The Monstrous Kind
#giveaway
💌
An unpownable gothic historical
#Fantasy
#Romance
, set in a Regency-inspired world and inspired by
#JaneAusten
’s Sense and Sensibility.
To win:
- Like this post
- Tag two bookish friends
- Sub. To newsltter
- UK Only
Winner picked 30/09 📢📢
GIVEAWAY 💕🍍
Be in with the chance of WINNING a finished hardback copy of Kirsten McDougalll's
#Debut
#ShesAKiller
🍍🩸
It’s time for another
#GIVEAWAY
!!
To enter:
- Follow us and
@GallicBooks
- Like this post
- Tag a reading buddy
- UK Only
Closes 30th Oct!
💕 BOOK GIVEAWAY 💕
@writer_suzy
's debut
#Thriller
,
#CrowMoon
is published today, and GOSH don't we have a
#Giveaway
for you!
To win a copy of Crow Moon:
🖤 Follow us
🖤 Like & RT this post
🖤 Tag a friend!
*UK only
Winner will be chosen on 25th March 🌕🌗
Good luck!
Be still our bookish hearts!
We have ONE sprayed edge hardback edition of
@ClaraKiyoko
's dazzling debut, Catfish Rolling, gifted to us for you by
@_ZephyrBooks
😍
To win* this gorgeous copy, follow us and tag a pal or two!!
Closes 2nd May, 12pm GMT
*UK only
We have a stack of FIVE finished hardback debut novels that you can win!!
All you have to do is follow us, RT, and tag a book pal or two!
*UK only
Giveaway closes 2nd May 2023, 12pm GMT.
The winner will be announced!
GIVEAWAY 💕
Five lucky readers are in with the chance of winning a finished and signed bookplate copy of
@BrittonBookGeek
's
#Debut
,
#ShotInTheDark
🔫
To enter:
- Follow us and
@BrittonBookGeek
- Like & RT
- Tag a reading buddy in the comments
*UK ONLY*
Winner picked 26/10
Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
💗
To celebrate INCREDIBLE women writers, we are giving away three mystery proofs written by women
#Debut
authors to three lucky followers!
Be in it, to win it:
💕 Follow us
💕 Like & RT this post
💕 UK Only
*FLASH* Giveaway closes TOMORROW!
Happy publication day to Orphia & Eurydicius! 🎉
To celebrate (and kick off bank hol weekend!), we’re giving away 2 copies of this gender-bending, Greek myth
#debut
!
To win: RT, Like + tag a friend 📖
UK only. Winners will be chosen 4/4/24
#bookgiveaway
#BookTwitter
✨️Birthday Event Announcement ✨️
What better way to celebrate turning THREE than with an online event, THREE
#Debut
authors and YOU?!
26th April!!
Grab your £5 tickets today!
Each ticket comes with a surprise proof*
*UK Attendees Only
Debut authors of 2023, we would love to know about your upcoming releases and bookish announcements!
Please feel free to tell us a bit about your
#Debut
novel, when it's hitting shelves, and anything we can retweet to help support you 💌
Introducing The Debut Digest! A free monthly newsletter highlighting amazing debut books and authors run by
@whatgabyreads
and
@danniferrante
💌
Mark your calendars for April 2nd and sign up here to make sure you catch our very first issue ➡️
A dead judge.
A lawyer turned sleuth.
Murder is such a trial.
Thank you so much,
@t_kettle
, for putting us in touch with the
@BloomsburyRaven
team!
We have some *VERY* exciting plans for these gorgeous proofs of Sally Smith's first in series,
#ACaseOfMiceAndMurder
!
Out July!
We are thrilled and super excited to announce our NEW bi-monthly
#Newsletter
feature, Agony Agent, with the wonderful and notoriously honest
@emily_glenister
🎉
Every other month, we'll be including Emily's answers to YOUR querying, author, and agenty questions and scenarios.
GIVEAWAY 💕🐻
Be in with the chance of WINNING a finished copy of
@GemFairclough
's debut
#BearSeason
🐻
To enter:
- Follow us and
@wildhuntbooks
- Like this post
- Tag a reading friend & subscribe to our NL (link in bio)
This giveaway closes Thursday 29th!
