Sarah Corrigan 🌔

@sarahastolat

British-Irish fantasy & horror writer / chaotic bi witch. Probably thinking about Andor and Rogue One, the Matter of Britain, cats, or Taylor Swift.

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Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· 3d

Thankfully Abrams Books is printing a new edition next month with all the bells and whistles (gilded edges!!) and yes I will be buying it. www.abramsbooks.com/product/mabi...

Cover of the Mabinogion Tetralogy by Evangeline Walton, foreword by Christopher Paolini. A green book cover with gold Celtic-style interlacing.

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· 3d

Sidenote, Evangeline Walton's interpretation of the Mabinogion is GORGEOUS and I really encourage anyone with an interest in mythology to try and get ahold of her version of the stories. I have a copy of the UK edition from Gollancz but it's sadly out of print now and hard to find.

A white person's hand holding a copy of the Gollancz paperback edition of The Mabinogion by Evangeline Walton.

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· 3d

I found Japanese translations of the Mabinogion tetralogy by Evangline Walton and immediately I knew I had to own them (despite my Japanese being extremely rusty). I'm obsessed with these covers.

Covers of the Japanese editions of the four volumes of the Mabinogion tetralogy by Evangline Walton

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· 5d

Real, unedited photo of me writing parts of this book during hypomania:

Scribble of a feral person jumping off walls

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· 13d

I bought Cassian a new cat tree a few days ago and finally caught a pic of him on it today! Bonus pic of him sitting on the table while I was packing boxes. #Caturday

A black cat sitting on a white, pink and purple cat tree.

A black cat with yellow eyes sitting on a table, with a little cat-in-a-banana figurine at his feet.

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Jul 8

Had a great evening listening to @thomasdlee.bsky.social talk about his new book The Knight Watch!! Can't wait to get to it 😁 (Queer Arthuriana always) #booksky 📚

Two white men (Thomas D Lee and David Wragg) sitting in front of a bookshelf.

Thomas D Lee signing copies of his book The Knight Watch.

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Jun 20

Two-panel comic of a dog sitting at a table while everything is on fire, saying "this is fine".

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Jun 5

😢 I got to meet Anthony Head at LFCC in 2011 and he was so lovely even when I was a stuttering mess. Buffy and Merlin were such core parts of my teen identity, and still are hugely important to me. He will be so missed 💔

Slightly fuzzy photo of me, a brown-haired teenage girl, with Anthony Head in 2011.

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Jun 1

Knowing that the new Taylor Swift song is going to be country has me fully convinced that we're getting debut TV for the 20th anniversary later this year and I will be a sobbing wreck when that happens.

Grey kitten wearing a white cowboy hat and crying

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· May 5

*Tears hair out*

List of Elaines in Arthurian legend, reading:

Elaine
Three characters. [More]

Elaine of Astolat
The Lady of Shalott. [More]

Elaine of Benwick
Mother of Lancelot. [More]

Elaine of Carbonek
Mother of Galahad. [More]

Elaine of Tintagil
Daughter of Igraine. [More]

Elaine Sans Per
Lady of Castle Gazevilte. [More]

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Mar 30

Over the past week I blitzed through the Morgan trilogy by @sophiekeetchauthor.bsky.social and it was just AMAZING. A stunning retelling of Arthurian legend through the eyes of Arthur's half-sister Morgan Le Fay, with beautiful, lyrical prose and gorgeous star-crossed romance. #booksky 📚

Book covers of Sophie Keetch's Morgan trilogy, featuring Morgan Is My Name, Le Fay, and Storm Over Camelot.

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Mar 21

My friend catsat for me recently and Cassian was very happy about it #Caturday

Black cat lying on a grey carpet with his tongue out.

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Feb 21

Already eaten half a bag of these banana chips today. Whatever they put in them,* I am obsessed. *It's sugar. Lots of sugar.

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Feb 16

Crying Kermit the frog hugging an iPhone in an explosion of hearts

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Feb 9

Bought a miniature knight helmet for my cat because of course I did.

Black cat wearing a grey plastic knight's helmet with a red plastic plume.

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Feb 8

Just a boy and his pom pom 🐈‍⬛

Black cat lying on wooden floor with a small multi-coloured pom pom.

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Feb 7

Renaming him the Poop Goblin, for reasons #Caturday

A black cat lying on a wooden floor in an open doorway.

