Bookish Scifi & Fantasy
@bookishsff.bsky.social
Posting Science Fiction, Fantasy, Geekery, bookshop life, occasional cats.
Expert Bookseller at Waterstones Ipswich. All views my own.
Expert Bookseller at Waterstones Ipswich. All views my own.
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YES YES YES my favorite grumpy horny semi-retired pirate lady is coming back!!
Preorder alert!
Amina's off on a dangerous mission to steal a spindle from a mysterious sorceress in THE TAPESTRY OF FATE, @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social's epic sequel to The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi.
Signed Exclusive Edition with sprayed edges: www.waterstones.com/book/the-tap...
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#SFF
Amina's off on a dangerous mission to steal a spindle from a mysterious sorceress in THE TAPESTRY OF FATE, @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social's epic sequel to The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi.
Signed Exclusive Edition with sprayed edges: www.waterstones.com/book/the-tap...
🪐💙📚
#SFF
December 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
YES YES YES my favorite grumpy horny semi-retired pirate lady is coming back!!
Actually, forget Krampus, it's Premee you'd better watch out for...
HI this is one of my favourite books I've EVER READ and if you do not buy and read it immediately I will come down your chimney and WRECK UP THE PLACE you have been warned
🌊 🌈 Simon Jimenez's multi-award winning novel, THE SPEAR CUTS THROUGH WATER, is a sweeping adventure story, an intimate exploration of identity, legacy, and belonging and a love story to its blade-dented bone.
Buy now: https://geni.us/Spearcuts
Buy now: https://geni.us/Spearcuts
December 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Actually, forget Krampus, it's Premee you'd better watch out for...
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Hide your naughty little children, Krampus comes round tonight. Wishing everyone a very merry Krampusnacht! (painting from my 2012 novel "Krampus, The Yule Lord")
December 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Hide your naughty little children, Krampus comes round tonight. Wishing everyone a very merry Krampusnacht! (painting from my 2012 novel "Krampus, The Yule Lord")
A War of Wyverns, sequel to SF Williamson's A Language of Dragons will be hitting bookshops on new year's day!
There's a fancy exclusive edition with sprayed edges available to preorder here, while stocks last: www.waterstones.com/book/a-war-o...
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#Dragons
There's a fancy exclusive edition with sprayed edges available to preorder here, while stocks last: www.waterstones.com/book/a-war-o...
💙📚🪐
#Dragons
December 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A War of Wyverns, sequel to SF Williamson's A Language of Dragons will be hitting bookshops on new year's day!
There's a fancy exclusive edition with sprayed edges available to preorder here, while stocks last: www.waterstones.com/book/a-war-o...
💙📚🪐
#Dragons
There's a fancy exclusive edition with sprayed edges available to preorder here, while stocks last: www.waterstones.com/book/a-war-o...
💙📚🪐
#Dragons
My colleague was so amused by this lineup of fantasy books all coming out of the same delivery box that she sent me a photo.
#EverythingsFalling
#BooksellerHumour...
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#EverythingsFalling
#BooksellerHumour...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
My colleague was so amused by this lineup of fantasy books all coming out of the same delivery box that she sent me a photo.
#EverythingsFalling
#BooksellerHumour...
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#EverythingsFalling
#BooksellerHumour...
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Fascinating interview if you're in the book world or even just like books. on bbc sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... One man who holds the fate of so many authors in his hands on both sides of the atlantic.
December 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Fascinating interview if you're in the book world or even just like books. on bbc sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... One man who holds the fate of so many authors in his hands on both sides of the atlantic.
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Day 3: favorite #sapphfic murder mystery. The Last Soul Among Wolves is second in what I hope will be longer series from @melissacaruso.bsky.social. It’s interesting, fast-paced, and I love the worldbuilding and characters. And the audiobook? Fab. I mean it’s Moira Quirk, how could it not be? 🌈📚
December 4, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Day 3: favorite #sapphfic murder mystery. The Last Soul Among Wolves is second in what I hope will be longer series from @melissacaruso.bsky.social. It’s interesting, fast-paced, and I love the worldbuilding and characters. And the audiobook? Fab. I mean it’s Moira Quirk, how could it not be? 🌈📚
Preorder alert!
Amina's off on a dangerous mission to steal a spindle from a mysterious sorceress in THE TAPESTRY OF FATE, @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social's epic sequel to The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi.
Signed Exclusive Edition with sprayed edges: www.waterstones.com/book/the-tap...
🪐💙📚
#SFF
Amina's off on a dangerous mission to steal a spindle from a mysterious sorceress in THE TAPESTRY OF FATE, @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social's epic sequel to The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi.
Signed Exclusive Edition with sprayed edges: www.waterstones.com/book/the-tap...
🪐💙📚
#SFF
December 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Preorder alert!
