@tooshorttoread
Digital Marketer @solarisbooks.bsky.social, Writer, Artist, SFF Nerd, Genealogist, Lancaster Litfest @litfest.bsky.social Board of Directors, HSD, She/Her, all views my own. Poetry debut FLEET SALVAGE out now!
It's that time of year again!
Feast your eyes on my Litfest cover reveal and grab the chance to snap up some early bird tickets. Full programme still to come (it's a big one!)
2026 - Happy New Year from the Solaris Team!
We wish you a Happy New Year from all at Solaris Books!
May your 2026 be filled with marvellous books - we know ours will be!
LITFEST 2026 ‘THE RIGHTS OF NATURE’ – SAVE THE DATE – 13–22 MARCH
Browse our Christmas e-newsletter to learn about our children's book sale, enjoy three pre-festival events, and get those all-important dates for Litfest 2026!
Learn More! geni.us/LFDecENews
Black text against a pale blue background with darker blue baubles and wrapped gifts to the left: "Solaris Author's Favourite Books of 2025, Christmas Wishes & Top Picks for 2026!"
As the year draws to a close, we've asked a selection of Solaris authors 3 very important questions...
Here are their answers 👉 https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025
FT. @kerstinhall.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social @julietmarillier.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @isabelcanas.bsky.social & more!
Graphic with the title Dr Celestine Dubois, over a dark background of contour & grid lines. The text reads: She is: The senior researcher - Weather forecasting. And Raphaël’s oldest friend. She wants: Auli’s job. She knows: The world is fucked so live for the moment. Her secret: Sleeping with a murderer would be gauche, no?
Same title, with a collage of images including: a close up of a black woman's hands, long nails painted dark red, a blackboard covered in maths, a diagram of vintage weather forecasting equipment, a small glass bottle on a chain containing some leaves, a red beach flag in a strong wind, and the wheels and stark shadow of a wheelchair.
Day 4 of meet THE SALT ORACLE characters!
Today, my fav fierce lady, one of the brightest minds on the Bellwether 🌩️Dr Célestine Dubois🌩️
Bold, brilliant, ambitious.
She travelled through the apocalypse to get here.
So will she help tear it down?
geni.us/saltorac
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
A comic strip in six panels. Drawn in ink on white paperand signed by Tom Gauld in pencil. The panels inerlock like a jigsaw with knobs and sockets. Two stick figures walk right to left through all the panels. Panel 1: Person 1 says "I hear you're working on a new theory." Panel 2 & 3: Person 2 says: "Yes, I'm calling it the jigsaw model. I think it could change our whole View of reality." Panel 4: Person 1 says "When Will you publish?: Panel 5: Person 2 says "But a couple of things are still bothering me." (this piece/panel is a bit squint) Panel 6: This piece is rotated ninety degees and fits to the others very badly. Person 2 is saying "Soon. I feel like I'm really close" A second look at the whole comic shows that the last two panels read in the wrong order because the jigsaw has been put together incorrectly.
This cartoon and others are now in the art-for-sale section of my website: www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale
So beyond delighted for @vajra.me! RAKESFALL is an astounding piece of speculative fiction and it's an honour to be a small part of helping it find its UK readers.
Against an rainbow background, white text "Solaris' #Still Proud 0.99 eBook sale! *Website exclusive. DRM free. Ends 23:59 BST 14th July. Titles available will vary by country. The white Solaris logo is to the left and right. Tiled book covers on eReaders: THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS and RAKESFALL by Vajra Chandrasekera THE VENGEANCE by Emma Newman NINEFOX GAMBIT, MOONSTORM and PHOENIX EXTRAVAGANT by Yoon Ha Lee BLACK SUN by Rebecca Roanhorse THE TWO HUNGERS OF PRINCE FIERRE by Darcy Ash THE SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER by Simon Jimenez THE DEATH I GAVE HIM and IF FOUND, RETURN TO HELL by Em X. Liu SAINT DEATH'S HERALD by C. S. E. Cooney THE GOBLIN EMPEROR and THE WITNESS FOR THE DEAD by Katherine Addison THE MOUNTAIN CROWN by Karin Lowachee NETHERFORD HALL by Natania Barron LADY EVE'S LAST CON by Rebecca Fraimow SNOWBLOODED by Emma Sterner-Radley INTERSTELLAR MEGACHEF by Lavanya Lakshminarayan THE CHOSEN 12 by James Breakwell A SECOND CHANCE FOR YESTERDAY by R. A. Sinn THE HOUSE OF STYX by Derek Kunsken REDSIGHT by Meredith Mooring BLACK COAST by Mike Brooks KID WOLF AND KRAKEN BOY by Sam J. Miller THE WATER OUTLAWS by S. L. Huang FRONTIER by Grace Curtis THE POMEGRANATE GATE by Ariel Kaplan BANG BANG BODHISATTVA by Aubrey Wood SAVAGE COMPANY by Matt Wallace
🚨EBOOK SALE!🚨
We're celebrating LGBTQ+ titles in Solaris' #StillProud eBook sale. Pride month may be over, but we've got brilliant deals for you to help you #ReadQueerAllYear!
