Both these scenes are based on the salt marshes around Dunwich Heath, an area I've visited since childhood. Now it's burned to ashes: it looks as if Amrath or Ikandera Thygethen have wrought a great destruction there. @nationaltrust.org.uk are fundraising to restore this precious habitat. #booksky

As I say on the cover, this is a very special book.

Angela Cleland / Cleland Smith@angelacleland.co.uk · 13h ago

🎵 Happy birthday to me Happy birthday to me Black Doe is OUT TODAY Go and buy it, pleeeeease! 🎵 Grab it on kindle now, or order from your favourite bookshop in person or online. #newbook #kindlebooks #historicalfantasy #scottishbooks 🩵 📚 blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... amzn.eu/d/0a0NApjt

The marshes near Dunwich Heath were the inspiration for key scenes in my novels - Marith and Thalia ride through them in The Court of Broken Knives, Kanda walks through them in A Sword of Gold and Ruin. Now Dunwich Heath is dead ash. Please think about donating to help restore the devastation.

Devastating fire sweeps Dunwich Heath

Support the Dunwich Heath Fire Appeal. Your donation will help recover damaged habitats, protect vulnerable wildlife, and aid long-term recovery efforts.

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Anna Smith Spark's magnificent Bronze Age fantasy, A Woman of the Sword, is part of this year's Best of British Storybundle. Being a legendary warrior is hard. Being a legendary warrior with kids in tow... storybundle.com/bestof

Buxton: day 2 (forget to post this yesterday, sorry). A Hattifatterner gathering in Poole's Cavern, Buxton.

Buxton: day 1. The ruins of Errwood Hall in the Goyt Valley.

Don't miss out on the Storybundle Best of British SFF bundle - 15 e-books for just $30 / £20. Get it here: storybundle.com/bestof?utm_s... It includes my own DEVIL INSIDE, plus works from the Queen of Grimdark @annasmithspark.bsky.social Emperor of Spiders @aptshadow.bsky.social and many more!

It's coming up to payday! Another reminder that you can get 15 e-books for $30 / £20 in the Storybundle Best of British SFF bundle. Including my 'tragic masterpiece' A Woman of the Sword and my lyrical comedy brat teenager sword and sorcery short in the Fight Like a Girl 2 anthology. #booksky

I have just seen some beautiful beautiful things that some of you will one day soon see....

It hasn't rained here for so long, the cats came tearing in this morning like, what is this witchcraft? Water? Falling from the sky?

El jueves de la semana pasada estuve en el #FestivalCelsius232 de Avilés presentando a @annasmithspark.bsky.social y a @joshmalerman.bsky.social 🖤🎙️ Si os gusta el grimdark leed #EmpireOfDust (edita @ozeditorial.com) y, si os gusta el terror, probad con las novelas de Josh de @nocturnaed.bsky.social

You can get 15 e-books for $30 / c. £23 in the @storybundle.bsky.social Best of British SFF! Including my grimdark masterpiece A Woman of the Sword from @lunapress.bsky.social and my lyrical comedy sword and sorcery short from @wtpress.bsky.social #books #booksky #booktok #sff 📚🔥 Link below.

Pumped to finally have this in hand. Ian Whates and NewCon Press always assemble an awesome cohort for their anthology work, but this one may be off the charts. @aptshadow.bsky.social @annasmithspark.bsky.social @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social @rjbarker.bsky.social @johngwynneauthor.bsky.social

The 2026 Best of British SF/F bundle is now available! storybundle.com/bestof w/ @ianmcdonald.bsky.social @julietemckenna.bsky.social @annasmithspark.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social & more! Just $30 for 15 books! Plus supporting @locusmag.bsky.social! Reposts appreciated!

This is the worst thing I have ever seen on telly, and I sincerely hope is the worst thing I am ever forced to see. #worldcupfinal

Your hourly reminder that you can get all these e-books for $30 in the @storybundle.bsky.social Best of British SFF bundle. Limited time only! #books #booksky #booktok #fantasybooks #sff storybundle.com/bestof

The view from my seat at my #celsiusfestival session. People were fighting to get in. I received a round of applause after every answer, moved people to tears, and was cheered and bowed to as the Queen of Grimdark at the end. Then I signed books for over two hours straight. Best. Day. Of. My. Life.

Spent last night trying to explain how English football works to some Americans. Me, at the kick-off: we'll lose. In a really horrible stupid undignified way. Right at the end. Them, after our goal: but ... you're winning. Me: just watch and wait.

I'm in Avilés for #festivalcelsius and having a wonderful time. A beautiful city, 'where the Spanish go in holiday to eat' because the food is so good and the portions so generous.

And finally and fittingly before I jet off to the comparative cool of Spain to celebrate LOS TORRE DE LOS VIVOS Y DE LOS MUERTOS at the #Celsius232 festival, snow and celebration from my #grimdark masterwork THE TOWER OF LIVING AND DYING. #fantasy #fantasybooks #epicfantasy #booksky

As the heat continues relentlessly, here's another reminder of cold winds, snow, and not feeling like you're sleeping in an oven, this time from my golden lyrical folkhorror fantasy masterpiece A SWORD OF BRONZE AND ASHES, from @flametree.bsky.social #books #booksky #booktok #fantasy #folkhorror

What a great StoryBundle this is - and what great value! Check out the link below: storybundle.com/bestof?utm_s... featuring @danacea.bsky.social @willwiles.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @annasmithspark.bsky.social @julietemckenna.bsky.social & of course curator @lavietidhar.bsky.social

On this hot, weary day, here's a cold breath of winter air from A WOMAN OF THE SWORD, currently available as part of the @storybundle.bsky.social Best of British Science Fiction and Fantasy books selection for 2026. $30 for 15 ebooks!

Hot and fed up? Sit down, stretch out and read this carefully curated Best of British SFF ebook bundle from @storybundle.bsky.social ! My 'tragic masterpiece' A Woman of the Sword even features some scenes set in winter snowfall! #books #booksky #booktok #fantasybooks

Discover the new @storybundle.bsky.social ! Featuring our fabulous authors: @annasmithspark.bsky.social and @marieoregan.bsky.social. Head over to storybundle.com/bestof and order your Best of British SFF bundle now! Available until August 6th!

La reina del grimdark @annasmithspark.bsky.social, autora de "La corte de los cuchillos rotos" y "La torre de los vivos y de los muertos", es una de las invitadas al #FestivalCelsius232 en Avilés (Asturias) 📚 ENCUENTRO CON ANNA SMITH SPARK ⏲️ Jueves 16 de julio - 18:00h 📌 Carpa de Actividades

I'm delighted to launch the 2026 Best of British bundle today! storybundle.com/bestof w/ @ianmcdonald.bsky.social @julietemckenna.bsky.social @annasmithspark.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social & more! Just $30 for 15 books! Plus supporting @locusmag.bsky.social! Reposts appreciated!

My tragic masterpiece A WOMAN OF THE SWORD from @lunapress.bsky.social is available as a cheap ebook in the @storybundle.bsky.social Best of British 2026! And my lyrical comic sword and sorcery short 'Lady Cona' is in there too in FIGHT LIKE A GIRL 2 from @wizardstower.bsky.social #booksky #books

Nicobobinus and Caecilius the Grimdark Cat snoozing.

Another amazing piece of fan art by Stas Borodin, inspired by the mother and daughters in A Sword of Bronze and Ashes and A Sword of Gold and Ruin .