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A list of UK LGBTQ+ bookshops:

Views from the Overlook! Preorder now! Look at those contributors! The cover! This many exclamation marks it has to be good!!!!!!

Exactly my experience! This duology is extremely enjoyable. Even the parts that didn't have me genuinely laughing out loud and busting a gut IN PUBLIC had me grinning ear to ear. This is one of those that made me want to read faster to learn what happens &, simultaneously, slow down just to enjoy.

I just published a review of the incredible #warhammer40k novel Voice of Command by @richardswanauthor.bsky.social. An awesome read with a dark plot and some great characters, this book comes very highly recommended. #warhammer #WarhammerCommunity #warhammer40000 unseenlibrary.com/2026/10/25/w...

I just think that if you think you're not making any kind of political or moral point in your writing then you are either a complete moron, or such a boring writer that there's just no point reading you.

The Final Act of Daphne Devine by @sydmoore.bsky.social is out now! Second World War feeding-do with Daphne, magic, deception and a fierce moral perspective. Recommend. bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2026/10/the-... 📚💙 #BookSky @simonschusteruk.bsky.social

While I'm here, a small reminder that I have a new novella at Clarkesworld this month, one I'm very proud of. clarkesworldmagazine.com/bear_10_26/

HOLY MOLY I'm in the Observer!!!!!!!!!!

🎪☂ Out next month, something SPECTACULAR! For fans of THE NIGHT CIRCUS and THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, meet Zoé Duhaime's exquisitely beautiful debut, THE LOST SPECTACULAR. Coming to the UK on 5th November! "A beautiful ode to the magic of books" @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social Preorder: geni.us/lostspec

Accessibility of books. Ebooks enable any font size and allow changes in font. Audiobooks no longer come on a stack of cassettes or CDs

That moment when you hear about a really cool book (Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants) only to find it’s currently out of stock/print everywhere.

HMMM probably

Still making progress on these - mostly Hellebore and Mercy - both are rich and strange with a cast of characters that get their hooks into you.

We acknowledge that no one has the bandwidth for this, but if it helps: -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It's 'buck naked' -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’ -It’s ‘toe the line'

Out next Thursday, 2.15pm www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Rachel Pollack, fantasy writer and queen of Tarot interpreters, the fist trans person I got to know, even a little. Read anything by her.

I was so happy to get an arc of Milkteeth by @caitlinstarling.com - it was SUCH a cool and original vampire story, perfect for spooky season 🦇 released last week in the UK!!

If you’re in the U.K. you can order The Killing of a Chestnut Tree, by Oliver K. Langmead from @blackwelloxford.bsky.social

👻🦇LIMITED TIME DEAL🦇👻 Snap up 4 gruesomely good Solaris Horror titles in Kobo's Halloween sale! Ft: THE NEEDFIRE @mkhardywrites.com NORDIC NIGHTMARES by Margrét Helgadóttir THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DIAZ @isabelcanas.bsky.social ROSE OF JERICHO @alexgrecian.bsky.social Shop NOW 👉️ geni.us/SolKhall

I really loved the storytelling in the excellent The Haunting of Avis Lovelock by MK Hardy www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/10...

This week's Saturday snippet comes from my fantasy rom-com Enchanting the Fae Queen. Preorder the gorgeous UK paperback edition now: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/step... Or snap up any of the lovely editions already available! stephanieburgis.com/books/enchanting-the-fae-queen #romancelandia

Lead times being what they are, I wrote this in late July, and the word I wish I could go back and add is "frictionless" -- for good and ill locusmag.com/review/exit-...

Not available in the U.K., sadly

COVER REVEAL!!! "AND LOKI IN HIS PRISON" book 1 of "HANGED GOD'S GAME" With incredible artwork by Jon Sideriadis. I love the intricate storybook feel, perfect 4 a book aiming to give adult readers the sense of wonder we felt as kids opening a myth book Pre-orders open USA & UK: buff.ly/leGWuZA

Accessibility of books. Ebooks enable any font size and allow changes in font. Audiobooks no longer come on a stack of cassettes or CDs

Plus extra date for London next year. TBA...

“I wanted to play with that,” Polis continues. https://gnofhorror.com/i-was-a-teenage-bisexual-tour/

Hey, perfect background color:

This a reply to a post that I mistagged @gnofhorror.com - and David is completely right about both of them. I don't need more encouragement. @runalongwomble.bsky.social and @gnofhorror.com are already dangerous to be around.

Someone take my credit card off me…

I read Adam Roberts' Frankenstein Rex. It is... weird. Clever, challenging, weird. And the blurb is wrong. randomalex.net/2026/10/23/f...

All stories must come to an end, so Rob Sardan must finally face off against the evil pirate king, Mothar. But will he finally find a boy to love along the way? Available now: wizardstowerpress.co...

There's a new Bluesky update that lets you add various links to your profile (your shop, your portfolio, your Ko-Fi, whatever SO MAKE SURE YOU ADD YOUR LINKS!!

I’m still really proud of the song we wrote for the final episide, as sung by Sophie Hopkins and accompanied in the scene by Sam Sweeney and I. m.soundcloud.com/blairmowat/t...

Coming next August from Tor, my new novel about a roadtrip across many worlds: Sunlit Uplands. Available for preorder now, and this is the beautiful cover

The worst thing about Bioware shutting down is the shitty treatment of the people working for it. But also it's becoming clear that they had assembled an absolutely elite team of modern science fiction writers to write the next Mass Effect game, and man it hurts that we'll never get to see it.

Reread this one after many years - still love it. There’s gorgeous writing, a slow-reveal alien mystery, the corrosive effect of lies, & a heartbreaking depiction of mental illness and one woman’s unraveling. A propulsive build to a fantastic ending. “Planetfall” by Emma Newman. #BookSky 💙📚🪐

I’m a fan of horror - the weird and cosmic kind - I also like cosy horror - not a huge fan of gore - so splatterpunk, slasher etc are horror I tend to avoid.

NIGHT OF THE MALLRATS by Nicolina Torres – Review The nitty-gritty: A fun mash-up of murder mystery, time travel and 1990s culture, Night of the Mallrats is an entertaining blast from the past. I thought this was going to be a time travel story, and it is, sort of. But the time travel element is…

Surrounded, outnumbered and outgunned, the resistance cannot hold out. #TheForeverDead: the thrilling conclusion to @birmo.bsky.social epic sci-fi adventure, #TheCruelStars trilogy, Out now: https://geni.us/TFDorgsoc

I am reading this right now - it’s messed up in a fun way.

The Quantum Dawn is now out in paperback in the UK & in ebook worldwide from @solarisbooks.bsky.social. It's also out in audio through @recordedbooks.bsky.social! Check out T. Ryder Smith's narration wherever you get your audiobooks! If this is new, the series starts with The Quantum Magician.

Hello UK fans. My next big book EXHUMATION is released TODAY (in the UK). Publisher's Weekly and Library Journal gave it starred rave reviews and Kirkus called it "a triumph". It's definitely my most ambitious one yet. harpercollins.co.uk/products/exh...