Thread Traveller

For every woman who's been told the best part is behind her: midlife is a portal.
Thread Traveller is the door.

Kirkus Best Indie Book of 2025 / 2026 CANREADS Women's Fiction Finalist

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“An incredible, beautiful & immersive world of powerful women, magical fungi and what-if second chances.”
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“In the vein of Margaret Atwood and Ursula K. Le Guin.”
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“A strong debut with compelling characters that passionately advocates for community, nature, and found family.”
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The author Annabel Youens standing in a cedar tree, smiling in a red dress with yellow earrings.

Annabel Youens is a debut novelist who started writing fiction at 47 — exactly when she was supposed to. She lives on Vancouver Island and writes the Substack Saved by the Spell about midlife, motherhood, and mushrooms.

Oh, and she swears a lot (according to her mother).

Why I started at 47