mastodon 4.6.9author, coder, fangirl, geek. Author of Spinning Silver, Uprooted, Temeraire, & The Scholomance. Latest Release: THE SUMMER WAR
🚨Ebook Sale alert: Now through Sunday (Aug 16) THRONE OF JADE is $1.99 at all major ebook retailers!
😎 Join Laurence & Temeraire on their continued adventures into China & head into the weekend with fresh new book ⛱️🥂alongside flying dragons during the Napoleonic wars 🐉
🎁Add to your library, or gift a friend!
Find your favorite e-bookseller at: https://lnk.bio/naominovik
June is 🔉National Audiobook Month!🎙️ so for this month’s 20 Year Anniversary Temeraire Giveaway, I’m giving away CD recordings 💿of books from the series.
I’m offering a different title on each of my socials. Feel free to enter more than one!
Bluesky: VICTORY OF EAGLES
Facebook: HIS MAJESTY'S DRAGON
Instagram: CRUCIBLE OF GOLD
Mastodon: BLOOD OF TYRANTS
Details in image.
🚨Ebook Sale alert: A DEADLY EDUCATION is $1.99 at all major ebook retailers!
⛱️ Need something to read as you head home from school, or the long ride to your local Pride party? Or maybe for just chilling in the nice frosty indoors 🥶
🎁Now through Friday (June 26), you can add Lesson One of The Scholomance at this discounted price to your library, or gift a friend! https://lnk.bio/naominovik
🚨Ebook Sale alert: BURIED DEEP is now $2.99 at all major ebook retailers!
Snag an early summer read ⛱️ & head off to your next adventure with my short story collection with pirates, Roman empire dragons, intoxicated fairies, & a sneak peek into the world of my next major project, FOLLY.
🎁Add to your library, or gift a friend! Find your favorite e-bookseller at: https://lnk.bio/naominovik
🐲 Twenty years ago today, BLACK POWDER WAR was released!🐉
ICYMI, I'm giving away a different book of the Temeraire series monthly this year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON, as well as Books 2 & 3
Today, I will be offering a different edition of BPW on every platform. Feel free to enter more than one!
(See image for details)
FB & IG: Standard HC
MASTODON: Trade PB
BLUESKY: Compact HC
To enter, simply leave a comment answering which you'd choose: Road trip or heist?
🎉 On this date twenty years ago, THRONE OF JADE was released! 🐲🀄
ICYMI, I'm giving away a different volume of the Temeraire series every month this year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON (as well as Books 2 & 3)
Today, I’m offering a different edition of TOJ on every platform.
Feel free to enter more than one!
FB: Compact Hardcover
IG: Standard Hardcover
MASTODON: UK Paperback Edition (Black & White)
BLUESKY: Audiobook on CD (Read by Simon Vance
Details in image.
Kicking off our celebration of the 20th anniversary first publication of TEMERAIRE / HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON!
For your chance to win this HC UK edition, leave a comment sharing your favorite Temeraire book memory.
Whether it’s your favorite scene, line, or reading on the floor of an airport on a long layover somewhere exciting! More giveaway details in image below 👇
🔎 Deerstalker hats & calabash pipes out! 🕵️May 22nd is #SherlockHolmesDay & we’re giving away signed copies in two paperback editions of BURIED DEEP, which includes a short story featuring one of the few characters to outsmart Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic super sleuth: “I have been beaten four times – three times by men and once by a woman.” 💄👠
See image for giveaway details. Ends on Sunday, May 24.
🌿THE SUMMER WAR 🍃 paperback edition out today!
All of you aesthetic-bookshelf completists may be thrilled to add to your shelves alongside the updated paperback editions of UPROOTED & SPINNING SILVER (cover art designed to match! 😍)
Visit your favorite indie local bookseller or go to https://lnk.bio/naominovik
🌳Happy Arbor Day! 🌲🌴 I'm giving away signed copies of the new US edition of UPROOTED to celebrate! See image for giveaway details.
