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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

4 months

The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands is out today! Huge thanks to the amazing team at @wnbooks , @orionbooks , to brilliant editors @alexavh and @MrFeditor , and to the incredible @Nelle_Andrew ! Welcome aboard! 🚂🚂💫💫

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

3 years

So excited to be working with the amazing editors @MrFeditor and @cableeke , and a huge thank you to the incredible @Nelle_Andrew for her unwavering support of this novel!

Nelle Andrew

@Nelle_Andrew

3 years

Thrilled to finally announce this deal for @Sarah_L_Brooks which was a fierce 11 way auction & one of the most hard fought I’ve had the privilege to be part of. Cannot wait to work with @MrFeditor @cableeke on this phenomenal debut. See below @thebookseller LBF highlights

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

I think everyone knows this already, but just to say that @jennieg_author 's friendship and support of other writers has genuinely made such a difference to loads of us this year, and I'll stop making you blush now Jennie but THANK YOU ❤️

Jennie Godfrey

@jennieg_author

5 months

Today was definitely one of those ‘pinch me’ days. I feel INCREDIBLY grateful for all the amazing opportunities I’ve been given in my debut year & one of the very best things has been the friends I’ve made, three of whom I got to share a panel with today @CapitalCrime1

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

4 months

Had such a good time launching The Cautious Traveller's Guide last night at the beautiful @theleedslibrary as part of @LeedsLit ! Thank you so much to everyone who came along, and to @invisiblevalley for the questions!

Caroline Fielder

@CarolineFielde4

4 months

Wonderful to be able to attend the book launch for The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands. The Leeds Library was the perfect setting. For anyone looking for their next read this could be it. Congratulations again @Sarah_L_Brooks @LeedsLibrary

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

7 months

Over the moon to have The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands featured as the July pick from the amazing @GoldsboroBooks ! And with this absolutely beautiful special edition! 🚂✨❤️

Goldsboro Books

@GoldsboroBooks

7 months

Our PREMIER July pick is the thrilling & captivating debut novel - The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by @Sarah_L_Brooks ✨️ Impeccably paced & elegantly crafted, it stands as an instant classic, inviting all aboard for a mesmerising voyage through the Wastelands.

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

4 months

Thank you so much to @wnbooks and @orionbooks for all the work and love you've poured into this book, and to all the booksellers and readers who've boarded the train and been so supportive!! ❤️❤️🚂🚂

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@wnbooks

4 months

We are thrilled to announce that The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands is a Sunday Times bestseller! To all the booksellers and readers who have been onboard from the beginning - an enormous thank you! Huge congrats to @Sarah_L_Brooks for this thrill of a journey 🚂

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

4 months

It was a dream come true to see this in the paper today 💫. Huge, huge thanks to the most incredible agent @Nelle_Andrew ❤️❤️❤️

Nelle Andrew

@Nelle_Andrew

4 months

It is always wonderful seeing a book you've agented hit the bestseller charts and it is genuinely thrilling to be able to say bestseller and @Sarah_L_Brooks in the same sentence as of today.

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

Can't get over this absolutely beautiful @GoldsboroBooks special edition! Thank you so much @DavidHHeadley !! 😍🚂

David Henry Headley

@DavidHHeadley

5 months

Sarah. Sarah. Sarah. @Sarah_L_Brooks Look! I know you've seen it but I have just got my copy! It is stunning. OUT THIS THURSDAY! Thank you @alexavh @wnbooks

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

6 months

Very excited that The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands is out in French today, as Comment Voyager dans les Terres Oubliées! Merci beaucoup to @SonatineEdition , and to Héloïse Esquié for her translation🚂❤️

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

3 months

So happy to see The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands out in German today! From C.Bertelsmann, Penguin Germany, translated by Claudia Feldmann 🚂❤️📚 And huge thanks to @RMLagency and @AlexaCliff ❤️

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

8 months

All aboard! @wnbooks and @orionbooks are offering tickets for this train journey, but all passengers board at their own risk...

Nelle Andrew

@Nelle_Andrew

8 months

Exciting event at LBF today as ⁦ @orionbooks ⁩ has a special train conductor inviting you to #cautioustraveller proofs ⁦ @Sarah_L_Brooks ⁩ at the Hachette stand. All aboard!!!!

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

1 year

The best agent! ❤️🚂 And thank you to @wnbooks and @orionbooks for the amazing proof package - they've gone above and beyond in all things train-related!

