Ruth Frances Long / Jessica Thorne
@rflong
Author, Librarian, general book nerd, SFF, Irish, she/her (pretty much always a library in my books)
Clio, the muse of history (frontis from Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire). She gives me that look when I'm writing The Feral Gods trilogy. The Book of Gold and The Lore of Silver are out now. The final part, The God of Bronze, is out in November. #BreakingHistory #SorryNotSorry
In a grand feat of Sci-Fi trickery I will be at Worldcon while not at Worldcon (ie, Virtual Worldcon). I'm doing a workshop, a table talk, a reading and a couple of panels, which I am REALLY excited about. Here's where you can find me.
COVER REVEAL The Teacup Dragon Sanctuary by Jessica Thorne, first in the Starling Island series, comes out on the 14th September. Pre-order it now from your favourite bookseller Every lost soul can find a home on Starling Island. @boldwoodbooks.bsky.social #cosyfantasy #fantasyromance #booksky
Are you ready, Limerick? O'Mahony's Booksellers, 6.30pm, 30th of July! @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social #TwilightThursday #speirgorm #booksky
Join us at O'Mahony's Booksellers, Limerick July 30th 6.30pm to celebrate the best in Irish fantasy fiction, featuring @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social and me! Tickets are free but limited. www.eventbrite.ie/e/irish-fant... And running out!
A BFS Online event featuring revolutions and uprisings? I'm in! Grab your torch and pitchfork! Wait, have I got that right? Get your tickets here britishfantasysociety.org/bfs-online-p... @britfantasysoc.bsky.social Saturday 25th July, 2026 2.30pm to 3.30pm
A gorgeous giddy giggly evening discussing all things gothic, horror and fantasy in @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social with @sarahreesbrennan interviewing the wonderful Hannah Whitten @orbitbooks.bsky.social @orbitbooksuk.bsky.social
In the car, on the way to the airport, on the way to Berlin, on the way to #Metropolcon #eurocon
This coming weekend I'm heading off to Berlin for Eurocon / Metropolcon. I'm only there for Saturday and Sunday but even then there's a packed schedule. If you're there please say hello!
My gorgeous author copy of Our Dread, Decay and Doom, containing my Irish folk horror short story Rules for Crossing the Woods at Night arrived today from @starsandsabers.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️
This Sunday I'm going to be at Otherworlds scifi festival with panels at 1pm "Ireland as a setting for Science Fiction" and 3pm "Fantasy in the age of AI". And I'll be around to sign books as well. Come and say hello!
On my way to the Boldwood party. I even found a wandering @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social at Dublin airport
Quote your art with fire 🔥 (Nick and Alex from Wildewood - imposter syndrome at max here but anyway)
It's June. It's #Pride. Time to share Kit and Ben from The Feral Gods series again. Can't wait to share some of the characters from my new Starling Island series too.
Went to Co Wexford. Found a centaur. Fantasy writers... Can't bring us anywhere.
The audiobook of A Crack in Everything is currently on sale on Libro.fm for only €3.69!!! Grab it before the sale is over! libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
The Lore of Silver, the thrilling sequel to the fantasy heist sensation The Book of Gold is out now in North America #FeralGods www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1399... Read the locus review here - locusmag.com/review/the-l...
I would like to draw everyone's attention to the aftermath of @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social 's launch tonight. They even had to empty the windows so great was the demand for All Hail Chaos! Quite right too.
I may have bought some clothes from the Bo Peep Boutique
Sitting in the hotel bar having a lovely coffee after checking out and waiting for our train home. What a lovely convention in a sunny Belfast (!) Thank you @norncon.bsky.social
We planted all the things, and cleared away all the mess, and cut things back and tied things up and dug out the old rockery so in short... Now I have a standing stone in my garden
Thrilled beyond measure to find out yesterday that I've been nominated for the European Science Fiction Society's Hall of Fame awards for 2026 as an author. Such an amazing group to be considered part of. I still can't really believe it. www.esfs.info/2026-hall-of...
Some years ago I wrote a book called The May Queen which eventually became The Treachery of Beautiful Things so here are a couple of photos of our resident May trees in bloom. Our own version of hanami. (But do not bring the flowers indoors, do not cut the tree without apologising and even then...)
Visited our lovely local library yesterday and spotted The Lore of Silver (obligatory photos ensued) #LoveLibraries
**awkward self promo time** It's that BFS awards time... If you are a member, attended World Fantasy Con 2025 or are going to Fantasycon 2026... The Lore of Silver is eligible for best fantasy novel, so if you enjoyed it please consider nominating & voting for some Amberes madness.
You probably need to be Irish to fully appreciate this joke but finally the excuse we needed... "The WINE made me bold!" #speirgorm