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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

ETERNITY IN THREE ACTS by @annseilin1.bsky.social is a page-turning bittersweet tragedy packed with plot twists and weird cool stuff and wonderful characters trying not to fall in love while attempting to save a crumbling world from a time apocalypse bookshop.org/p/books/eter...

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Eternity in Three Acts

Eternity in Three Acts is an incredible adult epic fantasy debut set in an Asian-inspired world where "time itself is crumbling and love alone is eternal" (Melissa Caruso). Battle, sacrifice, and peri...

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Lucy Brandt @lucybrandt.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I can't wait to read this - congratulations @annseilin1.bsky.social 🥳🎉

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I am a bundle of nerves, but BETWEEN GHOSTS AND GODS releases in the UK tomorrow! If you haven't got your copy yet, please consider picking one up at all bookshops both good and disreputable. (And also because my publisher will throw peanuts at me if you don't!)

The Book BETWEEN GHOSTS AND GODS with a red charm dangling on the corner on a piece of red silk patterned with golden blossoms. A red and black cat plush wearing a fox mask over one eye sits next to the book.

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Looking for your next Summerween read? BETWEEN GHOSTS AND GODS is available to request on Netgalley UK! ❤️ Slow burn romance 🔥 Set in the underworld with... 👻 Ghosts! Demons! 🐈‍⬛ Also a very smug demonic cat 💜 Learning forgiveness 🍴 But also 80% of this hell city would like to eat you

the book cover for BETWEEN GHOSTS AND GODS against an off white background with lanterns and stylised flowers and clouds. Caption reads: Available now
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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Currently in my "No, arghhhh!" era of writing

A graph showing the progress of writing Vs the amount of suffering over time. The more writing is done, the more suffering is felt.

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Big news from @thebookseller.com ETERNITY IN THREE ACTS is coming in 2027! A sweeping, tragic, hopeful love story of a young man raised as a sacrifice and his guide who falls in love with him.

Bookseller announcement. The title reads: Hodderscape wins five-way auction for Ann Sei Lin's fantasy duology

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

BETWEEN GHOSTS AND GODS is out soon! If you pre-order from @waterstones this week you can save 25% off RRP using the code FEB26. Hurry, as this offer ends at 23.59 on Friday 20th February! tinyurl.com/8nbt3bmn

https://tinyurl.com/8nbt3bmn 25% off pre-orders from Waterstones poster

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Nothing quite says I have my life together than trying to cancel utilities, spending hours not understanding why it won't let me cancel on XX/XX/2025, then having to Google 'What year is it?'

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Happy New Year! It's been seemingly quiet for me but with lots going on behind the scenes. For one, BETWEEN GHOSTS AND GODS was announced this year, coming out September 2026! Here's hoping 2026 is kind to us all. What are your wishes for 2026?

A mixture of photographs. From left to right: Between Ghosts and Gods cover, a board announcing an author event at Nonsuch school, Ann Sei Lin and April Doyle holding copies of Rebel Skies at Canterbury Waterstones, cats on different steps on a stairway in Crete, cakes on an egg blue plate

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I need my characters to get in contact with a secretive terrorist organisation. The level of tech is post industrial revolution, pre-internet. Anyone please toss me ideas. I'm resisting googling 'how to contact terrorists' right now

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

It's never too early for an explainer edit, is it? BETWEEN GHOSTS AND GODS is coming out September 2026 ❤️ Slow burn romance 🔥 Set in the underworld with... 👻 Ghosts! Demons! 🐈‍⬛ Also a very smug demonic cat 💜 Learning forgiveness 🍴 But also 80% of this hell city would like to eat you

The book Between Ghosts and Gods against a red background with arrows. Explainer text in post.

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Elaine Chiew about whether diasporas, who naturally traverse multiple cultures, are the new heroes in speculative fiction. @annseilin1.bsky.social‬ ‪@molluscdimension.bsky.social‬ (2/3)

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I'll be speaking at Imaginarium's Diaspora Heroes on November 30 at 11:00. Come get tickets and let's have a good time! britishfantasysociety.org/events-calen...

Poster of Ann Sei Lin with Rebel Skies trilogy

https://britishfantasysociety.org/events-calendar/lian-connect-and-bfs-online-presents-imaginarium-ii/

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

How it started Vs How it's going. My tbr list after about 6 months. I know it looks like no progress has been made, but I have read quite a bit, I swear! Is anyone else fighting back their tbr list? Any recommendations for where I should start?

A slightly smaller stack of books, though not visibly so.

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

It's Banned Book Week! When I mentioned this my colleague recommended The Librarians documentary about the book bans sweeping the US. Cinema showings are limited (but I believe it's also playing on BBC4 tomorrow) thelibrariansfilm.com

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The Librarians Film | Official Site

Librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting on the frontlines of democracy

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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

"Those who ban books want to lock away ideas they fear. But in truth, they are trying to steal our freedom." #BannedBooksWeek honorary chair @georgetakei.bsky.social encourages all of us to stand up for the freedom to read! #CensorshipIsSo1984 youtu.be/qwtzX15AKvQ?...

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George Takei, Banned Books Week 2025 Honorary Chair

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Thanks to Nonsuch school for letting me talk to their Yr8 students about Rebel Skies and being an author! Also congrats to Clive the Capybara who is now the Yr8's shikigami and will be delivering pepsi to all.

A decorated board with posters advertising and author visits and the name of the school at the top. The display table is empty because all the books have been taken.

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Doing a giveaway on Instagram! If anyone is interested in the full Rebel Skies series, please join! www.instagram.com/share/p/BASm...

The three books of the Rebel Skies trilogy surrounded by hanafuda playing cards.

