Sarah Brooks
@Sarah_L_Brooks
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Writer, reader. 'The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands', June 2024 from @wnbooks (UK) and @Flatironbooks (US). Rep'd by @Nelle_Andrew.
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Joined March 2018
GIVEAWAY alert! It's Yorkshire Day, so here's Fifteen Wild Decembers in my Yorkshire garden. Repost and comment for a chance to win a signed copy! (UK only, winner picked midday 2nd Aug 25) #emilybronte #reimagining #giveaway #booktwitter #yorkshireday #fifteenwilddecembers
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What’s the most fun you can have in a bookshop? Probably an hour or so as author-bookseller @holdfastleeds - wonderful, unique bookshop, fantastic people, great conversations. Particularly pleased to see so much interest in @nikkimarmery ‘Lilith’ and @Sarah_L_Brooks ‘The
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Huge thanks to @TimRideout1 and @LindumBooks for such a lovely event last night!
Yesterday evening I had the joy of chatting to @Sarah_L_Brooks and @JenSugden & @chrssgdn about their wonderful novels ‘The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands’ and ‘High Vaultage’ for @LindumBooks Wonderful is right. These are novels full of wonder; inventive,
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THE CAUTIOUS TRAVELLER’S GUIDE TO THE WASTELANDS by @Sarah_L_Brooks ‘I was once a Godly man and full of certainties. This book must stand as a record of what I lost along the way, and as a guide for those who follow, in the hope that they may better bear the strange days of
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What a brilliant event to end our Spring 2025 season! A spirited discussion about wildly imaginative fantasy The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands & comedy sci-fi thriller High Vaultage. Thank you audience, panel chair @CAssemblyRooms Signed copies in-store!
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HIGH VAULTAGE by @chrssgdn & @JenSugden ‘Dusk was falling over Even Greater London, and the night wind stirred under the purple pools of crackling sky where lightning skipped like stones…’ And thus begins ‘High Vaultage’, a riotously entertaining novel born out of the
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THE CAUTIOUS TRAVELLER’S GUIDE TO THE WASTELANDS by @Sarah_L_Brooks I am greatly enjoying this mesmerising novel, set aboard the Great Trans-Siberian Express, as it traverses the terrifying Wastelands between Beijing and Moscow at the end of the (alternative) 19th Century. I
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It's now just a week until we're joined by alternative-Victorian fiction authors @Sarah_L_Brooks @chrssgdn @JenSugden From the Great Trans-Siberian Express to Even Greater London, join us for an evening of cosy sci-fi mystery and wild imagination… https://t.co/gtV96w5zWI
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Thanks Leeds, York, Edinburgh & Glasgow for a great week! (+ Manchester)! So many wonderful conversations and sold out books! Thanks @francesweightman @sarah_l_brooks @xunnanli @writingchinese Ezra H, Tom H., Sarah L, Holly P, Yvette T @fox_lane_books @bigglestones
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The British Fantasy Society is excited to announce our next in-person Leeds event, An Evening of Historical Fantasy and Science Fiction. Wednesday 25th June 2025, 7pm. Waterstones, Albion Street, Leeds. Ticket here: https://t.co/04LyNv4Ui7
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Just 2 weeks until our #steampunk authors are here for a bit of book chat!⚙️ 📅Thurs 12 June ⏲️7pm 📍@CAssemblyRooms Full details & tickets https://t.co/gtV96w5zWI
@Sarah_L_Brooks @Victoriocity @JenSugden @chrssgdn
#steampunkbooks #authorevent #authorinterview
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Name a greater writerly pleasure than your next book in a brown paper parcel... (thanks @Galileobooks) The Maiden Faust launches in June @heffersbookshop - a female-led Faust legend retelling, set in 1840s Cambridge. "Atmospheric, strange & addictive" - Louis de Bernières "A
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Can't wait for this event in June! Steampunk! Crime! Trains! Come and join us ✨️✨️
We're right in the middle of a May packed with author events, but we don't want you to forget about our #steampunk event in June! Come and join our brilliant authors for an evening of alternative #Victorian fiction. https://t.co/gtV96w5zWI
@sarah_l_brooks @Victoriocity
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Happy paperback publication day to @Sarah_L_Brooks and her Sunday Times bestseller, The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands! 'Strange, addictive, immersive, it's a steampunk Piranesi meets His Dark Materials' - JENNIE GODFREY Out now https://t.co/e84C7XtDJQ
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We’re thrilled to celebrate Sarah Brooks and her surreal, atmospheric debut #TheCautiousTravellersGuideToTheWastelands, which is longlisted for the 2025 Adventure Writing Prize. A haunting journey into the unknown. #AdventureWritingPrize Find out more: https://t.co/c1OTBC1aic
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Delighted that The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands is on the longlist for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, in such fantastic company! Thank you to the @Wilbur_Niso_Fdn, and all the librarians who chose the longlist!
The wait is over! We are thrilled to announce the longlist for the 2025 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize! Which one will you read first? Find out more here: https://t.co/4hfsejRqH6
#AdventureWritingPrize #AdventureWriting #2025Longlist
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Check out the gorgeous paperback cover for The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands! Sometimes a pb can be disappointing after a lovely HB but not this time!
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Really looking forward to this event in Oxford on June 17th!
🐯📚 Calling all Oxford friends! Join me, @Sarah_L_Brooks @JenSugden & @barquing at Caper (Oxford) on June 17 as we unveil tales where reality unravels—featuring The Lady, The Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death. Tickets £7. Reserve your spot:
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Really looking forward to this event in June! Come and join us for murders, mysteries and mad engineering in strange versions of the nineteenth century!
NEW AUTHOR EVENT! An evening of Victorian fantasy with authors @sarah_l_brooks @chrssgdn @jensugden Thurs 12 Jun 7pm Join us for an evening of #Victorian #fantasy #sciencefiction #steampunk Tickets in-store or online: https://t.co/ZJEWEqSC7k
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2 weeks today, the paperback of The Trials of Lila Dalton will be published in the UK! Pre-order now to get your hands on a copy 😊
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