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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I LOVE these posters in my local library and now I’m considering petitioning them to make them for adults?
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Robin speaks to @rymkechacha.bsky.social about her latest novel, THE APPLE AND THE PEARL. We also get into spinning plots, tricksters of the world, when corvids attack, a reading taskforce, and a good deal more. britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Thank you so much @robincmduncan.bsky.social for having me on the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social podcast to talk about The Apple and the Pearl britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...
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BFS Podcast: Long Story Short – The British Fantasy Society
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This was such a lovely conversation!! Thank you so much for having me
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Waiting for the rain tonight like
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The best bit of the Odyssey was when my husband said on the way there, so what’s the backstory of this film? And I felt so happy as I said, ok, so there was this sea nymph called Thetis and a king called Peleus…
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
One more prime minister will do it, this next guy will sort us out, we promise, just one more, don’t worry we’ve got this
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Please tell me one of you has read (and loved) at least one of these? open.substack.com/pub/rymkecha...
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The irony is that if Tokarczuk said, so, my new novel is about a writer working on a novel in collaboration with an LLM and things get fungal and weird, with a few Sebaldian digressions about central European history and a mysterious and reclusive programmer hallucinated by the AI…
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Ben Adam Sohawon @bensohawon.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
First author up is @rymkechacha.bsky.social reading her supernatural & magical tale of a ballet troupe, The Apple & The Pearl. @srfantasyclub.bsky.social @allgoodbookshop.co.uk #books #bookshop #scifi #fantasy #sciencefiction #sf #romantasy #london #fiction #booksky
Rym Kechacha reads from her book, The Apple & The Pearl, to the audience of Super-Relaxed Fantasy Club in the upstairs bar room of the Star of Kings in Kings Cross.A copy of Rym Kechacha's book, The Apple & The Pearl - orange cover, a raven clasping in its beak a pearl attached to the strap of a ballet pointe shoe hanging down.
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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 11/05/2026
3 days left in our fundraiser! We've hit our first stretch goal and are excited to share our plans once it's wrapped up, but: still rewards left! Still cool possibilities to make real, with your help! Shares appreciated!
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Ancillary Review of Books: Year 7!
Questioning power, imagining possibility: ARB provides thoughtful criticism of speculative fiction. Help us pay our writers and staff!
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Kirsten Amy @kirstenp.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Evergreen headline.
Old BBC headline that reads: Baffling and concerning — what is wrong with England?
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Is there a word for the feeling of when you were going to make a rare trip to the cinema to see a film and then a new trailer drops and you think ah, never mind, this one’s not for me after all?
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
We’re really at the stage of collapse where the robots make you solve impossible puzzles before they’ll let you into your emails, just in case you’re a robot pretending to be a human. 😒
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Super Relaxed Fantasy Club @srfantasyclub.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
SRFC is back on Tuesday 12th May - two authors celebrate the meeting of fantasy and ballet: RYM KECHACHA - The Apple and the Pearl LEXY HUDSON - Wonders Never Cease For all fantasy and genre fiction fans! Reserve your FREE spot now: srfcmay2026.eventbrite.com
Promo for the event, which says:
Super-relaxed Fantasy Club
 
