If you fancy getting 25% off the paperback of my book (due out on January 29th 2026) you could go to this link and pre-order it, entering the code OCTOBER25. I’m not pressuring you, but you probably should. Paperbacks are great. www.waterstones.com/book/broken-...

🎭 Samuel Pepys is BACK in the new mystery from @jackjewers.bsky.social. Investigating a brutal double murder leads him to in the glamorous yet unexpectedly dangerous world of the Drury Lane theatre. Pre-order now from @waterstones.bsky.social to get 25% off: www.waterstones.com/book/seethin...

fuck off with this shit you racist cunts. i forgot the word "tumbledryer" the other day so i called it a tumbley bumbley and english is my only fucking language. abolish the home office.

🚨Exciting news for fans of Pagans by @jamesbluecat.bsky.social...🚨 1. The paperback is available for pre-order 2. If you order it now from @waterstones.bsky.social with the code OCTOBER25, you'll get 25% off 3. IT'S GOT THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE SEQUEL IN IT www.waterstones.com/book/pagans/...

This is tomorrow @deadinkbookshop.bsky.social. I'm really looking forward to it. Do come along if you want to see how much an author can age between the release of their first and second novels. deadinkbookshop.com/products/the...

Pre-order ‘My Bags Are Big’ by Tibor Fischer today, with 25% discount off at Waterstones – use code OCTOBER25 in the checkout 👉 www.waterstones.com/book/my-bags...

Until midnight this Friday (17th Oct), Waterstones are giving 25% off the preorder of the paperback edition of Pagans (due Feb '26) if you use the code OCTOBER25, so that's a thing you could do if you wanted. www.waterstones.com/book/pagans/...

After a year out of print, due to the demise of my ex-publisher, my 2018 story collection Help The Witch is now re-available. I've a few signed copies here, available with a free plague doctor linoprint postcard by my mum. Please email me at [email protected] if you'd like one (& are in the UK).

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Share a TV show you love from the 1970s. So many to choose from! ButI'm going for Roobarb and Custard. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRBo...

Despite relentlessly discovering social media makes NO difference to ticket sales , let me remind you that I am in ST ALBANS this week www.books-on-the-hill.co.uk/events/58bpt...

I've put a few new drawings up at www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale There are also badges, prints and a zine at www.tomgauld.com/shop

I have a new book coming! EYE SPY is out in March 2026, it’s a thriller set on the Eurostar, and it looks a lot like this! www.amazon.co.uk/Eye-Spy-addi...

There can be only one. #NonFlyingDutchman

As an avid reader, I can whole-heartedly endorse this deal. For the price of a brand new hardback book, you'll get a *year's* worth of excellent writing. Its a bargain. #booksky

Celebration day for editor, Nicholas Royle and all the contributors of Best British Short Stories 2025! 🥳🎉🎈🥂

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If you could please do us a favour and RT (or whatever it is on here) my writing CV I would be extremely grateful. I am a very capable writer of words, mainly “humorous”’ and if you have some PROPER paid work for me, please DM me. Thank you for your time www.mathew-owen.co.uk

It's too bad Kenny won't live but then again, who does?

SIGNED BOOKS! "According To G", the autobiography of Geraint Thomas It's the story of the 2018 Tour De France winner's epic journey to the pinnacle of his sport. It's out in next week, but my SIGNED copies have arrived! Order a copy HERE! biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

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7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film: 1) snow 2) bearded men concealing surprises 3) compulsory party games 4) introverts shunning group activities 5) digestive issues 6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms 7) knitwear

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One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats' which is out now in the UK, USA, Canada, France and Germany. Order from your local bookshops or online: www.tomgauld.com/

"I didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize because they said I'd done too much peace. The most peace anyone has ever done. They said if I did any more peace then peace would cease to exist. Phenomenal amounts of peace, huge levels of peace" x

Benjamin Zephaniah was the best. bsky.app/profile/neve...

Are you going to #take10toread today? Organised by the National Literacy Trust which is encouraging us all to take 10 minutes at 10 o’clock on the 10th to stop the world for a moment and just pick up a good book. I’m in! #booksky

As an aside, I have a few signed copies of the Swift Press reissue here, with a free limited edition postcard of the lovely map my dad drew for the book. If you are in the UK, and would like one for cover price (£9.99) plus p&p please email me your address at [email protected].

Today is World Mental Health Day. It’s a day that should be every day of the year. You are worthwhile, and you deserve to be here. #WorldMentalHealthDay #WMHD25 #MentalHealth

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My latest newsletter just dropped, or - to put it more accurately - floated randomly into a nearby hedge, like some old weird inconsequential post-it note which fell out of somebody's back pocket on a walk on a windy day. It's here if you'd like a read: www.tom-cox.com/autumn-diary/

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You made it halfway through the week *and* we still have free shipping? Sounds like the perfect time to treat yourself to a new book and support indie bookstores in the process. 📚

What sets us apart from Audible? Let us count the ways: 📚 Every purchase supports your indie bookshop 💗 Employee-owned, Certified B Corp, & Social Purpose Corporation 📖 DRM-free (you own your audiobooks) 🤖 Bookseller driven, not algo driven (& our customer support team = real people, not robots)

#20TBRbookchallenge 💙📚 Choose 20 books on your current TBR shelf. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. 18/20 #Booksky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readersky

IT'S WEDNESDAY! It's #buyastrangerabook day. The best of all the days. I'll give out TWO books. FOR FREE. If you'd like one, let me know. Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know. It's a thing! Look. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi... UK only

It's #buyastrangerabook day. Now then, if you'd like a book, but aren't quite sure what, just let @melissaschuh.bsky.social know the kinda stuff you like reading. Melissa will then reply with a choice of four books. You can choose your favourite & Melissa will pay for it! Get in touch. UK only

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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

Like Otto in A Fish Called Wanda, she may have read it but she hasn't understood any of it.

I’m supporting Mind’s campaign to improve the Bill to give people more say in their treatment, end racial inequalities and make it work for young people. I’ve emailed my MP, will you email yours too? campaigns.mind.org.uk/page/176593/...

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com p.s. My new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out this week. Details at www.tomgauld.com

I should probably advertise more often. You can buy prints from me, commission pictures, make 3d models, animation, come up with excellent ideas, all sorts. tell your mates. cheers.

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

If anybody (in the UK) would like a signed and personalised first edition Everything Will Swallow hardback for cover price plus p&p, please drop me an email at [email protected]. My mum, Jo, has very kindly designed, printed and cut some beautiful bookmarks to go with each purchase (for free).

youtube.com/watch?v=lXz7... Get your day started right. Junior Dell & The D-Lites. Jump Around. Original Gravity Records.

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If anyone else (in the UK) would like one of these bumper packages for just £9.99 plus p&p please drop me an email at [email protected] (NB: cat not included).

Explore more resources, and ways to take action: libro.fm/banned

Oh boy, it’s a beauty! Thanks @biggreenbooks.bsky.social and @nigetassell.bsky.social