A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.

First sighting of The Crooked Medium's Guide to Murder in the @portalbookshop.bsky.social Portal Bookshop York. Queer and nerdy, they are lovely and well worth a visit. #indiebooks #indiebookshops #Yorkshire #SFF #murder #mystery #books #booksky

My crowdfund is now LIVE! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

What's that you say? Only 6 days until The Dead Man hits the world? In ebook and paperback, you say? And a great introduction to the series? (Thank you to Sue Bavey for a fantastic review on Page Chewing.) Pre-order: books2read.com/thedeadman

"Today Theo interviews Claire North on her upcoming release, Slow Gods. “physical jeopardy is just blood effects and bicep-clenching, unless there is emotional jeopardy too.” Read more: fantasy-hive.co.uk/2025/11/slow... @tomunro.bsky.social

How your email finds me today:

👉Bottom line: partisan sources + lobbying conflicts + a choreographed leak = a weaponised attack on public-service journalism. Read both parts: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... • bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/p... 12/12

Banning VPNs not only compromises privacy, but it compromises safety. Being forced to use public wifi when travelling without the option of a VPN to make that safe will just lead to compromised computers. All in pursuit of the so-called "Online Safety Act", which achieves the opposite of safety.

New Review -today I am on the blog tour for #ProjectHanuman an excellent space opera by @stewarthotston.com with wonder, spectacle and an emotional punch that really worked for me - out now very strongly recommended! Thanks to @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...

Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Share yours if you want. (The Bone Ships.)

Convincing you to read my novel with the first paragraph. Share yours if you want.

It’s today! 13 months after I started writing it, Daughters of Nicnevin is out in the world! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/daug...

the weather is pants and will continue so for a while. NRW has a flood alert scheme for people in Cymru. Sign up here: naturalresources.wales/flooding/sig...

Convincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.

Debut dark romantasy! Early excerpt reading!

"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era. What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."

Nils goes on one last adventure in David Wragg's Tales of the Plains trilogy in THE IRON ROAD: "Fun banter, heartfelt character growth and action scenes to excite and delight... a showstopper of a finale." Read more: tinyurl.com/y2rwz96p @davewragg.com @nilsreviewsit.bsky.social

Rebecca Thorne's upcoming underwater sci-fi THIS GILDED ABYSS is due for release 20th November from Tor - to celebrate, we can share with you an excerpt from Chapter 1! Read more: tinyurl.com/mzre5dvf @torbooks.bsky.social @rebeccathorne.bsky.social

Hop over to our friends @thefantasyhive.bsky.social to read @rainewilson.bsky.social 's fascinating guest post on 'The Lures and Flaws of Dark Academia', celebrating her own take on the genre - THE SALT ORACLE! Read more https://bit.ly/3JAXBvE Buy THE SALT ORACLE https://geni.us/saltorac

Today on @thefantasyhive.bsky.social I’m reviewing the conclusion to the Tales of the Plains trilogy, The Iron Road by @davewragg.com “I was reminded of why I love Wragg’s books so much, they simply bring me joy.” Review link: fantasy-hive.co.uk/2025/11/the-...

Wooing the Witch Queen by @stephanieburgis.bsky.social is a cosy, humorous romp of a fantasy romance. Light and witty, it keeps you turning the pages just to see what delight awaits next. I’ve already preordered book 2! QoTD: what fantasy creature would you be in the court of the witch queen?

The Fiji coral spawning video has dropped. Son says this is the best spawning in 8 years. Coral normally spawns in the dark of night but this happy reef is so fecund it carries on spawning in the daylight! Give it a like on YouTube if you back marine conservation! youtu.be/t4RKai4e2h0?...

In which I did a silly thing that was "not terrible" and brought me joy

Ahhh - I’m so excited it’s finally been announced!!

#dunnett #dunnettcontent #historicalfiction #earlymodern Our #dunnettquote of this week accompanies Phelim to the castles on the banks of the Loire.

It's now only 8 days until The Dead Man is out. If you've enjoyed the Mennik Thorn books or if you're curious as to what they're like, the prequel novella is for you! books2read.com/thedeadman

My ARC Review of The Dead Man, a Mennik Thorn prequel novella by @patricksamphire.bsky.social is on Page Chewing today. pagechewing.com/arc-book-rev... #novella #fantasy #readindie #sff #booksky

random recollection from when I was younger and one of the neighbours asked why i wore glasses. When I told him I have astigmatism, dude looked genuinely concerned and checked to see if my hands were bleeding.

🙌🏽 This is the fantasy series I’m recommending to everyone! THE IRON ROAD by @davewragg.com is 5 star - what a finale to Tales of the Plain! 🤩 Perfect for fans who love rebellion, Pratchett style banter & action adventure. I laughed, I cried, I hid behind my hands 🫣 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Tonight! 8:30pm! Live in the Discord with @cameronjohnston.bsky.social !! discord.gg/gGXUqYxNm

Shout out to the book I just finished, Perilous Times by Thomas D Lee, reincarnated Arthurian legends fighting it out in a future Britain broken by climate change, corporate and state cleptocracy, and rampant xenophobia Never seen a portrayal of Arthur that way before...

Morning Womble, I'm good and hope you're feeling better. I've moved onto @poopraven.bsky.social Spells of Summer which so far does appear to be, for this writer, cosy. Waiting for the terrible trauma to start. Also reading through a new series of fantasy romance fairy tales, which are short & good.

Oh hey, for anyone who was sad to miss out on the Bookish Box edition of Wooing the Witch Queen…! www.instagram.com/reel/DQzzd5M...

Lovelies, if your Sunday needs a cosy, nerdy chat about Robert Holdstock's Mythago Wood, then the latest episode of Starship Alexandria can help! starshipalexandria.com/episode-8-my... Also features @aptshadow.bsky.social mentioning insects and me NOT mentioning ST:TNG (shocking, I know!)

We're thrilled to welcome Dr Lorrain Wilson back to the Hive. She's written us another excellent article, this time on Dark Academia, ahead of the release of her own DA novel THE SALT ORACLE, out today from @solarisbooks.bsky.social More: tinyurl.com/mvywxtep @rainewilson.bsky.social

I’ll often pitch my Witches of Woodville series as “Dad’s Army meets Bedknobs and Broomsticks”, so I was delighted to ask Private Pike for his opinion at today’s comic con, but he was silenced by a cry of (all together now)…

The audiobook edition of FIREHEART TIGER by @aliettedebodard.com is currently on sale — 50% off! www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p... Published by @tantoraudio.bsky.social, read by Jennifer Aquino.

It is that time of year when profoundly stupid people try to play Pathfinder for 24 hours straight. Not me though. Never again. If you like TTRPG #ActualPlay, they're live now. bit.ly/teamrollfori...

When they send queries just before database lock.

waaaaah i was too slow on getting Dead Silence and it sold out in like 0.00005 seconds. I just wanted the Space Wolves waaaaaaah. Anyone just getting it for the Tau who wants to go splitsies?

All of this. If you're not feeling well, don't go. It's not brave working through a cold or the flu, it's deeply selfish and irresponsible.

Hey did you know that if you enjoyed The Redstone Rescue you could nominate it for the Indie Ink Awards and that if you did that would mark you out as actually pretty damn cool? indiestorygeek.com/story/9709

This is why it's never *just* a cold! If you've got good health, good for you. So many of us do not! For so many of us, a cold puts us in bed for a week, or worse! Please start caring about other people and stay home when you're ill!!!!

La Corte de los Cuchillos Rotos: las canciones antiguas, los laments por los heroes muertos. Out now from @ozeditorial.com . (I'm told it's pretty good in the original Literan too).

AK is one of my dearest friends, a tireless advocate for community and speaks nothing but the truth here.

Lemme give you an example of why behaving like an event's covid policy magically doesn't apply to you is dogwater behaviour. Not that people who do this care about the fallout, they got what they wanted. Regardless, let's begin. 🧵

Oh, I can finally do this thing with my latest painting! I'm still quite slow and clumsy with my Blender blockouts (but I'm getting better!), but even that janky scene on the left made the concept real and gave me what I needed to make it good.

I would love it if you could join me at one my upcoming events to celebrate the release of Daughters of Nicnevin Waterstones events here: www.waterstones.com/events/searc... The Highland Bookshop tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daughters-...

Lastly the blurb from TOR.UK.

Aaaaand here's the UK version. Gone for less Tim Burton more a classic 1930s feel which I also love and fits the book really well as it's a whodunnit. I love them both.