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Haven Chronicles

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New to the Haven Chronicles? Start Here.

If you’ve just discovered my books and are wondering where to start, you’re in the right place. This post is here to help you get your bearings. You’ll find out what kind of series the Haven Chronicles is, how the books fit together, and whether they’re your kind of read. Read more

By fifiphil, 2 weeks7th January 2026 ago
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Six Years, Three Books, and So Much More on the Way

Six years ago today, my debut novel Haven Wakes was published by the lovely people at Burning Chair Publishing. After teasing readers about the book launch for weeks, I spent the first day of October 2019 as gleeful and excited as a toddler in a sweet shop, or a ball Read more

By fifiphil, 4 months1st October 2025 ago
a futuristic city rising out of an open book
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Building a World Readers Want to Live in

When I first started writing the Haven Chronicles, I knew I wanted to create more than just a magical story. I also wanted to set the series in a world that readers would enjoy investigating and be keen to return to. That had to include the physical landscape we find Read more

By fifiphil, 4 months17th September 2025 ago
Hartley Keg on a background of a red terrace house street and the words How Hartley Keg found his real home
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How Hartley Keg Found His Real Home

One of the joys of writing fiction is the characters you meet along the way. I’m not talking about the real-life people you come across, although I’ve met some brilliantly talented and wonderfully helpful bookish folks as a result of writing the Haven Chronicles. No, in this instance, I mean Read more

By fifiphil, 7 months ago
open books and a pair of glasses on a desk, backdrop of book shelves and a typewriter, the words Guess what I'll be doing in 2024
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What you can expect from me in 2025

I’m firmly ensconced in the new year and back at my desk, so I thought it was time to tell you about my plan for 2025. And yes, it’s a writerly one, which I’m sure you were expecting. Here’s what I’ll be getting up to over the next twelve months. Read more

By fifiphil, 12 months22nd January 2025 ago
Haven Wakes, Magic Bound, and Haven's Deceit by Fi Phillips on a wintry table background
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Three Books Down: What’s Next for the Haven Chronicles?

Haven’s Deceit, the third instalment in my YA futuristic fantasy series, was published on 21st November by Burning Chair. There’s something very satisfying about having a trilogy of books out in the big, wide world. Just look at that line-up. Several people have asked if this is the end of Read more

By fifiphil, 1 year ago
Haven's Deceit by Fi Phillips and the words Become a part of the magic
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Become a part of the magic

There’s only one week to go – that’s seven sleeps – until Haven’s Deceit is published by Burning Chair on 21st November. This past month has gone by in an exciting blur. My author copies have come in. ARC reader copies have gone out. I’ve been talking about Haven’s Deceit Read more

By fifiphil, 1 year14th November 2024 ago
a magical doorway and the words Magical doors and mysterious thresholds
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Why I’m fascinated by magical doors and mysterious thresholds

I’ve always been captivated by doors, staircases, and any kind of threshold. To me, they signify a beginning, the unknown, and taking a chance. They’re the moment when we grip our courage tight and step out into something altogether different. *** “What do we do?” said Steve. “Well, we can’t Read more

By fifiphil, 1 year18th September 2024 ago
Haven Wakes and Magic Bound by Fi Phillips on a table against a muted countryside backdrop with the words Reintroducing the Haven Chronicles
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Reintroducing the Haven Chronicles series

With the third instalment of the Haven Chronicles YA fantasy series well on the way, I thought it was time to reintroduce the books so far. Oh, and drop a couple of hints about what you’ll discover in book three too.

By fifiphil, 1 year16th August 2024 ago
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A catch up in May

It’s been over a year since I’ve written a catch up post, so I thought it was time to do another. So grab a cup of what you fancy and find a comfy seat. Here’s what’s been happening in the life of Fi. Book 3 of the Haven Chronicles The Read more

By fifiphil, 2 years16th May 2024 ago

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