launches launches everywhere, and hopefully also wine and cake. It's a week to go until the Shape of Monsters is officially out in print!

Join C L Hellisen as they discuss their debut novel, The Shape of Monsters

'Hellisen’s world is one that ponders the driving forces of fate against personal agency – asking what it means to be human and fallible against the titanic forces of magic and monsters.'

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This week is all about characters!

The Week That Was This past week involved THREE trips to Edinburgh for bookish events - on Wednesday I went to see MK Hardy and Heba Al-Wasi

Get ready to dive into a colourful celebration of queer nature, readings, books, music and garden magic all in one fabulous evening

Tor UK, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, has acquired The Shape of Monsters and A Million Points of Light by author CL Hellisen.

Sometimes among the fish and crabs, we trawl squid and octopus, or little sharks, all added to the pots. Sometimes it’s a fish person, a thing we cut free and do not talk of, pretend we never saw. …

When I applied to be an underwater artist-in-residence at the Argyll Hope Spot my plan wasn’t to write, but to look. I’d been taking underwater photographs with various waterproof 35mm cameras, either...

Some thoughts on synopsis, pace and themes, followed by a guest post from Louise Kenward on developing a narrative.

What to look forward to from our authors and our Substack — includes an offer for subscribers!

A book review (& last minute Christmas gifts for your favourite writers)

Or is it? Let's find out!

The final cover for Awakened by Laura Elliott is here! From an exciting new voice in horror comes the tense and surreal novel Awakened. Exploring the extreme aftermath of induced global sleeplessness ...