Nelle Andrew

@Nelle_Andrew

1 year

I just unboxed a proof package that is full of panache!! Phenomenal batch of proofs of #cautioustraveller ⁦ @orionbooks ⁩ ⁦ @Sarah_L_Brooks ⁩. Ready for this journey and attention to detail

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

8 months

So happy to see the train arriving into @thebookseller as one to watch! 🚂

Nelle Andrew

@Nelle_Andrew

8 months

Thrilled to see this endorsement from ⁦ @thebookseller ⁩ for #CautiousTraveller ⁦ @Sarah_L_Brooks ⁩ as One to Watch for June!

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

The lovely people at @orionbooks have been leaving copies of #CautiousTravellers on trains for passengers to find... 🚂

Javerya Iqbal

@JaveryaI

5 months

Off she goes! Hoping to find some #cautioustravellers on the way to Reading! 🚂

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

Had such a great time at our debuts panel at @CapitalCrime1 , and the fabulous @jennieg_author , @samuelburr and @DavidHHeadley definitely helped calm the 1st event nerves! (And I got to see early copies of my book, which was amazing! 🚂🤩)

Aoife Datta

@AoifeDatta

5 months

So exciting to be at @CapitalCrime1 for @Sarah_L_Brooks ’ first #CautiousTravellers event alongside fellow debuts @samuelburr and @jennieg_author . Look at those stunning finished copies! Only a few more weeks until publication 🚂

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

4 months

Was excited and a bit terrified to be chatting about The Cautious Traveller's Guide (and unexpected parties on the Trans-Siberian Express) on #BBCSaturdayLive this morning! Loved meeting everyone!

Jon Kay ☕️

@jonkay01

4 months

Good morning from @BBCRadio4 #BBCSaturdayLive @nikkibedi @SebastianFaulks @Sarah_L_Brooks @MaisieAdam

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

11 months

A bit terrified that my brother - who reads more than anyone else I know - now has his hands on this...

Michael @ Track Of Words

@track_of_words

11 months

Came home yesterday to find this beautiful ARC package for my sister’s book waiting for me! Slightly surreal moment, but brilliant :) Can’t wait to read it! THE CAUTIOUS TRAVELLER’S GUIDE TO THE WASTELANDS by @Sarah_L_Brooks , coming June ‘24 from @wnbooks ! #CautiousTravellers 🚂

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

7 months

So excited to be on the debut authors panel at #capitalcrime24 with the absolutely lovely @jennieg_author and @samuelburr , talking to the brilliant @DavidHHeadley ! Join us on 30th May, tickets at !

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

Really enjoyed meeting amazing booksellers and writers at the @HachetteUK Roadshow at @WaterstonesMCR last night! And was very excited to meet the lovely @AlexHayBooks and get a proof of his new novel, as I loved The Housekeepers so much!

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

1 year

So delighted with this GORGEOUS cover! Thank you to @Waterstones for the reveal - I'm excited (and a bit terrified) to see it out there! @wnbooks , @orionbooks

Waterstones

@Waterstones

1 year

Between Beijing and Moscow lie the Wastelands. And travelling on the Trans-Siberian Express through them are an unforgettable group of travellers. Mystery and danger abound in this thrilling period tale from @Sarah_L_Brooks , arriving next year: @wnbooks

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

So happy that The Cautious Traveller's Guide is out in the US today from @Flatironbooks ! Huge thanks to editor extraordinaire @cableeke and the Flatiron team for their train enthusiasm! 🚂🚂💫💫

Flatiron Books

@Flatironbooks

5 months

THE CAUTIOUS TRAVELLER'S GUIDE TO THE WASTELANDS by Sarah Brooks is on sale TODAY! 🚞 Called "Steampunk perfection" ( @crimereads ), follow four passengers as they embark on a dangerous journey across a magical landscape. #TheCautiousTravellersGuide #HistoricalFantasy

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

8 months

Excited to see this US edition starting to go out into the world! And with a gorgeous cover by Will Staehle 🚂❤️

Flatiron Books

@Flatironbooks

8 months

The Trans-Siberian Express is the journey of a lifetime through the mysterious and dangerous Wastelands. Can the passengers trust each other as the wildness outside threatens to consume them? THE CAUTIOUS TRAVELLER'S GUIDE TO THE WASTELANDS by @Sarah_L_Brooks is on sale June 18.

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

Well, my brother might be a bit biased, but I'm SO RELIEVED he likes my novel, even if it did keep trying to return to the Wastelands...

Michael @ Track Of Words

@track_of_words

5 months

I finished THE CAUTIOUS TRAVELLER’S GUIDE TO THE WASTELANDS this morning (after tracking down my copy, which kept escaping into the Wastelands) - I know I’m biased, as @Sarah_L_Brooks is my sister, but it’s honestly, genuinely so good! #CautiousTravellers

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

8 months

Had a great day dropping off Cautious Traveller proofs at some wonderful Yorkshire bookshops last week! We visited the brilliant @TrumanBooks , had a lovely chat with Wendy and Steve, and did some awkward posing...(And spotted @jennieg_author and @EmilyHthinks sharing a bookcase!)

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

7 months

Really happy to share the lovely indie exclusive edition of The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands! 🚂✨❤️ (And now I really want to get my hands on those bookmarks...) Available for pre-order at fantastic independent bookshops here:

Welcome aboard The Great Tran-Siberian Express

You are about to embark on the journey of a lifetime . . .

geni.us

W&N

@wnbooks

7 months

We are delighted to share the independent bookshop exclusive edition of The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by @Sarah_L_Brooks , signed by Sarah and complete with exclusive white boards and gold foiling detailing! 🚂 Pre-order now:

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

Very proud that the train's arrived into @crimegoodyork ! (Squeezing itself between two authors I love!)

Sarah Lupton

@lupperswrites

5 months

Just bought my copy @Sarah_L_Brooks from @crimegoodyork It has pride of place on the main table, nestled between @stu_turton and @rosieandrews22 I cannot wait to dive in 💛

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

4 months

All aboard at @HatchStPancras ! 🚂🚂

Aoife Datta

@AoifeDatta

4 months

The day has come! @Sarah_L_Brooks ’ magnificent novel The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands is OUT NOW! I popped by @HatchStPancras to see something very exciting afoot …

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

10 months

If you're wanting to escape a cold, grey January and board a train to somewhere very strange, The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands is available to request on Netgalley!

W&N

@wnbooks

10 months

Welcome Aboard! Prepare to be transported by the must-read debut of 2024 - The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands. 🚂 Request to read now on NetGalley:

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

1 year

Excited to see these start to arrive!

Nelle Andrew

@Nelle_Andrew

1 year

Ummmm these proof babies have landed and the office is abuzz with the sound of eerie travels. Prepare to be transported. The ultimate escape @Sarah_L_Brooks

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

I'm so grateful to @theleedslibrary for providing such a fantastic space to write in, and can't wait to launch the novel there on Thurs!

The Leeds Library

@theleedslibrary

5 months

Delighted for library member @Sarah_L_Brooks —a review of her stellar debut 'The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands' in the Sunday Times! Launching at the library as part of @LeedsLit on Thursday.

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

Really happy to see The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands on this list of @Waterstones best books to look out for in June, especially sharing a page with @aetwigg 's #SpoiltCreatures ! #CautiousTravellers

The Waterstones Round Up: June's Best Books | Waterstones.com Blog | Waterstones

With a tremendous array of great new publishing to celebrate, explore the hottest books on the way this June.

www.waterstones.com

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

1 year

Had such a good time at the #Orionshowcase last night - thank you to @orionbooks for giving me the chance to talk about #CautiousTravellers and to hear about the amazing books coming next year! And excited to read The Puzzlemakers from @samuelburr on the train home!

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

2 months

Really looking forward to two events next week, in London and Ilkley! Can't wait to chat trains and murder with @stu_turton at @WaterstonesTCR on Wed 11th Sept...

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

Can't wait to be launching The Cautious Traveller's Guide in the gorgeous surroundings of @theleedslibrary on June 20th, as part of @LeedsLit !

The Leeds Library

@theleedslibrary

5 months

In an alternate Victorian era, the Great Trans-Siberian Express is the only way to safely cross the shadowy Wastelands between Beijing and Moscow. Join us for the launch of Sarah Brooks's debut novel! Brooks is at The Leeds Library on Thursday 20th June:

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

3 months

Exciting book post! Have heard amazing things about The Lamb, by @lucyrosecreates , so can't wait to read this! Thank you to @alexavh and @wnbooks for the spectacular proof 🥩🥩

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

7 months

Really looking forward to talking about the @LucyCavColl Fiction Prize at the @camlitfest this Friday, with @DaisyGoodwin , @kateeevans and @JoBrowningWroe . Will be enthusing about just how life-changing this prize is! Tickets still available!

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

4 months

Really looking forward to this event with the brilliant @stu_turton ! Join us to discuss murder, deadly mist, and armoured trains... @wnbooks

WaterstonesTCR

@WaterstonesTCR

4 months

Join us on Sept 11 at 7pm for a thrilling literary event! 📚✨ Sarah Brooks discusses "The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands" and Stuart Turton dives into "The Last Murder at the End of the World." Don’t miss it! Tickets 🎟

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

7 months

Delighted to see the Spanish edition of The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands, from @umbrieleditores , translated by @_DaniCasado ! 🚂

Umbriel editores

@umbrieleditores

7 months

🚂 #CoverReveal 🚂 ¡Todos a bordo del expreso transiberiano!📣 @Sarah_L_Brooks nos invita a viajar por tierras inexploradas en #LaGu íaDeLosBaldíosParaViajerosPrecavidos. Una aventura llena de misterios, peligros y secretos. 📅¡18/06 a la venta! ✍️Traducción de @_DaniCasado .

