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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This book is a page-turner and heart-stealer, written with care and with children in mind. A middlegrade detective story about accepting love and paying respect. Highly recommend #AProperGoodbye by @cherylmoskowitz.bsky.social @troikabooks.bsky.social

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Happy publication day to #AProperGoodbye by @cherylmoskowitz.bsky.social It's got heart, friendship, growth and understanding, and the pages turn themselves. A wonderful, empathetic middlegrade detective story about love.

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Mimi and Rachel, authors of The Emptying, are offering limited not-for-profit school visits exploring the hopeful side of dystopian stories. See details. To register interest: pls comment, like and share. @mimithebo.bsky.social @racheldelahaye.bsky.social #dystopianbooks #teenbooks #YAbooks

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Great review for Last Hope Highway by @racheldelahaye.bsky.social . Thank you to the brilliant @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social for reading. "...driven by vibrant characters... a dynamic story about hope, friendship and the value of this Earth." schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-bo...

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Last Hope Highway by Rachel Delahaye

Last Hope Highway is a dynamic dystopian story about hope, friendship, climate change and learning to value and protect Earth.

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Some great reviews coming through for @racheldelahaye.bsky.social 's hopeful middlegrade eco-dystopian adventure, #Lasthopehighway. If it hasn't made your TBR, then put it on the list!

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Anthropic resignation news today, I hate to say, makes The Emptying - a dystopian book by me and @mimithebo.bsky.social - increasingly pertinent. I only hope that while our real future contains the same chords of hope, it is not first forced to walk the same existential tightrope.

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's Tuesday. That means REVIEWS DAY. Yes, REVIEWS DAY - double whammy as it's #internationalliteracyday Do an author a solid and write a book review or two. Just a line is fine. Shamazon, Waterstones, wherever. Thank you. To keep writing, we need those nuggets of support 🙏

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#InternationalLiteracyDay feels more important than ever. As our eyes get tugged away from the written word, drawn in by short-form videos and AI slop, we're not just losing the ability to read glyphs, but also the ability to read between the lines. Read. Enjoy. Dream. Think.

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

In many places it's illegal to burn money and flags, but totally fine if you want to incinerate the planet to make a cat look like Picasso or design top trump cards of yourself as superheroes. We do not deserve the 'sapiens' part.

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Thanks to Through The Bookshelf for this review: "An engrossing, thought-provoking read, Last Hope Highway is another triumph". Epic a hopeful dystopia for UKS2 / KS3. A giveaway set of books for a class read + learning resources to follow soon. Follow me to be notified. 😍

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Last Hope Highway — Through the Bookshelf

Having escaped from the Cornish mine his gang had been excavating, Kip Robertson is determined to find his way back to his family. Aided by Drag, a loner who makes a living running errands, he makes h...

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Thank you for this fantastic review! If you haven't read Last Hope Highway by @racheldelahaye.bsky.social - this is your reminder to put it on your list. UKS2 - KS3 hopeful dystopia with a cast you'll love forever.

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Can AI help save the planet? Subscribe to the Climate Fiction Writers League substack and read our thoughts of AI's potential - both good and bad - to address climate change and conservation, and how we wove that into our book, The Emptying. @mimithebo.bsky.social @troikabooks.bsky.social

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Can AI help save the planet?

a conversation between YA co-writers Rachel Delahaye and Mimi Thebo

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This thing seems to be out in the open now, so even though publication’s eight months away, let’s drum up some early interest, shall we? Wayfarers is out next April. Here’s the cover.

A book cover. Wayfarers: The Incredible Story of Animal Migration, by Lev Parikian. It’s mostly blue, with swirling patterns representing movement, and stylised images of various migrating animals (butterflies, terns, a whale, bats, wildebeest, dragonflies, penguins, an arctic fox) dotted about the place.

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It's Tuesday. Or, as I like to say: REVIEWS DAY. If you've read a book, please leave a review somewhere. It's more helpful than you'll ever know. Here's one that has not only boosted my mood, but will also boost visibility for my #middlegrade #scifi called #Lasthopehighway.

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Pssst. Don't tell anyone I told you, but this will be brilliant.

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This is the location for Last Hope Highway... The book title might suggest despair, but the insides reflect the reality: we lived on an exceptionally beautiful space rock. A blend of hope, dystopia, adventure and nature #llanddwyn #newboroughbeach #lasthopehighway #KS2 #KS3 @troikabooks.bsky.social

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A little late, I'm sliding in on skiddy socked feet to shout: LAST HOPE HIGHWAY is out! Hope-filled #dystopian story with a a cast that will steal your heart. Please read, and then go outside and see this incredible world we've been given. With Troika Books. #middlegrade #scifi #clifi. Pls share.

Book cover for Last Hope Highway - blue with the silhouettes of a robot, a girl and a boy who is leaping to catch a fluttering lottery ticket, all set on a barren highway.

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Stephen Dilley @stephenjdilley.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

126. The Emptying by @mimithebo.bsky.social and @racheldelahaye.bsky.social Fast-paced and thought-provoking YA dystopia about AI, climate change and the future of the human race. (Has done nothing to help my paranoia about AI taking over the world!) @troikabooks.bsky.social

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coralrumble.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Just left a review of this excellent book (out this month) on the Waterstones website, but if you’re too hot to travel there . . . @racheldelahaye.bsky.social

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

'The Emptying' is coming to remind you to never give up your human responsibilities, capabilities and connections. Or else someone, or something, might deem you dispensable. Are you at risk - take the test! (link). Share results 👇@mimithebo.bsky.social @troikabooks.bsky.social tinyurl.com/BlinkySays

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

After a hectic World Book Day week, I need to get horizontal and watch something brilliant. Please give me film recs - something I will not regret watching. No war or dystopia please. Clever drama or comedy. Ta.

