Far right leadership of BBC ousted for being insufficiently right wing…

Recently published, The Jicker Man is a heartwarming tale of a boy and his dog. In this video Ben Mears talks about this inspiration for the canine character: vimeo.com/1113891080... wizardstowerpress.co...

Back home. Much rugby and F1 to catch up on. @kaylaallen1965.bsky.social’s flight is approaching Iceland so all good there too.

Safely back in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

The recent policy change which makes it impossible for young trans people to delay puberty, at great cost to their mental health, has a special caveat to allow cross-sex hormones to be used on intersex children even contrary to their wishes, at great cost to their mental health.

When I found out that I'm intersex I knew, statistically, there were lots of other people like me out there, but only about a dozen were publicly visible. It has been a great joy to me to watch this movement grow over the decades and begin to exert real pressure for our human rights to be respected.

ICYMI: Picador will publish a new novel from award-winning author China Miéville. The Rouse will be Miéville’s first single-authored novel for an adult audience since 2011 and be published in September 2026 👇 #BookSky

Recently published: The Sea-Stone Sword by Joel Cornah. There be pirates, obviously. But also dinosaurs, and a gay main character, and a race of intelligent penguins... wizardstowerpress.co...

Please read this letter to the Telegraph editor from @tactt.bsky.social about what looks like UKCP supporting conversion therapy (ie psychological torture) targeting children.

Please read this statement by Anne Health. Trans children are being subjected by Sussex NHS to the physical torture of being forcibly detransitioned. This is unnecessary cruelty and in my view constitutes torture, violence and child abuse on the part of NHS Sussex.

This is a fantastic citizen science project to help with the aid distribution in the Caribbean following Hurricane Melissa! Very easy to take part and little effort, which translates to a huge help to aid teams on the ground! 🧪 www.iflscience.com/citizen-scie...

A tax of 2% on wealth over £10 million would raise £24 billion every year 🤯 This could be used to fund our public services properly - from schools to hospitals. While Reeves says we must all “do our bit”, Plaid Cymru believes it’s time for those with the broadest shoulders to pay their fair share.

Hello to new folk. I write epic and contemporary fantasy novels along with varied shorter fiction. For more about the books, see www.julietemckenna.com All opinions I express online are absolutely my own. I boost what looks like good reading and interesting things. I block intolerance and aggression

Joyce is utterly devoid of empathy, compassion or comprehension. It makes me weep that her GC (trans-hating) beliefs are protected and ‘worthy of respect in a democratic society’ when part of this belief is that trans people and those that love them are not worthy of respect at the undertakers.

NEW Were the Picts of northern Scotland wiped out by Viking conquest? New radiocarbon dates from the 1st millennium AD settlement of Buckquoy, Orkney paint a more complex picture of cultural interaction in the Northern Isles. #AntiquityThread 1/15 🧵 @northernpicts.bsky.social🏺 #Archaeology

ICYMI yesterday afternoon a fantastic new digital resource pulling together data on the Roman road network has just launched. Explore at:

Two Polish nationals convicted of misusing EU funds to support Fauxrage www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...

To lose one councillor, Mr Fauxrage, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose nine looks like screaming incompetence. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

And that’s a wrap. Final total, £7,288. Thank you, everyone. ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Half an hour left: www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...

READ THIS ! "For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does." #Musk #propaganda #X #antifa #fascism news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Whoa! 🙀👇

Down to the final hour!

We are almost done with the Kickstarter campaign. Here's an update on what happens next. And if you were thinking of pledging, please do so now as there are only a few hours left. www.kickstarter.com/...

Made it to £7000. How high can we go in the final few hours? www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...

Currently at £6983!

Just finished "The Sheltering Flame", the first novella in Wiz Duos volume 3 from @wtpress.bsky.social and it was excellent, a very satisfying contemporary fantasy that reminded me of Peter Beagle or Charles de Lint - three burnt out academics discover their fixer-upper house is a magical sanctuary.

