Actually, just made a gif of it so I can keep it forever 🥰

Listen, the most important one of these was James Blunt in a shower cap rigidly scrubbing himself with a loofah on a stick. Genius.

Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · yesterday

“Hannah Fry is smart.” “We need something to show us while they are back at their lodgings.” “I dunno let’s give her an abacus.” #CelebrityTraitors

Hope everyone at fantasycon this weekend has an absolutely excellent time! We’re missing it again, alas, but hopefully, 2027…

Much to my delight, we're going to be visiting Edinburgh soon! So, bluesky, the most important question: best places to eat in Edinburgh? (you all had excellent recommendations for Glasgow!)

Mum gifted us a national trust membership as a wedding present and I am very ready to look at big trees 😁

National Trust@nationaltrust.org.uk · 4d ago

You're never too old to get excited about seeing a really big tree.

yessssss bring on the jumpers

Met Office - weather and climate@metoffice.gov.uk · 3d ago

Noticing the nights drawing in? 🌙 October brings a big shift, with most of the UK losing over 2 hours of daylight this month. Do you enjoy the cosy evenings or miss the longer days?

Moth 🔦 first picture in my October series!

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

Now we are post wedding I can go back to removing my mascara with abandon, caring not if I accidentally yank out bunches of eyelashes

I really liked @tkingfisher.com’s nettle and bone. The tooth dancer, The demon chicken, Fairy godmothers, and it’s a quick read.

Hard agree though I have a great fondness for Tehanu, which isn't subtle in its feminism but which I really needed as a teenager

I fell in love with The Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson, but it is dense and most of my friends don’t like it. Also loved The Farseer trilogy by Robin Hobb.

Seconding the rec for Once and Future Witches - I had a great time with it. Kushiel's Dart et seq. was sumptuous, lush & heartbreaking. I'm currently having an indecently good time with Violet Fenn's Netherweird series: urban fantasy in Liverpool with cats, firebirds and undead monarchs, oh my.

Go back to the source, 18th Baron Dunsany. King of Elfland's Daughter or for a short read, The Kith of the Elf Folk (Not just saying that because I just illustrated it. I pitched the book because I love Lord Dunsany) also From The Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury.

M.A. Carrick's "Rook & Rose" trilogy (The Mask of Mirrors, The Liar's Knot, and Labyrinth's Heart). Adrian Tchaikovsky's Philosopher Kings series (starting with "City of Last Chances," which I felt showed his writing going up another level. Again.)

I recently read and loved Becky Chambers Psalm for the Wild Build which felt like fantasy even though it had robots in it.

Patricia McKillip's Kingfisher; C.J. Cherryh's Fortress in the Eye of Time (and its sequels).

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow - gotta love witchy feminism

Pagans by James Alastair Henry is a banger.

Cinder House by Freya Marske, Once was Willem by M.R. Carey, The Etched City by K.J. Bishop, The Sword Garden by Peadar O' Guilin.

THE EVERLASTING (you knew that would be my answer!).

Slightly depends if super long is a problem for rekindling. But Robin Hobb - maybe Liveships trilogy (though the whole cycle is incredible) Yer man RJ Barker’s Mortedant’s Peril Tasha Suri The Jasmine Throne Earthsea Shannon Chakraborty’s City of Bras

The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes - my fantasy book of the year so far.

The Year of Our War by Steph Swainston. A bunch of selfish ne'er do wells granted immortality by the emperor bicker and plot amongst themselves while leading mankind's fight for survival against an endless rapacious horde of horse-sized insects covering the land in their chewed-paper hives.

Tombs of Atuan by LeGuin. (I mean, the whole of Earthsea books and short stories, but if I had to choose)

This year I've liked Amal el-Mohtar's The River Has Roots & Alex Jeffers's A Mourning Coat. Couple of series I really like - Juliet E McKenna's Green Man series & AK Faulkner's Inheritance series. Also really liked Caitlin Breeze's The Fox Hunt & AJ Lancaster's A Rake of One's Own.

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle. A constant surprise, a reinvention, a love song to the genre. Gogmagog and Ludluda by Jeff Noon & Steve Beard. Insanely joyful levels of invention and imagination. A superbly cantankerous, foul-mouthed octogenarian herione.

Bluesky book people! Fantasy books to rejuvenate your love of fantasy - GO! (no DCC pls, not my bag)

Hey The Copper Promise is currently only 99p on kindle (also on offer in the States!). Please find inside: A wise-crackin' rogue who has No Good Plans An exasperated knight who loves her dearly but also has Had Enough A lordly mage who also kinda loves her but also Kinda Hates It