Also…the most Kingfisher that Kingfisher has ever been and I also look forward to sharing therapy with you all

It's World Folktales & Fables Week. My Locus & BSFA long-listed scifantasy, THE NIGHTWARD, features my version of West Indian folklore figures such as Papa Bois, Douens, Tobago mermaids & more. It's THE WITCHER meets Trinbagonian mythology & it's 15% off! www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

Make these people actually serve their communities and their countries. Pick up trash. Fill in potholes. Build low income housing. Also. If they want to feel like they’re soldiers, send them to dig well and distribute aid in the most awful places In the world

@seananmcguire.bsky.social I have a non-spoilery Alchemical Journeys question that has come from reading an arc of Inkpot Gods. If Asphodel’s books are in a sort of in competition with L. Frank Baum’s Oz books in-universe, did you decide to use those books as part of writing the Up-and-Under?

A movie that takes place where you’re from. Also the funniest and most underrated Australian comedy out there

@tkingfisher.com I hope that you’re proud of yourself young lady! The nightmares that I had last night!!!!! This was……masterful. Genuinely creepy, clever, and so uniquely you that no other author could have written it

@stephanieburgis.bsky.social Now reading: Enchanting the Fae Queen! Bless the arc gods at edelweiss, she’s out in the world ✨

@seananmcguire.bsky.social have you heard that Australia discovered a whole new species of stuck insect? 40cm, 44gm, and officially the heaviest insect in Australia. (As if we weren’t scary enough) www.jcu.edu.au/news/release...

Book friends: If you go to a book launch, and pre-purchase a book with your ticket, does that count towards the authors first week sales, or for the date of the event? If I’ve got tickets for an event two weeks after the official release date, is it better for the author for me to buy beforehand?

@jodimca.bsky.social would you mind if I pick your Doctor Love brain a little? I have a couple of questions about romance theorists 🖤🖤🖤

@jodimca.bsky.social Ahhhhh! Look what is on Netgalley! (and praise the arc gods) (But also it’s 1:10am and how am I to be expected to be an “adult” right now)

@bethrevis.bsky.social Eeeeeeeee! Now I am torn. Do I devour it all now, or do I reread books one and two for the whole trilogy experience??????

@bethrevis.bsky.social Last Chance to Save the World is out on Netgalley! Praying to the arc gods because I could really do with the catharsis of seeing Strom Fetor get what’s coming to him….

@broughtyoubooks.bsky.social Can I just say OOF! I’ll definitely have to get my hands on the fantasy ones too. Excellent recommendation

With the world as it is right now, let me just add this. You are safe with me.

@yumewrites.bsky.social deep breaths Saltcrop arcs have arrived on edelweiss! Luckily I have a very long train commute today and can spend some quality time reading 🌊

Now reading They Watch From Below by Katya De Becerra, & it’s totally getting to me with it’s moody, atmospheric, dark academia vibes I also love that it’s inspired by the authors memories of her undergrad anthropology degree, which is giving me nostalgia for my own anthro undergrad.

#323 titles for 2024 as of today.

It’s almost the end of December and I’m still catching up on my November reviews…. I did save the best for last. There were two advanced copies I read from two of my all time favourite, guaranteed auto buy authors, and I loved them both to pieces.

@rsagarcia.bsky.social I just had an epiphany! Nightward isn’t available in hard copy in Australia until next year, but is it available in the Caribbean? Preferably Jamaica where a friend of mine is visiting his family for Christmas? He has a little bit longer in San Diego, BUT

I have just read this blistering and genuinely surprising novella, and, well…… OOF. (Do it)

Post your favorite Star Trek character, but wrong answers onl

Question for any book friends: If a book is described as Title A meets Title B, would you expect it to be a straight up adaptation of Title B? Comps to me seem like a way to get vibes or aesthetics or something across, not a source text for an adaptation.

I was looking at my November reads and realising that even without intending to do Novellavember, it kinda ended up that way. 19 books including 6 novellas, and 5 arcs, plus two very cool graphic novels.

Gifting indie AND trans books? Even better.

It’s been a really tough couple of months, and I have fallen so far behind in my reviews. I’ve missed that excited feeling. So I’m going back to it! October was the worst personal life wise, but there were some very good books that came my way.

And she was thoughtful enough to release it on my birthday! Imagine classic screwball comedy repartee in a future space caper

Bookseller traumas: I just finished a @tkingfisher.com book that is not available to the public until AUGUST and I am so emotional right now and have nobody to freak out with and this is the best problem that anyone has ever had

@tkingfisher.com is there any inspiration behind the title of Hemlock and Silver? Was it to sort of echo Nettle and Bone? I did suddenly find myself inspired to read a few old Diana Wynne Jones titles, but maybe that’s just me.

Manic Pixie Nightmare Girl. Sounds like goals

@seananmcguire.bsky.social Just wondering…has the title for the next Toby book been announced? I was reading the arc for Overgrowth (omg!) and there is a list up previous titles including one “unfamiliar” one. I’m not sure if Tor should announce it, or if they need to fix the file…

@angelaslatter.bsky.social Oh my gosh I am freaking out right now!

@jodimca.bsky.social This popped up, and honestly my first thought was: I wonder if Dr Jodi has seen this yet….. youtu.be/iSQhpZX6PBk?...

As a bookseller who is super blessed to receive advanced copies of things, my absolute first step is a review.

Classic literature equals fanfic plus time. Paradise Lost is literally fanfic of the Bible.

HOW MUCH DO I LOVE THIS! Spoiler, doll? A lot!

#NowReading #SeptemberReads Love Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan is a portal fantasy about a cancer patient who ends up inside her favourite book series. As the a VILLAIN. I actually wanted it to go harder. More laughs, more villainy, but tbh less of a cliffhanger. Fingers crossed for a sequel!

@understatesmen.bsky.social she arrived! I’m so excited right now!

This is a glorious beginning featuring exactly the right amount of snarky banter. I’m marking my calendar for book two because I fell in LOVE with Ada

I honestly think that this is the best Kingfisher novel out there. (I had an argument with a fellow bookseller about whether Digger is the favourite of anything ever written, but we settled on definitely the best novel)

Oh! Crap! Jet lag has caught up with me! My book A SORCERESS COMES TO CALL is out today! If you buy it today, you…uh…get to read it this evening? www.amazon.com/Sorceress-Co...

I fall very much in love with books every so often, and like to flail and yell about them. @yumewrites.bsky.social was a recent one, and her books are FINALLY COMING TO STORES IN AUSTRALIA!!!!! (You have no idea how exciting this is for me)

hello yes, I care a lot about the safety of woman and girls, that's why this Olympics I've chosen to take offence at the inclusion of a man who had sex with a chil– –sorry, sorry, not him, I've chosen to take offence at a woman with a jawline, this is clearly the real problem.

Sometimes the best part if pre-order is when you get your book early A Sorceress Comes to Call might be the best thing that @tkingfisher.com has written so far. Plus I got a shiny pretty Sanctuary Everyone needs #bookmail

still one of these up for grabs

Alright well I have ANOTHER way too big box of books that I don't know what to do with, so the first five people (with an Au/NZ mailing address) to comment their favourite quote from book 1 get a free copy.

@jodimca.bsky.social So, a friend of mine just binged the entire Marry Me Juliet trilogy. I’m not sure which reaction is my favourite….

Bookseller pride! I think that I just pre-sold about a half dozen copies of the upcoming The Phoenix Keeper by @authorsamaclean.bsky.social and I’m not even at work 😂 (Btw, if a chaotic bi keeper at a magical zoo campaigning to save endangered phoenixes is your thing…..August 13th!) 🐦‍🔥🐉🏳️‍🌈🪺

@kurellian.bsky.social you might be interested to know what’s next up on my reading list…. My #BookMail arrived