Ft @deuceofgears.bsky.social @rebeccafraimow.bsky.social @lavanya.bsky.social & more!
👉 geni.us/Solarissale
All of our new releases (revealed so far) for June - December 2025!
Ft. new titles from @natania.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @aptshadow.bsky.social
@voidcricket.bsky.social @isabelcanas.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social and more!
We've hit 7K followers, so how about a book bundle giveaway to celebrate?!
Open to US, CAN, UK & IE. Follow, like & repost to enter! Closes 9th June.
Feat: @natania.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @emmanewman.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com & more!
Inc. an early ARC of THE DOOR ON THE SEA!
ICYMI our friends over Reactor Magazine revealed the stunning cover for THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell, the first book in a new epic fantasy series, inspired by the folklore of the author's Tlingit culture!
Full reveal bit.ly/44VAnIT
October '25, preorder geni.us/doorsea
👀
Fancy some excellent poetry? Of course you do!
The excellent @tooshorttoread.bsky.social's equally excellent debut pamphlet, FLEET SALVAGE, is half price over on the @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social website right now: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
We’re a finalist for best publisher!
And very excited about it we are too!
Against a background of pink hibiscus flowers, the book cover for THE KILLING SPELL by Shay Kauwe. The white Solaris logo is in the bottom left corner.
🚨COVER REVEAL🚨
Celebrate #aapiheritagemonth with a cover reveal! Feast your eyes upon the fabulous UK cover for THE KILLING SPELL by @shaykauwe.bsky.social: a fresh, exciting urban fantasy novel based on Hawaiian culture and mythology!
Cover by Head Design. March '26. Preorders available soon. 🪐📚
Happy inaugural #IndiePressDay!
Solaris is a multi award-winning Indie Publisher based in Oxford UK, but we sell books all over the world!
We're a home to Superb SciFi, Fabulous Fantasy, Sensational Spec Fic and Horrific Horror.
Remember, we don't just publish books, we create worlds!
Title: Possible Early Precursors to World Book Day 1. Boktide, 1000ad A grand tournament of literature, culminating with the king choosing one 800k For 'Ethelred's Book Club' and writing a blurb for the cover. 2. Night of Sacrifice, 800ad By the light of the full moon, offerings of overdue books and tiny sums of money were made at shrines to the savage librarian-god Schussh. 3. Day of Banishment, 600ad The weakest member of the tribe was given writing materials, sent into the wilderness and only allowed to return if they wrote a bestselling book.
Happy World Book Day!
The book cover for THE FLOW: RIVERS, WATER AND WILDNESS by Amy-Jane Beer next to an photo of the author. Below, is the cover for Lancaster Litfest 2025: THE WORLD INTO WORDS, running along the bottom is a skyline made up of notable Lancastrian buildings created from words. The Litfest logo is in the bottom right corner. Black text reads "The World into Words".
Litfest kicks off this Friday 7/3 at 7pm. We'll launching (online & in person) with our naturalist in residence for 2025, the fabulous @amyjanebeer.bsky.social, Winner of the James Cropper 2023 Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing!
‘A tour de force’ @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
geni.us/Litfest2025
It’s always a bit funny seeing my artwork up on the Litfest banners, but a pleasure all the same!
Our lucky team went to the #worldpremiere of #mickey17 last week!
Adapted by #bongjoonho from @edashtonwriting.bsky.social's MICKEY7, it stars #robertpattinson & is out in cinemas on 7th March!
Grab the book now
Movie tie in edition geni.us/mickey7ti
Standard edition geni.us/Mickey7
Grab this brilliant opportunity to listen to @rainewilson.bsky.social talking folklore, wolves, digital ghosts and so much more, in very excellent company!
