Wise Women with Rebecca Ferrier and Shona Kinsella — CYMERA What happens when the women who know the old ways decide to use them? In Rebecca Ferrier’s The Salt Bind , on the storm-lashed Cornish coast in 1779, Kensa becomes apprentice to a wise woman, learn...

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Saturday 6 June
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Wise Women with Rebecca Ferrier and Shona Kinsella
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...

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2026 books I've enjoyed! Brilliantly atmospheric and darkly folkloric, this was such a dreamy read. I loved everything about the book - the setting, characters, moral dilemmas, strong female relationships rituals and folklore - such a deftly crafted tale of grief and belonging. Highly recommend! ✨️💙

Ah, thank you, Emma xxx

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Happy book birthday to @rmlferrier.bsky.social's rather beautiful The Salt Bind, out today!

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The cover of the book: a richly detailed frame surrounds an image of a wild sea with a rearing seaserpent. "Beware a sea god's bargain. Beware a witch's grief"

A green banner reading BookishSFF's 2026 scifi fantasy horror and spec fic publishing

The Salt Bind by @rmlferrier.bsky.social is out later this month: a historical late-1700s Cornish folkloric fantasy of sea monsters, smugglers, wild sisterhood and defiant outcasts, and Christianity meeting the old magic of land and sea 🌊

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We're thrilled to announce that 🌊A SPELL FOR DROWNING🌊 by @rmlferrier.bsky.social is a January Spotify Editors' Pick! This beautifully written and narrated story full of Cornish mythology is out this month.

https://loom.ly/RChCVH8

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup Godfall by Van Jensen; The Salt Bind by Rebecca Ferrier; The Poet Empress by Shen Tao; A Hole in the Sky by Peter F Hamilton; Hello Earth, Are You There? by Brian Aldiss

Some recent #SFF and #horror reads: Van Jenson's GODFALL, @rmlferrier.bsky.social's THE SALT BIND, @dragons.bsky.social's THE POET EMPRESS, Peter F. Hamilton's A HOLE IN THE SKY, & @brianaldiss.bsky.social's HALLO EARTH, ARE YOU THERE?
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80 Out-of-This-World Fantasy & Sci-Fi Reads for 2026 Dedicated readers of science fiction and fantasy already know this cosmic truism: It’s the genre that keeps on giving. Just when you think that auth...

Looking for new SFF releases of 2026 to add to your TBR? Check out this Goodreads list, which includes 🌊A SPELL FOR DROWNING🌊 by @rmlferrier.bsky.social! This spellbinding book full of Cornish mythology is out JANUARY 27th.

https://loom.ly/8Hjm1Mo

Resurrecting my account to say it's a waste that Taylor Swift didn't rhyme Ophelia with necrophilia in the title track of Life of a Showgirl 💀✨️

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A Spell for Drowning by Rebecca Ferrier. Read on Kindle. 5/5 Stars

Kensa has always been an outsider in her village with her father’s reputation hanging over her. One day her & her half sister discover a dying sea beast on the shore. Kensa is quick to take the credit of the discovery & in turn leads to her being an apprentice for their local wise woman Isolde. Let me start by saying the writing is magical. It felt like I was reading a fairytale. I was pulled in by the writing style & was in awe of the way the words were put together. This translated into the subtle body horror elements depicting something so hauntingly beautiful. As someone not familiar with Cornish folklore I found myself really enjoying this story. We experience some horror, some fairytale vibes & some coming of age. It beautifully weaves common struggles we face with mystical creatures & an atmospheric world. The themes touched on in this story are deeply human. If you are looking for a haunting fairytale, coming of age story then I cannot recommend this book enough!! Thank you to NetGalley & the publisher for the arc!!

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Image of a stack of paperback books with titles top to bottom: The Ex-Boyfriend's Favorite Recipe Funeral Committee, Saki Kawashiro; The Night That Finds Us All, John Hornor Jacobs; The Devil She Knows, Alexandria Bellefleur; It's Different This Time, Joss Richard; The White Octopus Hotel, Alexandra Bell; A Spell for Drowning, Rebecca Ferrier; Akiko's Quiet Happiness, Jan-Philipp Sendker; The White Hot, Quiara Alegria Hudes; Big Kiss, Bye-Bye, Claire-Louise Bennett; Front Street, Brian Barth; Play The Game, Change the Game, Love the Game, Robert Livingston; We Survived the Night, Julian Brave Noisecat; What We Can Know, Ian McEwan; Hole in the Sky, Daniel H. Wilson; Conform, Ariel Sullivan.

ARCs arrived today from Penguin Random House! Instantly drawn to the Ian McEwan and the Rebecca Ferrier titles. All authors and titles are listed in the alt text. #ARCs #ReadingAhead #galleys #booksky

@rmlferrier.bsky.social's 🐚A SPELL FOR DROWNING🐚 is a stunning historical fantasy debut steeped in the salt and superstition of the Cornish coast.

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📖Request on NetGalley: https://loom.ly/L1BK4S8

There's a few fantasy debuts this year written by disabled/CI people & informed by their experiences that are on my radar already -
Awakened by @tinywriterlaura.bsky.social
These Mortal Bodies by @elspethwrites.bsky.social
The Salt Bind by @rmlferrier.bsky.social
Hope a shift is coming!

14 Trusted Charities Helping Civilians in Palestine

Nothing you could buy in the sales this New Year will make you feel as good – nor will do as much good – as donating what you would've spent to one (or more) of these legitimate charities helping the Palestinian people.

Please give what you can afford.🙏🏼

bit.ly/Help_Palestine

Coming from wealth gives you the chance to fail, and only by failing multiple times can you have the opportunity to succeed. We deny working class writers the chance to fail continuously - to grow, learn, thrive and create.

Seeing old friends in the holidays has been a reminder as to how impossible it is to break into the arts if you're working class. The cash isn't there, the time isn't there, the knowledge isn't there. You can't be it if you don't see it. And if you do succeed, it may not be for long.

Defra scraps England deadline to register thousands of miles of rights of way Campaigners jubilant after government heeded warning 2031 cutoff would mean loss of precious footpaths

Excellent to see Labour getting rid of the arbitrary deadline to register all historic rights of way.

Landowning lobbyists had got the Tories to put in a deadline of 2031 to register 49,000 miles of lost paths.

Next step: a right of responsible access, please!

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I'd love to connect with other writers, landscape lovers and anyone whose dream read is a cross between The Labyrinth, Practical Magic and Poldark (boy, have I got a treat for you) 👀✨️

Novel THE SALT BIND in early proof form atop white shells

Novelist Rebecca Ferrier, with wavy blonde hair and a thick jumper, writing in a notebook with tea

A glimpse into a Cornish rock pool

A summer day and a notebook with a coffee cup, shades and denim jacket

I'm Rebecca, a writer whose debut novel THE SALT BIND is out in September '25 with Renegade (Hachette). The book is a feminist sea-swept historical fantasy with sisterhood, power and grief at its heart. Follow for my writing process, author life, and pretty scenery to inspire your epics. #promosky

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