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☽ adult curation lead @Owlcrate ☽ arc reader + fanfic connoisseur ☽ english lit. grad student ☽ •••
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Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter — curation tidbits 🐈⬛✨
AAMCS was @owlcrate’s March Adult Fantasy book and curating this book was so much fun!
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🐈⬛ dustjacket + edges by @thelolloco : Lolloco is an absolute wizard at capturing the most intricate of details — I could look at the dustjacket + edges for HOURS. We went with a more purple/blue colour palette and I love how rich the colours look. You’ll find a lot of in-book mini references (coins, pastries etc.) hidden in Lolloco’s art!
🐈 reversible dustjacket by @ivyteas : Ivy is a genius and came up with the idea of referencing the Le Chat Noir cabaret sign by posing His Majesty in that iconic pose on the cover. There are also soooo many details and references hidden in the shop above and below. (I also wanted to add Ambulance in Havelock’s lair specifically because I love it when cats annoy grumpy people and I think Havelock should be tormented a bit more. Heh.)
🐈⬛endpapers by @elidormiens — the hottest Havelock art??? Meee-oowww. Eli is always a dream to work with and I absolutely adore how vibrant these endpapers turned out.
🐈 hardcover by @killianart_ — For the hardcover, I really wanted to do something that would pull more on the mystical portal-fantasy aesthetic that makes the worldbuilding of AAMCS so interesting. Killian’s art style is so ethereal and dreamy and I could not be more pleased with how it worked out. (Also, I totally think His Majesty would enjoy tormenting another world, hence why he’s staring into the doorway. He’s being nefarious and plotting (other)world domination.)
I wanted the book to have a similar aesthetic to our Emily Wilde set, but with more of an Art Nouveau-spin in homage to the 1920’s setting! You’ll find that a lot of the art in this edition has whiplash lines/curves to emphasize a sense of dynamism — perfect for illustrating cat-themed art!!
15 Apr 2026
I have signed Heated Rivalry + The Long Game books and I feel like I should lock them up in a display case. 😃
It’s been an absolutely wild ride going through mass obsession with what feels like most of the world over our fave hockey show. I remember chatting about some of the Heated Rivalry BTS stuff (the wrap party video in particular, heh) with friends a couple of months before the show premiered and I have had an incredible time watching the fandom grow.
There’s so much I want to say about the show — it’s been a while since I’ve last felt proud for being Canadian but man did this show inspire a whole other level of patriotism in me. (Hell yeah, tax-funded hockey smut!) The sheer amount of queer joy this show has also brought to the masses has truly felt radical in a way that is both very wanted and very needed in recent times, and I know I’m not the only one who’s been drastically been impacted by this happiness and enthusiasm.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you @rachelreidwrites, @jacob.tierney, @connorstorrieofficial, and @hudsonwilliamsofficial for making 2025 so much better and brighter.
(Also thank you @/Hudson for writing freaky notes in my books — I remember opening the books and having to put my head down on the table for a second because I was wheezing too hard. I am never going to read these copies. 😂)
((Also gonna very publicly shout out @littlereadhood and @zagatstein for watching the show w/ me every week. I’m sorry for subjecting y’all to all the unhinged things that come out of my mouth. 🙈))
31 Dec 2025
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil Part 2 — @owlcrate edition curation behind-the-scenes things!
🥀 cover dustjacket and edges by @superstarfighter — Abel is a genius and every single time we commission him for something, I have to take a moment to sit down and marvel at his artwork for a bit. For this dustjacket we decided that we wanted to go with a bit more of a stylized approach with a gothic font title + three roses. You’ll notice that each rose is in a different “stage” of its life, which is a nod to our three vampires. (We also borrowed this idea from the trade cover hahaha.) The back shows a more ornate version of the vial of gravedirt worn by Alice — we wanted this necklace to feel “historically ambiguous” as a nod to Sabine’s trophies too. The edges are a nod to church stained glass and are very memento mori-themed.
🥀endpapers by @eevientan — picking endpaper scenes is very hard when a) you have 3 main characters who interact with each other only at various points in their lives b) you have a THICK book that is absolutely FULL of gorgeous prose and scenes. In the end we decided to shift the focus to Sabine since she is the beginning and the end of the book (metaphorically speaking). We also really wanted to emphasize the difference in character dynamics with her relationship with Lottie, and then with Alice — both through the quotes and the scenes chosen.
🥀 reversible dustjacket by @anna_helme — Anna’s work is absolutely gorgeous and I love the way they paint facial expressions. Since this reversible DJ was designs to be used, we wanted the front and back covers to look similar, but show parts of the character dynamics between the three. Sabine is the manipulator, with bloodstained fangs and hunger. Lottie is a victim, but also knows she is complicit, and Alice shifts between anger and determination.
27 Aug 2025
These Immortal Truths — @OwlCrate Curation Tidbits 🍑🍯✨
These Immortal Truths by @r.raeta was @owlcrate’s July 2026 Adult Fantasy book and I absolutely LOVED this book! I’m a very big fan of historical fantasies that deal with immortality so the curation process for this book was very much focused on making it reflect these themes. This was also one of the very first curation projects @cozycornerchair worked on!!!
FEATURING: (Scroll ➡️ for each piece!)
🍯 Cover Dustjacket, Reversible Dustjacket, and Edges by Francesque Marblen (@marblenxxart)
🍑 Printed and foiled hardcover case by Nadia Moumoudi (@laeyrda) with design by Gretchen Cobaugh(@lichen_and_limestone)
🐝 Endpages by Nykytiuk Tetiana (@minshugart)
🍑 Cover dustjacket by @marblenxxart
For this book, we really really wanted to go with a historical feel so the art would reflect the different time periods. Francesque was an absolute dream wor work with and agreed to illustrate THREE (!!!) parts of this book for us!!!
For the cover dustjacket in particular, we wanted to show character art while also making it feel very suspended in time. It was very important to us that the art should not feel “modern” in any way, hence why Francesque was my first choice of artist!!!
In order to preserve that historical feel, we wanted Anna’s face to be partially covered on the cover, which contrasts with the back cover illustration where she’s fully present. Her clothing for both pieces are (more or less) historically accurate — the cover shows her in medieval garb, capturing the moment where she’s picking hawthorn berries and comes across Khiran and the peach. The back cover reflects her in a later stage in her immortal life: the honey and the hawthorn flowers are meant to show the passing of seasons and time.
🍯 Reversible dustjacket by @marblenxxart
There have been a fair amount of folks who’ve asked me if this dustjacket was inspired by Twilight and the answer is yes. 😂 I really wanted this dustjacket to have more of a romantic feel to it. More specifically, I wanted the focus to be on the ring on Anna’s hand. (I don’t want to spoil it, but there’s so much about the ring in the book that I love.)
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26 Oct 2026
My copy of I’LL BELIEVE IN ANYTHING arrived and I am FREAKING OUT!!!
I was lucky enough to nab an autographed copy and I’m just so happy it’s in my hands now.
This year has been hard, but Heated Rivalry has been one of the brightest and best parts of it, and I will forever be grateful to Jacob Tierney for all the queer joy this show has brought into my life. Hollanov has changed me for the better.
I still need to sit down and read through the book BUT the pictures??!? I miss Shane and Ilya SOOO MUCH and these BTS bits are tiding me over.
This is one of my favourite pages. I would like to get it framed. Rozanov-Hollander rivalry, you will forever be so dear to me.
Thank you @littlereadhood for letting me borrow your copy for some of these photos. 😘
I’M COMING TO THE COTTAGE!!! AHHHHHH!!!
Jacob’s annotations are so witty and funny. 😂
(Is it overkill if I buy a second copy to annotate myself? 🙈)
Blorbo got laid out in the bad way :(((
21 Oct 2026
I had the privilege of attending the Western Canada premiere of Yaga and oh my gosh?!!? New favourite TV show!!!
I was a big fan of the play already going into the premiere. I think I read the play back in ... 2024 (?) and I thought I was wonderfully written and deliciously creepy. The show took the creepiness to a whole other level. And the humour!!! Bone-dry and oh so witty.
I also got to meet Kat Sandler (I was very star-struck!!) and got my copy signed. Kat was so cool and very lovely to talk to.
In a moment of anxiety-panic, I also blurted out that I wrote part of my Honours Thesis in undergrad on Baba Yaga. (On Ivan Bilibin and Catherynne M. Valente’s Deathless, more specifically.) 🙈 Here’s me freaking out afterwards.
Also got some lovely Yaga goodies from friends!
I could really tell how much care everyone put into this adaptation. During the panel, all the panelists spoke about how relevant certain themes in the show are to current events and how these stories can hold up a mirror to the world we live in. It was fascinating (in addition to grief and rage-inducing due to said current events) to hear about the reasoning and intention behind bringing this story to the screen, and I left the screening with an even greater appreciation for the work that went into it.
A lot of my interest in fairytale and folktale adaptation comes from the fact that in order to break free from the often-patriarchal origins that hold these tales in bondage, the characters of these stories need to operate in structures outside of the traditions that prescribe these roles to them (and thus act for themselves with agency previously forbidden to them,) without dismantling the story itself. Fairy and folktales are always cyclical in nature — that is something that I think has to be universal and cannot be changed (less they cease to be fairy/folk tales.) The most riveting thing about Yaga is that it is incredibly subversive in that regard — the men are punished; the women are reborn; the cycle continues.
