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I've read Little, Big by John Crowley several times over the decades (it came out when I was in my early 20s) and I've loved it every time, and (best of all) it's never been the same book twice. Mr. Bookish and I still quote favorite lines from it at each other. An extraordinary work. 💝

I need a timeline cleanse. How about a table of contents announcement! That’s right—despite the world being on fire, it’s time to reveal the TOC for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3! It was VERY hard to narrow the list down but it's all killer, no filler. The book launches October 14. Enjoy! 1/2

Giller Prize 2025 Longlist file770.com/giller-prize...

Nonfiction science new releases for September, 2025! Which of these books are you adding to your TBR? I am adding GHOSTED, BLUEPRINTS, and DANGEROUS MIRACLE to my TBR. #nonfiction #booksky #science 🧪 #sciencebooks #womeninscience #nonfictionscience ⚛️🎢🌱🦜📚

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com p.s. this week I am on a USA/Canada tour with my new book. Details and preorder links at tomgauld.com

🍂It's fall, which means the publishing industry is pouring out a tidal wave of new releases, which means I had an expensive weekend! Here's my e-book haul. Anything look interesting to you?🍂📚🍁

Gahan Wilson. #BookWormSat

Whenever I see a headline that starts with “Why”, I mentally insert a comma after the first word and it almost invariably improves the headline - this one is no exception

📚📦Book mail! UK to US—two titles not available here that I couldn’t do without. I love Lorraine Wilson’s work! And reading about the war in Ukraine has become an obsession—this one’s about Ukraine’s Foreign Legion of international volunteers that sprang up in response to the 2022 Russian invasion.

My cartoon for the @theguardian.com books autumn reads special.

September is packed with some brilliant new publishing. Here are my personal highlights: this month's new books that I'm most excited about 😁 Fantasy, scifi, horror, big names, and relative newcomers. They've all caught my eye and I'm looking forward to getting them in the bookshop! 💙📚🪐 #NewBooks

I have been privileged to overhear some tiny fragments of this conversation and trust me, friends, if you’re interested in the subject matter at all, you will want this book.

As a historian of computing, can confirm, this is exactly what happened

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Somehow I missed that this book was coming out, but now it's here I'll be grabbing a copy at the first chance. We don't have enough written-down history of the sff field, and I'm always hungry for more! 😋

It’s September 1st. Bradbury season. 🎃

Today we're thrilled to welcome to the Hive authors from upcoming Dark Academia anthology THESE DREAMING SPIRES to discuss what the genre means to them! Read more: tinyurl.com/bd3r7ax3 #DarkAcademia @titanbooks.bsky.social @marieoregan.bsky.social @paulkane.bsky.social

New Review - a highly recommended collection of reworked fairy tales and also great analysis oh how these stories have evolved - Black-Winged Angels by Angela Slatter is out now! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/9/...

Hey hey hey! My new novel Everybody's Perfect is available to preorder with a release date of June 30th 2026! (I'm linking to Amazon but you can preorder it from anywhere good books are sold) www.amazon.com/Everybodys-P...

This is me.⬇️

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

I am a bit of a sucker for a new take on a classic, and I've read a couple of really interesting Frankenstein novels recently. First is Melissa Olson's The Other Frankenstein, modern-day set, with a perspective on the story I've not seen taken up before... www.amazon.co.uk/Other-Franke...

38M! 🎉

Some days you realise you've bought another copy of that book because hey that sounds amazing I should have a copy Some days you realise you apparently didn't buy that amazing book you really want to read right now ...dammit

I have a story in the new issue of ParSec magazine; a europe story, but not a Europe story. First magazine sale since the roaring days of Sci Fiction, so I’m a bit rusty. It’s available here: pspublishing.co.uk/parsec-digit...

My cartoon for this week’s Books pages in @theguardian.com

#BookSky hivemind - what's the best NON-fiction book you've read so far this year, please? Doesn't have to be published in 2025 but usual rules apply - has to be available in the UK, and can't consider *anything* self-published. Reposts appreciated. Gogogo 😀📚😀📚😀📚😀📚

My cartoon for this weekend’s @theguardian.com books.

Roseanna's looking forward to a whole bunch of fantasy and science fiction books that are coming out in the next 6 months. A good list to browse!

Russell Letson reviews of THE FOURTH CONSORT by @edashtonwriting (@edashtonwriting.bsky.social): “Intrigue plotting aside, the novel is most strongly driven by those conversations and interactions among the three species...” locusmag.com/2025/07...

From the 4 to 14 July, @solarisbooks.bsky.social is holding a #StillProud eBook sale to celebrate their LGBTQ+ list & encourage “Read Queer All Year”! My hard scifi family saga on Venus "The House of Styx" ebook is on sale for 99p! Follow this link: rebellionpublishing.com/sale/?produc...

NewCon Press are a small press publisher in the UK specialising in genre fiction. They have a sale on! Definitely worth a browse.🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction www.newconpress.co.uk/info/books.a...

This is wonderful. Sound up, fam.

This cartoon is hot right now… www.worldofmoose.com/products/30-...

Yes we are half way through 2025! It felt longer but fear not I have a half year look back and one or two (ish) recommendations for the holidays! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/6/...

Hey, Bluesky! Anybody out there have “Daleks join Russia in attacking Ukraine” on their 2025 bingo card??

🚀📚Great discussion of the Clarke Award shortlist here! If you like reviews that tilt toward literary criticism (like, looking beyond surface plots and into metaphors, etc.) you'll enjoy this piece. Also, I agree with them 100% about Alien Clay vs. Service Model, so there's that.😀

HAPPY BIRTHDAY APOD! This was a brilliant idea early on in the days of the internet: a daily cool astronomy/space pic with a brief description and links. It brought science to millions of people.

Tiny part.

In honour of my new baby and in honour of not supposed to be working, over the next few weeks I'm going to post this short story called 'Fledgling' I made for my patreon 2 years ago. This is part 1/14.

Everyone needs a break now and then, but sometimes getting away can be murder. 🏖️ Cyanide in the Sun: And Other Stories of Summertime Crime is a jam-packed anthology of eighteen classic mysteries straight from crime fiction legends like Christianna Brand. Tap to shop: tinyurl.com/CyanideInThe...

A cartoon from my next book. Physics for Cats will be out in the autumn from @dandq.bsky.social and @canongate.co.uk with other languages coming soon.

It’s good to see me, isn’t it? 💜✨ Yes, yes, the rumors are true — we are OFFICIALLY launching here on Bluesky! In case you forgot, we’re a place to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores, not billionaires. Thanks for being here 🙌🏽

@ianthegreen.bsky.social finished Extremophile last night. I can give you no higher compliment than this: I've come away wanting to write like you do here. Brilliant stuff. Also sneaky reference to mordor and the arrival of the balrog? Everyone else: it's on the Clarke's for a reason. Go find it

It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.

Many of you read and shared my guide to Free-to-use Picture Resources for Writers, with links to millions of free images in the Public Domain. Now, here's a follow up post with links to millions more. www.jordanacosta.co/p/more-free-...

This always makes me laugh

ICYMI like I did, the @locusmag.bsky.social 2025 fundraiser is happening now. Locus has been an important pillar in the SFF community, dating back to 1968. Help offset rising costs and maybe pick up some cool swag: www.indiegogo.com/projects/loc...