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Sarah Rees Brennan

@sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social
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Writer of books, drinker of tears! Carnegie nominated, Locus and Nebula shortlisted. LONG LIVE EVIL, a portal fantasy in which the villains unionise, is my #1 Sunday Times & USA Today bestselling adult fantasy debut. She/her

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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t have data but a male writer I trust was talking about how excited publishers were about getting more bankable male authors. There’s also the question of how & how often male writers are reviewed, placed, how long their shelf life is etc, & how much they’re paid.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
If anything, men are probably over-targeted, given that women buy and read more books, and until 2020 men authored more of them. www.weforum.org/stories/2023...
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Women are now publishing more books than men - and it's good for business
Women have gone from publishing just 20% of books in the 1970s to more than half today, according to new research. It's good for the industry and readers, data shows.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
As anyone in publishing will tell you, women do not resist reading books by men, but men will often dismiss books by women. This is not a publishing problem or a failure to target men. It's a misogyny problem.
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𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚑 @sewingandswearing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
literally one of my favorite books ever. 🔑 🖤
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I wrote up some more details about my evil novella ENEMIES TO WORSE on ze blog! msscarlet.substack.com/p/wicked-gla... #booksky
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WICKED GLAD TIDINGS
an evil novella is coming your way
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
May I suggest you start your spooky season off right #booksky
Kindle reads deal for long live evil
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Richy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Men sneeze so loud because of the loneliness epidemic. It's to signal to other men where they are across vast distances.
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is so pretty and @franceswrites.bsky.social is so good
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 30/09/2026
Today in "People should read whatever they want": www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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The secret lives of men who read romance books: ‘My life is full of love, so I’m drawn to them’
It’s often assumed straight men are not interested in romantic fiction – but many are sharing their passion in forums online
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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I just cannot stress this enough: If you attempt a joke that doesn’t land, or you say something unintentionally problematic or hurtful, and somebody checks you on it, there are so many ways to walk it back. Take accountability. Apologize. At minimum, stop saying more words to make it worse!
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Official announcement for ENEMIES TO WORSE, coming to you as a villaintine February 9th 2027, a novella in audiobook and ebook, set in the LONG LIVE EVIL world but also stands alone for those who might enjoy ‘Romeo and Juliet if Romeo fell for Tybalt’ fantasy ice raiders. #booksky
Announcement of novella sale ‘enemies to worse’ by Sarah Rees Brennan
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Revolutionary Cat King @kingcat1203.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I have listened to the audiobooks for Long Live Evil and All Hail Chaos multiple times and can confirm that they do, indeed, slap.
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you see this post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.
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The Lost Boys Musical Tony Awards
Alt: The Lost Boys Musical Tony Awards
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Vainglorious of me to say but this audiobook slaps
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 30/09/2026
Also because I know I have a lot of people over here who follow me but are not necessarily part of romance, I want to tell everyone that Tessa Dare writes more neurodivergent characters than you can shake a stick at. They're rarely diagnosed on page because of the time period but they're amazing.
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m watching the Love Hypothesis & it feels very kind so far. The heroine gives a heartfelt speech about her job that moves the hero & he supports & validates her. ‘You are exactly where you need to be.’ The main relationship so far is between the heroine & her friend & it’s so warm. It’s lovely!
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I love this one y’all it was my introduction to magnificent @alixeharrow.bsky.social and inspired me toward portal fantasy
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
don’t know why that link turned terrible! www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
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Sarah Brennan expands Time of Iron universe with novella
Orbit has signed Enemies to Worse, described as Heated Rivalry in a Game of Thrones setting
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The news as announced by @bookbrunch.bsky.social - a novella in the Time of Iron universe is coming your way in early spring. Doomed love, fan favourites, stands alone or works as another portal into the epic portal fantasy… please await ENEMIES TO WORSE… l1nq.com/cjjuku1 #booksky
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Actually news announcement is today publisher announcement is tomorrow! I like to keep you all guessing.
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am in the hands of fate by which I mean by publisher but I have written up the announcement for my newsletter (sounds prepared) only to realise Wednesday is not today (reverts to usual chaos conditions).
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is a GREAT article. Mind you, I agree that corporations should stop lying to us but… they are not going to.
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
we have been this whole time
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Face of a secret haver
writer with books
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
so as I said on my instagram… there’s a secret to be revealed!
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
your patience instantly rewarded you shall find out in a day
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the poor children m. Tormented are they? Just the way I like them.
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the news! Soon
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
yeah but in the meantime *is forcibly dragged offstage* (shouts) you’ll find out next week!
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
very informative thread! FWIW I’ve done 8 tie-in novels across various properties and always been paid flat fees.
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Raven @colorful-raven.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
this is delightful fan art of a couple that cannot hurt me because i know how to pretend everything will somehow be fine no matter the source material.
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy #fanartfriday pls look at my evil babies #booksky! Stunning, tender and sad drawing of an imperial daydream by lyyzis_art - I absolutely love the rendering of Rae’s smile with beauty mark rising and Key’s focused attention!
villain with his head in villainess’s lap as age reads
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
then despair 😌 ‘definitely read this book and enjoy the ride, then despair’
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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 24/09/2026
Behold, the prelaunch is open for the graphic novel of The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red!
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Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne @rflong.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Guess what's up on Netgalley... www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book... The God of Bronze is out 19th November bringing the Feral Gods trilogy to a close. Amberes will never be the same again. #StayFeral #booksky #speirgorm
The covers of the Feral Gods trilogy (The Book of Gold, The Lore of Silver & The God of Bronze). Text reads "The epic conclusion in the thrilling Feral Gods fantasy trilogy"
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
a) I wish for that mug b) villainous of Spotify! So pleased you are enjoying x
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
66/66 is very good for this post
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I’ve been known to put in a contact lens to find my glasses and my contact lenses are disposable! 😭 also I OWN three pairs of glasses. And I’ll find the other two one day, mark my words.
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Newcastle and Manchester in one weekend, I am COMING! #booksky
Sarah Rees Brennan chairing Victoria Aveyard in Manchester Once upon a Tyneside festival featuring Sarah Rees Brennan
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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So what did Dolly Parton name the entity she established to oversee her estate, publishing interests, and legacy after her death? “She’s Alive LLC.” Absolutely perfect.
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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A poem for the equinox by Elizabeth Bishop as it first appeared in The New Yorker 70 years ago this month. This one hits a little different if you've spent time in Bishop's childhood home.
SESTINA

