A.J. Hackwith

It's GOBLIN DAY. Please enjoy my sapphic lil trash weirdos. Goblin Market out now: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/708779...

Before I told stories in print, I dreamed about getting to tell stories with games. I wanted to write for BioWare when I was in college. Their games were first to show me what we could do with storytelling in games. This is such a loss.

because that Book Life is hard, I wanna aggressively fling hearts and stars at folks who ALSO have books out today (which I am excited to read) so plz go also check out @caitlinstarling.com and @alixeharrow.bsky.social (And if there's a new book I SHOULD be excited about please share below!)

(Also, joy of joys, I recently discovered both Gmail and Squarespace were plotting against me to hide author-related emails and send new sign ups into the Backrooms void so...if you tried to reach out via either of those paths recently and I've been ignoring you...please forgive me and try now.)

GOBLIN MARKET releases tomorrow, and today I'm putting the finishing touches on a one page RPG for you to play, FREE, NO FEY TRICKS. Check back tomorrow or subscribe to the newsletter to make sure you don't miss it: www.ajhackwith.com/newsletter

Book goblin reminder: There’s a Goodreads giveaway for a ebook copy of GOBLIN MARKET that runs to Oct 19th 👀💚 www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

I am purposefully Not Here(tm) these days but let me say I continue to marvel at how many 'restorative justice' scholars pop out of the woodwork to educate us only when their favorite parasocial bro on the internet receives the slightest consequences for his past actions.

Attn #PDX book goblins! On October 21st, help me celebrate the book release of GOBLIN MARKET at @powells.bsky.social Cedar Hills Crossing store! I can only promise signings, freebies, and much goblinfoolery. www.powells.com/events/a-j-h...

the crazy thing about making time for any creative pursuit is that you literally have to do what you have a gut-deep yearning to do or else you'll see other people doing it, and it WILL make you insane.

I will keep shouting about this book until it gets the love it deserves. The concept and hook is deviously unique, and Tyler delivers it with heart.

Not interested in the Apples today? Why not BOOKS. @barnesandnoble.com is running 25% off pre-orders so now is a great time to give your future self GOBLINS with Goblin Market which is out NEXT MONTH omg help www.barnesandnoble.com/w/goblin-mar...

Congrats to the Hugo winners!! So many incredible nominees this year. Thank you for filling the last few days with such smart, delightful conversations.

This is so deeply unacceptable and if you aren’t upset I have questions for you.

Mike Glyer, who uses a large mobility scooter, presented the Hugo Awars for Best Fan Writer from the floor below the stage. The acceptance speech, from Jason Sanford, was delivered on the stage. #LACon #Hugos #Worldcon

At worldcon, celebrating creativity… I turn on the tv in my hotel room and get inundated with nonstop AI-generated ads for gambling websites. The Germans must have a word for this kind of dystopic feeling.

Me at WorldCon.

missing: If anyone happened to find a small velvet bag full of moth stickers at WorldCon today, I am putting a bounty on its safe return. The adhd tax struck me early this year and I am moth-bereft. 💔

Hello #worldcon!! Reminder that I am here and up to the mischief below. Say hi if you see me goblining about—I have STICKERS ⭐️

Yes! Come join the early bird gang 💪🏻

Have spent much of the day in a fluttery orbit around my Worldcon suitcase. I think I’m packed enough to begin the customary game of luggage scale chicken: how many book copies can I squeeze in before the airlines hate me?

Starred Review: GOBLIN MARKET by A.J. Hackwith Publishers Weekly: Inspired by Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market,” this delightful fantasy from Hackwith (Toto) plunges readers into a memorable and wonderfully off-kilter magical world. A decade after goblin changeling Toast was retrieved from the…

Honestly one of the things i regret about being Not Here (meaning socials) anymore is that I can't boost and discover with folks more. But, a couple years ago my mental health made me choose between making tweets and making books and I chose the later.

What we should take away from this is boosting matters. If you enjoy a story: share it, yell about it, make fan things, request at libraries, etc. THAT'S 80% of the luck writers pray for. Gentle reader, YOU are the luck.

Yep, we're blowin' the ol' dust off the bluesky and shaking out the cobwebs ahead of @laworldcon.bsky.social next week. Never fear, gentle reader, after the festivities I shall leave the daywalkers in peace and descend back into the lurking shadows from wence I came.

As a baby writer, I read a certain man's books and wanted to tell stories like that. I never imagined the twists that would lead us here. Awesome for things like this, but bittersweet. (honored as heck @jimchines.com )

How men feared women! she thought, walking among the late-flowering roses. Not as individuals, but women when they talked together, worked together, spoke up for one another - then men saw plots, cabals, constraints, traps being laid.

So thrilled to see that GOBLIN MARKET got a Publisher's Weekly starred review! www.publishersweekly.com/9780593546598

I'll be at @laworldcon.bsky.social--will you? Where are my goblins at? Say hi and draw a card from my totally not cursed book swag for GOBLIN MARKET.

Titan's edition of GOBLIN MARKET is SHINY! Pre-order to get your: burntout goblin changeling grump fey lady knight with secrets and sunshine redcap murder hobo catching the feels baby bear god sidekick who eats everything chaos goblin folk with lil snacks and MOTHS so many moths

tbh if "surreal and contradictory and wonderfully heartfelt" is what they choose for my headstone, I'll consider it a life well lived. ❤️‍🩹

Heads up: Goodreads giveaway for GOBLIN MARKET 🐻 till Aug 2nd. Even better than Fair Trade because it's FREE: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Also, I made this joke on Instagram and now I can't unsee it.

My new book, GOBLIN MARKET, is coming October 20 and you can get it for a heckin' 25% off during the @barnesandnoble.com preorder event: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/goblin-mar... use code: PREORDER25 LAST DAY! Fair trade? Fair trade.

While doing my new episode on 'The Archive of the Forgotten' by @ajhackwith.bsky.social I discovered this gem from @uolpress.bsky.social. uolpress.co.uk/book/books-r... It made me look afresh at, well, how authors depict books, readers and libraries in fiction. Definitely worth a read!

I turned in page proofs on this goblin yesterday. SOON, the rumpus shall begin. 👀

We are excited to announce that we will be publishing GOBLIN MARKET by @ajhackwith.bsky.social in October 2026! ✨ This retelling of Christina Rossetti’s poem sees changeling Toast navigate the dangerous den of dealers and faerie con artists to save her sister from being framed for murder...

News for my UK friends: the excellent folk at @titanbooks.bsky.social will be publishing an edition of GOBLIN MARKET! www.thebookseller.com/rights/titan...

Hearing a truth stated so simply is powerful and worth repeating.