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Middle of Lidl has a stock availability checker on their website. Find the thing on the website and then check the details. Means you don't have to go from store to store being hopeful. I didn't know this, but you do now. Kthxbai.

Eric Ravilious designs for his garden themed crockery service. In the Aberdeen art gallery.

I highly, highly recommend these. I love them both, although Asmo a little more (sorry, Thuan)

New US edition of Dominion of the Fallen! Deliciously gothic atmosphere & queer characters from around the world in a ruined Paris Out March 10 2026 awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h... Preorder (or buy UK edition) & get EXCLUSIVE ebook www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d... Covers @fringe-element.net

Read Magic, Maps, and Mischief yet? Come see why it's been nominated for 11 Indie Ink Awards and embrace the cozy neurodivergence. Audiobook from Simon Maverick coming soon, too! mybook.to/magicmapsand...

Anyone got any tips for dealing with plantar fascitis besides rest? I'm pretty sure that's what I'm currently experiencing and it is quite debilitating.

Everyone who backs this today is officially my Valentine 😘

The UK Ghost Story Festival is in two weeks! I'm running a workshop and doing a panel too. Get your tickets here! www.derbyquad.co.uk/ukgsf/

Happy birthday to this fabulous purveyor of queer books!!! Come get your queer books!!

Happy birthday to the awesome and amazing AK Faulkner!! Tooth & Claw is one of my all-time fav series. Check it out if you like werewolves and vampires, but they're British and get into some fun trouble. Blind vampire with a guide dog that won't listen X cute werewolf dog trainer.

Voting closes Feb 15th! Which bird do you LOVE?❤️

I haven't been doing this, but I saw someone ask for help on my timeline, soooo... @poopraven.bsky.social is both ADHD and autistic and their Inheritance series features an autistic MC (who doesn't figure out he's autistic until like 9 books in, but...). Both MCs struggle with mental health, too.

It's my birthday, hurrah! For my birthday I'd really love as many shares on this post as we can make happen! Hi, I'm AK, and I write exceedingly queer books! Feel free to ask me about them! ravenswordpress.com

The foxes playing Pokémon Go in the shrubbery are very vocal tonight. Ok, so your Pikachu got knocked out, there's no need to be so loud about it.

Who did I pick as my bookish v/galentine? 🥰

An important point for all of my fellow dual nationals:

The shops are full to bursting with hearts and roses for St Valentine's Day this weekend, but here on the Hive we prefer showing we care with books. Get lost in a good love story with us as we share our perfect recommendations for St Valetine's Day: tinyurl.com/27nphfyp

In terms of what cures are being lost: - Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis - herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis - shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

Today we're thrilled to be taking part in Elsewhen Press' cover reveal for Simon Kewin's upcoming sci-fi THE TWISTED ROAD, due for release 27th March. Artwork by Alex Storer Find out more: tinyurl.com/munf65dj @elsewhen.press @simonkewin.co.uk

I can’t even conceptualise what a vaccine against EBV would mean for those of us with bodies prone to post viral fatigue and ME, let alone MS. Just like… whole decades of lives lost to that fucker and to think we are this close to preventing it and now this

Check your bits, whatever they are.

Turned 50 last year and did my first poo test a couple weeks ago. Came back negative, which was expected, but still good to know. We're learning more about cancer every year, but our greatest weapon is still early detection.

Jonathan reviews Jasmin Kirkbride's debut speculative fiction THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME: "I defy any reader not to be impressed" Read more: tinyurl.com/6umcbk6s @torbooks.bsky.social @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social

Doors open in an hour. Beyond them, more books than you could possibly imagine. Unless, that is, you can imagine a lot of books, in which case you can disregard our initial statement.

Today is the day! Or a day, anyway. The Call in its spanking new cover is available right... this... second... in bookshops across Ireland and the UK. Woohoo! My publisher sent me flowers too 😀

So grateful for the cross-party support we’ve seen from politicians in LGBT History month. Humbled to to have reassurance from Lord Cashman that our message is definitely being heard 🙏

Thornyhold was a solid choice. Thank you!

#flounsiemeetup is upon us. The much-anticipated meeting between Elsie and Flounder, another very prolific button-user, happens Feb 18. I'm eager to see how they interact, after months of long-distance scent- and video-based prep. If you're on Instagram, follow @elsiewants for regular reports.

"But why was nothing as heavy as nothing? He turned his head, and just for a moment he didn't see the universe balanced there on his back. It was himself he was carrying, colossal and weighty, little Atlas desperately holding up the Atlas of the world."

I received a copy of Mortedant’s Peril by @rjbarker.bsky.social which will be released by @torbooksuk.bsky.social in May. Thank you for the copy! This book is described as an ‘epic historical fantasy of murder, mystery and unlikely alliances’ which honestly has me very excited to read it!

Hurrah! MORTEDANT'S PERIL has the Tchaikovsky seal of approval!

Long shot, but if you feel so inclined, these are my awards eligible works 2025: "Under Damnable Eaves" - Of Enchantment, Enigma & the Infinite, Stars & Sabers Publishing. "Down Street" - Blood in the Bricks, NewCon Press. "The Road of Mirrors" - Final Curtain, Lethe Press. 📚💙🙏🏻

The companion piece to Threads by the way is When the Wind Blows, an animated movie by Raymond Briggs, best known for his work on Christmas classic, The Snowman. When the Wind Blows is about a nice old couple hunkering down and following government instructions in the event of nuclear war. They die.

I'm sure @robhainescreative.space is so glad he gave me this Otomatone today, whose high-pitched keening I discovered is the perfect response to sensible questions I don't feel like answering.

PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS by @petemc666.bsky.social is out now in paperback from @arcadiabooks.bsky.social, and it's a brilliant read! For today's author interview I chatted to Peter to find out more about this standalone novel in the world of the Rose Throne. www.trackofwords.com/2026/02/11/a...

The thing about ebooks as a substitute is that it ignores two major needs of teen readers: autonomy (the ability to get a book without going through parents) and community (the ability to pass a book around to all their friends.)

A quick reminder my Gothic Paris books are re-releasing March 10th and you can preorder them in order to get this exclusive novella! (you can also buy a new UK edition, that would also count).

Last night, I got properly "doored" for the first time. A car in the road to my right paused, and the rear left passenger threw open his door without looking, right into my path. I ended up on the floor, badly winded but ok. If you don't know what the "Dutch reach" is, NOW is the time to learn.

Video doorbell owners learning to their shock and disappointment that they were all of them deceived- there is only one lord of the Rings, and he does not share power.

*INCOHERENT SCREAM OF TRIUMPH* gizmodo.com/mummy-4-rele... Now bring back Admiral Hotness and the world's worst brother and we are in BUSINESS.

Ignore my tbr, with all its wondrous tomes, I don't know what I want to read. Pitch me one book, please.

From Dame Nia Griffith:

This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"

[previously in the NYT] Hart: i've sold AI to to Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook and by gum it put them on the map NYT: wow! sounds legit! Hart: and look! i've got your nose! NYT: OH MY GAWD NYT: are you a wizard??

Post a banger not in English What else could it be? youtu.be/5T5LFVLgET4

Previously

Next up we have @thomasdlee.bsky.social! Tom's Sunday Times bestselling debut, Perilous Times, sees Sir Kay & his fellow knights awakened from their mythical slumber in modern times. Britain is divided, there's a dragon, & Kay is not the only ancient & terrible thing to crawl out of the ground...

Do. This. Thing.

Beth reviews Amélie Wen Zhao's stunning and dark Xianxia romantasy THE SCORPION AND THE NIGHT BLOSSOM: "an addictively rich read, one to gorge your senses upon" Read more: tinyurl.com/mrxryd3n @ameliewenzhao.bsky.social @bethanmay.bsky.social