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

4 months

Had a lovely time doing an event at @TrumanBooks last night! Forgot to take photos but did come away with a copy of Determination, by @itsmetawseef , and special bookshop chocs, from @Olliemakeschoc1 ! (And yes I ate one before thinking of taking a pic, I have my priorities 😄)

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

2 months

Had such a good time chatting to the fabulous @esmiejp about The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands - huge thanks to @WStonesPutney for the warm welcome, and to the lovely audience!

Waterstones Putney

@WStonesPutney

2 months

We had a great evening on Tuesday with the fantastic @Sarah_L_Brooks talking trains, magic, and books! There are still a few signed copies left if you missed out! 🚂 📚

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

6 years

So proud to have a story in the fantastic @BareFiction !

Bare Fiction

@BareFiction

6 years

We are grown from the dunes and the marram grass, the bladderwrack and mermaid’s purses. Grown on candyfloss and coltsfoot rock... — from 'Sandgrown' by @Sarah_L_Brooks First Prize in the Bare Fiction Prize for Short Story 2017, chosen by @oriordanadam

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

4 months

Thank you to @Waterstones for letting me chat about my love for all things rail related, including two brilliant series of books by @ConorFarrington , and @MGLnrd and @samuelsedgman ! 🚂🚂

Waterstones

@Waterstones

4 months

'Normal rules are suspended, and the most unlikely of travelling companions are thrown together' On the blog, @Sarah_L_Brooks reveals her love of fiction connected to trains, from atmospheric cosy crime to darkly dystopian fantasy:

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

4 months

Really happy to see the gorgeous @GoldsboroBooks edition welcoming its passengers aboard! 🚂🚂❤️❤️

Candy Hart ❤️(Book Reviewer/Blogger) ❤️📚🦩

@Candysbookcase

4 months

This months ⁦ @GoldsboroBooks ⁩ Premier Choice book is gorgeous, just look at those beautiful spredges … 📚😍📚 #TheCautiousTravellersGuideToTheWastelands ⁦ @Sarah_L_Brooks ⁩

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

7 months

Can't believe that my first ever visit to Bath will be to talk trains, monsters and weird vegetation with the amazing @natasha_pulley at @mrbsemporium ! Please come and join us on June 19th! (And am very tempted to make trip 2 in July to see @anniegarthwaite ...)

Mr B's Emporium

@mrbsemporium

7 months

We’ve got two ✨BRAND NEW✨ events just announced! Tickets available in-store and online… get yours at the link below! 👇

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

4 months

Thank you @bertsbooks ! Delighted to be in your top 10 in June! 📚❤️🚂

Bert’s Books

@bertsbooks

4 months

The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands by @Sarah_L_Brooks was in our Signed Fiction Subscription. Every month I pick out my favourite book by a new (or 'undiscovered') author and get signed copies for subscribers. That helped it to be June's Number 9! #BertsTopTen

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@Sarah_L_Brooks

4 months

Really looking forward to this event on Tues with the fab @natasha_pulley ! Come and join us at @mrbsemporium where we'll be geeking out about fantasy and trains!

Mr B's Emporium

@mrbsemporium

4 months

We cannot wait for our event with Sarah Brooks on Tuesday for her fantastic fantasy debut! Katrina absolutely loved it - tickets available below 👇

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

Thank you so much to the multi-talented writer/ guest bookseller @jennieg_author ! Your efforts are much appreciated! ❤️📚🚂

Jennie Godfrey

@jennieg_author

5 months

Recommending The Cautious Travellers Guide to the Wastelands @Sarah_L_Brooks to everyone who comes into @Bookishcrick today

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

1 year

So excited to see what @LMTerrell , @JaveryaI and the amazing team at @wnbooks have done with these proofs!

Lindsay Terrell

@LMTerrell

1 year

One of my favourite ever proofs to work on, alongside creative force @JaveryaI . This debut novel from @Sarah_L_Brooks is *so* good. Trust me - the inside is better than the outside (and we quite like the outside). I cannot wait for ya'll to read it! #CautiousTravellers

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

9 months

There's lots of love for #thelistofsuspiciousthings at @WstonesLeeds ! @jennieg_author

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

4 months

Huge thanks to the wonderful @mrbsemporium and your lovely readers for welcoming us last night! Had such a good time talking trains, monsters, and translation with the brilliant @natasha_pulley !