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Finn Longman is only here occasionally @finnlongman.com · 27/08/2025

THE WOLF AND HIS KING comes out in the UK in 3 months today, so I'm giving away one paperback ARC! To enter: follow me and reskeet this. Bonus: add TWAHK on GR/Storygraph & drop a screenshot in the comments. Extra bonus: tell me your favourite medieval story. UK only (sorry). Closes midday 29/08.

An ARC of THE WOLF AND HIS KING by Finn Longman.

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I haven't been here much. Going through a bit of a crisis. Wrote two separate sapphic stories. One SF and one Fantasy, and both were shot down by my publisher so I've been scrambling to try and find something else to present to them. The joys of being an author.

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Reminder I'll be at Waterstones Canterbury in Rose Lane this Saturday! Come one come all for a fun chat about books, origami, anime and anything at all. www.waterstones.com/events/book-...

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Book Signing: Ann Sei Lin | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Book Signing: Ann Sei Lin today.

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I'll be at Waterstones Canterbury -Rose Lane on 19th July from 14:00. Come down and chat and get some signed copies! Fun for all the family!

Book signing: Ann Sei Lin
Canterbury Rose Lane
Saturday 19 July 14:00

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I'll be at Waterstones Canterbury -Rose Lane on 19th July from 14:00. Come down and chat and get some signed copies! Fun for all the family!

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Had a dream where people use cat guides in order to travel to different worlds except some cats are really stupid and will take you to instead random world instead because they smell catnip or something and I need this in a book.

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I attended the Chatham House talk on Battling Disinformation and Making digital spaces safe for the LGBTQ community. An interesting event which leaves me with much to think about regarding the global nature of disinformation and the internet's role.

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Eve Ainsworth @eveainsworth.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I am so excited to reveal my new cover for Exile a dramatic second chance romance coming out next May with @canelo_co You can pre order now amzn.eu/d/aKnkyvW Any shares appreciated! Isn’t it beautiful? ❤️🐝

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders? The average author income is about seven grand a year.

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LGBTQReads @lgbtqreads.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Happy Pride Month! This year, LGBTQ Reads is partnering with @bookshop.org for a sale on over 100 books by LGBTQIA+ authors using code PRIDE25! bookshop.org/info/pride

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 02/06/2025

Happy #LibrariesWeek! The theme is #LibrariesChangeLives - something Alex McCormick knows all about. She fundraised to save Spellow Community Hub & Library after the riots and at the #ReadingRights summit, she shared why libraries are vital: www.booktrust.org.uk/resources/fi... @cilip.bsky.social

Chris Riddell's illustration of Alex McCormick speaking at the Reading Rights summit, with a library in the background. Plus the words: "Access to books should not be a postcode lottery"

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 28/05/2025

✨ Our #BookTrustStorytime Prize 2026 longlist is here! ✨ The BookTrust Storytime Prize - part of our BookTrust Storytime programme with libraries - celebrates reads that are great for sharing with 0–5s. Enter to win all 23 longlisted books 👇 www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/new...

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

This bank holiday weekend, I recently finished Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi and enjoyed it! If you like dark, contemporary fairy tales, check it out!

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride surrounded by dandelions and pink flowers.

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Lucy Ann Unwin @lucyannunwin.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I’m so excited to share the cover of 🧠 #InsideYourBrain 🧠 - a lighthearted gallop through the history of neuroscience co-written with @caswell.bsky.social, stunningly illustrated by María Jesús Contreras and published by @thamesandhudson.bsky.social Pre-order links here >> linktr.ee/lucyannunwin

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

My work has forced us all into a meeting about how to use AI in our work to draft documents and generate images. I asked about the ethics of using generative AI to create images... and was completely ignored.

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Ben Schmidt @bschmidt.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

So if I am getting this right: Thursday the librarian of Congress was fired. Friday the copyright office rushed out a draft report suggesting genAI training on copyrighted works shouldn’t be legal. Saturday the head of the copyright office is fired.

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

To any aspiring authors and writers out there, Harper North has opened their submissions window (1-10 May 25). Please check guidelines for which genres they accept. www.harpernorth.co.uk

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Currently looking after this furry slinky. I'm told this a-liquid-yet-somehow-gets-everywhere creature is a cat, but I have my doubts.

A black cat (?) hanging off the top of an armchair. Front paws dangle downwards. Hind legs braced against chair

Black cat(?) on back, body slightly twisted, back legs point one way, front paws in the air. The cat(?) is staring at you suspiciously.

Black cat(?) lying down, front paws extended to bat at something invisible.

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SpookyMiddleGrade @spookymiddlegrade.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Follow the link or visit TheNextGenLibrarian on Instagram to enter this fabulous Halfway to Halloween Giveaway. You could win won of these amazing spooky books!

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Thanks again to @stepintostories.bsky.social for an amazing book festival. We made origami! Everyone was so good at it!

Holding origami paper like I'm in the lion king before a group of adults and children

An origami butterfly made from paper printed with constellations

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I'll be talking about Rebel Skies and doing an origami workshop at the Step Into Stories festival at 11am on Sat 12 April! Tickets are now on sale for the Bewdley Festival. Come one come all! boxoffice.bewdleyfestival.org.uk

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Step into Stories with Bewdley Festival @stepintostories.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

You do not want to miss out on this very special event! @annseilin1.bsky.social will be talking us through her incredible world where paper animals - shikigami - come alive and can be controlled by those with special powers. Try being a crafter yourself and make your own origami creature.

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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Currently playing Split Fiction where the main characters are both authors trying not to die as they navigate through their own story worlds, I can't help but think how different this journey would be if just one of them wrote cosy fic or contemporary romance.

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