Mark Redman
@quillofarkham1.bsky.social
Library manager for 22 years. Avid book collector. Love travelling. Passionate reader of Horror, Ghost stories, Fantasy and Literature, basically, anything bookish
A dark and unsettling ready by Liam Higginson.
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The Hill in the Dark Grove
'Eerie. Dangerous. I loved it' - Claire Fuller, author …
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December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A dark and unsettling ready by Liam Higginson.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23... @panmacmillan.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social
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Book Review: Itch by Gemma Armor @hodderbooks.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Mark Redman's review of ITCH!
5/5: “I just walked straight into a swarm—and I want to go back.” Josie Ashford didn't return to her childhood home looking for horror, but she found it waiting. The crumbled town, the suffocating me...
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October 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Book Review: Itch by Gemma Armor @hodderbooks.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Book Review: Libes of Bitter Rain by @aptshadow.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Lives of Bitter Rain (The Tyrant Philosophers, #2.5)
LIVES OF BITTER RAIN is a novella in Adrian Tchaikovsky…
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September 15, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Book Review: Libes of Bitter Rain by @aptshadow.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Book Review: Daughter of the Otherworld by Shauna Lawless www.goodreads.com/book/show/22... @netgalley.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social
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September 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Book Review: Daughter of the Otherworld by Shauna Lawless www.goodreads.com/book/show/22... @netgalley.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social
Book Review - Hemlock & Silver by T.Kingfisher www.goodreads.com/review/show/... @netgalley.bsky.social @panmacmillan.bsky.social
Mark Redman's review of Hemlock & Silver
4/5: I really enjoyed Hemlock & Silver, though it took me a little while to get fully into it. It is a dark, fairy-tale-inspired fantasy with a lot of clever twists. It is a loose retelling of Snow Wh...
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August 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Book Review - Hemlock & Silver by T.Kingfisher www.goodreads.com/review/show/... @netgalley.bsky.social @panmacmillan.bsky.social
Book Review: Seven Recipes for Revolution www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Seven Recipes for Revolution (What We Eat, #1)
The Bear meets Attack on Titan in this exhilarating, fo…
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July 19, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Book Review: Seven Recipes for Revolution www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Book review Carnival of Lies @netgalley.bsky.social @panmacmillan.bsky.social @dvbishop.com www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Carnival of Lies (Cesare Aldo #5)
The Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Winnin…
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June 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Book review Carnival of Lies @netgalley.bsky.social @panmacmillan.bsky.social @dvbishop.com www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Book Review @panmacmillan.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
June 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Book Review @panmacmillan.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Book Review @canongate.co.uk @netgalley.bsky.social @ambroseparry.bsky.social
Ambrose Parry Death of Shame
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Ambrose Parry Death of Shame
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Mark Redman's review of The Death of Shame (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #5)
4/5: I just finished The Death of Shame by Ambrose Parry, and I’m still reeling—in the best way. From the first page, I was pulled into Victorian Edinburgh once again, and it felt like slipping into a...
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June 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Book Review @canongate.co.uk @netgalley.bsky.social @ambroseparry.bsky.social
Ambrose Parry Death of Shame
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Ambrose Parry Death of Shame
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Book Review - Guy Gavriel Kay Written on the Dark. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Book Review - Guy Gavriel Kay Written on the Dark. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Written on the Dark
From the internationally bestselling author of Tigana, …
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May 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Book Review - Guy Gavriel Kay Written on the Dark. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Book Review - Guy Gavriel Kay Written on the Dark. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
My current read is this excellent collection of short gothic and horror stories by the excellent Mariana Enriquez @grantamag.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
My current read is this excellent collection of short gothic and horror stories by the excellent Mariana Enriquez @grantamag.bsky.social
New Christmas tradition borrowed from Iceland called jolabokaflod. In which you exchange books and read them on Christmas Eve. My wife got me this little piece of nostalgia.
December 24, 2024 at 4:42 PM
New Christmas tradition borrowed from Iceland called jolabokaflod. In which you exchange books and read them on Christmas Eve. My wife got me this little piece of nostalgia.
I’m currently 75% into Withered Hill and I have to say it is one of the best, creepiest and claustrophobic folk horror books I’ve read.
November 29, 2024 at 4:32 PM
I’m currently 75% into Withered Hill and I have to say it is one of the best, creepiest and claustrophobic folk horror books I’ve read.
My current read is this noir crime novel “A Séance for Wicked King Death” by @coyhall.bsky.social #RoycePembrookThriller
November 17, 2024 at 3:34 PM
My current read is this noir crime novel “A Séance for Wicked King Death” by @coyhall.bsky.social #RoycePembrookThriller
Reposted by Mark Redman
Well, with 1/14th of the followers here that I have on Twitter I got 1/2 the reposts that I got there for a similar giveaway.
So, Bluesky folk seem super-engaged!
Will randomly select the winner tomorrow.
So, Bluesky folk seem super-engaged!
Will randomly select the winner tomorrow.
OK, I'm bringing out the big guns to test Bluesky engagement😀
Repost & follow to be in the draw!
One randomly selected person will get this signed (& dedicated) copy of the Locked Library special edition of THE BOOK THAT WOULDN'T BURN.
Repost & follow to be in the draw!
One randomly selected person will get this signed (& dedicated) copy of the Locked Library special edition of THE BOOK THAT WOULDN'T BURN.
November 16, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Well, with 1/14th of the followers here that I have on Twitter I got 1/2 the reposts that I got there for a similar giveaway.
So, Bluesky folk seem super-engaged!
Will randomly select the winner tomorrow.
So, Bluesky folk seem super-engaged!
Will randomly select the winner tomorrow.
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My cartoon for this week’s Guardian books…
November 16, 2024 at 12:04 PM
My cartoon for this week’s Guardian books…
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My latest New Scientist cartoon.
November 10, 2024 at 11:13 AM
My latest New Scientist cartoon.
My current read is the fantastic Solaris by Stanislaw Lem @booksky.bsky.social
November 10, 2024 at 10:55 AM
My current read is the fantastic Solaris by Stanislaw Lem @booksky.bsky.social