Amina's off on a dangerous mission to steal a spindle from a mysterious sorceress in THE TAPESTRY OF FATE, @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social's epic sequel to The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi.
Signed Exclusive Edition with sprayed edges: www.waterstones.com/book/the-tap...
🪐💙📚
#SFF
Amina's off on a dangerous mission to steal a spindle from a mysterious sorceress in THE TAPESTRY OF FATE, @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social's epic sequel to The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi.
Signed Exclusive Edition with sprayed edges: www.waterstones.com/book/the-tap...
🪐💙📚
#SFF
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Good morning! Today is the publication day of the 1927 occult novel POSSESSED by Rosalie and Edward Synton, discovered by me and reprinted by the British Library for their Tales of the Weird line.
There now follows a thread about the authors. If you buy a copy, use the hashtag #SYNTONSPOSSESSED
There now follows a thread about the authors. If you buy a copy, use the hashtag #SYNTONSPOSSESSED
December 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Good morning! Today is the publication day of the 1927 occult novel POSSESSED by Rosalie and Edward Synton, discovered by me and reprinted by the British Library for their Tales of the Weird line.
There now follows a thread about the authors. If you buy a copy, use the hashtag #SYNTONSPOSSESSED
There now follows a thread about the authors. If you buy a copy, use the hashtag #SYNTONSPOSSESSED
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So many amazing lots to bid on: signed exclusives, book chats, advice sessions, tons of other stuff. Two days left to bid!
Thanks for everyone who's bid on the #Creatives4Sudan auction so far. In amazing news, we're at 12k. We have TWO DAYS LEFT though. If everyone places lots of little bids, I think we could get to 15k easy. The money is going to Sudanese-run Emergency Response Rooms. 💗🇸🇩 app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:27 AM
So many amazing lots to bid on: signed exclusives, book chats, advice sessions, tons of other stuff. Two days left to bid!
Ooh, look what's just arrived!
A #StrangerThings D&D starter set featuring Eddie Munson's epic lost campaign!
Welcome to Hellfire Club 🔥
A #StrangerThings D&D starter set featuring Eddie Munson's epic lost campaign!
Welcome to Hellfire Club 🔥
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Ooh, look what's just arrived!
A #StrangerThings D&D starter set featuring Eddie Munson's epic lost campaign!
Welcome to Hellfire Club 🔥
A #StrangerThings D&D starter set featuring Eddie Munson's epic lost campaign!
Welcome to Hellfire Club 🔥
And! Raeve and Kaan return as intrigue, danger & romance once more swirl around the dragon riders in THE BALLAD OF FALLING DRAGONS, Sarah A. Parker's #romantasy sequel to When the Moon Hatched.
Preorder the exclusive edition with sprayed edges on the website: www.waterstones.com/book/the-bal...
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Preorder the exclusive edition with sprayed edges on the website: www.waterstones.com/book/the-bal...
💙📚🪐
December 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
And! Raeve and Kaan return as intrigue, danger & romance once more swirl around the dragon riders in THE BALLAD OF FALLING DRAGONS, Sarah A. Parker's #romantasy sequel to When the Moon Hatched.
Preorder the exclusive edition with sprayed edges on the website: www.waterstones.com/book/the-bal...
💙📚🪐
Preorder the exclusive edition with sprayed edges on the website: www.waterstones.com/book/the-bal...
💙📚🪐
Have you seen this new fancy edition of bestselling #romantasy When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A Parker?
Sprayed edges, gold foiled lettering, and a completely new cover design. In stock now!
#Booksky
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Sprayed edges, gold foiled lettering, and a completely new cover design. In stock now!
#Booksky
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December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Have you seen this new fancy edition of bestselling #romantasy When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A Parker?
Sprayed edges, gold foiled lettering, and a completely new cover design. In stock now!
#Booksky
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Sprayed edges, gold foiled lettering, and a completely new cover design. In stock now!
#Booksky
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Dec 1: @jamesbluecat.bsky.social's Pagans got my year off to a great start. it's a police procedural with a difference: set in alternative modern-day Anglo-Saxon London, complete with gods & hackers, seaxes & drones! Full of great characters, historical & imaginative details, lots of fun to read 💙📚🪐
December 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Dec 1: @jamesbluecat.bsky.social's Pagans got my year off to a great start. it's a police procedural with a difference: set in alternative modern-day Anglo-Saxon London, complete with gods & hackers, seaxes & drones! Full of great characters, historical & imaginative details, lots of fun to read 💙📚🪐
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December 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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The Mari Lwyd #folklore charity auction is live!
Check it out for all kinds of lovely pieces that'd make very original gifts, and you'll be contributing to fantastic causes too.
I have a couple of #linoprint pieces in it designed especially for this year's auction 🎄🎁💀
Check it out for all kinds of lovely pieces that'd make very original gifts, and you'll be contributing to fantastic causes too.
