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

While I'm talking about how tough discoverability is for books these days...I keep hearing that people didn't realize I've got a book coming out! So yes! The third and final book of The Echo Archives, THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID, is out on Nov 10! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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The Last Star in the Void

The brilliant conclusion to Melissa Caruso's Echo Archives trilogy; a whip-smart adventure fantasy where a detective has to solve the greatest mystery of all--her own murder. Kembral Thorne is back o...

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

THE SEVENTH BANISHER by A K Larkwood has Knives Out meets Lovecraft meets Gideon the Ninth vibes with a bunch of terrible but fascinating people trapped on an isolated island murdering their way through mind-blowing plot twists on a creepy magical mansion (out in March): bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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The Seventh Banisher

From the author of The Unspoken Name comes a riveting Gothic fantasy mystery full of uncanny magic, long-guarded secrets, and a deadly trial to inherit a legendary power, perfect for fans of The Taint...

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Probably just as well that I don't have any job interviews lined up because at this point my contrary-nature heels are so dug in I'd likely show up with a tiki cocktail the size of my head. 🍹

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I mean honestly, look at that comp summary and tell me how I am not supposed to completely lose my mind over this. CAN'T BE DONE. Mind must be lost. I don't make the rules! 🤷‍♀️

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Never really realised how much I fiddle with my wedding ring until I gave it to the jeweller for resizing and now it's like I've lost a tooth... 😂

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🐈‍⬛ @karinlow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

THE BLURB:

Book blurb:

All his life Tomaz Morgate of Hundredhills has dreamed of swashbuckling adventure. However, as guardian to his three younger brothers and sister, and burdened with the responsibility of managing his family estate, Tomaz’s dreams are out of reach. Overlooked by society due to his disability, and nursing a wound from a past relationship, Tomaz has gained a reputation for caustic aloofness. But when the conniving politics of the ruling United Corporae threaten to steal Hundredhills from under him, Tomaz must find a powerful husband—and fast—to secure his position.

When Lord Ayrta Havilland re-enters society to much fanfare, after his commission as a general in the Royal Army, Tomaz takes an immediate dislike to the self-assured military hero. Do the machinations of the court turn them into unexpected allies or confirmed enemies? Tomaz must reckon with his pride, his past, and his sense of duty, or else run the risk of losing his family home—and the unexpected affection he discovers with Lord Havilland.

Perhaps the greatest adventure of all is in the journey of the heart.

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I amb about halfway through and enjoying this one SO MUCH. Very much adding Jehan to my star line-up of magnificent disaster bisexuals. (What is this line-up going to do? Everything and everyone, baby. And make the biggest, most hilarious mess doing it.)

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

IT'S TODAY!!! My fantasy novella, A DUBIOUS CLAMOR, is out today! From here on out, if you suddenly have the urge to read about harpies, opinionated weapons, and a bunch of misfits fighting the fash, you can just DO THAT! Order direct or from bookstores: hornedlarkpress.com/product/a-du...

Happy author Marissa Lingen, a long-haired white woman, holds up a copy of her book, A DUBIOUS CLAMOR

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

No time to talk; we're going to the bookstore!

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm entertaining the notion that this whole Radiohead ticket ballot scenario is some complicated wellbeing scheme to get middle-aged nerds talking to their buddies. Which is to say both that the group chat is more lively than it's been in ages, and also that I am going to see Radiohead, yay.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 11/09/2026

AND ALSO I had a book come out THIS VERY TUESDAY! How can that be?! Would love to see folks picking up WICKHILLS -- a ? magical Cold War fantaspionage in a magical city ? I don't know -- but, you know, without blowing your cover. Cover illo by the amazing Tom Roberts! 🤩

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Wickhills

In the dangerous magical city of Wickhills, a streetwise secret agent is tasked with protecting a foreign defector from his pursuers... even at the threat of...

