That was also in the first post :) ⤴️
It's by Becky Chambers.
That was also in the first post :) ⤴️
It's by Becky Chambers.
"As You Wake, Break The Shell"⤴️
07.03.2026 11:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"From the bestselling author of A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet comes a humane and heartfelt slice of sci-fi revolving around a pilot with a dangerous condition and the reclusive botanist whose bio-printed medicine might be able to save her."
#SFF
#Preorder
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A new Becky Chambers book has been announced!
It's too early even for the final cover art, but As You Wake, Break the Shell is due out in October and available for preorder 🚀
Any new Chambers novel is an insta-buy for me. She hasn't let me down yet
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Title card with the season and episode number and the title Opening the Box of Delights
OUT NOW!
Season 11 Episode 189
OPENING THE BOX OF DELIGHTS
On your podcast app, on the website at
www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-189....
or for the full experience watch an extended edition at youtu.be/UOO6GZ5NJlM
A feature length episode on the Box of Delights with special expert panel
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06.03.2026 18:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Between Two Fires is here!
@buehlmeister.bsky.social's medieval plague fantasy is grimdark and horrifying, a land on the edge of famine and insanity... and then some demons, monsters and hellish rebellion just to top it all off.
#Horrorsky
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With necromancy, knights and a great botanical magic system, @jennlyons.bsky.social brand new Green and Deadly Things is a fast-paced standalone fantasy read with dark vibes and excellent monsters.
Out now!
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PREORDERS are LIVE!
www.waterstones.com/author/sarah...
This is not a drill: TWO new #ACOTAR books are now available to preorder!
#SaraJMaas
#Romantasy
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Three covers of my novel MASSIF. The UK and Australian ones have a photo-realistic approach, the US one is illustrative. All feature a seated figure looking up at a mountain range ascending into space. US cover illustration by Matt Griffon. UK cover by blacksheep.
Cover reveal time!
An adult science fiction novel tinged with horror, about the crew of a small warship in a relatively near future where humans hitch rides to the stars on sentient star-faring mountain ranges called Massifs.
Can be pre-ordered at the usual places, *please* do so. Thank you.
Voting for the 2026 Locus Awards is open to everyone! Choose your champions and give a voice to your favorite works and authors of the year.
Vote online at poll.voting.locusmag... or via the link in our bio!
okay this prompt might start a fight but:
what is THEE sci-fi/fantasy/horror/romantasy book from the past year or two that makes you feel like, "oh my GOD you haven't read this yet?? you absolutely must read this immediately"?? like what's your pick for essential contemporary sffh reading
Background image is a book cover: the top third is bright green with yellow text that reads Tiffani Angus, Val Nolan. The middle third is black with white text that reads Spec Fic for Newbies Vol. 3; the bottom third is green with yellow text that reads A Beginner's Guide to Writing Even More Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. Foreground text: "We also can’t forget the many delicious elves from Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy: bowman Legolas, royal elf Galadriel, lord of Rivendell Elrond, and his daughter Arwen, who marries Aragorn. Jackson depicts them as tall, beautiful, and mysterious, with long blond or dark hair and pointed ears: they’re Middle-earth thirst traps!" p. 123
From Legolas to Jared to Romantasy, elves have been a fan favourite for decades, but where did they come from? SPEC FIC FOR NEWBIES 3 explores the sometimes complicated history of these characters & even provides 2 activities to get you started writing! Pre-order now! linktr.ee/specficforne...
