Best whisky in Europe, obviously nation.cymru/news/welsh-w...

On the BFS blog @aknighton.bsky.social talks about writing novellas. His award nominated ‘Walking A Wounded Land’ is available in Wiz Duo #3 britishfantasysociety.org/the-joy-of-n...

The gang is back together. Both volumes of Fight Like A Girl are now available. Find them along with our other anthologies: wizardstowerpress.co...

There are just two days left to buy this year's Pride Storybundle. 16 great queer books for just $30. Don't miss out. storybundle.com/pride

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'after' #BookQW #BookSky Hadrumal's wizards are a varied lot, and Casuel will never be anyone's first pick. But Darni's been working for the Archmage for a while and experience means he'll take what he can get. Learn more here www.julietemckenna.com/books/the-ta...

It's Book Quote Wednesday, and the word is AFTER. Gilmore meets his master, Mad King Richard, ruler of UK-1, the largest spaceship ever – and soon realises he's not mad at all. #bookqw #spaceopera #yasf www.benjeapes.com/index.php/no... Hear me read a longer extract at benjeapes.substack.com.

This being Germany, of course they have the pêl-droed on the tele. That was a bit good, ‘Arry.

Safely arrived at hotel. Berlin Metro nice and easy.

I just found out about this Tube Map of Queer Authors put together by the Barbican and Community Libraries in London. As usual, SFF forms a closed loop unconnected to other fiction—but hey, bottom line? I'm sandwiched between Octavia and Arthur C. Clarke and on the bottom line with Sappho...

Bag collected. Waiting for train to city. To make Feorag happy, it is running late.

Possibly the best queer novel ever, Geoff Ryman's Was is part of this year's Pride Storybundle. www.storybundle.com/...

It is July sale time at Smashwords. All of our ebooks are 25% off. Go get there here: smashwords.com/sale

Landed 🛬

Boarded. Next stop Berlin. 🛫

I'm reading Mike Carey's Outlaw Planet and have just reached the point where you go from thinking "WTF???" to thinking "Mike you are a genius".

Through Terrorisation at Bristol. Grabbing a burrito for lunch. 🌯

It's Book Quote Wednesday & this week's word is "after". Cade is problem-solving. #bqw books2read.com/Song-Stone-Scale-Bone

Today in Starmergeddon, Starmer's will is being read. A lawyer: "And to my dearest friend, Big Andy, I leave... a bill for £4.7bn worth of unexploded bombs." Andy: "Argh!" Wes: "All I got was a used toothbrush and some cyanide flavoured toothpaste."

“The twists don’t let up, with each revelation weirder than the last. A magnificent and original delve into where the human meets the alien” - Adrian Tchaikovsky on The Sword Garden by Peadar Ó Guilín wizardstowerpress.co...

Highly recommended!

an important, sharp editorial about the importance of gender diversity in technology from our friends at @apc.org, to add to the @globalvoices.org Gender Diversity Spotlight: globalvoices.org/2026/06/30/w...

📢 We're recruiting! Two exciting opportunities have come up at Plaid Cymru HQ: 👉 Head of Policy 👉 Office Administrator Find out more and apply ➡️ partyof.wales/jobs

The June issue of Salon Futura is now online, featuring reviews of fiction by Cameron Reed, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Ann Leckie, Geoff Ryman, R B Lemberg & Rick Riordan, plus an academic conference, a book on British folklore and some Disney animation.

This implications of this so-called 'ban' is going to make teaching queer and trans history all the more risky. How can we discuss the possibilities that a historical figure was 'trans' if to make being trans acceptable becomes tantamount to 'conversion'?

I'm assuming that he's getting well paid for this, because I can't see any other reason to take a job that will make you an international laughing stock: www.gov.uk/government/n...

159 now! 🏳️‍⚧️✊

Tl;dr The UK’s supposed ban on conversion therapy is specifically drafted, not just to allow the NHS to perform conversion therapy, but also to ban gender transition.

Our ebooks are now available through Bookshop.org. Go ye forth and support your local, independent bookshop! uk.bookshop.org/p/bo...

Press release: Wizard's Tower to Publish Andrew Knighton's Executioner Series wizardstowerpress.co...

Today in Starmergeddon, a room in Whitehall: Civil servant 1: I say, old chap, did you hear what that absolute bounder, Big Andy, said yesterday? Civil servant 2: Jolly rum thing if you ask me. He can’t possibly expect us to move Up North and live among savages.

“Beautifully written, with a fascinating world, a deceptively simple plot, and complex and compelling characters, Of the Emperor’s Kindness left me breathless. An utterly gorgeous book!” — Melissa Scott Get it in: storybundle.com/pride

Who can you trust when your life is on the line? Is anywhere in the galaxy safe for a telepath who knows too much? Jacey Bedford's Psi-Tech trilogy is coming to the UK for the first time. Part 1 available now. wizardstowerpress.co...

New on NOTCHES: The Log Books by Tash Walker & Adam Zmith. Drawing on log books from London’s LGBT+ Switchboard, Walker & Zmith uncover fascinating queer life stories in the everyday concerns, fears, desires, and acts of resilience recorded by volunteers in the 70s-90s. Link wp.me/p6JJ6S-4XY

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Today in Starmergeddon, Big Andy visits the famous Lobbyist Oracle. Andy: O priestesses of the Oracle, tell me which of my cabinet wannabes has the most sponsorship from big business. The Labour Party is broke because Starmer drove away all our members. We need some big bribes.

Join us live on YouTube Monday 20 July @ 8pm IST for a reading and interview with one of our 2026 Guests of Honour, Adrian Tchaikovsky. Octocon 2026 & 2025 members are invited to join us on Zoom after the streaming ends (8:45) for a private Q&A. octocon.com/2026/06/octo...

Yikes! 🤯

Today I learned about the medieval Welsh sport of Cnapan, that sounds considerably more exciting to watch than the World Cup! You too can learn about this ancient sport, by listening to the boys from the Tales for Wales podcast, in this episode from three years ago! www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoKL...

Final spot of Iron Age charioteering before I leave wonderful Chalke. Magical weekend, and can’t emphasise how hard the chariot builders worked in impossible heat to enable this. Next stop @durotrigesdig.bsky.social open day!

A reminder, if ever one were needed 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️👻📚

so during my house move I found a box of riso-printed greetings cards I thought I'd sold out of. I've put them up for sale on my website - £7.50 for a set of 4 (bargain!), with recycled bright red envelopes. limited amount available, get 'em while they're hot 👀🔥 shop.frankduffy.co.uk/merch-badges...

Looking for something to read while you hide from the blazing day star? How about two fantasy novellas about people's complex connections with the world from me & @r-emrys.bsky.social via @wtpress.bsky.social andrewknighton.com/walking-a-wo...

16 very queer and DRM-free books for just $30? Don't mind if I do. Check out the 2026 Pride StoryBundle, featuring Chaz Brenchley, Geoff Ryman, Melissa Scott, JB Lemberg and many others: storybundle.com/pride

Trans lives have long been turned into political “threats” to justify attacks on rights. This new Global LGBTI+ Rights Commission paper traces that history and what it means for today’s struggles. Read the report: kaleidoscopetrust.com/research/man...

Safely back home. House a little warm but otherwise all seems well.

Back in Swansea. Just over 9 hours on trains. Just need to drive home now.

"Ruthanna Emrys has done what she does best and most brilliantly: she has crafted a new twist on something that feels effortlessly familiar, compelling and intriguing, with a magic system like I've never seen before. I want so much more of this universe!" -- Seanan McGuire wizardstowerpress.co...

Almost made it. My train had been terminated in Cardiff. GWR service to Swansea due in soon though.

Y Fenni. Properly back in Wales now.