To protect trees & forests, you can volunteer or donate to the many excellent organizations working on their behalf, like https://www.arborday.org
These two aim to cultivate & manage a resilient urban forest to all residents of New York, helping the city adapt to and mitigate climate change
💖 💗 SUMMER WAR has been nominated for Best Novellla❣️❤️🔥
Massive thanks to everyone who's read & voted! Congrats to my fellow finalists 😍
Next up in our 20th Anniversary Celebration Giveaways of TEMERAIRE / HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON - a signed paperback edition from Del Rey. I’m loving the your stories about discovering these books with the help of friends, family, and even co-workers!
Is there someone in your life who would love these as much as you? Tag them here for a chance to win!
Full giveaway details in image below 👇
Nearly all of you guessed it! My new FOLLY-writing friend is a coati. Are you wondering why he is gesturing so beseechingly? In my newly acquired coati fluency, I heard him say he really, really wants to play TEMERAIRE: THE ROLEPLAYING GAME with his friends.
(Either that, or to give him some bread) I'm not sure he can roll dice even with those fantastic long paws - would you let him be GM?
A new edition of SPINNING SILVER is now available in paperback, re-released with gorgeous new cover art!
Designed to match the cover art of THE SUMMER WAR and updated paperback edition of UPROOTED, all three are available now to add to your shelves. (And for fans of the original cover art - don't worry! It is still available in hardcover.)
This edition also includes a brand new bonus short story called 'Hoodwinked,' featuring a clever heroine you might recognize.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554775/spinning-silver-by-naomi-novik/
Were you as freaked out by the creepy AI cover as I was? 😭 Not to worry - the **real** covers for "Temeraire: The Roleplaying Game" are 😍 absolutely gorgeous pieces made by real living, breathing artists.
A hardcover edition of the core book comes with pledges at Midwingman tier and up, and both the core book & the supplement come with the Captain tier. Details for rewards for all tiers at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magpiegames/temeraire-the-roleplaying-game/
The Kickstarter for “Temeraire: The Roleplaying Game” is now open! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magpiegames/temeraire-the-roleplaying-game
I am so excited to bring to you this project by Magpie Games, the officially licensed tabletop roleplaying game that lets you join the world of Temeraire. Take to the skies as both humans and dragons in an alternative history of the Napoleonic Wars.
Progress on FOLLY continues! Between mad bouts of banging out words, I have been gathering inspiration: pondering the making of walls, discovering ceiba fiber, and making a delightful new friend, who is very much going in the book. Can you guess what he is? And - would you like to see more of him, filching yummies like a scaliwag?
Did anyone else see this hilariously awful AI art ad that Facebook gratuitously inflicted on the Kickstarter campaign? 😭 😂 😭
So many questions... tell me if you can think of any answers.
(PS: in case it needs saying--there is no AI art in the actual Kickstarter. Also no faintly wistful drifters appearing at your cabin door in the woods, hiding a dark eldritch secret behind their innocuous appearance. Just many dragons!)
💖THANK YOU SO MUCH 💓to everyone who has backed “Temeraire: The Roleplaying Game” so far! 💞I’m absolutely blown away by the support this project has gotten today😭
To reward our early backers, Magpie Games has a gift for those who pledge in the first 60 hours! If you get in your pledge by Thursday 10pm ET, you’ll receive a cloth map (Ensign tier & up). For more details on rewards by level, go to Reward Tiers at the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magpiegames/temeraire-the-roleplaying-game
And of course, when not writing FOLLY, revising FOLLY, or gathering inspiration for FOLLY - the only thing that remains is to toss crisps to coatis.
He's definitely going into the book.
⏰️LAST CHANCE! 🔔 TONIGHT at 7PM ET the Kickstarter for TEMERAIRE: THE ROLEPLAYING GAME ends. Get in your pledge now to launch into the skies to join the fray of a Napoleonic Era battle, attend a fancy ball with the aristocracy, or harness a Celestial hatchling with your gaming friends & family!
To back this project or see more details for each pledge level, visit:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magpiegames/temeraire-the-roleplaying-game/
A giant THANK YOU to all of you who have already backed this project! 💖💗💓💞
The Kickstarter for “Temeraire: The Roleplaying Game” is coming soon! Check out this preview of the page and give Magpie Games feedback on the project before it launches on Feb 24th at 10am Eastern: magpiegames.com/temeraire-preview
Ready to take to the skies now? Get an early copy of the quickstart, featuring the core rules, six pregenerated characters, and the playable mission, "A Minuet of Dragons." Go to magpiegames.com/temeraire-quickstart and join the war as both humans and dragons!
🚨 NYC EVENT! 🏙️
This Saturday, join me, Mónica Ojeda, Elisabeth Thomas & Christina Orlando at World Voices Festival event “In the Shadow of Ivory Towers.” I’ll be discussing The Scholomance in this conversation about Dark Academia, followed by a signing. 🥰
Books by all panelists will be available from event bookseller McNally Jackson.
Can’t wait to see you there! 😍
Hosted by Pen World Voices: May 2nd at 12 PM, Judson Memorial Church, NYC
Event details & registration: https://worldvoices.pen.org/event/in-the-shadow-of-ivory-towers-the-enduring-appeal-of-dark-academia/
🍎 NYC EVENT!🗽 🏙️
Join me, @monaojedaf @thechristinaorlando and @thissielomas at the #worldvoicesfestivalfor “In the Shadow of Ivory Towers,” a @PENworldvoices conversation on May 2nd @ 12:00 PM, Judson Memorial Church, NYC
INFO & REGISTRATION:
https://worldvoices.pen.org/event/in-the-shadow-of-ivory-towers-the-enduring-appeal-
of-dark-academia/
Massive thanks to everyone who has pledged so far! The first three stretch goals have been unlocked!
Story hooks added for Napoleonic Russian Empire & Kingdom of Prussia, plus this gorgeous soft enamel Temeraire pin for Captain backing tier & up.
Details on all stretch goal rewards & backing tiers for 'Temeraire: The Roleplaying Game" here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magpiegames/temeraire-the-roleplaying-game
Kickstarter for TEMERAIRE: THE ROLEPLAYING GAME by Magpie Games opens tomorrow (Feb 24)!
Visit https://www.kickstarter.com/.../temeraire-the-roleplaying... for details, or get the Quickstart now - a playable mission called "A Minuet of Dragons" at https://magpiegames.com/pages/temeraire-news
“Temeraire: The Roleplaying Game” launches on Kickstarter on Feb 24th!
Ready to take to the skies now? You can get an early copy of the quickstart, featuring the core rules, six pregenerated characters, and the playable mission, "A Minuet of Dragons." Download the brand new quickstart from Magpie Games at magpiegames.com/temeraire-quickstart and join the war as both humans and dragons!
🚨LAST CHANCE! To get in your bid for the HSMSE Spring Auction for a chance to win a lunch with me in Manhattan!🗽I’ll treat you to lunch, give you a signed copy of my latest book, & we can chat about writing, world-building, fanfic, dragons, crochet or anything else!
⏰️Auction ends Thursday, May 7, 10pm ET
See details or bid at: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/hsmse-spring-auction--2026
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🚨LAST DAY! 🐲 The Kickstarter for TEMERAIRE: THE ROLEPLAYING GAME ends THIS THURSDAY at 7PM ET. The next 24 hours is your last chance to get in a pledge, and take to the skies to join the fray of Napoleonic Era battles on a flying dragon, attend a fancy ball or harness a hatchling with your gaming friends & family.
To get in your pledge, or see more details for each backer level, visit:
https://www.kickstarter.com/.../temeraire-the.../
A giant THANK YOU to all of you who have already backed this project!
⏰️THIS THURSDAY at 7PM ET ⏰️ is the deadline for you to get in your pledge for the TEMERAIRE: THE ROLEPLAYING GAME Kickstarter!
Still on the fence about which pledge level is right for you? Swipe the carousel to check out the rewards at each tier - starting with CAPTAIN, the most popular one among current backers.
To back this project or see more details for each pledge level, visit:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magpiegames/temeraire-the-roleplaying-game
A giant THANK YOU to all of you who have already backed this project! 💖💗💓💞
⏰️FINAL WEEK⏰️ to get in your pledge for TEMERAIRE: THE ROLEPLAYING GAME Kickstarter. We still have a chance to unlock the next stretch goal: a gorgeous 11"x17" Dragon Chart, featuring an array of dragons from around the world, showcasing the varied sizes of all the different breeds.
If unlocked, this reward goes to backers at Captain tier & up (also available as an add-on to every tier).
To back this project or see more details, visit:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magpiegames/temeraire-the-roleplaying-game/
🚨 LAST DAY!!! Sale Price of $1.99 for the ebook of SPINNING SILVER ends tomorrow. We’re heading into spring, but wintry temps have returned this week. Cozy up with this adventure into the lands of a frosty fae king, alongside the dauntless heroine investing his assets.
🎁Add to your library, or give a winter survival gift to a friend! Find your favorite e-bookseller at: https://lnk.bio/naominovik
🚨 TONIGHT! 🚨 (Tuesday, March 17 at 6pm)
Heading out for St. Patrick’s Day festivities? 🍀Pop in to our livestream Q&A first!
As the Kickstarter for TEMERAIRE: THE ROLEPLAYING GAME goes into the final stretch, Mark Diaz Truman of Magpie Games and I are getting together to take all your burning questions about playing the game, the yummy pledge rewards, campaign updates, or anything else! Drop in & chat with us before your long night of great craic 🍺
See you TONIGHT!
⏰️ LAST DAY to get in your bid! The HSMSE Spring Auction closes TONIGHT (Thursday, May 7 at 10pm ET)
I'm treating the winner to 🫖 lunch in Manhattan 🍰 & a signed copy of my latest book. https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/hsmse-spring-auction--2026
Proceeds directly benefit the students & teachers of the High School for Math, Science & Engineering.
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Hello!
This is Naomi’s assistant, Van. We are delighted to select your entry as one of the winners in the Twentieth Anniversary Giveaway for a signed copy of HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON - congratulations!
If you can provide your shipping details at the following page, Naomi and I will do our best to get your book to you as soon as possible.
https://naominovik.com/giveaway_shipping_temeraire
Please let me know if you have any questions or issues with your shipment! assistant@naominovik.com.
Warmest regards,
Van
🚨Ebook Sale alert! THE SUMMER WAR is $2.99 at all major ebook retailers 🏖️Need a summer getaway? Come warm up & escape (into a neverending war with the fae) 🧝🏼♂️
❄️Whether you’ve been shoveling hard after our recent winter storms 🥶or just hibernating indoors away from single digit temps, treat yourself to a new read - available at this price drop till Feb 4th.
🎁Add to your library, or give a snow-survival gift to a friend! Find your favorite e-bookseller at: https://lnk.bio/naominovik
@oldladyplays@wargamers.social No worries, Cait - thank you so much for reading the books. Look out for some yummy giveaways in the next few weeks to US-based readers, as we approach the 20 year anniversary of the first publishing of HIS MAJESTY'S DRAGON. ❤️
⏰️ENDING TONIGHT! Magpie Games is offering a gift for backers pledging in the first 60 hours. If you get in your pledge by 10pm ET(Thurs, Feb 26), you’ll receive this gorgeous cloth map (at Ensign tier & up).
Check out the Reward Tiers section at the Kickstarter for more details on rewards at each level: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magpiegames/temeraire-the-roleplaying-game
🚨Ebook Sale alert! Starting today, THE SUMMER WAR is $2.99 at all major ebook retailers ❄️ If you’ve been shoveling hard after our recent winter storms 🥶, or just hibernating indoors away from single digit temps, come warm up! & treat yourself with a 🏖️summer getaway (to a neverending war with the fae) 🧝🏼♂️
🎁Add to your library, or give a storm-survival gift to a friend! Find your favorite e-bookseller at: https://lnk.bio/naominovik
