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.
The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver by @rtorrubia.com is out today!
A dark fairytale billed as "fusing the Celtic folklore of J.R.R. Tolkien with the climate geopolitics of N.K. Jemisin in an epic adventure of ancient gods, apocalyptic magic, and love that can survive the end of the world"
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A dark fairytale billed as "fusing the Celtic folklore of J.R.R. Tolkien with the climate geopolitics of N.K. Jemisin in an epic adventure of ancient gods, apocalyptic magic, and love that can survive the end of the world"
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November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver by @rtorrubia.com is out today!
A dark fairytale billed as "fusing the Celtic folklore of J.R.R. Tolkien with the climate geopolitics of N.K. Jemisin in an epic adventure of ancient gods, apocalyptic magic, and love that can survive the end of the world"
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A dark fairytale billed as "fusing the Celtic folklore of J.R.R. Tolkien with the climate geopolitics of N.K. Jemisin in an epic adventure of ancient gods, apocalyptic magic, and love that can survive the end of the world"
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Completely without sarcasm: I love the grudging tone of this Tumblr tag. They simply can't resist any longer. "Oh, go on then, twist my arm, I'll have a queer werewolf book, I suppose. If you're having one."
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Completely without sarcasm: I love the grudging tone of this Tumblr tag. They simply can't resist any longer. "Oh, go on then, twist my arm, I'll have a queer werewolf book, I suppose. If you're having one."
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Absolutely thrilled to share that SOME BODY LIKE ME is one of @newscientist.com's best scifi books of 2025!
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
November 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Absolutely thrilled to share that SOME BODY LIKE ME is one of @newscientist.com's best scifi books of 2025!
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
The Wolf and His King by @finnlongman.com is out today, and we've already sold two!
It's an excellent new queer retelling of the 12th-century tale of Bisclavret the werewolf, set in medieval Brittany and full of secrets, yearning, isolation, beauty and pain, & beautifully written 🐺❤️
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#NewBooks
It's an excellent new queer retelling of the 12th-century tale of Bisclavret the werewolf, set in medieval Brittany and full of secrets, yearning, isolation, beauty and pain, & beautifully written 🐺❤️
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#NewBooks
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The Wolf and His King by @finnlongman.com is out today, and we've already sold two!
It's an excellent new queer retelling of the 12th-century tale of Bisclavret the werewolf, set in medieval Brittany and full of secrets, yearning, isolation, beauty and pain, & beautifully written 🐺❤️
💙📚🪐
#NewBooks
It's an excellent new queer retelling of the 12th-century tale of Bisclavret the werewolf, set in medieval Brittany and full of secrets, yearning, isolation, beauty and pain, & beautifully written 🐺❤️
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#NewBooks
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my time-saving holiday shopping tip is to just get everybody books. white elephant? book. child? picture book. stocking? small book. i am a neutral & trustworthy source on this subject
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
my time-saving holiday shopping tip is to just get everybody books. white elephant? book. child? picture book. stocking? small book. i am a neutral & trustworthy source on this subject
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It's Stranger Things Day!!!
Last chance to check out our refresher before diving into season 5 💙
#StrangerThings
Last chance to check out our refresher before diving into season 5 💙
#StrangerThings
Everything You Need to Know Before Stranger Things’ Final Season - Reactor
There's a lot going on heading into this last season — time for a refresher!
reactormag.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It's Stranger Things Day!!!
Last chance to check out our refresher before diving into season 5 💙
#StrangerThings
Last chance to check out our refresher before diving into season 5 💙
#StrangerThings
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Ah thanks! I love reading the series every year, and so glad to be a part of it for next year!! And yes, hopefully weird moths galore - @clhellisen.bsky.social did this amazing art commission for it, to give a wee sneak peek...
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Ah thanks! I love reading the series every year, and so glad to be a part of it for next year!! And yes, hopefully weird moths galore - @clhellisen.bsky.social did this amazing art commission for it, to give a wee sneak peek...
Weird moths you say? Sold!
I'm really enjoying the Luna Press novellas. Especially this time of year when I'm perpetually too tired for something huge, but still want an interesting unique read 💙📚🪐
I'm really enjoying the Luna Press novellas. Especially this time of year when I'm perpetually too tired for something huge, but still want an interesting unique read 💙📚🪐
Excellent bookmail today, my author copies for In This City, Where it Rains arrived from @lunapress.bsky.social !! My gothic horror love letter to Edinburgh, ft. ghosts, a cursed city, a gothic house, rituals, family secrets, & weird moths is out Feb 3rd!! Pre-order now! 🏴🖤✨️ linktr.ee/lyndseycroal
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Weird moths you say? Sold!
I'm really enjoying the Luna Press novellas. Especially this time of year when I'm perpetually too tired for something huge, but still want an interesting unique read 💙📚🪐
I'm really enjoying the Luna Press novellas. Especially this time of year when I'm perpetually too tired for something huge, but still want an interesting unique read 💙📚🪐
Are books sweet treats? Because that's what I'm buying today.