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🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌 @raenbowpunk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

One book you should have on your radar next week is ⚔️DUBIOUS CLAMOR⚔️ by @marissalingen.bsky.social, from @hornedlarkpress.com! 🦅a sapphic ex-harpy 💞ALL the misfits 🗡️a magic sword with Opinions 🫠cowards facilitate fascists actually 🍰good pastry is IMPORTANT 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟! buff.ly/f1MPss5

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Sunday Soupçons #56 - Every Book a Doorway

A traveller's guide to fantastical cities, and an ex-harpy taking down fascists with a sword of uncertainty!

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I use three different libraries regularly. But then, Melbourne has an embarrassment of riches in the local government department.

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Thiiiis! Nothing bums me out like a book that has things I love but a delivery that fumbles (for me; everyone's mileage varies). Whereas if the authorial voice is interesting enough, chewy enough, delightful enough, I will follow wherever it goes just to enjoy the flow of words.

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🌌Sia is a numinous nebula atm🌌 @raenbowpunk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you're a @freyamarske.bsky.social fan: this is her best book yet! If you aren't a Freya Marske fan: this is the book that'll make you one! 5 disaster-queers trying to pass exams in healing magic, solve a murder, and build futures they'd actually like to live in. It's FLAWLESS. buff.ly/zgk0QLE

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Indescribable, Unputdownable, Instant New Fave: Bodies of Magic by Freya Marske

A book that asks ‘what would a world with healing magic look like?’ via five disaster-queers!

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

It's that time! It's 25% off preorders time at Barnes & Noble!!! You know what you can preorder now? THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID! It has swordfights! Consequences! A squirrel! Bad ideas! High-stakes shopping! This time, the murder Kem must solve is her own. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-last-s...

Cover of THE LAST STAR IN THE VOID, which includes golden chalices on a purple field full of golden stars and moons. There's a silhouette of a ragged but badass woman with a sword and good boots in front of one of the chalices.

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Kerstin Hall @kerstinhall.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The type of person who makes these comments always seems to presume that everyone should be gravely sympathetic about their inability to write well—like they are battling a tragic chronic condition—and the thing is, I could not give less of a shit.

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am loving all the affirming, positive, wholesome reviews quoted on this, but I have to admit that the responses/reviews that make me proudest on the Burnished City trilogy are the ones where the reader is just plain shouting (or swearing) at me. 😆 (Yes. Yes I did that. And I'll do it again. 💖)

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A follow-up note that the bartenders of Melbourne, thus far, are unsure how to react to being told "That makes me quite sad, actually." 😆

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Taking a stand: You may not refer to it as "happy hour" to me if you're only doing cheap pints of lager.

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

At least when I'm in the phone queue with the Australian Chamber Orchestra the hold music is top-notch...

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This book is like John le Carré meets Jeff VanderMeer and I mean that in the best way possible.

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

After dinner conversation went more off the rails then usual, it became appropriate for Mr Dee to thoughtfully declare: "Life is like a box of chickens..."

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My personal biggest takeaway from the Cartier exhibition at NGV: emeralds just look like candy, especially when carved. That's just straight up edible wtf.

A "tutti frutti" Cartier bracelet with floral motif made of carved emeralds, rubies and sapphires.

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A Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 06/09/2026

The reason that the Harry Potter apologists won't just read better books is because they're not looking for good stories...if they were, they wouldn't have glommed on to Harry Potter. They're looking for the camaraderie and social phenomenon that Harry Potter was in the 2000s.

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Juliette Wade @juliettewade.com · 04/09/2026

This is my offspring, and he's great at this! He helps me a ton, ESPECIALLY with medical stuff.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Once again the Gen Z staffer at my publisher says it in ways I literally could not. Because I don't know those idioms. But I understand them enough to know that this is a good thing.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I'm sure this summer's going to be fine (in the most dog-drinking-coffee-while-the-room-goes-up-in-flame way possible)...

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Evergreen sentiment but particularly in my thoughts right now.

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Char @curryalley.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Do you like bisexual disaster sorcerers in a fantasy city that feels so real you could touch it? Try Notorious Sorcerer!