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

It won't arrive until after Christmas, but if you need a fascinating read, I can thoroughly recommend this, written by my father - an account of his years as a journalist and media trainer in Russia. Out now! #AfterTheFall

Red cover with a statue of Lenin, without its head, for After The Fall by Michael Delahaye

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Melinda Salisbury @melindasalisbury.com · 01/12/2025

This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

It looks fun, smells funny, definitely tastes unusual... It's #MortTheMeek! Perfect for quick reads, reluctant readers and weird kids. If an absurd cocktail of #Pratchet - #MontyPython - #HowToTrainYourDragon appeals, the series is available at W'stones online rb.gy/dy8wip @littletigeruk.bsky.social

Three books covers for the Mort The Meek series on a green background with pictures of a raven, rat and octopus.

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

I'm appearing at Clifton Lit Festival next month with a talky workshop on writing for YA, exploring themes, voice and the absolute privilege of publishing fiction for this readership. Come and join me, Bristol people! Open to everyone. Tickets at cliftonlitfest.com/litfest-even... #cliftonlitfest

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

It's here and available to order! #ElectricLifeSurge is the sequel to the award-winning #ElectricLife by @racheldelahaye.bsky.social. What happens to Alara next? Does she feel at home in Under, or are the walls closing in? Sacrifices, dreams and fears, and, as always, a current of hope.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/09/2025

Yeah this is true for me, too.

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Would any senior schools in the West London (Richmond/Kingston/M4 corridor) be interested in a discounted KS3 author talk/workshop on Friday 3rd October on author life/creativity/world building/ futuristic and dystopian stories? Please get in touch!

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Scoobiesue2 @scoobiesue2.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Lovely day today! I met @racheldelahaye.bsky.social in Wells and then visited the Cathedral, followed by a trip to King John's Hunting Lodge on the way home before having cuddles with baby Esme! Perfection!

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

It's #NationalPotatoDay and we couldn't let that go by without saying that potato is a unlikely but very real hero in #ElectricLife by @racheldelahaye.bsky.social - if you know, you know. If you don't know, maybe you should find out...

Red and blue cover of Electric Life with a skyscraper city with wires coming out of it.

two potatoes next to a bowl of mashed potato.

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Thank you for reading, Tia ❤️ so glad you liked it.

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Goodbye, great man. Funny, was only thinking of him last week at @timminchin.bsky.social show, thinking how Tim is in the new Tom. Razor sharp and raucously comedic, with lyrical hangovers and brilliant preamble. #RIP #TomLehrer

Lyrics from Tom Lehrer's song, College Days:
Soon we'll be out amid the cold world's strife
Soon we'll be sliding down the razor blade of life
But as we go our sordid separate ways
We shall ne'er forget thee
Thou golden college days
Hearts full of youth
Hearts full of truth
Six parts gin to one part vermouth

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

I was trapped in its spell, pinned by beautiful storytelling and the fate of three girls, joined across time by their Wicca ways and ghostly fates. With whispers of mythology yet totally fresh, and woven with haunting gossamer prose... #ghost by @finbarhawkins.bsky.social @zephyrbooks.bsky.social

Cover of Ghost with a blue tinted forest scene with the silhouettes of three girls and a stone tower.

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

It's #NationalMarineWeek so what better time to pick up a copy of the acclaimed children's book #DayOfTheWhale by @racheldelahaye.bsky.social which is a love letter to nature and a plea to conserve our oceans, wrapped up in an island thriller!

Bright book cover with the title again at a sea backdrop with a whale drawn into the sand at the bottom

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Emma Miller 😁📚🍁 @emmadmiller.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Everything you need to know about "STORY" in one cartoon, thanks to Grant Snider. He created this back in 2013 for the New York Times Book Review ❤️😁📚 #books #love #grantsnider

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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £9.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £17.99 for a completely blank notebook?

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

YA writing question. Should we use 'to whomever' as it is correct, or go with the more natural 'to whoever'? Thoughts?

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Going to see @timminchin.bsky.social tomorrow night. Wondering if I should work out a way of popping a copy of #DayoftheWhale #scholasticaustralia in his green room. Tim would make the most delicious Byron Voss in the film.... Ludicrous idea?

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

🤗 thank you for putting me in the spotlight!

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Rachel Delahaye @racheldelahaye.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

YA's answer to Sex Education (tv), brings huge issues like pregnancy and coercion into focus without sacrificing humour. Brilliant characters, un-sugar-coated and real, Tia distils teen emotion into immediate, must-read verse. Adored #NotGoingToPlan @tiafisher.bsky.social @hotkeybooks.bsky.social

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coralrumble.bsky.social @coralrumble.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

This little beauty, by @racheldelahaye.bsky.social , explores a fascinating premise. I don’t want to say too much, but it explains the phenomenon that was The Spice Girls. As expected, every sentence testifies to Rachel’s huge writing talent. Mystery lovers will adore ‘Splinters’.

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