I won't be using Twitter any more. You can find me on insta with the same user name if you want to keep in touch :).

Thanks to Good Reading magazine for this in depth interview: .

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Shameless promo mode is go!

Cover reveal! My second novel, The Spirit Circle, is out on January 7, and look how pretty it is 😍 It's about Victorian spiritualism in 1880s Melbourne. and family, friendship and facing your ghosts. Available to pre-order in paperback in Aus & NZ and as an eBook worldwide.

Always a relief when the first review is positive! Getting close to The Spirit Circle's publication date now. Almost two months exactly 👻.

My three favourite reads from the first nine months of the year:.

Last night, I finished the first Baldur's Gate 3 play-through of what will undoubtedly be many. I played as a high elf bard & it totally lived up to the hype. And now to replay Dragon Age 1-3 before Veilguard.

I'm having one of those moments where the entire concept of novels seems like magic. Words into sentences, sentences into paragraphs, and eventually there's a whole that lives and breathes on its own. Ludicrous to think I had anything to do with these proofs I'm looking over.

This book is excellent and you should grab a copy if you're into queer, quirky specfic and A+ writing.

Eagerly awaiting this arriving in the post. Happy book birthday to a wonderful supervisor and lovely human being :).

New newsletter (finally): The Spirit Circle, volcanos and billionaires, oh my!.

I'm pleased to announce that my second novel, The Spirit Circle, will be released by Text Publishing in January next year. It's set in Melbourne in 1888, and is about spiritualism, family and the ghosts we carry inside us. Cover reveal and pre-order details soon 🙂👻.

The original Assassin's Creed. I think the first time I tried it I was actually wanting to play something else, which never helps, and after being blown away by AC2 I went back and enjoyed AC1.

(To think I felt guilty for getting BG3 for $150-odd incl shipping, when that included the physical game and the physical soundtrack along with the merch).

Wow, really? Shipping would probably be another $50 knowing the Bioware store, so we're talking nearly $300 for a special edition that doesn't include the freaking game. At least I don't have to decide whether to get it or not, because that's just laughable for useless crap.

If anyone is lucky enough to be in Wales this October, @drclairemp will be teaching a short course on family history. Some of the other courses sound fantastic too.

Mole fortune-telling, 1840:

RT @Prakky: THE RUSH is a Kindle Monthly Deal for all of August 🧡. @crookedlanebks

Vale Francine Pascal, and thank you.

RT @VE_NetGalley: New on @Netgalley from @ephiny. Check it out! 🙂 📚 📖. #NetGalley