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I am SO VERY looking forward to this third Queen of Villainy. Love love LOVE an Ice Queen! 🤩

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Christopher Ruz, Aussie Author @ruzkin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

WE’RE GOING TO WORLDCON, BABY

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Lydia @lunapuella.eurosky.social · 29/08/2026

This is a very fun, super sexy and incredibly (gender) queer book. I recommend it!

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This evening has involved me reflecting (with great satisfaction) upon the number of local bar staff who greet me with tremendous warmth, so you can guess the level of my sobriety right now...

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

BTW this Sunday, writers out in public in Naarm! Fun folks, good chats, plus Whitehart have a solid beer list and also do a good line in "hot wine soup" which is totally what I've been calling mulled wine all winter, much to the disgust of every snobbish bartender I encounter...

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

There's a man in this pub reading a book that he's bent entirely back on itself, breaking the spine, and I'm fighting the urge to glass him. (Sure, it's his book and he can do as he likes but omg stoppit! 😂)

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I talked about juggling the wondrous and everyday to make rich, lived-in worlds with @erinmevans.bsky.social and @thetreavor.bsky.social on Writing About Dragons & Shit. Find it on your podcast service or join their patreon to get my wild gesturing in video! 😂 www.patreon.com/writingabout...

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We have soooo many quotes from IN BRUGES in the household vernacular, but variants on this one are very common...

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

If you're looking for a middle-grade read with a different (but very real) perspective and a LOT of (thoroughly deserved) prize-recognition, this is your book!

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

(Learn about my book, save my ankles! 😂) My (complete!) Burnished City trilogy starts with NOTORIOUS SORCERER, which has an absolutely gorgeous cover and all this good stuff in it!

One of those arrow-pointing book memes, indicating that Notorious Sorcerer by Davinia Evans (that's me!) contains: M/M meetsnark, disaster bisexuals, swordfighting street gangs, fancy alchemy clubs, magical smash-and-grab, fuck the police, harpy runs amok, and falling in love would be stupid...

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Thinking about that "teach the bible" thing. My in-laws feel similar: it's important for literature. So I said sure, read the kid bible stories if you like. And they clearly did because one day her stories about her imaginary siblings included one who could walk on water and took three-day naps.

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Davinia Evans (Dee) @cupiscent.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This one's going to be DELIGHTFUL!

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Christopher Ruz, Aussie Author @ruzkin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

OH HEY WHAT'S UP TEAM It's time for another Melbourne writer's meet! SUN 30 AUGUST, 12-4PM Quiet write-in from 12-2, then chats and hangs 2-4 Whitehart Bar, 22 Whitehart Lane, Melbourne CBD See y'all there!

A poster describing a meetup for Melbourne-based writers.

The important details are:
SUN 30 AUGUST, 12-4PM
Quiet write-in from 12-2, then chats and hangs 2-4
Whitehart Bar, 22 Whitehart Lane, Melbourne CBD

See y'all there!

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Ardyce Alspach @ardyce.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Shakespeare and Sci-Fi and disability justice LFG! Welcome to the UNSQ family @marissalingen.bsky.social!

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Category: Fiction: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
THAT FATAL DISCONTENT By Marissa Lingen
Imprint: Union Square & Co
August 13, 2026
Poet and short story author Marissa Lingen's THAT FATAL DISCONTENT, pitched as a Shakespearean-inspired sci-fi exploration of disability justice, rebellion, and survival aboard a generational ship as two sisters—a
"shipsider" genetically unsuited for life on the gravity-bound colony, and the ship's dazzling and ambitious new captain-lead battling factions after the death of their reckless third sister throws the ship into chaos as it hurtles toward the end of its centuries-long mission, to Ardyce Alspach at Union Square & Co, for publication in summer 2027, by Kurestin Armada at Root Literary (world).

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S.L.Johnson @sljohnson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Tickets are now available for ConSYDeration, a writer con focused on the intersection of speculative and literary fiction in Sydney. 11-13 September. Please share widely! scribes.com.au/consyderatio...

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