Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The plates for the new car were in today’s mail. The people at the DMV said we were the fourth exchange today of that letter combo. The state motto just finishes it. 010
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026UK friends and readers, you can pre-order a copy of Hadrian’s Eagles from uk.bookshop.org between 23-27 September and save 20% with the code: SEPT20 Every sale supports real independent bookshops across the UK. 010
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026New Substack, Not Far From the Tree acockrell.substack.com/p/not-far-fr...acockrell.substack.comNot Far From the TreeMy hero has lodged himself in a corner from which only magic can extricate him and this isn’t that sort of book. 010
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Not to be missed! This is a terrific book, Elizabeth Poliner is a brilliant writer, and the addition of the also brilliant Jeanne Larsen makes for the perfect literary evening. 7 pm September 2, Barnes & Noble, Valley View Mall, Roanoke 010
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 10/08/2026New Substack on the ghosts of the blacklist . acockrell.substack.com/p/the-unquie...acockrell.substack.comThe Unquiet GraveThe resurrection of the blacklist 000
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 31/07/2026bookshop.org/p/books/are-...bookshop.orgAre You Now or Have You Ever Been?: A Novel of the Hollywood BlacklistElizabeth "Liza Jane" Sydney, a beloved, old-school Movie Star, is used to getting what she wants. Her film career took off in the Golden Age of Hollywood and barely survived Sen. Joe McCarthy's infam... 000
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The president has now begun to fling the term Communist at anyone who displeases him, from hecklers to the entire Democratic party, an almost verbatim reenactment of the Red Scare of the 50s. My novel Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? is set then and has grown frighteningly timely. I’m not grateful 100
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026New Substack post acockrell.substack.com/p/mr-ipsum-a...acockrell.substack.comMr. Ipsum and Mr. ShrdluLike every other writer I know, I get multiple come-ons from scammers hopeful of enticing me to pay them to publicize my brilliant novel which [add book jacket copy and text from author’s bio]. 010
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The pomegranate tree that nearly died to the ground that terrible cold winter a few years back has regenerated enough to make a few pomegranates this year! 010
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 05/06/2026The Pug Boys have learned who lets them sleep plastered against him. (They are fur-covered radiators.) They know if I say “Housekeeping!” it means I have dropped something on the floor and the first dog gets it. They eat fruit that Dogma spits out, but do not share her passion for green beans. 030
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 29/05/2026New Substack post, Riding in cars with dogs. open.substack.com/pub/acockrel...open.substack.comThe Great Dog Road TripBecause we are insane, we actually did drive from Virginia to California and back, with one dog outbound and three dogs on the homeward trip. 020
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Looking for a week-long writing workshop on an idyllic campus in the Blue Ridge Mountains? June 14-19. I’ll be teaching Sense of Place and Time in Fiction. www.hollins.edu/academics/co...hollins.eduTMWW: Summer Residential Workshops - Hollins UniversityJune 14-19, 2026 – Summer Residential Workshops Fuel your passion and transform your writing! Spend an inspirational week at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains on the beautiful campus […] 010
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Yippee. Cartimandua made the short list and then Honorable Mention. I hope she’s pleased. 000
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Another plug for the Tinker Mountain Writers Workshop June 14-19. An idyllic campus, good company, lots of small workshops to choose from. www.hollins.edu/academics/co... 010
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 23/04/2026White Itoh peony, the closest thing I can grow out here to a Matilija poppy. 031
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 12/04/2026New Substack post — Road Trip with Dogs. acockrell.substack.com/p/road-trip-...acockrell.substack.comRoad Trip, with dogsStory is powerful. 000
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Another plug for the Tinker Mountain Writers Workshop June 14-19. An idyllic campus, good company, lots of small workshops to choose from. www.hollins.edu/academics/co...hollins.eduTMWW: Summer Residential Workshops - Hollins UniversityJune 14-19, 2026 – Summer Residential Workshops Fuel your passion and transform your writing! Spend an inspirational week at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains on the beautiful campus […] 000
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I had a lovely time talking about this book and the Hollywood Blacklist with Verena Rose on Sunday Tea with V. tinyurl.com/t67uu9jb 000
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 11/03/2026New Substack post, with goblins. acockrell.substack.com/p/what-we-ke...acockrell.substack.comWhat We KeepMore than Rumors of War 000
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 08/03/202612:00-1:30 March 21. I also get to moderate a panel the day before with three terrific writers. 010
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Looking for a week on an idyllic campus in the Blue Ridge Mountains, just writing? June 14-19 I’ll be teaching Sense of Time and Place in Fiction. www.hollins.edu/academics/co...hollins.eduTMWW: Summer Residential Workshops - Hollins UniversityJune 14-19, 2026 – Summer Residential Workshops Fuel your passion and transform your writing! Spend an inspirational week at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains on the beautiful campus […] 000
