Sarah Brooks
Writer, reader. Debut novel 'The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands' published by W&N (UK) and Flatiron Books (US). linktr.ee/sarahbrookswriting
- We're delighted to be welcoming author Shuang Xuetao 双雪涛 to Leeds on Wed as part of the Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing, in association with @grantamag.bsky.social - the event is free, and all welcome! (Please book at the link below) writingchinese.leeds.ac.uk/events/shuan...
- Delighted to be part of this anthology of strange tales!
- Honoured to be involved in this year's Sponosored Write, on behalf of Macmillan Cancer Support, along with a whole gaggle of amazing writers!
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- Over the moon to see The Cautious Traveller's Guide on the @goldsborobooks.bsky.social Glass Bell shortlist, along with some amazing books (including the lovely @jenniegauthor.bsky.social)! Thank you so much to Goldsboro!
- Thank you to the brilliant @drrachelknightley.bsky.social for letting me chat about my white noise obsession, creative doubts, and much more! I've found listening to her podcast incredibly helpful when my confidence is wavering, so it was an honour to be on it ❤️📚 open.spotify.com/episode/7En5...
- This is an amazing book - I'm still thinking about these characters ✨️
- Just finished a proof of this and loved it! It's a fantastic mix of golden age crime and supernatural mystery, with brilliantly atmospheric settings and a great heroine. Out in Oct from @hodderscape.bsky.social!
- Looking forward to this tonight!!
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- Really enjoyed this event! Thank you so much to @aknighton.bsky.social for being such a fab moderator, and to @katiebruce.bsky.social and @britfantasysoc.bsky.social for organising!
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- Really looking forward to talking at Marsden Library tomorrow as part of @newwritingnorth.bsky.social's Northern Bookshelf Live! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-cautio...
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- Come and join us in Leeds next week, being nerdy about all things historical SFF!
- Come and join us talking about books with long titles! Also circuses, trains, and general strangeness! Caper Books, Oxford, Tues 17th. checkout.square.site/merchant/ML2...
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- Obsessed with this gorgeous, complex book - out on June 10th!
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- Really looking forward to this event (and some sage nodding) on June 25th! Come and join us for all things fantastical and historical!
- Happy paperback publication day @emmasternerradley.bsky.social! Even bickering assassins need to celebrate! ❄️⚔️✨️🎉
- Delighted that The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands is a Locus Award finalist, for first novel! Congratulations to all the finalists, and especially to fellow @clarionwest.bsky.social 2012-er @indrapramitdas.bsky.social!
- 2025 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists Announced Congratulations to all these wonderful creators! locusmag.com/2025/05...
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- SJ is a fab writer and a teacher, and this course sounds perfect for anyone interested in grappling with writing a novel!
- So happy that this strange, beautiful story has won the @bsfa.bsky.social Award for best translated short work! @strangehorizons.bsky.social
- Can't wait for this event in Oxford on June 17th! Come and chat trains, circuses, and strange other realities with us!
- Absolutely loved soaking up the atmosphere of the circus and fairground in The Show Woman, by @emmacowing.bsky.social. There's hardship and excitement and mystery and joy in this novel, and I couldn't stop turning the pages. Thank you to @hodderbooks.bsky.social for the proof. Out in May!
- Really looking forward to this @britfantasysoc.bsky.social event in June! Come and join us to chat about historical fantasy and SF!
- This looks like a great event, if you're in Leeds next week! With @whyiwrite.bsky.social, @newwritingnorth.bsky.social, and emerging writers from the North! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/draft-nigh...
- So happy to see this strange and moving story, by Mónika Rusvai, translated by Vivien Urban, shortlisted for the BSFA Awards!
- Happy paperback publication day to the brilliant @annecorlett.bsky.social and The Theatre of Glass and Shadows! Enter a strange, atmospheric, and just slightly alternative version of London, and catch the Neverending Show...
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