This was initially a massive list of all the books I wanted to highlight but since I’m going back to my book blogging roots of primarily reading and review children’s books (with some speculative fiction thrown in for good measure) this list will now focus on upcoming books in those areas.

Eventually each listing will link to the author’s page/twitter/facebook and the publisher, but for the moment welcome to some upcoming books I’ve seen and been told about and am going to get

September 2023

• Beyond the Burn Line – Paul McAuley – Gollancz (9781399603720 – 28th)
• The Ghost Woods – C J Cooke – Harper Fiction (9780008515942 – 28th)
• Goth: A History – Lol Tolhurst -Quercus (9781529424270 – 20th)
• Nothing but Blackened Teeth – Cassandra Khaw – Titan Books (9781803363660 – 26th)
• Oh Maya Gods! – Maz Evans – Chicken House (9781913696870 – 28th)

October 2023

• 100 Tales from the Tokyo Ghost Cafe – Julian Sedgwick, Chie Kutsuwada – Guppy Books (9781913101886 – 12th)
• Animal Tales from India: Ten Stories from the Panchatantra – Nikita Gill, illus. Chaaya Prabhat – Nosy Crow (9781839944628 – 12th)
• Artists Remake the World: A Contemporary Art Manifesto – Vid Simoniti – Yale (9780300266290 – 24th)
• Atlas of Imagined Cities: Who Lives Where in TV, Books, Games & Movies? – Matt Brown, Rhys B Davies, Mike Hall – Batsford (9781849947787 – 12th)
• Begin Again – Oliver Jeffers – HarperCollins Children’s Books (9780008579593 – 10th)
• Beneath – Cori Doerrfield – Scallywag Press (9781915252524 – 5th)
• Brave Little Bear – Steve Small – S&S Children’s (9781471192418 – 26th)
• A Brief Atlas of the Lighthouses at the End of the World – Gonzalez Macias, trans. Daniel Hahn – Picador (9781529087147 – 19th)
• The Brittanias: An Archipelago’s Tale – Alice Albinia – Allen Lane (9780241669631 – 19th)
• Call and Response – Gothataone Moeng – Oneworld (9780861547104 – 5th)
• Edenville – Sam Rebelein – Titan Books (9781803364681 – 10th)
• Fantasy: Realms of Imagination – Tanya Kirk and Matthew Sangster – British Library Publishing (9780712354493 – 27th)
• Feast of Ashes – Victoria Williamson – Neem Tree Press (9781911107873 – 5th)
• The Forest Grimm – Kathryn Purdie – HarperCollins Magpie (9780008588311 – 26th)
• Freedom: A Disease Without a Cure – Slavoj Zizek – Bloomsbury (9781350357129 – 5th)
• The Frost Goblin – Abi Elpinstone, illus. Fiona Woodcock – S&S Children’s (9781471199806 – 26th)
• Girls – Annet Schaap – Pushkin Press (9781782693789 – 5th)
• Gunflower – Laura Jean McKay – Scribe UK (9780008636760 – 12th)
• Hackenfeller’s Apr – Brigid Brophy – Faber & Faber (9780571381296 – 5th)
• A Happy Place – Britta Teckentrup – Little Tiger (9781838915742 – 12th)
• A Haunting in the Arctic – C J Cooke – Harper Fiction (9780008515959 – 12th)
• Heavy Metal Badger – Duncan Beedle – Little Tiger (9781801045056 – 12th)
• A History of Women in 101 Objects: A Walk Through Female History – Annabelle Hirsch, trans. Eleanor Updegraff – Canongate (9781805300878 – 5th)
• How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney – Mac Barnett, illus. Jon Klassen – Walker Books (9781529512779 – 5th)
• Julia – Sandra Newman – Granta (9781783789153 – 19th)
• Movies That Made Me Gay – Latty Duplachan – Team Angelica (9781739773915 – 2nd)
• My Mummy is a Witch – Helena Garcia, illus. Jess Rose – Owlet Press (9781913339562 – 2nd)
• November Witches – Jennifer Claessen – UCLan (9781915235701 – 5th)
• The Ogre Who Wasn’t – Michael Morpurgo, illus. Emily Gravett – Two Hoots (9781035010264 – 5th)
• Palace of Shadows – Ray Celestine – Mantle (9781035019076 – 12th)
• Rintaro: Japanese Food From an Izakaya in California – Sylvan Mishima Brackett, Jessica Battilana – Hardie Grant (9781958417003 – 12th)
• Saevus Corax Deals With the Dead – K J Parker – Orion (9780356515977 – 5th)
• SCRAP – Guy Bass – Little Tiger (9781788955973 – 12th)
• The Secret of Helmersbruk Manor – Eva Frantz, trans. Annie Prime, illus. Elin Sandstrom – Pushkin Press (9781782694182 – 12th)
• She’s a Killer – Kirsten McDougal – Gallic (9781913547653 – 23rd)
• The Snow Girl – Sophie Anderson, illus. Melissa Castrillion – Usborne (9781803704357 – 26th)
• Split Tooth – Tanya Tajac – And Other Stories (9781913505806 – 3rd)
• Storm Dragon – Dianne Hofmeyr and Carol Thompson – Otter-Barry (9781913074272 – 5th)
• Totally Deceased – Sue H Cunningham – Scholastic (9780702325854 – 12th)
• Weird Walk: Wanderings and Wonderings Through the British Ritual Year – Weird Walk – Watkins (9781786786821 – 10th)
• When Ghosts Call Us Home – Katya de Becerra – Macmillan (9781035027552 – 12th)
• The Wild – Yuval Zommer – OUP (9780192782625 – 5th)
• The Witch in the Well Camilla Bruce – Penguin (9781804993163 – 5th)
• The Witches at the End of the World – Chelsea Iversen – Sourcebooks Landmark (9781728275789 – 17th)
• Wrath Becomes Her – Aden Polydoros – HarperTeen (9781335458032 – 12th)
• You Can’t Let an Elephant Pull Santa’s Sleigh – Patricia Cleveland-Peck, illus. David Tazzyman – Bloomsbury Children’s Books (9781526635426 – 12th)

November 2023

• Cassandra Darkbloom and the Threads of Power – P A Staff – Walker Books (9781529506280 – 2nd)
• Do You Remember? – Sydney Smith – Walker Books (9781529519914 – 2nd)
• The Ice Children  – M G Leonard – Macmillan Children’s Books (9781035014217 – 2nd)
• The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper – Roland Allen – Profile Books (9781788169325 – 2nd)
• Penguin Huddle – Ross Montgomery, illus. Sarah Warburton – Walker Books (9781529512830 – 2nd)
• Scotland the Strange – Johnny Mains – British Library Publishing (9780712354547 – 2nd)
• Sisters of Sword and Shadow – Laura Bates – S&S Children’s (9781398520042 – 9th)
• The Undying of Obedience Wellrest – Nicholas Bowling – Chicken House (9781529509557 – 2nd)
• A Way to the Stars – David Almond, illus. Gill Smith – Walker Books (9781529506655 – 2nd)
• Wish of the Wicked – Danielle Paige – Bloomsbury (9781526636461 – 7th)

December 2023

• Circles of Stone – Katy Soar – British Library Publishing (9780712354592 – 7th)