*UK ONLY
We’re thrilled to announce our TDD online Christmas Event! 🥂🪩✨
Join us on December 1st for a night of debut discussion! The team will be talking all things 2023 debut books, and we’ll be joined for readings and Q&A by some of this year’s top debut authors, including:
(1/3 🧵)
💗 Debuts spotted in Waterstones 💗
We love debuts, so of course we go and hunt them out in EVERY bookshop we visit!
Here are some debut-licious debuts that we spotted in Waterstones today!
Have you added any of these titles to your TBR?
Some
#SecretSanta
#Debut
novels are being wrapped for our
#TheDebutDigestChristmasParty
guests 🎉✨️
Thank you
@HoZ_Books
for being so generous this year with sharing proofs of your 2023 debuts with us, so we can share them with readers 🩷
Readers, you're in for a TREAT!
We had such a great time today at the
#NorthernFictionAlliance
book fair for
@LeedsLit
fest!
Thank you to all the publishers who had a good chinwag with us, we loved chatting with you all! 🥰
See below for our big juicy book hauls…
Spring has sprung, and so has our May
#Newsletter
🌸💐💌
This may be our biggest newsletter of the year so far!! 🤩
It’s full to the brim with
#Debut
book reviews, guest features,
#AskAnAgonyAgent
with
@emily_glenister
& Q&As!! 💬✨
And some REALLY exciting new feature news!
We’re giving away mystery proofs to all UK attendees of our online birthday party event but we can guarantee a copy of
#Debut
,
#AllTheDevils
by
#CatelynnWilson
for the next 5 sign ups 🦋
Share your ticket in the comments if you want to snatch this one up!
Here's a look at one of TDD's
#Debut
to read shelf 😍
What a mixture of anticipated books that will be included in our May, June & July newsletter 🩷💌
Have you got a debut out this summer (June - August) or autumn (Sept-Nov)?
Then please share your links below!
We’ll never take for granted the generosity of publishers 🥺 thank you so much
@AvonBooksUK
for sending us Falling hard for the royal guard by
@meganambxr
💂🏻♂️& Love on the menu by
@IDwrites
🥡 two delicious
#romcoms
we can’t wait to eat up!
It’s our birthday month & look at these dazzling debuts coming out in April! 🎂🎈
We've reviewed SO MANY great
#Debut
novels this month AND we talk more about our
#Birthday
bash 🎈🎉
Check ya inbox, or sign up not to miss our Newsletter next month 💌💗
Just some of the books on our head book wrapper's to do list to send out this week 🩷
UK attendees of our birthday event should have their bookish proof by the start of next week 🎉
If you haven't bought your ticket to our event yet, here's your sign 💌
Did you know that you can subscribe to The Debut Digest newsletter via the link in our bio?
We have some great
#Debut
novels included in our March newsletter, along with author written guest post pieces AND double the exciting news!!
Debuts in our snap are included in March!
#Publishers
,
#Authors
, have you got a HOT
#Debut
novel that you'd like us to review* in The Debut Digest?
If you have a
#DebutNovel
publishing in the next few months, we would LOVE to hear from you!
For more info, DM or email us 💌
Thedebutdigest
@gmail
.com
*During pub. Month
Autumn is the BEST reading season, and we have some spectacular upcoming debut releases in our October newsletter! 🍂🎃
Check your inbox for reviews of all these cosy/chilling October debuts published this month 💌
Don’t miss out - free to sign up via link in our bio. 🗞️
Eeek!! Look what came in the post today 💌 This stunning proof of The Maiden by
@KateFosterMedia
🌿🌸
We can’t wait to review this beauty & speak more to Kate about this wonderful
#debut
for our April newsletter 🗞️
Thank you
@panmacmillan
@MantleBooks
for sending us this proof
We got mail!! 💌
Thank you
@MerkyBooks
for sending this GORGEOUS proof of
#thesituationship
by
@taylordiorr
🚩🚩🚩
Isn’t pink & red the best colour combo? We can’t wait to review this for our August newsletter 😍
Guest Reveal!🎉
We’re delighted to be joined by 4 amazing new authors for our
#TDDBirthdayParty
next week!
We’ll be listening to readings from their debut books & discussing their journey to publication.
Tickets are FREE!
📍Zoom, 7pm, 28/04
🎟
And the setups for
#TheDebutDigestBirthday
have begun 🩷🎊🎉
In The Debut Digest HQ 1/4, we have Helen's setup with some delicious cake pops and some well-deserved champers 🍾🥂
We only turn 3 once, ya know!
Show us your setups 🩷
How about a
#Flash
proof giveaway?
1 attendee with a UK address who books a ticket to our birthday event by 8 a.m. tomorrow morning, will be in with winning a proof copy of a June
#Debut
release?
Hint:
The first in a brand-new series introducing a wonderfully eccentric sleuth!
✨️Birthday Event Announcement ✨️
What better way to celebrate turning THREE than with an online event, THREE
#Debut
authors and YOU?!
26th April!!
Grab your £5 tickets today!
Each ticket comes with a surprise proof*
*UK Attendees Only
🌊💕 Meet
#Debut
author
@Frances_Writes
!
Find out more about her debut,
#VoyageOfTheDamned
publishing next week!
A mind-blowing murder mystery with magical passengers, epic adventure, and a twist you can’t guess.
Keep your eyes out for our review tomorrow!
Debuts of 2024, we need YOUR help!
We are looking for upcoming
#Debut
releases between August and December to feature in our newsletter.
If you're a
#Publisher
or
#Author
who has an debut coming out in months post-July, please do let us know in the comments, or send us a DM 💗
Introducing 💻
We have launched a brand new website so we have a place to display all of our debut
#bookreviews
, advertise our events, and showcase more
#bookish
content for you all. 😍😍
We are so so overwhelmed by the response we’ve received so far for The Debut Digest with almost 200 (!!) of you already subscribed, so we thought we’d tell you a little more about what to expect in the newsletter 👀
Y'all!
We just had THE BEST Team DD meeting 🩷
We have so many amazing things coming up, and we can't wait to bring you along with us for this ride!
To be the first to know about all of our news, please sign up to our
#Newsletter
via the link in our bio 🔗🌳
May we introduce these dazzling
#Debuts
published this month🌱🌸
Including the highly anticipated The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, there are so many newly published debuts to read in the sunshine this spring.
💌 Our editors’ top pick is Bad Habit by Alana S. Portero!!
📢Calling all Publishers!📢
We want to review your upcoming debuts in our monthly newsletter! 💌
Get in touch via our DMs or email us at TheDebutDigest
@gmail
.com ✨
#bookreviewers
#debutauthors
The June Issue dropped last Friday so if you haven’t checked your inbox yet here’s a sneak peek of our June picks to brighten up your Monday! 💌
#booktwt
#book
#AuthorsOfTwitter
It’s officially here!! ISSUE 1: LATE TO THE PARTY is in your inboxes now!
Thank you so much to all our lovely subscribers, we couldn’t have done it without you! We can’t wait to see what you think 🥳🥳
📣THEME REVEAL 📣 We’re very excited to reveal our first issue’s theme: Late to the party!
This month, we’ll be sharing some of our favourite 2020 debut reads that we only discovered a few years after their publication (Better late than never right?)
Sign up in our bio! ✨
We are just popping in to say that the
#Debut
novels that we have read so far this year have been so brilliant, and we are EXCITED about the second half of
#Debut2023
!
#Publishers
#DebutAuthors
let us know what we NEED to be reading for the next 6 months of the
#DebutDigest
💌
🩷 Meet Samuel Burr 🧩
Today, we are thrilled to share this video from the author of the
#Debut
novel, The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers,
@samuelburr
, who introduces himself and his utterly heart-warming novel! 🧩
Have you added The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers to your TBRs yet?
🔈🔈Exciting news alert!!
We are so pleased to be launching our ‘Debutantes’ platform, a place where we are committed to supporting budding writers!💌
We are open to submissions of all kinds, the work we receive we’ll then promote on our website, and in our newsletter (1/2) 🧵
Our
#LGBTQ
picks from our June newsletter!! 🏳️🌈💌
It’s important to read books by
#queerauthors
& queer characters all year round, and here are our top
#debuts
for you to add to your TBR 🤩
We are 50% through our current non-debut read, but this exciting debut from
@SpacemanDan13
is next on our reading list for as soon as we finish our current read 🎉
Thanks so much,
@HarperNorthUK
😍
Midwinter in Orkney. 6 hrs of daylight. A race against time to catch a killer.
When all you want to do is read debut novels all day, scroll through book Twitter, and drink tea, but your book habit requires you to work 😭
Thank you so much,
@JoLidds
, for sending us a copy of
@LM_Chilton
's
#DontSwipeRight
to review in June's Debut Digest newsletter 💌
Take a look at this gorgeous
#Debut
bookpost 💌
Thank-you
@OkojieAyo
for sending us copies of
@ellabee
's Before We Were Innocent, along with
@s_rana_
's Queuing For The Queen for us to review as part of our July newsletter 💌
We can't wait to read them both!
*Let the wrapping commence*
We also wanted to say that we ALWAYS try to be as eco-friendly as possible when sending out book parcels, so this
@WoodlandTrust
partnered wrapping paper for our birthday event parcels is both beautiful, recyclable & made from 100% recycled materials!
It’s the month of Valentine’s and here are the debuts we’re loving this month!! ❤️🔥💌
Check your inboxes for a newsletter full of debut news, reviews, guest pieces & a giveaway! 🎁
Not subscribed?? Sign up to TDD via our bio
#DebutFiction
#TheDebutDigest
#BookTwitter
🩷 Author Video 🩷
We are thrilled to share this video of debut author
@Staceyv_Thomas
, introducing herself and her brilliant debut novel,
#TheRevels
!
Keep your eyes peeled on our timeline for our upcoming review of this incredible new book!
💌 The City of Stardust by
@ge_summers
(
@hodderscape
)
'A fantastic slice of escapism that you will not be able to stop yourself from gobbling up - it is an absorbing, stunning, beautifully written book with a magic and dark undercurrent.'
💌 Reviewed by
@_DanielleLouis_
Dates to add to your diary this April! 🗓️💌
Don’t forget to check out all the other amazing bookish events happening this month, including an evening with
@LBrace1
at Waterstones Horsham & Phoebe Stuckes, author of Dead Animals 💬in conversation with Alil Millar
*GUYS* You've done it! We hit DOUBLE the attendees from Christmas, and we are so grateful (ugly crying so)
We have some birthday bash tickets left if you'd like to attend the event, or if you'd like to watch after the event, buy a ticket, and we'll STILL send the link & book!
It's time for a The Debut Digest 2023
#Unwrapped
💕📖
What an amazing year it's been, and we have YOU, the book community, publishers, and authors to thank for it!
This was the tough one - here are Team DDs top
#Debut
reads of the year!
💌 Review: The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic by
@breanne_randall
✨️ (
@HoZ_Books
)
The writing is flawless and captivating, capturing the reader from the first chapter.
💕 Reviewed by
@_DanielleLouis_
Thank you, Head of Zeus, for sending a copy for review 🖤
Books through our letterbox... Kind of... This week includes
@LM_Chilton
's brilliant
#Debut
#DontSwipeRight
- a twisty, darkly hilarious modern murder mystery set in the terrifying and mystifying world of online dating.
Thank you so much,
@HoZ_Books
- and there were stickers!
💌 Meet our new team members!💌
We’re so thrilled to welcome Victoria, Helen & Danielle to The Debut Digest team, now making us a cohort of 5! 👏🏻
Our April newsletter was our biggest yet 😍 so keep an eye out for all our reviews coming your way soon… you’re in for a treat🧁
Spring has sprung, and here are our March editors’ picks! 🌷🪻
From the new stunning paperback edition of The Revels by
@Staceyv_Thomas
to Listen for the Lie by
@amytintera
inspired by Gone Girl, take a look at these wonderful debuts published this month.
Wonderful
#Publishers
, this year is FLYING by, isn't it?!
We would love to hear about the
#Debut
novels that you are publishing from August and beyond (gotta stay organised!)
We would love to work with you to review some brilliant debut reads and authors!
Drop ya titles 👇
To mark
#NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek
, we want to champion some debut books with
#Neurodivergent
representation!
Here are some great
#Debut
titles that are written by neurodivergent authors and / or have neurodivergent characters / stories.
Please feel free to add your own!
Why should you come to
#TheDebutDigest
’s Xmas party?? 🎄
@Staceyv_Thomas
, author of
#TheRevels
, tells you why:
1. You get to ask those burning questions ❤️🔥
2. You'll hear a witchy extract 💬
3. Receive a secret Santa book 🎅
Get your tickets now!! 🎟️ via the link bio
It's the final countdown, da da da daaa...
Before you ask, YES, we'll be eating cake for breakfast all weekend!
Don't miss out on our debut filled birthday event AND some very exciting TDD news 🎉
Grab your ticket today AND get a FREE book (UK only)
#TheDebutDigestBirthday
✨️Birthday Event Announcement ✨️
What better way to celebrate turning THREE than with an online event, THREE
#Debut
authors and YOU?!
26th April!!
Grab your £5 tickets today!
Each ticket comes with a surprise proof*
*UK Attendees Only
This Tweet is for
@SpacemanDan13
- if you're not Daniel, please move along...
Daniel, HOW are we supposed to go to work for the day after starting
#DarkIsland
this morning during our coffee time and think about ANYTHING else but Freya & what's going on in Orkney?!
#Obsessed
!
It's officially the
#SpringEquinox
, which means later days, early reading mornings, and the season 2 of debuts of 2024 🎉✨️
Here's a thread of some
#Debuts
that are available to add to your TBR this
#Spring
🌸
If you have a debut out this season, comment & link it!
✨ Join The Debut Digest Team! ✨
The Debut Digest is expanding and we are looking to recruit TWO new team members to help with the creation of the newsletter and the running of our social media accounts. [1/3]
We are thrilled and super excited to announce our NEW bi-monthly
#Newsletter
feature, Agony Agent, with the wonderful and notoriously honest
@emily_glenister
🎉
Every other month, we'll be including Emily's answers to YOUR querying, author, and agenty questions and scenarios.
You’re invited to our Birthday Party!🎉
To celebrate one whole year of TDD, we’re hosting a night of debut discussion & readings from some fab new authors. Join us at 7pm on the 28th!🎈
Guests soon to be revealed…👀
Tickets are FREE here:
Friendly reminder that the May Issue dropped yesterday so if you need some light Friday reading to get you through to the weekend you know where to find it!💌
Here’s a sneak peek of our May debut spotlights…👀 See anything that takes your fancy?
#booktwt
#AuthorsOfTwitter
🎉 100 subscribers 🎉 It’s been just a few hours since we launched and we can’t believe that there’s already 100 of you signed up!! THANK YOU so much for all your support 🥰
Brb whilst we go and do a little dance 💃💃💃
Samuel was inspired by a lady called Pauline, a woman whom he connected with during the pandemic after volunteering on a phone line. One of the themes of this book being loneliness, it really resonated with Samuel 💙🧩
'Chosing the people we decide to spend time with' - Samuel
Lastly, but by NO means least, is the wonderful
@samuelburr
who will be chatting with Abi about his upcoming debut,
#TheFellowshipOfPuzzlemakers
🧩
Have you pre-ordered your copy yet?
This month, we wanted to highlight some great
#LGBTQ
+
#Debuts
written by LGBTQ+ voices and / or with representation.
Here are six of our picks!
What are LGBTQ
#Debuts
that we NEED to add to our TBR?
We are reading & reviewing this beautiful
#debut
for our April newsletter and we are LOVING it so far! 🌸🌿🦚
This
@Waterstones
edition is just stunning 😍 who doesn’t love a sprayed edge?
Are you a fan of brilliant historical fiction? And beautiful sprayed edges? Well, you're in luck!
@Waterstones
has an exclusive special edition of THE MAIDEN by
@KateFosterMedia
and it is a thing of beauty . . . 😍
Pre-order your copy here:
Lastly, but by NO means least, is the wonderful
@samuelburr
who will be chatting with Abi about his upcoming debut,
#TheFellowshipOfPuzzlemakers
🧩
Have you pre-ordered your copy yet?