Wendy Palmer's Blog: We Call Upon The Author to Explain

Author Notes for Grace & Favour, a friends-to-lovers gay Victorian romance set amid the ghosts of Hampton Court Palace.

Favourite reads from favourite authors in the usual genres: fantasy, romance, horror, murder, queer, and general mash-ups and combinations of all of them.

I share my favourite historical spilled tea, which I came across while researching my upcoming book.

Favourite reads for September, all available on Kobo Plus as well as more widely.

My favourite reads for August 2025: a few gay romances, a few steampunks (some crossover), a cosy horror, an historical thriller, and some historical non-fiction.

My usual eclectic mix of fantasy, SF & historical genres, plus a few non-fiction. The Archive Undying by Emma Meiko Candon We’re thrown straight into a dark complex world where Sunai, survivor of a corruption event that destroyed his home city-state’s god-like AI, is hired onto a mech crew led by Veyadi Lut, to seekContinue reading "Books: Favourite July 2025 reads"

My favourite reads for the first half of 2025, five each of (genre) fiction and non-fiction.

Here are some books I have recently enjoyed on Kobo Plus, mostly in the fantasy and historical genres, with some queer romance and non-fiction thrown in because why not? Remember, unlike Kindle Unlimited ebooks1, they’ll usually also be available widely, including in your library’s digital catalogue, and often on Hoopla, so there’s more ways toContinue reading "Books: May 2025 Kobo Plus reads"

In which I celebrate the release of my latest book with an exploration of writerly choices around the use of swearing (according to linguistics, not audience).

In which I chat about the design process for the cover of my next book and show off the parade of rejects (sorry for the repeat, but there's bonus buy-early link now to make up for it).