Debut Alert!
🌹 Duty meets destiny. Princess Rhiannon accepts her arranged marriage—then love at first sight changes everything.
https://coffeehousewriters.com/the-rose-and-the-ivy/
#FantasyRomance #DebutFiction #LoveStory #CoffeeHouseWriters

Deal news! 📚

LEFT UNSAID by Mary Taggart has been acquired by Blank Slate Press for Feb 2028.

A former mommy blogger returns to Maine to confront the lie that fractured her family—and the cost of turning life into content.

#BookDeal #PublishingNews #DebutFiction

Celebrating being shortlisted for the LA Times' First Fiction Award.during today's #5amwritersclub.

Last year's LA Times Festival of Books was a blast, &I'm excited to return!

Truly humbled &honored by the recognition! 🥳💚

#LATimesfestivalofbooks #debutfiction #Caribbeanauthor #ReadCaribbean

Spotify Reveals Best Debuts and Breakout Authors of 2025: Did Your Favorite Make the List? (Exclusive) Spotify has compiled a list of the best debuts and breakout authors for 2025, which PEOPLE can exclusively reveal.

Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo's THE TINY THINGS ARE HEAVIER is one of Spotify's Best Debuts of 2025! Read more in @peoplemag.bsky.social people.com/spotify-reve... #debutfiction

Deep in the English countryside an evil presence awakes…

The Decadence by Leon Craig is the queer horror lockdown novel you’ve been waiting for. It's absolutely brilliant and launches this Thursday at @owlbookshop.bsky.social
#debutfiction #leoncraig @sceptrebooks.bsky.social

Congratulations to Matthew, Joe & the team at Delphinium! Can't wait to see this one on the shelves. It's a beauty!
#TheStager #OlswangerLiterary #DelphiniumBooks #agentjoy #adultfiction #contemporaryfiction #debutfiction

Cover for Maggie: Or a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar

Katie Yee’s debut *Maggie* flips the script—literally. A character who hijacks her own story, breaks the fourth wall, and wrestles control from her author? Wild, witty, and razor-sharp metafiction. 📚 #MaggieNovel #DebutFiction scientificinquirer.com/2025/07/31/m...

The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson Today I am sharing my thoughts on The Mercy Step by Marcia Hutchinson as part of the blog tour. My thanks to Hannah at FMcM for the tour invite and to publisher, Cassava Republic for the advance copy of the book. Here's what it's all about: Source: Advance Reader CopyRelease Date: 22 July 2025

Today on the blog I am sharing my thoughts on the brand new novel from Marcia Hutchison, The Mercy Step

@marxia1
@cassavarepublicpress
@mhut25.bsky.social‬

#bookthreads #books #bookstagram #booksky #bookreview #themercystep #debutfiction

It's publication day for my debut solo novel, The Mercy Step. Kicking things off is a wonderful interview with Nadine Matheson for 'The Conversation" podcast
#TheMercyStep
#debutfiction
#windrush
#blackauthors

🧥 Discover the power of memory and loss in Lexi Graham’s debut fiction, “The Sweater.” Experience a touching tale through the eyes of a cherished, hand-me-down sweater. Read it now on Coffee House Writers! ✨📖
https://coffeehousewriters.com/the-sweater/ #DebutFiction #LexiGraham

👻 Experience chills and mystery with Sky Jordan’s debut fiction, "Scrying: The Willow House"! When Lauren tries to prove ghosts exist, she and her brother get more than they bargained for. Read now on Coffee House Writers! 🌑📚
coffeehousewriters.com/scrying-the-willow-house... #DebutFiction

The audio book (narrated by none other than yours truly) lands on 22nd July. Get yourself in The Mercy Step mood by listening to my Mercy Spotify playlist. rb.gy/xomn39

#TheMercyStep
#blackwriters
#Debutfiction
#northernwriters
#audiobooks

🌟 We're thrilled to have the amazing @rachelneely.bsky.social, from Mushens Entertainment and Imogen Nelson from Transworld as our judges this year.
We can't wait to see which new fiction captures their attention🌟 #FirstNovelPrize #DebutFiction #WritingCommunity #amwriting

Reminded me of a piece I wrote for the Guardian almost thirty years ago about growing up with a serial killer on the loose. It never really leaves you.

