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Sharks in the Rain 'A sales assistant with a bad hangover has to deal with the shift from hell when the city is flooded and giant spaceships drop mutant sharks into the water; one of which swims into the department store he's working in.' A satirical sci-fi horror. #XpoNorth

V has 3 secrets. She's a necromancer, she's in love with the Princess Q, and the other is none of your business. But when Q sends her across the world to resurrect a Saint for Q to wed, she is torn between duty and her heart. #XpoNorth

#XpoNorth BIG BAD ME x IT'S BEHIND YOU A horror with heart! 👭Best friends 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scottish getaway 🏞️Remote Island 💕Love on the horizon 😾 🧟‍♂️Infected wildcats & humans 🥋Skill & perception 🩸The unthinkable 🏃‍♀️Run for your life

#XpoNorth #YA #CON Freya’s home & school life are falling apart and her best friend is hiding a secret so huge she starts to ghost her. Enter Finn, her eccentric new neighbour, who’s convinced he’s descended from a Norse god and has problems of his own. Freya can’t fix them both.

After centuries of absence, magic has returned. But people have forgotten about it. They have moved on. A new religion has destroyed old grimoires, and people now live by coal, steel, and science. What will they do now that magic is back? #xponorth

Miss Marple’s Pantry. Miss Marple misses nothing, and she kept as keen an eye on the changing food fashions as she did her on her neighbours. A history of 20th Century British food as seen through the eyes of our favourite busybody detective, including recipes #xponorth

#XpoNorth #YA #fantasy Her book's whispering pages will give her any spell she asks for but can't warn her that freeing a princess trapped inside a wolf will unleash vengeance, heartache, death & throw her kingdom, her friends, her life into danger. She chooses a spell . . .

In a dystopian future, there are two choices for women: join the church or become a mother. But if you're shunned by society for loving another girl, there is a third option, a secret one. But is a life of crime worth it for an unrequited love? #YA #LGBTQIA #XpoNorth

1990s Greece. The country is lovely, the men handsome, but life isn’t easy for foreigners. A group of tourists, daughters of Greek emigres and exiles from the ex-USSR join forces to navigate the pitfalls of life as a foreign wife. A novel based on real experience. #XpoNorth

Excited to be starting a course at University of Edinburgh's Centre for Open Learning in Experimental Writing. I wonder how this will impact on my current writing projects! #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

Thrilled to be shortlisted for the The Society of Authors’ ADCI literary prize.

Very proud and delighted that you have been shortlisted for this award. Very well deserved for such a fantastic book! 🎉🥂

I'm really delighted that my book has received the runner-up position for the ADCI Literary Prize. It's fantastic to see books with disabilities be praised and highlighted in such a way! Congratulations to Nicolaz Cruz for winning and to my fellow shortlistee, Deborah Jenkins. 🥂

This #BookLoversDay, TWO lucky followers can win their favourite new #OxfordChildrensClassic 📚 To enter: 📚 Like and RT 📚 Follow Oxford Children's Books 📚 Comment which Classic you would like to win UK (inc. NI) ONLY. #Giveaway closes on 16th August. Ts&Cs: ow.ly/Y0K450PrIkY

📚 GIVEAWAY 📚 It's National Book Lovers Day! To celebrate, we're giving one of you a chance to win a £100 Folio gift card. TO ENTER: Follow The Folio Society and retweet this post. Open internationally. Competition closes 23:59 (UK time) Sunday 13 August

Edinburgh, August 29.

🌟🌟GIVEAWAY!!!🌟🌟 With one month until the launch of A Lady to Treasure, I'm giving away a #FREE signed paperback with goodies. To enter: like, follow and repost. Competition closes 6pm GMT Friday 15th Sept - winner will be chosen at random. #giveaway

Winter Wonderland 2023 is published! bindweedmagazine.com/2023/12/21/win… Awaiting delivery today of this anthology, which has a story of mine in it.