A couple weeks until this event at @housmansbookshop.bsky.social on Jan 21st – I'll be chatting to @katrinanavickas.bsky.social about her fantastic new book *Contested Commons* (@reaktionbooks.bsky.social). Really looking forward to it! Get your tickets here: housmans.com/event/book-t...

NEW EVENT! Join Roberta J.M. Olson on Wednesday 14 January at 6pm CST with the Friends of Audubon. Tickets are free for this online talk, and more details can be found at friendsofaudubon.org. #audubon #art #reaktionbooks #nonfiction #amreading #books

A slightly more substantial review of a fascinating book, to be published by @reaktionbooks.bsky.social later this year.

Thank you to @helenmccusker.bsky.social for sending four books from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social for review

It's January! Officially the start of 2026! We hope you have amazing things planned. To celebrate, we are offering a huge 50% off selected titles for the whole month. Get shopping! Simply use the code JAN26 at checkout. T&C's apply buff.ly/GyMv6Rg #january #newyear #januarysale #sale

The Linnean Society magazine has included favourable reviews of two of my favourite books of the year. Lost Animals , by Barbara Allen , from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social And the brilliant Wildly Different, by Sarah Lonsdale. 🙏 @linneansociety.bsky.social

Orwell on Jura, Katherine Mansfield, and Haunted Libraries: December Books Roundup 📌 buff.ly/8dPv8uU 📚 buff.ly/JtEveg3

Wishing you and yours a merry and peaceful festive season.

'These are challenging stories, not just for witnessing the suffering of another species but for seeing the human species reflected back at us.' 📌 buff.ly/GqOiqZF 📚 buff.ly/BCW4t5B

"Created new ways of #writing." Today's book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @gerrikimber.bsky.social & @reaktionbooks.bsky.social! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe

For the last day of our bookish advent calendar, it had to be none other than the anthology of women walking, Way Makers by Kerri Andrews! #advent #christmas #nonfiction #books #reaktionbooks #women #walking

Listen now: Naomi Baker on the New Books Network, talking about her book, Voices of Thunder 🔉 buff.ly/KYFzV3d 📚 buff.ly/adhniK3

When Rave Culture Hit Ireland – Donegal days to Berghain nights 📌 buff.ly/QXqlO21 📚 buff.ly/QokUgjq

One of Daily Telegraph’s Greatest Books of 2025, Winter Dreams examines how the elderly have thought, felt and expressed themselves over 2,000 years. #advent #christmas #nonfiction #books #reaktionbooks #oldage

Books gift guide 2025: 90 titles for every type of reader on your list from the Globe and Mail 📌 buff.ly/PfzUXet [£] 📚 buff.ly/aqEoBtz

Books of the year 2025 from the New Statesman 📌 buff.ly/MV8mzYj 📚 buff.ly/eSMdllE

Pop the corks! It's Champagne: A Global History! #advent #christmas #nonfiction #books #reaktionbooks #champagne

Well well, Way Makers is going into paperback! It’s a sweet little thing, quite unlike its hefty big sister. Thanks so much @reaktionbooks.bsky.social for the early Christmas present!!

The Unstoppable Roman: After decades of war between their cities, the generals Scipio Africanus and Hannibal faced off at the Battle of Zama. 📌 buff.ly/3lTxfmB [£] 📚 buff.ly/15RNVR7

'King’s book explores this heady mix of egos and ideas thoroughly, providing us with a crucial biography of both the individual members and a collective biography of their times and collective endeavours.' 📌 buff.ly/XSh0QJs 📚 buff.ly/G4Z2D55

In keeping with yesterday's supernatural theme, today we've got an exploration of transgression and shame in British folklore and customs with Rough Music. #advent #christmas #nonfiction #books #reaktionbooks #folklore #supernatural

The most exciting rock books released in 2025 📌 buff.ly/pnmjdUm 📚 buff.ly/5o5Ac6C

Virginia Woolf Thought Katharine Mansfield Stank Like a “Civet Cat Taken to Streetwalking” 📌 buff.ly/s5cFOXU 📚 buff.ly/JtEveg3

Today on our advent calendar, we're delving into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, alongside sea monsters and shipwrecks, with The Perilous Deep by Karl Bell. #advent #christmas #nonfiction #books #reaktionbooks #atlantic #supernatural

The cookies that fueled votes for women 📌 buff.ly/ctUjCHa 📚 buff.ly/EyTyU40

For more about Pessoa, take a listen to Bartholomew's conversation with @jackewilson.bsky.social. #books #literature #poetry @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

Watch now: Bartholomew Ryan on Croatian TV, talking about Fernando Pessoa! (Note: interview is in English) 🎥 buff.ly/1Zc2FPt 📚 buff.ly/6GFyMDa

A dazzling portrayal of the innovative celebrity fashion designer, Paul Poiret, this book is sure to spark the imagination! #advent #christmas #nonfiction #books #reaktionbooks #fashion #poiret

Listen now: Katrina Navickas talking Contested Commons on the New Books Network 🔉 buff.ly/BiVeoel 📚 buff.ly/R9JmSmr

“Like passing through a succession of fantasies”: Stepping back in time to the early days of Berlin’s iconic Snax Club 📌 buff.ly/oJFnNcf 📚 buff.ly/QokUgjq

Not long to go now! Today for our bookish advent calendar, we have picked Émile Zola, a new perspective on one of the world’s greatest writers. #advent #christmas #nonfiction #reaktionbooks #books #zola #writing

Getting into Berghain: A Personal Journey Through Berlin’s Club Culture 📌 buff.ly/sVrKjbH 📚 buff.ly/QokUgjq

Holiday Gift Books: Music 📌 buff.ly/UfhW1S5 [£] 📚 buff.ly/6crluR0

A short review . @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

Holiday Gift Books: Architecture 📌 buff.ly/LhVR2Bw [£] 📚 buff.ly/1wafEDg

Talking Heads, Paul Weller, Paul McCartney... the 10 best music books of the year 📌 buff.ly/ej4K6eq 📚 buff.ly/QokUgjq

"We are all so afraid, we are all so alone, we all so need from the outside the assurance of our own worthiness to exist." – Ford Madox Ford #botd @jackewilson.bsky.social #books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

The perfect gift for those naturalists among you; Lost Animals, Disappearing Worlds tells the story of our wildlife, through intimate, personal portraits of extinct species. #advent #christmas #nonfiction #books #reaktionbooks #wildlife #extinct

Read now: Katherine Harvey looks at attitudes to ageing from past to present 📌 buff.ly/ynB9wgM 📚 buff.ly/wWww81c

How Caravaggio Painted Class and Clothes 📌 buff.ly/uHsY8Pp 📚 buff.ly/XDb6yti

Antisemitisms ebb and flow. We are at the moment of full flood, as one of the leading scholars on the topic, Sander L. Gilman in his forthcoming Antisemitisms: A History of Jew Hating illustrates all too well. Not only the who and the when but also the why?

A journey through nature’s yearly cycle, blending science, history and poetic reflection, The Year is our next pick in the advent calendar! #advent #christmas #nonfiction #books #reaktionbooks #zodiac

An engaging exploration of why menus matter and the stories they tell, Tastes and Traditions by Nathalie Cooke is a romping look at menu history. #advent #christmas #books #nonfiction #reaktionbooks #menu #food

A vivid portrait of the designer who shaped the very idea of modern luxury. 📌 buff.ly/Ts346E2 📚 buff.ly/Hh7i8EB

Unsolved mysteries 📌 buff.ly/60aR4Jj 📚 buff.ly/vsgdhmE

Fancy a book that explores the profound, cultural significance of sounds, blending history, science and personal reflection? Look no further than The Sound Atlas by Michaela Vieser and Isaac Yuen. #advent #christmas #nonfiction #books #reaktionbooks #sound

The best memoirs and biographies of 2025 from The Guardian 📌 buff.ly/RUqJL0u

Listen now: Benvenuto Cellini and the Embodiment of the Modern Artist on New Books Network 🔉 buff.ly/WWBMf1T 📚 buff.ly/RXAWcVl

Unlucky for some, but on the 13 December, we're picking The Solar System for our bookish advent calendar! #advent #christmas #nonfiction #books #reaktionbooks #solarsystem #science

Getting into Berghain: A Personal Journey Through Berlin’s Club Culture 📌 buff.ly/sVrKjbH 📚 buff.ly/QokUgjq