Gareth L. Powell
@garethlpowell.bsky.social
📚 Science fiction author
✍️ Writing complex humans and sentient starships
🏆 BSFA winner and Locus, Seiun, BFA finalist
📖 JITTERBUG coming 03/03/2026
🤝 Repped by Lucienne Diver
📍 Bristol, UK
https://linktr.ee/garethlpowell
✍️ Writing complex humans and sentient starships
🏆 BSFA winner and Locus, Seiun, BFA finalist
📖 JITTERBUG coming 03/03/2026
🤝 Repped by Lucienne Diver
📍 Bristol, UK
https://linktr.ee/garethlpowell
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Time for a new introduction. I’m a science fiction author from Bristol in the UK. I’ve written over 20 published books, had my work translated into numerous languages, and won an award or two. I mainly post about books, writing, and my part-time job in a bookshop.
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It seems I am far more polite on Bluesky than in real life!
@garethlpowell.bsky.social has swears! They've used 34 profanities in their last 3,634 posts.
🥇 "damn" (7 times)
🥈 "bullshit" (4 times)
🥉 "hell" (3 times)
🥇 "damn" (7 times)
🥈 "bullshit" (4 times)
🥉 "hell" (3 times)
November 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
It seems I am far more polite on Bluesky than in real life!
@profanity.accountant What you got for me?
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
@profanity.accountant What you got for me?
My Sunday reading is Slow Gods, the new one from Claire North and @orbitbooks.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
My Sunday reading is Slow Gods, the new one from Claire North and @orbitbooks.bsky.social
As far as I’m concerned, December is going to be a month of laying the groundwork and gathering strength, so I can hit the ground running with the three books I hope to write in 2026.
November 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
As far as I’m concerned, December is going to be a month of laying the groundwork and gathering strength, so I can hit the ground running with the three books I hope to write in 2026.
Farewell, Tom Stoppard. I studied Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead at school, and even though I graffitied the cover of my copy so it read "Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Daleks," I very much enjoyed the play.
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Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
The King and Queen pay tribute to a
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November 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Farewell, Tom Stoppard. I studied Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead at school, and even though I graffitied the cover of my copy so it read "Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Daleks," I very much enjoyed the play.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More work on this tonight. It's starting to come together nicely and I'm getting excited about writing it...
Plotting out a badass space opera featuring an antagonistic group of characters thrown together and forced to cooperate in order to survive a storm of deadly alien tech...
November 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
More work on this tonight. It's starting to come together nicely and I'm getting excited about writing it...
Just saw a shooting star!
November 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Just saw a shooting star!
In the bookshop and it’s dark outside. It’s only 5pm but it feels like the middle of the night.
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In the bookshop and it’s dark outside. It’s only 5pm but it feels like the middle of the night.
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I think life would be better if more people read books and spent time looking up at the stars
November 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I think life would be better if more people read books and spent time looking up at the stars
You’ve heard of Elf on the Shelf, but how about … ?
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
You’ve heard of Elf on the Shelf, but how about … ?
I just lost Whamageddon.
November 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I just lost Whamageddon.
A little chilly in the bookshop today, but at least the sun is shining and business is brisk.
November 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A little chilly in the bookshop today, but at least the sun is shining and business is brisk.
If you’re compiling an end of year list or nominating for an award, here are the three books I’ve had published this year
✨2025 Awards Eligiblity Post✨
Novel - Future's Edge
Collection - Who Will You Save?
Novella - Doctor Who: The Well
Novel - Future's Edge
Collection - Who Will You Save?
Novella - Doctor Who: The Well
November 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
If you’re compiling an end of year list or nominating for an award, here are the three books I’ve had published this year
I think life would be better if more people read books and spent time looking up at the stars
November 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I think life would be better if more people read books and spent time looking up at the stars
Plotting out a badass space opera featuring an antagonistic group of characters thrown together and forced to cooperate in order to survive a storm of deadly alien tech...
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Plotting out a badass space opera featuring an antagonistic group of characters thrown together and forced to cooperate in order to survive a storm of deadly alien tech...
Inspired by all your Thanksgiving photos from yesterday, I picked up a turkey thigh from the local shop and made myself a quick Friday roast. Turkey with bacon, potatoes, carrots, and Yorkshire puddings, all made in the air-fryer.
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Inspired by all your Thanksgiving photos from yesterday, I picked up a turkey thigh from the local shop and made myself a quick Friday roast. Turkey with bacon, potatoes, carrots, and Yorkshire puddings, all made in the air-fryer.
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Ursula K Le Guin is one of my greatest inspirations, so I'm thrilled to be talking to Theo Downes-Le Guin, her son & head of the Le Guin Foundation, about her books, legacy & never-ending inspiration! Join us if you love her too! Dec 3 @burleyfisher.bsky.social:
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November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Ursula K Le Guin is one of my greatest inspirations, so I'm thrilled to be talking to Theo Downes-Le Guin, her son & head of the Le Guin Foundation, about her books, legacy & never-ending inspiration! Join us if you love her too! Dec 3 @burleyfisher.bsky.social:
burleyfisherbooks.com/products/urs...
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After years of inactivity, my eldest spider plant has just put out two long sprouts with tiny buds on them. A new generation of baby spider plants is imminent.
November 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
After years of inactivity, my eldest spider plant has just put out two long sprouts with tiny buds on them. A new generation of baby spider plants is imminent.
November 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
One of the great things about writing science-fiction is that I can talk about all sorts of other things. For instance, my recent novels have touched on Atlantis as a folk memory of the flooding of the North Sea at the end of the last ice age,
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
One of the great things about writing science-fiction is that I can talk about all sorts of other things. For instance, my recent novels have touched on Atlantis as a folk memory of the flooding of the North Sea at the end of the last ice age,
I don’t really get the whole Black Friday thing, but I will just remind those of you who are shopping today that #books make perfect gifts.
November 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I don’t really get the whole Black Friday thing, but I will just remind those of you who are shopping today that #books make perfect gifts.
Coming 03.03.2026 from @titanbooks.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Coming 03.03.2026 from @titanbooks.bsky.social
This was my view from my balcony in Croatia in 2019, while I was working on the first draft of STARS AND BONES.
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This was my view from my balcony in Croatia in 2019, while I was working on the first draft of STARS AND BONES.
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Thanks @titanbooks.bsky.social for the proof copy!
And thanks to @garethlpowell.bsky.social for the no doubt wonderful words inside!
And thanks to @garethlpowell.bsky.social for the no doubt wonderful words inside!
November 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Thanks @titanbooks.bsky.social for the proof copy!
And thanks to @garethlpowell.bsky.social for the no doubt wonderful words inside!
And thanks to @garethlpowell.bsky.social for the no doubt wonderful words inside!