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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 16/09/2026

I contributed to JournalismUK’s Community Spotlight, sharing what randomly drawn tarot cards have taught me about interviewing writers, musicians and artists. It’s fascinating how chance can open up a conversation! Thank you, @journalismnews.bsky.social #tarot #journalism

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What using tarot cards as random prompts has taught me about interviews

Finbarre Snarey spent years watching journalists experience the joylessness of rehearsed interviews and learned that a little bit of chance is all you need to find the real story

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The September newsletter is here with a few thoughts about AI and writing, and all the reasons it's a bad idea. amyskaufman.substack.com/p/the-one-ag...

Christine de Pizan writing a book with a robot emoji on her head.

People have spent decades being afraid of the singularity, but I actually think that what we have right now-unintelligent AI-is far more dangerous.

LLMs encourage people to look outside themselves to figure out what they want to say, instead of looking inside. They encourage us, in essence, to be told what we think and feel.

In our current always-online world, our creativity was one of the last inner spaces available to us. And creativity requires shutting out external distractions, all those flattening, homogenizing voices. It's the space that makes us individuals."

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Have you ever thought: - Can a book have a favorite Ratt song? - Halt and Catch Fire but make it glam metal lit fic - I want a protagonist who remembers the chewy false promise of a SnackWell’s cookie then GIRLS ON THE EDGE is for you! And you can save 25% now through B&N’s preorder sale

Flyer for 25% GIRLS ON THE EDGE book through Barnes and Noble’s preorder sale using code preorder25 from Sept. 9-11

Trope map explaining GIRLS ON THE EDGE includes 80s glam metal, ambition in male-dominated industries, two messy protagonists, a reference to SnackWell’s cookies, themes of did we get wiser or just older, complicate friendship, three timelines, and references to the early days of the internet

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I have news! The Traitor of Sherwood Forest won the Star Award in Women’s Fiction, in the Outstanding Debut Category! I'm so grateful to @wf-writers.bsky.social for this award, and a little overwhelmed because we had an amazing slate of finalists!

Graphic announcing The Traitor of Sherwood Forest as the winner of the STAR award in Women's Fiction, debut category.

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Elisabeth J. Hobbes author @elisabethhobbes.co.uk · 03/09/2026

Oh no, who will not write the books now? 😭😭😭

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

One of my shoot-for-the-moon author goals was an academic discussion of my book, and I can't believe it's happening! There's a roundtable on The Traitor of Sherwood Forest at the 2027 International Medieval Congress. (Still open if you'd like to participate!) icms.confex.com/icms/2027/pr...

A call for papers for a roundtable discussion of The Traitor of Sherwood Forest.

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I've been offline forever but logging in to share the new Hungarian edition of The Traitor of Sherwood Forest, out now with Libri! It's so shiny 🌟! And it has beautiful sprayed edges. 📚💙 booklove.hu/a-sherwoodi-...

Image of THE TRAITOR OF SHERWOOD FOREST's Hungarian edition.

Image of THE TRAITOR OF SHERWOOD FOREST's Hungarian edition with a glossy cover.

Image of THE TRAITOR OF SHERWOOD FOREST, Hungarian edition, black sprayed edges with foxes, crows, and interlacing vines.

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Alma Katsu (pre-order INCARNATE now! Coming Sept 22 in US) @almakatsu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Re: the HWA AI dustup, I see a friend saying 'AI is inevitable' but I'm here to tell you as a tech futurist, it is NOT. No tech is inevitable. Widespread adoption only comes w/confluence of factors, often hard to orchestrate. Tech companies have their thumb on the scale big-time on this one

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

15 years ago, I decided I was going to write a book about glam metal groupies. I quit my job. I got an MFA. I spent 3.5 years querying agents. The book died on sub. Then I re-envisioned it and rewrote it. And now GIRLS ON THE EDGE comes out March 16 from Park Row Books bookshop.org/p/books/girl...

Cover for Girls On the Edge by Amy Rossi, featuring two girls hugging obscured by a hot pink wash

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Robert Houghton @robehoughton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Not only is my book, The Middle Ages in Computer Games, now out in paperback, @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social are giving a copy away! Enter by Sunday.

