Tickets for #CheltLitFest 2025 are on sale now! Don't miss: 13/10 Into Being: Writing Memoir with @lilydunn.bsky.social & @carosanderson.bsky.social www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/into-... 14/10 The Spectre of Russia with Andrew Monaghan www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/the-s... #booksky

Thrilled! Goldsmiths Press/Gold SF will publish ALSTON MOOR in Autumn 2026. Epic eco-fiction with two entwined storylines, 500 years apart! I’ve adored every minute of research for this novel. @goldsmithspress.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social

"The result is something rather extraordinary: a novel where you really are in charge, where you really will solve the murder — providing you’ve followed the clues correctly" Great review of Can You Solve the Murder?: www.gamespew.com/2025/09/can-...

Kofi is back! Wonderful book post of KOFI AND THE BRAND NEW VIBE, book 3 in #jeffreykboakye’s brilliant and joyous middle-grade series published by @FaberChildrens.bsky.social on 9 October 2025. ‘A brilliant writer’ - Cressida Cowell @faberbooks.bsky.social

📖 HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to Hazell Ward buff.ly/WIkrOii with ‘The Game is Murder’!

ANNOUNCEMENT

Big thanks to Wrexham Library and @Waterstones.bsky.social Wrexham for a top UK launch of THE GAME IS MURDER by local debut novelist @hazellward.bsky.social #penguinmichaeljoseph ‘(a) tour-de-force meta mystery’ @thewashingtonpost.com 'Witty and remarkable and entirely unpredictable' ALEX PAVESI

The Dog Sitter Detective Plays Dead 🐶🔍 is out in paperback today! Gwinny’s on location in the Yorkshire Dales, filming a gender-swapped take on Dracula, when a cast member is found inside a locked trailer… staked through the heart! dogsitterdetective.com/index.html#b...

BBC Radio 4’s ADD TO PLAYLIST is back with Jeffrey Boakye in its 14th series at 1915 each Friday repeated on Tuesday at 11am. The Proms-themed episode is sublime. Jeffrey & Anna Phoebe’s guests are BBC Radio 3 presenter bassoonist Linton Stephens & Last night of the Proms trumpeter Alison Balsom.

Academics are very concerned that the BBC is changing access to its archival material by releasing material in an orchestrated way rather than allowing researchers to ask their own queries. Very worrying development and a good overview by @vanessathorpe.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Publication Day! #TheGameisMurder is out now. Thanks to everyone who helped me. In particular, my wonderful agent @sarahsuch.bsky.social, my publishers @michaeljbooks.bsky.social & @berkleypub.bsky.social and all my supervisors at Man Met University. Couldn't have done it without you. Thank you!

So thrilled to see @hazellward.bsky.social ‘s brilliant THE GAME IS MURDER featured in the @washingtonpost.com this week - and part of an emerging trend. (£) “(A) tour-de-force meta mystery…Ward’s book is so captivating that I eagerly kept turning the pages.” www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

Happy publication day to the magnificent ⁦‪@hazellward.bsky.social whose incredible debut novel THE GAME IS MURDER is out now from Penguin Michael Joseph. “(A) tour-de-force meta mystery…Ward’s book is so captivating that I eagerly kept turning the pages.” The Washington Post

Wonderful to see @antonyjohnston.bsky.social’s “incredibly inventive concept” CAN YOU SOLVE THE MURDER? featured in the @Washingtonpost.com - and part of an emerging book trend (£) www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

It's not every day your book gets called "An incredibly inventive concept" in the Washington Post 😀🔍 www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

Congratulations Nikhil Singh! 🥳🥳🥳 Dakini Atoll is shortlisted for the Nommo Awards in the Best Novel category!!!! 💙 #africansf @clubded.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social

Huge congratulations Nikhil Singh @clubded.bsky.social whose thrilling novel DAKINI ATOLL is shortlisted for Best Novel at Nommo Awards 2025 !! announced at #Worldcon #africansf - so exciting, and bravo also to the team @lunapress.bsky.social Full NOMMO 2025 shortlist here: africansfs.com

very honoured to see DAKINI ATOLL shortlisted for the 2025 NOMMO AWARDS in the BEST NOVEL category. my congratulations to the other finalists. @lunapress.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social

Huge congratulations to Wrexham author @Hazellward.bsky.social whose incredible debut crime novel THE GAME IS MURDER has just published in North America with Berkley and is a USA TODAY bestseller! THE GAME OF MURDER is published in the UK on 21 August.

Thrilled to be in the Hot Seat in the new That's Life! Crime Scene, talking about Can You Solve the Murder? and my writing habits… 🔍 @transworldbooks.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social

Kofi is back! The lovely cover for KOFI AND THE BRAND NEW VIBE, bk 3 in #jeffreykboakye’s brilliant & joyous middle-grade series out in Oct ‘25. ‘A brilliant writer’ -Cressida Cowell 25% off RRP in the Waterstones pre-order promo 31 July (add Summer25 at checkout) on the website only. #Wpreorder

Stunning advance copies of @Hazellward.bsky.social’s tremendous debut THE GAME IS MURDER are in! It’s been selected for @Waterstones.bsky.social’s 25% pre-order discount promotion until 31 July if you add SUMMER25 at checkout (exclusively available on Waterstones website and the Waterstones app).

Our short story prize is open for submissions again! Please share this widely - and please send us your stories: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize Closing date 8 November!

SURPRISE GIFT: The next Dog Sitter Detective book will be a Christmas story, published in November, and here’s the cover reveal – another amazing job by David Wardle 😍🐶🔍 Available for pre-order now… cc @allisonandbusby.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social

Up against amazing competition @antonyjohnston.bsky.social ‘s adaptation of Alex Rider: Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz has won the Scribe Award for best graphic novel. Huge congratulations all round! Walker Books UK/Candlewick Books US Full winner list here:  scifibulletin.com/2025/07/26/s...

WE WON! Up against some amazing competition, Alex Rider: Snakehead has won the Scribe award for best graphic novel 😃🎉 Available now from all good bookshops, as they say… @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @anthonyhorowitz.com @sarahsuch.bsky.social Full winners list at: scifibulletin.com/2025/07/26/s...

I'm thrilled to announce that the ALEX RIDER: SNAKEHEAD graphic novel has been nominated for a Scribe award! 😲🎉 @sarahsuch.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

All set for a cracking Harrogate panel tomorrow at 10.30am 😎 It's The Way I Tell 'Em🎙️with @carahunterbooks.bsky.social @antonyjohnston.bsky.social @johnfinnemore.bsky.social and the lovely @richardcoles.bsky.social in the driving seat🤩 See you there! #TheakstonsCrime @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social

Abbatoir From the latest Private Eye, out now.

It's publication day! From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU to everyone who has supported this book into being, and to the booksellers who are getting behind it now @unboundsocials.bsky.social

WINNER! Best Primary Fiction: Kofi and the Rap Battle Summer - Quiz Writers Choice Awards - huge congratulations to the incredible Jeffrey Boakye and all the winners and shortlisted. An inspirational list & wonderful Renaissance event at the Royal Society celebrating children’s books. #WKAR25

Happy publication @antonyjohnston.bsky.social whose brilliant novel CAN YOU SOLVE THE MURDER? is published in the USA and in Canada today! “Just glorious! A must read for any and all crime fans!” -Janice Hallett “Intriguing and intricately crafted” -G T Karber @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social

CAN YOU SOLVE THE MURDER? LIVE CONTINUES this week with events at Waterstones Chelmsford and Waterstones Fareham Whiteley! Join me for a unique, specially-written interactive event to see if YOU can solve the mystery… Tickets available direct from the venues:

Three weeks to publication day and I couldn't be more thrilled with this quote from the wonderful @keggiec.bsky.social

‘A superior interactive crime story is always a delight… sharpen your wits: this clever, intricate book is a highly entertaining mental workout’ Great review for CAN YOU SOLVE THE MURDER? by @antonyjohnston.bsky.social in Saturday’s @theguardian.com @transworldbooks.bsky.social

Liliane Lijn in conversation with Jennifer Higgie about Liliane's new memoir, *Liquid Reflections*. Signed copies available here: www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/liquid...

A very special evening celebrating the 90th anniversary of Penguin Books at The Design Museum this week, including a a really moving exhibition from the Penguin archive. A joyous evening celebrating Penguin, and seeing old friends and new.

Wonderful to see @lilianelijn.bsky.social’s brilliant memoir LIQUID REFLECTIONS glimmering in the @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk’s current bestseller pile!

Our current bestsellers ☀️ lrb.me/6jh

Fascinating interview with the great artist @LilianeLijn.bsky.social by @abigailsusik.bsky.social about Lijn’s work and her remarkable memoir LIQUID REFLECTIONS in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social - do read. Lijn’s major show Arise Alive is at Tate St Ives until Nov lareviewofbooks.org/article/lady...

‘Brian Wilson’s harmonic ambition lifted the early surf hits above simple chart fodder. He was listening to Gershwin and Bacharach, arranging intricate vocal lines in his head, layering falsetto over baritone in brushstrokes of sound.’ Chris Larkin on the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...

A wonderful interview with the great artist @lilianelijn.bsky.social in the LA Review of Books about her memoir LIQUID REFLECTIONS published by Hamish Hamilton. lareviewofbooks.org/article/lady...

Yeats Day marks 160 years since Nobel Laureate's birth www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

Great day at @capitalcrime.bsky.social where Grace Long and team @michaeljbooks.bsky.social showcased the brilliant @hazellward.bsky.social ‘s stunning debut novel out in August.

Had a fantastic time hosting Can You Solve the Murder? Live 🔍 at @waterstones.bsky.social Leeds this evening. Thanks to everyone who came out to puzzle along – and to Daisy, the absolute goodest girl who happily snoozed through the whole thing 😂 @bantambooksuk.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social

The most original, distinctive crime novel of 2025, THE GAME OF MURDER @hazellward.bsky.social ‘s debut is out from Penguin MJ in August. ‘Move over, Anthony Horowitz. First-timer Ward has entered with a whodunit just as playfully meta as yours, though in very different ways.’ Kirkus Review

Today’s the day: Can You Solve the Murder? is officially on sale! A choose-your-own-story crime novel in which YOU are the detective, and YOU make decisions about how to investigate the case! Paperback/ebook/audio. Do YOU have what it takes? There’s only one way to find out 😃🔍

Calling all murder mystery fans! Join author @antonyjohnston.bsky.social for interactive events at Waterstones where you become the detective. Solve the murder by examining crime scenes, hearing suspect statements, and decide who to interrogate & accuse! Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/searc...

Huge congratulations to @AntonyJohnston.bsky.social on publication of CAN YOU SOLVE THE MURDER? his brilliant interactive crime novel. Out in the UK today! “A wonderfully intriguing mystery that tests your powers of investigation“― G T Karber, bestselling author of Murdle