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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· 25d

Home Sick by @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social is an excellent new creepy cottage horror, with strange neighbours, spiralling paranoia and folk horror vibes. Out this week! #FolkHorror 💙📚🪐

A hand holds a copy of the paperback in a bookshop

A banner showing the book cover with the words this house isn't haunted, she is.

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· 25d

Attention #FourthWing fans! @waterstones.bsky.social has the brand new Rise of the Wingleader board game as its new Game of the Month! Immerse yourself in the Empyrean world and compete for glory at Basgiath War College 🐉❤️ Available in the UK exclusively at Waterstones until September 💙📚🪐 #SFF

A banner showing the game, cards, art, tokens, with the words game of the month and exclusive

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· 25d

Brand new fantasy The Dragon Has Some Complaints by @wiswell.bsky.social is now in stock! If you love a good dragon tale with found family, epic battles, humour and real heart, this should definitely be on your TBR 🐉 #SFF 💙📚🪐

A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· 28d

Very excited to be hosting author @mikebrooks668.bsky.social on 25th July, 1.30pm at Geek Retreat Ipswich for an author Q&A and signing to celebrate This is Where the Future Bleeds! Get in touch to reserve your copy of the book in advance, and do spread the word 💙📚🪐 #SFF #NewBooks

A banner reading Mike Brooks author q&a and signing at geek retreat 41a upper brook street Ipswich. Saturday 25th July 1.30pm.
Visit Waterstones.com/events for details

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· 28d

First important bit of book news is that my copy of @mikebrooks668.bsky.social's brand new This Is Where The Future Bleeds arrived while I was away - looking forward to getting stuck into this intriguing new fantasy! #NewBooks 💙📚🪐 #SFF

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· 28d

Especially enjoyed this guy who was clearly so fed up with the long hike of the Pilgrim's Way that he sat in despair beside the path so long he turned to stone. #Éire

A large carved stone by the side of the path, into which is carved a bearded face frowning and holding his hands to his head like he has the most almighty headache.

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· 28d

Finally back in the bookshop today after two beautiful but, er, eventful weeks in Ireland. Saw some very cool rocks, waterfalls, rainforest-esque lushness, and the inside of Mater hospital. Lots of book news to catch up with, so bear with! 📚💙

Looking up the valley to the peak of Corrán Tuathail the highest mountain in Ireland (though I didn't know all this at the time... My partner had pitched the walk as "has a bit of scrambling", so it was a bit of a suprise when we got to the top and its status was announced)

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· 29d

Ooh, there's an online event in August with the excellent @robertjbennett.bsky.social and Antonia Hodgson, discussing A TRADE OF BLOOD, the third in the Shadow of the Leviathan series. Tickets & details here: www.waterstones.com/events/onlin... #SFF 💙📚🪐

A banner for the event reading Robert Jackson Bennett in conversation with antonia hodgson Tuesday 4th august 7pm. Waterstones

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jul 9

The Moth Reborn, the hugely anticipated penultimate book of @samanthashannon.bsky.social's epic Bone Season saga propels Paige across the Alps and through Lyon in a desperate last-ditch attempt to save the revolution. Signed edition to preorder here: www.waterstones.com/book/the-mot... 💙📚🪐 #SFF

A green banner with the book cover, the publication date 25th feb 2027, and a badge saying signed edition

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jul 9

There's a beautiful special signed edition of @ryancahill.bsky.social's Of Darkness and Light - the next chapter in The Bound and the Broken series on the way, available to preorder here while stocks last: www.waterstones.com/book/of-dark... #SFF #Spredges 💙📚🪐

A copy of the book, turned slightly to show off the sprayed edges in greens, browns and yellows. On the cover is a green dragon

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jul 1

Gosh, July already?! Sometimes, the smallest sip can change everything... Set in a mysterious bar where the stories of everyone's lives are just one sip away, Dongwon Seo's THE MOON GLOW BOOKSHOP is our magical and uplifting Science Fiction & Fantasy Book of the Month! #SFF 💙📚🪐

A banner showing the book, with the words science fiction and fantasy book of the month.

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jun 29

Don't be too jealous but I spent yesterday visiting these (and other) gorgeous wolves/wolf dogs with @verityholloway.bsky.social at Watermill Wolves. Many are trained for acting, and get called on for fantasy and historical films whenever there's a #wolf scene! #DayOff

Three wolfies patiently waiting for chonks of chicken at feeding time.

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jun 23

It's here: a beautiful new edition of The Fall, @ryancahill.bsky.social's novella set in the world of The Bound and The Broken series, has just arrived! And we have just a handful of the signed exclusive edition in stock for the lucky first few customers. 💙📚🪐 #SFF

Copies of the book on a table in a bookshop, sitting atop a copy of Of Blood And Fire by Ryan Cahill

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jun 23

Amber V Nicole fans! "Featuring a stunning new cover colourway, map endpapers, digital edges, foiled boards, and an exclusive new letter from the author, this limited collector's edition of The Book of Azrael arrives in November: www.waterstones.com/book/book-of...

The new edition of the book on a green background

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jun 23

Happy publication day to The Knight Watch! @thomasdlee.bsky.social's latest is a riotous, action packed Arthurian tale featuring a memorable band of immortal knights trying to do what they do best, this time against the rising Third Reich... 💙📚🪐 #SFF

A copy of the new hardback the Knight Watch beside the paperback of perilous times

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jun 22

To celebrate the release of cozy fantasy THEODORA'S TEA SHOP by Christy Anne Jones next month, Waterstones is giving away a stunning Huffkins afternoon tea gift set 🫖🍰❤️ GB&NI only, prize draw details here: www.waterstones.com/win/theodora... 💙📚🪐

A banner saying prize draw, with a picture of the book cover and the afternoon tea gift set with scones, preserve, clotted cream, cake, tea, bag

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jun 22

New dark and suspenseful novella Morsel by @carterkeane.bsky.social is now out, blending the horrors of modern corporate culture working people to death with something bad in the Appalachian woods... #horrorsky 💙📚🪐

A hand holds a copy of the book in a bookshop: an open-jawed animal skull with leaves, flowers and insects pouring forth

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jun 20

Ok, this is very pleasing to my brain. Thank you cover artists! (Audrey Benjaminsen and Sam Hadley) #SFF #Romantasy 💙📚🪐

Vile lady villains by danai christopoulou next to nemesis mine by amy archer. On the first, two women hold daggers at each others' throats, on the second two men do the same.

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jun 20

Father's Day is almost here, but there's still time to grab him an awesome gift! Pop in to your local bookshop and we'll be delighted to recommend you something 💙📚🪐 #FathersDay #SFF

A stack of books in a bookshop:

Project hail mary by andy weir;

The Poppy war by R. F. Kuang;

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky;

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb;

Red Rising by Pierce Brown;

Pagans by James Alistair Henry;

The Devils by Joe Abercrombie;

Songs of the Dead by Brandon Sanderson and Peter Orullian;

Heaven's River by Dennis E. Taylor;

A Parade of Horribles by Matt Dinniman;

A Discworld Jigsaw Puzzle the World of Perry Pratchett;

and a father's day card featuring a wookiee being gugged by Ewoks reading "wookiee you're my dad"

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jun 19

Part two of Peter F Hamilton's Exodus duology is now out! The Helium Sea ups the action and ties together the threads and epic events of book one, the Archimedes Engine 💙📚🪐 #SFF #NewBooks

A copy of the new hardback book next to a copy of the paperback of the first book, on a table in a bookshop

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jun 19

Heaven's Graveyard by Grace Curtis is now out! We even have some limited signed copies in the shop (if you're quick...) #SFF 💙📚🪐 📚🌈

