The Scottish Funding Council waved through the University of Dundee's Strategy to Recovery, even though it broke their funding conditions. The Scottish Gov need to ACT NOW and ask the SFC to reverse their decision, and stop the redundancy process TODAY. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

Very excited to be part of this! BIPOC writers, check it out!

🚨 CHEAP-AS-SHIT BOOK ALERT 🚨 Kindle Store are givin' away Atomic Coffin for the ridonculous price of £0.99 this month - if you've been dithering then just fuckin' go for it dude amzn.eu/d/02L6k1Gz

Open NOW! Calling all trans and nonbinary authors: send us your speculative horror!!! Rates: 8 cents/word for fiction, $50/poem. GUIDELINES and the submissions portal: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/3 (Plus, more details in the quoted thread!)

HEY MY DEBUT IS OUT TODAY AND IDK I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY TBH THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME DO YOU WANNA BUY IT NO WORRIES IF NOT also also i'm finally listening to the full audiobook and jfc kristin atherton is a fucking legend www.penguin.co.uk/books/474739...

TOMORROW! Are you ready for An Evening of Dark Academia with @rainewilson.bsky.social (WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST, THE SALT ORACLE) and Naomi Gibson (MAN, MUSE, MONSTER) chaired by @mkhardywrites.com (THE NEEDFIRE) at Waterstones West End, Edinburgh? Book your tickets now at the link below!👇

M here, once again breaking the #birdwhisperer rules as I did some preliminary little egret sketches then forgot to do one using the mandated reference image! Here they are anyway.

June's #birdwhisperer pic by E, on time for once! A Little Egret, looking a little perturbed because I don't know if I did him justice. I enjoyed the rocks at least!

👀🎉 We've got some VERY exciting news and a slightly different kind of acquisition announcement! From 1st July, Solaris will have a new home @profilebooks.bsky.social ! Hop over to @thebookseller.com for the exclusive announcement! www.thebookseller.com/news/profile...

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

Dear person who installed this tap: who hurt you?

⚛️⚰️SEVEN DAYS TO GO⚰️⚛️

Dear person who installed this tap: who hurt you?

Buried tge lede there somewhat: "We have calculated that this data centre will use the same amount of energy in a year than half of Scotland’s households, or 20% of Scotland’s total energy use." WTF???

The wonderful folk at @scotbpocwriters.bsky.social let me onto their fab blog to talk about my current obsession - what folklore will look like in our futures & why that matters as writers of SF, climate fiction & hopepunk scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/future-folkl... @solarisbooks.bsky.social

48-hour-update: thanks to you, we have crossed 50% of our base goal. Help us reach it, and then to our stretch goals - more writers' pay: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s... On a selfish note, at $12.5K we release a banger of an essay on world building, that I can't wait to share with you all!

And sadly for me, one I can't make because I'll be stuck in Stirling, @benedictanning.bsky.social finally launches his debut novel ATOMIC COFFIN at Toppings in Edinburgh next Friday - www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...

The following Thursday night is another trek back into Edinburgh (after my ice dance testing, eeek!) for @rainewilson.bsky.social and Naomi Gibson for an Evening of Dark Academia - www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

Next week is looking busy - On Wednesday night I'll be heading to Edinburgh to see @mkhardywrites.com and Heba Al-Wasity at Waterstones for Haunted Happenings www.waterstones.com/events/haunt...

Thanks to everyone who reskeeted and/or offered support yesterday - you're all the best. We're in a new era where profit is king, and dedicated staff get chewed up in the name of savings. Whoever, wherever you are - join your union. We will only get through this together.

Another day, another announcement of job cuts at our uni. We're both employed there, and both in jobs at risk of being made redundant. Feeling pretty hopeless and bereft, both for ourselves and for the wider community/city. Anyway, buy/pre-order our books? geni.us/needfire geni.us/avisl

Folks, how would you like to ghost hunt at the most haunted building in England? Each preorder for The Haunting of Avis Lovelock placed at @dryadbookshop.bsky.social gives you the chance to win 2 vouchers for an overnight ghost hunt at the Ancient Ram Inn! www.dryad-books.co.uk/product-page...

Just watched Hokum, which was v enjoyable (though maybe overstretched for the amount of plot). Very funny to watch right after finishing the Seance at Blake Manor, in which a man investigates the disappearance of a young woman at a remote hotel in Ireland. 🐰

Portal 119.

