Such a brilliant and brain-melting winner!

Also, as always, indie presses continue to be excellent, championing the weird and wonderful, and pushing the envelope on what books can do and be.

Thank you so much for your lovely words! It’s such a great set of books, and I have no idea how you’ll choose a shortlist!

It’s such a fun city- you’ll love it! Enjoy!

There were plenty of books I couldn’t fit on this list, and that’s just fiction books from this year, nevermind non-fiction (video coming soon) and backlisted books.

So many exciting books are out there, and I hope I’ve done some justice to what’s out there!

Ahh, my pleasure! I hadn’t got around to doing social media posts etc on the list, but it’s such a gem of a book, Rónán! So deeply touching and clever! I’ve got Panenka waiting for me on my shelf for the new year!

Yessss, Valentine is amazing!

These are such bangers! I find myself humming Limp and Werewolf so often

I was just looking at this post thinking the game looked cool, so clicked on your profile and saw YOU MADE RÖKI! That game absolutely blew me away! Pre-ordering the new one now! Thank you!