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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 14d

Very excited to be hosting this in Ipswich in November.

Tell all your folklore-y friends!

(If you can't make it to the event, the book is out everywhere now, and is a beautiful little hardback by the National Trust which would make a lovely gift!)

#Booksky
#Folklore

Waterstones Ipswich @waterstonesipswich.bsky.social · 14d

Join us at Waterstones Ipswich, Fri 7th Nov, 7-8.30pm, for An Evening of British Folklore, and step into a year of stories, traditions, and celebrations with #folklore expert Mark Norman (of @folklorepod.bsky.social) as your guide!

Booking essential: www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

#Suffolk
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A picture of Mark's book Britain's Folklore Year, with text:
From wassailing customs to May Day, Straw Bears to Beating the Buns, join us for a journey through the seasons of British
folklore, customs, and
rituals, with folklore
expert and author Mark
Norman as our guide!

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 8m

A lovely joyous review of Alix Harrow's The Everlasting by Fantasy Hive!

It's my absolute top book you should be adding to your wishlists this month, so expect me to go on about it even more soon.

It hit me especially hard given the state of the world, the rewriting of history at the moment..

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The Fantasy Hive @thefantasyhive.bsky.social · 48m

Nils and Beth return to a favourite author as they buddy read Alix E. Harrow's upcoming new novel THE EVERLASTING:

"an evocative and achingly beautiful read, it is one that will seep under your skin and consume you right until the end."

Read more: tinyurl.com/nhbr456h
@torbooksuk.bsky.social

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 1h

Spellcaster by Jaymin Eve is here!

A steamy, intense and addictive new #romantasy with a dark academia setting.

Expect rival families, students trying to make their way through magical Weatherstone college, lots of action and fun, and just look at those glittering sprayed edges 👀

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A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop, turned to show off the gold glittering sprayed edge depicting a castle like building and Gothic ornaments.

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 2h

Did you know there's a brand new #Warhammer 40k Character Encyclopedia just out?

It comes with a Lieutenant Titus miniature, and we have pin badges to go with it, while stocks last!

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#SFF
#GamesWorkshop

A copy of the book and one of the pin badges, resting on a starry background

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 6h

Congratulations to all the winners, there are some great selections in all the categories - you should check out the thread!

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 18h

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 17h

Congratulations @soniasulaiman.bsky.social on winning the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works for THYME TRAVELERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PALESTINIAN SPECULATIVE FICTION

2025 Winner Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works - THYME TRAVELLERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PALESTINIAN SPECULATIVE FICTION edited by Sonia Sulaiman

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 18h

The winner of the #2025IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Novella? LOST ARK DREAMING by @suyidavies.com

2025 Winner Outstanding Novella: LOST ARK DREAMING by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

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Marve with an 'E' @justmarvewrites.bsky.social · 4d

WATERSTONES PREORDER CAMPAIGN!

Eager readers, I have a special surprise for you! If you preorder FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN through @waterstones, we’ll send you some gifts☀️ Head to the form in my bio to share your proof of purchase🧡

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #BookshopDay everyone!

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, guess what?

Tomorrow (Sat 11th) is a really good day to go buy that book you were wanting: it's Bookshop Day, which means double Plus stamps in Waterstones!

#Booksky

A banner reading "celebrate bookshop day at your local Waterstones. Double Plus stamps in shops only, Saturday 11th October"

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 2d

A collection of interlinked ghost stories recounted by the security guard of an unusual labyrinthine research facility, THE MIDNIGHT TIMETABLE is the playful, chilling, unsettling, and irresistibly weird concoction, out now from Bora Chung (author of cult favourite Cursed Bunny!)

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A photo from Waterstones' Facebook, showing a pile of the books in a bookshop. The cover has a neon yellow and pink sheep's head against a round yellow background, on a dark blue/purple backdrop.

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 2d

(† usual ts & cs here: www.waterstones.com/help/waterst...)

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, guess what?

Tomorrow (Sat 11th) is a really good day to go buy that book you were wanting: it's Bookshop Day, which means double Plus stamps in Waterstones!

#Booksky

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 4d

If you like dark folklore you must check out @samkhorton.bsky.social's Gorse and its sequel Ragwort, which is out today!