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Books illustrated by Olive Bailey are rare. She only did two besides Shadow Castle, all for the same publisher. Here’s one, The Land of the Lost, a childhood favorite of mine, no doubt because I kept losing things. So glad to see her work out there again with the new edition of Shadow Castle. 000
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 25/02/2026I’m giving Substack a try in the hope I’ll be inspired by all the other people posting there. Here’s the link to subscribe for free. acockrell.substack.com?utm_campaign... 000
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Really thrilled to be part of the Virginia Festival of the Book March 20-22! 011
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Look how pretty they are! books2read.com/ShadowCastle 000
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Our new edition of my mother's classic fairy tale Shadow Castle is up now, and it's gorgeous. Here's a universal buy link: books2read.com/ShadowCastle And here's the whole saga in a new blog post, The Story of How the Fairies Put One Over on the Pirates www.amandacockrell.com/blog/posts/4... 000
Reposted by Amanda CockrellBrooklyn Books & Booze @ Barrow's Intense @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social · 20/01/2026TONIGHT TONIGHT! BBB returns Tuesday 1/20 at 7pm at Barrow's for 2026's first reading with incredible authors @amandacockrell.bsky.social @ellenkushner.bsky.social @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social & @michaelswanwick.bsky.social! Sip, savor, & stay warm with us! 🍸📖🎙️ More: BrooklynBooksBooze.com 044
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Even if I wasn’t reading I would come for this drink. Not to mention the other readers…but… chocolate, bourbon and cherry, with a sword! 042
Reposted by Amanda CockrellBrooklyn Books & Booze @ Barrow's Intense @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social · 13/01/2026BBB is a HAPPENING thing, so here are some HAPPENINGS that'll be HAPPENING soon: Our monthly reading 1/20 with @ellenkushner.bsky.social @amandacockrell.bsky.social @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social & @michaelswanwick.bsky.social + our 2/7 Author Book Fair! Don't miss 'em! 📚👀 MORE: BrooklynBooksBooze.com 044
Reposted by Amanda CockrellBrooklyn Books & Booze @ Barrow's Intense @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Here's a news headline you'll WANT to read: BBB returns on 1/20 at 7pm for our first reading of the year with awesome authors @amandacockrell.bsky.social @ellenkushner.bsky.social @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social & @michaelswanwick.bsky.social ! Sip & savor with us! 🍸📖🎙️ More: BrooklynBooksBooze.com 045
Reposted by Amanda CockrellBrooklyn Books & Booze @ Barrow's Intense @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social · 03/01/20262026 has some rocket fuel! 🚀 On 1/20 at 7pm BBB holds our first reading of the year at Barrow's with amazing tales from @amandacockrell.bsky.social @ellenkushner.bsky.social @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social and @michaelswanwick.bsky.social ! Its a great night out! 🍸📖🎙️ More: BrooklynBooksBooze.com 042
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 31/12/2025The Laird o’ Phelps spent Hogmanay declaring he was sober, Counted his feet to prove the fact and found he had one foot over. — Louis MacNeice, “Bagpipe Music” Happy New Year, best beloveds 041
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Dogma wishes one and all a happy holiday. She has already destroyed her first squeaky toy. It lasted 20 minutes. 010
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Credit: Jose y Maria by Everett Patterson 000
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Christmas 1961 when I was 13. That’s me on the horse, my father and LA friends who came up to Ojai for Xmas, along with relatives and courtesy uncles and an overrun of cousins and extra dogs. We talked about politics and books and Hollywood, which was the family business. I loved it. 010
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Still timely. Getting timelier by the day. 100
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Here we come a-wassailing. The Welsh have much better wassailing traditions than we do. 010
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 01/12/2025I got to catch up with Kimberly McBroom at WDBJ-7 last week and talk about my new novel about the Hollywood blacklist and why we ought to be paying attention to what went on then. www.wdbj7.com/2025/11/25/h...wdbj7.comHometown author to release new book on the 1950s Hollywood blacklistRoanoke-based writer tackles the Hollywood blacklist of the 1950s. 061
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 19/11/2025I had great time talking with Rob and Jen. s3qx53.podbean.com 000
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Backyard wildlife report. We’ve had possums, and the groundhogs and skunks are regulars, but this is the first raccoon I’ve seen in the yard and I fear the days of goldfish pond may be numbered. 000
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Happy to be among the bunch of authors having a book sale (and holiday shopping opportunity) this Saturday, November 15, 11:30-1:30 at the Salem Museum. Portraits by the brilliant Patrick Harrington, who will have his own books there. 000
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 28/10/2025We have moved the papyrus indoors for the winter. Because the cats insist on chewing on it, which makes them throw up, but they don't care, the papyrus lives in the bathroom, thus adding that air of swamp chic that we all strive for.  010
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 27/10/2025I really love shepherd.com’s book lists. Here’s my new one on censorship. shepherd.com/best-books/government-… 000
Amanda Cockrell @amandacockrell.bsky.social · 19/10/2025I was heartened by the huge turnout in Roanoke yesterday. Lots of kids, dogs, silly costumes, and determination that we have had enough. 010
