Heather Child
@heatherika.bsky.social
Author, environmentalist & egalitarian, rep Julie Crisp. Novels published by Orbit & SRL. Pre-order THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF LOVE now! www.heather-child.co.uk
Summer special! Ebook only £1.99 in August 🌞 Celebrities have their own country – what could go wrong? Find out in THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF LOVE "Compulsively readable" - Anne Corlett Going on holiday? Load up that kindle! 😎👇️ www.amazon.co.uk/Peoples-Repu... #booksky @srlpublishing.bsky.social
From tomorrow! Ebook only £1.99 - buy at amazon or wherever you get your ebooks. Enjoy this year's hottest summer read 🌞 #BookSky #ebookdeal #kindledeals #ThePeoplesRepublicOfLove @srlpublishing.bsky.social
Muriel Spark's debut is inventive and a bit mind-bending, a countercurrent to post-war realism. #BookSky
LIFE IMITATING ART ALERT! An island 'utopia' built on money, you say? 🤔 #ThePeoplesRepublicOfLove www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Meet the crypto billionaires building a world where money buys you a vote
They think democracy has run its course - so they're setting up their own nations instead.
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A few lovely reviews for THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF LOVE 🥰 #summerreads #SeenVsReal #booksky @srlpublishing.bsky.social @julieacrisp.bsky.social
I'm finally crossing Brunel's last bridge - over the Taymar in Devon. It opened in 1859, the year he died. #RoyalAlbertBridge #ThePeoplesRepublicOfLove
Who'd have thought the suggestion of a cardigan could become THIS APPALLING?
Three books in which the protagonist slowly discovers he's in hell... 🔥 But is it literal or metaphorical... or just a journey into someone's mind? For more of this sort of thing, sign up to my newsletter PICARESQUE! www.heather-child.co.uk/newsletter #BookSky
⚓️ From ships that beat the Titanic... 👀 To the Looking-Glass Self Explore past newsletters and sign up for future editions of PICARESQUE! #BookSky www.heather-child.co.uk/contact/past...
Past newsletters - Heather Child
Read the newsletters you missed Spring 2026 Picaresque – Book-launching, coin-swallowing, hell-jaunting newslettering. Winter 2025 Picaresque – Three odd islands, the looking-glass self, how to enjoy ...
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I'm a Bristol-based author & enjoy meeting book clubs. For more info about author visits, get in touch! 👋 🌴 THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF LOVE - a dystopian read with two female leads - a shy tunnel engineer & a reality tv show star. #booksky @srlpublishing.bsky.social
Tickets still available for NEW WORLDS 2026: The Fantasy & Science-Fiction Weekend, where I'll be leading a workshop on making dystopia personal 👀 ➡ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-worlds... #dystopianfiction #writingworkshop #BookSky
NEW WORLDS 2026: The Fantasy & Science-Fiction Weekend
Embark on a journey to fresh and unfamiliar places.
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Fab author duo at @maxminervas.bsky.social tonight - Charlotte Philby & @laurasrobinson.bsky.social discussing London as a character, hiding in plain sight, Georgian ice-cream & more! 🍦 #booksky #bristolbookshops
What is your relationship to story? I think for me it's about being able to ask questions and live lots of different lives... Superb article, especially for any writers feeling ground down by the commercial nature of publishing 👇 www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/how-marketpl... #BookSky
Thoughts on How the Marketplace Is Shaping the Stories We Tell
How is the marketplace shaping storytelling today? Explore how story as product influences creative process—and how to stay grounded.
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If you're in Bristol and fancy something a bit different, join us for HIDDEN GEMS - four authors share the most fascinating facts we discovered via novel research. #Booksky ⏲️ 12.30pm, Sat 20th June 📍 Ambition House, Lawrence Weston 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1985279956...
Followers can be distracting... Life can be a performance... Friendship can save you... 💙 Can't it? THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF LOVE is out now, available to order in all good bookshops! #thepeoplesrepublicoflove #summerreads #speculativethriller @srlpublishing.bsky.social @julieacrisp.bsky.social
Really enjoying this article by Courtney Maum - how can you fictionalise characters who stubbornly cling to the writer's own traits? 👉 janefriedman.com/writing-away... @janefriedman.com
Writing Away From Yourself: How to Fictionalize a Character | Jane Friedman
If your story requires characters whose motivations don’t come naturally to you, here are some tips to help you imagine the impossible.
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“The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.” - Edward John Phelps #TheUndoingofArloKnott #summerreads #BookSky
So these are the particles that make up all of everything. Think I need a few more Charm. Doing ok for Strange. 🤓 @pintofscience.uk
When I'm hesitant about a new adventure, I remember a friend's wise words: "You'll never be this young again"
Kiki's Delivery Service: Kiki in Windy Field
Alt: Kiki's Delivery Service: Kiki in Windy Field
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Tickets still available for NEW WORLDS 2026: The Fantasy & Science-Fiction Weekend, where I'll be leading a workshop on making dystopia personal 👀 ➡ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-worlds... #dystopianfiction #writingworkshop #BookSky
NEW WORLDS 2026: The Fantasy & Science-Fiction Weekend
Embark on a journey to fresh and unfamiliar places.
eventbrite.co.uk
