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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 34m

For the 15th anniversary of The Night Circus my team at Harvill Books in the UK has put together this wonderful new hardcover edition, with beautiful artwork by Kei-Ella Loewe and a new introduction by @alixeharrow.bsky.social that both made me laugh and made me cry. 🖤

Three copies of the new UK edition of The Night Circus, two sitting on their sides and one propped up on a dark wood table with a candelabra in the background. The upright copy is being rubbed on lovingly by a silver tabby cat.

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The Night Circus turns 15 this year, somehow, and the US paperback from Vintage Books is getting a gorgeous new look for the occasion. Cover design by Madeline Partner with art by the incomparable @alexeckmanlawn.bsky.social (who also did the art for the US paperback of The Starless Sea) 🖤🎪🖤

The new US paperback cover of The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern with artwork by Alex Eckman-Lawn showing a black-and-white tent on a cloudy twilight sky, with strings of light leading to the tent. The tent is open to show a glimpse of layered trees and glowing red light.

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This book is the greatest showcase of the love of the process of writing and the art of language as there has ever been. I hardly remember the plot because every time I read it I get lost in the lush, frosty, languid vibrancy of the wordplay. One of my all time goats

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

New Night Circus paperbacks have, of course, been Vesper approved 🖤

A copy of the new Night Circus paperback propped up next to a pile of three additional copies. A silver tabby cat sits behind them with one paw protectively placed on the stack while staring directly at the camera, these ones are hers but you can get your own!

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Alex Eckman-Lawn @alexeckmanlawn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I don’t want to embarrass myself too much so I’ll just say I’m freaking out a little (a lot) about this one

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Also for anyone at San Diego Comic-Con the Penguin Random House booth should have signed copies of The Night Circus 🎪

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Last day for this giveaway! Ends at 11:59pm EST which is very specific. Of course if you would like to get any of these things directly the Out of Print collection is here: outofprint.com/collections/... 🎪 & The Phantomwise Tarot is available places books/decks are sold including bookshop.org 🖤

A pair of feet modeling the Out of Print Night Circus socks, black socks with white stripes and stars, red toes and heels with a circus tent design on the ankle. A silver tabby cat sits nearby, completely upstaging the product being featured like she always does.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

GOT AN OWL FOR YOU. Here's a barn owl from learning some falconry whilst in Ireland.

A landscape-oriented photo of a white barn owl (though really, with wings that are more "coffee" colored, I think) leaning forward, dark eyes staring, pink beak pointed downward as if in hunger or judgment or both. Background is a green foresty blur with a hint of "barn," which is appropriate because, y'know, barn owl. The sun shines atop the owl's head. This owl flew to my head instead of the glove at one point which was hilarious because uhhh the owl's talons are sharp sharp sharp. Thankfully I did not bleed from my skull. The owl was as gentle as the owl could be. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Got my (our) signed copy of Offerings for Ordinary Gods from Inkwood Books! So delighted to have Ali's gorgeous poetry in such beautiful, tangible form 🖤

A copy of Ali Trotta's poetry collection, Offerings for Ordinary Gods, which has a black cover with gold script text and a woman obscured by a red hood. Peeking out from behind the book is a silver tabby cat who is also attempting to look mysterious.

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Also for anyone at San Diego Comic-Con the Penguin Random House booth should have signed copies of The Night Circus 🎪

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Last day for this giveaway is tomorrow! 🖤

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Over on Instagram Out of Print and Clarkson Potter have partnered with Vintage Books for a Night Circus giveaway, including the OoP Night Circus collection and The Phantomwise Tarot 🎪 US only, ends 7/24, more info here: www.instagram.com/p/Da5mDmqGn1N/

The Night Circus collection from Out of Print, including a t-shirt, striped socks and an enamel pin, laid out on a gold background along with the Phantomwise Tarot and a paperback copy of The Night Circus.

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Now we are forty-eight, taking antique mirror selfies while seeking out birthday treasures. (Came home with cigar boxes and a blank 1930s ledger and a tiny Whiting & Davis silver bag.) Later there will be festive beverages 🥂 Mostly offline for the summer, I hope your days are bright and buzzing 🐝

Antique mirror selfie of Erin Morgenstern, holding a pink phone and wearing a black shirt with a lot of silver jewelry. Her hair is dark and the kind of curly highly specific to summer humidity. In the background there are old paintings and a rogue door, a pile of axes and a metal horse.

Antique (probably vintage, actually) mirror selfie of Erin Morgenstern, holding a pink phone and wearing a black shirt with lots of silver jewelry. In the background of the reflection there are framed paintings and piles of vintage clothing including a top hat. The mirror is oval in a large gold frame, next to the mirror is a sepia-toned oval painting of a woman with a bird.

