February and Reading Independent Publishers Month #ReadIndies are over, but we should be reading and supporting independent presses all year round. If you want some ideas of what to read next, check out my page with a massive amount of links! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/reading-inde...

It's the last day of #ReadIndies month, and I share my February reads here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/28/f... Don't forget to leave a comment and share your own reads!

On the Ramblings today, my last review for #ReadIndies, and it's a chunkster - a stunning book about the composition of #thewasteland from @faberbooks.bsky.social - more here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/27/i...

A few initial thoughts about the International Booker Longlist for 2026 findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2026/02/25/i...

Radio Leeds Book Club tomorrow morning, live at 9.15ish. Tune in if you wanna hear me talk about books by the dazzling triumverate of Naomi Booth, @jamesscudamore.bsky.social and @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, plus whatever else Rima wants to bring up. Not saying which books though 😀

New on the blog today for #ReadIndies, I've written about TEA ON SUNDAY by Lettice Cooper. A very enjoyable 'closed circle' style whodunnit in which an elderly woman is bumped off in the run-up to her tea party on Sunday afternoon. #BookSky 💙📚 #CrimeFiction jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/02/26/t...

Further praise for the new reissue of Morgan's Castle by neglected #NovaScotia novelist Jan Hilliard's 1964 novel. #canlit #cdnhist reesewarner.blogspot.com/2026/02/jan-...

On the Ramblings today for #ReadIndies, a stunning short story collection by @nicholasroyle.bsky.social from @confingopublishing.bsky.social "Paris Fantastique" - so good! More here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/25/i...

An excellent resource for #ReadIndies! 😊

The second-rate works of a great writer are worth reading because they offer the best criticism of his masterpieces. —Virginia Woolf, from 'The Common Reader'

It's the last week of #ReadIndies and on the blog I share my thoughts on a gripping political thriller from @corylusbooks.bsky.social - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/23/s...

New on the blog today, I've written about FREEZING POINT by Anders Bodelsen (tr. Joan Tate). I loved this chilling dystopian nightmare shot through with absurdist, deadpan humour - another knockout addition to the Faber Editions series! #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/02/22/f...

Time to share some bookish arrivals in a little 🧵! First up, a purchase following my read of A Higher Calling by John Greening. I love a bit of vintage investigative journalism!!

Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson lovebooksreadbooks.com/2026/02/18/c...

Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf #ReadIndies lovebooksreadbooks.com/2026/02/13/k...

Sidney Gilliat’s excellent adaptation of Christianna Brand’s vintage mystery GREEN FOR DANGER is on Talking Pictures at 6.10pm tonight. Definitely recommended!

Donkey snowdrops drop.

As an AUDITORY bonus, there is also a mention of this MES-approved trucker anthem, it being #FallFriday. Nat Stuckey’s Caffein, Nicotine, Benzedrine (“and wish me luck!”) @backlisted.bsky.social youtu.be/LI_45kvhZok?...

AUDITORY - i.e. the audio version of INVENTORY - is available now via www.patreon.com/backlisted. I love making these, they are little shows in their own right, rather than simply readings. This one runs 40 minutes and covers George Jones to Porter Wagoner, via Sammi Smith. @backlisted.bsky.social

On the Ramblings today, a book which qualifies for #ReadIndies and #HungarianLitMonth - "Love in a Bottle" by Antal Szerb from @pushkinpress.com - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/20/t...

‘woman has stayed in her old place and does not develop. That is why a woman is often socially handicapped, incapable of coping on her own, and must always be reliant on a man. She has to make an impression on him – by manipulation, by smiling.’ #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/t...

#ReadIndies continues all month, and today I share my thoughts on a haunting tale of obsession, reissued by @mikewalmer.bsky.social - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/p...

I took a leap into the dark by purchasing the US rights to Dorothy Richardson's magnificent but woefully underappreciated autobiographical novel, Pilgrimage. Now that folks are reading our new edition, it's nice to hear that it was worth the effort. Available now: asterismbooks.com/product/pilg...

On the blog today, another #readindies review - this time, of a marvellous book exploring poetry and the writing life from @renardpress.com by #johngreening - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/i...

On the blog this week for #ReadIndies, I've written about some of my favourite books from NYRB Classics. Featuring books by Olivia Manning, Vicki Baum, Dorothy B. Hughes and more! #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/02/12/s...

Today on the blog, a visit to a Armenian village for #ReadIndies “The simpler the words, the more significant their meaning.” (Narine Abgaryan, Three Apples Fell From the Sky) madamebibilophilerecommends.co.uk/2026/02/15/t...

Just finished reading 'The Magic of Reality' by Richard Dawkins. Enjoyed reading it very much. Made me think of Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly Everything'. My review is here. #RichardDawkins #ScienceBooks vishytheknight.wordpress.com/2026/02/14/b...

The one, the only @causticcovercritic.bsky.social reflects on the best things he read in 2025. Bring your wallet! eigermonchjungfrau.blog/2026/02/14/j...

On the Ramblings today for #readindies - a stunning reissue of Richard Hell's "Godlike". Think Rimbaud and Verlaine transposed to 1970s New York - wonderful! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/13/i...

New on the blog today for #ReadIndies, I've written about some of my favourite books from NYRB Classics. Featuring books by Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Comyns, J. L. Carr and more! @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social #BookSky 💙📚 #TranslationThurs jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/02/12/s...

"The footprints of others": review of 'After Kenyon', a sequence of thirty poems by Jeanne Griggs, published by Broadstone Books. #ReadIndies #Booksky wp.me/sezD85-knyn

Tove Telegraph #ToveTrove (Freshly Updated!) bookjotter.com/2026/01/12/t... #Moomin #ToveJansson #ToveTrove

Don't miss Shokoffeh Azar's magnificent new novel The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of Our Kitchen anzlitlovers.com/2026/02/11/t...

‘…and now that the children were away she found she was afraid to speak for fear of disturbing a silence that might, if broken, reveal any number of things that she did not want to see and that she was sure he did not want to see.’ #BookSky 💙📚 #ReadIndies jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/s...

For #readindies today, my thoughts on the stunning new book by #jeremycooper from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social - "Discord". More here kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/11/t...

On the Ramblings today, I explore two fascinating poetry collections from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social for #readindies - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/i...

What books from independent publishers have you read lately?

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Raindrops drip like sweat from a brow or your tears #DailyHaiku #NaHaiWriMo wp.me/p4H9zI-B4

I want to fly and run till it hurts / sleep for a while and speak no words / in

Pre-orders of Keshed are heading out… @stuhennigan.bsky.social

New on my blog - Blasts from the Past: Evening by Susan Minot (1999) alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/02/blas... #BookSky

A review for #ReadIndies - An Astronomer in Love by Antoine Laurain (translated by Louise Rogers Lalaurie and Megan Jones) shereadsnovels.com/2026/02/06/a...

‘Phantom’, the Sacred Memory Bank, Kirkby Gallery. Monday to Saturday until March 27th. Over a hundred Time Machines for your pleasure…

For #readindies today, a clever crime classic reissued by @blpublishing.bsky.social which has some wonderful echoes of the past. More here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/a...

Simply racing through this bulky book for #ReadIndies, despite the author's determination to share every single scrap of research he came across 😉😂 Politically rather plausible, I'm afraid...

On the Ramblings today, a fascinating novella by an author new to me, Alexander Ertel, from @mikewalmer.bsky.social for #readindies - more here! kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/n...

Say hello to our February titles! 🐟 Get 10% off these titles with code FEBBOOKS10 until the end of the month! Order here: 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc8mt63m

A serendipitous choice for #ReadIndies and #SpeccyFicChal: Bird Deity by John Morrissey published by @textpublishing.bsky.social anzlitlovers.com/2026/02/03/b...