What you wrote gave you joy and gives your readers joy too.
Sometimes the best way to stick it to the idiots is to find the thing that brings happiness and keep doing it as best you can.
Nothing makes a small minded bully madder than you laughing and sharing a world they’d rather see fade away.
Against a background of red hearts, white text reads "Fall in Love with Solaris! 0.99 eBook sale". The white Solaris logo is in the bottom left corner. Black text at the bottom reads "Sale exclusive to our website, ends 23:59 GMT 17/02. Titles available will vary by country. Book covers on eReaders for: THE SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER by Simon Jimenez, THE TWO HUNGERS OF PRINCE FIERRE by @darcyashauthor, LADY EVE'S LAST CON by Rebecca Fraimow, SNOWBLOODED by @emmasternerradley, GOTHIKANA by @authorrunyx, NETHERFORD HALL and QUEEN OF FURY by @nataniabarron, HEARTBREAK INCORPORATED by @alexdecampi, THE HACIENDA by VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE by @isabelcanas_
Against a background of red hearts, white text reads "Fall in Love with Solaris! 0.99 eBook sale". The white Solaris logo is in the bottom left corner. Black text at the bottom reads "Sale exclusive to our website, ends 23:59 GMT 17/02. Titles available will vary by country. Book covers on eReaders for: WEAVE THE LIGHTNING and THE STORM'S BETRAYAL by @corryllee, REDSIGHT by @meredithmwrites, PARIS ADRIFT by @catamaroon, SOMEONE IN TIME edited by @jonathanstrahan, KID WOLF AND KRAKEN BOY by @sam.j.miller, A SECOND CHANCE FOR YESTERDAY by R. A. Sinn, THE SPARE MAN by @maryrobinettekowal, SIGNAL TO NOISE by @silviamg.author and THE DIFFICULT LOVES OF MARIA MAKILING by Wayne Santos.
We're celebrating #valentinesday this month with an 0.99 eBook sale exclusive to our website!
Inc: @natania.bsky.social, @maryrobinettekowal.com, @isabelcanas.bsky.social, @alexdecampi.bsky.social @silviamg.bsky.social & more!
Are you ready to Fall In Love with Solaris? geni.us/Solarissale
It’s that time of year again! Join us online and in person for the low low price of £3/£5 and a host of fabulous events.
Seeing as a lot of my favourites are already in the thread, let’s go for another Man in Black!
Against a yellow background, a picture of a girl reading a book and smiling. The red litfest logo is in the top right hand corner. Text on the left reads "Only 35% of 8-18-year-olds read for pleasure. Help us change that.
The National Literacy Trust found that only 35% of 8 to 18-yr-olds read for pleasure.
We want to change that.
Pledge to our Crowdfunder today & help us to bring a free children’s festival to Lancaster!
We're 60% of the way there, can you help us to get closer? geni.us/LLCF25
Blurb graphic with the quote 'haunting and atmospheric, with a really excellent ghost cat' from the amazing Naomi Kritzer 🖤
Friends, witches and forest creatures, it is ✨TWO MONTHS✨ until WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST comes out!!
To celebrate, here's a blurb from the one and only @naomikritzer.bsky.social🤩 and if that maybe entices you, preorder links are here🐈⬛🖤👻
geni.us/weallghosts
@solarisbooks.bsky.social
I read the old version when it first came out but must confess I remember very little of it! However, the first two books in her Roots of Chaos universe are some of my favourite books of all time, so I’d love to give the series another go!
The Wyrd & Wonder 2024 graphic of a cute black and orange dragon. White text: Wyrd & Wonder, Celebrate the Fantastic, 1-31 May. Black text: Day #1 - Mount TBR.
Against a parchment background, black text at the top: Mount TBR, with a black pen drawing of mountains either side. Below, 8 tiled book covers for STARLING HOUSE by Alix E. Harrow, THE SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER by Simon Jimenez, A POWER UNBOUND by Freya Marske, THE BONE SEASON: anniversary edition by Samantha Shannon, GORSE by Sam K. Horton, SPIN THE DAWN by Elizabeth Lim, REPUBLIC OF SALT by Ariel Kaplan, THE JASMINE THRONE by Tasha Suri.
It's that time of year again! What's on your TBR Mountain for #WyrdAndWonder2024?
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