Gorgeous inside and out, it's a haunting tale of love, madness, loss, and mysterious secrets, set in Cornwall amid the clash of Enlightenment with the old magical ways

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A banner from Solaris with a picture of the book and a quote from Lorraine Wilson reading "brimming with love for the wild places, for the folklore and for the fallibility and generosity of the human heart. Horton is a storyteller outside of time, I suspect he may be fae"

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 4d

Congrats, that's great news!

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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 4d

When There Are Wolves Again is out in the UK today! I wrote something about the book, and keeping going, and some personal stuff I dithered over but, well, it's been A Year.

I'm so glad the book is out there and thank you so much to everyone who has supported it 🐺🤍

ejswift.co.uk/2025/10/09/w...

Hardback edition of When There Are Wolves Again by E. J. Swift, with cover featuring a wolf and branch/leaf/flower design, photographed in the garden with the author's cat in the background being dramatic

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 4d

Couldn't agree more!

Dire warnings are all very well and important, but we absolutely need a bit of hope in the mix to stop us all giving up and curling up under a blanket forever ^⁠_⁠^;

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, you're welcome - happy publication day! 😄

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 4d

Excited for this new folk horror release from @manylittlewords.bsky.social today!

It sounds like it's full of all the weird, sinister British folklore vibes that I love 🐺💀🐜

#Booksky
#Horrorsky
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Gemma Amor @manylittlewords.bsky.social · 4d

My hands are shaking a little as I type this but...ITCH! IS OUT TODAY!!

I'm finally a big 5 published author!

Feminist, formication folk horror with creepy crawlies, ancient traditions, unsolved murders, weird processions, masks, an old pub and an excellent dog.

www.hachette.co.uk/titles/gemma...

Gemma Amor dressed in pink holding a copy of ITCH!

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Ken Liu @kyliu99.bsky.social · 4d

The UK edition of ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM is out today! I loved working on this novel about how to remain human in the age of ubiquitous AI. Readers in the UK can pick it up wherever you prefer to get your books. @headofzeus.bsky.social

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/all-that-...

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 4d

Exciting news, congrats!

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 4d

When There Are Wolves Again is released today!

@catamaroon.bsky.social's new novel is a hopeful but believable dystopia, tackling speculative themes of biodiversity and environmental disaster, pandemic, justice, and our possible future, all explored in a deeply human & affecting way.

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A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop. On the cover a wolf in greens and blues fades into sapling trees reaching up to surround the letters of the title with delicate leaves.

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 5d

Your semi-regular @brandonsanderson.com preorder alert! (gosh he writes quickly)

Fancy limited @waterstones.bsky.social editions of Isles of the Emberdark, out on 3rd Feb, now available to reserve here:

www.waterstones.com/book/isles-o...

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#SFF

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 5d

Gabriela Romero Lacruz's The River and the Star is now out!

The second part of the Warring Gods duology will enchant and then ruin your heart... Gods and mortals, power and betrayal, in a lush and gripping South American-inspired fantasy world.

Special #spredge editions while stocks last!

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The cover of the special Waterstones edition in purple

The gorgeous gold foil embossed cloth hardback cover underneath the normal slipcover.

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 5d

A tale of folklore, murder, magic and glamour set in Hollywood, from the phenomenal bestselling author of Caraval and Once Upon a Broken Heart, Stephanie Garber!

Alchemy of Secrets is out today 💫

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A copy of the book next to a copy with the jacket removed to show off the gold embossed cloth cover.

A photo of the endpapers, covered in alchemical symbols in embossed gold foil

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy @bookishsff.bsky.social · 6d

Out today! @richardkadrey.bsky.social's The Flesh King, a macabre and bloody hunt for a flesh-eating monster in NYC.

It's a supernatural horror noir, just in time to join your spooky TBR piles this October...

Even the cover alone is making my skin crawl!

#Horrorsky
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The cover of The Flesh King. It's very good. A monstrous glowing red-eyed torso is split down the middle with bands of flesh stretching between the two halves. Through the middle three tiny human figures in glowing red tumble.

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Jane Johnson @janejohnsonbakrim.bsky.social · 6d

Really looking forward to this new HBO adaptation (coming in January). These stories are wonderful, set around 90 years before A GAME OF THRONES, and I'm so proud to have published them. #books 💙📚

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