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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 29/09/2026

I have lived too long, the squid must claim me.

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Dave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

& learn to walk the dark again (haptics of gradient & turn firming up almost 9 months here), spare headlamp for moon (upper right rubbing away already) & it candles on the lochan (mallards burbling somewhere, kwik & quibble of tawny owl), dandelion clock running slow in final phase

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Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

An excellent @britfantasysoc.bsky.social event last night celebrating Scottish SFFH! Thank you to the brilliant @shonak.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @rtorrubia.com & @ianthegreen.bsky.social for a wonderful panel & thank you to our amazing audience! What a fab night!

A photo of Shona Kinsella, Lorraine Wilson, Rafael Torrubia and Ian Green sat at a table signing books in a bookshop

A table with The Salt Oracle by Lorraine Wilson, Daughters of Nicnevin by Shona Kinsella and The Heart of Winter by Shona Kinsella

A table with The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver by Rafael Torrubia, The Deep and the Drowned by Ian Green and Extremophile by Ian Green

A photo of a full audience in Waterstones watching the panel

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 21/08/2026

Very excited for this one, as I keep saying. Brilliant authors, great chat - guaranteed ⛵️🌊💀

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 12/08/2026

Two weeks until the best of Scotland lands on Yorkshire! Come by for Outwith Reality - Scottish Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror @waterstonesleeds Wednesday 26th August, 7pm. Tickets via Waterstones. If you do, I'll emboss your copy of Ship & Shroud making it very, very special and slightly blessed.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 04/08/2026

The four of us together are going to be an absolute riot, grab your tickets for this asap and I'll emboss a little sailing ship on your book ⛵️

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 29/07/2026

The water filled with a thousand small chalices.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 27/07/2026

Hanging out with some of my faves for this one, really looking forward to it. AND, you can be one of the first folk to get a special embossed copy of The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver.

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The BFS is excited to announce our next in-person Leeds event. Outwith Reality – Scottish Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror. Wed 26th Aug, 7pm. Waterstones, Leeds. Ticket: tinyurl.com/OutwithLeeds @katiebruce.bsky.social @ianthegreen.bsky.social @shonak.bsky.social @rtorrubia.com @rainewilson.bsky.social

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 26/07/2026

Orkney so far providing a glut of wild omens for Book 2.

The mast of a submerged ship, under a steely grey sky, in a dark blue sea.

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Lorraine Wilson @rainewilson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This Wednesday! If anyone lurking around the North-East fancies coming to chat bookish things, oceanic fantasy and dangerous (fucked up) children. @rtorrubia.com @solarisbooks.bsky.social tickets here: inkandquill.co.uk/products/an-...

Graphic for a book event with myself & Rafael Torrubia at the Ink and Quill in Montrose this wednesday at 6pm. It's got both our book covers and a promise that we will chat, and sign books and other authory sorts of things.

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 16/07/2026

My weekly Patreon round up is here, featuring @rtorrubia.com, @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social, and @emfaulds.com among other things like mutant sea gulls and how writing is hard mmmkay www.patreon.com/thequietsun/...

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The Week That Was A pretty quiet week. Got to skate for only the second time on my new Aura Skys and they were bliss and love them. I'm gonn

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 14/07/2026

This was an absolute blast ⛵️🌊⛵️

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 13/07/2026

Tomorrow I'll be in Kirkcaldy and it won't be for skating! I'm chatting to @rtorrubia.com about their debut fantasy novel The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver at Waterstones Promises to be an interesting evening, so come through, lovely fellow Fifers!

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 26/06/2026

ONE WEEK until I'm off to Berwick and The Berwick Bookloft for this very exciting event at the extremely cool Straw Yard. I'm up against my old enemy the World Cup, so book early to avoid disappointment ⛵️🌊💀 www.thebookloft.co.uk/event-detail...

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The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver - An Evening with Rafael Torrubia | The Book Loft

The Book Loft is delighted to present an evening with a trail-blazing voice in Scottish fantasy, fusing the Celtic folklore of J.R.R. Tolkien with the climate geopolitics of N.K. Jemisin.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 16/06/2026

Also, I did this with @sunyidean.com, @marcorinaldi.bsky.social & co. and it was a HOOT 🗡🎲

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Jamedi @jamreads.com · 16/06/2026

It's a novel everybody should be reading!