'CouchToNovel' on Substack
shorturl.at/hsQlx

#yorkshire
#yorkshirewriters
#debutfiction
#reading
#fiction

This Is Not A Game by Kelly Mullen Today I am sharing my review of This Is Not A Game , the brand new novel from Kelly Mullen. I was lucky enough to pick up a copy of this book at Capital Crime last year but waited a little bit closer to publication day to tuck in. Thank you to publisher Century for the copy. Here's what the book is all about:

Today on the blog I share my thoughts on This Is Not A Game, the debut novel from Kelly Mullen.

Link in bio.

@kellymullenauthor
@centurybooksuk

#bookthreads #books #booksky #thisisnotagame #bookreview #crimefiction #debutfiction #bookstagram

Pretty excited get a decent Kirkus review for my debut, & also this little box that says "Our verdict GET IT" which Google tells me is a very good thing. Book comes out June 1. Advance copies available... www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... #writingcommunity #debutfiction

Here it is, the cover of my debut fiction. Cover by Stuart Bache. Editing and copy editing by Kenneth Zink. Publication date June 1st. ARCs available now on BookSiren and Bookfunnel (let me know and I'll send you a link). #debutfiction #dystopian #upmarket #writingcommunity

Moms are the best aren’t they?

www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ma...

#debutfiction #novel

Next week, advance copies will be available! Here's a little cover peak of my debut fiction: The Binding. An alternate history set in an America where the colonists never made it West of the Appalachian Mtns. #writingcommunity #debutfiction #dystopian #althist #indieauthor

Proud to be supporting this gorgeous debut that is now out in paperback 🫶 @wearefootnote.bsky.social @florawillis.bsky.social #paperback #debutfiction #mongrel #booksky #bookish #booklovers #londonbillboard #bookcommunity

There's a first time for everything! We debut in Sainsbury's Magazine with Alice Chadwick's DARK LIKE UNDER in great company. With thanks to Kerry Fowler.
'A profound story of young lives and the adults around them.’
#debutFiction @dauntbookspub.bsky.social

Cover of The Many Mothers of Dolores Moore by Anika Fajardo

ARCs of my debut novel arrived and they’re gorgeous so that’s a nice Monday. Pre-order www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ma...

#debutfiction #booksky #reading

My book is a #1 Bestseller in Kindle in the category of Death, Grief, and Spirituality and #1 New Release in Kindle in those categories. I am so grateful! #womenwriters #fiction #grief #writer #bookstagram #hellosunshine #debutfiction

A stunning novel that I recommend everyone reads! Now out in paperback 🥳 #booksky #publicationday #newbookrelease #debutauthor #debutfiction #booklovers #bookcommunity

Daughters of the Nile by Zhara Barri is listed as one of @thenewarab.bsky.social's Best Books of 2024!

Available from Macmillan, Gardners and your usual supplier (Paperback 9781800183124).

#DaughtersoftheNile #debutfiction #queerlit #Muslimfiction #books

Daughters of the Nile by Zhara Barri is listed as one of @thenewarab.bsky.social's Best Books of 2024!

This bold multi-generational debut novel explores themes of queerness, revolution and Islamic sisterhood.

https://buff.ly/4jmGOJH

#DaughtersoftheNile #debutfiction #queerlit #Muslimfiction #book

Debuts 2025 Check out this list on Bookshop.org

@bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social have you sorted with all your book needs for debuts in 2025 & I already have my eye on 3 or 4 here:
#debutfiction #2025readingrecs #2025reads

Leo's novel of exile and return has been one of 2024's big debuts. A wonderful evocation of the experience of displacement felt by refugees, and the difficulties of returning to a lost homeland. I admire it so much. #debutfiction @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social