A copy of the new hardback book atop a pile of the author's previous paperbacks: floating hotel, frontier, and Idolfire

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jun 18

It's here! Happy publication day to The Language of Liars by S L Huang! I've picked up my preorder and fortuitously have just finished my current read, so it's the perfect time to start a novella between longer reads. 💙📚🪐 #SFF

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jun 16

A dragon rider academy story with a difference! Heartfelt & humorous, The Dragon Has Some Complaints is the latest from @wiswell.bsky.social following a dragon with 3-heads, (each with their own opinions) as he sneaks in to the elite academy pretending to be tame... Out 16/7! 🪐📚💙 #SFF

A picture of the book cover, featuring a three headed dragon, with a red-haired rider sitting in front. In the background a castle perches on an enormous floating rock

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Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jun 16

Following light-and- music based magic wielders able to cross the realms between life and death, SONGS OF THE DEAD is the first instalment in @brandonsanderson.com and Peter Orullian's new Strata Wars series, and it hits the shelves today! 💙📚🪐 #SFF #NewBooks

Copies of the book in a bookshop, one turned to show off the sprayed edges

A copy of the book with its cover removed to show off the embossed cover below

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jun 16

Return to @hollyrace.bsky.social's Tudor-inspired fantasy realm of Elben in brand new Six Savage Thrones, sequel to the bestselling sensation Six Wild Crowns, out today! Brace for magic, power, feminine rage, sisterhood, rebellion, and of course dragons 🐲✨ 💙📚🪐 #SFF

Copies of the book on a table in a bookshop, next to a copy of the paperback of six wild crowns.
On the cream cover a black dragon twines around a throne covered in red roses

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jun 14

The Heart of the Nhaga is an epic, innovative fantasy by the grandmaster of Korean SFF Lee Young-Do, now in English (trans by @antonhur.com). It follows unlikely allies against prejudice in a divided magical world filled with warrior birdmen, heartless immortals, conspiracy & danger! Out 2/7 🪐📚💙

The cover of the book. An illustration of a warrior with a giant blade strapped to his back, a toppling tower, distant mountains with dwellings on their slopes, and a procession across a delicate high bridge in the foreground.

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jun 14

In Green City Wars by @aptshadow.bsky.social artificially enhanced animals serve humans, but their own world is filled with conflict, crime & power battles. Not least for Skotch, freelance raccoon investigator, whose latest job finding a fugitive mouse scientist might get him killed... Out 26.6 💙📚🪐

The cover of the book showing a futuristic cityscape with tower blocks covered in living foliage. In the foreground a racoon stands at the edge

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jun 14

A thousand years ago, the Knights of the Round Table made an oath to protect the realm forevermore... Now Britain is embroiled in WWII, the knights are back to punch nazis, but by now they've been getting on each others' nerves for centuries. Knight Watch by @thomasdlee.bsky.social is out 23/6! 🪐📚💙

The book cover, showing a dragon coiled around a tree. In the background on the left, knights in front of a castle, on the right, the castle is surrounded by tanks and barbes wire, a blimp above, and searchlights beaming up to a single approaching plane

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jun 14

"Revelatory, seductive and wholly disturbing, The End of Everything is a new dystopia from accalimed author M John Harrison, imagining a slowly collapsing Europe after an unnamed crisis, enigmatic alien entities, and a man who collects an extraordinary object washed up from the Channel. 18/6 🪐📚💙

The book cover, the bottom of the word everything in the title running like wet paint down the rest of the page, revealing a beach with a lone figure standing looking out at the water

Bookish Scifi & Fantasy@bookishsff· Jun 14

"As the creator of the First Law & Age of Madness series, @joeabercrombie.com has brought his fair share of memorable characters to life. With The Devils as #SFF Book of the Month we asked him to select his top rogue heroes from the canon of fantasy fiction": www.waterstones.com/blog/joe-abe... 💙📚🪐