Helen Marshall

🐅 Join me July 24 at Avid Reader (6:30pm) as Angela Slatter & I dive into The Lady, The Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death - a dark tale of grief, revenge & the dangerous allure of the circus. Can't wait to share this story! avidreader.com.au/pages/11648-He… ✨

Congratulations, Siang Lu and @UQPbooks 🎉🎉🎉 @UQ_News

8:00am: “time for a huge writing day; absolutely no distractions” 8:03am:

After today's technical difficulties, this lovely review from Corey Redekop is exactly what I needed to see. Thank you, Corey! 🙏

Too many em dashes? What’s next? too much love? too much joy?

📚 Join my Reddit AMA on July 11 at 5pm EST / 8am AEST! Happy to chat about The Lady, The Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death, the writing process, or anything else on r/Fantasy. Looking forward to your questions! 🎭

🐅 Doing a Reddit AMA about my fantasy novel "The Lady, The Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death" 📅 July 11th, 5 PM EST 🌍 (July 12th, 8 AM Brisbane time) r/Fantasy Come ask me anything about world-building, writing process-indeed, anything! #FantasyBooks #AMA #WritingCommunity

This co-written book about a double city is an exuberant celebration of the collaborative work of making. We’re in a golden age of fantasy, I think! @UofGFantasy

Open Textbooks @ UQ has published another #OpenAccess book! Read online or download Indigenising Curriculum at The University of Queensland: A Handbook uq.pressbooks.pub/indigenising-c… The Library can work with you to publish open textbooks for #UQ courses. #ebook #OpenTextbooks

After years of writing this story close to my heart, The Lady, The Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death launches Thursday! Join Angela Slatter & me at Avid Reader 6.00pm for circus magic, dark fantasy & hopefully some great conversation. See you there! avidreader.com.au/pages/11648-He…

Nothing beats that incredible moment during research when you think, “I’m the stupidest person alive”

Happy Franz Kafka's "July 1. Too tired." day

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Had a great chat with The Nerd Daily about The Lady, The Tiger & The Girl Who Loved Death - from my family's history to Putin's theatrical politics to how it took 20 drafts to untangle that narrative puzzle box of frame stories & multiple timelines! thenerddaily.com/helen-marshall…

The Sydney Morning Herald calls The Lady, The Tiger and the Girl Who Loved death 'grand in ambition,' and 'a song of brutality and mystery' while noting it's 'tough going'. I'll take that as high praise for pushing boundaries. smh.com.au/culture/books/…

Want to know what I’m reading now? In this post I talk about everything from Francis Spufford and Nick Harkaway to Kathleen Jennings (@tanaudel) and @TashanMehta #GreatReads #OnMyShelf nerds-feather.com/2025/06/6-book… @TitanBooks

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The Bone Horse dances tonight. #Folklore #StJohnsEve

“Mummy, if you don’t listen, you can’t play.” “That’s a thing mummies say.” “That’s what big boys say to their mummies when they aren’t listening.”