I'm delighted to share the cover reveal trailer for SOLITARY AGENTS from @headlinebooks.bsky.social! Huge thanks also to @harryillingworth.bsky.social and @dhhlitagency.bsky.social Available to pre-order from all major retailers (and local independents), Solitary Agents is out on June 4th 2026.

A Trio of Titans for Tuesday. Check out my Bookstagram for three @titanbooks.bsky.social titles perfect for spooky season and beyond. www.instagram.com/p/DO9BI5GDKo...

I’m on a podcast! Talking about books and stuff with @susiesbookreviews.bsky.social on ‘In My Good Books’. And pondering about the lack of male book reviewers. open.spotify.com/episode/2wtf... #inmygoodbooks

In today’s episode of In My Good Books I chat to @firstelevenminutes.bsky.social about book reviewing, AI, fonts and why there’s less men than women in the book reviewing community. Why do you think that’s the case? 📚💙 Listen here: linktr.ee/inmygoodbook...

If you’d like to vote for me in the Creative Excellence category in this year’s @thebookparty.bsky.social UK Book Blogger Awards 2025 then click the link below. This will take you straight to the voting form where you can vote for THEFIRSTELEVENMINUTES 💛 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

New review on the Gram. ‘59 Minutes’ by @holly.bsky.social Out 25th September from @orionbooks.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DO1SHCg...

Voting ends next Friday 26th September. If even 10% of lovely people who follow me here voted there’s a good chance of me making the shortlist 🤞 It only takes a minute ❤️

What’s this? A new @jackjordanbooks.bsky.social novel on its way? Yes! Full details: www.instagram.com/p/DOyHs7KDKq... Deception is released June 2026 from @simonschusteruk.bsky.social

Very proud to be on the Creative Excellence award longlist for this years #UBBAs at @thebookparty.bsky.social Take a look at my Bookstagram at www.instagram.com/thefirstelevenminutes/ and if you like what you see then VOTE VOTE VOTE. Please. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Two for Tuesday on the Gram. @seanwatkinauthor.bsky.social – Black Water Rising www.instagram.com/p/DOq4juXjC6... @canelobooks.bsky.social

Jack’s back! Read my review of #AnythingForHer by @jackjordanbooks.bsky.social It’s the first in a series of posts featuring new covers of Jack’s back catalogue. Thank you @tracyfenton.bsky.social and publisher Simon & Schuster UK for having me on board. www.instagram.com/p/DOnKWF2DAi...

@bloodyscotland.bsky.social all wrapped up over the Gram. www.instagram.com/reel/DOl7AbV...

Day Two @bloodyscotland.bsky.social Photo Dump on my Bookstagram. Includes this lovely pic of Sir Mark Billingham who is currently not on the photo platform 🤷‍♂️ www.instagram.com/thefirstelev...

For the second year in a row I have called the winner of @bloodyscotland.bsky.social McIlvanney prize. I need to start putting money on it! Congrats @tariqashkanani.bsky.social ! Read my spoiler free review here: www.instagram.com/p/DH9Vl53Mec...

Some highlights from Day One of @bloodyscotland.bsky.social over on my Instagram stories. www.instagram.com/thefirstelev...

One. More. Sleep.* @bloodyscotland.bsky.social is tomorrow!! . . . *naps not included. www.instagram.com/p/DOdFihKjGJ...

It’s Two for Tuesday on the Gram today. And with Spooktober just around the corner, here’s a despicable duo for you. www.instagram.com/p/DOXuOYEjF9...

New review on the Gram. ‘To Love a Liar’ by @lvmatthews.bsky.social – out Thursday 11th September from @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DOWUqQzjEz...

Hungry? Tuck in to my review of ‘Acquired Taste’ by @claymcleod.bsky.social over on the Gram. www.instagram.com/p/DOT0phSDHH... Out 9th September from @titanbooks.bsky.social

Scary Saturdays with @titanbooks.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social and Rachel Louise Adams. www.instagram.com/p/DORPhWZDBb... Thank you Titan Books!!

My two picks for @bloodyscotland.bsky.social 2025 was a difficult choice but I’ve gone for ‘FATAL FOLKLORE AND FEROCIOUS FAIRYTALES’ and ‘DANGEROUS MINDS’. Both of these are on Saturday 13th September and I talk more about them on my Bookstagram here: www.instagram.com/reel/DOK2Pge...

New review on the Gram. ‘Burnt Sparrow Book One: We are always Tender with our Dead’ by @ericlarocca.bsky.social Out 9th September from @titanbooks.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DOHJZfEjBl...

August Wrap up on the Gram. Seven fab books, two not so fab – all wrapped up in a 30 second read. www.instagram.com/p/DOBu_mjDMf...

Cover reveal on the Gram. www.instagram.com/reel/DN5XALK... ‘Caller Unknow’ by @gillianmauthor.bsky.social is out April 2026 from @michaeljbooks.bsky.social

New review on the Gram. www.instagram.com/reel/DN2P5Za... ‘The Man on the Endless Stair’ by Chris Barkley. Highly recommended and out now.

New post on the Gram. The Nine Covers of Gillian M. www.instagram.com/reel/DNx0y89... @gillianmauthor.bsky.social @michaeljbooks.bsky.social

Final day of @edbookfest.bsky.social done and dusted. Report on the Gram. Faces disguised to protect the innocent. www.instagram.com/reel/DNwBZc8... Thank you Mark Billingham, Claire Mackintosh and Chris Whitaker or an entertaining afternoon.

Are you ready to join the cult of Porcelain Khaw? 🕯️🪲🕯️ WRETCH: or, The Unbecoming of Porcelain Khaw by @ericlarocca.bsky.social is a nightmarish, haunting, tech-Gothic thrill ride about sorrow, memory, and the unabashed complexity of love as a transgressive act. Coming March 2026!

New review on the Gram. ‘Our Little Cruelties’ by Liz Nugent. www.instagram.com/p/DNqnnoOs9r...

Time is running out to vote in this year’s UBBAs from @thebookparty.bsky.social so WHAT YOU WAITING FOR!!? www.instagram.com/reel/DNn8bND...

New review on the Gram and it was a case of wrong place, wrong time for this one. www.instagram.com/reel/DNldVcR...

Cover reveal and Book Preview for the new Sebastian Fitzek over on the Gram. www.instagram.com/reel/DNiL2da... ‘Mimik’ is out in December from @headofzeus.bsky.social

New review on the Gram. www.instagram.com/p/DNfwlvRoMk... ‘Chapter One’ by Michael Wood Recommended and available now!

New review on the Gram. ‘Grace’ by @amshine.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DNYfFI3MG5... Out next February from @headofzeus.bsky.social

New #giveaway on the Gram – Five Lucky Winners will receive an e-book of ‘Famous Last Words’ by @gillianmauthor.bsky.social You need to be following me over there, it’s UK only, and it ends at 6pm TOMORROW! www.instagram.com/reel/DNTYgQP...

New review on the Gram. www.instagram.com/reel/DNQRViM... Get ‘The Final Vow’ by @mwcraven.bsky.social in your sights now. Out Thursday from @littlebrown.bsky.social

More Books Monday on the Gram. Yes, I have a backlog of book post to share with you and all the authors and publishers are tagged. It’s an absolute honour and privilege and to be trusted with early copies. So once again, THANK YOU SO MUCH! www.instagram.com/reel/DNNsfPH...

@edbookfest.bsky.social is back!! Massive thanks to the team for my media accreditation. Looking forward to my panels already! www.instagram.com/reel/DNJSIuS...

New review on the Gram. A review of not just a book, but the ‘most-anticipated one in modern history’. www.instagram.com/p/DNFidFloEC... @hqstories.bsky.social

Two For Tuesday on my Gram. This week: The Puppet Show by @mwcraven.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DM-Qhv1IZJ...

A milestone over on the Gram! www.instagram.com/reel/DM8KjCx...

A milestone over on the Gram! www.instagram.com/reel/DM8KjCx...

I think that’s @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social #theakstonscrime wrapped up. Maybe. To every blogger and Bookstagrammer I met over that weekend two weeks ago. Thank you!! www.instagram.com/reel/DM5pU_h...

Wrapping up my July reads over on the Gram. www.instagram.com/p/DM3WRpts8e...

Who is going to be at @bloodyscotland.bsky.social ? I talk to @ambroseparry.bsky.social about what makes it such a special festival and we discuss their latest book The Death Of Shame. To listen: podfollow.com/quick-book-r...

Starting a Buddy read for the book that’s going to be on everyone’s lips from now until its release next April. ‘The Ending Writes Itself’ by Evelyn Clarke. Out 7th April 2026 from @hqstories.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DMzaE9IIO4...

Happy publication day @stevecavanagh.bsky.social ‘Two Kinds of Stranger’ is out NOW from @headlinebooks.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DMv-YGV...

If you are into horror and would liked to be added to the horror list I have here drop a comment bsky.app/profile/did:... Check out the comment below for the other list (book reviewers) I have curated to make the feeds here better. Again, if you want to be added, comment on that

New #giveaway over on my Instagram if you are a book blogger / reviewer / bookstagrammer and you were #notatharrogate UK ONLY. Full terms: www.instagram.com/p/DMuzuxuMnS...

If you weren’t at @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social #theakstonscrime then look out for a #giveaway very soon over on my Instagram. You’ll need to be following me over there so get ahead of the game and pre-order your spot for a chance to win. www.instagram.com/thefirstelev...