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Lacey N. Dunham (she/her) @bookbent.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Do you need summer reading suggestions? Have you added to your TBR lately? The annual anti-summer summer reading list from Necessary Fiction is finally here! 😎☀️📚 With recs from me, @shimmer.bsky.social @dianejosefowicz.bsky.social and @mbailatj.bsky.social

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Summer reading 2026 – Necessary Fiction

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I finally had a chance to see The Death of Robin Hood! It definitely took me some time to separate my thoughts from the hype and controversy and "read" the film for myself, but what I came up with after that surprised me.

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What is a hero?

On The Death of Robin Hood

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Sam B. Farkas @sambfarkas.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Colin isn't on here, so I'm going to shout about this most amazing of novels, a true gut punch of MG fantasy that has space pirates, and wish-granting stars, and magical storytelling, and it's just SO GOOD.

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Time for @bookshop.org’s anti-Prime *free shipping* event so it’s time for me to remind you that THE COVER GIRL is a great summer read. Rock and roll never reckoned with the 70s “baby groupie” era so I wrote about it, with a dose of fashion and hating Reagan on the side bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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The Cover Girl

Check out The Cover Girl - "Thrilling and glamorous as its runways and backstage parties, The Cover Girl is also heartbreaking and redemptive with an ending that made me cry. Birdie i...

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Wolfshead Through the Ages: The History of Robin Hood has been fully updated. boldoutlaw.com/robages/ Follow #RobinHood from the #medieval ballads and plays to the latest movies #HeWasAHero #TheDeathofRobinHood

Cover to 1560s printing of the Gest and Robin Hood play

Cover to Anthony Munday’s Elizabethan play that made Robin an earl

Robin Hood by Howard Pyle in 1883 classic children’s book

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I'm so thrilled to announce that The Traitor of Sherwood Forest is a finalist for the Star Award from the WFWA! wfwa.memberclicks.net/women-s-fict...

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Womens Fiction Day 2026

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Justine Breton @bretonjustine.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

🐺📚 Now available as a pdf! Translating The Witcher: Publishing Fantasy Fiction in Europe @universitypress.cambridge.org Download it before June 15! www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Translating The Witcher

Cambridge Core - Printing and Publishing History - Translating The Witcher

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Wren Handman - 📖A Midnight So Deadly📚 is out now! @wrenhandman.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

It Ends With Her, a sapphic horror anthology, is out tomorrow and I am really, really, really proud of my story for it. I think it's one of the best things I've written in a while. deadfoxpub.com/products/it-...

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It Ends with Her - A Sapphic Horror Anthology

Love blooms as swiftly as it devours. Pull back the layers to delve into the devotion and longing, the lust and the love, the triumphs and tragedy in this sapphic horror collection. This special web...

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Courtney & Clarke Collins | Fantasy Co-Authors @collinsauthors.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

If anyone likes to vote for free in contests (WHO DOESN'T??), consider voting for us as @sevendaysvt.bsky.social Vermont's Best Published Author. All you have to do is enter an email (to keep track of your vote; no spam!): ballot.sevendaysvt.com/culture/best...

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Seven Daysies Ballot 2026

Vote for your favorite Vermont businesses, people and places June 2-15, 2026.

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

If you want fiction that looks at the medieval #RobinHood with a critical eye, I recommend The Traitor of Sherwood Forest by @askaufman.bsky.social interview: www.boldoutlaw.com/robint/amy-k...

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

If you love historical fiction and want a chance to win some great books, join us this Thursday at 4pm Pacific! Tickets are free! 📚💙 adventuresbythebook.com/calendar-eve...

A flyer for virtual book bingo featuring six authors. Thursday, May 28, 2026, 4pm Pacific.

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I don’t know what to tell you, man. I’m a medieval historian, and, in my field, if you don’t check your sources (and your sources’ sources) you are just asking to be taken for a ride by some bored 19th C. aristocratic English antiquarian with a penchant for inventing history.

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J.A. Prentice @japrenticewrites.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The irony is that I think Homer would be far more likely to be upset about people from northern europe (barbarians) being cast in the Odyssey than anything modern racists are upset about.

