The 113th Assistant Librarian: Forbidden Pages is out! I hope you enjoy Oliver and Agatha's third adventure. Thanks to the marvellous team of Rebecca McRitchie, Mary Verney and Melanie Ostell! (And artist Federica Frenna designer Kristy Lund-White and Judith Rossell for the kind words on the cover).

The 113th Assistant Librarian: Forbidden Pages will be released on 6 October 2026! This incredible cover is thanks to Federica Frenna and Kristy Lund-White, while the generous endorsement is by the wondrously talented Judith Rossell! I can't wait for people to read it. Pre-order link in bio

"Een fantastisch verhaal over je plek vinden in de wereld, zelfs als die plek daar anders over denkt" Ik las 'De 113e assistent-bibliothecaris' geschreven door Stuart Wilson - Uitgeverij Moon. Lees hier mijn recensie graaggelezen.blogspot.com/2026/02/ik-l... @stuwilsonwrites.bsky.social

Ik las 'De 113e assistent-bibliothecaris' geschreven door Stuart Wilson. Lees hier mijn recensie (inclusief inkijkexemplaar)

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The 113th Assistant Librarian now has a friend! Lost in a Book continues Oliver and Agatha's adventures as they are confronted with a very special edition of a book that may spell doom for both Hallarum and the Shrouded Alps. More literary peril! More London! And a giant spider crab! (Shudder!)

The launch for Lost in a Book is, appropriately, happening on Love Your Bookshop Day! 2pm at Readings Kids in Carlton on 11 October, hosted by the amazing Karys McEwen! Link in bio for tickets 📖🐱✨

The launch for The 113th Assistant Librarian: Lost in a Book will be held @readingskids in Carlton on 11 October 2025 at 2pm! Please, please come along and remember to book - it's free! Would love to see you there! www.readings.com.au/events/lost-...

Little bit in love with the cover design for the Russian translation of The 113th Assistant Librarian!

Fascinated by the fact that in Netflix's Fear Street: Prom Queen, every single instance of the heroine's tortured backstory is ADR dialogue delivered by someone off-camera. They changed the backstory in post! Please tell me someone else noticed this... #horrormovie

Thank you! And it's hard to think of a worse first few days on the job! 🙃

gryftkin@gryftkin.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks to @libro.fm and @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social , I am loving @stuwilsonwrites.bsky.social The 113th Assistant Librarian. The things you put this poor kid through, Stuart :D

Thanks to a question from a translator, I just discovered a punchline in my published book that doesn't make sense. 🙃 Love this for me!

I have lived through an era in which I had almost any information at my fingertips, where with savvy search skills I could find whatever I wanted, a facility with information Diderot would have wept to have. I'm sixty. I remember before Google and easy reliable search. And now I have outlived it.

What do you see? Kaneda? What do you see?!

Andrew McCarthy@ajamesmccarthy.bsky.social · last yr.

On Sunday I traveled to the middle of the desert to capture this: The ISS against our sun. What I didn't expect: the sun producing a magnificent flare at the same time A once-in-a-lifetime shot I'm thrilled to share with you. See the uncropped shot or get the print in the reply

As someone who has wanted to be a writer from the earliest point I can remember, I resent the act of writing a lot. Because it’s extremely fucking hard and time-consuming and painful and oftentimes thankless. But that’s what you sign up for when you decide to write. There are no shortcuts.

Excellent advice. Every scene you write should contribute to developing or advancing your plot, characters or setting. Ideally, any two of the three.

Patch Zircher@patrickzircher.bsky.social · last yr.

Your 'downtime' scenes have to advance the story just as much as a chase or confrontation does. They advance the intellectual/emotional aspects. Never think of them as filler. Give them purpose.

I'm in awe of how good the Netflix animated Asterix and the Big Fight adaptation was. All the contemporary touches felt 100% in the spirit of the original. Hope we get more books adapted!

i don't need this ai bubble to pop i need it to shatter into thousands of pieces like an old thermometer, each shard lodging mercury splinters into the eyes and ears and under the nails of every linkedin grifter who used chat gpt to generate an "adapt or die" post or some banality about emdashes

Honoured that The 113th Assistant Librarian has made the 2025 KOALA awards shortlist! Ecstatic that young readers so enjoyed a book about a kid who loves books!

Writers: before you sign a contract with a publisher, make sure AI isn't replacing your illustrator, your translator, your editor, your jacket designer. Readers: if you're thinking of buying a book, do the same. Refuse. Resist. If AI garbage doesn't sell, people will stop making it.

Congratulations to @sularigentill.bsky.social, winner of The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award for The Mystery Writer (Sourcebooks – Poisoned Pen Press). #Edgars2025

Okay, a lot of people are expressing outrage about this, and I also feel outrage about this, but since everyone else has already expressed my feelings for me, I'm going to put on my Teacher of Analytical Thinking Pants and point out something important.

Seattle Worldcon 2025@seattlein2025.org · last yr.

Statement From Worldcon Chair: We have received questions regarding Seattle’s use of AI tools in our vetting process for program participants. In the interest of transparency, we will explain the process of how we are using a Large… seattlein2025.org?p=3859

Introducing The 113th Assistant Librarian: Lost in a Book! It's being released on 30 September 2025, and pre-orders are available now! (link in bio). The stunning artwork is by Federica Frenna and the design is by unparalleled Kristy Lund-White and I can't wait to have it in my hands!

Just read the blurb for @janecaro.bsky.social 's new thriller, Lyrebird, and am quietly stunned by the brilliance of that premise ... 🤩 www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/...

The only thing more terrifying than standing up to fascism is what will happen if we lie down for it.

Had a wonderful time at the opening of @qbdbooks Greensborough Plaza with three incredible wordsmiths! Lovely to meet Laura McClusky, Mark Smith and Geoff Parkes, as well as the friendly and knowledgeable staff!

Oh wow! The 113th Assistant Librarian made the ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children shortlist! Congratulations to the other nominees and thanks ABIA 🙏

Me when I see that my neighbours in the apartment next door have motion flow on their TV 😳

Ordering a new dishwasher and came across this ever-so-helpful recommendation. Good to see that Alan is doing his share of the housework by * checks notes * writing the whitegood reviews...

“not all men” you’re right, Garrus Vakarian would never.

the funniest thing about Michael Crichton is that he was wise enough to foresee where all the silicon valley hubris would end but also too dumb to realize he was being propagandized to re: climate change

Can everyone please read this? Regards, a man married to a VFX artist. 👍

Todd Vaziri@tvaziri.com · 2y ago

yo dawg I heard you like well-researched blog posts take tangentially related to this stupid stuff The Most Egregious Example of "We Didn't Use CGI" Mythology (So Far) fxrant.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-...