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All of the DAY 5 winners have been notified via email🥳 We were gonna send our carrier pigeons but we wanted to avoid sending them out into this heat Make sure to check your inbox and/or spam folder for any of the following prizes: - Fortune's Wake - The Lot Lands Trilogy -He Who Fights with Monsters

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While the giveaways are still running and winners are yet to be drawn over the next few days, #tbrcob2026 is officially over!! From the bottom of our book obsessed hearts a huge THANK YOU to everyone who tuned in live, as to those going back to rewatch panels and show them even more love.

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Finally, to wrap up this wonderful week of prizes and amazing people coming together to talk all things SFF&H we have one final prize to grant one lucky winner, once more from our friends at @thebrokenbinding. ⬇️

Bad news: the last panel of #tbrcon2026 starts in 1 HOUR from now. Good news: we picked a really badass one to wrap it all up🦾 Join @adrianmgibson.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social, Chana Porter, @jeremyszal.bsky.social @eirabrand.com.bsky.social, & @briewoodfiction.bsky.social as they see us off

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Penultimate - because we love big words and we cannot lie - giveaway of the day will be another @orbitbooks.bsky.social gem, with one winner going home with signed copies of @andreagstewart.bsky.social's The Hollow Covenant! ⬇️

4th giveaway of the day promises a copy of Battle Mage Farmer by Seth Ring, thanks to @aethonbooks! 🌍️ Open to North America, UK & EU - Enter at the link below & make sure you're following us and Aethon! app.randompicker.com/Project/Publ... Winner will be drawn in 3 days! #tbrcon2026

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Character work is important, yes, but without a vivid enough world built around them they can only go so far! Join @angelaslatter.bsky.social @alexgrecian.bsky.social @caitlinstarling.com.bsky.social @hironnennes.bsky.social @jajminton.bsky.social & @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social as they delve into it!

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3rd prize of the day will be a signed ARC of Christine Cowan's Love, Witches, & Wahala by @orbitbooks.bsky.social! 🌎️ North America Only - Enter at the link below & make sure you're following us and Orbit! app.randompicker.com/Project/Publ... Winners will be drawn in three days! #tbrcon2026

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DAY 4 giveaway winners have been notified via email!! 🔥 Make sure to check your inbox (and spam) if you entered for any of the following: - Dead Until Dark - Casthen Gain - Katabasis Listen, I know this wizard promised a better joke for today but she doesn't have one, so you'll have to make do!

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Foreshadowing is a goldilocks art; too heavy handed and you give the game away, too light and you might as well not have tried at all! Wouldn't it be nice if D. W. Ross @clclarkwrites.com Eileen Mueller @jdlrosell.bsk.social Stephen Aryan & @ryancahill.bsky.social came together to talk about it? ⬇️

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2nd prize of the day will also be curtesy of JAB Books, this time offering up 2 copies of Rivers of London by @benaaronovitch.bsky.social! 🇺🇲 US Only - Enter at the link below & make sure you're following us! app.randompicker.com/Project/Publ... Winners will be drawn in three days! #bookgiveaway

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We've gathered a mix of authors to tell you the ins & outs of writing a standalone across a variety of SFF & H sub-genres. Join @frasierarmitage.bsky.social @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social @luketarzian.bsky.social @pdjeliclark.bsky.social @sunyidean.com & @scribeofhades.bsky.social 1 HOUR from now!

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You know it's that time, i.e. the 1st giveaway, but on the last day of #tbrcon2026!! Worry not, to make our parting a little sweeter we have double the goodies from the previous days👀 1st up, then: JAB Books has put 2 copies of Brandon Sanderson & Peter Orullian's Songs of the Dead ⬇️

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Starting a GoFundMe for all the back surgery our Final Girls need after carrying entire franchises. Join @sadiehartmann.bsky.social, @mik-randolph.bsky.social, @stephanierose.bsky.social , @stephengrahamjones.bsky.social, & @tanyapell.bsky.social as they discuss this beloved trope in 1 HOUR Link⬇️

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3rd and final giveaway of the day, thanks to @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social, is one of their special editions of @fondalee.bsky.social's The Last Contract of Isako🔥 🌍️ Open Internationally - Enter at the link below & make sure you're following us and TBB! app.randompicker.com/Project/Publ... ⬇️

Why yes, we *do* have yet another live podcast episode! Join the @worldbuildcast.bsky.social crew in 1 HOUR from now! www.youtube.com/live/GeF4zvq... #tbrcon2026 #worldbuildingformasochists #podcast

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🍎Eleni Argyrò trying her best @eleni-argyro.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

You'd be surprised how much page layout & writing fonts can impact your reading experience! @adrianmgibson.blsky.social @monteroauthor.bsky.social @eirabrand.com.blsky.social @jeffbrowngraphics.bsky.social & @claymorecovers.blsky.social are convening in 1 HOUR from now to better explain how! Link⬇️

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If I ever get any doubts about the efficacy of #TBRCON I just think of the absolute glee with which my bf, who's sitting in another room listening to a panel, just went: "Ooh! Gonna preorder this book now!"

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DAY 3 giveaway winners have been notified via email🥳 Make sure to check your inbox and spam for your instructions on how to receive your prizes for the following: - Gareth Hanrahan's The Dungeon Book. - John Gwynne's The Faithful and The Fallen TBB Special Edition.

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2nd giveaway on this #tbrcon2026 Friday is 2 copies of The Three Coffin Problem by @lavie_tidhar.bsky.social, via JAB Books! 🇺🇲 US Only - Enter at the link below & make sure you're following us! app.randompicker.com/Project/Publ... Winners will be drawn in three days! #bookgiveaway

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Eurocentric Fantasy is all well & good but the world is big & storytelling has roots all around the globe. Join @fantasybookcritic.bsky.social Caskey Russell @omersarae.bsky.social @taowong.bsky.social & @xuetingni.bsky.social in 1 HOUR from now as they discuss Non Western Worldbuilding Approaches!

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1st giveaway on this lovely Friday is a physical ARC of Claire North's As We Fall Through Time via @orbitbooks.bsky.social! 🇺🇲 US Only - Enter at the link below & make sure you are following us and Orbit! app.randompicker.com/Project/Publ... Winners will be drawn in three days! #tbrcon2026

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Feeling Orwellian or Banksian? Join @taranhunt.bsky.social @krystlematar.bsky.social @wtalabi.com.bsky.social @mosesoseutomi.bsky.social @stricklandia.bsky.social & Brian Penn as they discuss the Politics of Utopia vs Dystopia in 1 HOUR from now! #tbrcon2026 #scifi #utopia #dystopia #books Link⬇️

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As we're now little over halfway through #tbrcon2026 we'd like to take a moment to thank this incredible book community for tuning in, sharing, participating, and helping in making it all possible. 🧵 1/

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3rd and final giveaway of the day will see the lovely folk at Aethon Books gift a copy of He Who Fights With Monsters by Travis Deverell! 🌍️ Open to North America, UK & EU - Enter at the link below & make sure you're following us and Aethon! app.randompicker.com/Project/Publ... ⬇️

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All DAY 2 giveaway winners have been drawn and quart- ahem - notified via email🥳 (Con Wizard in charge of these posts has decided she'll keep making this joke until someone acknowledges how stupid and/or funny it is - or until she comes up with something better) ⬇️

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2nd giveaway of the day sees @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social giving away one of their editions of Jonathan French's The Lot Lands Trilogy! 🌍️ Open Internationally - Enter at the link below & make sure you're following us and TBB! app.randompicker.com/Project/Publ... ⬇️

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It is that time, and by that we mean time for the 1st giveaway of the day! @grimdark.magazine, will be sending out a copy of Fortune's Wake by @clclark! 🌍️ Open Internationally - Enter at the link below & make sure you're following us and GdM! app.randompicker.com/Project/Publ... ⬇️

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If last night you saw our accidental 1 hour reminder for today's Utopia VS Dystopia panel, no you didn't🤫 What can we say, our scheduling program must've gotten real excited for it and jumped the gun!!

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Some think that Fantasy media beget a higher register. Others, are lowkey like, modern colloquialisms are dope. Join Greta Kelly, @thatdavid hopkins.com @keandrewsauthor.bsky.social @rrvirdi.bsky.social @NicholasEames.bsky.social & @bookreviewskill.bsky.social in 1 HOUR from now. Link⬇️

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Why might an author want to bring Class Struggles into their narrative? How can they do so in ways that feel genuine and not facetious? 1 HOUR from now @philipchase90.bsky.social, @nicksnapeauthor.bsky.social, @lrlam.bsky.social, Peter F. Hamilton, & @byzantienne.bsky.social will trade opinions.

3rd and last goodie of the day comes to you through @thebrokenbinding giving away one of their editions of R.F. Kuang's Katabasis! 🌍️ Open Internationally - Enter at the link below & make sure you're following us and TBB! app.randompicker.com/Project/Publ... ⬇️

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All DAY 1 giveaway winners have been drawn and quart- ahem - notified via email🥳 If you entered to win any of the following make sure to check your inbox (and your spam) for further instructions on how to receive your prize: - Ryan Cahill's Of Blood & Fire and The Fall - Endless Editions. 1/2

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One set of eyes or multiple? How many voices does your story need to shine? Join @krystlematar.bsky.social @juliavee.bsky.social @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social, Christopher Ruocchio, Chance Dillon & Joseph Sidari , in 1 HOUR from now to find what would best suit your narrative! Link ⬇️

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2nd giveaway of the day, curtesy of @grimdark.magazine, is a hardback copy of @essahansen.bsky.social's Casthen Gain! 🌍️ Open Internationally - Enter at the link below & make sure you're following us and GdM! app.randompicker.com/Project/Publ...

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Navigating Tropes and Marketing in the Age of TikTok is ever tricky but we've endeavored to make it a little easier! 1 HOUR from now @marshalljmoore.bsky.social @slrowland.com, @zsdiamanti.bsky.social, J Penner @rebeccathorne.bsky.social & @nicolemckeon.bsky.social will be sharing their experience!

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1st giveaway of the day curtesy of JAB Books will see two lucky winners go home with a copy of @realcharlaine.bsky.social's Dead Until Dark! 🇺🇲 US Only - Enter at the link below & make sure you're following us! app.randompicker.com/Project/Publ... Winners will be drawn in three days! #tbrcon2026

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And finally, for today's bookend live podcast, come hang out with @jajminton.bsky.social @philipchase90.bsky.social @obeytheauthor.bsky.social @toritalks2.bsky.social and @adrianmgibson.bsky.social, in 1 HOUR from now! www.youtube.com/live/ZJWc20V...

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3rd and last giveaway of the day by way of @aethonbooks is a copy of K.F. Breene's Born in Fire! 🌍️ Open to North America, UK & EU - Enter at the link below & make sure you're following us and Aethon! app.randompicker.com/Project/Publ... ⬇️

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You say Fireball, I say Pyrokynesis🔥 What's the Difference Between Magic & Superpowers? Join Andrew D. Meredith, @mytholder.bsk.social @joaosilvawrites.bsky.social @christopherpaolini.bsky.social @emmaladams12.bsky.social & @joel-c-scoberg.bsky.social 1 HOUR from now! Link⬇️

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2nd giveaway of the day is a @thebrokenbinding Tier 2 set of The Faithful and The Fallen by @johngwynne🔥 🌍️ Open Internationally - Enter at the link below & make sure you're following us and TBB! app.randompicker.com/Project/Publ... ⬇️

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Publishing can be hard, let us help you make it a little easier with some expert advice 1 HOUR from now. Join @juliavee.bsky.social, Greta Kelly, @andreagstewart.bsky.social, @jjbker.bsky.social, @mmmlysaght.bsky.social, & @lecrockett.bsky.social as they discuss Mistakes Authors Make When Querying.

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When there are no special effects authors have to crawl under our skin in other ways. Join our Writing Fear on the Page panel with @annarosereads.bsky.social Sarah Langan @joshuathehull.bsky.social @annieneugebauer.bsky.social @michaeltkuester.com & Johnny Compton in 1 HOUR from now to find out how!

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Today's 1st giveaway of #tbrcon2026, curtesy of @orbitbooks.bsky.social , will be a hardback copy of @mytholder.bsky.social 's upcoming The Dungeon Book!! 🇬🇧 UK ONLY - Enter at the link below! app.randompicker.com/Project/Publ... Winner will be drawn in three days. #bookgiveaway

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