From sewers to skyscrapers to the streets on which they stand. Introducing 31 Inventions that Built our World by @jonnelledge.bsky.social the Sunday Times #1 Bestselling author of A History of the World in 47 Borders✏️ Coming August 2026 Pre-order now!🔗 linktr.ee/31Inventions...

Looking to get started with Octavia E. Butler? Here's our guide on where to begin reading her books. www.headline.co.uk/uncategorize...

Tonight! I'm appearing at Waterstones Kirkcaldy at 7pm for a discussion about my second book, SOLITARY AGENTS. If you're coming along, please get in touch with the bookshop to book your FREE spot. www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

Thank you so much @bookywookydooda.bsky.social for this much desired surprise proof of Under Story by Chloe Benjamin coming from @tinderpress.bsky.social in September www.hachette.co.uk/titles/chloe...

The Lost Elms by Mandy Haggith wins the 2025 Richard Jefferies Award for Nature Writing

Oh it's only Sarah Steele taking us on a trail to the French Riviera!! Grab your sunglasses and join us here: thebooktrail.com/authorsonloc... @headlinebooks.bsky.social @bookywookydooda.bsky.social

My huge thanks to @bookywookydooda.bsky.social for a surprise copy of Celebrations at the Toffee Factory by @glendayoung-author.bsky.social coming in paperback from @headlinebooks.bsky.social 21st May www.headline.co.uk/titles/glend...

Smashing surprise book mail thanks to @bookywookydooda.bsky.social The Road to Tender Hearts by @anniehartnett.bsky.social is coming from @mountainleopard.bsky.social 21st May www.hachette.co.uk/titles/annie...

People who have read Upon A White Horse may like to know that Ian Jackson, the geologist who I met at Sycamore Gap, has started a podcast series: Reading Rocks. It's on Spotify, Apple, Amazon and Audible. From what I've heard so far, it's very engaging and informative.

I posted this late last night when it went online, but here it is again for morning people. My review of Friends Again – and Lloyd Cole in support! – playing their first show in more than forty years.

Happy 45th birthday today to @durandurancom.bsky.social’s “Planet Earth.” ♥️ My @salon.com piece when the song turned 40! www.salon.com/2021/01/30/d...

Y'all Look at this LOOK AT THIS!!!!!!

An absolutely fantastic day at @stockportnoir.bsky.social! Loved my panel with genre legends @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social, Abigail Dean and @samhollandbooks.bsky.social, wonderfully chaired by Kelly Peck. Huge thanks to everyone who came along and @serenitybookshop.bsky.social!

Uncover the lost legacies of the women who changed psychology forever... ABSENT MINDS by @maddipow.bsky.social is out 07.05.2026. Available to pre-order now: www.waterstones.com/book/absent-...

Come and work with us! www.hachette.co.uk/landing-page...

"This is not a fragile re-emergence." LOVE this review of Radiohead's first gig in seven years, by Stephen Phelan in Madrid. Also: what an amazing run of songs in the encore. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

Hello Glasgow ! AyeWrite is back! I'll be appearing on Sat 15th Nov with @lesleymcdowell.bsky.social & chaired by Zoe Venditozzi. I heard tickets are selling well & we'd love you to join us to chat all things Glasgow women's history. Details below 👇 www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/love...

Two of my friends, @lesleymcdowell.bsky.social and Mairi Kidd (book just out) have been inspired to pen novels about Mary’s time in Dundee and how that influenced the novel. Do seek them out.

It's nearly November, which means only a couple of weeks until I'm chatting spy stuff and working in the world of Bond with @vaseemkhanuk.bsky.social and Kim Sherwood at #AyeWrite2025 in just a couple of weeks! Book now - www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/quan...

Romania, 1989: a grey place of mysterious queues, ubiquitous informers and daily news flashes about a man-eating bear that is terrorising the country... ASTRONAUT! by Oana Aristide is out 26.03.2026. Request to read it now on NetGalley: www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

Happy new Joe Hill day to all who celebrate! #KingSorrow #HorrorSky 📖

Just got a copy of @joe-hill.bsky.social new book #KingSorrow, and bloody hell, it's 858 pages long! That will take me a while #goodread #goodbooks

Wow. Blown away. KING SORROW is fantastic. Fantasy, horror, gritty crime elements, Joe Hill effortlessly navigates a sweeping epic that can't be confined to a single genre. I absolutely loved this. #booksky #joehill #kingsorrow #reading #books #bookclub #horror #fantasy #dragons

Hey @joe-hill.bsky.social, thanks for visiting #Glasgow (everyone in the l-o-n-g queue was super stoked you came) and have a blast tonight in #Edinburgh with @keithrosson.bsky.social. Oh, and apologies for the awkward handshake - #starstruck 🤪 #KingSorrow #waterstonesglasgow

Stop the clock! I have something important to do ... #nowreading #KingSorrow by Joe Hill. 🎼: purple-planet.com

Back home from the book signing, King Sorrow is a huge book, gonny take me a while to read it. Joe Hill looks so much like his dad I'm beginning to wonder if Stephen King has a portrait in his loft.😁 #KingSorrow #JoeHill

Hey Joe(s)! Haddow, Hill and Abercrombie chat #horror #fantasy #comics #stephenking #kingsorrow #thedevils #screenwriting and much more - on our latest episode. Available now wherever you get your podcasts! 🎧 @joeabercrombie.com

King Of Ashes has been short listed for Barnes and Nobles Fiction book of the Year 2025 Book of the Year Finalists - B&N Reads share.google/h5AJQ7hVhHQe...

A whopping 50 tickets already sold for my ballroom dancing cosy crime book launch, grab yours before they all go! Cake and cocktail event. May contain glitter balls. Thankyou to The Scarborough News #scarborough #cosycrime #ballroomdancing #StrictlyComeDancing #Strictly

On my blog today for #RIPXX, my review of King Sorrow by Joe Hill @headlinebooks.bsky.social. Thanks to @bookywookydooda.bsky.social for the ARC. annabookbel.net/king-sorrow-...

His escape from the Long Dark is almost complete! #KingSorrow lands in bookshops everywhere tomorrow. I have some thoughts on @joe-hill.bsky.social’s latest epic tome: readerdad.co.uk/2025/10/20/k... @headlinebooks.bsky.social @bookywookydooda.bsky.social

We are delighted to share the cover for LOVE LANE, the new novel by Sunday Times bestselling author Patrick Gale. A reunion. A journey. A longing for a place called home. linktr.ee/PGLoveLane

The English leg of my book tour begins on Saturday with a sold-out event in Sheffield. Tickets remain for the other dates: Guildford, Dorchester, Bath, Norwich & Whitby. I'm also doing a special London event in the evening of October 20, as part of @stoneclub.bsky.social. Please do come, if you can.

My enormous thanks to @bookywookydooda.bsky.social for this surprise, but much desired,copy of Fireflies in Winter by Eleanor Shearer coming from @headlinebooks.bsky.social in February 📚💙 www.amazon.co.uk/Fireflies-Wi...

Don't miss @mlrio.bsky.social on her UK tour this October celebrating her latest release, HOT WAX 🎉🩷 Get your ticket now: linktr.ee/HotWaxEvents

'We wake up to tomorrow, never yesterday' What if tomorrow was already written, but yesterday was yours to change? Under Story, the new novel by @chloekbenjamin, the New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists ✨ 15. 09. 26 ✨ Pre-order now: linktr.ee/_UnderStory

Are you an emerging writer wondering how the publishing industry works? Join us and New Writing South on November 15th for a day of candid talks from authors, agents and our publishing team. Tickets: newwritingsouth.com/demystify-pu... #DemystifyPublishing

Clara and Seb are about to fall in love. They don't know it yet. But everybody else does. You've never read a love story like this one❤️ #MainCharacters by Bobby Palmer is coming July 2nd 2026 Available to pre-order now! linktr.ee/MainCharacte...

It has been a journey! Working with some of the best in the digital marketing space to publish #ClickHere by Alex Schultz. This is the book you need to read if you want to grow your business. The ultimate guide to digital marketing and advertising is out today. Don't miss it! linktr.ee/ClickHereHB

THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU is out! This spooky novel is inspired by folk traditions of the Arabian Peninsula and the Maldives, rural SW Saudi, psychological suspense, and our effed up world. @orbitbooks.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social @wildfirebooks.bsky.social @hachetteaudio.bsky.social

My thoughts on The Queen of Fives by @alexhaybooks.bsky.social is over on instagram now. I do believe I referred to it as “rip-roaring”. It is, and I loved it! 💙📚⏳⚡️ #Booksky www.instagram.com/share/BARNHp...

UK + Ireland! Coming your way with as much swag as I can carry, only available on tour 😎 Snag your pass before the show's sold out 🎟️ @headlinebooks.bsky.social @wildfirebooks.bsky.social #booksky linktr.ee/HotWaxEvents

𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧... Introducing Witch Trial, the mesmerising and unmissable new thriller from bestselling author @harriettyce.bsky.social 🐦‍⬛ Are you ready? #WitchTrial, Coming Feb 2026 🔗 linktr.ee/WitchTrialHa...

If you're intrigued by the recent revelations about the Royal Family, come along to our event with Valentine Low on 9th Sep! Valentine will be discussing his eye-opening new book, POWER AND THE PALACE, The Inside Story of the Monarchy & 10 Downing Street! 💙📚 chilternbookshops.co.uk/event/an-eve...

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet... Get in Morgan Lake. Jumping over that glass ceiling for British female athletes #athleticssky

Learn all about the female brewers of medieval London, and so much more, in @vnbateman.bsky.social's revelatory new book #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth and Power. Available to pre-order in hardback, eBook and audio now! geni.us/Economica

OUT NOW🏰✨ Lush and vividly imagined, Logan Karlie creates an immersive nightmare in this seductive gothic fantasy, infused with shadow-haunted romance and an exhilarating thread of horror. . . Get your copy now: amazon.co.uk/Dream-Shadow...

I'm delighted to be appearing at the Byres Road Book Festival in the lovely Hillhead Library, Glasgow, on Saturday 27 September at 3pm. Tickets are free and can be booked by following the link. Please do come along, if you can. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peter-ross...

Many thanks to those good people at The Wee Book Shop in Dollar for this very cool window display. My event there is on September 17 at 7.30pm. Tickets available at the link. www.weebookshop.co.uk/events/upon-...