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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

If you would like to help with the reveal ... I got you! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

✨THE GODS WE BURIED✨ Cover reveal. Monday. III days.

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

✨ RELEASE DATE ✨ My Tomb Raider-inspired YA adventure fantasy officially has a release date, and we are exactly 8 months away as of today! THE GODS WE BURIED publishes June 8, 2027 from Delacorte Press/@getunderlined!!!

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

NEW BOOK!! So excited to share that THE GODS WE BURIED will publish Summer 2027 with Delacorte/PRH! A YA adventure fantasy and love letter to Indiana Jones, National Treasure, and Tomb Raider. This is truly the book of my heart, and one 12-year-old me would have done anything to get her hands on.

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

🦴 SIX MONTHS 🦴 Until the Scavenge Moon is upon us, and the Breimar Stag walks the Forest. Join the Hunt on May 12, 2026 for your chance to end a man … and hopefully the monster rising from the Forest’s depths won’t get you first. Also please preorder THE HANGING BONES now, out from FierceReads!

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

🦴 Clack clack 🦴 ARCs for THE HANGING BONES are now available to request from Netgalley and Edelweiss! A YA standalone dark fantasy, BONES is what happens when feminine rage combines with magical stag hunts and eldritch forest monsters … and no man is safe.

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Did you know I actually have two books up for preorder and 25% off at Barnes and Noble right now? What Wakes the Bells comes out in paperback (with a cheeky little bonus chapter 👀) April 14, and The Hanging Bones releases May 12! Also please enjoy my really bad but important photoshop.

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Preorder 🔗 and FAQs can be found here: elletesch.com/the-hanging-...

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

ICYMI 🦴 THE HANGING BONES has a cover now! And I may be biased, but I think it is *stunning* But wait, what’s it about, you ask? Well, look below for the official summary and prepare to go hunting in Wielinde Forest May 12, 2026!

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

🦴 COVER REVEAL 🦴 I am so excited to share the cover for THE HANGING BONES, my next YA Dark Fantasy with Feiwel and Friends, out May 12, 2026! Art: Coey + Shy Designer: Meg Sayre

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

The clack clack era is upon us! See you here Tuesday for the stunning THE HANGING BONES cover reveal! The Hanging Bones is my second YA dark fantasy standalone about a young gamekeeper, the legendary stag hunt she enters to end a baron, and the ancient horror rising from the forest depths.

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

*keyboard smash* To say I’m honoured that Indigo has WHAT WAKES THE BELLS as one of its best YA books of the year so far is a massive understatement! If you’ve been waiting for a price drop, you can get 20% off right now! And if you’re near Indigo Metrotown, there are still signed copies!

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

🖤🤍💜Happy Pride from a demi author and her demi heroine! 💜🤍🖤 Did you know that Mina’s coat on the book cover has the same colours as the ace flag? It’s one of my favourite details!

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

✨INDIGO EXCLUSIVE EVENT✨ If you’re in the Lower Mainland, come join myself and Tessa Barbosa one week from today at Metrotown Indigo to celebrate What Wakes the Bells with a Q+A and signing! Where: Indigo Metrotown Burnaby When: Friday May 9 | 7 pm How: Tickets through Indigo events or link in bio

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

THE HANGING BONES is off to copyedits! No release date beyond first half of 2026, cover still in progress, but this weird dark fantasy full of autumn forests, angry girls, and bony monster horror is coming! Make sure to add it on Goodreads and join my newsletter for updates (🔗s in bio!)

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

If you’d told me two years ago that friends would send me pictures of a giant stack of my little gothic book beside an equally giant stack of a new Hunger Games book by THE Suzanne Collins in The Strand I’d have disowned you because what?

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

✨AUDIOBOOK GIVEAWAY✨ Yesterday marks two weeks since WHAT WAKES THE BELLS has been out, and as the lovely folks at Macmillan Audio gave me a few extra digital copies, I want to celebrate with a giveaway on insta here: www.instagram.com/p/DHqqLLiACs...

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I *always* have music playing. Like, my annual Spotify listening hours are over 90k each time. AKA of course there’s an official WHAT WAKES THE BELLS playlist! It sets the perfect mood for reading about magical bells, angry sentient cities, and vengeful saints, and you can save it at the 🔗 below!

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

WHAT WAKES THE BELLS is officially one week old! The biggest thank you to everyone who bought a copy, sent me a photo of your local store or shelf, or messaged about how much you enjoyed it! It’s meant so so much to me 🩷 Also, if you read and enjoyed BELLS, please consider leaving a review online!

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Book one has been kicked out of the nest and now it’s back to coddling book two. THE HANGING BONES (2026) is a YA dark fantasy standalone completely separate from WHAT WAKES THE BELLS. But it’s got monsters, spooky settings, magical stags, and a very angry ace girl with vengeance on her mind.

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

And just like, WHAT WAKES THE BELLS is out of my hands. Release day absolutely did not go according to plan but we still managed to salvage it in the best way. It was a day of family and friends, love and pride, and I’m so grateful to everyone who sent a message/text/comment to help me celebrate.

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Today, What Wakes the Bells, my debut novel, is unleashed upon the world! I’M A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!!

Today, What Wakes the Bells, my debut novel, is unleashed upon the world!

It’s wild I can say that. Especially since this book has been mine for a long time. I got the idea in 2019, wrote the first draft in 2020, sold it to F&F in 2022, and now it’s not really mine anymore.

It’s a book I wish I had for myself as a teen but it also helped me figure out who I am as an adult. What Wakes the Bells won’t be for everyone, but for some it will be everything.

And that’s enough for me.

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

My book comes out tomorrow, so if you wanted a look into my brain right now, here you go. Obviously I am completely fine.

Pink tinted graphic of a girl before a stained glass window with words reading "One Day" in the centre and "What Wakes the Bells" on the bottom

Hozier with a quote edited to say "Yeah, I made a book. I don't know if I've made peace."

Dark haired woman running and repeatedly saying "Fuck"

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

First ever author panel/event ever = survived! I had such fun at @emeraldcitycon.bsky.social this weekend meeting readers, talking about WHAT WAKES THE BELLS, and debating the superior tropes! Was shaking in my sneakers with nerves but every lovely person on the panel made me feel welcome!

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Blurb round up part two, and now they’re all accounted for at last! I am so unbelievably thrilled that 8 authors I deeply admire not only read WHAT WAKES THE BELLS, but their lovely words have left me a happy, grateful puddle! WHAT WAKES THE BELLS releases March 11 and you can still preorder now!

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

More trade reviews have come in for WHAT WAKES THE BELLS, and I’m thrilled with the kind words they have to say about my little gothic book! WHAT WAKES THE BELLS is out March 11!

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Last day to enter the very last goodreads giveaway for WHAT WAKES THE BELLS!!! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

If you’re looking to support a Canadian author, not only does Indigo have it 30% off, but it’s part of the 30% off BESTSELLERS SALE! BESTSELLER. BEFORE IT’S EVEN OUT.

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

✨ ONE WEEK TO GO ✨ Want a tour of the WHAT WAKES THE BELLS hardcover? If you said yes, swipe! If you said no, swipe anyway! Because it’s too pretty not to look at!

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

One week left to preorder if you’re looking for a signed copy!

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

It’s March 1, which means WHAT WAKES THE BELLS is out this month and for some reason B&N lists it as one of the best YA books for March?!? What do you mean my little dark fantasy is on a “Best” list alongside absolute legends like Tracy Deonn and Suzanne Collins??? SAY SIKE RIGHT NOW.

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

EXTRA EXTRA! EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT! This is absolutely an author bucket list item checked off! If you’ve been wanting an early peek at WHAT WAKES THE BELLS, Paste Magazine has chapter 2 for you to read! Also a sneaky peek at some demi rep 👀 www.pastemagazine.com/books/elle-t...

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

✨🔔 BLURB 🔔✨ “Another?” you ask incredulously, and I shout at you “You better believe it!” because this one comes from THE Lyndall Clipstone! Quite easily one of the coolest authors I know, her books and prose are to die for, so her words for WHAT WAKES THE BELLS mean the world to me!

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

THEY’RE HERE AND THEY HAVE GOLD FOIL 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

✨AUDIOBOOK NEWS✨ We’re two weeks from pub, but did you know WHAT WAKES THE BELLS is getting an audiobook? And narrated by the immensely talented Ell Potter! Ell was my dream narrator for YEARS, so her voicing Mina and the clang gang now has me on the floor in disbelief. Team Ell(e) squared 💖

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

✨🔔 BLURB 🔔✨ A very exciting one for me and WHAT WAKES THE BELLS from the fabulous Nicki Pau Preto! Part of my lore is I first met Nicki after accidentally ambushing her outside the bathroom in an Indigo 👇

Illustration of fog-covered skulls with white text reading “A haunting page-turning mystery.” - Nicki Pau Preto, bestselling author of Bonesmith

White skinned woman in a red sweater holding a stack of three books by Nicki Pau Preto and a copy of What Wakes the Bells by Elle Tesch

Illustration of fog-covered skulls with text in a box reading: "What Wakes the Bells is a haunting, page-turning mystery set in an exquisitely wrought gothic city, where ancient beauty and eldritch horrors walk side by side. The lush prose, immersive world building, and ominous atmosphere make for a thrilling and unique YA fantasy debut."
- NICKI PAU PRETO, bestselling author of Bonesmith

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Vaiwyn is a gothic, sentient city built by the Saints on the bones of a dead god, their magic influencing the stone, wood, plants, glass and metal. But what makes me call them biblically accurate? Preorder your copy to find out 👀

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

✨ Meet the Saints ✨ Only three weeks to go until WHAT WAKES THE BELLS releases March 11, and it’s time to share a little about those fabled figures you’ve probably noticed on the gorgeous cover’s rose window!

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I’m very likely going back on deadline for 🦴 book 2 🦴 this week so obviously this is the perfect time to start something new.

Taylor Swift head down at a piano with her thumb up

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

SCREECH!! Indigo finally slapped that long-awaited “Canadian” badge on my debut!! I’m no longer a fraud.

Online store page for Indigo of What Wakes the Bells by Elle Tesch

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

✨🔔 BLURB 🔔✨ More kind words for WHAT WAKES THE BELLS, this time from @kalynjosephson.bsky.social! When I read The Storm Crow, it was the first time I saw ace spec rep on the page. I didn’t know what that would mean to me for a few years, but I know what Kalyn’s blurb means to me now. Everything.

Text atop an illustrated pink stained glass window reads: “A wonderful exploration of complex family dynamics, self-determination, and first love.
KALYN JOSEPHSON,
New York Times bestselling author of This Dark Descent and The Storm Crow”

White girl wearing a red sweater and light blue jeans perched on a rocking horse holding up a copy each of What Wakes the Bells by Elle Tesch and This Dark Descent by Kalyn Josephson

Text atop an illustrated pink stained glass window reads: "Set in a sentient city built upon the bones of a dead god, What Wakes the Bells is a wonderful exploration of complex family dynamics, self-determination, and first love, all set against the backdrop of an ancient battle generations in the making."
- KALYN JOSEPHSON,
New York Times bestselling author of This Dark Descent and The Storm Crow

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

This is SO small a thing, but I started putting honey in my tea instead of sugar and life feels a tiny bit better

DW from the show Arthur smiling but with dark circles under her eyes

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

✨ 30k GOODREADS ADDS ✨ How is this even possible?? We’re less than a month out from WHAT WAKES THE BELLS’ release and somehow, someway, thirty thousand of you want to read it 😭

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I’ve finished reading 8 books this month and that’s on ✨ dissociating ✨

Smiling emoji editing to include it holding its head and kicking its feet

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

🔔 hit 10k giveaway entries in a week 🔔 is less than 200 adds away from 30k 🔔 hit its first 4 digit sales ranking on BN 🔔 is a most anticipated title for Indigo, Barnes and Noble, and Audible So thank you thank you thank you!!

Screenshot of a BN sales ranking, as well as text reading: Most anticipated title for Indigo, Barnes and Noble, audible

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

✨ ONE MONTH ✨ WHAT WAKES THE BELLS publishes in 28 days and I don’t have anything more profound to say other than AGHKSLDHDJSL!!!! Again, I have to say thank you so much to everyone who has already preordered, read, or shown even the tiniest bit of interest. Because of you, BELLS … 👇

Illustration of a girl in front of a rose window with a pink tint. Text reads One Month / What Wakes the Bells

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

👀 You now have one month left to get not only this exclusive sticker, bookmark and postcard, but also a signed and personalized copy of WHAT WAKES THE BELLS. Just pre-order from either Black Bond Books 🇨🇦 or Village Books 🇺🇸 to get them! Direct 🔗s in bio!

Copy of What Wakes the Bells by Elle Tesch on two light coloured blankets with a book themed postcard, two bookmarks, and a sticker beside it

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Elle Tesch ✨💫 @zipitelle.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

✨BLURB✨ This time from THE @wordsiren.bsky.social! I’m very protective of the demisexual rep in WHAT WAKES THE BELLS, so to receive this validation means the world to me! By the way, the sequel to her incredible Divine Traitors duology released this week and you better already have it!

Atop a pink stained glass window, text reads: "An utterly fresh tale you'll want to read over and over again, What Wakes the Bells stuns from the first page to the last.
- KAMILAH COLE,
bestselling author of So Let Them Burn

Smiling white woman wearing a white hoodie holds up a copy each of So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole and What Wakes the Bells by Elle Tesch

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