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Dr Chiara Bullen @chiarab.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I am utterly in love with this book. It is a stunning work of fantasy!

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 16/06/2026

Utterly blown away to receive such a glowing review from the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social for The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver. britishfantasysociety.org/review/the-s...

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The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver by Rafael Torrubia – The British Fantasy Society

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A rich and immersive debut Scottish fantasy, The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver by Rafael Torrubia, is a fine addition to the genre from @gollancz.bsky.social #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/the-s...

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 23/05/2026

A really lovely rec from a really cool author, what a joy 🌊💀⛵

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 20/05/2026

Weekly check in, and what I've been up to. Also what I'm reading and listening to, featuring Kathleen Hanna, @rtorrubia.com, and Falling Mirror. www.patreon.com/posts/her-mi...

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Her Mind is in the Twilight and Johnny Hears the Hum | CL Hellisen

Her Mind is in the Twilight and Johnny Hears the Hum by CL Hellisen on Patreon. Join CL Hellisen's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 17/05/2026

Really looking forward to this one - if you're south of the border and we haven't hung out yet, come say hi and let's chat all things Scottish and strange.

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

If you missed Cameron Johnston's recent #Glasgow Waterstones Argyle ST launch of First Mage On The Moon, here's some photos by Jenni Coutts, E.M. Faulds and Neil Williamson. @cameronjohnston.bsky.social @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social @rtorrubia.com

Photo by Neil Williamson. Three people sat around a round table covered in books. On the far left in glasses and wearing a dark blue t-shirt is Cailean Steed, a dark-haired person. In the middle, in a checked black and white shirt with dark short-hair is Rafael Torrubia. Closest to the camera, on the right, is Cameron Johnston, a white man with grey hair and glasses, wearing a blue plaid shirt. He is holding a microphone and reading from a book. The photo is taken from Cameron's side of the table.

Photo by E.M. Faulds. Three people sat around a round table covered in books. On the far left in glasses and wearing a dark blue t-shirt is Cailean Steed, a dark-haired person. In the middle, in a checked black and white shirt with dark short-hair is Rafael Torrubia. On the right, is Cameron Johnston, a white man with grey hair and glasses, wearing a blue plaid shirt. He is holding a microphone and a book.

Photo by Jenni Coutts. The same scene as the previous photo, but taken from behind a crowd of seated people looking towards the table the three speakers are seated around.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 23/04/2026

walking home against the ragged edge of the moon

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Neil Williamson @neilwilliamson.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Grand old time at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social tonight celebrating new books by @cameronjohnston.bsky.social and Rafael Torrubia. Brilliant questioning by Cailean Steed, and generally a lovely night all in all.

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Dave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

& evening shuts up shop early (even the greylags clocked off at 8 & went south to wherever they roost), songbirds stop & a barn owl screams; all neighbours - human & not - decide it is night

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Since many #Glasgow folks were at another event last night, let's bang the gong again for our Cameron Johnston with Rafael Torrubia and Cailean Steed at Waterstones Argyle Street next Thursday! @rtorrubia.com @cameronjohnston.bsky.social @caileansteed.bsky.social @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 01/04/2026

Come along to this, it's going to be really fascinating, extremely looking forward to exercising my last brain cell with this wonderful bunch!

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Our second panel of BFS Online: Language in SFFH takes place Saturday 18th April 2026, 2:30pm to 3:30pm (BST). What’s in a name? Ticket: tinyurl.com/sffhlang @annasmithwrites.bsky.social @rtorrubia.com #BritishFantasySociety #FantasyBooks #HorrorBooks #WritingCommunity #Language #BookSky

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 29/03/2026

Thanks to everyone that came out to this, it was a DELIGHT x

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 25/03/2026

This is tomorrow! Me! You! @goldenharebooks.bsky.social ! All your questions! My excitable answers xoxo

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 25/03/2026

American friends! The Shipwright & the Shroudweaver is 25% off in the @barnesandnoble.com pre-order sale! The graphic design is bad but I'm tired and I've forgotten to do my Spanish homework! The book is very good though SO, get on it ilu x

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Marley Rose-Teter @marleyroseteter.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Today is cover reveal day for THE BONE BRIDES, and I am vibrating like a star in the sky! Not in my wildest imaginings did I ever think I would have a cover this beautiful. THE BONE BRIDES comes out Sept 29th---with exquisite spredges exclusive to the first edition! Pre-order links in bio!

Blue graphic with glowing yellow text that reads, “COVER REVEAL!” and credits art to Marcela Bolívar and design to Caitlyn Boyd. The cover revealed is that of THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter. The cover’s main color palate is glowy blues and aquas and features two girls holding hands while standing face-forward. One girl has a missing eye and a place her torso reveals instead a ribcage. The other girl has a hand that has become skeletal. In a satchel the second girl wears sits a skeleton-rabbit. Behind the girls looms a large skeleton-deer, with one antler replaced by vines. Very moody and atmospheric. The graphic also shows that the book has pale-green sprayed edges, stenciled with deer skulls and the same antler/vine combination.

Blue graphic (with the book’s cover watermarked beneath) that reads, “About the Book” followed by the tagline, “Hayao Miyazaki meets Guillermo del Toro in this Sapphic YA portal fantasy in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faery realm,” and the synopsis: “Nola James can handle it. She can handle that her father is dead. She can handle that her friends, bored with her grief, left her behind. Nola James has to handle it because Lumi―the love of her life and a faery changeling―is in danger. Not only is Lumi's human mother trying to kill her, but she’s being hunted by veiled monsters that want to return her to the fae. Hiding out in an abandoned cabin with only a skeleton-rabbit for company is hard, but Nola can handle it. And she does.

Until Lumi is abducted.

In order to save her, Nola must enter the faery realm: a boggy world in which eyeless horses parade as brides, ghost-bees produce transformative honey, and skeletons dance in skin-colored cloaks. Aided by a witch-girl with uncertain motives, Nola uncovers the realm’s terrifying power over changelings. Unless Nola can outplay an abyssal faery queen and find the courage to let the world see her own pain, Lumi will be trapped―not only in faeryland but in a skin that’s not her own.” Finally, the graphic lists the book’s publication date as September 29t, 2026.

Trope map graphic for THE BONE BRIDES that includes, “queer girls in love”; “are skeleton rabbits cute?”; “portal fantasy”; “mental illness rep”; “don’t look up”; and “haunted figs.” It also includes the book’s publication date of September 29, 2026.

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Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I missed out on the chance to publish this book which was exceedingly annoying as it is wonderful. Happily, if you are Edinburgh adjacent, you need not miss out on the chance to hear Raf talking about his book.

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Golden Hare Books @goldenharebooks.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

We're very much looking forward to hearing all about The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver on Thursday 26th. Join us!

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 17/03/2026

A wee reminder that I'm at @goldenharebooks.bsky.social next week to talk all things Shipwright and Shroudweaver. Alight with ideas for this one so book early to avoid disappointment. goldenharebooks.com/products/the... Booking feeds the little idiot I live with so don't let him starve.

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Finally remembered to book my ticket for this Edinburgh event I already started reading the book and so far it's rather gorgeous Looking forward to hearing you talk about it @rtorrubia.com goldenharebooks.com/products/the...

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The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver Event with Rafael Torrubia - Thurs

Join us in the bookshop to hear Rafael Torrubia in conversation about The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver. 6.30pm on Thursday 26th March at Golden Hare Books, 68 St Stephen Street, EH3 5AQ. Buy a copy...

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Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

"I lay waiting between turf-face and demesne wall, between heathery levels and glass-toothed stone. . . . and I rose from the dark, hacked bone, skull-ware, frayed stitches, tufts, small gleams on the bank." First and last stanzas of BOG QUEEN

A photo of a copy of the 1975 Faber edition of North by Seamus Heaney. The cover art is uncredited by the publisher.

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 08/03/2026

Hey pals, I'm down at the beautiful @goldenharebooks.bsky.social at the end of the month (March 26th!) talking about The Shipwright and Shroudweaver. It'd be lovely to see you! Tix as below (click my giant heid), my boundless affection available in person goldenharebooks.com/products/the...

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Raf ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ @rtorrubia.com · 06/03/2026

May you all trip and fall 🌊⛵️

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