@gavreads
@gavreads.co.uk
Reader of SF&F, mainly. *Libraries have ebooks that you can read on your phone. Est. 2005
Pinned
@gavreads
@gavreads.co.uk
· Jun 8
A list of UK LGBTQ+ bookshops:
Reposted by @gavreads
Absolutely loved Katabasis! R.F. Kuang keeps knocking it out of the park. I’d love more stories set in this Cambridge! 🥰
November 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Absolutely loved Katabasis! R.F. Kuang keeps knocking it out of the park. I’d love more stories set in this Cambridge! 🥰
Reposted by @gavreads
Well this was brilliant 🤩 Working through a pile of festive murder mysteries, and loved the excellently titled Murder at Mistletoe Manor by @fliceverett.bsky.social - utterly satisfied to have worked out who and why and *almost* exactly how. 🎄#Booksky
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Well this was brilliant 🤩 Working through a pile of festive murder mysteries, and loved the excellently titled Murder at Mistletoe Manor by @fliceverett.bsky.social - utterly satisfied to have worked out who and why and *almost* exactly how. 🎄#Booksky
Reposted by @gavreads
I read out the participating Acts to my daughter earlier to try and convince her to go and I got nothing until I said Zack was speaking and now she's all for going lol the power of hope!
Bring on a few days in London
💚🏳️⚧️💚
Bring on a few days in London
💚🏳️⚧️💚
Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March.
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wolf Alice and more to play all-star charity concert for trans rights
Organised by Olly Alexander and the Mighty Hoopla festival to ‘fight back against the politics of fear and exclusion’, Trans Mission will take place at Wembley Arena in March
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I read out the participating Acts to my daughter earlier to try and convince her to go and I got nothing until I said Zack was speaking and now she's all for going lol the power of hope!
Bring on a few days in London
💚🏳️⚧️💚
Bring on a few days in London
💚🏳️⚧️💚
Reposted by @gavreads
Silent Bones : The brand-new, iconic Karen Pirie thriller from the no.1 bestselling author Val McDermid
@valmcdermid.bsky.social
I have SIGNED copies.
Woohoo!
You can get one HERE.
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
@valmcdermid.bsky.social
I have SIGNED copies.
Woohoo!
You can get one HERE.
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Silent Bones : The brand-new, iconic Karen Pirie thriller from the no.1 bestselling author Val McDermid
@valmcdermid.bsky.social
I have SIGNED copies.
Woohoo!
You can get one HERE.
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
@valmcdermid.bsky.social
I have SIGNED copies.
Woohoo!
You can get one HERE.
biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...
I’m sure we all unintentionally miss-sell a book, but I’m still annoyed I got convinced to read Kiss of the Spider Woman. It’s a DNF for me.
November 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I’m sure we all unintentionally miss-sell a book, but I’m still annoyed I got convinced to read Kiss of the Spider Woman. It’s a DNF for me.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen...
Scissor Sisters
Thea Gilmore
Alanis Morissette
Placebo
Bastille
Scissor Sisters
Thea Gilmore
Alanis Morissette
Placebo
Bastille
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen...
The Sisters of Mercy
Fields of the Nephilim
The Mission
New Model Army
and out of left field
Muse!
🙂
The Sisters of Mercy
Fields of the Nephilim
The Mission
New Model Army
and out of left field
Muse!
🙂
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen...
Mama's Boys
Iron Maiden
Kerbdog
UK Subs
Testament
Mama's Boys
Iron Maiden
Kerbdog
UK Subs
Testament
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen...
Scissor Sisters
Thea Gilmore
Alanis Morissette
Placebo
Bastille
Scissor Sisters
Thea Gilmore
Alanis Morissette
Placebo
Bastille
As someone who has been playing video games longer than Sacha has been alive, I can’t wait to find out the history I’ve missed.
The Meowth is out of the bag.
I am currently researching and writing my next book, 'Space Invaders' a queer history of videogames.
Just like 'Queer As Folklore' this is a subject very very close to my heart. It's very bloody exciting. What a lucky sod!
Thanks @manchesterup.bsky.social!
I am currently researching and writing my next book, 'Space Invaders' a queer history of videogames.
Just like 'Queer As Folklore' this is a subject very very close to my heart. It's very bloody exciting. What a lucky sod!
Thanks @manchesterup.bsky.social!
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
As someone who has been playing video games longer than Sacha has been alive, I can’t wait to find out the history I’ve missed.