Better get a slice of cake and a nice chai latte as well just to cover all the bases.
📸 Woman with a Bowl, Guido Reni
Better get a slice of cake and a nice chai latte as well just to cover all the bases.
📸 Woman with a Bowl, Guido Reni
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Are books sweet treats? Because that's what I'm buying today.
Better get a slice of cake and a nice chai latte as well just to cover all the bases.
📸 Woman with a Bowl, Guido Reni
Better get a slice of cake and a nice chai latte as well just to cover all the bases.
📸 Woman with a Bowl, Guido Reni
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Here it is! The gorgeous cover of Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Here it is! The gorgeous cover of Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
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We're running a Giving Tree until the 9th December!
If you're feeling generous: choose a tag, buy a gift, and the council will collect on the 10th to give out to the recipients in care.
Email, phone or pop in before the end of 9th Dec for more details or to take part.
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#GivingTree
#Ipswich
If you're feeling generous: choose a tag, buy a gift, and the council will collect on the 10th to give out to the recipients in care.
Email, phone or pop in before the end of 9th Dec for more details or to take part.
🎁📚💙🎄
#GivingTree
#Ipswich
We're delighted to be partnering with Suffolk County Council for our Christmas Giving Tree again this year @waterstonesipswich.bsky.social
Choose a tag from the tree, buy a gift matching the interests on the back, and bring a bit of joy to a young person in or leaving care this Christmas 🎄❤️
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Choose a tag from the tree, buy a gift matching the interests on the back, and bring a bit of joy to a young person in or leaving care this Christmas 🎄❤️
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November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We're running a Giving Tree until the 9th December!
If you're feeling generous: choose a tag, buy a gift, and the council will collect on the 10th to give out to the recipients in care.
Email, phone or pop in before the end of 9th Dec for more details or to take part.
🎁📚💙🎄
#GivingTree
#Ipswich
If you're feeling generous: choose a tag, buy a gift, and the council will collect on the 10th to give out to the recipients in care.
Email, phone or pop in before the end of 9th Dec for more details or to take part.
🎁📚💙🎄
#GivingTree
#Ipswich
Ok, I'm doing it.
An advent of posts every day of December til Christmas of my personal favourite #SFF and horror books of 2025...
(Wish me luck. If I miss a day I've probably been caught in a calendar landslide at work, or trampled by excited Jellycat fans when we get a fresh delivery, or asleep)
An advent of posts every day of December til Christmas of my personal favourite #SFF and horror books of 2025...
(Wish me luck. If I miss a day I've probably been caught in a calendar landslide at work, or trampled by excited Jellycat fans when we get a fresh delivery, or asleep)
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Ok, I'm doing it.
An advent of posts every day of December til Christmas of my personal favourite #SFF and horror books of 2025...
(Wish me luck. If I miss a day I've probably been caught in a calendar landslide at work, or trampled by excited Jellycat fans when we get a fresh delivery, or asleep)
An advent of posts every day of December til Christmas of my personal favourite #SFF and horror books of 2025...
(Wish me luck. If I miss a day I've probably been caught in a calendar landslide at work, or trampled by excited Jellycat fans when we get a fresh delivery, or asleep)
Everyone's loving these mini graphic novels from DC. They've recently re-released a whole bunch of classics as full colour chunky paperback comics, most only £8.99 each.
Perfect for starting your collection, or buying on a budget!
#GraphicNovels
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#DCComics
Perfect for starting your collection, or buying on a budget!
#GraphicNovels
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#DCComics
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Everyone's loving these mini graphic novels from DC. They've recently re-released a whole bunch of classics as full colour chunky paperback comics, most only £8.99 each.
Perfect for starting your collection, or buying on a budget!
#GraphicNovels
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#DCComics
Perfect for starting your collection, or buying on a budget!
#GraphicNovels
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#DCComics
Exciting news for James Islington fans: the film rights for his Hierarchy series has been acquired.
Fingers crossed they can do it justice (and that they actually get around to it... Looking at you, whoever's sitting on the Red Rising rights these days)
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Fingers crossed they can do it justice (and that they actually get around to it... Looking at you, whoever's sitting on the Red Rising rights these days)
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November 25, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Exciting news for James Islington fans: the film rights for his Hierarchy series has been acquired.
Fingers crossed they can do it justice (and that they actually get around to it... Looking at you, whoever's sitting on the Red Rising rights these days)
💙📚🪐
Fingers crossed they can do it justice (and that they actually get around to it... Looking at you, whoever's sitting on the Red Rising rights these days)
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Time for tea and toast before heading off to open up the bookshop for the day. Have a great day, and don't forget to shop locally if you can!
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Time for tea and toast before heading off to open up the bookshop for the day. Have a great day, and don't forget to shop locally if you can!
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Got this in the post yesterday (thanks @headofzeus.bsky.social!) - honestly, I've been waiting years for this! It's widely considered to be THE Polish SF masterpiece. 1000+(!) pages, and finally in English. Can't wait!
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Got this in the post yesterday (thanks @headofzeus.bsky.social!) - honestly, I've been waiting years for this! It's widely considered to be THE Polish SF masterpiece. 1000+(!) pages, and finally in English. Can't wait!
Alastair Reynolds' latest novel Halcyon Years is a gripping noir set aboard a vast starship on a long-haul journey, with real life first man in space Yuri Gagarin as our protagonist detective.
Moody, murderous, mystery-filled, and epic as you'd expect!
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#SFF
Moody, murderous, mystery-filled, and epic as you'd expect!
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#SFF
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Alastair Reynolds' latest novel Halcyon Years is a gripping noir set aboard a vast starship on a long-haul journey, with real life first man in space Yuri Gagarin as our protagonist detective.
Moody, murderous, mystery-filled, and epic as you'd expect!
💙📚🪐
#SFF
Moody, murderous, mystery-filled, and epic as you'd expect!
💙📚🪐
#SFF
Out now, I, Medusa by @ayanagray.bsky.social is a raw, rageful and empowering reimagining of the classic myth: an origin story of a young woman caught in a web of politics & power, gods & magic, and a system that's trying to keep her small. 🐍⚡
It's a gut-punchy read that'll stick with you!
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It's a gut-punchy read that'll stick with you!
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November 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Out now, I, Medusa by @ayanagray.bsky.social is a raw, rageful and empowering reimagining of the classic myth: an origin story of a young woman caught in a web of politics & power, gods & magic, and a system that's trying to keep her small. 🐍⚡
It's a gut-punchy read that'll stick with you!
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It's a gut-punchy read that'll stick with you!
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Kessandra, the people’s favourite princess, recruits her ex Sgt Nix Marr for a covert mission to investigate a massacre in the underwater city of Fall. But all is not as it seems, and soon everyone aboard the sub is in danger...
@rebeccathorne.bsky.social's This Gilded Abyss is out now!
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@rebeccathorne.bsky.social's This Gilded Abyss is out now!
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November 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Kessandra, the people’s favourite princess, recruits her ex Sgt Nix Marr for a covert mission to investigate a massacre in the underwater city of Fall. But all is not as it seems, and soon everyone aboard the sub is in danger...
@rebeccathorne.bsky.social's This Gilded Abyss is out now!
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@rebeccathorne.bsky.social's This Gilded Abyss is out now!
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Hey you, are you staying hydrated today? Make sure you're drinking enough. It's easy to forget when it's chilly outside.
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This PSA was brought to you from a very busy bookshop, where I've just found a coffee I made 5 hours ago and forgot to drink.
#BookshopLife
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This PSA was brought to you from a very busy bookshop, where I've just found a coffee I made 5 hours ago and forgot to drink.
#BookshopLife
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Hey you, are you staying hydrated today? Make sure you're drinking enough. It's easy to forget when it's chilly outside.
...
This PSA was brought to you from a very busy bookshop, where I've just found a coffee I made 5 hours ago and forgot to drink.
#BookshopLife
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This PSA was brought to you from a very busy bookshop, where I've just found a coffee I made 5 hours ago and forgot to drink.
#BookshopLife
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Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
altermag.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Finally out into the world, the labour of many months. My long essay in the inaugural edition of the Alter Magazine on the pasts, presents, and futures of Indian science fiction.
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
“The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction” —
altermag.com/articles/the...
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Legend has it that St Botolph’s Church in Iken, Suffolk, was once marshland teeming with demons, before a holy man drove them away—or did he? The church is the setting for Reggie Oliver’s “Funeral at St Botolph’s”, the story that opens Tales of #OccultBritain.
👉🏼 Get your copy from helleborezine.com
👉🏼 Get your copy from helleborezine.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Legend has it that St Botolph’s Church in Iken, Suffolk, was once marshland teeming with demons, before a holy man drove them away—or did he? The church is the setting for Reggie Oliver’s “Funeral at St Botolph’s”, the story that opens Tales of #OccultBritain.
👉🏼 Get your copy from helleborezine.com
👉🏼 Get your copy from helleborezine.com
Flame Tree Publishing have a new gothic fantasy collection out this month ♥️
Afrofuturism contains new and classic short stories exploring themes of black identity in the Gothic genre, and the book itself is a really stunning, weighty foiled hardback. It'd make a very nice gift!
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#NewBooks
#SFF
Afrofuturism contains new and classic short stories exploring themes of black identity in the Gothic genre, and the book itself is a really stunning, weighty foiled hardback. It'd make a very nice gift!
💙📚🪐
#NewBooks
#SFF
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM