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Derrick Webber @der-web.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Love these first cool blasts of autumn! Time to put down the Proust, head to the beach, and toss around the old cowhide leather shell over a polyurethane bladder. Happy Labour Day!🏈🍁

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Derrick Webber @der-web.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Released today! Check out sliceduppress.com - the Books page - to find out how you can purchase a copy. Spoiler alert regarding my story, Duck and Cover: The Cuban Missile Crisis was neither Cuban nor a Missile Crisis. Discuss.

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Derrick Webber @der-web.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Love it when that first paperback copy arrives!

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Derrick Webber @der-web.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Releases August 18th. Available for pre-order now.

Hockey star Jake Ellis skated off the ice with a career-ending concussion, a comfortable fortune, and exactly one rule: nobody finds out he's gay. Volunteer-coaching girls' hockey in the smallest town he can find should keep the cameras away and the truth locked down—until the team's quiet, sharp-tongued manager starts to thaw the guard he's spent a career perfecting.

Ender Savard buried his own future five years ago to raise his late sister's daughter alone, and he's made peace with being the reliable one nobody chooses. Then a closeted athlete moves into his carriage house, confesses a truth he's never told another soul, and stokes a hunger Ender's been smothering for years.

Between them stands a jealous rival coach circling for a scandal, a niece who deserves a home without drama, and an ex who'd rather keep Jake as his bit on the side. Every kiss that Jake risks in public unmasks him a little further, anchoring him to a life he's spent a decade avoiding and edging him closer to losing the family he's built the second his secret breaks.

Come for the NHL star bounced into coaching girls' minor hockey, stay for the shy team manager who shows him what a life without hiding looks like. If you like the closeted-athlete ache of Heated Rivalry and the sweetness of Him, you'll love this story of second acts, chosen family, and a kiss planted on the ice in front of everybody.

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Derrick Webber @der-web.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

So, my Regency romance was picked up. Muted fist pump. I feel so close to my dear Jane that I'm sure she'll endorse my title: Pride, Prejudice and Hot Dudes. Hold for response. Okay, I'll keep workshopping that. But fair warning: cravats will be loosened....

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Dion Woode @dionwoodeauthor.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The Valley Road Diaries Book 1: Troy & Bryan by Dion Woode MM romance 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Slow burn Hurt/Comfort Small town-farming community Aotearoa-New Zealand Interconnected stand-alones Releasing June 2026. #mmromance #spicyromance #pride #indieauthor books2read.com/u/bWnRDM

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

2026 Pride Bundle, the Twinks are in you! A genuinely incredible bunch of books for $30: An Oz masterpiece from Geoff Ryman, books by @chazbrenchley.bsky.social & @fozmeadows.bsky.social, brilliant releases from @neonhemlock.bsky.social @wtpress.bsky.social @wctracy.bsky.social, and MORE. 💙📚🌈📚

Cover art collage for: Of the Emperor’s Kindness by Chaz Brenchley;
Yoke of Stars by R. B. Lemberg; Worldburner by J. Warren; Blood Moon by Catherine Lundoff; Silver Moon by Catherine Lundoff; Running Dry by M. Christian; Finding Echoes by Foz Meadows; Embodied Exegesis: Transfeminine Cyberpunk Futures by Ann LeBlanc; The Master of Samar by Melissa Scott; The Rosewood Penny by J.S. Fields;
Office of the Lost by J. Scott Coatsworth and Kim Fielding; Was by Geoff Ryman; I Want That Twink Obliterated! by Trip Galey, Robert Berg and C.L. McCartney; Reclaimed by Seth Haddon; Wolf’s Path by Joyce Chng.

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Derrick Webber @der-web.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

A few people have asked if I wrote the ode fragments in the book. You bet your sweet stanza I did. Watch your back Keats....

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com

Panel 1
Geoffrey Chaucer, in his traditional late middle ages clothes, addresses the audience on a video-sharing site called 'ThouTube'
"Prithee draw near sires! I am Geoffrey Chaucer and thys is my first unboxyng vydeo!"

Panel 2
He carries a locked chest to a table
"A most hevy box! Lete us get it open and biholde the treasures withyn."

Panel 3
He opens it
"Huzzah! A doz’n comely copys of my new booke “the Canterbury Tales”! I am ful of pryde!"

Panel 4
He looks into the camera again and holds up a copy of the book
"Availabl now inne all goode bookshoppes. And nay forget ye to liketh and subscrybe for more content!"

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Sliced Up Press @sliceduppress.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Here's our TV guide-inspired cover for SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION! 💀📺 Release date is 31st August, review copies will be ready to offer out shortly.

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Derrick Webber @der-web.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Several people have asked me if "A Very Frosted Christmas" is an actual TV movie. No, but it easily could be. bwlnk.com/9781641088947

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Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

This is EXTREMELY sound advice...

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Derrick Webber @der-web.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I'm re-reading. Still fresh! books2read.com/u/bQD1MZ

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Derrick Webber @der-web.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Released today! Join the hunt for the missing verses.... bwlnk.com/9781641088985

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Derrick Webber @der-web.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

My latest MM Romance releases on Tuesday! bwlnk.com/9781641088985

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Derrick Webber @der-web.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I was in a car accident that left me with a pretty banged-up brain. During my recovery, all I could watch were made-for-TV movies. When I got better, I wrote my own! bwlnk.com/9781641088947

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Sliced Up Press @sliceduppress.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Copy edits are moving forward slower than expected for SATURDAY MOURNING TELEVISION, but in the meantime we can say with 99% confidence that this is the final running order! 💀📺

Copyrights:

TV Guide Found in a Hollow Tree, 1989 © Oladosu Michael Emerald
Episode Guide: Tymberwolves © Tom Coombe
Fifty Billion Crucified Robots Can’t Be Wrong © D. Matthew Urban
Here’s One I Made Earlier © A.J. Sharpe
Billy’s World © S.S.N. Smith
Grilling Time! © J. Neira
Rod & Stinky’s Last Laugh © Adrienne Clark
The Serpent Saints from Mars © Victor Sweetster
A Little Piece of Yourself © Toshiya Kamei
rub-a-dub © Die Booth
Together, Tomorrow © Ashley K. Frantik
The Pilgrimage of the Meatclay: an Ascent © Matt Neil Hill
the animators © M. Lopes de Silva
Meat-waves © Monica Carroll
This is a Test © Joe Koch
A Day at the ACME Corporation © Ann O’Mara Heyward
Don’t Look Too Closely © Nico Martinez Nocito
Button Town © Mia Dalia
Power Paladins/Grease Monkey: The Tv-ening © Jude Deluca
One Second Smarter © Ana Rotea
Drawn to Death © Tashi Saheb-Ettaba
Duck and Cover © Derrick Webber
How to Get Distracted While Writing an Essay © Ute Orgassa
Varmint Holes © Em Starr
Longer Than You’d Think © Julia Dzindzio
Very Special Episode © Nichole L. Lightner
Channel 31: Static in the Custard Hour © Fendy S. Tulodo
The Kids are Not Alright © Jacy Morris
Blackberry Yoghurt © A.J. Malachite
Notes from Standards and Practices © Buzz Dixon

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Derrick Webber @der-web.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

As close as I'll get to Hallmark... bwlnk.com/9781641088947

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Paul Richmond @paulrichmondstudio.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Catch of the day

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Derrick Webber @der-web.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Emily Bronte is pissed. My bad. bwlnk.com/9781641088923

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Some sketchbook doodles leading up to the cartoon below. Sadly there was no space for Kate Bush in the final artwork. #wutheringheights The original art is now here: www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale

Scratchy, ink sketchbook drawings and notes for a Wuthering Heights cartoon

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Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

This is very funny. This also hits very hard.

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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The final Season's Beatings card:

A Christmas card made to look like the character select screen from a fighting game with Santa on the left and Frosty on the right. The characters are Santa, Dr. Eidel, Ginga, Frosty, Slaybelle, and Nutcracker.

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Sliced Up Press @sliceduppress.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Then there's @der-web.bsky.social with Duck and Cover, where an all-American family gets sucked into a bizarro nightmare

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Now for some sports news... (this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)

Panel One: A sportscaster speaks to a television camera
"You join us just in time for the annual booksellers versus librarians tug of war."

Panel Two: We see the participants warming up as he continues...
"Two very strong teams this year, they’ve both been in training since February. As always, the real skill in this match is not to start chatting about boo-"

Panel Three:
"Too late!!
A pair of librarians are discussing the new Margaret Atwood!
A crowd is forming!
The booksellers are joining in!
It's all over!!"
We see all the participants chatting.

Panel Four: The sportscaster finishes up to the camera:
"The rope lies untouched!
The discussions continue!
We have a draw for 325th year in a row!
Join us again next year!"

End.

Bonus alt-text Content:

Fun fact!
The first tug of war was between the staff of Cranston Library and those of Daniel Midwinter Booksellers
www.cranstonlibraryreigate.com/
www.blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscripts/2017/11/10/booksellers/

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Maths Puzzles for Conspiracy Theorists. One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish editions.

Title: Maths puzzles for conspiracy theorists.

1. A train departs at 2pm Travelling at 40mph. The next train follows an hour later, travelling at 45 mph. Why are we still using trains when the government has hyper-speed ufo technology?

2. Susie brings eighteen Apples and twelve Oranges to school and divides them equally Between her six Friends. How many of these children are in the pay of big fruit?

3. When Tom was eight, his sister, anne, was half his age. Tom is now 48, so why does Anne just laugh at him when he patiently explains to her that the earth is flat?

From 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld - order it at www.tomgauld.com

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com

Title: The desk of a late, great author

Panel 1:
A woman asks "The publisher is on my back again. Have you guys got anything left in there?"

Panel 2:
A desk, with four drawers and a friendly face on each, replies
"Nope"
"Sorry."
"Nothing."
the last one says
"I might have something..."

Panel 3:
The woman reaches into the drawer which says
"That's it...Right At the back."

Panel 4:
The woman holds some paper
"It's just a pizza menu."

Panel 5:
The drawers reply:
"Oh well"
"We've done our best"
"We have secured a great reputation for eternity!"

But another voice joins in:

Panel 6:
"Now, hold on there. I've got a few things that might Interest you..."
It is the waste-paper basket, filled with crumpled balls of discarded paper.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

A cartoon about autumn....

Title: The leaves

Image 1:
Two leaves hang from branches.
"Would you like to hear my new poem?" Says one
"Is it another one about the inevitability of death?" replies a smaller leaf.

Image 2:
"It's autumn! What else am i going to write about?" says the poet leaf.
"Well, we've all turned this lovely reddish colour." says the small leaf.

Image 3:
"Actually, that could make a very nice poem. Thanks!" says the poet.

Image 4.
The small leaf begins to reply but is blown away by a gust of wind.

Image 5:
Later. The solitary poet leaf recites a poem:
"The year dies. I cling hopelessly. In the end all things fall."

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

...and another.

Panels 1 and 2
Interior. "I love autumn!" Says a book to its owner. "It's so romantic! Let's put on a big scarf, go to the park, and read on a bench as the orange leaves fall around us in the low sun."

Panel 3
Caption: Soon.
Image: they are now outside sheltering under an unbrella in torrential rain. "Shall we go home?" says the reader. "Yes please. I'm getting soggy." says the book.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

‘The exceptionally limited edition book.’ (My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books)

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

OK, come on. How can you resist a book called 'Things With Claws'? 1961 Ballantine paperback anthology with a cover by the incomparable Richard Powers. #BookWormSat #vintagepaperback #vintagepaperback

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Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼 @bonabooks.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

ANNOUNCEMENT🎺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Introducing our bona new quarterly literary magazine: FANTABULOSA! Pushing the boundaries of bold, authentic, QUEER storytelling. Bringing you stories of the uncanny, the dangerous and the fantastical. & thanks to our brilliant #WrathMonth backers, we're fully funded for 2026 🤘