Remembering a great man today and always. #MartinLutherKingDay

www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors/Hann... Delighted to be able to tell you all that @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social have now added me to their Live Literature Database 🥳 I am available for a wide range of literary events so head to the link in my bio if you'd like to book me.

Woohoo! @mkinberg.bsky.social latest ‘In the Spotlight’ #booksky #readers #bookthoughts margot-kin-berg.com/2026/01/20/i...

The Classics Club Questionnaire fictionfanblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/t... > via @fictionfanblog.bsky.social

Ambitious brainchild of @lindzmcleod.bsky.social - 'An Honour & a Privilege' delivers collaboratively written fiction and accompanying pieces of non-fiction, demystifying the craft techniques used in each story. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page... #WomenWriters #amwriting #writingcommunity

Happy 92nd, Tom Baker. Photo from six (?) years ago, and a smoother and more accomplished professional you could not wish to meet. Absolutely lovely man, no longer boomingly loud, but very gentle and wise. And still quite wicked, I think!

Welcome to my thoughts about #TheComingFire by Greg Mosse - the concluding volume of the ambitious #TheComingDarkness trilogy. 💙📚 Out now from @moonflowerbooks.bsky.social in paperback and e-book. brownflopsy.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

An Enigma by the Sea Set in Tuscaneeeeeey www.thebooktrail.com/translated-n... @bitterlemonpub

*NEW BLOG POST* Today on #damppebbles I am sharing this week's #TopTenTuesday post. The theme for this week is 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐆𝐎𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 🥅📚🎯 Check out my list here... ➡️ buff.ly/jRy4ah9 #BookSky #skybrarians #books #top10 #list #bookrecommendation #bookish #whattoread

Tickets are now available for our first public event for the Words Alive in Libraries author tour, with Fiona Williams, author of The House of Broken Bricks, on Thursday 29th January, at Arts University Plymouth. www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/ply...

Is there no end to this woman's talent? Wonderful @annamazz.bsky.social suggests drinks and snacks for your NOTES ON A DROWNING reading group party.What are you waiting for?

Running low on signed copies! Get yours now* www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/bookshop *only available for UK orders. Product page will indicate which books are signed

Headline’s Tinder Press has acquired Amy Twigg’s "electrifying" new novel about a woman "who finds her body is no longer her own". Milk, Bread, Teeth will publish in January 2027 👇 #BookSky

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 6: Having a day job doesn’t mean you’re not a proper writer. Writing for children doesn’t mean you’re not a proper writer. Being unpublished doesn’t mean you’re not a proper writer. Oh, and there’s no such thing as a proper writer. Only writers, and those who don’t.

I wasn't exposed to pony clubs as a child, so I found the background of Murder Strikes Pink fascinating. The victim was universally disliked so it was hard to narrow down the pool of suspects. happinessisabook.com/murder-strik... 📚⚡️ 📚💙

Eman Basher writes of her time as a teacher in Gaza: “Poetry, stories, and literature were the tools we used to carve out moments of imagination in a world that often felt like it had none to spare.”

But All My Words Come Back to Me in Shades of Mediocrity* margot-kin-berg.com/2026/01/17/b...

SLEEP ALONE is out in two months! This new edition of @jawmccarthy.bsky.social's short novel also includes the bonus story "With Animals". Pre-orders available now everywhere books are sold! "Instantly intoxicating." – @haileypiperfights.bsky.social shortwavepublishing.com/catalog/slee...

This is an incredible set of books! I highly recommend them

very excited to edit this anthology. send me your stories for consideration! submission info and form below 👇 you have until 1 Feb before I close the sub portal

Is your Novel Plot or Character Driven? When I was querying agents and publishers, I found this distinction incredibly helpful, if only because deciding what to highlight in a query letter can feel impossible. Here's how to tell: lindaksienkiewicz.com/queries-is-y... #writersky #mondayblogs

Next Sunday, Jan 25, is #SelfPubFest! 📖 It’s a completely #free online literary festival you can join from home. I’m excited to be part of the #CrimeFiction panel at 11am. Whether you’re a reader or a fellow writer, there’s something for everyone. self-pub-fest.co.uk #Skybrarian #BookSky #reader

My last publisher closed, but The Innocents Mysteries Series has a new home, fresh edits, and new covers. Find part one here www.amazon.com/Innocents-Pa... Link to author page for the rest of the series www.amazon.com/stores/C.-A.... It's exciting to be back.

Had a lovely time yesterday at @eckhardischebeck.bsky.social'sopening Art Exposition (#Kulturbahnhof Hiltrup, near Münster, Germany) 🥳🎉 Meanwhile, my #BookSigning Tour around Europe continues! 💙📚 If you happen to spot me in your city, don't hesitate to say hi! 🥰❤️ #writingcommunity #louiseblackwick

Do dark secrets haunt the cobblestone streets of Raven's Edge? (Available in ebook, paperback & audio) UK: amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B... USA: amazon.com/gp/product/B... #CozyMystery #KindleUnlimited #AudioBook #GothicMystery

For this month's Verso Book Club Reading Group, we will be joined by Eman Basher and Ahmed Masoud to discuss the landmark anthology, Gaza: The Story of a Genocide. www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/g...

NURU AND HIS CROWS is book 1 of The Nuru and His Crows Series of “outrageous” thrillers. Cara and Elke’s perfect lives spiral out of control after meeting Nuru. “An interesting and enjoyable read but not for the faint-hearted, the shy, the retiring or the bashful.” amzn.to/2UbSubv

It was the perfect family holiday – Until her daughter disappeared… What happened on the beach that day? ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “An unputdownable story…” getbook.at/TCCS2 #KindleUnlimited 💙📚 #booksky #familydrama #holidays #womenwriters

New on my blog - Paperbacks to Look Out For in February 2026: Part One alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/01/pape... #BookSky

Yes, it's Monday but I was off Friday hence #KidsBooksFriday For twists, turns & drama, perennial favourites are The Mysterious Benedict Society (strong Addiction-To-Screens-Is-Bad message) for 10ish+, and for slightly older readers, The Screaming Staircase, an excellent paranormal mystery🔍 #KidLit

Behind the scenes: working on our 2026 catalogue for booksellers and readers!

Eventi 🔗 CioccolaTò 2026: Piazza Vittorio si conferma il tempio del cacao con 60 espositori e un’area record Un festival diffuso fra musei, palazzi storici e incontri d'autore: arriva anche Joanne Harris, autrice di "Chocolat" #piemonte #torinotoday

Our next #AuthorInterview is with @lilydunn.bsky.social Thursday 22 January at 6 pm GMT. #IntoBeing is a hybrid craft #Memoir/ book with a particular emphasis on the healing power of memoir. @manchesterup.bsky.social. You can ask your own questions or just follow along using #WomenWritersNet

What are the deeper dynamics at play in the US invasion of Venezuela?

The Winston Graham Historical Prize 2026 Shortlist whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2026/01/19/t...

Yet another reason why I have loved Bruce for over 40 years.

Sheffield UCU @sheffielducu.bsky.social has been taking strike action in defence of jobs this term. But in an alarming escalation, Sheffield management has threatened to "lock out", ie. deduct pay at 100% for each day, if members refuse to reschedule marking, beginning with the start of 2026. 🧵1/7

We were delighted to welcome Her Majesty The Queen to the Library today. The Queen was here to officially launch the National Year of Reading in Scotland. Led by the Department for Education and the National Literacy Trust, the UK-wide campaign aims to help people rediscover the joy of reading.

"But when I landed in Minneapolis and saw the size, scope and lawlessness of the federal onslaught unfolding here, I understood that Good’s killing was emblematic of its true mission: to stage a spectacle of cruelty upon a city that stands in stark defiance of Trump’s dark vision of America."

ANMLY is now open for new work! We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation! > anmly.submittable.com *Fee waivers available* Check out our latest issue to see what we're into! > anmly.org/ap41

12 days left to send in work!

Do yourself a favour and watch Valentino: The Last Emperor. It’s somehow compulsive viewing and a triumph of camp!

Julian Barnes' last novel and a farewell... www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/b...

ICYMI: Granta has won a four-way auction for Henry Hoke’s new novel, The First Girl in Hell, publishing in spring 2027 👇 #BookSky

From the archive for Nina Bawden, #BornOnThisDay in 1925, my thoughts on her excellent novel, THE ICE HOUSE. A subtle, insightful story of the tangled nature of love, friendship, marriage and the deceptions we are sometimes too blinkered to see. #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/t...

Lots of upcoming events at the bookstore, introduced by an acrostic newsletter. mailchi.mp/cc5c7263aea9...

On @bluemoodcafe.bsky.social Accidentally Yours by Christina Lauren @christinalauren @domsalvacion @andrew_gibson_narrates @brilliancepublishing #TheImprobableMeetCuteSecondChances #AccidentallyYours bluemoodcafe.com/2026/01/19/a...