September rain falls on the house. In the failing light, the old grandmother sits in the kitchen with the child beside the Little Marvel Stove, reading the jokes from the almanac, laughing and talking to hide her tears.
She thinks that her equinoctial tears
and the rain that beats on the roof of the house were both foretold by the almanac, but only known to a grandmother. The iron kettle sings on the stove.
She cuts some bread and says to the child,
It's time for tea now; but the child
is watching the teakettle's small hard tears dance like mad on the hot black stove, the way the rain must dance on the house. Tidying up, the old grandmother
hangs up the heartless almanac
on its string. Like a bird, the almanac hovers half open above the child, hovers above the old grandmother and her teacup full of dark brown tears. She shivers and says she thinks the house feels chilly, and puts more wood in the stove. It was to be, says the Marvel Stove. I know what I know, says the almanac. With crayons the child draws a rigid house and a winding pathway. Then the child puts in a man with buttons like tears and shows it proudly to the grandmother.
But secretly, while the grandmother busies herself about the stove,
the little moons fall down like tears
from between the pages of the almanac
into the flower bed the child
has carefully placed in front of the house.
Time to plant tears, says the almanac.
The grandmother sings to the marvellous stove and the child draws another inscrutable house.

-ELIZABETH BISHOP
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
good night Leeds. ❤️
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
you guys want this and I have read it. Just the prologue scooped my heart with an ice-cream scoop.
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Sarah Rees Brennan @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My birthday is so on brand. 🤣
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Much as we love bookshops, they need more than love to keep going. A bookshop can be the centre of a whole community. Bookshops support authors; organize events. A thriving bookshop teaches the next generation that literacy matters. So don't just love your bookshop: actually buy books there.
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dan mentos @danmentos.com · 22/09/2026
[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right
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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's gonna be a party! I'm actually going to read something! Out loud! To an AUDIENCE! Come see this once-in-a-decade event!
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