Caroline Hardaker
@carolinehardaker.bsky.social
Author, Poet, Novelist. A bit witchy. MOTHTOWN & COMPOSITE CREATURES from Angry Robot, LITTLE QUAKES & BONE OVATION from Valley Press.
Viewers, I bought the hat.
A lush week. Sitting on literary panels, book readings, a jaunt to the @edinburghfringe.bsky.social to discuss some exciting future plans, then birthday shindigs to finish it all off.
Now I'm the overripe banana. Should be writing tonight, but words will likely be mush🍌
A lush week. Sitting on literary panels, book readings, a jaunt to the @edinburghfringe.bsky.social to discuss some exciting future plans, then birthday shindigs to finish it all off.
Now I'm the overripe banana. Should be writing tonight, but words will likely be mush🍌
August 31, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Viewers, I bought the hat.
A lush week. Sitting on literary panels, book readings, a jaunt to the @edinburghfringe.bsky.social to discuss some exciting future plans, then birthday shindigs to finish it all off.
Now I'm the overripe banana. Should be writing tonight, but words will likely be mush🍌
A lush week. Sitting on literary panels, book readings, a jaunt to the @edinburghfringe.bsky.social to discuss some exciting future plans, then birthday shindigs to finish it all off.
Now I'm the overripe banana. Should be writing tonight, but words will likely be mush🍌
Mothymothymothtown🦋🦋🦋🦋
Monthly Waterstones order:
- Jean-Patrick Manchette
- Lambda by David Musgrave
- Gotham Central by Ed Brubaker
- Mothtown by @carolinehardaker.bsky.social
- Welcome to the Night Vale by @planetoffinks.bsky.social
- Usborne book of Monsters
- Solomon Kane by @patrickzircher.bsky.social
#booksky
- Jean-Patrick Manchette
- Lambda by David Musgrave
- Gotham Central by Ed Brubaker
- Mothtown by @carolinehardaker.bsky.social
- Welcome to the Night Vale by @planetoffinks.bsky.social
- Usborne book of Monsters
- Solomon Kane by @patrickzircher.bsky.social
#booksky
August 7, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Mothymothymothtown🦋🦋🦋🦋
I'm anticipating finishing my part in a VERY SPECIAL writing thing this weekend... One that's been an absolute joy of a collaboration. And hopefully, this is only the beginning of its journey🤞🤩🤭
For a last burst of inspo I'm turning to poetry. It never fails to help me see the light💡💭
For a last burst of inspo I'm turning to poetry. It never fails to help me see the light💡💭
July 24, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I'm anticipating finishing my part in a VERY SPECIAL writing thing this weekend... One that's been an absolute joy of a collaboration. And hopefully, this is only the beginning of its journey🤞🤩🤭
For a last burst of inspo I'm turning to poetry. It never fails to help me see the light💡💭
For a last burst of inspo I'm turning to poetry. It never fails to help me see the light💡💭
Anyone else deep-diving into the Greek myths, following The Odyssey? For me it's the aurae, naiads, oceanics, and other nymphs. In particular the oreads - mountain nymphs of caves and stone - one of the most famous being Echo, whose story is tragic no matter which interpretation you prefer.
July 21, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Anyone else deep-diving into the Greek myths, following The Odyssey? For me it's the aurae, naiads, oceanics, and other nymphs. In particular the oreads - mountain nymphs of caves and stone - one of the most famous being Echo, whose story is tragic no matter which interpretation you prefer.
I did it. I finished the draft! The whole story is there now, rough and ready. A whole new world. And a character I think it's impossible not to love.
Hoping this will be a story that readers will not forget in a hurry💜⏳
Hoping this will be a story that readers will not forget in a hurry💜⏳
July 16, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I did it. I finished the draft! The whole story is there now, rough and ready. A whole new world. And a character I think it's impossible not to love.
Hoping this will be a story that readers will not forget in a hurry💜⏳
Hoping this will be a story that readers will not forget in a hurry💜⏳
Blend anyway you can, little guy🦋
July 8, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Blend anyway you can, little guy🦋
I've been hiding my face a bit, but here I am again. Writing has been an escape. My mind is full of moths and roots. Poems and scripts. Goblins and a woodland bog. And finally, my current novel-in-progress. It's a story of time, and relics, and love, and I can't wait to see how it shapes up⌚⌛👴👵🌌💜🔥
July 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I've been hiding my face a bit, but here I am again. Writing has been an escape. My mind is full of moths and roots. Poems and scripts. Goblins and a woodland bog. And finally, my current novel-in-progress. It's a story of time, and relics, and love, and I can't wait to see how it shapes up⌚⌛👴👵🌌💜🔥
Not one to tell people what to do😂, I've just blogged about zero drafts! But what in the world is a zero draft, and why does writing have to be even more complicated than it was before?!
It's not, I promise.
Link in my bio!
It's not, I promise.
Link in my bio!
June 24, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Not one to tell people what to do😂, I've just blogged about zero drafts! But what in the world is a zero draft, and why does writing have to be even more complicated than it was before?!
It's not, I promise.
Link in my bio!
It's not, I promise.
Link in my bio!
That's my handwriting!
@scribeofhades.bsky.social you really put all sorts of trinkets into this book, it's very neat to discover hidden things
June 11, 2026 at 5:29 PM
That's my handwriting!
Still find it surreal that my writing is in these!
Thanks man! We thought long and hard about how to do this, and we asked my friend @carolinehardaker.bsky.social to write that poem. She's brilliant. So yes, there's a real living poet in that book. Oh- and that's her handwriting.
June 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Still find it surreal that my writing is in these!
My copy arrived, my copy arrived! Can't wait to lose myself in DAYTIDE once more. Couldn't be more proud to have myself immortalised within it's pages with a poem😍✍️
April 25, 2026 at 5:07 PM
My copy arrived, my copy arrived! Can't wait to lose myself in DAYTIDE once more. Couldn't be more proud to have myself immortalised within it's pages with a poem😍✍️
I wrote a thing a while ago that writers say they're finding helpful, so here it is!
Let your postmodern wonders fly free!
carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/10/13/w...
Let your postmodern wonders fly free!
carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/10/13/w...
April 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
I wrote a thing a while ago that writers say they're finding helpful, so here it is!
Let your postmodern wonders fly free!
carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/10/13/w...
Let your postmodern wonders fly free!
carolinehardakerwrites.com/2025/10/13/w...
Another week, another secret writing collaboration begun🤐
And yes, I hold my pen weird✍️
And yes, I hold my pen weird✍️
April 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Another week, another secret writing collaboration begun🤐
And yes, I hold my pen weird✍️
And yes, I hold my pen weird✍️
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"Instead I felt empty, as if something had been scooped out and not replaced. But in that hole something lived and breathed..."
Mothtown by @carolinehardaker.bsky.social and four of Chris Riddell's amazing illustrations for the book.
Mothtown by @carolinehardaker.bsky.social and four of Chris Riddell's amazing illustrations for the book.
April 2, 2026 at 10:22 AM
"Instead I felt empty, as if something had been scooped out and not replaced. But in that hole something lived and breathed..."
Mothtown by @carolinehardaker.bsky.social and four of Chris Riddell's amazing illustrations for the book.
Mothtown by @carolinehardaker.bsky.social and four of Chris Riddell's amazing illustrations for the book.
Next up #onmyreadinglist !
Looking forward to seeing how Murakami explores some of my own favourites themes here...
Looking forward to seeing how Murakami explores some of my own favourites themes here...
April 1, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Next up #onmyreadinglist !
Looking forward to seeing how Murakami explores some of my own favourites themes here...
Looking forward to seeing how Murakami explores some of my own favourites themes here...
Reposted by Caroline Hardaker
Apropos of nothing, I highly recommend the novel "Composite Creatures" by @carolinehardaker.bsky.social
"If we can create a nonsentient, headless bodyoid for a human being, that will be a great source of organs."
A Billionaire-Backed Startup Wants to Grow 'Organ Sacks' to Replace Animal Testing
R3 Bio has a bold idea for replacing lab animals: genetically-engineered whole organ systems that lack a brain. The long-term goal, says a cofounder, is to make human versions.
www.wired.com
March 23, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Apropos of nothing, I highly recommend the novel "Composite Creatures" by @carolinehardaker.bsky.social
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It’s not a plot hole that Elmo has been 3 years old for 50 years. He was bitten by The Count, willingly. Elmo asked for the Dark Gift
February 12, 2026 at 1:22 PM
It’s not a plot hole that Elmo has been 3 years old for 50 years. He was bitten by The Count, willingly. Elmo asked for the Dark Gift
Still enjoying my return to journalling this year✍️Somewhere between a sketchbook, scrapbook, and commonplace book, it's 2026 in a nutshell.
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#hobonichi #commonplacebook #journalling
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#hobonichi #commonplacebook #journalling
March 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Still enjoying my return to journalling this year✍️Somewhere between a sketchbook, scrapbook, and commonplace book, it's 2026 in a nutshell.
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#hobonichi #commonplacebook #journalling
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#hobonichi #commonplacebook #journalling
Woodland-ready🌳🌳🌳🌳
March 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Woodland-ready🌳🌳🌳🌳
Didn't think I'd be face to face with an ice sculpture of Vecna today😮
February 28, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Didn't think I'd be face to face with an ice sculpture of Vecna today😮
'An accurate description of my current WIP plot, 2026'
It's sort of all there, but it's in a right tangle. It all needs teasing out. Sometimes I realise there's a loose end in there, and it needs woven in. But all in all, it's a full story, in the perfect shape of a world💚🌍🩵
It's sort of all there, but it's in a right tangle. It all needs teasing out. Sometimes I realise there's a loose end in there, and it needs woven in. But all in all, it's a full story, in the perfect shape of a world💚🌍🩵
February 23, 2026 at 1:33 PM
'An accurate description of my current WIP plot, 2026'
It's sort of all there, but it's in a right tangle. It all needs teasing out. Sometimes I realise there's a loose end in there, and it needs woven in. But all in all, it's a full story, in the perfect shape of a world💚🌍🩵
It's sort of all there, but it's in a right tangle. It all needs teasing out. Sometimes I realise there's a loose end in there, and it needs woven in. But all in all, it's a full story, in the perfect shape of a world💚🌍🩵
A little bit of moonlight never hurt anyone ☁️🌕☁️
February 21, 2026 at 6:03 PM
A little bit of moonlight never hurt anyone ☁️🌕☁️
A bookshop all to myself?! 😍😍😍
February 16, 2026 at 1:12 PM
A bookshop all to myself?! 😍😍😍
Been quite poorly this week. Not had any energy for anything, but I'm finally starting to pick up. Tonight's #onmyreadinglist is dedicated to a little bit of research for the current WIP...
February 11, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Been quite poorly this week. Not had any energy for anything, but I'm finally starting to pick up. Tonight's #onmyreadinglist is dedicated to a little bit of research for the current WIP...