05.03.2026 15:59 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
A green banner advertising Waterstones Double Plus Stamps for World Book Day from 5-8 March across the top. Below, tiled book cover for: ASUNDER by Kerstin Hall WHERE THE SHADOWS DWELL by L. D. Colter THE MISHEARD WORLD by Aliya Whiteley THE GODS MUST BURN by T. R. Moore INTERGALACTIC FEAST by Lavanya Lakshminarayn THE KINGDOM OF ALMONDS by Ariel Kaplan THE ORB OF CAIRADO by Katherine Addison THE MANY by Sylvain Neuvel THE KILLING SPELL by Shay Kauwe THE NEEDFIRE by MK Hardy AFTER THE FALL by Edward Ashton DOLLFACE by Lindy Ryan HOME SICK by Rhiannon Grist THE AMBER OWL by Juliet Marillier PREACHING TO THE CHOIR by Adrian Tchaikovsky ROSE OF JERICHO by Alex Grecian THE DOOR ON THE SEA and THE EAGLE IN THE MOUNTAIN by Caskey Russell THE LOST SPECTACULAR by Zoé Duhaime RAGWORT by Sam K. Horton HER SOUL TO TAKE by Harley Laroux THE SALT ORACLE by Lorraine Wilson THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DIAZ by Isabel Canas THE GANYMEDAN by R. T. Ester CRY, VOIDBRINGER by Elaine Ho
Happy World Book Day!
Did someone say...Double Plus Stamps @waterstones.bsky.social ?
Here's a selection of Solaris recent and forthcoming releases to help you fill your basket!
@julietmarillier.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social @isabelcanas.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com
Booksellers appreciate this!!
05.03.2026 11:11 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
March is Women in Horror Month!
Time to share and recommend and celebrate your favourite female horror authors! 🪐📚💙🦇
#WiHM
#Horrorsky
HAPPY WORLD BOOK DAY!
To celebrate we're giving Double Stamps in store and online until the end of the weekend! 📚💙
(see waterstones.com for details)
BIG news from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social and Sarah J Maas this morning...
The ACOTAR series will continue!
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Sorry if I'm being an absolute menace with all the Jitterbug content today, I'm just really excited it's finally out and you all get to read it!
03.03.2026 16:26 — 👍 49 🔁 7 💬 6 📌 1
SCRATCH MOSS by David Barnett, alongside a miner's lamp and a picture of a magpie
Trouble at t'pit in SCRATCH MOSS, released in two days' time! Get this post-industrial folk horror from wherever you normally buy your post-industrial folk horror!
03.03.2026 12:49 — 👍 14 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
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Just out, The Witch and the Wolf is @lindseykelk.bsky.social's gripping sequel to magical gothic fantasy The Bell Witches: prophecy, werewolves, witchcraft and romance!
We have a handful of beautiful signed and sprayed edge editions, while stocks last.
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Happy publication day to Jitterbug, which is arriving in bookshops in paperback this week! 🚀
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The next episode of the Folklore Podcast is the deepest of dives into that classic folkloric children’s tale THE BOX OF DELIGHTS
I’ll be joined by the playwright of the stage adaptation, @pierstorday.bsky.social , BBC documentary maker Chris Chapman and Masefield biographer Phil Errington
Unusually it's told in verse, and it's incredibly effective 📚❤️
It's not a 200-page epic poem, but a collection of short poems that follow the narrative and bring it to life in a very powerful and intense way.
Absolutely recommend giving this a look, even if you think you don't like #poetry!
A banner for the Waterstones science fiction and fantasy book of the month for march: Hekate by Nikita Gill.
Very excited to have bestselling poet @nikitagill.bsky.social's fantastic Hekate as new #SFF Book of the Month for March!
Filled with beauty, tragedy and power: an orphan girl who grows up in the underworld goes on to become the goddess of witchcraft, necromancy and darkness.
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#Mythology
don’t doomscroll.
read a chapter instead.
Ooh, thanks for the recommendation. I'll give them a look
01.03.2026 13:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The one by Connie Willis? I haven't read that one! If you read this one you'll have to tell me if they're similar :)
01.03.2026 08:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Nonesuch is the brand new historical fantasy from literary sensation Francis Spufford
Set in London during the Blitz, this is a gripping tale of magic, time-bending adventure, occult mystery & fantastic characters you won't want to leave ✨
Signed copies in stock while they last!
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Ana Dolabra and Din investigate a murder that could bring an empire to war in @robertjbennett.bsky.social's A TRADE OF BLOOD, the spectacular third instalment of the bestselling series that began with The Tainted Cup!
Preorder the Waterstones signed edition: www.waterstones.com/book/a-trade...
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