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Feb 5

Me with Lancelot in Merlin versus me with Lancelot in any other media

First panel: Gordon Ramsey holding a girl and saying "oh dear oh dear, gorgeous"
Second panel: Gordon Ramsey saying "You fucking donkey"

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Feb 1

Today I finished reading Local Gods by @melindasalisbury.com (out in August) and it was utterly stunning. An A24 folk horror film in the form of a YA novel, with beautiful, hazy and shimmering prose and a sense of creeping dread. Just amazing!! 🦉 #booksky

Book cover of LOCAL GODS by Melinda Salisbury. Yellow text over a hand-drawn image of white, red-eyed owls surrounding the lower half of a girl's pale face.

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Jan 30

Me whenever King Arthur retellings are pitched as the gritty, REAL story behind the legend

George Bluth Sr from Arrested Development, saying "I don't want these".

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Jan 23

Last night I finished The Bright Sword by @levgrossman.com and it was just wonderful!! So much of what I love about Arthurian legend packed into one novel, and it was full of heart and magic. What a read 💫 📚

Blue cover of The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman, featuring a white hand lifting a black sword in the centre.

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Jan 18

I thought writing out a synopsis that I could edit would help me work out the bits of the plot that need untangling, but I am still stuck 😭

Sad fat white and ginger cat lying on a sofa and some cushions.

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Jan 13

All Elaine of Astolat wanted was to love and serve Sir Lancelot forever. But when she wakes upon a funeral barge with lilies blooming from her lips, she must pose as her missing brother to find who tried to kill her. 🏰 Camelot but it's a cult 🥀 Flowers grow from flesh #BluePit 📖 #A #F #LGBT #OV #Q

A moodboard for my WIP. Elaine of Astolat looking at Sir Lancelot's shield, a cluster of skulls, a woman in a forest, a segment of the Round Table which shows Sir Lancelot's name, a narrowboat in a lake, bloody hands, a lily, the silhouette of a woman with a sword, and an engraving of Lavaine and Torre mourning Elaine as she lies dead in her boat.

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Jan 9

Last night I finished Slayers of Old by @jimchines.com and I absolutely loved it! Found family, supernatural hijinks, chocolate chip muffins and a tentacled cat - a real treat for Buffy fans. I can already see this being in my top reads for 2026 and the year has barely started!

Front cover of Slayers of Old by Jim C Hines, featuring a person holding a cane and wearing yellow trousers, and a black cat with tentacles and lots of yellow eyes. The tagline says "Retire. Save the world. Again."

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Dec 27

My top reads of 2025! I had a great reading year and it was hard to narrow them down to just 15! I hope everyone is having a lovely holiday and looking forward to 2026 🖤 📚 #books #booksky #readingwrapup

Grid of book covers. From the top left:
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Six Wild Crowns by Holly Race
Hungerstone by Kat Dunn
Season of Fear by Emily Cooper
How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Owl King by Bex Hogan
The Morrigan by Kim Curran
This Princess Kills Monsters by Ry Herman
The Way Up is Death by Dan Hanks
Bat Eater by Kylie Lee Baker
A Flash of Neon by Sophie Cameon
Lady's Knight by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
Spear by Nicola Griffith
Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Dec 13

Feeling a bit better and more Christmassy after an evening spent with my bestie watching the Eras doc and eating her delicious homemade mince pies and chai cookies. Also she got me this potato dressed as a cat, look at it

Soft toy of a potato with a face wearing a black costume.

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Nov 22

Cassian doing his best impression of a bunny #Caturday

A black cat sitting in a loaf position on a grey sofa.

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Nov 17

This is all I want to see when I log on to the world wide web

Facebook post of a white and brown cat waiting outside a sliding door to a shop.

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Nov 16

I finished This Princess Kills Monsters by @ryherman.bsky.social last night and it was just excellent! Thank you @elvahills.bsky.social for the rec, I really enjoyed this funny and sweet adult spin on fairytales! #BookSky 📚

Cover of This Princess Kills Monsters by Ry Herman, featuring a fairytale castle in rainbow colours

Sarah Corrigan 🌔@sarahastolat· Oct 29

I finished How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by @djangowexler.bsky.social last night and absolutely loved it! I had to order the sequel straight away. SO funny and full of heart. I'm going to be recommending it to every fantasy fan I know 🖤