Because hope. #OcTBRChat
Because it taps into those primal feelings of want and need and love so many have. We get to experience those heart-racing moments with idealistic characters we might not always find in our own lives. And because it's fun!
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#OcTBRChat
It's another #OcTBRChat and tonight we're all about chocolates and flowers and romance and love!
*attempts a seductive wink*
Ahem. So. First question:
Why do we love romance in our fiction so much?
*attempts a seductive wink*
Ahem. So. First question:
Why do we love romance in our fiction so much?
October 20, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Because hope. #OcTBRChat
What's everyone been reading this week? #OcTBRChat
Question nr.1: What genres have you been really into this week? 📚
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October 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What's everyone been reading this week? #OcTBRChat
The devil in me wants to say Kafka
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Ohhhh we're halfway there-ere! Ohhhh-ohhh...
Question 3:
You are a publisher tasked with creating the ULTIMATE festive, wintry novel!
What author, living or dead (because you can do that), do you hire to write it?
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Question 3:
You are a publisher tasked with creating the ULTIMATE festive, wintry novel!
What author, living or dead (because you can do that), do you hire to write it?
#OcTBRChat
October 27, 2024 at 8:37 PM
The devil in me wants to say Kafka
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#OcTBRChat
I should finish this , it's amazing, but the stories pack a heavy emotional punch, so I've felt the need to savour and process each one #OcTBRchat
October 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I should finish this , it's amazing, but the stories pack a heavy emotional punch, so I've felt the need to savour and process each one #OcTBRchat
One of my favourite vampire books just became a series! 😍🧛 But I'd love to see The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by @StephenKing as a movie!! #OcTBRchat
October 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Horromance. Love in the time of nightmares. Let's make it a thing please! #OcTBRChat
Last question of the evening.
We've got romance, romantic comedies, and romantasy (and probably many more we've forgotten to list here).
Give us your pitch for the next big and possibly surprising romantic genre mashup!
#OcTBRChat
We've got romance, romantic comedies, and romantasy (and probably many more we've forgotten to list here).
Give us your pitch for the next big and possibly surprising romantic genre mashup!
#OcTBRChat
October 20, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Horromance. Love in the time of nightmares. Let's make it a thing please! #OcTBRChat
The complete British Library Tales of the Weird thank you, please. So purrrdy those covers.
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Last question of this year's #OcTBRChat!
Question 4:
What book would you be most excited to find under your tree this coming Christmas?
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Question 4:
What book would you be most excited to find under your tree this coming Christmas?
#OcTBRChat
October 27, 2024 at 8:49 PM
The complete British Library Tales of the Weird thank you, please. So purrrdy those covers.
#OcTBRChat
#OcTBRChat
@raynewman.bsky.social gave me some super chills with his short story collections this summer - very modern takes on the traditional ghost story, which wear their social consciousness lightly but with depth of emotion
#OcTBRchat
#OcTBRchat
Question nr.3: Are there any authors out there that you think are especially awesome? @ them here and tell us why! #OcTBRchat
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October 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
@raynewman.bsky.social gave me some super chills with his short story collections this summer - very modern takes on the traditional ghost story, which wear their social consciousness lightly but with depth of emotion
#OcTBRchat
#OcTBRchat
Last question of this year's #OcTBRChat!
Question 4:
What book would you be most excited to find under your tree this coming Christmas?
#OcTBRChat
Question 4:
What book would you be most excited to find under your tree this coming Christmas?
#OcTBRChat
October 27, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Last question of this year's #OcTBRChat!
Question 4:
What book would you be most excited to find under your tree this coming Christmas?
#OcTBRChat
Question 4:
What book would you be most excited to find under your tree this coming Christmas?
#OcTBRChat
#OcTBRchat keep collecting those badges!! 🎃🎃🎃
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Oh! Do you know? I've just realised I can claim my first badge. I read Maus for the first time. Gulp, should have read that a long time ago. Pretty devastating.
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Oh! Do you know? I've just realised I can claim my first badge. I read Maus for the first time. Gulp, should have read that a long time ago. Pretty devastating.
