Cover reveal!

Man with blog doesn't like "greatest living American author." potsandplots.blog/2026/02/08/v... #booksky

Raven reviews-Paul E. Hardisty-The Hope "I loved this trilogy, not only for its poignancy, urgency and prescient observations, but also for its energy and sense of danger that kept me completely engaged." #PaulHardisty @orendabooks.bsky.social ravencrimereads.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/b...

'Pagans' by @jamesbluecat.bsky.social has set a very high bar for the rest of my year's reading to follow! New review on the blog. potsandplots.blog/2026/02/04/p... #booksky @moonflowerbooks.bsky.social

I was reading the version of this list in the back of the book last night (Waterstones PB) and was reminded that I have never read Moorcock's 'Gloriana'

Waterstones, where I used to work as a bookseller, have made Pagans their Science Fiction/Fantasy book of the month (with two quid off). THE MOTHERSHIP HAS CALLED ME HOME. www.waterstones.com/campaign/boo...

The reading pile grows ever on and on. Here are the books that have caught my eye so far this year. Thanks to all the lovely reviewers out there who keep feeding my habit. potsandplots.blog/2026/02/01/g...

🔥IT’S HERE!🔥 #TheHope, the THIRD and FINAL book in the UNFORGETTABLE #TheForcingTrilogy by Paul Hardisty is available EVERYWHERE as of TODAY!💙🙌 ORDER NOW: Print: 🔗geni.us/g264BA Ebook: 🔗geni.us/X6baGx #TeamOrenda @ipgbook.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social #newrelease #climatethriller

Put community repair shops on every high street. Our work shows people love it, increases community interaction & helps people keep essential goods going for longer giving them more money to spend on food & utility bills It reduces waste and so reduces local authority costs. It is a win, win, win.

Here it comes! "The Dead Man's Empire", the long-awaited second book in the Holy Mountain series! Is it a sequel to "The Last Blade Priest"? Yes! But in theory you could read it without reading TLBP!

New book review for Paul E Hardisty's 'The Hope.' The third book in his climate apocalypse series. They're books that really make you think and consider how close to the brink we might be. It's out on Thursday from @orendabooks.bsky.social #booksky potsandplots.blog/2026/01/27/t...

Last week I visited the Lee Miller exhibition at Tate Britain. She was one of the first journalists allowed into the concentration camps in April 1945. Her photographs were published under the heading ‘Believe It’: she knew that people would not believe the horrors of the Nazi regime. (1/6)

Reform, the Bin Juice Tories

My son #prouddad and he qualified for day 2!

New children's book review for the very enjoyable 'The Golden Monkey Mystery' by @piudg.bsky.social #booksky out now from @nosycrow.bsky.social #booksky #childrensbooks potsandplots.blog/2026/01/23/t...

My current #reading. One is significantly easier to follow than the other.

So excited to share (with help from Whisky!) the third book of the I Am Wolf series – WE ARE DRAGON! It all ends here, and everything is cranked up to 11 as Rieka tries to save the world – but at what cost…? #WeAreDragon @nosycrow.bsky.social #KidLitUk #IAmWolf

Finished this new offering from @hutchinsondave.bsky.social, A book that demands other pressing matters are put to one side till it's done. Smashing read. It's a European spy caper of sorts crossed with elements of Christopher Priest's The Glamour. Get yourself a copy direct from NewCon Press. 🪐📚💙

@petemc666.bsky.social's 'Paved With Good Intentions' is out now in pb. To celebrate, I've added my review to the blog! @arcadiabooks.bsky.social #booksky #fantasy #grimdark potsandplots.blog/2026/01/19/p...

"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."

New Review - finishing the week on a hugely enjoyable collection of science fiction tales. I highly recommend Who Will You Save? By @garethlpowell.bsky.social that reminds us we have other worlds than this one to explore - thanks to @titanbooks.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/1/...

Just one more review to say that "The Names" is very good, actually. potsandplots.blog/2026/01/13/t.... #booksky And if I was worried this was an unnecessary review, I'm currently reading Pynchon's "Vineland!"

at this point, the usa is kinda what you'd get if you bought a dystopia from temu

Sometimes literature in translation doesn't play by the rules - which makes it exhilarating but also frustrating. Join us on 20 Jan for a free virtual discussion on relearning to read with literary explorer @annmorgan.bsky.social us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Books are keeping me going at the moment, especially when they're the quality of 'Perilous Times' by @thomasdlee.bsky.social, my book of 2025. #booksky potsandplots.blog/2026/01/09/p...

A meaningful pairing in the Book Garden today. Both sum up where we are and where we might be going. @orendabooks.bsky.social @thomasdlee.bsky.social

THE KNIGHT WATCH is a book about many things, including: - a giant magical salmon - the complicity between transphobia and the far right - Arthurian knights slaughtering Nazis and having fun doing it - Lancelot being a queer disaster - Galehaut dealing with Lancelot's bullshit

My second novel, THE KNIGHT WATCH, will be published by Orbit in June this year. It features the Knights of the Round Table killing Nazis and living their messy queer afterlives during the Second World War. I'll be sharing the wonderful cover art as soon as I'm permitted to do so.

First review of the year is for a Children's Book. The funny, uplifting, but tinged with sombre notes, 'Not-So Great Escape' by Emma Green. Out now from Usborne Books. #booksky #alpacabandit #childrensbooks potsandplots.blog/2026/01/06/a...

We do NOT have twelve drummers drumming, but we do have the thudding sound of orcas thudding into the hull of THE BELLWEATHER in @rainewilson.bsky.social 's THE SALT ORACLE! UK & IE only. To win both books - like, follow, repost & drop a 🐋 in the comments to enter! Ends 11th Jan 2026 23:59 BST🪐📚💙

Not for the first time I am wondering whether Tom Gauld has me under surveillance.

New Year, new reading goals. First new year post on PotsandPlots. I have low-level ambitions. Read more books and write about them a bit more than last year! potsandplots.blog/2026/01/02/r...

I've not done a #Fridayreads post before but I'm reading "Relearning to Read" by Ann Morgan and children's book "Not-so Great Escape" by Emma Green. Make of that pairing what you will!

Oh gawd it's January, which means my book is coming out in paperback on the 29th! Waterstones are doing an exclusive edition with red edges, a prequel chapter AND the first chapter of the sequel, The Hoard and can be pre-ordered THUSLY: www.waterstones.com/book/pagans/...

In December, I spent a lot of time reading about books, adding further to the impossible pile of books I want to read. Here are the seeds I found to take me into the new year. potsandplots.blog/2026/01/01/g...

For the evening crowd, here are my favourite reads of 2025. #booksky potsandplots.blog/2025/12/31/b...

Man with blog writes end-of-year roundup. potsandplots.blog/2025/12/31/b... #booksky

If you’ve read the first three books of The Eidyn Saga and want to read more about all the left-wing politics / societal inspirations and metaphors that underlie it, there’s a discord for that: discord.gg/GhQT8cUBE

Giveaway! I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase. Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose? (UK only)

Some cracking book choices here. The wish list grows ever bigger. www.faber.co.uk/journal/fabe...

'My year end reading statistics' (originally for @theguardian.com books). p.s There's still time to pick up new book Physics for Cats at good bookshops and online www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

It's new review time! I picked up 'Seven Dials' by John Dore while doing my Christmas shopping (the perils of buying everyone books.) It's a fun hidden mystery caper that crosses both modern-day and plague-ridden, fire-ravaged London. #booksky potsandplots.blog/2025/12/17/s...

COVER REVEAL We are thrilled to be re-publishing @dougjohnstone.bsky.social’s raw, darkly funny novel #TheOssians 9/04 with a STUNNING new cover & an intro from @valmcdermid.bsky.social A Scottish band’s last-chance winter road trip spirals into rock’n’roll chaos. 🎸 bit.ly/3N1XxWR #BookSky

Probably my last review of 2025 on GeekDad. It's for "Lord of the Flies: The Graphic Novel" by Aimee De Jongh #booksky. Very much enjoyed this retelling. Wonderful art beautifully complementing a classic story that's as relevant today as it ever was. geekdad.com/2025/12/lord...

New review on GeekDad today. Really nice book about plants and all the things we make from them. 'The Stuff Stuff is Made Of' from @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social geekdad.com/2025/12/the-... #booksky

Rip roaring fun in the Fractured Europe universe. If you've read those you know what to expect. If not, what are you waiting for? #wasreading #booksky

Publishing January 2026... In a dying world, it asks the most urgent question of all: what if there's still time? #TheHope the searing finale to Paul Hardisty's critically acclaimed #ClimateEmergency trilogy - an absolute MUST-READ! 🌎 bit.ly/48mRk0m #BookSky #CliFi #NewBooks

Reviewing seems to take me forever these days, especially when they're for books as engaging as Alan Moore's "The Great When." "I loved it," would have been a much simpler review. Probably should have stuck with that. #booksky potsandplots.blog/2025/12/04/t...

Trying something new on the blog. A chart of all the bookish inspiration I discovered in the previous month. Here is my first "Growing the Library" post. #booksky There's not much doing in the garden right now, but I have just put up my Christmas lights! potsandplots.blog/2025/12/01/g...

Finishing Friday with a review. My first children's book on PotsandPlots! 'Avalanche' by Simon Fox out now from @nosycrow.bsky.social. Simon always delivers great reluctant heroes in his books and avalanche is no exception. potsandplots.blog/2025/11/28/a... #childrensbooks #booksky