October 2026

litjoy’s special edition set of the night circus & the starless sea


My copies of the LitJoy Special Edition Set of The Night Circus & The Starless Sea have arrived and I cannot properly capture or describe how beautiful they are. I knew they were going to be gorgeous but I overwhelmed at how stunning they are and how wonderfully the work of so many artists and designers has been woven together. 


The covers are foiled in silver and gold and each one has a metal charm inlay: a sword for The Starless Sea and a clock for The Night Circus. They have beautiful page edge art, illustrated tip-ins and endpapers, and they come in a gorgeous custom slipcase.

These editions are particularly special as each book contains dozens of author annotations in my questionable handwriting. Little bits of inspirations and references and memories and behind-the-scenes thoughts. It was an unusual experience wandering through both of these books again to add notes to them and I hope these notations prove interesting or insightful or amusing.


Endless gratitude to the team at LitJoy for putting so much thought and work into this set. I was so impressed every step of the way watching these editions come together and I’m blown away by the final product. This set is truly something magical and I am so honored to have both of these stories together wrapped in such incredible art. (As far as I know this set is still available!)

LitJoy’s The Night Circus and The Starless Sea Special Edition Box Set

Book cover designs by Lichen & Limestone

Slipcase and page edges by Fyodor Pavlov 

Tip-in illustrations by Maria Arteta and Patsy Lascano

Illustrated endpapers by Simona Jančíková and Patsy Lascano

By erin, ago

folio society’s grimms’ fairy tales

I had the honor of writing the introduction for Folio Society‘s new collection of Grimms’ Fairy Tales, a task which was both delightful and daunting. I had such a wonderful time rereading these tales for the first time in years, finding new favorite stories and moments. There’s too much to say about these stories. About all of these objects and characters and paths through the woods. It was difficult to capture the depth and the darkness in only a few pages, but hopefully my introduction serves as an appropriate blend of wishes and warnings for those entering this particular forest.

I am always astounded by how much thought and detail The Folio Society puts into each and every one of their books, they are absolute works of art. This collection includes fifty selected tales both familiar and less so (special thanks to Folio for asking me if there were any in particular that I’d like to see included and adding Fitcher’s Bird for me, all feathers and honey). These stories were translated by Jack Zipes and they are wrapped in beautiful, bold illustrations by Sophy Hollington.

As of this writing there are only a few copies remaining of the very fancy limited edition but Vesper recommends the standard edition, it’s the one she keeps sitting on.

So much gratitude to Folio Society for inviting me to be a part of this project and giving me an excuse to revisit and reread so many glorious tales. These are old stories but there’s so much to discover, still, no matter how many times you’ve heard them or read them or reread them. So many things lost in the woods, waiting to be found.

By erin, ago

the uk 15th anniversary edition of the night circus

For this year’s fifteenth anniversary of The Night Circus, my wonderful team at Harvill in the UK have put together a truly wonderful and wonder-filled new hardcover edition featuring beautiful cover illustration by Kei-Ella Loewe. Here the circus has traded its traditional black-and-white for evening blues and bonfire golds, with gold foil highlights and a perfect blue ribbon bookmark and it is just as gorgeous and gilded with its jacket off as well.

This edition also features a brand new introduction written by the extraordinary Alix E. Harrow. This is an introduction that made me laugh and made me cry and it has footnotes. I am so, so honored to have Alix introduce this book. (If you haven’t read any of Alix’s own fantastic books I highly recommend them, I am particularly fond of The Ten Thousand Doors of January and The Everlasting.)

This 15th anniversary edition of The Night Circus will be released on October 15th in the UK and is available for pre-order. My endless gratitude to everyone at Harvill for putting so much thought and detail into dressing this story up for its anniversary, and to Alix for providing the perfect welcome.

By erin, ago