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Into the Greenwood @intogreenwood.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Episode 72 of the Into the Greenwood podcast will introduce our newest sub-series, "Side Targets". Side Targets will be film reviews for the movies and shows that fall outside of the purview of our normal "Splitting Arrows" series, but are still Robin Hood-related in one way or another. 🏹

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The sale is still on today! (No one tells us how long these things last. Welcome to publishing.)

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

this book is SO GOOD!!

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

In things I didn't know when I sent my newsletter: The Traitor of Sherwood Forest ebook is on sale for $1.99 today! (US only, sadly)

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The Traitor of Sherwood Forest: A Novel

Amazon.com: The Traitor of Sherwood Forest: A Novel eBook : Kaufman, Amy S.: Kindle Store

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

You couldn't ask for a better person to read your work! This is a great opportunity.

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Into the Greenwood @intogreenwood.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Alicja Biała's new Maid Marian statue deeply evokes this painting of the Invisible Prince in Cardiff Castle from 1879 by Horatio Lonsdale. The painting is one of my favorite things to see in Cardiff Castle and I look forward to seeing the Marian statue once it gets unveiled in Nottingham!

Illustration for a sculpture depicting the outline of a woman made from leaves and branches

Painting on a wall labeled "Invisible Prince" that shows two trees concealing the outline of a man.

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sarah l. hawthorn (A FATE WORSE THAN DROWNING '26) @slhawthorn.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Most writing days are hard. Some are soul-sucking. Some are beautiful. Drafting a second book is hard! Hard things are neutral. Not good, not bad, just difficult and dependent on a lot of factors. If the moments of beauty are worth the suck, I keep it pushing. One thing I'll never turn to? AI.

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Kiri Callaghan @kiricallaghan.com · 23/04/2026

Enter to win 1 of 15 ARCs of The Hearth Witch's Guide to Spite & Spellwork! (Visit via browser, not the app--the giveaway doesn't show up in the app) www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

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The Hearth Witch's Guide to Spite & Spellwork (Deluxe E…

Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 22/04/2026

Higher Magic is on sale for a few more days!

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Lindsey Byrd @lindseybyrd.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I'm delighted to share this book with the world, The Moon Blessed King is a queer political fantasy novel about love, loss, and questioning the relationship between life and death. Out 16 April (UK) and 28 April everywhere else! #FantasyBooks #NewReleases #TheMoonBlessedKing #QueerFantasy

Author holding up paperback copy of book entitled "The Moon Blessed King" by Lindsey Byrd. It is a blue cover with moon motifs.

Dedication inside the book which reads: This book is dedicated to all of the essential workers, first responders and primary caregivers who worked tirelessly through the Covid-19 pandemic. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your service.

Back of book cover copy for The Moon Blessed King, which reads: In the daring sequel to The Sun Blessed Prince, Elician and Cat must confront the goddess of death to save their nations. But could it already be too late?

Elician is a Giver with the power to raise the dead, and though it’s forbidden for Givers to rule, he is crowned King of Soleb. Determined to end a generations-long war with the kingdom of Alelune, he is prepared to marry Cat, Alelune's rightful heir.

But Cat is a Reaper, able to kill with a touch, and feared by even his own people. His claim to the throne is a gamble at best, but before he can challenge his tyrannical brother, Gillage, the goddess of death releases a devastating plague across the continent.

To stop it, Elician and Cat must confront Death herself, leaving Elician's rebellious sister, Fen, to do what she can to heal the sick in their absence. But when a coup threatens to upend her brother’s reign, Fen must decide exactly what she is willing to sacrifice to help her brother succeed.

With two countries at stake, the death toll rising, and the struggle for Alelune’s throne hanging in the balance, it’s a race against time to appease the wrath of a god.

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 24/03/2026

I never used Grammerly, because it never did really understand the point of grammar and just...used a bunch of rules. Grammar (and punctuation and even spelling) is actually really squishy and alive and changing.

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Amy S. Kaufman @askaufman.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

And it's such an incredibly good book!

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

This is my 5th time writing for @marchxness.bsky.social and my 1st time in the Sweet 16! Vince and I face a formidable opponent in @erinkeane.bsky.social and GNR. Only you can determine the saddest, 90s-est song: marchxness.com/sweet16-gnrv...