Against a firework background, the book cover for THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by Roanne Lau.
White text reads: Aurealis Award Winner! Best YA Novel.
🏆🎉AWARD WINNER!🎉🏆
THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by @roannelau.bsky.social has won the @aurealisawards.bsky.social for Best YA Novel!
THE HUNGER GAMES meets SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE in this tale of deadly arena battles, steadfast friendship, and corrupt politicians.
Buy now: https://geni.us/serpentmercy
23.02.2026 18:15
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Congratulations to all the Aurealis Awards winners!
Including @roannelau.bsky.social for The Serpent Called Mercy. Now I get to call her The Award-Winning Roanne Lau in all communications!
23.02.2026 06:53
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John, you are too kind! 😭 Thank you so much!
23.02.2026 10:49
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2025 Aurealis Awards Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Aurealis Awards, presented today at a ceremony in Brisbane as part of GenreCon. A recording of the ceremony will be available from the GenreCon team next …
Congratulations to all the Aurealis Awards winners, including @tansyrr.bsky.social @trnapper.bsky.social @fearofemeralds.bsky.social @coreyjwhite.com @thedescenters.bsky.social @freyamarske.bsky.social @roannelau.bsky.social!
23.02.2026 05:45
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Thank you so much, DK! Huge congrats to the other winners and finalists!
23.02.2026 10:48
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THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins x THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by Roanne Lau
If your first bookish love was THE HUNGER GAMES with its twisty politics, dangerous arena battles & underdog protagonist trying to scrape by, we've got you covered.
@roannelau.bsky.social 's Aurealis Award-nominated THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY is your match, with deadly sunbeasts and slumdogs to boot!
20.02.2026 13:42
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Happy Lunar New Year!
Book covers for:
THE DEATH I GAVE HIM and IF FOUND RETURN TO HELL by Em X. Liu
THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by Roanne Lau
THE WATER OUTLAWS by S. L. Huang
SINOPHAGIA and SINOPTICON edited by Xueting C. Ni
And, all by Yoon Ha Lee - NINEFOX GAMBIT, RAVEN STRATAGEM, REVENANT GUN (the machineries of empire trilogy) MOONSTORM and STARSTRIKE (The Lancers series) and PHOENIX EXTRAVAGANT.
🐎🎆Happy Year of the Horse!🎆🐎
To celebrate, here's a selection of titles from authors of East Asian Descent ft. wizarding call centres, deadly sun-beasts, an anthology of Chinese Horror, giant Mecha Dragons & more!
@roannelau.bsky.social @emdashliu.bsky.social @xuetingni.bsky.social @slhuang.com
17.02.2026 17:49
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Oh wow!!! Two of my artworks were selected to feature in this years Vol 14 of InfectedByArt 🤩
‘Shift into Your Power’ & ‘Jasper’
#infectedbyart
11.02.2026 20:41
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Recently hit a very important milestone as a very serious author on Instagram
07.02.2026 13:50
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Man Vs Bear: Why The Serpent Called Mercy is a Golden Bet to Make
Roanne Lau's The Serpent Called Mercy, analysed
A reader wrote a nine-page analysis of my book, dissecting the characters and symbolism, integrating philosophy and Freudian theory, pulling apart the themes and political references—it’s a delight to read!
Read here: substack.com/@holmesreads...
05.02.2026 18:03
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Against a blue material background, a hardback copy of THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by Roanne Lau. White text reads: "Aurealis Award: Finalist Best YA Fiction."
🚨🎉STOP PRESS!🎉🚨
THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by @roannelau.bsky.social is a finalist for the Aurealis Awards!
THE HUNGER GAMES meets SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE in this tale of deadly arena battles, steadfast friendship, and corrupt politicians.
Buy now: https://geni.us/serpentmercy
04.02.2026 18:50
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Thank you, John!!
03.02.2026 12:00
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Thank you so much!
03.02.2026 11:46
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Thank you so much! 🫶🏻
02.02.2026 17:44
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Over the moon to share that I’m a finalist for the @aurealisawards.bsky.social!! This is a dream come true, and I’m so honoured to be shortlisted alongside my fellow nominees!
My little debut book’s thriving out there 🥹
02.02.2026 12:37
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Donate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula Ratnakar
Hi everyone,
I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses
Everyone's struggling & the world's on fire so I'm sorry to ask, but I need your help again.
If you could donate and/or share my Go Fund Me campaign, it would go a long way to helping me pay for increased costs for my breast cancer treatment. Details in my update.
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01.02.2026 21:59
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Enter this Goodreads giveaway to win a copy of The Black Cat Detectives!
