French copies of Octavia Butler's novels

The interior of the Tropismes Libraries in Brussels

Saw some cool French translations of Octavia Butler's novels at Tropismes Libraries in Brussels. Definitely one of the fancier looking bookshops I've visited lately 👀 #booksky

Stars in the night sky

Baked banana and blueberry oats

I'm holding the book "Call down the Hawk" by Maggie Stiefvater

The park in Brussels near the palace

7am to train Brussels = star gazing at 4am in South London, baked blueberry and banana oats and a good book on the train to get me through the journey 🚂 #Booksky #travelsky #amreading

Her books are so good and she's just so cool in person in too 🥹

A photo of me standing next to the romance author Talia Hibbert at the Black British Book Festival

Also got to meet the incredible Talia Hibbert! I absolutely adore Get a Life, Chloe Brown and would highly recommend her books. #Booksky #bbbf25

Olivia-Savannah Roach, Talia Hibbert, Carol-Anne Royer and Aje Roberts seated at BBBF stage to discuss Romantasy.

More gems were dropped at the Romantasy panel, lots of discussion on how Black authors can overcome the challenges they might face entering the traditional publishing space. #Booksky #bbbf25

On the stage at BBBF is Stephanie Yeboah, Bolu Babalola, Lisa Bent and Kya Buller.

Loved the romance panel on writing about chaos and softness in relationships. Particularly, Lisa Bent's comments on writing a protagonist who is dating intentionally already knowing their worth and that they have a crown on their head. More of this please! #romancebooks #bbbf25

A display showing a sign for the BBBF event at the barbican centre

So excited to be at the Black British Book Festival today @barbicancentre.bsky.social. So many interesting talks, don't know how I'm going to fit them all in! #Booksky #bbbf

Birthday gift from the husband rescued me from my holiday reading slump. Shame I finished it in 24 hours and it didn't last longer 😅 #Booksky #travelsky #amreading

A wrapped book with the clues: Post-apocalyptic, fatherhood, endurance, self sacrifice

A wrapped book with the clues: black mythology, anthology, love and golden thread

Playing my favourite game, can you guess the titles of these blind book dates? Pretty sure the first is The Road by Cormac Mccarthy... #Booksky

A photo of the store front of Upper Street Bookshop in near Angel station in North London

"A book is a dream that you hold in your hand.." - Upper Street Bookshop near Angel, London

Moira Buffini’s dystopian debut Songlight wins the YA Book Prize 2025 Moira Buffini’s "captivating" dystopian debut novel, Songlight (Faber), has been named as the winner of the YA Book Prize 2025.

A dystopian novel won the YA Booker Prize... More signs of a comeback for the genre?? 👀 #booksky #authorsky www.thebookseller.com/news/moira-b...

Lekker boekje lezen, koffie drinken bij een Amsterdaamse gracht ☀️☀️ And yes this book is just as good as everyone is saying it is! 5✨ #Booksky #travelsky

A photo of a canal in Amsterdam

Two cinnamon buns from "Have a Roll' in Amsterdam

A photo of a Dutch street in De Pijp area in Amsterdam

A photo of me holding up the book "Efter" by Hana Bervoets

Back in the Netherlands for the weekend and couldn't resist stopping by Amsterdam for a quick visit. 📚🇳🇱🇳🇱 #travelsky

Europe’s record-breaking heat waves are driving spikes in demand for air conditioning Heat waves and longer summers are driving seasonal spikes in demand for cooling units, highlighting the need for efficient technologies and adequate power supply to keep Europe cool.

🌡️ Europe’s #heatwaves are reshaping demand for air conditioning — only 20% of households have AC, but that’s changing.

⚡ The IEA has warned of a #coolcrunch: energy demand from cooling could nearly triple by 2050 if left unchecked.

Here's my story on the latest: shorturl.at/4S7w3

A special edition of the Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

A special edition of Emma by Jane Austen

They had some lovely editions of some of my favourite classics which I couldn't resist...

The shop front of the Notting Hill Bookshop

A sign inside the Notting Hill Bookshop that reads 'Days without a Julia Roberts or Hugh Grant joke' 'Current score: 0'

A book bag with the Notting Hill Bookshop logo on it

Can't believe I've been in London this long and never visited the Notting Hill Bookshop before. #Booksky

Vanessa Williams and the cast of the Devil Wears Prada musical dancing as the audience applauds the close of the musical

The Devil Wears Prada sign outside of the Dominion Theatre

It was a musical weekend with first Evita and then the Devil Wears Prada musical on Saturday. Definitely brought back the nostalgia seeing the movie play out on stage. 💃🏾💃🏾

A photo of the cast of the Evita musical on stage. Rachel Zegler curtsies and receives applause

Completley blown away by every single actor and the production of Evita. Rachel Zegler's voice was breathtaking, she completely owned that role. Diego Andres Rodriguez as the narrator was incredible. That standing ovation went on for ages! #Evita

A view of the Sicilian coast from Taormina

A view of Mount Etna from the ancient theatre in Taormina

Absolutely stunning views in Taormina 😍☀️☀️ #travelsky

A photo of a market display in Palermo showing an array of seafood and pasta

A photo of a market display in Palermo, showing veg and pasta

A bolognese arancini ball

The food markets in Sicily, Palermo are everything 😍 #travelsky

A photo of myself and my sister standing back to back holding up the novel 'Problematic Summer Romance' by Ali Hazelwood.

Really enjoying buddy reading Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood with my sister. I get most of my book recommendations from Olivia-Savannah and I loved her idea of reading this Sicily set romance during our family holiday to Sicily! ❤️☀️🍋 #Booksky #amreading

You can see this idea in Octavia Butler's Kindred, in the Sinners movie, the visions of the Tulsa Race Massacre in Lovecraft Country and HBO's Watchmen.

Sometimes we have to go back to understood our roots before we can move forwards. #scifi #afrofuturism 2/2

A page out of "Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures." The page is titled 'I came to Africa on a spaceship' and has the author's name, Ytasha L. Womack.

The front cover of the museum book "Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures."

Image of a gold weight featuring a sankofa bird looking backward on top of a pyramid and dating from ca. 1700-1900.

In the world of afrofuturism, the sankofa is a key image. Ytasha L. Womack writes the word sankofa means to "retrieve," it's about "looking back to go forward," signifying a way to the future by "remembering the past." 1/ #booksky #writingcommunity

It was so great to see Maggie Stiefvater talk about luxury and the themes behind her new novel The Listeners. I love reading historical fiction that introduces me to a new element of WWII that I wasn't aware of, and then there are the captivating characters too. Loved it! #Booksky

At a Juneteenth sleepover, campers commune with ancestors A South Carolina park was once a town founded by freed people. Now visitors sleep there to get close to history.

Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park was the first self-governing town of formerly enslaved people in the country, according to the nonprofit that runs it.

Now, visitors sleep there to get close to history.

Bloodhound Books partners with AI tool ProWritingAid to ‘enhance editorial and submissions process’ Bloodhound Books has partnered with UK-based platform ProWritingAid to ’accelerate and enhance’ the editorial process by using AI to generate manuscript insights.

So my question on this is, if #AI is analysing manuscripts and providing assessments for editors on structure and pace etc. what about the manuscripts that blend genres? Stories that adopt abnormal structures and experiment with dialogue and narrative?

A photo of the book Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele

A photo of the book Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

When a five star read leads you to another five star book 😍

Rebecca Roanhorse's short story, "Eye and Tooth" was just so good, I had to find what else she had written. I'm so glad it lead me to Black Sun, an epic fantasy which I blitzed through. #Booksky

It's in Jordan Peele's horror anthology, "Out there Screaming." Would highly recommend!

A photo of the exterior of The Margate Bookshop

A packaged parcel with the Margate Bookshop logo

I'm holding the book Jackal by Erin E. Adams

Weekend break = weekend treat 🎁📚 #Booksky #amreading

A photo of my writing notebook and an iced coffee on a table in a cafe

A photo of the river in the Olympic park in Stratford, London

A day off work means time for a long walk & iced coffee & cake & writing ✍🏾☕ #amwriting #authorsky