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The gorgeous Folio Society edition of The Starless Sea, illustrated by Cristina Bencina, is now available! So honored to have Folio work their magic on this one. 🖤 Sail the Starless Sea and breathe the haunted air here: www.foliosociety.com/usa/the-star...

The Folio Society edition of The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (that's me). It has a deep blue cloth cover featuring a golden sea and a ship with red sails and a rabbit figurehead. There is a silver tabby cat sitting next to the book.

The Folio Society edition of The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern, displayed flat and mostly slipped out of its slipcase. The book and slipcase are both deep blue, the book cover shows a ship with red sails on a gilded sea and the top of the slipcase is designed to look as though it is dripping with sparkling honey.

One of Cristina Bencina's illustrations from the Folio Society edition of The Starless Sea depicting a stag in the snow. The stag's antlers are covered in lit candles.

One of Cristina Bencina's illustrations for the Folio Society edition of The Starless Sea depicting a pink-haired woman wearing a crown and gown that evokes Max's wolf suit from Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are.

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Also while we're talking Folio Society things, I have just discovered that you can get prints of @cristinabencina.bsky.social's gorgeous Night Circus illustrations here:

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Art Prints by Cristina Bencina

Shop gallery quality Art Prints by Cristina Bencina.

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Bluesky sneak peek: The Folio Society edition of The Starless Sea, illustrated by the incredible @cristinabencina.bsky.social, launching May 5th 🐝🗝️🗡️🖤 www.foliosociety.com

The title page of the Folio Society edition of The Starless Sea, featuring an elaborate greyscale illustration of a crowned owl on a black background. Feathers flutter around the title. The text reads: The Starless Sea, Erin Morgenstern, Illustrated by Cristina Bencina, London, The Folio Society, 2026.

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 02/05/2026

We're officially halfway to Halloween! A full moon for this year's Beltane feels very fitting 🖤🧹🦇

illustration by Abigail Larson depicting witches and demons flying in front of a full moon

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 01/05/2026

(Also in case I haven't said this recently, I loved THE STARLESS SEA and I now consider it one of my own foundational texts for stories within stories within stories)

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Bluesky sneak peek: The Folio Society edition of The Starless Sea, illustrated by the incredible @cristinabencina.bsky.social, launching May 5th 🐝🗝️🗡️🖤 www.foliosociety.com

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Preorders for the LitJoy box set are now open! These are very special, very limited editions. Have I mentioned that the covers have removable metal charms? (Covers designed by Lichen & Limestone, they also make candles!) It's all very fancy. 🖤 Preorder info here: litjoycrate.com/products/the...

A graphic showing the upcoming LitJoy editions of The Night Circus and The Starless Sea, with new ornately designed covers in silver and gold foil, respectively, on black covers. They are shown over desaturated versions of Patsy Lascano's endpaper illustrations. Text reads: The Night Circus & The Starless Sea special edition book box set, preorders open, Erin Morgenstern x Litjoy.

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Preorders for the LitJoy set of The Night Circus & The Starless Sea open tomorrow, Feb 4th! Ships in the fall. These editions contain dozens of annotations written by me & beautiful art by multiple artists. (I made Patsy Lascano's endpapers my desktop wallpaper.) litjoycrate.com/products/the...

A photograph of a page from The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (that's me), the chapter title is "Ailuromancy" and there is a hand-written note, pointing at it with a little arrow, that reads "divination using the movement of cats!" in questionable handwriting in black ink.

Photo of a corner of a desk mostly taken up by an iMac displaying an illustration by Patsy Lascano depicting a scene from The Starless Sea: a sprawling space filled with columns and books and a large metallic orrery. Surrounding the computer there are rabbits and witches and crystals and origami, and bare winter trees are visible through the window behind it.

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

This gorgeous set includes both books in a custom slipcase, covers with foiled designs & metal inlays, illustrated edges, art by several different incredible artists as well as a multitude of personal annotations from the author in my questionable handwriting. 🖤 litjoycrate.com/products/the...

A graphic displaying mockups of the upcoming LitJoy edition of The Night Circus, showing both the cover and the back as well as the illustrated edges. The covers are black with elaborate silver foiling displaying a clock about to strike midnight and circus tents and stars, the clock face on the cover is metal. Cover design by Lichen & Limestone, page edges by Fyodor Pavlov.

A graphic displaying mockups of the upcoming LitJoy edition of The Starless Sea, showing both the cover and the back as well as the illustrated edges. The covers are black with elaborate gold foiling displaying doors with bees and keys and swords, the back includes a crown, a heart and a feather. The sword on the cover is metal. Cover design by Lichen & Limestone, page edges by Fyodor Pavlov.

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Delighted to finally be able to announce these beautiful new editions of The Night Circus & The Starless Sea coming soon from LitJoy! 🖤 Much more info here: litjoycrate.com/products/the...