📚💙 ☕💀📚 🌈📚 🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛📚 #WritingCommunity #CatSky @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social @nylitagent.bsky.social
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29.01.2026 20:55
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Large print edition cover for PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - A sepia-tone profile of a young Black woman against floral wallpaper, reminiscent of 1850s ambrotype photography. She is wearing a high-necked collar, and her coily hair is upswept to reveal dangling skull earrings. A skeletal hand rests on her shoulder. Text reads: PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE EDEN ROYCE "A deeply loving exploration of grief, loss, and the righting of past wrongs."—Moniquill Blackgoose, author of To Shape a Dragon's Breath
Rusty orange background with TOR DOT COM logo in white blocky font in the bottom right corner. In the center is the original cover of Psychopomp & Circumstance - A sepia-tone profile of a young Black woman against floral wallpaper, reminiscent of 1850s ambrotype photography. She is wearing a high-necked collar, and her coily hair is upswept to reveal dangling skull earrings. A skeletal hand rests on her shoulder. Text reads: PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE EDEN ROYCE "A deeply loving exploration of grief, loss, and the righting of past wrongs."—Moniquill Blackgoose, author of To Shape a Dragon's Breath
PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is getting a LARGE PRINT EDITION!
1st pic: large print cover, where you can see more of the fantastic cover art, including Phee's full Afro updo.
2nd pic: original cover.
Coming soon from Thorndike Press by Gale.
#booksky #Blackbooksky
27.01.2026 21:48
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User @backintimeag:
The text “Kirsten will be happy when ICE gets the fuck out of Minnesota” over a picture of 1850s immigrant and Minnesota-dwelling doll character Kirsten Larson in the snow.
In case anyone was wondering how it’s going over on American Girl doll Instagram
25.01.2026 22:21
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Illustration of Enitan (a Black woman with brown skin and short black hair in a green tunic) and her sibling Xiang (a Chinese person in a reddish-brown tunic) by @ashcremated on Tumblr.
Happy New Year's Eve, y'all!!
This just in: THE SPLINTER IN THE SKY is 1.99 on Bookshop and Rakuten Kobo too!
✨ Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
✨ Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
01.01.2026 04:24
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A very satisfying Solaris Stack of all the hardback novels we're releasing in 2025!
Featuring:
THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY @roannelau.bsky.social
THE NEEDFIRE @mkhardywrites.com
RAGWORT @samkhorton.bsky.social
THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell
THE SALT ORACLE @rainewilson.bsky.social
Buy now!
30.12.2025 16:03
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A paperback of CRY, VOIDBRINGER by Elaine Ho and a hardback of THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by Roanne Lau surrounded by blue, gold and white Christmas decorations.
We do NOT have five Gold Rings, but we DO have a fantasy double bill with @artofelaineho.bsky.social 's CRY, VOIDBRINGER and @roannelau.bsky.social 's THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY!
Open to UK & IE only. Like, follow, repost & drop a ⚔️ in the comments to enter! Ends 6th Jan 2026 23:59 GMT🪐📚💙
29.12.2025 20:59
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Last week to enter! 📣
29.12.2025 17:26
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Multiple copies of THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by Roanne Lau. The white Solaris logo is in the bottom left corner.
⚔️🐉Sometimes the most dangerous beasts are outside of the ring...
@roannelau.bsky.social 's THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY is perfect for fans of THE HUNGER GAMES an epic fantasy of deadly beasts, arena battles, and steadfast friendship!
Buy now: https://geni.us/serpentmercy
29.12.2025 16:54
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I’m running an audiobook giveaway, open worldwide until Jan 5! Enter here: www.instagram.com/p/DSkUvTOCfV...
23.12.2025 09:08
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"Let the Games begin" in yellow text above the book cover for Roanne Lau's THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY.
⚔️🐉Sometimes the most dangerous beasts are outside of the ring...
@roannelau.bsky.social 's THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY is perfect for fans of THE HUNGER GAMES an epic fantasy of deadly beasts, arena battles, and steadfast friendship!
Buy now: https://geni.us/serpentmercy
20.12.2025 15:51
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With a brand new endorsement:
"Fuelled by visceral rage and complex character dynamics, Cry, Voidbringer is a must-read for fans of political fantasy. Elaine Ho has crafted an electrifying debut that sets the very idea of empire on fire." - Roanne Lau, author of The Serpent Called Mercy
12.12.2025 13:41
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My absolute pleasure!! Thank you for writing such a great book! 🫶🏻🫶🏻
14.12.2025 16:59
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many have already said this but one of the most mundane bad things about the current era is that I have to spend this much brain space on fucking Donald Trump
08.12.2025 16:13
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