The elegant Sabrin in black clothes, dark short hair, aquiline features
Book cover of Refuge: stories of war (and love)
The glorious Sunny in a marigold coloured jacket with flowing white-grey hair
Book launch @Bookhaus. ‘Writing is so much more than entertainment,’ Sabrin Hasbun says.
‘Fiction stays with you,’ Sunny Singh agrees. ‘It has the power to change how you think…it’s a powerful tool of decolonisation.’
27.08.2025 20:05 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Bernardine Evaristo receives Outstanding Contribution Award to mark 30th anniversary of Women's Prize for Fiction
ICYMI: Bernardine Evaristo ( @bernardineevaristo.bsky.social ) has been awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Women’s Prize For Fiction 👇 #BookSky
04.06.2025 16:01 — 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
A copy of the book is held by a hand in a bookshop.
Concluding the epic Norse-myth inspired #romantasy which began with A Fate Inked in Blood, Danielle Jensen's brand new A Curse Carved in Bone is out today!
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#newbooks
13.05.2025 17:12 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
We have a brilliant #GIVEAWAY! ✨
#WIN a copy of PRETTY LITTLE THING by Kit Duffield in our #giveaway to showcase this fantastic book!
To enter:
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Ends 23.59 on 31 May 2025,
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06.05.2025 10:23 — 👍 37 🔁 44 💬 41 📌 2
Pulling back the curtain
ICYMI: I’ve had messages from writers saying they have no idea how many books they have sold, that they aren’t sure whether they should email their editor, that they don’t know whether they can query editorial notes, says Phoebe Morgan 👇 #BookSky
13.05.2025 18:10 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2
Paris: I want to live my life so that I’ll be able to read an in-depth biography about myself in later years and not puke
My feeling whenever I see people talking about using ChatGPT and having it ‘write’ their books and ‘make’ their ‘art’:
08.05.2025 18:23 — 👍 93 🔁 7 💬 2 📌 1
The Picture This! competition is open for entries in the UK!
We're looking for outstanding up-and-coming illustrators able to tell a story in just three illustrations. 🖌️
Entries close on 31st May 2025.
Enter here: wwpbic.com/uk/
T&Cs here: wwpbic.com/terms-and-co...
02.04.2025 13:57 — 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
A copy of the book on a book display.
A character stands atop a mound facing the viewer, wreathed in flame light which soars behind them to form an immense, intimidating figure wielding two swords.
A Song of Legends Lost is an exciting new high fantasy debut from @mhayinde.bsky.social - epic complex worldbuilding, monsters and spirits, ancestral magic, and a sweeping and breathtaking plot.
A promising start to a new series!
Out now in hardback
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#SFFbooks
#NewBooks
11.04.2025 15:10 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
@roannelau.bsky.social writes an insightful guest post for Women in SF&F Month in Fantasy Cafe! She shares more about her debut novel, Serpent Called Mercy, in her essay “Crayon Trails: On Friendship, Grief, and an Unlikely Book Deal”
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08.04.2025 17:50 — 👍 15 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1
Unfortunately my nervous system can’t tell the difference between being held at gun point and being asked what a book I absolutely loved is about
19.03.2025 09:09 — 👍 253 🔁 28 💬 14 📌 2
Philip Jones | 'From big tech stealing our work to the right’s reframing of free speech, the book industry is under attack.'
The book industry is a welcoming place to many but there is work to be done and threats to face, says Philip Jones
12.04.2025 07:03 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 4
The cover of The Witch of Wol Sin Lake shows Princess Morae and a male character back to back surround by stylised roses
From Magpie Books comes the 2nd book in the Sacred Bone series. The Witch of Wol Sin Lake by Lena Jeong, the sequel to And Break the Pretty Kings, crown princess Mirae continues to unravel her tangled future to save her queendom. #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/the-w...
31.03.2025 19:20 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Free newsletter — The Empowered Author
Sign up to the free Empowered Author newsletter for book marketing, publicity and creative tips, insights and advice.
Authors, if you'd like to receive a monthly newsletter with the latest links, podcasts and posts about book marketing, writing craft and industry news (that impacts authors) then I'd love you to sign up to my free newsletter #booksky theempoweredauthor.com/free-newslet...
27.03.2025 17:54 — 👍 21 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 1
Due to the popularity of this event, we have increased the ticket allocation.
Grab yours before they're all gone: tinyurl.com/bfsworld
24.03.2025 14:58 — 👍 14 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1
Absolutely blown away by the Jhalak Prize 2025 longlist! Huge congratulations to this incredible list of books & authors on the list 🤩📚🎉
#JhalakPrize25 #JhalakPrize #JhalakPrize2025 #Booksky #BooksWorthReading
18.03.2025 13:37 — 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
The cover of Books for Keeps no 271, the 2025 March issue. Illustration from from Dragon Riders of Roar by Jenny McLachlan, cover illustration by Ben Mantle. Thanks to Farshore for their help with this cover.
Out now! #BfK271 March issue. Authorgraph interview Jenny McLachlan, Windows into Illustration Greg Stobbs, new Beyond the Secret Garden @darrenchetty.bsky.social, new Picture This @nicolettejones.bsky.social, extra interviews, features, comment & reviews #KidLit
booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-27...
14.03.2025 14:56 — 👍 27 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 9
Best-selling books in each territory.
#LBF25
11.03.2025 11:30 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Top five titles in each territory.
#LBF25
11.03.2025 11:32 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Steve and his opening slide.
I’ll be live-posting from Steve Bohme’s session at #LBF25 for the next 45 minutes.
11.03.2025 11:15 — 👍 14 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 2
Big brains of #KidLitUK - someone's asking for books that provide authentic disability representation. What are your top recs? Across all spectrums of disability.
09.03.2025 09:18 — 👍 166 🔁 65 💬 62 📌 8
Our gorgeous Illustrator Guides for London Book Fair 2025 have arrived! We’re so excited to share these next week 🤩
#booksky
06.03.2025 17:04 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Happy #WorldBookDay2025 from us at the Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency! 🎉
To help you all celebrate, we have some fabulous book recommendations to make your #WBD25 the best yet! 😉📚
Watch here: vm.tiktok.com/ZNde2UJxu/
06.03.2025 15:49 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
For the best children's books, look for the bear!
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