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We started #Pridemonth with a Raylla reunion at City Drop, & we are rounding it off with a flash sale! Grab your City Drop entry ticket between June 29th - July 3rd and get 15% off!🌈 (T&Cs apply. Does not apply to payment plan tickets. No code needed) #motherlandfortsalem #switches #raylla #talder

My talk on Doctor Who writers David Whitaker and Terrance Dicks for @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social now up in full at m.youtube.com/watch?v=KzwN...

Gwyn has got an excellent article on fashion...and where it intersects with feminism! galacticjourney.org/june-24-1971...

Coolest writers in fantasy! srfcjul2026.eventbri... Feat: James Barclay Mike Carey Stephen Deas Juliet E McKenna Kari Sperring @gavingsmith.bsky.social J.L. Worrad Edited by Ian Whates Tue 14th July, 6:30pm

Fission #6, containing my pig-punk post-apocalyptic story The Last Pig on Earth, is now available for purchase by non-BSFA members: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1068721634

Okay, everybody! Cover reveal time! It'll be available for purchase at the end of September. Details here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/man...

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'drive' #BookQW #BookSky Every Aldabreshin warlord strives to ensure his domain's supremacy over neighbouring islands. Can they learn to join forces against a common enemy before it's too late? Epic, immersive, secondary-world fantasy fiction from Wizard's Tower Press

📣Take part in DR UK's strategy survey! With 16.7 million Disabled people in the UK -representing 25% of the population - your lived experience, insight and priorities are essential in shaping the future direction of our organisation. Have your say 👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/take-part-ou...

That's my ticket for Pictcon booked! Looking forward to it. I missed last year's because of work, but no one can stop me now hahaha pictcon.com

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Happy birthday, Naomi!

My story for Common Bonds was such a pleasure to write, I can wait for people to read it! If you want it, you can still support the campaing and help us get the author pay increase!

FYI I'm interviewing Guest of Honour Neil Williamson at this year's PictCon. One of Scottish SF's most lauded and subtly devastating authors, an editor and musician, expect some wide-ranging and in-depth chat from us. @neilwilliamson.bsky.social Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...

Really, really looking forward to this chat with Ruth. She's one of my favourite people to talk to. And I'm really looking forward to Pictcon too. It's a lovely warm hug of a convention and very much worth dropping in on if you're free that day.

Let's join Pete Sutton in his continuing list of Books about Writing. This time, 3 books he says you really don't need (they're all classics in the genre, but they're maybe not exactly full of gold) but one he is definitely keeping! milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/w...

A lot more on Brexit in my recent book Culture Wars in Britain, which has now been out for just over a month.

📢Have you heard of our Disabled People's Organisation (DPO) newsletter? We send it out monthly, with jobs, events, funding opportunities and the latest news in the DPO and wider charity sector. Our next one is looking jam-packed, sign up here! 👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/sign-our-dpo...

Meet our Co-Chair, @nefarious-vix.bsky.social! Where do you live? I live in Melbourne (Naarm), Australia What are you to the Bid? I'm the Co-Bid chair, roped into the bid when it was revived, and now stepping up to hopefully bring it home!

As someone who migrated from Australia to the UK to avoid temperatures like those forecast for this week, it's dreadful that basic health and safety needs are being ignored. Given the urgency, please do consider signing the petition... and when it cools down then write or speak to your MP.

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movementforgood.com/draws/specia... Please spare a minute to nominate ARGH Scotland to be in with the chance of winning £5000. It’s quick, easy & no cost to you but would make a big difference to us.

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www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... Advance Reader Copies of the disability-in-dystopia specfic anthology Why Aren't You Dead Yet? now available! (I'm in it 😁)

The new Zelazny is the stand-out in this month's #Fantasy and #ScienceFiction, but it's actually pretty good all 'round: galacticjourney.org/june-20-1971...