Reposted by @gavreads
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
Reposted by @gavreads
For Strange Horizons, I've been working on a review of A Granite Silence, Nina Allan's fascinating examination of a historical crime as a network of jostling stories. The review went online yesterday: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
A Granite Silence by Nina Allan
In her latest novel, Allan steps in a different direction again.
strangehorizons.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
For Strange Horizons, I've been working on a review of A Granite Silence, Nina Allan's fascinating examination of a historical crime as a network of jostling stories. The review went online yesterday: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...
Reposted by @gavreads
Yes! Check out my review. I sweat blood and tears to write this thing. And Joe’s novel is excellent.
Check out as @mondyboy74.bsky.social reviews KING SORRORW, and @joe-hill.bsky.social “a writer who grabs you by the lapels and doesn’t let go until the ride, finally and sadly, comes to an end.”
King Sorrow by Joe Hill: Review by Ian Mond
King Sorrow, Joe Hill (Morrow 978-0-06220-060-0, $27.99, 896pp, hc) October 2025. I’d planned to write this review of King Sorrow without mentioning Joe Hill’s dad. Not just because everyone knows …
locusmag.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Yes! Check out my review. I sweat blood and tears to write this thing. And Joe’s novel is excellent.
Reposted by @gavreads
Do we have bargains for you at angryrobotbooks.com? Why yes, yes we do. Black Friday sale. Up to 40% off!
Go to our website use code BLACKFRIDAY40 buy books, save money.
Go to our website use code BLACKFRIDAY40 buy books, save money.
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Do we have bargains for you at angryrobotbooks.com? Why yes, yes we do. Black Friday sale. Up to 40% off!
Go to our website use code BLACKFRIDAY40 buy books, save money.
Go to our website use code BLACKFRIDAY40 buy books, save money.
Reposted by @gavreads
it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
2025 Queer Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
Welcome to the 2025 list of queer adult science-fiction and fantasy books! If you’re new to this dance, this list and the ones before (see: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019) are my answer t…
kadoore.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
Random question: where does one start with Jorge Luis Borges?
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Random question: where does one start with Jorge Luis Borges?
Reposted by @gavreads
At @savinglives.bsky.social, we've spent months planning World AIDS Day in Birmingham, UK. Tomorrow, @ftcbirmingham.bsky.social meets to plan the five years until the UN's 2030 goal of eliminating new infections.
Community awareness and policy success are linked. Abandoning WAD has material impact.
Community awareness and policy success are linked. Abandoning WAD has material impact.
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
At @savinglives.bsky.social, we've spent months planning World AIDS Day in Birmingham, UK. Tomorrow, @ftcbirmingham.bsky.social meets to plan the five years until the UN's 2030 goal of eliminating new infections.
Community awareness and policy success are linked. Abandoning WAD has material impact.
Community awareness and policy success are linked. Abandoning WAD has material impact.
Reposted by @gavreads
OMG I really loved what @dys-morphia.bsky.social had to say about Lessons in Magic and Disaster!
rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/2025-1...
"I cannot recommend this book strongly enough if you like magic, academia, nested narratives, strangely satisfying family drama... and New England academia vibes."
rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/2025-1...
"I cannot recommend this book strongly enough if you like magic, academia, nested narratives, strangely satisfying family drama... and New England academia vibes."
A cheese detective, an academic witch, and a planetful of sentient spiders
Mini-reviews of Shadow Ticket, Lessons in Magic and Disaster, The AI Con, and Children of Time
rinsemiddlebliss.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
OMG I really loved what @dys-morphia.bsky.social had to say about Lessons in Magic and Disaster!
rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/2025-1...
"I cannot recommend this book strongly enough if you like magic, academia, nested narratives, strangely satisfying family drama... and New England academia vibes."
rinsemiddlebliss.com/posts/2025-1...
"I cannot recommend this book strongly enough if you like magic, academia, nested narratives, strangely satisfying family drama... and New England academia vibes."
I am reading The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers, about 1/3 through, & I think I understand why there was a lot of commentary about it when it was released, now over a decade ago. I don't mind the over-explanation, and I like the inclusivity, and at this point, I'm invested.
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I am reading The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers, about 1/3 through, & I think I understand why there was a lot of commentary about it when it was released, now over a decade ago. I don't mind the over-explanation, and I like the inclusivity, and at this point, I'm invested.
Reposted by @gavreads
A pre-festive thread of my favourite Northodox titles plus a couple on my TBR... All of these are 25% off with the code NORTHODOXMAS 🎄📚
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A pre-festive thread of my favourite Northodox titles plus a couple on my TBR... All of these are 25% off with the code NORTHODOXMAS 🎄📚
Are you a book lover in Paris if you do not go to @shakespeareandcompany.com? I happily queued this weekend to get in. I came away with three books, all stamped. And I am very pleased with my selection and that I was able to have them stamped.
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Are you a book lover in Paris if you do not go to @shakespeareandcompany.com? I happily queued this weekend to get in. I came away with three books, all stamped. And I am very pleased with my selection and that I was able to have them stamped.
What I love about this time of year is everyone sharing their reading lists. And here is one for novellas.
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
What I love about this time of year is everyone sharing their reading lists. And here is one for novellas.
Reposted by @gavreads
Favorite Science Fiction of 2025 So Far #scifimonth2025
We're nearing the end of SciFi Month—how did November fly by so fast?? So it's time to share my favorite science fiction books of the year so far. To be honest, I have not read a lot of SF this year, so this list includes some four star rated…
We're nearing the end of SciFi Month—how did November fly by so fast?? So it's time to share my favorite science fiction books of the year so far. To be honest, I have not read a lot of SF this year, so this list includes some four star rated…
Favorite Science Fiction of 2025 So Far #scifimonth2025
We're nearing the end of SciFi Month—how did November fly by so fast?? So it's time to share my favorite science fiction books of the year so far. To be honest, I have not read a lot of SF this year, so this list includes some four star rated books (unusual for my Best Of lists). But I enjoyed all of these and recommend them!
booksbonesbuffy.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Favorite Science Fiction of 2025 So Far #scifimonth2025
We're nearing the end of SciFi Month—how did November fly by so fast?? So it's time to share my favorite science fiction books of the year so far. To be honest, I have not read a lot of SF this year, so this list includes some four star rated…
We're nearing the end of SciFi Month—how did November fly by so fast?? So it's time to share my favorite science fiction books of the year so far. To be honest, I have not read a lot of SF this year, so this list includes some four star rated…
Reposted by @gavreads
I use my ALCS and PLR money to cover my annual Society of Authors subscription for a start.
Posting this partially as service to fellow writers, partly to motivate myself to get it done today. November 30 is deadline to log your year's work at @alcs.co.uk, in return for which you *will* get free money, possibly quite startling quantities of it. If you haven't signed up, do. www.alcs.co.uk
ALCS
www.alcs.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I use my ALCS and PLR money to cover my annual Society of Authors subscription for a start.
A cut down Sunday Summary but it does contain a large cute pink teddy bear on a book cover.
Sunday Summary: 23 Nov 25
Sunday Summary mainly functions as my personal record of book-related topics that have captured my interest over the past week. It also acts as a public memory prompt and bookmarking system. B…
gavreads.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A cut down Sunday Summary but it does contain a large cute pink teddy bear on a book cover.
Reposted by @gavreads
I loved this cover art by @andreuzaragoza.bsky.social I had to get it framed. 🌈🩷
November 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I loved this cover art by @andreuzaragoza.bsky.social I had to get it framed. 🌈🩷
Die Hard With a Vengeance
RED
RED 2
Clue
The Fifth Element
Elvira Mistress of the Dark
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Transformers (1986)
Rising Sun*
Demolition Man
To Wong Foo
The Golden Child*
Big Trouble in Little China*
*of their time?
RED
RED 2
Clue
The Fifth Element
Elvira Mistress of the Dark
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Transformers (1986)
Rising Sun*
Demolition Man
To Wong Foo
The Golden Child*
Big Trouble in Little China*
*of their time?
Name a film you've seen six times.
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Die Hard With a Vengeance
RED
RED 2
Clue
The Fifth Element
Elvira Mistress of the Dark
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Transformers (1986)
Rising Sun*
Demolition Man
To Wong Foo
The Golden Child*
Big Trouble in Little China*
*of their time?
RED
RED 2
Clue
The Fifth Element
Elvira Mistress of the Dark
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Transformers (1986)
Rising Sun*
Demolition Man
To Wong Foo
The Golden Child*
Big Trouble in Little China*
*of their time?
Reposted by @gavreads
It’s real! It’s real! You can pre-order MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90s AND BEYOND here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hugh-...
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It’s real! It’s real! You can pre-order MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90s AND BEYOND here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hugh-...