Mark Lawrence

A surprise from @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social. A mighty tome of nearly 900 pages 😮 By @ryancahill.bsky.social. He bought me two rum and cokes recently, so it might be time to go find the book 1 that comes before this book 2!

A surprise from @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social. A mighty tome of nearly 900 pages 😮 By @ryancahill.bsky.social. He bought me two rum and cokes recently, so it might be time to go find the book 1 that comes before this book 2!

The book I've just read (below) and the book I've just been sent. The little one took me a couple of weeks to read 😅 Who can guess what the titles are?

The #SPFBO finalist board is filling up! Six of the finalists have enough scores to get an average and be ranked. It's a very high scoring year.

The SPFBO Finalists Sale returns! 50+ books written by some amazing authors are on sale for $2.99 or less. Go check it out and pick up some bargains! mlwangbooks.com/spfbo-finali...

The Bookshop Book is here! A new epic fantasy set in the world of bestseller @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social's The Library Trilogy, it follows a man from the margins of society who wanders into a bookshop only to have it change his whole life 📚💙 #SFF #NewBooks

Just starting The Bookshop Book by @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social

The Bookshop Book is out in the UK today. (already out in the US) Here's the Locked Library edition fitting in with The Library Trilogy - though the story connections are very loose & it's a standalone.

Before We Go Blog reviews Michael R. Fletcher's engrossing comedic fantasy (one of my fellow judges disagrees with me that it's a comedy, but this is my Bsky, so I can say what I like 🤣): beforewegoblog.com/spfboxi-revi... #SPFBO #SPFBOXI #SPFBOReviews @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social

Will pick a winner soon. Currently, you'd stand a 1 in 11 chance of winning the signed book! 😮

Will pick a winner soon. Currently, you'd stand a 1 in 11 chance of winning the signed book! 😮

Out today in the USA! You should get a copy... I'll be giving away a free signed copy to a random someone who reposts this post & comments with their favourite bookshop. (it's a standalone with loose association to the Library Trilogy - no need to read that though)

Parlez vous French-edition?

Look it! Daughter of Ruin has a cover. www.marklawrence.buzz/2026/10/daug...

Today our judges review Molly Dowd Sullivan's (@rageofthenerd.bsky.social) A Light From the Nether, finalist for this year's Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off! -JI 🐉 fantasy-faction.com/2026/spfbo-f... #booksky 💙📚🪐 #SPFBO #SPFBOreviews #urbanfantasy #darkfantasy (cc: @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social)

Look it! Daughter of Ruin has a cover. www.marklawrence.buzz/2026/10/daug...

Facebook quietly removed its 5,000 cap on friends, so I'm going through my old requests and accepting them. I'm into the 8 & 9 year old requests now 😅

A Wizard of Earthsea is open to intelligent readers of any age. Marketing it as a children's book in the 60s says more about the view of the genre back then. Here Ged's metaphysical struggle with the shadow released by his hubris, is reduced to facing off vs comical beasties.

The scoreboard for the SPFBO 11 finalists continues to fill!

The scoreboard for the SPFBO 11 finalists continues to fill!

If I were going to read a Warhammer book which is the best one to start with?

The @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social shop is open! & they have good stuff in the window 😃 Get yourself down there (11 Red Lion Court, Bridge Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6AB) and grab some books!

The @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social shop is open! & they have good stuff in the window 😃 Get yourself down there (11 Red Lion Court, Bridge Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6AB) and grab some books!

If I were going to read a Warhammer book which is the best one to start with?

Went to BFS con in Glasgow, & headed to the highlands. Discovered The Highland Bookshop in Fort William - great fantasy shelf inc The Library Trilogy books & a Daughter of Crows. All now signed! In Glasgow signed in the Argyle Street Waterstones & even a lone Prince of Thorns in the HMV up the road

Went into the highlands after visiting Glasgowcon.

Went to BFS con in Glasgow, & headed to the highlands. Discovered The Highland Bookshop in Fort William - great fantasy shelf inc The Library Trilogy books & a Daughter of Crows. All now signed! In Glasgow signed in the Argyle Street Waterstones & even a lone Prince of Thorns in the HMV up the road

Hungarian sculptors have taught me that the best way to deal with a dragon is to strip naked and punch it out.

Hungarian sculptors have taught me that the best way to deal with a dragon is to strip naked and punch it out.

Went into the highlands after visiting Glasgowcon.

About to do my first ever fantasy con panel - has only taken 15 years 😀

"the hurts done to us as children cast shadows as long as our lives" The Girl And The Stars - First Book of the Ice.

"We are all victims of our childhood, even good ones, for they made us what we are, and it’s a rare person who isn’t disappointed with that." The Girl And The Stars, First Book of the Ice.

"the hurts done to us as children cast shadows as long as our lives" The Girl And The Stars - First Book of the Ice.

"We are all victims of our childhood, even good ones, for they made us what we are, and it’s a rare person who isn’t disappointed with that." The Girl And The Stars, First Book of the Ice.

ICYMI: @kitvaria.bsky.social reviews @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social's Limited Wish! - JI 🐉 "A perfect mix of brain and heart, it will make you think, grin, and turn the pages far too quickly." fantasy-faction.com/2025/limited... #booksky 💙📚🪐 #timetravel #YA

More art from my Ukrainian version of THE BOOK THAT BROKE THE WORLD, including designs sprayed onto top, side, and bottom edges!

I wanted to share these Endpapers I got to do for the Broken Binding's special edition of Daughter of Crows! I had so much fun with these - I always love doing darker illustrations 🥰 AD: Petrik Leo

Before We Go Blog reviews Molly Dowd Sullivan's spooky contemporary fantasy, A Light from the Nether for #SPFBOXI! A great one to check out for October! beforewegoblog.com/spfboxi-revi... #SPFBO #SPFBOReviews @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social

Just signed this stack of my books at Topping & Co bookshop in Bath 🙂

Now I know why I'm on the nautical archeology starter pack. I had thought it was because of my extensive knowledge of shipwrecks ... but no...

Just signed this stack of my books at Topping & Co bookshop in Bath 🙂

#SPFBOreviews

It's a pity that the Locked Library edition is sold out. Look how nice it is!

It's a pity that the Locked Library edition is sold out. Look how nice it is!

Now I know why I'm on the nautical archeology starter pack. I had thought it was because of my extensive knowledge of shipwrecks ... but no...

I'm in the Nautical Archaeology Society's Starter Pack... Zero idea why, but I'll take it 😀

Exciting to see these new covers for Prince of Thorns and King of Thorns from my French publishers. Art from Mikael Bourgouin replacing the original (excellent) work by Jason Chan which has served for nearly 15 years.