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Creative Director, SRL Publishing.

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'Ups the game when it comes to psychological thrillers' – Paisley Smith

Jack's life is destroyed and his declining health spirals to the point of obsession. He becomes a killer in pursuit of acceptance, blaming society for his actions

OUT NOW

03.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘€πŸ‘€πŸ”₯

21.02.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WATCH - The People’s Republic of Love.

Celebrities and influencers have their own country - what could go wrong?

Available to pre-order EVERYWHERE
#Booksky

21.02.2026 11:26 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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It really does astound me that, given we flood every time it rains and has done for decades, there are still people who think they're better than everyone else and try drive through

16.02.2026 14:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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January is over (we survived - only just), darkness is turning to light minute by minute, and we have some great books ON SALE

What a time to be alive
#BookSky

srlpublishing.co.uk/product-cate...

03.02.2026 12:07 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

THREE MONTHS (yesterday πŸ‘€)

Pre-order The Ones We Fear

29.01.2026 12:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The twat in me always likes to respond with a female name to emails that start with "Dear Sirs" when they have absolutely no clue who will get their email

29.01.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“š Our upcoming releases πŸ“š

Lipstick and Lullabies - 24th February
Through Broken Glass - 3rd March
The People's Republic of Love - 31st March

Pre-order on our website or your favourite bookstore
#BookSky

23.01.2026 10:32 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Best TV moment ever #TheTraitors

09.01.2026 12:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is disgusting, and is a huge reason why AI is fucking bullshit.

Dirty perverts using it for their dirty fantasies

This sorta shit needs to be illegal

01.01.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

SO excited

26.12.2025 17:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Right, I'm doing it. Gonna watch a film I've never seen before.... #DieHard

26.12.2025 17:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cracking reads... genuinely biased these are proper gritty intense reads and one actually made me cry πŸ‘€

16.12.2025 13:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

manifesting:
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πŸ•― ai bubble πŸ•―

πŸ•― to pop disastrously πŸ•―

πŸ•― for all involved πŸ•―
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11.12.2025 19:25 πŸ‘ 15968 πŸ” 6321 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 74
'Fierce, compelling and utterly believable'
'One of our most promising new writers'
'Child has an uncanny ability to tap into our deepest fears of the increasing influence of social media and turn them into realistic nightmares'

'Fierce, compelling and utterly believable' 'One of our most promising new writers' 'Child has an uncanny ability to tap into our deepest fears of the increasing influence of social media and turn them into realistic nightmares'

In a brand new country, ruled by the most famous of its citizens, visibility is all that matters. But if Tamsin doesn’t act quickly, neither she nor her best friend Charlotte will ever be seen again.

THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF LOVE, publishes March 2026, pre-order now!

08.12.2025 13:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I get it, Harper Collins, you've got a sale on.

But do you really need to email me seven times in two days?

21.11.2025 21:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pick up Great Romances of the 20th Century and Belonging on sale now!

20.11.2025 09:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Ones We Fear
28.04.2026
@srlpublishing.bsky.social

Pre-order now:

srlpublishing.co.uk/product/the-...

20.11.2025 09:47 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

When I say this took bloody AGES so you better buy summat to level out the pain this causes

20.11.2025 11:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How tf is it 10 days till my birthday - my mind is still in April 😭

16.11.2025 10:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of the Amazon Best Sellers in Gay Fiction for Young Adults. #1  The Sun and the Stars by Rick Riordan #2 and #3 Heartstopper Volumes by Alice Oseman, and #4 Half the World Away by James A Lyons

A picture of the Amazon Best Sellers in Gay Fiction for Young Adults. #1 The Sun and the Stars by Rick Riordan #2 and #3 Heartstopper Volumes by Alice Oseman, and #4 Half the World Away by James A Lyons

Half the World Away is number 4 in in the Gay YA chart today!

Thank you anyone who has bought a copy, or shared one of my many posts about it!

12.11.2025 09:55 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

A real kick in the teeth to those authors who just enjoy the love of creating stories rather than using their 'fame' and 'platform' for money

Prick

22.10.2025 09:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Free shipping (UK only) - use the code FREESHIP

The Mind Hack (paperback)
The Disappeared (hardback)
Belonging (Hardback)
A Novel Solution (paperback)

Free shipping (UK only) - use the code FREESHIP The Mind Hack (paperback) The Disappeared (hardback) Belonging (Hardback) A Novel Solution (paperback)

FREE SHIPPING - get the below titles in your basket and you'll get FREE SHIPPING. Just use the code FREESHIP at the checkout on our website.

UK only, unfortunately - thanks Brexit.

#BookSky

14.10.2025 11:20 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
'Selected eBooks Β£1.99 on our website' showing four book covers.
- The McQueen Legacy, by Stewart McDowall
- The Disappeared, by Amy Lord
- Not Quite Out, by Louise Willingham
- Black Widow, by Nicky Shearsby

'Selected eBooks Β£1.99 on our website' showing four book covers. - The McQueen Legacy, by Stewart McDowall - The Disappeared, by Amy Lord - Not Quite Out, by Louise Willingham - Black Widow, by Nicky Shearsby

What's on our latest eBook sale?

THESE BEAUTIES

Get the below books, for just Β£1.99 each on our website for the next TWO WEEKS

See it, Buy it, Sorted x
#BookSky

06.10.2025 10:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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G'bye, babe, great seeing you. Will pop over soon love you

18.09.2025 21:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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THROUGH BROKEN GLASS - Jack's life is destroyed and his declining health spirals to the point of obsession. He becomes a killer in pursuit of acceptance, blaming society for his actions.

OUT NOW - order (and read the first chapter FREE) here

srlpublishing.co.uk/product/thro...
#BookSky

17.09.2025 15:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A pitch card on a pink to blue gradient background. It features the front cover for Half the World Away, with the character of Alex leaning against the book, and the character of Theo sat on the floor. behind them are faint outlines of envelopes. Towards the bottom is a world map, with the following text over the top: When Theo moves into a state school during the era of Section 28, he’s persuaded to join a national pen pal project. His letter lands on the desk of private school boarder Alex. Despite their differences, the two begin to confide, sharing struggles with grief, loneliness, and the pressures of a society demanding conformity. With Alex set to move to France, Theo must express his true feelings before they miss their one chance to meet.

A pitch card on a pink to blue gradient background. It features the front cover for Half the World Away, with the character of Alex leaning against the book, and the character of Theo sat on the floor. behind them are faint outlines of envelopes. Towards the bottom is a world map, with the following text over the top: When Theo moves into a state school during the era of Section 28, he’s persuaded to join a national pen pal project. His letter lands on the desk of private school boarder Alex. Despite their differences, the two begin to confide, sharing struggles with grief, loneliness, and the pressures of a society demanding conformity. With Alex set to move to France, Theo must express his true feelings before they miss their one chance to meet.

Half the World Away -11/11/2025

HEARTSTOPPER x BOY LIKE ME

My brand new young adult novel is available to pre-order now from all your favourite places.

πŸ›’ - www.linktree.com/jamesalyons

17.09.2025 12:57 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œNo part of this book shall be used in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence (AI) systems or technologies.” – a small statement in our copyright page of our books, completely ignored by LibGen and Meta.

@srlpublishing.bsky.social πŸ’œ

17.09.2025 10:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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HALF THE WORLD AWAY - 11/11/2025 My new young adult novel is available to pre-order now!

Find out more about my new novel Half the World Away, and why I wrote it, here:

open.substack.com/pub/jamesaly...

11.09.2025 17:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you're celebrating the loss of someone's life because you happen to disagree with them, you've got serious issues you need to work through

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