A little postscript to #TargetBookDay with a discovery of where Nik Spender got some of his inspiration from.
I just remembered. My mates were friends with Nick Spender who did a few Who covers for target.
This is my friend Simon. My friend Chris is on the cover of The Highlanders.
This is my friend Simon. My friend Chris is on the cover of The Highlanders.
October 26, 2026 at 7:49 PM
A little postscript to #TargetBookDay with a discovery of where Nik Spender got some of his inspiration from.
Another reason to thank @gossjam.bsky.social
After his talk, I got the privilege of getting to tell Stephen Wyatt how much I loved his stories when I was a child. He was so gracious- I’ll treasure that. #TargetBookDay
After his talk, I got the privilege of getting to tell Stephen Wyatt how much I loved his stories when I was a child. He was so gracious- I’ll treasure that. #TargetBookDay
It’s only the author of the best Doctor Who story of all talking about how we’re getting his stories wrong. #TargetBookDay
October 25, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Another reason to thank @gossjam.bsky.social
After his talk, I got the privilege of getting to tell Stephen Wyatt how much I loved his stories when I was a child. He was so gracious- I’ll treasure that. #TargetBookDay
After his talk, I got the privilege of getting to tell Stephen Wyatt how much I loved his stories when I was a child. He was so gracious- I’ll treasure that. #TargetBookDay
Ham and cheese toastie and a book club latte #TargetBookClub #TargetBookDay
October 24, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Ham and cheese toastie and a book club latte #TargetBookClub #TargetBookDay
And a non messed up hashtag #TargetBookDay
October 24, 2026 at 5:46 PM
And a non messed up hashtag #TargetBookDay
Well that was rather marvellous. Thank you @gossjam.bsky.social !#TargetBookDay
On my way to Target Book Club. If you’d like to say hello, I’m the small Desi woman with lots of chocolate 🍫.
October 24, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Well that was rather marvellous. Thank you @gossjam.bsky.social !#TargetBookDay
And with that: the traditional adjournment to the pub. Or ‘Escape To Pub’ as the schedule delightfully has it. #TargetBookDay
October 24, 2026 at 4:06 PM
And with that: the traditional adjournment to the pub. Or ‘Escape To Pub’ as the schedule delightfully has it. #TargetBookDay
James Goss, here getting a much deserved round of applause and committing to another one of these next year. You should come. #TargetBookDay
October 24, 2026 at 4:05 PM
James Goss, here getting a much deserved round of applause and committing to another one of these next year. You should come. #TargetBookDay
Steve Cole of course brings some innuendo to the game. #TargetBookDay
October 24, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Steve Cole of course brings some innuendo to the game. #TargetBookDay
And we finish with Professor Esther MacCallum Stewart, intent on constructing a Target out of Targets via the medium of Choose Your Own Adventure and also announcing her Black Archive on The Giggle. Even when running events, James Goss loves some format breaking. #TargetBookDay
October 24, 2026 at 3:58 PM
And we finish with Professor Esther MacCallum Stewart, intent on constructing a Target out of Targets via the medium of Choose Your Own Adventure and also announcing her Black Archive on The Giggle. Even when running events, James Goss loves some format breaking. #TargetBookDay
Two Steve Cole talks for the price of one: one on the recently discovered The Vampire Mutation and a history of how the new series Targets came about. #TargetBookDay
October 24, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Two Steve Cole talks for the price of one: one on the recently discovered The Vampire Mutation and a history of how the new series Targets came about. #TargetBookDay
John Grindrid, here rendering cover blurbs into something indescribably entertaining. #TargetBookDay
October 24, 2026 at 3:14 PM
John Grindrid, here rendering cover blurbs into something indescribably entertaining. #TargetBookDay
The illustration portrays the first Andrew Orton, whose physical appearance was later transformed by a talk about regeneration in Target books. #TargetBookDay
October 24, 2026 at 2:40 PM
The illustration portrays the first Andrew Orton, whose physical appearance was later transformed by a talk about regeneration in Target books. #TargetBookDay
Zut alors! It’s only the author of the glorious …ish, Phil Pascoe with a roam through Targets in translation. #TargetBookDay
October 24, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Zut alors! It’s only the author of the glorious …ish, Phil Pascoe with a roam through Targets in translation. #TargetBookDay
Ah, #TargetBookDay. As promised, the projector has misbehaved.
October 24, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Ah, #TargetBookDay. As promised, the projector has misbehaved.
More delightful cover talk from Paul M C Smith, funding the source material for the covers. #TargetBookDay
October 24, 2026 at 1:43 PM
More delightful cover talk from Paul M C Smith, funding the source material for the covers. #TargetBookDay
Simon Guerrier telling us why it’s called The Six Doctors and giving us a reading from it. #TargetBookDay
October 24, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Simon Guerrier telling us why it’s called The Six Doctors and giving us a reading from it. #TargetBookDay
Rob Shearman *is* Kroll, performing the beast's inner monologue at #TargetBookClub #TargetBookDay
October 24, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Rob Shearman *is* Kroll, performing the beast's inner monologue at #TargetBookClub #TargetBookDay
Albert DePetrillo talking about future Targets: on top of already announced books there will be paperbacks of the new Key To Times and autumn 2027 projects being finalised but sadly not ready to announce. #TargetBookDay
October 24, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Albert DePetrillo talking about future Targets: on top of already announced books there will be paperbacks of the new Key To Times and autumn 2027 projects being finalised but sadly not ready to announce. #TargetBookDay
Steve Cole giving us his best Bruce Forsyth with a game of Play Your Target Books Right #TargetBookDay
October 24, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Steve Cole giving us his best Bruce Forsyth with a game of Play Your Target Books Right #TargetBookDay
Here's my contribution for #TargetBookDay: a dramatic reading of the very last page of Terrence Dicks' novelisation of The Five Doctors! Feel free to add your own sound-effects.
October 24, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Here's my contribution for #TargetBookDay: a dramatic reading of the very last page of Terrence Dicks' novelisation of The Five Doctors! Feel free to add your own sound-effects.
Lord Goss doing the Lord’s work by untangling the evolution of the Armageddon Factor. #TargetBookDay
October 24, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Lord Goss doing the Lord’s work by untangling the evolution of the Armageddon Factor. #TargetBookDay
This is a *very* Rob novelisation by the sound of the short extract. #TargetBookDay
October 24, 2026 at 11:36 AM
This is a *very* Rob novelisation by the sound of the short extract. #TargetBookDay
Finishes with some generous words for John Higgs’ Externinate Regenerate and its reading of the end of Greatest Show: ‘sometimes the writer doesn’t know what he created’. #TargetBookDay
October 24, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Finishes with some generous words for John Higgs’ Externinate Regenerate and its reading of the end of Greatest Show: ‘sometimes the writer doesn’t know what he created’. #TargetBookDay
Lovely to hear Stephen being so engaged with both Black Archives on his work too. #TargetBookDay
October 24, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Lovely to hear Stephen being so engaged with both Black Archives on his work too. #TargetBookDay