With her new fantasy about a ballet troupe
 of lost souls
RYM KECHACHA

Debut  novel of dancing, danger and fairytales
LEXY HUDSON

6:30pm, Tuesday 12th MAY
Star of Kings, near Kings Cross, London
Free!
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
It is SO unbelievably kind of Pope Leo to take time away from attempting to coax Trump out of darkness to visit an important location in my new novel, shortly going on submission 👀 This is the Basilica of Notre Dame d’Afrique in Algiers, where Leo gave a message of interfaith solidarity yesterday
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I don't think we are talking enough about the astounding historical twist that one of the most powerful institutions standing up to defend liberal democracy around the world today is the Papacy
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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 31/03/2026
Official fundraiser announcement: it's kicking off April 8! Shares appreciated!
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ARB Fundraiser Starting April 8!
We are excited to announce that we’ll be launching our Kickstarter fundraiser campaign on April 8! Follow our Kickstarter pre-launch page here to get an email as soon as our campaign goes live. Whi…
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Thank you so much to Richie for such a lovely conversation about The Apple and The Pearl! open.spotify.com/episode/2f8c...
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Writing the Fae, Present Tense Storytelling and Confined Fantasy Worlds | Rym Kechacha on The Apple and the Pearl
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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 24/03/2026
Metallic Realms, Death of the Author, and Mise En Abyme: @rymkechacha.bsky.social reads some recent metafictional SF novels together to think about how works-within-works...work!
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Metallic Realms, Death of the Author, and Mise En Abyme
Rym Kechacha Early in Lincoln Michel’s novel Metallic Realms, the narrator describes another character as wearing a T shirt with the words “Yubaba’s bathhouse—no face, no entry” written on it. On t…
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
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I joined the rest of the world in obsession with Bridgerton
and some thoughts on pleasure.
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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 18/03/2026
ARB fundraiser, coming soon! We'd love your support in taking the magazine to the next level, and just spreading the word helps a ton!
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ARB Fundraiser Incoming!
Big news! ARB’s first fundraiser goes live next month! Follow us on Kickstarter to get notified when we’re live, and we’ll be posting plenty of updates as we go. Ever since I’ve been a part of ARB,…
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Such a deep pleasure to be read so thoroughly!! Thank you to the BtGS team www.breakingtheglassslipper.com/2026/02/26/t...
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Theatre as portal fantasy – with Rym Kechacha | Breaking the Glass Slipper
Join us at the ballet with Rym Kechacha & the company of The Apple and the Pearl. We talk liminal spaces, sinister fae and how theatre acts as portal fantasy!
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
This is only Labour’s worst fear if you only conceive of politics as power. If you think of politics as making people’s lives better this is great for Labour, as they realise (18months too late!) that these are the policies that will help the country and, ironically, help them remain in government.
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
You can’t smell this #bloomscroll which is a tragedy so you’ll have to take my word for it, it’s heaven. Spring is coming!
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The Apple and the Pearl by Rym Kechacha: Review by Niall Harrison locusmag.com/review/...
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
It was my excellent good fortune to fall into the hands of @georgesandison.bsky.social right off the bat with my first book and when I read his work I feel so grateful all over again. Absolutely loved this!! reactormag.com/agency-georg...
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Agency - Reactor
An estate agent is forced to choose between a sale and his humanity when facing the inhuman eldritch forces that feed off rental tenants across the United Kingdom. Novelette | 10,215 words Mr. Three a...
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Huge thanks for this lovely and perceptive review!!
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
From starting ballet at four to starting writing this in 2021, it’s been a long and winding road but… The Apple and The Pearl is out TODAY from @titanbooks.bsky.social !!!
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I’m not saying I *want* to hear from Nigel Farage right now but he sure is quiet. It’s a good time for us to chat with the Reform curious in our lives (you know the type, the Mail-reading petit bourgeois who seem nice enough until they mutter something about ‘the boat people’)
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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 23/01/2026
How Do We Live at the End of the World? @rymkechacha.bsky.social reviews Juhea Kim's collection of speculative climate stories, from @eccobooks.bsky.social:
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How Do We Live at the End of the World? Review of Juhea Kim’s A Love Story from the End of the World
Rym Kechacha Under Review:A Love Story from the End of the World. Juhea Kim. Ecco, November 2025. After two successful novels, Juhea Kim presents A Love Story from The End of the World, a short sto…
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
First #bloomscroll of the year
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I cam’t believe I’ve been sleeping on Percival Everett! Don’t make my mistake, this was fantastic
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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For a novel about ballet, I made a playlist
Let's make it a multimedia experience
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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
THE APPLE AND THE PEARL by Rym Kechacha dances onto shelves in less than one month! 🩰 🧚‍♀️ A richly atmospheric fantasy set across one day, as a ballet troupe of lost souls perform an ancient dance for the faerie realms. Coming February 3rd! tinyurl.com/ef6su3wf ✨
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Pre orders are like a present to your future self!!
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Unfortunately I do get a little thrill of ‘look, I’m a real writer’ when I get these scam emails.
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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · 22/12/2025
ARB's Notable Books of 2025!
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ARB’s 2025 Notable Books
At the end of the year, we ask ARB’s contributors to pick just one book that they found really interesting this year: maybe already a best-seller or award-frontrunner, maybe something obscure…
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Some anti-brain rot long form writing that’s been nourishing my mind: opencountrymag.com/wole-soyinka...
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How Wole Soyinka Inherited the Drama of the Gods
Cover story: Wole Soyinka is the greatest living writer. Will his legacy withstand compromise in the Nigerian tragedy?
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Some anti-brain rot long form writing that’s been nourishing my mind: opencountrymag.com/wole-soyinka...
opencountrymag.com
How Wole Soyinka Inherited the Drama of the Gods
Cover story: Wole Soyinka is the greatest living writer. Will his legacy withstand compromise in the Nigerian tragedy?
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
🥳 a review from Publishers Weekly!
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
What an incredible book!
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Unicorn experience- accidentally found an excellent film on netflix. Couldn’t recommend this more
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
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The open-source balletomane fairies of the Apple and the Pearl
and Sylvia Townsend Warner's Kingdoms of Elfin
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
I’m completely torn on this. Yes it’s baggy and meandering and 200 pages too long. But what else am I doing with my time?
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
It’s on its way! You can request The Apple and the Pearl on netgalley now from @titanbooks.bsky.social 👀
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
This is fascinating. When I first did training in phonics as a year 1 teaching assistant, I was skeptical. It seemed to me wrong to pretend to 5 yr olds that English is a phonetic language when you’re going to have to admit the truth a few years later
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rymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
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Losing the plot
On Dylan Thomas and trying to figure out how to tell a story.
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Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
THE APPLE AND THE PEARL by Rym Kechacha is currently 25% off in the Waterstones 2026 Pre-Order Promotion! #WPreorder Use the code OCTOBER25 on their website or app, now until 23.59 October 17. bit.ly/WSpreorder
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Nils Shukla @nilsreviewsit.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I received some fab ARCs recently! The Apple and the Pearl by @rymkechacha.bsky.social - “a ballet troupe of lost souls perform an ancient dance for the faerie realms” Thank you @titanbooks.bsky.social The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell - “a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps” Thanks Del Rey
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