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Costumes for Time Travellers

A whimsical, quirky and cosy romantic fantasy that’s “The most delightful time travel novel ever!” (Sarah Beth Durst)
Brief Description
For fans of Legends and Lattes, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, and The Baby Dragon Café, this queer time-travel fantasy is the perfect book to curl up with this autumn. "The most delightful time travel novel ever!" — Sarah Beth Durst, author of The... Read More
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Costumes for Time Travellers

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For fans of Legends and Lattes, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, and The Baby Dragon Café, this queer time-travel fantasy is the perfect book to curl up with this autumn.

"The most delightful time travel novel ever!" — Sarah Beth Durst, author of The Spellshop

"A delightful and whimsical new fairy tale brimming with sartorial charm and time-travelling escapades." — Elizabeth Lim, author of Six Crimson Cranes

Anyone who has hiked through time knows the town of Pocket. It’s the place time-travellers first reach after they stumble away from their hometime before they reach their intended new destination. In Pocket, travellers can take care of all their needs before continuing their journey: a hot meal, a cold shower, helpful information – and appropriate clothing from Costumes for Time Travellers, Mena’s shop, filled with clothes and cloth from every era.

To Calisto, Pocket is home. They love their grandmother Mena’s clothes shop where they work and where they meet and help many travellers a day. Calisto has no intention of travelling themself – it’s too dangerous.

For Fawkes, travelling is life. He put on time boots when he was young and has been stumbling through eras ever since.

But when Fawkes floats into Pocket, Calisto is captivated as never before. They must choose whether to remain in the safety of their town or follow Fawkes on a journey through the timelands to help protect all they hold dear.

"A cosy, warm hug of a book, filled with all of my favourite things. A. R. Capetta is at the peak of their powers." — Wren James, author of The Loneliest Girl in the Universe

"A soft yet thrilling romantic fantasy. With lovable characters who are so easy to adore and one of the most fascinating worlds and concepts I’ve had the pleasure of experiencing." — Kacen Callender, author of Felix Ever After

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529528794

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 October 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Walker Books Ltd

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 195.0mm

Weight: 140g

Pages: 224

About the Author

A. R. Capetta is known for magical and romantic novels including Echo After Echo, The Lost Coast, and the Lambda Literary Award winner The Heartbreak Bakery. They are also the author of the Hocus and Pocus series for younger readers. A. R. Capetta lives in a small town in the mountains – firmly anchored within the timelands, unfortunately – with their family.

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