Tonight I saw someone at the station reading Sinophagia, edited by @xuetingni.bsky.social. So obviously I stopped and in a tipsy fashion told them it was one of the best short fiction collections I’ve read.

Programme klaxon! The programme team are working on lots of ideas to bring you a brilliant programme, but we need to hear from you! We’ve created a *very* short survey for you to pass on your suggestions and to tell us if you’d also like to take part in programme: forms.office.com/e/rN9T4wEX1N

What a magnificent but of holibobs. I finally got to travel by steam train! This is the line from Swanage to Corfe Castle. Wooo woooooooo!

And what better to do at Corfe Castle than to put on ballgowns and be princesses for the day with @liwella.bsky.social! With thanks to the numerous tourists who offered to take photos of us, and to Caro for taking photos of me all day.

The time is NOW, people! The Kickstarter is LIVE! Time to get WRATHy. 👿 And please spread the word! RT, tell your friends, shout it from the rooftops! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bon...

I've just read "The River Has Roots". It's a short book but needs to consumed slowly because the prose is gorgeous and rich and light and heavy. It's a beautiful thing and when I got to the end I cried at the beauty of how it all came together. 10/10 hard recommend. Thank you @amalelmohtar.com

We are Dublin 2029,  a bid for the 87th Worldcon! We are a growing group of fans and we want to host the World Science Fiction Convention, Worldcon, in Dublin in 2029 - and we'd love your help! Follow us on our social medias here - linktr.ee/dublin2029 - or support our bid at dublin2029.ie/ 💚

SRFC is back: 7pm, 13th May! We're very pleased to welcome Nominated for 2025 Hugos: OLIVER K. LANGMEAD @oliverklangmead.bsky.social Arthur C Clarke nominated author of The Beauty: ALIYA WHITELEY They've collaborated on a new novel, come and hear about it! Star of Kings, nr Kings Cross Station

#BookPost is the best post. Thank you so much to @titanbooks.bsky.social for this exciting ARC from Aliya Whiteley and @oliverklangmead.bsky.social Lots of reading for me to do ahead of @srfantasyclub.bsky.social next month.

The schedules are out for EasterCon in a few weeks. Here’s where you can find me.

Ok, Bsky - a MISSION for you. We want as many subs to Wrath Month as possible, from as diverse an array of voices as possible. POC voices, disabled voices, neurodiverse voices, trans voices, ace and aro voices - everyone. Scream it from the rooftops, folks!

@serailway.bsky.social Am at London Bridge and on the verge of tears because the stop for the Hayes rail replacement bus has changed and the signage is terrible so I missed my connection. Another hour before I get home at least.

It's a great pleasure to be back @srfantasyclub.bsky.social , and in such fine company, to talk about Sinophagia and Chinese horror with the fabulous @liwella.bsky.social. Join us tomorrow evening at the Star of Kings in King's Cross. #books #SFF #horror

BSFA longlist nominations close on 15 January, so here is a handy list of the categories we’re eligible in, and the works that qualify! If you have enjoyed I WANT THAT TWINK OBLITERATED, please consider us for one of your nomination slots! ~Team Bona 💙🏳️‍🌈✨🧙‍♂️🚀🏳️‍🌈💙

A boy and his chicken

Happy new year! The book is out- You Are Here: Nine More Stories, a new short story collection including a brand-new novella. Dragons, smugglers, witches, Indian mothers, meddling lesbians, telepaths who love to troll you, space! 🌈🚀🏴‍☠️🪔 🐉 available most places, paperbacks at Amazon, links below.

If you’re a creator or work in the creative industries or otherwise have a heart, then please add your voice to this UK Gov consultation on AI and Copyright. I said ‘freelance’ for company and ‘unsure’ for super-granular legal stuff but made my voice heard. You can too. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Lyfe hath gyven thee lemons. Take them to the forge of Lemoncrafte and roll D6. Result: 1) Lemon armour 2) Lemon armour +1 3) Bootes of Lemon Strengthe 4) Rindblade 5) The Vitamin C Philtre of Mordenkainen 6) Legendarye Lemon Plate (Citron Paladin onlye)

That’ll do.

Spent NYE as Womble intended, planning my TBR challenge for 2025 and cursing that copy of War and Peace I just bought, which will be occupying my June.

Make coming to @srfantasyclub.bsky.social your New Year’s Resolution for 2025 👇🏼

The Lions of Al-Rassan by @guygavrielkay.bsky.social. It has revenge, politics from the personal to the geopolitical and everything in between, romance, wonderful women characters and an ending that has your heart in your mouth.

What are people's most ARCHETYPICAL novels? Not your FAVORITES per se, but the ones that best exemplify your tastes in novels, distilled into a single work? Mine is probably Susanna Clarke's "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell."

"Twelfth Night Till Candlemas" The story of a 40 year book-quest and of its remarkable ending And about goblins and Christmas; the perils of ChatGPT; and the real value of librarians and so on Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/twelfth-ni... Personal blog davidallengreen.com/2024/12/twel...

SRFC is back on 14th January! We are very pleased to welcome T L Huchu and Xueting C Ni @xuetingni.bsky.social Come and meet them! 7pm, Tuesday 14th January Star of Kings, near Kings Cross Station We rely on word of mouth for people to find out about us - any reposts are greatly appreciated

Some people use their money to buy governments, build rockets and spread disinformation; others choose to buy books, build imaginations, and spread a love of reading - even in countries outwith their own. God love Dolly Parton.

UK viewers: THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Cold Lazarus is free to view on Channel 4 streaming services! Younger UK viewers: this is a drama about a dystopian Britain controlled by US oligarchs where everything is commodified, including the memories of a long-dead writer: www.channel4.com/programmes/c...

When you’ve told your client not to make things any worse when they speak to Probation for their Pre-Sentence Report.

Lovelies, here's day 1 of the 2024 Tea and Sanctuary advent calendar. Please excuse the state of my voice! It's the perfect length for a nice cup of tea (or any beverage of your choice). Cosy, low stakes and hopefully soothing. Any boosts greatly appreciated! teaandsanctuary.com/e/day-1-tea-...

It is Egyptologists’ favourite time of the year again.

I'm about to get on a flight but my roller derby lesbian romance comes out today! ppl have called it "the emotionally grown up winter holiday classic I never knew I needed"! get it here: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DNTV8744/ / books2read.com/u/b6qPzE more about it: www.generalist.org.uk/iona/books-a...

Tonight’s View From My Seat - Maddaddam at the Royal Opera House. Two of my favourite things - avant garde ballet and the Sainted Margaret.

It's Transgender Day Of Remembrance. 🧵

Over the next few days, we'll be presenting to you a brief history of the Eighth Amendment To The Constitution of Ireland, an anti-abortion constitutional amendment in effect between 1983 and 2018 in this thread...

GUEST POST: Joseph Brant Interviews Chinese Horror Authors Today Joseph Brant [ @macula.bsky.social ]interviews Xueting Ci Ni, Chu Xidao and Hong Niangzi about writing horror and their recent anthology Sinophagia www.nerds-feather.com/2024/11/gues...

In these darks days, we need to find joy where we can. This is a good day to enjoy the Traffic Scotland gritter tracker. www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac... I am particularly fond of Penelope Gritstop.

How about some short stories for long nights? Dive into tales of time-crossed love, Chinese horror and sci-fi, Nordic Visions and futuristic tales from people of colour. Ed. by @jonathanstrahan.bsky.social, @xuetingni.bsky.social, Margrét Helgadóttir and @nisishawl.bsky.social!

It’s that time of year when I find myself “strategically enhancing” my TBR pile in anticipation of @runalongwomble.bsky.social’s TBR challenge for next year. I know the goal is to read DOWN one’s TBR, not add to it, but I can’t imagine the Booktempter In Chief being too cross about it.

This is a chance for UK readers and fans of HILD to read the first chapter of MENEWOOD for free and enter to win a copy of the just-released paperback. Good luck!

After the whirlwind of awesomeness that was our first-ever Fantasycon, we have some HUGE news. The Tiny Bookcase won the British Fantasy Award for Best Audio! Thank you to everyone who attended, guested on the pod, the volunteers, and @britfantasysoc.bsky.social - we are delighted😁

Authors/publishers, go check a website called Oceanofpdf for your books. They have 9 of mine that they are giving away for free and I've seen many belonging to people I know. Their email address is on the website. They also have the gall to ask for donations... @britfantasysoc.bsky.social

Did you know that #Wuxia #fiction isn't just stories of revenge, treasure seeking or quests for power? Sometimes it can be about finding, or rediscovering one's path in life. Like this Cdrama, adapted from Cang Yue's novel, which I'd been looking forward to since last year. It did not disappoint. 1/

*looks at wardrobe full of button-up shirts in bird prints* I see no word of a lie here.

It’s been a busy couple of weeks, so I’m having a Full Stop weekend. Yesterday was pyjamas and rugby. Today is pyjamas and s2 of Silo.

Warning to those involved in Requires Hate/ Winterfox etc bullying, coercion and hate fanlore.org/wiki/Winterfox. I have reported and blocked. They lovebomb, solicit secrets and then coerce vulnerable people (usually women/ femme NB folks) into crusading against their latest grievance.

If you keep forgetting to add alt text to images here, please go immediately to Settings -> Accessibility (under Basics) -> toggle "Require alt text before posting" on. Alt text is a textual description on images that help a wide range of people enjoy things they otherwise can't.

I warned you there'd be dad jokes.

So far, today's WIP related research has included 1922 fashionable evening wear, a map of the storm drains of London, and an article on the operation of an early 20th century venereal disease clinic.

Bit worried about this place becoming an echo chamber. When I was young my friends and I often decided to forego the places and music we liked and visit the Nazi skinhead pubs to ensure we experienced different points of view and got our heads kicked in.