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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Wonderful to see @mytholder.bsky.social and @edelrh7.bsky.social , and celebrate publication of THE DUNGEON BOOK! SANTE!!! 🥂🥂🥂

Phito if Gareth and Edel Ryder-Hanrahan in the Old Cheshire Cheese London!

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I've received US copies of THE DUNGEON BOOK, the very different and outstanding fantasy novel by @mytholder.bsky.social ...published in the UK and US on August 11 by @orbitbooks.bsky.social and available for preorder!

Front and back cover of THE DUNGEON BOOK by Gareth Hanrahan.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Just received from @orbitbooks.bsky.social ! Finished copies of the wonderful, witty and very different fantasy novel THE DUNGEON BOOK by @mytholder.bsky.social , being published in the UK and US on August 11th and available for preorder!

Front and back covers of THE DUNGEON BOOK by Gareth Hanrahan.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I've just received this fab ARC of the wonderful new fantasy novel from Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan , being published by Orbit in the UK and US in August! And we've just had this outstanding quote from Genevieve Cogman : 1/2

Front cover of THE DUNGEON BOOK ARC by Gareth Hanrahan.

Back cover of THE DUNGEON BOOK ARC by Gareth Hanrahan.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Just received, early copies of VAMPIRE EMPIRE 1: RED TIDE by @curtisjobling.bsky.social ! Published by Fox and Ink Books on May 7! The brilliant start to a remarkable series...

Cover of Vampire Empire 1: Red Tide, by Curtis Jobling.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Fifty-three years ago. JJ at the 1973 Eastercon, OMPAcon, at the Grand Hotel in Bristol. My first SF convention. Good grief...

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

For World Book Day, with very happy memories of 1990. There'll be a glass of single malt raised this evening...

The cover of USE OF WEAPONS by Iain M Banks.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

The Christmas stocking is up by the fireplace...

A photo of my fireplace, with my Christmas stocking hanging there. And tinsel!

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Anyone who works/writes from home, as I have for over 20 years, may find a daily schedule useful...

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

I've just received early copies of WYRDWOOD by @curtisjobling.bsky.social being published by Fox and Ink Books on October 3rd. A great story, suitable for 11+ children. foxandinkbooks.com/book/wyrdwood/

Front and back cover of WYRDWOOD by Curtis Jobling.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Rewatched the 1967 film of FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD earlier in the week. So long, Terence...

Film poster for FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD, featuring Julie Christie and Terence Stamp.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Beginning to prepare for this Saturday's Rye Pirate Day...

A pirate hat, with an Aztec coin from PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Welcome to May with the Mermaid Inn Rye's calendar! Two public holidays in the UK this month, next Monday, and Monday 26th...

May page of the Mermaid Inn Rye calendar.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I've just received US copies of THE SWORD TRIUMPHANT, the third and final volume of the tremendous Lands of the Firstborn fantasy series by @mytholder.bsky.social. Being published in the UK and US by Orbit on May 27 and available for preorder!

Front and back cover of THE SWORD TRIUMPHANT by Gareth Hanrahan.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

THE LIE THAT BINDS THEM, the third and final volume of The Soulfire Saga by @thetowerofstars.bsky.social , is published by Orbit in the UK and US on April 15, and is available for preorder! I've just received early copies of the US edition!

Front and back covers of THE LIE THAT BINDS THEM by Matthew Ward

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Congratulations to Australian agency client Bronte Marie Wesson, whose self-pulished fantasy novel BRASS WYVERN is in the top 10 of sales for Book People!

Top 10 bestseller list from Book People Australia.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

And the agency is now closed until January 2nd. Many many thanks for a great 2024 to my wonderful clients, their publishers around the world, reviewers, bloggers and all other supporters. Love you madly!

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I wear a Christmas jumper every day in December. Here is today's, in the lovely Mermaid Inn, Rye...

JJ, sitting by the fire in the bar of the Mermaid Inn, Rye, wearing a Christmas jumper.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

This year's Christmas present to myself. A memory of a brilliant writer and a wonderful friend...Rob Holdstock...there will be a glass or two of good red wine as I read it, over the Christmas holidays...xxx

Cover of HEARTWOOD, a Mythago Wood Anthology.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

20 of 20. 20 books that have influenced me or which I love over 20 days. There could have been many more!!!

Cover of THE LORD OF THE RINGS by JRR Tolkien.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

19 of 20. 20 books that have influenced me or which I love over 20 days.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

18 of 20. 20 books that have influenced me or which I love over 20 days.

Cover of Shakespeare First Folio facsimile edition.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

17 of 20. 20 books that have influenced me or which I love over 20 days.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

16 of 20. 20 books that have influenced me or which I love over 20 days.

Cover of THE NAME OF THE ROSE by Umberto Eco.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

15 of 20. 20 books that influenced me or which I love over 20 days.

Cover of THE DEMOLISHED MAN by Alfred Bester.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

14 of 20. 20 bokks that influenced me or which I love over 20 days...

Cover of THE PAN BOOK OF HORROR STORIES.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

13 of 20. 20 books that have influenced me or which I love, over 20 days.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

12 of 20. 20 books that have influenced me or which I love, over 20 days.

Cover of THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING by T H White.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

11 of 20. 20 books that have influenced me or which I love over 20 days.

Cover of THE IPCRESS FILE by Len Deighton.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

10 of 20. 20 books that influenced me or which i loved, over 20 days...

Cover of ALL SYSTEMS RED by Martha Wells.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

9 of 20. 20 books that have influenced me, or the I love, over 20 days.

Cover of THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM by Cixin Liu.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

8 of 20. 20 books that influenced me, or which I love, over 20 days...

Cover of A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE by Arkady Martine.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

7 of 20. 20 books that have influenced me or which I love, over 20 days...

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

6 of 20. 20 books that have influenced me and which I love, over 20 days...

Cover of PANDORA'S JAR by Natalie Haynes.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

December is upon us...the first Christmas jumper!!! I'll be wearing one every day until Twelfth Night...X

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

5 of 20. 20 covers of books that have influenced me and which I love posted over 20 days...

Cover of EYELESS IN GAZA by Aldous Huxley.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

4 of 20...20 books that have influenced me. Two today. Because I feel like it!

Cover of GAUDY NIGHT by Dorothy L Sayers.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

20 books that have influenced me across 20 days. And I will make one comment about them all. They show the edition I bought originally, or in a few cases, like this, the first edition - which I published.

Cover of USE OF WEAPONS by Iain M Banks.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

20 books that influenced me over 20 days...2/20

Cover of THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS by Ursula K Le Guin.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

20 books that have influenced me over 20 says, in no order...

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 16/07/2024

Received from Ian Whates and NewCon! A terrific collection from @amendlocke.bsky.social . Acquiring and publishing Ken's entirely outstanding debut novel THE STAR FRACTION at Random House, many moons ago, was one of my proudest moments. We shall raise a glass at Worldcon in Glasgow next month!

Cover of A JURA FOR JULIA by Ken MacLeod.

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 15/07/2024

I have just received an early copy of THE ESCHER MAN by @trnapper.bsky.social ! Published by Titan Books on September 17 and available for preorder! Terrific novel...

Front cover of THE ESCHER MAN by @trnapper.bsky.social

Back cover of THE ESCHER MAN by @trnapper.bsky.social

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John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

Thirty-three years since we published THE STATE OF THE ART by Iain M Banks at Orbit. Good grief...

Cover of THE STATE OF THE ART proof by Iain M Banks.

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