I have a couple of #linoprint pieces in it designed especially for this year's auction 🎄🎁💀
December 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The Mari Lwyd #folklore charity auction is live!
Check it out for all kinds of lovely pieces that'd make very original gifts, and you'll be contributing to fantastic causes too.
I have a couple of #linoprint pieces in it designed especially for this year's auction 🎄🎁💀
Check it out for all kinds of lovely pieces that'd make very original gifts, and you'll be contributing to fantastic causes too.
I have a couple of #linoprint pieces in it designed especially for this year's auction 🎄🎁💀
To Cage a Wild Bird is a new high-stakes dystopian romance, where a bounty hunter trying to rescue her brother is forced to infiltrate a vicious prison where criminals are hunted by the rich for sport (and plenty ended up there thanks to her bounty hunting...)
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#NewBooks
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#NewBooks
December 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
To Cage a Wild Bird is a new high-stakes dystopian romance, where a bounty hunter trying to rescue her brother is forced to infiltrate a vicious prison where criminals are hunted by the rich for sport (and plenty ended up there thanks to her bounty hunting...)
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#NewBooks
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#NewBooks
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Good morning Blue Sky! Hope you’re all ok? Today I’m currently reading an excellent fantasy novella Mirror Marked by Vida Cruz-Borja. What are you reading at the moment?
November 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Good morning Blue Sky! Hope you’re all ok? Today I’m currently reading an excellent fantasy novella Mirror Marked by Vida Cruz-Borja. What are you reading at the moment?
Hey #Folklore people: looking for a cool gift of some original art, and to support some great causes?
@skullsandsheets.bsky.social's annual Mari Lwyd auction goes live tomorrow!
@skullsandsheets.bsky.social's annual Mari Lwyd auction goes live tomorrow!
Mari Lwyd Charity Auction Info
Artwork, books and goodies raising money for @womensaid.bsky.social @refugecharity.bsky.social @galopuk.bsky.social @lovingmeuk.bsky.social and Mankind Initiative
Preview page: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
Auction page: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/skullsns...
Artwork, books and goodies raising money for @womensaid.bsky.social @refugecharity.bsky.social @galopuk.bsky.social @lovingmeuk.bsky.social and Mankind Initiative
Preview page: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com
Auction page: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/skullsns...
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Hey #Folklore people: looking for a cool gift of some original art, and to support some great causes?
@skullsandsheets.bsky.social's annual Mari Lwyd auction goes live tomorrow!
@skullsandsheets.bsky.social's annual Mari Lwyd auction goes live tomorrow!
I've just experienced being woken by a cat repeatedly buffeting my face with a paw for the first time.
To be fair to him, I have managed an excessive lie in on my day off. I'm choosing to assume he was worried.
#NotMyCat
To be fair to him, I have managed an excessive lie in on my day off. I'm choosing to assume he was worried.
#NotMyCat
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I've just experienced being woken by a cat repeatedly buffeting my face with a paw for the first time.
To be fair to him, I have managed an excessive lie in on my day off. I'm choosing to assume he was worried.
#NotMyCat
To be fair to him, I have managed an excessive lie in on my day off. I'm choosing to assume he was worried.
#NotMyCat
Congratulations @pedroiniguez.bsky.social!
Mexicans On the Moon is an excellent scifi poetry collection, and you should all definitely check it out.
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Mexicans On the Moon is an excellent scifi poetry collection, and you should all definitely check it out.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Congratulations @pedroiniguez.bsky.social!
Mexicans On the Moon is an excellent scifi poetry collection, and you should all definitely check it out.
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Mexicans On the Moon is an excellent scifi poetry collection, and you should all definitely check it out.
💙📚🪐
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Just finished "When There Are Wolves Again" by E. J. Swift and I'm still thinking about it. Fierce, gorgeous climate fiction that somehow manages to be genuinely hopeful—not in a naive way, but in a way that feels earned and necessary. This is the kind of story we need right now.
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Just finished "When There Are Wolves Again" by E. J. Swift and I'm still thinking about it. Fierce, gorgeous climate fiction that somehow manages to be genuinely hopeful—not in a naive way, but in a way that feels earned and necessary. This is the kind of story we need right now.
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I am SO EXCITED to share this Fifth Saturday extra: @annleckie.com and @byzantienne.bsky.social in conversation about questions of empire and imperialism in their respective novels.
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
Ann Leckie and Arkady Martine: in conversation — Speculative Insight
Ann Leckie and Arkady Martine have both written novels that focus on empires, imperialism, and colonialism, and how people react to and work within those structures. I asked them to chat with me, a...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I am SO EXCITED to share this Fifth Saturday extra: @annleckie.com and @byzantienne.bsky.social in conversation about questions of empire and imperialism in their respective novels.
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine
Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine