BFS Chair Shona Kinsella interviews Philip Reeve on Saturday 10th January 2026, 12:15pm to 1:15pm (GMT). Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsjustice @shonak.bsky.social #BritishFantasySociety #FantasyBooks #HorrorBooks #SFFBooks #AuthorInterview #WritingCommunity

BFS Online: The Creative Fix: Social Justice Through Writing, taking place Saturday 10th January 2026, has readings throughout the day. Please check for listings. Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsjustice @ayidashonibar.bsky.social @whyiwrite.bsky.social

It's almost time! The tapirs are prepared, the hand is smally, and Scott is already on -5 points! Join us this Sunday, 11th January, 8:30pm live in the Discord where all this, and more, will continue to make no sense at all! discord.gg/AWaD9x4E

I saw this post a while back and it stuck with me, and feels rather relevant here. Doesn't matter if your good actions are "performative", what matters is that you're doing them in the first place.

The Independent: "‘All we want is to learn’: Gaza’s children growing up without schools." Please give to my dear friend Tasneem, whose family is displaced, so she can feed her children and provide shelter. And to others. ❤️🙏 chuffed.org/project/1587...

Why is Naser being ignored?💔 I never imagined begging strangers to help my child survive. Naser has a thyroid condition and needs daily medication just to live. Without treatment, his body weakens and his suffering grows. Please don’t leave him alone. Your help can save his life.💔 shorturl.at/xkCUp

hey do you want to know about my secret wip book ok good

All book sequels should have recaps. All of them Every single one. It's an accessibility feature. People are more likely to buy the books as they're released. Recaps in all sequels!!

Our third panel of BFS Online: The Creative Fix: Social Justice Through Writing takes place Saturday 10th January 2026, 4pm to 5pm (GMT). Writing as Activism Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsjustice @stewarthotston.com @jelliottcoleman.bsky.social

🥹🥶My heart is heavy with worry, tired, and frozen for my kids Jamil, Ahmed, Jude, Joan, and Elif, and my wife, who suffers from a heart valve condition. They are shivering from the cold without the $200 tent that was destroyed by the rain😭 Verified @mommunism.bsky.social chuffed.org/project/1574...

My nerves are shaking from the cold because I have a heart valve condition, and my five kids are freezing.We are now without shelter because of the rain.A simple dream to save us is $300 for blankets and a tent. The tears of crying froze Verified @mommunism.bsky.social chuffed.org/project/1574...

I coughed and damaged the cartilage in my chest

Our second panel of BFS Online: The Creative Fix: Social Justice Through Writing takes place Saturday 10th January 2026, 2:30pm to 3:30pm (GMT). Solarpunk & the Counter-Narrative Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsjustice @renanbernardo.com @yenooi.bsky.social @brightflame.bsky.social

Join us! I am moderating for the first time so no heckling in the chat though! 😆

Heyo! I am co-teaching a two-night course on intuitive writing. This one goes out to all my fellow writers for whom plotting doesn’t work/kills your story/makes you want to scream. Plotters have every craft book on the planet. This one’s for you. www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/emb...

29th of May 2026. Save the date. Block out a few hours. You're going to be reading 😘

This is the energy we all need to be going into 2026 with!

Our first panel of BFS Online: The Creative Fix: Social Justice Through Writing takes place Saturday 10th January 2026, 10:10am to 11:10am (GMT). Mirror Worlds Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsjustice @abeaumontbooks.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @ianthegreen.bsky.social @georgiacooked.bsky.social

Just 74 dollars raised. 'The night is freezing and we have no shelter.😭💔 My sister’s orphaned child is crying because the night has come. Our tattered tent was blown away by the wind. Please, we urgently need a tent for five orphaned children. @mommunism.bsky.social ✅'

New year, new list of excellent books I've read! 1 - Exploring the Labyrinth: vol 1 by Kit Power Starting strong with non-fiction. I've never read a single Brian Keene book, I have no intention of reading any, but Kit's voice is so compelling that I smashed through this! Highly recommend!

Important info for those who are considering opting out of the Anthropic settlement. Once this deadline passes, you lose your right to sue Anthropic for infringement of your works included in the settlement (but you still have till March 30 to file a claim)

Recaps are accessibility features!! Recaps are accessibility features!! Recaps are accessibility features!! Recaps are accessibility features!! All sequels need recaps!!!

FINALLY pulled my thumb out and applied for my Anthropic settlement claim. If any of my fellow victims have been meaning to and forgot...here ya go: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

If you're on Insta or Discord, you should get on this!

Happy new year. May 2026 be filled with UBI, the eradication of billionaire wealth and power, death to AI, and a surge in socialists achieving positions in governments.

It's the national year of reading in the uk in 2026. Instead of asking "why don't kids read any more", ask "how can I help them find the stories (and non fic) they will fall in love with". Less "get off my lawn whippersnappers" and more "come, sit on the lawn, here's a comic".

And here's the full list of all the amazing books I've read this year!!

A sneak peak at some of my favourite things from 2025 Read below for the full list from the lovely @britfantasysoc.bsky.social folk! britishfantasysociety.org/best-of-2025...

If you see items in a black box like this on the Amazon app (presumably similar on desktop), do NOT use Amazon to purchase. Go to the artist's site directly to see what they actually have, buy more easily, and not support this garbage concept that big corps can scrape whatever they want.

An update: there IS an opt-out email, you should check if your site/merch is in this "feature" and use it. If it's not there now, you should likely set a reminder to check back, since it's new. bsky.app/profile/monk...

VERY niche book rec request: I'd like to read a non fic about private military contractors in the late 20th/early 21st century. Also one on private government contractors who are rubbish, a la G4S. (Or one on both, rubbish private military contractors also welcome!)

The end goal from Amazon is to prevent us having our own stores AT ALL, then they can start screwing us on costs the way they already do with marketplace sellers.

In which I may have gotten slightly over excited and picked more than was recommended 😆 But it has been a very good year and I had a lot to shout about!!

its just over half way to 10k signatures where the govt will respond, please sign if youre able!!!

We asked our committee, events organisers, reviewers, and other volunteers who help us keep the lights on around the BFS for those SFFH things that made an impression this year. Read the full post here: britishfantasysociety.org/best-of-2025...

Dear newcomers to Bsky, in the early days of this site, we collectively decided that blocking and not engaging is better than bringing some shit to your feed by quote dunking. Quote dunking is a faux pas here. Don't do this. See someone who's wrong on your feed? Block them and move on.

You know you are the good guys when your battling the evil group Doctors without Borders. Nationalism is the hardest drug on the planet

I don't know, man. If you're finding your joy in being snippy about other people's joy, you're finding shitty joy. Find better joy.

It's almost One Star Quiz time! Join us for chaos & confusion with independent adjudicator @lauramauro.bsky.social Temporary team captain @stewarthotston.com The brilliant @worrad.bsky.social & the fantastic Kayleigh Dobbs! Next Sunday, 11th January, 8:30pm in the Discord! discord.gg/TYBF6T7c

Dear bluskeeters! I'm doing research with a friend. If you're a Black Author with a speculative book publishing in 2026, could you please pitch and link me, please? This a difficult to sus intersection. Please add your friends' work. Please tag people. Please share

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

Favourite film/TV scenes of all time -wedding scene -Man And Witch -"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave" -Labyrinth -the moment of realisation on Renfield's face when Dracula turns up to the meeting -Renfield - death by stereo -Lost Boys - slutty Malcolm -Jurassic Park

one of the truly depressing things about the culture war over masks is that we simply refuse to treat them as a tool to mitigate the spread of illness! it should be normal to wear a mask in public when you don’t feel well even if it’s not about saving anybody’s life!!!!! why would you mock that

Many moons ago, leaf sheep led me to sea bunnies If the book that's currently on sub ever gets published and anyone wants to know what a treacling looks like, basically this ⬇️

Please do join me in donating a couple of blankets to keep a family warm this winter, via RETURN HOME x The Sameer Project (h/t @workshops4gaza.bsky.social) chuffed.org/project/1491...