Reposted by Nerine DormanEugen Bacon @genni.bsky.social · 11/10/2026 Writing wants to be heard; editing wants you to hear more clearly.💞 @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social @aniyonsenga.bsky.social, @stephenembleton.bsky.social, @nerinedorman.bsky.social, @xanwriter.bsky.social, @tobiogundiran.com, @shingai-be-like.bsky.social www.iped-editors.org/news/eugen-b...iped-editors.orgA sum of parts: why this editor calls IPEd her professional home - Institute of Professional Editors LimitedDr Eugen Bacon shares why IPEd is her professional home and the anthology that tested her as both writer and editor. 0104
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Join us at our launch events in CT and JHB on October 6 & 7. RSVP over at the Exclusive Books Events page. 021
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026So, I get asked this a lot. What are the Winter Mage books like. Well if ASoIaF fell in love with The Walking Dead, and we flavoured the result with a dash of Robin Hobb, The Broken Empire & Seven Samurai... 111
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This never gets old. What I'm holding here is a journey that started approximately four years ago... 040
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Join us in celebrating the release of books 3 and 4 of Winter Mage on October 6 and 7 at Exclusive Books V&A (CT) and Hyde Park (JHB) respectively. RSVP at the EB Events Page. 001
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Our book covers are all about breaking the rules and making a statement, and none of this would be possible without Daniël's immense talent in breathing life into the ideas that I can only express using words. 100
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Today I would like to highlight the important role artist Daniël Hugo plays in bringing the world of Winter Mage to life. 142
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!! Arcana has just dropped a new album - streaming on YouTube Music and available on Bandcamp, and I'm assuming other sites, too. 010
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Descend into The Pits with the Shadow Clan in book 4 of Winter Mage, launching October 6 at the V&A Waterfront Exclusive Books & October 7 at Hyde Park Exclusive Books. RSVP at the Exclusive Books Events page. 012
Reposted by Nerine DormanWole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 29/09/2026Hey US friends! Want to read a novel that's kinda Nigerian John Wick meets Arrival by way of The Three Body Problem, Or what you'd get if Carl Sagan's Contact and Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai had a very African baby? I've got you. Win a free copy here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...goodreads.comBook giveaway for The Fist of Memory by Wole Talabi Sep 26-Oct 26, 2026Enter to win one of 10 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Sep 26-Oct 26, 2026. We're giving away 10 copies of a unique and philosophical sci-fi t... 111869
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Meet Boa in book 3 of Winter Mage, launching October 6 at the V&A Waterfront Exclusive Books & October 7 at Hyde Park Exclusive Books. RSVP at the Exclusive Books Events page. 052
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026brittlepaper.com/2026/09/neri...brittlepaper.comNerine Dorman’s Legacy of Obsidian Begins With a Prince Who Isn’t Ready to Be KingIn Legacy of Obsidian, Nerine Dorman drops a sheltered young prince into a world where winter has swallowed almost everything and the clans fighting for what remains are already turning on one another... 000
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Early readers have singled out the novel’s detailed clan system, fast pace and immersive worldbuilding, while one reviewer described Linnard as a particularly compelling protagonist." You can pick up a copy of Legacy of Obsidian at the Mirari Press website or order it from your local bookstore. 100
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It is a setting where political divisions are not merely background to the story: they threaten to become the reason everyone falls. 100
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A mention in Brittle Paper for Winter Mage! So excite! "The world Dorman creates is deliberately unforgiving. The peninsula is divided between clans competing for power while a flesh-hungry enemy presses in from outside. 121
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My rescued Builders Warehouse African violet is spectacular this year. 020
Reposted by Nerine DormanXan van Rooyen @xanwriter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Thank you for the fabulous chat about genre bending today for @flightsoffoundry.bsky.social If you missed it, you can watch the recording on the Flights of Foundry website. Cheers to @genni.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social and @nerinedorman.bsky.social for an awesome discussion. #booksky 0153
