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Based in Oxford, England, we are an independent publishing house set up to showcase a limited number of exceptional writers each year.

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🚨Cover Reveal 🚨

We're excited to share the cover for Strange Talk by Lynda Clark!

Amie has always heard things other people can’t. Her rickety old house is alive with voices: smug comments from the fridge, needy cries from the smoke alarm, romantic overtures from the toaster. Then there’s Door, Amie’s closest friend, whose voice has abruptly gone quiet.

When her nephew Jay comes to stay unexpectedly, Amie is forced to let the outside world into the house. As she helps Jay to navigate his sexuality and estrangement from his parents, with backup from her eccentric ‘found family’ of appliances, she begins to acknowledge her own secret longings. But does the object of her desires feel the same?

Publishing 5 November 2026. More info through the link in bio! 🔗

#StrangeTalk #NewFiction #WeirdGirlLit by @fairlightbooks

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4 months ago

We're so happy to announce that we will be publishing Lynda Clark's latest novel this coming November! Strange Talk is a high-concept, genre-bending novel about unconventional love, dysfunctional families and sentient household appliances.

Read the full article through the link in our bio!

#lyndaclark #fiction #litfic #contemporary #weirdgirllit #bookannouncement #bookstagram by @fairlightbooks

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5 months ago

We are very happy to announce that our short story submissions are now open!

If you have a literary short story you want to publish click the link in our bio and follow the guidelines there. We look forward to seeing your work!

#shortstories #opensubmissions #literary #indie #lookingforstories by @fairlightbooks

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a year ago

Just 3 weeks to go until Strange Talk hits shelves… Have you pre-ordered your copy yet? Link in bio 🔗

#StrangeTalk #LyndaClark #PreOrder by @fairlightbooks

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‘She took the obsidian disc in her hand. It was cool to the touch and weighed almost nothing at all. Suddenly, the disc glowed to life, a message appearing on its surface, startling her so she almost dropped it. “Do you consent to enter into a parallel universe?”’

After receiving a mysterious device promising to transport her to a parallel universe, an office worker begins to experience a series of fantastical dreams. The more time she spends in the dream world, the less she wants to wake up; yet as her dreams begins to encroach on her waking life, dream and reality collide with drastic consequences. by @fairlightbooks

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Happy Bookshop Day! 📘

Here’s to bookshops and their booksellers, and all the wonderful work they do. If you were looking for a sign to pop down to your local bookshop and treat yourself to a new book, here it is 😉

And if you’re looking to discover and support more bookshops near you, pick up a copy of Louise Boland’s Bookshop Tours of Britain!

#BookshopDay #BookshopToursofBritain @booksaremybag by @fairlightbooks

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6 days ago

What can see watches, what can hear listens… Start Lou Gilmond’s thrilling trilogy today with Dirty Geese 📷👁️

Chief Whip Esme Kanha decides to investigate the death of the Minister for Personal Information, suspecting foul play. But in a world where ‘what can see watches and what can hear listens’, she must tread carefully in a deadly game against political corruption.

#PoliticalThriller #KanhaandColbey #DirtyGeese #LouGilmond by @fairlightbooks

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9 days ago

Today the author spotlight is on Lynda Clark, whose latest novel Strange Talk publishes in just 1 month!

Pre-order Strange Talk through the link in bio, and find Beyond Kidding and Dreaming in Quantum in all good bookshops 📚

#AuthorSpotlight #LyndaClark by @fairlightbooks

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11 days ago

Looking for an atmospheric read this October? Look no further 🍂

#autumn #octoberreads by @fairlightbooks

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15 days ago

‘Braver is a feel-good story of vulnerability, friendship and community. It’s an easy, heart-warming read that left me with a warm glow’ —LoveReading

Shortlisted for the Writers Guild First Novel Award and the Society of Authors’ ADCI Literary Prize, Braver by Deborah Jenkins is an uplifting story about the strength that can be drawn from friendship and community. Struggling with OCD and anxiety, Hazel sticks to rigid routines in order to cope with everyday life. But when she forms an unlikely friendship with Virginia, a church minister, Hazel begins to venture outside her comfort zone. by @fairlightbooks

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18 days ago

We’re still rather fond of Dreaming in Quantum’s contents page… Which is your favourite from Lynda Clark’s short story collection? by @fairlightbooks

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21 days ago

Did you know some of our novel and novella authors have also written short stories? Read them for free on our website! Link in bio 🔗 by @fairlightbooks

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