Folks, how would you like to ghost hunt at the most haunted building in England? Each preorder for The Haunting of Avis Lovelock placed at @dryadbookshop.bsky.social gives you the chance to win 2 vouchers for an overnight ghost hunt at the Ancient Ram Inn! www.dryad-books.co.uk/product-page...

⚛️⚰️TWO WEEKS TO GO⚰️⚛️

*Opens trench coat* Short stories, get chore short stories heeya! British Fantasy Award winning story, Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike in it, innit! Direct from the publisher: www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as... Or Amazon / Kindle ebook if that's easier: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GYJJRSPV

DECADES!!

You have more in common with a migrant or refugee person than you do with a billionaire. The way the billionaire class and their government cronies treat them is exactly how they wish they could treat you.

Hey hey anyone in Dundee and surrounding areas, we'll be at the Dundee Book Festival on Saturday June 20th with Hester Musson and Natalie Jayne Clark! We'll be discussing how our books have been heavily inspired by Scottish landscape and history. Should be a great chat. Boosts appreciated!

Time to rank my top 3 favourite Star Wars movies: 1. Star Wars: First Contact 2. Star Wars or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Last Jedi 3. Dune

IT'S ALIIIIIIIIIIVE!

Gothic fiction at @cymerafestival.co.uk with @mkhardywrites.com, Charlotte Cross and @amyjanestewart.bsky.social chaired by @samkhorton.bsky.social

It was a pleasure and a privilege to interview @stephengrahamjones.com at this year's @cymerafestival.co.uk - on the same night that The Buffalo Hunter Hunter won the Bram Stoker Award and the Nebula Award!

This week 11/06 6pm at Waterstones Dundee there's going to be a special event with our very own @clarkeaward.bsky.social shortlisted @rainewilson.bsky.social (WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST and THE SALT ORACLE) in conversation with Rafael Torrubia (THE SHIPWRIGHT AND THE SHROUD WEAVER)! Tickets👇

What a night at @cymerafestival.co.uk last night. Epic craic with @dan.coxon.author and Tracy Fahey and a packed room for @mkhardywrites.com brilliant interview with Mr @stephengrahamjones.com.

Another @cymerafestival.co.uk, another "Mo is a buffoon in front of a famous author" story. Relatedly @stephengrahamjones.com, due to a complex set of circumstances upon which I do not care to elaborate, might think my name is Jitney Downpipe.

This is so exciting!! The Salt Oracle is a stunning book and it's great to see it up alongside a stacked shortlist!

late again! but look at this guy! how can you be mad at him?! an entry for May's @birdwhisperers.bsky.social - the very handsome vermillion flycatcher (I have already sketched out my June bird so I SWEAR I'll have it ready on time this month)

Happy pride! Reminder that I have a big, black and queer-ass collection of short stories you can buy or foist on your loved ones! Crawford Award winning! Locus award losing! British Fantasy Award nominated! www.neonhemlock.com/books/call-a... bookshop.org/p/books/call...

Don't forget – the Cymera 2026 Charity Auction is still live! 🤩 Bids will close on Friday 5th June at 12pm BST. All funds raised will go towards supporting Cymera: www.32auctions.com/organization...

I've done this just now and I urge anyone who sees this to do the same I don't know what chances we have but we MUST fight this

This is where I'll be at @cymerafestival.co.uk this weekend, as well as just generally loitering. I am EXTREMELY EXCITED, as always, for this welcoming, warm-hearted, brilliant festival. Do come join us & say hi if you see me

It’s Pride 🏳️‍🌈 Spare one repost for a small creator? 🥺 My science and sci fi pins raise money for homeless LGBTQ+ people. Just sent another £800 to @aktcharity.bsky.social bringing total to £47,521 New for Pride 2026: 🌈Scientist🌈 🏳️‍🌈🐥🦜🦅🏳️‍🌈 🌈pronouns🌈 www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop

Celebrate Pride Month by giving all the queer writers in your life book deals.

Get it in now folks, I'm literally doing my edits this summer 😂😂 Art from the WIP (The Silence of Heaven): *Credit to Mitchell Mayorga

Really really pleased with this proof copy of DEVOURING FORTUNE. The limited edition version will have black spray edges like y'all can see here. A little over one week until the early release edition launches on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ole...

Only 6 days left in the @cymerafestival.co.uk auction! LOADS of fantastic things to bid on - signed books, mentorship calls, special editions, book bundles. Check all the items out here: www.32auctions.com/cymera2026

Found a mini portal @simonguy.bsky.social