Jen Sugden

@JenSugden

4 months

Had an absolutely amazing time @mrbsemporium listening to the incredibly talented and SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR @Sarah_L_Brooks ! Fantastic questions from the ever-brilliant @natasha_pulley . What a treat of an evening!

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

9 months

Delighted that the train has reached Yorkshire! 🚂✨

W&N

@wnbooks

9 months

@HachetteUK 's Sheffield office has hopped aboard the Great Trans-Siberian Express . . . next stop, the journey of a lifetime✨

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

As someone who works in Arts and Humanities, seeing my book in @newscientist is unexpected but delightful! And in the company of @JulesArbeaux 's Lord of the Empty Isles, which I can't wait to read! #TheCautiousTravellersGuideToTheWastelands

These are the best new science fiction books to read this June 2024

New books from Adrian Tchaikovsky and the late Michael Crichton (with James Patterson) are among the great new sci-fi novels out this month

www.newscientist.com

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

Can't wait to chat trains and books with the amazing @natasha_pulley at @mrbsemporium next week! Come and join us! 🚂🚂📚📚

Natasha Pulley

@natasha_pulley

5 months

Next week in Bath, I get to interview the extraordinary @Sarah_L_Brooks at @mrbsemporium about her debut novel, The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands: please come and see us if you're around!

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

6 months

Epic (and very warm!) day of proof dropping yesterday with the brilliant @AoifeDatta , starting off in Bath with visits to @ToppingsBath , @waterstonesbath and @mrbsemporium (which I'll be visiting again for an event on June 25th! )

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

9 months

Thank you so much to @alexavh and @gollancz for this gorgeous proof of @natasha_pulley 's The Mars House! I've adored all of Natasha's books and am so excited for this one (out in March) ✨✨

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

3 months

Can't wait for this panel next week - come and join us if you're in Manchester!

Waterstones Manchester Deansgate

@WaterstonesMCR

3 months

Just one week today until our #NorthernMagicPanel with 5 fanaatic debut fabtasy authors: #ElizaChan , #FrancesWhite , #GenovevaDimova , #EmmaSternerRadley and #SarahBrooks ! Tickets are selling out fast so grab yours while you can!

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

4 months

Really looking forward to talking Hera and Cautious Travellers with the amazing @jennysaint at @WaterstonesYork on July 4th! Come and join us, and escape politics with some bookish chat!

In conversation with Jennifer Saint and Sarah Brooks | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about In conversation with Jennifer Saint and Sarah Brooks today.

www.waterstones.com

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

6 months

Thank you so much for the kind words @MsLouiseBeere ! So happy you enjoyed it ❤️❤️🚂🚂

Louise Beere

@MsLouiseBeere

6 months

Just finished this beauty by @Sarah_L_Brooks ✨🚂 A sublime adventure of a novel that will capture your heart and set your pulse racing - make sure you climb aboard when it’s published 20th June. Huge congratulations Sarah! #books #greatread #Reading

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

Very excited for my train to be in the one and only @bertsbooks , and in such illustrious company! 🚂❤️📚

Bert’s Books

@bertsbooks

5 months

There’s a lot of books due out next Thursday… here’s four of them which are ready for us to dispatch on Monday. 😍 We have signed copies of all four still available if you want to order one!

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

Thank you so much to all the amazing Edinburgh booksellers who welcomed us this week and let us chat all things #CautiousTravellers !

W&N

@wnbooks

5 months

The #CautiousTravellers has made its way right along the East Coast and all the way to Edinburgh this week. We've been visiting Scottish bookshops with @Sarah_L_Brooks this week and frankly we were absolutely spoiled for choice of incredible booksellers!

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

Happy to see both The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands, and @gen_dimova 's Foul Days on this list of June SFF novels!

Book Riot

@BookRiot

5 months

What new SFF reads are you most excited about?

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

1 year

Such a great panel at the launch of the Fantasy: Realms of imagination exhibition @leedslibraries , with @eliza_dearnley , @aptshadow , @dedbutdrmng and @KatieFr3 (and dragons! Lurking just out of shot).

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

2 months

Really looking forward to this event tomorrow @WStonesPutney !

An Evening With Sarah Brooks - Putney

Join us for a magical evening with Sarah Brooks to discuss her debut novel, The Cautious Traveller's Guide to The Wastelands.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

Waterstones Putney

@WStonesPutney

2 months

We’re extremely excited to be hosting the fabulous @Sarah_L_Brooks next week to discuss her brilliant book The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands! You can grab a ticket at the link 👇

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

6 months

Thank you so much to @thebooktrailer for the lovely review - really happy that you enjoyed the journey! 🚂🚂

TheBookTrail 📚👣

@thebooktrailer

6 months

Oh this is a book that takes you on QUITE the adventure! @Sarah_L_Brooks @wnbooks

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

8 months

Such a lovely evening with @jennieg_author (all round amazing person and now Look North star 😃) at the brilliant @TrumanBooks . And so good to see all the Yorkshire love for #TheListOfSuspiciousThings !

Jennie Godfrey

@jennieg_author

8 months

Whizzed from Look North to the wonderful @TrumanBooks for a #TheListofSuspiciousThings event this evening which was so full of warmth and laughter. Thank you to everyone who came (including the lovely @Sarah_L_Brooks who I also got to hang out with for a while) #booktwitter

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

4 months

Happy to be taking part in #IndieBookshopWeek , and really grateful to the brilliant @TrumanBooks in Leeds, and to all the other fantastic indie bookshops out there - thank you!! 📚💫❤️

Hachette UK

@HachetteUK

4 months

Author @Sarah_L_Brooks appreciates indie bookshops like @TrumanBooks for their ability to match the perfect book with the perfect reader. Sarah's book is out this week - grab a copy from them from your local indie for #IndieBookshopWeek

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

7 years

So thrilled by this! Thank you so much to @BareFiction , @RobertHarper and @oriordanadam

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

10 months

So, so grateful to the brilliant @JaveryaI and the amazing @wnbooks team for their boundless enthusiasm for trains with dubious safety standards and scenery that's trying to eat you! 🚂🍄🌳😄

Javerya Iqbal

@JaveryaI

10 months

I've been re-reading @Sarah_L_Brooks #TheCautiousTravellers over the past few days, and I can't get it out of my head. So, do forgive me if you find it landing on your doorsteps, sitting in your tote bags, or atop your TBR piles. I just can't help myself 🚂

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

1 year

A huge thank you to the @LucyCavColl fiction prize and to @NewWritingNorth , who supported this novel in the early stages of its journey!

W&N

@wnbooks

1 year

WELCOME ABOARD THE GREAT TRANS-SIBERIAN EXPRESS . . . It is said there is a price that every passenger must pay, a price beyond the cost of a ticket. Are you ready to embark on the journey of a lifetime? All Aboard: …

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

9 months

I read an early proof of this thanks to @okyeahbut and it's SO GOOD. The Thames Glacier! A Museum of Nearby Horrible Murder! An annoying missing beagle! @Victoriocity fans will love it and so will everyone else :)

Goldsboro Books

@GoldsboroBooks

9 months

Our March 2024 GSFF pick is the twisty, inventive, & joyously funny novel from the creators of the acclaimed podcast @Victoriocity - High Vaultage by @chrssgdn & @JenSugden ✨️ 📚 Our edition is signed & numbered with a digitally sprayed edge & hidden foiling on the board

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

11 months

Absolutely loved this novel of the 'Blood Countess' by @Soniavelton - secrets, betrayals and survival, and how women's stories are told and twisted and changed. And both the cover and the proof are gorgeous! Thank you to @ClareSmith16 for the copy! Out in May 24

Sonia Velton

@Soniavelton

11 months

Thrilled to share the beautiful cover for #thenightingalescastle 🖤 Pre-order now Thank you so much ⁦ @studio_of_ideas ⁩, Nina Pace and ⁦ @LittleBrownUK ⁩

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

2 months

So, so delighted for the truly brilliant @LMTerrell and @JaveryaI ! I'm in awe of their creativity and hard work (and their dedication to all things train-related! ❤️🚂). It's been such a joy to work with them and @wnbooks and @orionbooks !

Book Marketing Society

@BMSoc

2 months

@EmzFinn @Liv_Carson_ @SophiePorteous_ @HannahOBrien @FarshoreBooks Highly Commended in the Debut category is a strategic & creative campaign - described as a 'masterclass' by our judges - for #CautiousTravellers . Congratulations to @lmterrell & @JaveryaI at @orionbooks @wnbooks ! #BMSAwards

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

3 years

Thank you so much, @gillybethstern ! The Lucy Cavendish Prize @LucyCavColl was genuinely life-changing, and they've been such a huge support all the way. Thank you!!

Gillian Stern

@gillybethstern

3 years

Beyond thrilled about this and huge congratulations to all involved. We @LucyCavColl are extremely proud to have identified @Sarah_L_Brooks as a MAJOR new talent and can't wait for @everyone to read this astonishing novel. @Nelle_Andrew @MrFeditor @wnbooks

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

❤️❤️❤️🚂🚂🚂

Nelle Andrew

@Nelle_Andrew

5 months

"There is a woman on the platform under a borrowed name." One of my favourite opening lines with a submission. Happiest of US 🇺🇸Publication days for @Sarah_L_Brooks and Cautious Traveller @Flatironbooks out today.

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

9 months

So happy to see these on their way to Edinburgh! Thank you @LMTerrell ! 🚂❤️

Lindsay Terrell

@LMTerrell

9 months

A little delivery making its way up the track from our London offices to our Edinburgh team. All these proof copies of @Sarah_L_Brooks brilliant debut were snapped up so quickly that I’ll need to beg for a few more. #CautiousTravellers

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

6 years

Thank you so much! Really chuffed! And very proud to be in this fantastic anthology.

Leeds Big Bookend

@BigBookend

6 years

And our winner is @Sarah_L_Brooks for her story A Delicate Balance #MayYou Anthology

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

4 months

Of all possible reviewers, I was most nervous about the opinion of this particular one, so am so relieved and happy to read his thoughts!

Michael @ Track Of Words

@track_of_words

4 months

Happy publication day @Sarah_L_Brooks ! THE CAUTIOUS TRAVELLER'S GUIDE TO THE WASTELANDS is out today via @wnbooks , and I might be biased as it's my sister's debut novel, but I honestly loved it! Here are a few thoughts on why...

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

6 years

Really thrilled to be on this shortlist! Thank you so much @LucyCavColl !

Lucy Cavendish College

@LucyCavColl

6 years

It's #LucyShortlist day at last! Check out our super seven for 2019 here: (link: ) #LucyFictionPrize Many congratulations to all for making it this far in our biggest year yet! #CONGRATULATIONS

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

7 months

Such a good day in York, with lovely company and a visit to the brilliant @crimegoodyork ! Came away with a copy of The Tower by @floracarr_ , and can't wait to go back for more!

Sarah Lupton

@lupperswrites

7 months

So good to catch up with @Sarah_L_Brooks and @Paperpeeler over lunch in York which of course culminated in a trip to @crimegoodyork I collected my signed edition from @stu_turton and @floracarr_ and @jennieg_author came home with us too!

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

8 months

So excited to read the second novel by the totally brilliant @carlyreagon ! Thank you for the proof @RosannaForte ! (Out in Oct 👻)

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@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

Thank you to @GlamourMagUK for including The Cautious Traveller's Guide in their list of best new books to read this month, and delighted to be in the company of @aetwigg 's Spoilt Creatures!

Nelle Andrew

@Nelle_Andrew

5 months

Another fantastic review for @Sarah_L_Brooks #cautioustraveller out this week @GlamourMagUK . 'If you haven’t got it at the top of your pile yet, we suggest you move it on up. You’ll be thinking about this one long after you’ve put it down.’

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

7 months

Absolutely adored Goodbye Birdie Greenwing, by @ErickaWaller1 - didn't want it to end! I miss Birdie and co already, and am sure everyone is going to fall in love with them when this is out in April ❤️. Thank you to @DoubledayUK for the proof!

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

8 months

Thank you to @okyeahbut and @gollancz for this lovely hardback of the brilliant High Vaultage by @chrssgdn and @JenSugden ! The cat approves too, and thinks everyone should read it ❤️. Out on March 14th!

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

7 months

In Cambridge for a panel on the @LucyCavColl #FictionPrize so it seemed right to bring @carlyreagon 's brilliant #HearHimCalling back to where I first heard about it! (Also, can only read it in the daylight, with lots of people around 😨)

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

Thank you so much for the lovely review, Anne!

Anne Cater 🇺🇦

@annecater

5 months

Mysterious and a bit wild. Recommended by me #CautiousTravellers @Sarah_L_Brooks @wnbooks

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

2 months

It was such a joy to talk to the brilliant @clotimms - I've been a huge fan of her podcast right from the start, and it was an author dream come true to be on it!

Chloe Timms

@clotimms

2 months

Today I'm talking to @Sarah_L_Brooks about her fantasy novel The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands, worldbuilding, winning the @LCFictionPrize and the huge 11-way auction for her novel @wnbooks 🎧

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 years

Still over the moon about this, and massively grateful to @LucyCavColl and the judges! Now lots of writing to do...

Lucy Cavendish College

@LucyCavColl

5 years

What's it like to win one of the most hotly-contested unpublished women's writing prizes? @Sarah_L_Brooks beat over 600 entrants to win the 2019 #LucyFictionPrize via @YouTube

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

Thank you to the @FT for choosing The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands as one of their SFF picks this month! @wnbooks

From the Pleistocene to steampunk — the pick of new science fiction

Haunted landscapes figure prominently in recent releases, while a key voice on American dystopia receives welcome reissues

www.ft.com

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

7 months

For readers in the US there's a Barnes & Noble pre-order sale on now! If you pre-order The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands (and many other books!) between now and April 19th you get 25% off 🥳🚂 🚂 Use code PREORDER25 #BNPreorder

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

Now too scared to visit any isolated Welsh mountains thanks to @carlyreagon ...😨 #HearHimCalling has such a brilliant build-up of dread, and characters you care about. A tense, creepy exploration of place, memory and obsession. Thank you @RosannaForte for the proof! Out Oct 24

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

Welcome aboard, Sam, and so impressed by your photography skills!! 🚂🚂

Samuel Burr

@samuelburr

5 months

I’m going in! 🚂 ✨If it’s anything like its author, I’m going to LOVE it. The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands is published on Thursday! 💫

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

3 months

Thank you so much to @CrimeReads for including The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands on this list! @Flatironbooks

CrimeReads

@CrimeReads

4 months

Here are this month's best debut novels!

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

8 months

Thank you so much to @JulieOwenMoylan and @ClioCornish for this lovely proof of #CircusOfMirrors . I loved both of Julie's previous books, so really excited about this one, out in Sept!

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@Sarah_L_Brooks

4 months

So happy to celebrate National Northern Authors Day with these fantastic writers! Loved High Vaultage by @JenSugden and @chrssgdn , and looking forward to Tales of a Monstrous Heart by @JenDelaney93 in Aug and The Lamb by @lucyrosecreates in Jan! #NNAD

Jen Sugden

@JenSugden

4 months

I'm from Yorkshire & co-authored 'High Vaultage' with top Yorkshire lad @chrssgdn : a detective comedy thriller set in a reimagined Victorian past in which London covers the entire lower half of England. I also LOVE the wonderful: @JenDelaney93 , @lucyrosecreates , @Sarah_L_Brooks !

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

2 years

I was extremely last minute submitting to this, but it was worth it! It's a brilliant competition, run by the most supportive people :)

Lucy Cavendish College

@LucyCavColl

2 years

Are you a last-minuter? 📢 1 day left to submit to the 2023 Lucy Cavendish #FictionPrize . Judged by #RoseTremain , @reetacbbc , @Sheena_Patel_ , @Phoebe_A_Morgan , @PFDAgents Tim Bates, @gillybethstern , @isobel_maddison & Lindsey Traub. Got to be #InItToWinIt :

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

7 months

Have just binged the ending of this fabulous tale of feuding assassins, fika, and really excellent insults. Thank you so much to @EmmaSterner for the proof, and can't wait to see #Snowblooded out in the world in May, from @Solarisbooks !

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

Calling all viajeros precavidos! The Spanish translation of The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands is arriving on June 18th, from @umbrieleditores , translated by @_DaniCasado 🚂🚂

Umbriel editores

@umbrieleditores

5 months

¿Estáis listos para embarcaros en el viaje de vuestra vida?🚂 El 18 de junio llega #LaGu íaDeLosBaldíosParaViajerosPrecavidos de @Sarah_L_Brooks , una aventura llena de misterios, peligros y secretos.🔥 ¡Todos a bordo del expreso transiberiano!📣 ✍️Traducción de @_DaniCasado .

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

7 months

Really looking forward to being part of this event in Leeds on June 15th ✨ So many authors! So much strangeness!

Nicholas Binge

@BingeWriting

7 months

We're delighted to announce the inaugural "It's Strange Up North" - an evening of fantastical fiction at Waterstones Leeds. Check out the poster below and full details here:

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

5 months

Can't wait to join @samuelburr and @jennieg_author at @CapitalCrime1 on May 30th, to talk puzzles, trains, and suspicious things with @DavidHHeadley !

Samuel Burr

@samuelburr

5 months

More events! ⏰ So excited to be making appearances at @waterstonesyeo , @CapitalCrime1 , @WaterstonesTraf , @BooksKemps and @LinghamsBooks , alongside writing pals @jennieg_author , @ErickaWaller1 and @Sarah_L_Brooks . Tickets can be found via the link in my bio! Come and say hello!

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Sarah Brooks

@Sarah_L_Brooks

11 months

Really delighted to have a guest post on this excellent blog! All aboard for recommendations of train stories to take you to some very strange places...

Michael @ Track Of Words

@track_of_words

11 months

ToW #AdventCalendar2023 day 20: here's a great guest post from @Sarah_L_Brooks (my sister!), author of THE CAUTIOUS TRAVELLER'S GUIDE TO THE WASTELANDS (June '24 via @wnbooks ), exploring the enduring power of strange train journeys in short fiction!

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