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Posting Science Fiction, Fantasy, Geekery, bookshop life, occasional cats. Expert Bookseller at Waterstones Bury St Edmunds Arc. (Views mine, not representative of Waterstones)
@runalongwomble.bsky.socialReposted by @bookishsff.bsky.socialGood Morning Blue Sky! Hope you’re all ok? Today I’m currently reading The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer for a dangerous weekend job. What are you reading at the moment?
@britfantasysoc.bsky.socialReposted by @bookishsff.bsky.socialAnd the full list of winners can be found on our blog:
@britfantasysoc.bsky.socialReposted by @bookishsff.bsky.socialNominees for the August Derleth Award for best horror novel: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones Hungerstone by Kat Dunn The Needfire by MK Hardy Lionhearts by Dan Howarth Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin
@britfantasysoc.bsky.socialReposted by @bookishsff.bsky.socialNominees for best novella: The River Has Roots, by Amal el-Mohtar Walking a Wounded Land by Andrew Knighton Fate’s Bane by CL Clark The Nga’phandileh Whisperer by Eugen Bacon
@britfantasysoc.bsky.socialReposted by @bookishsff.bsky.socialNominees for The Robert Holdstock Award for best fantasy novel: Daughters of Nicnevin by Shona Kinsella Magic, Maps and Mischief by David Green A Song of Legends Lost by MH Ayinde The Outcast Mage by Annabel Campbell Grace Empire by Richard Swan Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods
@bookishsff.bsky.social"St Trinian’s meets the legend of Faust" in @genevievecogman.bsky.social's brand new, and very entertaining, A Scholar's Guide to Demonology & Other Dark Arts, in which a slightly unprepared Phil takes on the role of Latin mistress at an unusual, windswept school on the Yorkshire moors...
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@bookishsff.bsky.socialGoodness, it's busy in the bookshop today. Hardly a spare moment. A very busy last day before a week off (which I'll be using to recover, still, from the long tail of exhaustion from glandular fever in September apparently. Yay.)
@bookishsff.bsky.socialHappy Bookshop Day!
It's double stamps in Waterstones to celebrate, plus we now have these super cute Jane Foster Books Are My Bag totes!
@jeffvandermeer.bsky.socialReposted by @bookishsff.bsky.socialAnnihilation always makes Halloween lists, so I thought I'd do a thread of creepy reads. Starting today with a flat-out modern masterpiece, Max Lury's No Ghosts. Thoroughly contemporary and disturbing grounded in deep characterization, and, in part, outdoing Back Rooms while also its own thing. 1
@bookishsff.bsky.socialIndeed! I've not read any qntm other than Antimemetics, so I'd be interested to hear what they're like. Also, I like those covers for the Ray Naylers - different to the ones we have here.
@kateheartfield.comReposted by @bookishsff.bsky.socialCool thread with some fantasy debuts I am noting for my tbr list. My own Crawford shortlisting (for Armed in Her Fashion/The Chatelaine) remains something of which I am very proud. It is a cool award and every year it puts at least one future favourite on my radar.
@bookishsff.bsky.socialLook what arrived in today's book delivery...
The industrial revolution meets necromancy and intrigue in Miles Cameron's brand new Soulstealer!
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@solarisbooks.bsky.socialReposted by @bookishsff.bsky.social🎂🎉Happy paperback book birthday to RAGWORT by @samkhorton.bsky.social !
Return to the dark moors of 18th century Cornwall with the paperback edition of RAGWORT - the much-anticipated sequel to deliciously dark folkloric fantasy GORSE!
Buy now: geni.us/ragwortPB
@hookland.bsky.socialReposted by @bookishsff.bsky.socialThe witch is a creature of weather. Wind-summoner. Drought-breaker. Cloud-reader. Flood-flyer. Mist-wearer. She adapts to it, she adjusts the weather to her favour. It's one of her most vital relationships. She wears it on her boots. She wears it on her skin. – #EmilyCBanting #FolkWitchFriday
@bookishsff.bsky.socialPublished a week ago, but it immediately sold out and went into reprint, the edition of The Hobbit with illustrations by Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins, is newly available in English and is quite striking!
We've got a handful of matching pin badges left for the first few customers..
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@bookishsff.bsky.socialThere's a new A.S. Byatt novella just out: Cold is a gorgeous fairytale of a frail summer-born princess who discovers her true self when she escapes into a winter night.
Just out this week, it's a beautifully produced little hardback and would make a lovely gift.
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@bookishsff.bsky.social"Behind every enigmatic man there is a woman with a heart full of secrets... In Your Heart a Devil beckons readers through unforgiving halls where servants whisper & shadows stir" Atmospheric gothic with a splash of Scottish folklore, by Vanessa Santos, out now from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social 💙📚🪐
@bookishsff.bsky.socialSet on the Yorkshire coast against the 1970s blackouts, @amandajanemason.bsky.social's The Dark is a wonderfully creepy new folk horror full of superstition and isolation as Rosie, pregnant and newly moved to the area, tries to settle in and make a home...
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@bookishsff.bsky.socialMore new books! The first book in a new slow-burn dark fantasy series from A.T. Emerald, billed as "perfect for fans of Alchemised, Under the Iron Sky sees a fearless female warrior develop a dangerous bond with an enemy interrogator who captures her." 💙📚🪐
@rainewilson.bsky.socialReposted by @bookishsff.bsky.socialIT'S ME. Returning to my beloved Luna Press, who first opened the door to publishing for me. This book is one I am so proud of, guys, it's strange & hopeful & sad, and I'm so glad it gets to live 🖤
