New Review - an excellent tale of digital ghosts, seers, scientists and ethics await in the brilliant The Salt Oracle by @rainewilson.bsky.social out now - very strongly recommended! Huge thanks to @solarisbooks.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...

First snow of the season isn’t messing around. IV2 7/10

Representatives of autistic-led organisations giving evidence to Holyrood’s health, social care and sport committee said a national plan is needed to fix significant gaps in neurodevelopmental pathways: healthandcare.scot/stories/4295...

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So excited to have this now live - we have a couple more weeks until submissions open for our first anthology, WHO AM I: Sapphic Speculative Fiction of Identity and Purpose. We all know Sapphics love Specfic - as an emerging publishing house we're committed to amplifying sapphic voices. #booksky

I got to write about information theory and Project Hanuman on John Scalzi's blog. I take some time to delve into one way the universe might work and what that means for you and me.

I have said this before in various contexts, and often include it when I teach classes & workshops: Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there. If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you. thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com

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I quite enjoyed channel 5’s adaptation of Murder Before Evensong. Not read the book upon which it was based. Channel 5 really are doing good stuff with these historical dramas.

Pre-order Luna Novella 2026! All That Is in the Earth by @aknighton.bsky.social When Clifford crash lands on the planet of Abaddon, he might as well be dead 🪐 www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella

Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes the way we live. This is not one of those times. Here’s five reasons why you shouldn’t buy an iPhone Pocket. #Apple #iPhonePocket #iPhone #WTAF alexreviewstech.com/apples-iphon...

Colin Brush's next step in writing a blurb: writing a beginning that gets--and keeps--a possible reader's attention by considering your opening line. milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/06/03/5...

Introducing: Pictcon. A celebration of the Scottish genre community.

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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. Lest we forget. #ArmisticeDay ko-fi.com/post/Remembr...

I am so looking forward to reading this book. I was glad to be at the launch during @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social and hear Stew read from it.

Project Hanuman is here. I hope you'll take a look as I think it's a pretty good space opera - no hero's journey here - this is about community, how we build back better and, of course, mind bending space battles in sentient ships. #spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction

Highly recommended!

Pictcon is a brand new convention, celebrating the rich and multi-faceted Scottish genre community. This year's event was ace and I heartily recommend signing up for next year.

It’s today! 13 months after I started writing it, Daughters of Nicnevin is out in the world! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/daug...

I'll be talking tech with Sandra Moon on ABC Radio Goulburn Murray around 8:50am today -- tune in! www.abc.net.au/listen/live/...

Do you write genre fiction? Want the inside scoop on the UK's newest queer small press? Keen to ask us awkward questions? Come to the Cymera Writer's Conference, and hear two bona omi-palones cackle about zhushing books.

New post from me, for UK folks only, on how you need to start preparing for Apple to switch off Advanced Data Protection and the end-to-end encryption of the data you store on it. Like I said, UK only. #SunlitUplands heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...

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Let’s get these edits done.

Huge thanks to @effjayem.bsky.social for organising Pictcon 1 and asking me to be GoH! I was interviewd by the fantastic @megintransition.bsky.social ❤️ & concluded the day on a fab panel with @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @bethkesh.bsky.social @joannacorrance.bsky.social @shoreinf.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Greatly enjoyed the first Pictcon, held yesterday in Perth, Scotland. Fascinating panel discussions and fun barcon. The event fits in nicely with Cymera and Satellite, plus next year’s British Fantasy Convention in Glasgow and Eastercon the year after in the same city.

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A MARKET OF DREAMS AND DESTINY is getting a LIMITED EDITION *beautifully* blinged-out HARDCOVER print run! Only 1000 will be sold! £35 PreOrders LIVE So if queer boys fighting systemic oppression with fey magic and contractual loopholes is your thing, check out... litpinsandco.com/products/a-m...

Want to read a story about bats predicting extreme weather? Of course you do! With thanks to the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, my story "The Way Out" is here: issues.org/futuretensef...

Shout out to the brilliant fiction editors I’ve had the joy & privilege to work with: Jacqueline Rayner, @twilightstreets.bsky.social , Andy Frankham-Allen, @unamccormack.bsky.social , Tim Gambrell, & now @trip.bsky.social @robwillb.bsky.social @chrismccartney.bsky.social of @bonabooks.bsky.social

“Look on my werks, ye bitches, and DESPAIR!” —Aurora Thunder, at the height of her successful debut at the Darkness and Light Ball …Aurora swept down the catwalk like an oncoming storm, trains of filmy black fabric trailing her like thunderheads. Facet gasped… www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...

Hello to new folk. I write epic and contemporary fantasy novels along with varied shorter fiction. For more about the books, see www.julietemckenna.com All opinions I express online are absolutely my own. I boost what looks like good reading and interesting things. I block intolerance and aggression

A quick reminder that i have a weirdish dark fantasy novel available on Audible. And, despite the shocked Pikachu reviews about being woke cannibal erotica, it is a) queer and b) not a YA ;) Listen to The Shape of Monsters by C L Hellisen on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGDJ5X1...

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Are you going to Novacon this weekend? ( @novacon.bsky.social ) The guest of honour is @emilytesh.net and it should be fabulous fun. Come see us at the Iridescence 2026 Fan Table, and pick up a membership for 2026's Eastercon coming to the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, 3-6 April 2026.

Happy book birthday to @rainewilson.bsky.social! The Salt Oracle is a gorgeous, dark, poetic seastorm of a novel and I adored it. Go forth and grab yourself a copy

Hello to new folk. I write epic and contemporary fantasy novels along with varied shorter fiction. For more about the books, see www.julietemckenna.com All opinions I express online are absolutely my own. I boost what looks like good reading and interesting things. I block intolerance and aggression

Not long now! Come and hear ALASTAIR REYNOLDS and MATTHEW WARD @thetowerofstars.bsky.social - book your free spot now! srfcnov2025.eventbrite.com Tuesday 11th November, 7pm Star of Kings, near Kings Cross station

By the way, if you enjoy court intrigue with a shapeshifting cinnamon roll dragon & his murderous Fallen angel husband trying to solve crime without causing more crime, you can enjoy the first two books right now: www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography... (might even feature... babysitting 😜)

If you're in Central Scotland and fancy a day of scifi and fantasy chat, come and join us at Picton on Saturday!

I have a new book coming out in January: SHE IS HERE. Every time I look at the cover I smile—and am struck by just how unusual both the photo and book itself are. Let me explain using many visual aids... #SheIsHere #NetGalley

My flash story “Song of the Loom” is now published in @dreamtheorymedia.bsky.social ! Please go check it out (and maybe leave a comment, if you can? 🙏)! 🥰❤️

It's officially launch day for Blood In The Bricks! It's folk horror, but right here in our towns and cities, written by some of my absolute favourite contemporary writers. Get it now (or They'll pay you a visit). www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...

ARGH Scotland is excited to announce that we are now a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation SC054724. We are 20 this year & this marks an exciting new chapter in our development as an Autistic led organisation. Thank you to all members and supporters for getting us to where we are today.

I had a greatly enjoyable time at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social in Brighton last weekend. I captured a few of my thoughts on my Ko-fi account (ko-fi.com/post/Fantasy...)

Eastercon is the UK's annual science fiction convention for book lovers & writers Iridescence, 2026's Eastercon will be at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, 3-6 April 2026. Tickets on sale now Guests of Honour include @rjbarker.bsky.social @emmanewman.bsky.social & @drkarenlord.bsky.social

It's Pictcon this weekend, a one day science fiction convention in Perth, Scotland. Guest of Honour is @lunapress.bsky.social's Francesca Barbini. The chair is @effjayem.bsky.social . We're really looking forward to it. See you there? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon1-t...