#OcTBRchat
October 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
#OcTBRchat keep collecting those badges!! 🎃🎃🎃
My answer to this one is YES I have read a couple of fab spooky reads from clients, one of which is now out. Highly recommend this awesome story set in Blackpool called Fractured Echoes by JJ Noad: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FGY7RZ9...
October 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I'm reading Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky but I want to fit in a couple more horror novels before the end of the month. Buffalo Hunter Hunter, You Weren't Meant To Be Human, and Earthlings are on that list 🤞
October 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I'm actually having to read a fair bit of non-fiction for research at the moment, but this book has made it an absolute pleasure this week. #OcTBRChat
October 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Shoutout to @manylittlewords.bsky.social and @talkscaredpod.bsky.social who have books out and are having a launch in Manchester next week!!!! Both legends of the horror world.
Question nr.3: Are there any authors out there that you think are especially awesome? @ them here and tell us why! #OcTBRchat
October 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I do think that book I recommended in my last post - Fractured Echoes - would make a great limited series. Spooky stuff in Blackpool? That could be done so well!
Question nr.2: Which (spooky or other) book have your read this year, that would make a great movie or series? 🎦 #OcTBRchat
October 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
oooof. I have no idea what I'm reading next. right now I'm devouring Map of Pain by Gale Ian Tate (and it's sooooooo good) but I can't even fathom what I'll be in the mood for next. maybe that Layla Reyne reread.
October 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yes to all of this. #OcTBRChat
The promise of adventure. Escape. And maybe something I haven’t seen before.
October 5, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Yes to all of this. #OcTBRChat
I'm actually having to read a fair bit of non-fiction for research at the moment, but this book has made it an absolute pleasure this week. #OcTBRChat
October 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I'm actually having to read a fair bit of non-fiction for research at the moment, but this book has made it an absolute pleasure this week. #OcTBRChat
I have too many on my TBR to read already, so not sure I’m going to wish for more (lol I absolutely will) but I’m excited to get to Shitshow by Chris Panatier!
Question nr.3: Since we're in holiday mood: What book is on your wishlist for the upcoming holidays? (Christmassy or other)! 🎅 #OcTBRchat
October 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
These two books are on my list, it's a bonus they're really pretty looking too 😍 #OcTBRchat
October 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Well, I read loads of spooky stuff since it's one of my favourite genres. But I was reading what I thought was a "normal" thriller, that turned out to be a horror movie kind of book 👀. Starting to think that goes for all books from this writer, as I'm reading nr.3 and it's also 😱 #OcTBRchat
October 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I'm looking forward to continuing a series by Camilla Grebe. She's an author I didn't know existed until recently. Picked up a free book from one of the town's local spots (we've several here where you can pick up a book or leave one), and it was great! #OcTBRchat
Question nr.4: What are you looking forward to reading next? #OcTBRchat
October 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
@raynewman.bsky.social gave me some super chills with his short story collections this summer - very modern takes on the traditional ghost story, which wear their social consciousness lightly but with depth of emotion
#OcTBRchat
#OcTBRchat
Question nr.3: Are there any authors out there that you think are especially awesome? @ them here and tell us why! #OcTBRchat
October 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
the list is truly too long. and I've lost track of who has bsky accounts anymore. but I'm super looking forward to a new book by Lori Ames that I picked up a while ago.
also thinking about rereading Layla Reyne's mutliple series for the third time this year--they're my happy place.
also thinking about rereading Layla Reyne's mutliple series for the third time this year--they're my happy place.
October 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Well I just did 😅 @danhanks.bsky.social
But I feel like I need to give a shoutout to the Swedish Stephen King, John Ajvide Lindqvist, who's been translated into English (and several other languages), and who I highly recommend reading! 🧛♂️ #OcTBRchat
But I feel like I need to give a shoutout to the Swedish Stephen King, John Ajvide Lindqvist, who's been translated into English (and several other languages), and who I highly recommend reading! 🧛♂️ #OcTBRchat
October 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM