Celia Bell

Writer & bee handler. Work in The White Review, VQR, The Southern Review, etc. Debut novel in 2023.

[Celia Bell @celiadbell]

I am as surprised as anyone to discover that my book is apparently real and has a preorder link! https://t.co/YW7p6Vlq8a

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“Despite the diamonds, ogres, fairies, and woodland adventures that populate her writings, d’Aulnoy was concerned with marriage and its consequences; the relation between the sexes; and female education.”

@valerie_reads online today. https://t.co/ypbSBUbwJl

[Celia Bell @celiadbell]

This was so, so fun to cook for! Amazing to see in print.

[Valerie Stivers @valerie_reads]

Up today on @parisreview, I made a fairy-tale French feast from the work of Madame D'Aulnoy, with guest-writer @celiadbell, whose novel #thedisenchantment was inspired by her. Thanks @heyincendiary for washing the leeks and @grapesunwrapped for the wine. https://t.co/JoZhquzYVU

[DEBUTIFUL @debutiful]

FIRST TASTE: listen to @celiadbell read from THE DISENCHANTMENT!

https://t.co/sxYY09q30h @PantheonBooks

[DEBUTIFUL @debutiful]

Tomorrow! @celiadbell reads from THE DISENCHANTMENT on the First Taste Reading Series!

Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Catch up on the back catalog of Debutiful episodes here: https://t.co/DfWBBKRzoH

[Celia Bell @celiadbell]

@Lesbrary This review of The Disenchantment is so lovely & insightful—thank you for including it on this list!

[Celia Bell @celiadbell]

@RobsPierre90 Thank you! I think if you love Astragal you’ll probably especially like the Clébert, but all are books I really love.

[Celia Bell @celiadbell]

In honor of my book’s pub day, I wrote a little reading list for Lithub—with books by Albertine Sarrazin, Qiu Miaojin and Jean-Paul Clébert:

https://t.co/rY63fxSru9

[Celia Bell @celiadbell]

@lpasik99 @vulgarhistory Thank you!

[Celia Bell @celiadbell]

My guest episode on Vulgar History is up! This was such an incredibly fun conversation to have—I’m so happy to have gotten the chance to do it.

[Vulgar History Podcast @vulgarhistory]

New episode! I’m joined by @celiadbell to talk about her new sapphic historical novel THE DISENCHANTMENT. Celia talks about the real life women and events that inspires the story, including Madame d’Aulnoy, inventor of the term “fairy tales”. https://t.co/Bc4NZhzrWR

[Celia Bell @celiadbell]

GUESS WHICH DEBUT NOVELIST LOCKED HERSELF OUT OF HER HOUSE DIRECTLY AFTER HER READING!

(Am inside now.)

[Pantheon Books @PantheonBooks]

✨🌹 A perfect pub day to kick off summer reading season 🌹✨

THE DISENCHANTMENT by Celia Bell combines the best of history, romance, drama, and intrigue into one page-turning, passionate, and perfectly penned novel. Pick up your copy today!

📕https://t.co/7jJzbRj9p2

[Celia Bell @celiadbell]

@pludger Thank you Leah!

[Celia Bell @celiadbell]

@lingerie_addict Is that supposed to be Madame de Pompadour? Because she’s definitely wearing the dress from that Boucher portrait!

[Pantheon Books @PantheonBooks]

THE DISENCHANTMENT is one of the @washingtonpost's noteworthy books of May! "[A] transporting novel....from the streets of 17th-century Paris to the gardens of Louis XIV's Versailles."

https://t.co/gLEhoPkk3w @celiadbell https://t.co/AnEyJS7JZm

[Celia Bell @celiadbell]

Hey, it’s an unboxing video for my book! With cat cameo.

[Pantheon Books @PantheonBooks]

New books, new books, new books!✨ Check out this video of @celiadbell, author of THE DISENCHANTMENT, finally getting her hands on her debut novel.

📕:https://t.co/9xRfjJgeGt

[Celia Bell @celiadbell]

Some very cool recommendations in here, including an essay of mine!

[Longreads @Longreads]

The dark side of the transmigrante industry. A meditation on public safety. Staggering health recommendations around alcohol. Insight into the writers’ strike and an ode to the beauty of bees.

All this and our audience award in today's #LongreadsTop5

https://t.co/dZKbPZjgZS

[Celia Bell @celiadbell]

Very polite to refuse to move the plane until the swarm left!

[Longreads @Longreads]

"Where I would keep bees, if I had my own, was a mystery. But after that first class, I knew I was going to find a way." @TexasHighways @celiadbell #longreads https://t.co/5yTWOlvCW8

[Celia Bell @celiadbell]

I have an essay in Texas Highways this month! It’s about beekeeping, video games, and the natural world. Huge thanks to my editor for letting me get a little weird with it.

[Epigraph Literary Festival @epigraphlitfest]

Join our HISTORICAL FICTION SESSION on Friday April 28th at 7pm ET/ 4 pm PT/ 11pm GMT to hear Natasha Lester, @GabriellaSaab_ @emilyfrancebook @Kazzese, @celiadbell @brynturnbull @TheChenaultGrp @1AnnieLyons @VanessaRiley share their new books!

Register: https://t.co/piqd6wdugn