@joshuagillingham.bsky.social Good times 😭

It's been brought to my attention that someone, or a bot, is impersonating me and emailing authors with a very similar email address to me. There are cooler people out there to impersonate 😂 Please if you receive an email or communication from 'me' please be extra vigilant.

It is a fun, sometimes silly book, with a sober heart that ends up telling a great fantasy yarn.

Review: The Dungeon Book by Gareth Hanrahan [2026]

The Dungeon Book took me a while to get into; I even soft DNFed it at one point, but Hanrahan landed it in a way I wasn’t expecting. Let me try to explain. Bait arrives in the dungeon as a baby and is raised by the Denizens who live there. Her life is told by Cornelisus, a talking skull and former master of the dungeon.

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My son is delighted, the expansion to @jamiesmart.bsky.social 's Hero Slam has arrived a week early! Some cracking cards in there 😂⭐

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YESSSS! When your favourite author releases a new book it's always a reason to be happy! This is so cruel to not know the synopsis yet though!!!

Queen of Grimdark@annasmithspark.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I'm so excited to be able to reveal this ... my new duology The Golden Road to Thearanor will be published by @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social , with the first book, The Queen of the Sword and the Sun, a "high fantasy battle-poetry fever-dream", out in September 2027. #booksky #fantasy #fantasybooks

'Everything is brutal AF but in equal parts beautiful ... possibly the most exciting ‘book 2’ of all time ... one of the best books I’ve ever read'. Today's review of The Tower of Living and Dying is from @blogspells.bsky.social . La Torre de los Vivos y de los Muertos from @ozeditorial.com #booksky

A new adventure awaits from @joshuagillingham.bsky.social and his new independent publishing company Little Hammer Games – this time you can be a Norse god! Check out the Kickstarter reveal for this social board game below: spellsandspaceships.home.blog/2026/04/05/h...

Halls of Asgard Kickstarter Reveal!

Welcome bold warriors, raiders and board game players. A new adventure awaits from Josh Gillingham and his new independent publishing company Little Hammer Games – this time you can be a Nors…

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A new adventure awaits from @joshuagillingham.bsky.social and his new independent publishing company Little Hammer Games – this time you can be a Norse god! Check out the Kickstarter reveal for this social board game below: spellsandspaceships.home.blog/2026/04/05/h...

Halls of Asgard Kickstarter Reveal!

Welcome bold warriors, raiders and board game players. A new adventure awaits from Josh Gillingham and his new independent publishing company Little Hammer Games – this time you can be a Nors…

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Stay tuned for an exciting new Kickstarter announcement tomorrow for a brand new semi-cooperative social board game. Yes it's Norse related 👀 From @joshuagillingham.bsky.social

New Review The Knave of Graves from @sjshank.bsky.social A very unique and enjoyable read, with dark folklore, a malevolent sorcerer and morally grey protagonist: spellsandspaceships.home.blog/2026/02/09/k...

The Knave of Graves – Review

Book Snapshot Author – S. J. Shank Genre – Dark Fantasy Length – 338 pages Publisher – Self Published, July 2025 Vibe – Unique, dark, humorous, folklore My Rating &#82…

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I finished Guards! Guards! Definitely the Discworld I enjoyed most of the 5. I gave it a 4 star overall. Promising and gives me hope that maybe there'll be a discworld book out there I can give the full 5 to one day...

Since my son was born nearly 7 years ago, I've been looking forward to watching The Lord of the Rings together for the first time. I didn't even know if he'd like it, but today we finished the trilogy & he loved it. May have had tears on my end numerous times 😅❤️ heart = full

It's my balloon day :-) Very happy with this book haul ❤️

Tonight, I begin my journey as a manager! Alongside many other duties, I'll have 20 direct reports across 2 teams. Any last minute advice?

This rum has gone STRAIGHT to my head.. wow. Nice though

I'm not sure what else to try but I feel like X and Bluesky are both stuttering a little in comparison to how lively the book community used to feel. Any reading groups or discords you'd recommend?

Happy New Year everyone ❤️ Would love to discuss books more next year if anyone has any reading or book discussion groups going! Reading challenges too!

Check out the 5 best books I read in 2025! Total: 31 5 star reads: 11 4 star reads: 14 3 star reads: 6 Any less than 3 tend to be DNF spellsandspaceships.home.blog/2025/12/30/t...

The Best Books I Read in 2025

Another year comes to a close, faster yet than the last! There’s a day left to go but I’m not going to finish a book in that time so in total, I read 31 books over the year. My target w…

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My most precious individual book is this copy of The Witch's Heart by @gengornichec.bsky.social Personalised and kindly sent across the Atlantic Ocean, it's one of my favourite stories but also barely anyone in the UK has this edition! I will always treasure this book 💙💛

Bought this for my 6 year old son for Christmas and we have had so much fun playing it!! Fantastic game that only takes 15 mins or so, makes us laugh, addictive, brilliant cards. Great artwork and game design from @jamiesmart.bsky.social Especially recommend for fantasy fans!

I haven't yet got a bookshelf but the new house does have a shelf in the top of my wardrobe I've made use of for some of my favourite authors and special editions 😍⏳

I've logged 284 books and I've never read: • Robin Hobb • Abercrombie past Blade Itself • Tad Williams • Gemmell past Legend • Malazan • Sanderson • Green Bone Saga • His Dark Materials • 37/41 Discworld • Scott Lynch • LOTR books Which do I need to rectify first?

I think I'm in a minority in that I prefer the smell of new books to old ones. New book smell is my fave

I discount 'romantasy' from my TBR but I can't help feeling some of the blurbs sound great & the covers are gorgeous. I also have to concede my favourite book (Lancelot by Giles Kristian) is actually a love story. Anything jump out as suitable for a het mid-30s guy who usually reads low fantasy?

Hey everyone, What's been your book of the year?

The season’s upon us! Thor and Loki really know how to botch a holiday shopping expedition. W/ art by @barbarianlord.bsky.social. Read it in Bostonian at @mcsweeneys.net: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tho... Read it in English at @blogspells.bsky.social: spellsandspaceships.home.blog/2023/11/21/a...

Really looking forward to this from @jnevair.bsky.social Any books releasing in Q1 of '26 you're excited for?

What's a cosy fantasy you'd recommend to someone who usually reads epic swords and sorcery and Grimdark type stuff and wants a change of pace?

It feels rare to find a book that has deep world building AND is a page turner. Can you name any books that by the end of the series are really deep but you always get that "one more chapter" feel?