— also yes, it was nice seeing Hudson Williams on the screen again. :p Phenomenal performance.
20 Oct 2026
Hello everyone!!!
I’ve had a whole bunch of folks ask a couple of questions regarding the curation of @OwlCrate special editions so I thought I’d show a bit of a behind-the-scenes look at the print-to-book process on our end, in addition to answering some commonly found questions.
I also get so many cool samples of our books and I don’t think I’ve shown them off on Instagram before (other than an occasionally as a sneak peek for upcoming things!)
Samples almost never arrive at the same time! I end up receiving parts of the book at various stages.
Sometimes I’ll receive the bound hardcover with the edges already printed.
As you can see, the sample book (right) is completely blank on the inside. None of the book text is there. The endpapers have also not been added into the book.
At this stage, I check a bunch of things, not limited to, but including binding strength, colour-matching, foil alignment, edge colours, how crisp the illustrations are etc.
If we’re trying a new specification (in this instance, the hidden edge illustrations beneath the gilding,) I’ll pay extra attention to these new bits.
We also try to get samples early on as possible just in case we need to make adjustments!
(The book on the left is the finished copy I received when y’all also got your books!)
Depending on printer/publisher, the dustjacket samples arrive in various different ways!
Sometimes we’ll receive a fully printed “final” dustjacket as a sample. In these cases, both the cover dustjacket and the reversible are on one sheet and are cut to size.
In THE POET EMPRESS’ case, the cover dustjacket and reversible arrived as two different uncut sheets. (Ugly pictures — sorry! I already folded these dustjackets to size so I could put them on the sample hardcover case. I desperately need to invest in a proper paper cutter eventually.)
As with the hardcover/edges sample, I check for things such as colour vibrancy, foil alignment etc.
I have also received some weird samples on occasion. Once, I received an extra sample with a transparent overlay printed with the foil. It was incredibly odd. 😂 (If there’s interest, I can definitely post some of those wacky bits and pieces i
21 Aug 2026
🌕 SEEK THE TRAITOR’S SON — @OWLCRATE CURATION TIDBITS
🌱 So this curation project is very unique because I think out of all the books I’ve brainstormed for and curated, this one changed the most from conception to outcome! I thought I’d share a bit of the process since the evolution of coming up with these ideas was very fun for me!
🌕 Cover dustjacket art by @chitin_scarab_ink_vol.2
The original concept I had planned out was very much more in-line with a sci-fi vibe! I’m a MASSIVE Dune fan and I went into the project wanting to reference a lot of old school sci-fi vibes (lots of inspiration from the Putnam/Brazil Dune covers in particular!) with a much more abstract Theren’s flower curling around a sprawling dystopian earth-landscape. Veronica requested that we shift the focus to something that’s oriented more towards a fantasy-sci-fi lean, hence the focus on all the plant matter and the gorgeous sword! I LOVE how ominous the entire focus feels and Chitin’s art is so incredibly detailed.
🌱 Reversible dust jacket art with foil by @joe_wilson_draws
As with the cover dustjacket, this part of the project also shifted quite a bit! My original plan was to show the scene featuring the Getty museum, (one of my favourite places ever) set in a dystopian landscape with ruins in the distance. There would be ships in the sky flying towards the center, along with a massive moon. With the same sci-fi-lean-concern, we shifted the focus towards the salt flats. I think invoking that sort of prophetic ritualistic aesthetic with how unearthly the salt flats feel brought a very different aesthetic to the book, and I adore how eerie the suggestion of the Fever hangs over everything.
Joe’s art is STUNNING and I literally gasped when I saw the first drafts
🌕 Printed hardcover case with foil and spot gloss + edges designed by @heyatlascreative
Another shift!!! I really wanted to do something with hidden spot gloss. My childhood set of Tolkien’s works had a very similar hidden spot gloss concept and while minimalist in nature, I just thought they were so cool when I was younger! The original idea was to add star charts intersperse with Rava’s vines in spotgloss, but we
19 Aug 2026
Violet Thistlewaite is Not a Villain Anymore — @OwlCrate Curation Tidbits 💐✨
VIOLET THISTLEWAITE was @owlcrate’s December 2025 Adult Fantasy book and I absolutely ADORED this book! It’s always so fun when we get the chance to include a cozy fantasy book in the winter months — I feel like it’s a great bit of escapism!
FEATURING: (Scroll ➡️ for each piece!)
🌷Dust jacket art by @mahsa.gallerry with design by @lichen_and_limestone
🌱Reversible dust jacket art by @rhymes.y
🌷Printed hardcover case art by @ivyteas
🌱Foiled end pages by @sashadowart
💐 Cover dust jacket art and edges by
@mahsa.gallerry — I was reading a lot of romcom shoujo manga while curating and I wanted to keep that soft, fluffy vibe with this cover dustjacket and the edges! I always try to vary the subscription’s line-up with occasional character art dustjackets, and Mahsa’s gorgeous style proved to be perfect for this book!
The beautiful metallic pattern on both the dustjacket and edges is in reference to the greenhouse in the book with its metal vines.
💐 Printed hardcover case art by @ivyteas — I’ve been a fan of Ivy’s art for a long time (since before OwlCrate!) so Ivy was the first person I thought of for a cosy fantasy shop setting! There are so many little reference hidden in this art piece. Since the apothecary and flower shop share a wall, I thought it would be cute to feature one “side” of the building on each cover. You’ll find our fave rock goblin Peri peering in, Bartleby and his knife, Daisy snoozing away, and a pun hidden somewhere on the shelves. (The pun was provided by @embakesbooks_ !)
Reversible dust jacket art by @rhymes.y — To balance out the character dustjacket (for those who prefer non-character art dustjackets!) I wanted to go with something that would feel very cozy-dungeons and dragons-esque, hence dragon and puppy art! The dragon plays quite an important role in the story (minor spoiler alert!) and since the town is literally called “Dragon’s Rest” I thought it would be super punny to show them sleeping. And of course, we just had to include Daisy on the back cover!
🐶 Foiled end pages art by @sashadowart — after reading the book, I knew I wanted two thing
28 Jul 2026
✨book reccs based on my pantone colour birth chart ✨
🌸 I LOVE my Pantone colour birth chart BUT I realized halfway through that I don’t have a lot of pink books 🙈 therefore some of these matches aren’t exact.
🍃 All of these books are favourites of mine and looking back, I’m really happy with the different genres represented! (And of course, I had to throw in some of my favourite @OwlCrate curation projects. 🤭)
18 Jul 2026
I’ve been waiting until it’s safe to post this and I think it’s been long enough now … presenting the absolutely STUNNING @owlcrate edition of Strange Familiars!!! When I was dreaming of this cover all I wanted was to have lots of cats and it’s safe to say that OwlCrate and @divineliterary absolutely delivered on that front 😻🙌
This beautiful special edition book features:
🐈⬛ redesigned dust jacket by @annguyenart
🐈⬛ reverse dust jacket by @star.speckle (I forgot to get a photo of this, nooooo)
🐈⬛ printed hardcover design by @offthehookstudio
🐈⬛ endpaper art by @hannahelatham (who also did the beautiful pre-ball mirror scene art I’ve posted before)
🐈⬛ stencilled edges also by @annguyenart
🐈⬛ signature page designed by @divineliterary
During the course of signing many thousands of tip in pages, I also snuck some cat doodles into a few copies. There weren’t many and I tried to make several of them unique … I don’t think anyone has tagged me yet to say they’ve received one, so I’m really curious to know if they’ve been adopted by anybody? If you’ve rehomed one of these (admittedly, poorly drawn 😂) cats, PLEASE let me know!!
ICYMI, Strange Familiars is an academic rivals-to-lovers New Adult fantasy set in a magical veterinary school. It received a starred review from @library_journal and was the OwlCrate Adult fantasy box pick for the month of June! The first book in a duology, it is out now with @acebookspub @berkleypub @berkleyromance in the US/Canada, @hodderscape in the UK, @hachetteaus in Australia, @hachettenz in New Zealand, and @moon_notes_verlag in Germany, with more to come.
#romantasybooks #fantasyromance #romancebooks #owlcrate #specialeditionbooks
08 Jul 2026
📚✨life lately✨📚
🏒 Still OBSESSED with Heated Rivalry so I’ve naturally been trying to find other queer hockey romances. Richochet is a DARK hockey romance and super fun.
🐕 Lots of coffee. Lots of piano practice. Lots of historical fantasy.
🐻 My love for Ilya Rozanov has reached unhealthy levels.
⛸️ HOLLANOV HOCKEY MIFFY!!! I’m going to circut some HR logos to paste over the MIFFY logos.
🐈⬛ Rereading bits and pieces of The Master and Margarita + listening to a LOT of Requiem in D Minor.
🌙 Started Moon Over Brendle and am absolutely loving the premise!! I love fictional autobiographies. Thank you to @angryrobotbooks for the gifted copy. 🖤
🐦⬛ I’ve been reading a lot more translated works recently and have been on the search for more short stories in particular.
Sometimes I forget to post on bookstagram for a bit. #oops 🙈 Life has been super super busy BUT I’m having fun and reading a lot more this year!!
07 Jul 2026
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