It is Book Quote Wednesday and the word is 'colour'. In Of the Emperor's Kindness by Chaz Brenchley, we first meet that titular monarch. #BookQW wizardstowerpress.co...

The flip side of this is the male author who was asked about his writing routine, and who talked about how much he loved the feeling that he could close his door and then “the day is completely yours” to focus on writing. He had, at the time, two young children… and, of course, a wife

Bad Wolf has launched a mentoring program for Wales-based based people with 3+ years’ industry experience looking to take the next step in their careers. This is an excellent opportunity. www.screenalliancewales.com/vacancies/me...

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'colour' #BookQW #Booksky Whatever this bear-dog-ape thing might be, it seems to know how to make Dan Mackmain see red. The Green Man's Holiday is now available. Check Wizard's Tower Press for links to your preferred retailer. wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/book...

It is Book Quote Wednesday and thr word is 'colour'. In "Walking a Wounded Land" by Andrew Knighton from Wiz Duo #3, Paul picks a bad place for a meeting. #BookQW wizardstowerpress.co...

Anyone up for a room share?

It's #BookQW and it's time for a burst of "colour". Shopping in a multiverse can be a more complicated proposition than you might think. #BookQuoteWednesday

Ah yes, the good old baseball bats to kneecaps method of international diplomacy 🙄. www.politico.eu/article/us-a...

We are almost at the end of our campaign, and closing in on £7,000. Hopefully we can get there tomorrow. Meanwhile here is an update about the supposed legendary Welsh hero, Hu Gadarn: www.kickstarter.com/...

The poll only counts those who think they can escape the UK, not those who would go if they could, but are too poor, too old and so on. The proportion that wants to leave is much higher.

Join me in calling on @RachelReevesMP to stop propping up declining oil and gas companies with £2.7 BILLION of tax breaks a year (🤯) and fund a jobs guarantee for workers instead: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

Today's update features a real-life Welsh princess who eloped with a young king to help lead a guerilla army, died fighting the English, and may have also been a notable author. www.kickstarter.com/...

UK folks, THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR is a monthly Kindle deal for November: just 99p! Often this sort of deal leads to price-matching at other online retailers, too. Happy reading!

The EHRC's position "leaves businesses and their staff caught in the crossfire of the increasingly bitter gender wars, while doing absolutely nothing to advance women’s rights or protect vulnerable women from abuse": Rachel Taylor MP. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Wizard's Tower Press are entering the last couple of days of their Kickstarter for a brand new anthology inspired by Welsh mythology MAEN NWHN YMA O HYD. Find out more about the project and how you can support it here: tinyurl.com/mt5rcajw @cherylmorgan.bsky.social @wtpress.bsky.social

Huge thanks to @cherylmorgan.bsky.social @rozc.bsky.social & @hierath77.bsky.social for putting their faith in my story, & to everyone who came to the book launch this weekend. I'm very proud of this book, & to join the fantastic lineup of the @wtpress.bsky.social novella series.

Cultural appropriation

Just noticed that the ebook editions of my recent novels (Beyond the Burn Line, War of the Maps, Austral etc) are just £2.99 at the moment. Lots of links here: www.unlikelyworlds.co.uk/print.html

Signed copies available from Wizard's Tower Press in the Dealers Room at #WorldFantasy25 until one o'clock today!

A great story you won’t expect awaits in The Green Man’s Holiday by Juliet E McKenna www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/10...

Won an award... Someone's handed me a mic... Room full of people... Having an out of body experience... Bon appetit.

No luck for Team @wtpress.bsky.social in the BFS Awards this evening, but absolutely delighted for @sachacoward.bsky.social, @rainewilson.bsky.social, and for @silvanhistorian.bsky.social, Charlotte & Megan from Breaking the Glass Slipper.

Photos from the @wtpress.bsky.social Launch Event at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social start here: flic.kr/p/2rCRjUL #WorldFantasyCon