Reposted by Nerine DormanZamaShort @zamashort.com · 18/09/2026Geoff Ryman on Imraan Coovadia's 'Vast & Cool & Unsympathetic', ZamaShort #17. Many thanks Geoff! www.zamashort.com/2026/08/zama... #Africanfuturism #AfricanSFF #booksky 🪐📚💙 1105
Reposted by Nerine DormanLucy Holland @silvanhistorian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Been a while since I read an unputdownable book - maybe this one just found me at the perfect time. What a place to end on, @clhellisen.com! 3225
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026RSVP at the Exclusive Books Event Page. exclusivebooks.co.za/pages/events...exclusivebooks.co.zaEventsGet FREE delivery to all EXCLUSIVE BOOKS stores nationwide. FREE delivery to your door on all orders over R450, within South Africa. 000
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026You are hereby invited to join author Nerine Dorman in conversation with Uné van Staden to launch books 3 and 4 of the Winter Mage science-fantasy series (Mirari Press) at Exclusive Books Hyde Park on October 7, 6pm for 6.30pm. 110
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026RSVP at the Exclusive Books Event Page. exclusivebooks.co.za/pages/events...exclusivebooks.co.zaEventsGet FREE delivery to all EXCLUSIVE BOOKS stores nationwide. FREE delivery to your door on all orders over R450, within South Africa. 000
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026You are hereby invited to join authors Nerine Dorman and Catriona Ross in conversation with Mirari Press publisher Marius du Plessis to launch books 3 and 4 of the Winter Mage science-fantasy series at Exclusive Books V&A Waterfront on October 6, 6pm for 6.30pm. 100
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026exclusivebooks.co.za/pages/events...exclusivebooks.co.zaEventsGet FREE delivery to all EXCLUSIVE BOOKS stores nationwide. FREE delivery to your door on all orders over R450, within South Africa. 000
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Joburg bookish peeps into SFF. My author Rhett (hi! I'm his editor) is launching his novel in Jozi. You can RSVP at the details in the comment below. Also, this book is MAIN. Think The Sorcerer's Apprentice by way of Sir Pterry and you won't be far off. 111
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Go TF to bed and REST, hooman. I need you perky and chatty on Saturday. Also [hugs] and stay hydrated. 110
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I don't care how big a name you are in publishing, but if I consistently see you posting in support of a small belligerent apartheid state that's at the heart of many troubles in the Near East I am so done with you. Blocked. 020
Reposted by Nerine DormanAshley Capes @ashcapes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Unlike works made by people, I feel nothing* when I see content that gets churned out by genAI software. The user behind it seems absent - their hand invisible, since they remain clouded by all that the software has scraped. *Well, nothing, save for anger that artists were ripped off yet again. 041
Reposted by Nerine DormanWole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 12/09/2026Same goes for authors. You don't have to buy expensive hardcovers of our books. You can request them from your local library, tell your book clubs about them, read and review on netgalley, share and repost covers and quotes. These are things I'm encouraging people to do for THE FIST OF MEMORY. 013172
Reposted by Nerine Dormanebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Damn it I knew I should of bought those shoes for fido, and I'm surely not going to get him to quit smoking!💨🐕🤣 2553227459
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026These two wonderful paintings by my mum-in-law we've commissioned for two of my clients who recently lost their kitties. 010
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Spectacular display from my Astrophytum asterias. 061
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026A true South African delicacy – jam made from nightshade berries. 010
Nerine Dorman @nerinedorman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026It's absolutely fine. And the journey will be as rewarding as the destination. 020
Reposted by Nerine DormanAnn Leckie @annleckie.com · 31/07/2026I know this isn't going to come across, like, at all, because it's writers I'm talking to, but for Mithras' sake, don't catastrophize! Don't spend all your time worrying about whether or not someone is going to like your work, whether editors are likely to buy it, whether it "sounds like AI" 422931
