#WhatWereReading : Following the superb Godkiller & Sunbringer, the final part of Hannah Kaner's Fallen Gods trilogy, Faithbreaker, arrives from Voyager & Joe is deeply engrossed in it, having loved the previous two volumes.

Signed copies available!

#WhatWereReading : Joe loved
John Wiswell's delightful fantasy with dark humour, and a lovely monster in love with a human romance (queer, cross-species romance!), Someone You Can Build a Nest In, from Arcadia / Quercus. Smile-inducing reading.

#WhatWereReading : Joe loved the latest Adrian Tchaikovsky novel, Shroud; a compelling mix of dystopian corporate future & fascinating (yet disturbing!) alien biologies.

Out now from Tor /Macmillan

#WhatWereReading : Joe recommends Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This from Canongate

Not comfortable reading, but it is incredibly *important* reading for today's world, and raises issues we should all be thinking about.

WhatWereReading : some of the books the EB gang have been enjoying and recommending recently.

#WhatWereReading : Joe enjoyed this new edition of 2008's Life Sucks by Jessica Abel, Gabe Soria & Warren Pleece.

Think Buffy meets Clerks, coming of age vibes (with vamps!), ideal for adults and YA readers alike. Out now from Fantagraphics

#WhatWereReading : Joe thought Judge Dredd: A Better World by Rob WIlliams, Arthur Wyatt, Jake Lynch, Boo Cook and Henry Flint is one of the bestl Dredd tales in years in 2000 AD, loaded with social commentary, woven through a gripping story of hope versus crushing, uncaring legal systems.

#WhatWereReading : Joe enjoyed Adrian Tchaikovsky's fascinating Alien Clay, which mixes politics, science fiction, alien biology, environmental concerns & the gulag for political dissenters.

Out now in paperback from Tor / Macmillan

#WhatWereReading : Joe loved Limelight and Other Stories by #Edinburgh scribe Lyndsey Croal, a clever set of short tales, touching on many areas of contemporary concern.

Out now from Shortwave Books

#WhatWereReading : Joe loves Scottish #comics creator Dave Cook, Clark Bint & Craig Paton's Killtopia, now all in a spiffing complete hardback collection from Titan Comics!
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Comics cyberpunk in Neo Tokyo, with mechas, huge fun!

#WhatWereReading : Joe found John Scalzi's Starter Villain to be a pure delight. Charlie inherits his estranged uncle's business empire, & finds it's the front for a supervillain organisation.

Volcano island lair, py cats & unionised dolphins are also involved, and some potshots at the super-rich too. Smile inducing reading. Out now in paperback from Tor.

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#WhatWereReading : one of our long-serving, back-of-house staff, Henry is recommending Dan JOnes's ones
's Henry V from Bloomsbury Books.

He denies he is in any way biased ...

#WhatWereReading : Joe is thoroughly enjoying The Last Dream, by acclaimed Spanish filmmaker, Pedro Almodovar.

The collection mixes fiction & biographical elements, much like his films; perfect for fans of his movies

#WhatWereReading : Joe thoroughly enjoyed The Hidden Legion by local scribe Snorri Kristjansson. A clasical-era Roman Dirty Dozen, covertly battling the creatures everyone else thinks are myths.

Out now in paperback from Solaris.

"Poetry is the music from the place we are born"

#WhatWereReading : Joe loved hearing Raymond Antrobus read his poetry to music by Evelynn Glennie at
@edbookfest in August (a deaf poet performing with a deaf musician, absolutely wonderful evening).

Signs, Music explores his life before his son is born, and then after. Its out now in paperback from Picador Poetry.

#WhatWereReading : Joe loved
Mai Mochizuki's The Full Moon Coffee Shop from Octopus books, translated by Jesse Kirkwood.

A lovely slice of feel-good #Japanese fiction, ideal for fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold

(our first What We're Reading post from our new bookshop, woohoo!!)

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"If the spoken word is a trick of the gods, the written word is the triumph of humans"

#WhatWereReading : Joe adored Elif Shafak's There Are Rivers in the Sky from Penguin Books. An achingly beautiful tale of stories, water & human souls. acknowledging divides and awfulness, but celebrating that which unites us across centuries, cultures and hearts.

#WhatWereReading : our Children's Book Wizard Fiona absolutely loves Adam Stower's Murray and Bun, and the second book, Murray the Knight, just arrived from HarperCollins!

Adventure and fun, with Murray and Bun!!

#WhatWereReading : Joe very much enjoyed meeting the remarkable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, a fascinating, real historical figure Sean Lusk
has made the centrepiece of his new novel, A Woman of Opinion, just out from Doubleday. Loved his previous novel, The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley.

#WhatWereReading : Fiona loved Keith Gray's loose trilogy The Climbers, The Den and The List, ideal for 11+ readers. Out now from Barrington Stoke.