Lots on through the festival, but this should be good

❤️HAPPY VALENTINES DAY❤️ What better time to celebrate all the red books than on the day of love with a red #ValentinesStack📚 🌹”Roses are red, Violets are blue, Just one more chapter… Ok, maybe two!”🌹 #bookstacksaturday #saturdaystack #valentinesdaystack #BookSky📚💙

It doesn't have to be Valentine's Day to buy someone you love a random surprise book, but, well, it IS Valentine's Day so you might as well do it today, and get a shiny card too... #Booksky

Pah, you could fill this list with Iron Maiden or Hawkwind on their own…but I suspect that they were never going to make a Guardian article…

The incredibly lovely Hannah Lowther came in today to sign copies of her book Les Quizerables (flipping brilliant), she's also in Legally Blonde at the Curve. We have a couple of signed copies now

Day off and now I'm back home obviously I'm adding to an already ridiculously long wish list instead of reading some of the books to hand. Bliss

I'm really excited for Dr Icy's writing workshop with us on Saturday. They are always fantastic!

Day off, not actually raining, so took the time to visit Leicester's guildhall. Free, convenient for the cities best bookshop, lots of places nearby to get coffee - recommended

I contributed to the retelling of mythological Irish women pulsating with desire, danger and defiance. Featuring unruly mothers, defiant mermaids and women outrunning their destiny, Banshee is out Feb 26th! 🧚🧝‍♂️🧙‍♂️ @hachetteuk.bsky.social @johnmurrays.bsky.social

HEX HOUSE by @amyjanestewart.bsky.social is a feverishly told, dark and unsettling Scotland-set fairy-tale about a safe haven for women which transforms them into vessels of revenge. 🪶 ✨ 🔮 Coming April 2026. Pre-order now: https://tinyurl.com/4wxacyrb ✨

@markedwardsauthor.bsky.social dropped by today, signed copies of The Wasp Trap now available! He was delightful and the book is getting excellent colleague reviews, come buy it whilst we have the signed editions.

UPON A STARLIT TIDE by @kellinthewoods.bsky.social is now out in paperback! 🧜‍♀️💚 A dark fairy tale-inspired fantasy combining elements of "The Little Mermaid" and "Cinderella" into a wholly original tale of love and betrayal.. https://tinyurl.com/3xfze8pd

OH MY! Land Beneath the Waves is one of BBC Wildlife Magazine's seven best adult books of 2025! And in such wonderful company! Totally made my year! 🥰💚 @summersdalebooks.bsky.social #naturewriting #chronicillness

First published in 1952 and inexplicably out of print for decades, Apricot Sky shows the author of the classic Lady Rose and Mrs Memmary in a decidedly more frolicking mood. This new edition features an introduction by Candia McWilliam. www.waterstones.com/book/apricot...

I think you'll like it, I really do preorders are always an authors/publishers/bookshops favourite thing

A thread I'll be adding to hopefully as new titles are announced: the upcoming 2026 books I've been making an excited note of in my diary so far. Old favourite authors, new voices that just sound too intriguing, and very occasionally a stunning bit of cover art that really caught my eye! #SFF 🪐📚💙

Smells like it too in the summer. Might have to read this just on the strength of this quote

Oh hey and there’s a new @ashleyhblake.bsky.social novel out today! It’s a very happy day at Neighborhood. 💜 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/744684... @beccapodos.bsky.social

This sounds great

I had a great time talking about Helen of Troy with Evan on BBC Radio 4’s PM just now, and if you want to hear more about the Odyssey, here’s my 28-minute version! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I so badly want a snow day, but libe so close to work it's never going to happen. What would I read if I was trapped at home with lots of coffee an untouched (so far) Christmas Toblerone and several hundred unread books?

It may, or may not, forecasts disagree, snow here this afternoon. Take no chances, stock up on books if you're nearby...

Not that old but really enjoyed 'Gods in Alabama' by Joshlyn Jackson

Lots of new boojs coming through now we're almost in February, but has anyone read a great older book recently that they'd care to recommend. Inspired by Leicester Uni putting Georgette Heyer's Cotillion on the historical fiction syllabus - definitely time for a re read from me

Every Wednesday, I’m going to post a children’s book I’ve enjoyed. If you’ve read it too, or you want to share another book, join in! The Midnight Folk, by John Masefield. Why do I like it? Read the alt text! #ukkidlit #kidlituk

Aberdeen! @vikkipatis.bsky.social and I are heading to your way @waterstones.bsky.social. Tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/in-co...

Happy Publication Day to this wonderful trio of books! BETWEEN TWO WATERS – Pam Brunton 44 POEMS ON BEING WITH EACH OTHER – Pádraig Ó Tuama THE CUT UP – Louise Welsh Available in your favourite local bookshop today, and online uk.bookshop.org/lists/out-to...

Back in stock...

Brilliant book, Leicester connections, and exactly the thing to cheer up January (also February, and yes, basically the whole year)

We'll have some film announcements coming your way soon for the third run of the DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS FILM FESTIVAL - if you're into folk horror, then this could be the day out for you! www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/ditf2... #folkhorror #horror #filmfest #filmfestival #horrorfestival

Its excellent, read it, and if I could I'd be at this like a shot

Thankyou so much!!

Fabulous films, and we now have a curated selection of books other fabulous films are based on. I absolutely am on a personal mission to make as much of Leicester as possible read Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

From the archive for Edith Wharton, #BornOnThisDay in 1862, my thoughts on THE REEF. An excellent novel in which a foolish American diplomat finds himself trapped in a deliciously complex love triangle (or possibly quadrangle?) with devastating results. 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/04/29/t...

'Once you have mastered the basics of wine, knowing that sauvignon blanc smells of cat’s pee on a gooseberry bush or how to swirl your glass without spilling any on your shirt, you’re ready to move on to the next stage, correcting other people’s mistakes' by @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social

Some breaking art historical news for you - a lost portrait of Robert Burns by Sir Henry Raeburn was unveiled today at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. It’s been missing for more than 200 years. 1/3

There's a wonderful short film made by Ishbel Grosvenor all about the portrait and its discovery here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=StBu...

My new short story, MESTRA, comes out as a standalone this September! I rediscovered this myth from Ovid while working on my Persephone novel, and it absolutely electrified me. In case you want to pre-order, thank you from the bottom of this author's heart, links are here! linktr.ee/madeline.mil...

Wowsers! I learnt a great deal about dead trees this morning in the @theguardian.com country diary by Paul Evans. #countrydiary #naturewriting

Today is the day for our #AuthorInterview with @lilydunn.bsky.social at 6 pm GMT. The author will talk about her #memoir #IntoBeing. You can ask your own questions or just follow #WomenWritersNet for insights into the healing power of memoir. @manchesterup.bsky.social.

We are pleased to announce the longlist for the 2026 #BranfordBoase Award, recognising the year's outstanding debut writers for children AND their editors 👏#kidlit #booksky Thank you to @alcs.co.uk & @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social for their support. branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2026-longlist/

Exciting news - we now have a CHERRY TREE growing outside Orkney Library & Archive! ❤️ Massive thanks to the Orkney Japan Association. It's one of 30 trees planted in #Orkney as part of the #Sakura Cherry Tree Project which aims to plant 10,000 cherry trees across the UK. 🌸🌸🌸

Anyone out there working on H G Wells' Ann Veronica? I've found something interesting in an archive.

Sometimes I really am the dumbest

Also, they're great books, plus you support an author, publishing staff, and booksellers every time you buy a new book from a bookshop. That's a lot of good from one small purchase

In stock!

The problem with being a fan of classic literature is that you end up knowing so many fantastic words that basically never come up in everyday conversation. Do you have any idea how rare it is to get the chance to drop an "illimitable"?

And on the shelf in Leicester. Lots of love for this book

Just reading a book that claims that early Gothic villains 'while powerful and commanding, were never appealing or seductive.' I feel like this severely underestimates how freaky both Goths and romance readers are.