky.social about Discworld dads... you can see them at all www.speculativeinsight.com/extras.

You'll also find a brilliant time travel (ish) short story, and Celia Lake and Freya Marske in conversation.
September 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Tallulah Cunningham's adorable art was all through this Kickstarter campaign -- and you only have a few hours left to score one of her gorgeous original pieces along with a certificate of authenticity. teacup-magic-2.backerkit.com/hosted_preor... @papertigress.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
And we're nearly done! This is the very last day to pre-order a copy of this beautiful blue and gold #cozyfantasy special edition containing three romantic adventures from the Teacup Isles. teacup-magic-2.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
Pre-order Teacup Magic 2: Special Edition on BackerKit
Cozy Regency romantic fantasy, beautifully bound in a deluxe foiled collector's hardback
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September 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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I love this so much

I FEEL IT IN MY BONES 😆
September 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Pre-orders still open on my Backerkit Store for one more week! Special edition foiled cozy fantasy hardbacks, pins, stickers and SO MUCH TEA.

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September 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM