Frances Hardinge

ICYMI, there's been another fake Facebook account pretending to be me. I am NOT on Facebook. If you come across (or are approached by) a Facebook account pretending to be me, it's a fraudster. Please report them to Facebook as a fake!

Back home from the matinee, and I wholeheartedly concur. The rapid-exchange dialogue and stunt-rhyming set up some deliciously sly punchlines, and the cast were clearly having a ball delivering them. The whole thing was a joy.

Just saw 'Gilbert & Sullivan's Dracula' "rediscovered" (written) by the inimitable @mitchbenn.bsky.social. Very funny, very earworm-y and surprisingly faithful to the book. I need this to have a longer run so I can make all my friends see it. :-) www.mitchbenn.com/gilbert-and-...

Hugleikur Dagsson

Between tick & tock lies a dislocated hour. Home to things with names too terrible to say. In the lost hours, in the gained hours, temporal spirits come through. Between tick and tock, some swear they can hear a soul trapped in time, scratching at glass. #ClocksGoBack

As Halloween is round the corner we thought we’d share some medieval bats. A thread… 🧵 🦇

Now officially out! Thanks so much to Wizard's Tower.

Whilst there are those who assert that reading Edgar Allan Poe in a quaint café on a rainswept cobblestone street in Prague whilst having cappuccinos and emotional support croissants “won’t fix you”, they’re failing to understand an undeniable truth: It certainly can’t hurt.

Very happy that TRAITORS' NEST is on this list!

Yuzu Kato ‘Borrowing from the Tiger’s Majesty’.

Well, this is lovely and heartwarming. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@mitchbenn.bsky.social Hello! Sorry to be a pain, but is there a chance that you could follow me so that I can DM you? I promise I'm me and not a bot.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 96: If you write, you’re a writer. If you ask AI to write for you, no matter how many thousands of pages it slops out on your behalf, you’re not.

Remember! Ghosts are not just for October. They are for Christmas, the anniversaries of unavenged murders, and really any time you least expect them.

Well, this is a delight. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......

Last weekend, had a fantastic time at the Neev Literature Festival. (Photos taken before the arrival of the happy, buzzy, book-enthused crowds.) Wonderful to meet the young readers, the organisers and all the other delegates!

Let's try this one again: @franceshardinge.bsky.social's novel, as pictured, is of course Traitor's Nest; Heaven's Graveyard is by Grace Curtis; and I have no idea where that gate came from. Apologies!

Explore @NussbaumAbigail’s review of TRAITORS’ NEST by @franceshardinge.bsky.social: “But if this is a fantasy, it is one that adults, as well as children, can benefit from.”

@franceshardinge.bsky.social Includes a Terry Pratchett reference! locusmag.com/review/trait...

Karen Haber reviews The Forest of a Thousand Eyes by @franceshardinge.bsky.social, Hansel and Gretel by @stephenking.bsky.social, and Wild Cards: Ante Up by John Jos. Miller & Kevin Andrew Murphy

These may be ugly and weird-looking, but for the first time ever I have edible peaches on my tree! (They're less green than they appear in the photo.) There are more still on the tree, plus others that have been claimed by gravity and wildlife.

Just returned from a week in New York, to coincide with the publication of TRAITORS' NEST in the US! Many thanks to Abrams Books for taking such good care of me, and the wonderful @booksofwonder.bsky.social for hosting the launch! It's been many years since I visited this lovely bookshop...

Don't hide your light from the world. Use it to draw unwary travellers to your lair in the catacombs beneath a crumbling castle, where you can devour them slowly over the next thousand years.

I am reading Traitors’ Nest at the moment and it is brilliant. However, somewhat unnervingly, I just went for a run and encountered 30 to 40 magpies flying around. Has this happened to other readers??

The cats graciously put on a magic show for us last night. I figured out how they did most of the tricks, but I didn’t say anything, because that would have been rude.

ICYMI, there's a limited edition version of TRAITORS' NEST with sprayed edges only to be found in independent bookshops. I've just received my own copy, and I can't stop admiring it. Isn't it pretty? Look at the magpie feather!

I rather like the fact that Youtube comments for an old, beautiful piece of music can sometimes give you snapshots of what it has meant to different people. A song that gave them strength, a long lost precious melody from childhood, or the soundtrack to meaningful moments in their lives.

Whoever decided to promote Coyote vs Acme by letting Wile E do an AMA using only signs deserves all the praise.

Proofs exist! New adult novel out in February!

For all the non-Spanish speaking authors out there - please be aware that my name, along with that of several other Spanish literary translators, is being used by one or more persons, presumably with nefarious intent.

Today we're interviewing Frances Hardinge about her wonderful new book, TRAITORS' NEST @franceshardinge.bsky.social @panmacmillan.bsky.social #UKYA #AuthorInterview #UKYASpotlight ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2026/08/31/a...

A lovely review of TRAITORS' NEST included in the @theguardian.com's children's book round up! "Humane, complex and inimitably inventive, this magnificent 12+ fantasy is yet another barnstormer from the Costa-winning Hardinge." www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

Many years ago I thought mixing cream into a setting strawberry jelly would make a nice creamy desert for the then toddlers. And meat-baby was born. For the same toddlers 17th birthday, they’ve asked that I make another one…

Publication day for the latest #KidLitUK title from one of my favourite authors of all time! Traitors' Nest by @franceshardinge.bsky.social is as brilliant as you'd expect from her, and I was really pleased to ask a few questions of her for teenlibrarian. teenlibrarian.co.uk/2026/08/27/t...

In other news, water appears to be falling from holes in the sky. It just keeps falling and falling. I'd almost forgotten what that looked like.

TRAITORS' NEST has now been released into the wild! Teleporting castles, mysterious ancient entities, strange beasts, betrayal and revolution await! www.hive.co.uk/product/fran... www.amazon.co.uk/Traitors-Nes... www.waterstones.com/book/traitor...

I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

#BookReview: TRAITORS' NEST by Frances Hardinge @franceshardinge.bsky.social #UKYA sifaelizabethreads.wordpress.com/2026/08/23/a...

An interview with me in Kirkus Reviews, talking about TRAITORS' NEST!

Turned up today! SIGNED Traitor's Nest is the epic new YA fantasy novel from award-winning Frances Hardinge @franceshardinge.bsky.social Look at those cool fancy sprayed edges. ORDER ONE HERE. biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

Mildly alarming blue porcupine of the day 👇 At the Lord Leycester Hospital, home for for former service personne,l Warwick. The porcupine was the emblem of the Sidney family who held the hospital's patronage from the 17th C

god if you'd told me that one day I'd witness people coming out of shops to take a proper look at the rain falling out of the sky, in ENGLAND