Out tiny koala is taking a break at this lake in Oudeschans in the Netherlands. #TinyKoalaAdventures #Brisbane2028 #Meanjin2028 #Oudeschans

There are still 2 spots left on Milford's Critique Week at @gladlib.bsky.social, 12-19 Sept. £1056 for bed, breakfast & evening meal. And if you prefer, you can just sign up for a personal retreat week with no workshopping. More info and an application can be found here: www.milfordsf.co.uk

Labour is currently functionally (and in many cases actively) transphobic, and this petition will not fix that, but it registers a formal objection to the horrific EHRC "guidance". Petition: Disapprove the draft Equality Act 2010 guidance laid on 21 May 2026. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...

Come join the fun! We’re looking for new volunteers to join the Dublin 2029 bid team! Just fill in the quick form below and we’ll be in touch - no worries if you don’t have a specific role in mind, we have an amazing Volunteers team who can find the right fit for you! 🔗 buff.ly/cyw1jY5

In August many of the #MeanjinIn28 #Brisbanein28 will be at @laworldcon.bsky.social We will have a table in the dealer hall & will be throwing a party. There will be many chances to ask us questions about the bid. You can find all the key details in the bid document. #Vote #SiteSelection

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It's time to welcome @pussellrarker.bsky.social into The Library of Impossible Things. What was the scariest thing in Doctor Who? How did he end up working at Pebble Mill? How did the books lead to a love for the show? And what object will he bring? Find out wherever you get your podcasts!

Where did June go! #GUFF delegate @effjayem.bsky.social is at the end of the tour. Adelaide today, Perth AU on Monday then back home to Perth UK and on to... Metropol Con Berlin! @effjayem.bsky.social @corabuhlert.bsky.social will be there. Stop by & collect a Koala! #MeanjinIn28 #Brisbanein28

Today, 19th June, is the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. A day to honour survivors, demand accountability, and acknowledge that the impact of sexual violence reaches far beyond the moment it occurs.

I'm delighted to say that I will on a panel about generative AI in the creative sector with the amazing Barbora Gáborová and Heather Parry, chaired by @seanluskauthor.bsky.social

Tickets are live for Nairn Book & Arts Festival! Books by just some(!) of the authors pictured www.ticketsource.com/nairn-book-a...

NEW What the Palestine Action appeal decision tells us about terrorism law An already broad law is now matched with broad ministerial powers The Weekly Constitutional at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Old MacDonald had a farm, AI, AI, Oh... 😬 Please sign the email in the link

Another super easy form to help stop the invasion of these godawful things in Scotland 👇🏽

Reminder! Help me by filling out the form. I'm using my own knowledge of the industry + Locus Mag + being chronically online to find titles, but I can't possibly know every small publisher out there. Important: no self-pub, no mid-size, no big 5. Small press only. Thanks!

Please, everybody bookmark smallpitch.org/smallbooks/

Still time to listen to Andrew's episode before another visitor arrives at The Library tomorrow.

Some surprises in this next quartet of Science Fiction books to be reviewed this June. Let @krisvm.bsky.social and Winona be your guide! galacticjourney.org/june-18-1971...

Bought! Reading this weekend :) so excited. And if you love this, another Goatskin story is featuring in our “Who Am I? Sapphic Speculative Fiction of Identity and Purpose” anthology releasing in September! Congrats @brynhammond.bsky.social !

Meet another of our team: Cora Buhlert! I live just outside Bremen in Nth Germany. Outside Germany, the city is best known from the fairytale "The Bremen Town Musicians". My official title is "EU and UK table coordinator", which means I help to organise the fan tables at various European cons...

Here it comes - the all cast photo! This is your chance to grab a photo-op with the 8 cast members from Motherland Fort Salem that are attending City Drop 🍁🔥 On sale from TOMORROW at 10am pst. #motherlandfortsalem #switches #talder #raylla

No form of AI is used in any book published by Obverse, I should probably add, since that might make it look as though it's only the Black Archive :-)

Today is Autistic Pride Day! We're celebrating Autistic identity and community in all its beautiful diversity. At Thriving Autistic, we believe Autistic people don't need to be fixed, cured, or shaped to fit a world that wasn't built with us in mind. We deserve to be valued and supported as we are.

A wee reminder - no form of AI is used in any of the Black Archives. Because AI is absolute crap.