A graphic displaying mockups of the upcoming LitJoy editions of The Night Circus and The Starless Sea, showing two angles of both books in a single slipcase covered with black, white and grey tarot-inspired designs by artist Fyodor Pavlov.

A graphic composed of two slivers of art from the upcoming LitJoy editions of The Night Circus and The Starless Sea. One side depicts Marco and Celia under the candle-covered Wishing Tree from The Night Circus, the other side depicts a paint-covered Zachary arriving in the Heart of the Harbor from The Starless Sea, both pieces by artist Patsy Lascano.

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Apparently I'm being impersonated in a version of this now. Unsolicited email from a gmail address with my name + numbers is not from me, of course. I can barely keep up with my actual email.

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Delighted to finally be able to announce these beautiful new editions of The Night Circus & The Starless Sea coming soon from LitJoy! 🖤 Much more info here: litjoycrate.com/products/the...

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Favorite books I read in 2025: Lolly Willowes - Sylvia Townsend Warner The River Has Roots- @amalelmohtar.com The God of the Woods - Liz Moore Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy The Everlasting - @alixeharrow.bsky.social The Buffalo Hunter Hunter - @sgj.bsky.social

A stack of the aforementioned books on a desk in front of a window, with a silver tabby cat sitting very politely next to them.

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Annual New Year's Eve Post is up on the blog. 🖤 Goodbye 2025, you were a Time: erinmorgenstern.com/2025/12/good...

A collage of photos including the title page of the Folio Society edition of The Night Circus, a kitten attempting to eat the Folio Society edition of The Night Circus, the very shiny red edition of The Night Circus from Acrylipics and a teacup with the Starless Sea tea blend from Old Growth Alchemy.

A lane at night flanked with bare trees and snow. The trees are lit with white light and behind them is a red glow. Photo taken at Nightwood at the Mount in Lenox, MA.

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Annual New Year's Eve Post is up on the blog. 🖤 Goodbye 2025, you were a Time: erinmorgenstern.com/2025/12/good...

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Oh, man. I did the "Do you ever think of yourself as actually dead, lying in a box with a lid on it?" monologue from Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead so many times for an acting class in college. Never got old, even after countless repetitions. Just a perfect wandering of thoughts & transitions.

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

I was reminded recently that many people are unaware that I painted a tarot deck that was published a couple of years ago by Clarkson Potter! The Phantomwise Tarot makes an excellent gift and is available where books or decks are sold, including @bookshop.org 🖤 bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Cards from The Phantomwise Tarot spread out across a surface, completely covering the frame. Each card is painted in monochrome with black borders and white script titles.

A pile of cards from The Phantomwise Tarot being rolled upon by a silver tabby cat. (It's part of her tarot reading process.)

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Spending the afternoon signing books for Odyssey Bookshop and watching Elden Ring Bingo. Vesper is "helping." Waiting on one more shipment of books which should be here soon and then everything will go to Odyssey for shipping. Thank you for supporting a fantastic indie bookstore 🖤

A long wooden table with several stacks of paperback copies of The Starless Sea, a large cardboard box with a Penguin Random House penguin on it, and a silver tabby cat sprawled out around the books with her paws up in the air, who thinks there should be less signing and more petting.

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Angry Algonquin @angryalgonquin.com · 30/10/2025

Time is limited to get a signed and personalized copy of the astounding "The Starless Sea" by @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social at @odysseybks.bsky.social I also added Odyssey to my Indie Bookstore #StarterPack. If you subscribe to both you follow almost 200 indies! go.bsky.app/DYmY7tU

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Reminder that tomorrow, October 31st, is the last day to order signed & personalized books from Odyssey Bookshop! The first wave of books has arrived and they've been thoroughly checked by the resident Box Inspector/Halloween Cat 🎃 Ordering information here: odysseybks.com/morgenstern

A large pile of cardboard boxes with a silver tabby cat standing on top of them. The cat is attempting to be scary or possibly just finished yawning, with her back up and her tongue out.

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I started a new island in August, this news just made my day 🖤

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

For a limited time signed and personalized books are once again available from Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley MA! Orders open through October 31st. Books ship in November. More info here: www.odysseybks.com/morgenstern

A stack of hardcover copies of The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern in front of a silver tabby cat with an expression on her face that seems to say "why do you have so many copies of the same book?"

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erin morgenstern @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. - L. M. Montgomery

A leaf-covered path in the woods, flanked by tall trees glowing yellow and green in the sunlight.

A shelf at a garden store containing several potted plants in rich red colors against a bright blue sky. In the center of the shelf there is a ceramic skull.

The view looking straight up at tall maple trees covered in golden leaves against a bright blue sky.

A green field starting to show its autumnal colors in front of a mist-filled valley with a mountain visible beyond beneath a sky clouded in a way that makes the mist feels like a mirror.

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