Good morning from Glasgow! @satellitecons.bsky.social a science & science fiction convention. Talks on the economics of interstellar mining, later, the science of chilli, Soviet Space dogs, and one on the Vikings in Scotland. #AustralasianSFF Vote #MeanjinIn2028  #BrisbaneIn2028 !

Difficult post, but past time to rip the band aid off. FIYAH is going on hiatus indefinitely, with issue #40 currently set to be our last for the time being. The mag cannot continue running at a loss, and needs time to reassess operations from top to bottom if a viable path forward is to be created.

A thread of work, and personal work… Currently available for commissions and projects. If you have a game, ttrpg, card game etc that needs some art, or you need some concept art for a project - get in touch. #Art #SciFi #Commissions 1/n

As NION Women, we care about being a society that leaves no one behind, where everyone can feel safe and fully participate. That includes trans+ people, who have been increasingly blamed for problems they didn't cause - and who have faced growing hostility for the best part of a decade.

Tremendous obituary for Ian Watson from Lisa Tuttle. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

We are thrilled to share our special edition set of The Wormwood Trilogy by Tade Thompson in association with Orbit! 🥀

A bonus episode of Writing Worlds today. We're revisiting our conversation with @garethlpowell.bsky.social about spaceships as settings for novels and short fiction. Join me and @emilyinkpen.bsky.social alongside Gareth for more #worldbuilding chat and advice pod.link/1812994751

Hey y'all. I've just been informed by my publishers that THE FIST OF MEMORY is available on NetGalley so you can read this action-packed near-future first contact novel right now! 🙂📚🌌 www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

I know Gareth's work thru his SF novels and stories. So while waiting for Unleased, you can start from his SF books or if you are into supernatural thrillers you can start with his book Ragged Alice . I'd say his signature is his characters and what he throws at them which works for both genres.💜📚

The UK folks can preorder from bookshop org. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-... Looking forward to reading it! 💜📚🚀

Anyway my brain is making just about literal busy signals now when I ask it to do anything (???) so everyone go read EVERYONE KEEPS SAYING PROBABLY and then go do something analog (I am going to bed to read a book and fight over pillow usage with the larger cat) psychopomp.com/everyone-kee...

You can send good law project's template to your MP. I edited mine. Force the government to rip up the EHRC’s transphobic guidance. We have less than a month. Join us goodlaw.social/de78a7

This Is How You Lose The Hundred Years' War

Can we please have a way to add audio recordings from the authors for our audio books? Also an e-ink signing feature would be good for e-books. 💜📚

Newsflash everything is political And if you can afford to say you don't write political, it means you're in the segment of the population society and politics cater to It's not a source of pride, but an indicator you can afford to remain oblivious because everything is in sync for you

I am not sure if I am angry, sad, hopeless, broken or what. When I was a kid, I really thought there was something wrong with the adults and we were going to fix it when we grew up.

My copy of Farah Mendlesohn’s Considering The Female Man by Joanna Russ, or, As the Bear Swore arrived! Thanks @lunapress.bsky.social 💜📚

We are delighted to announce that Titan Books will be publishing two new horror novels from @garethlpowell.bsky.social 🖤 This marks Powell’s horror debut, and these new novels will be published under the name G.L. Powell. UNLEASHED will publish in August 2027 and AFLOAT will follow in March 2028! 🩸

🎊 happy publication day Jitterbug! 💜📚🚀

An infinite number of mathematicians enter a bar. The 1st orders a beer. The next says: "I'll have 1/2 of what he ordered" The next says: "I'll have 1/2 of that..." The bartender stops them, pours two beers and says: "I get it, but you need to know your limits."

Did you know you could buy a digital copy of my book 'Weird Field World'? It's a mix of world building, fiction, maps, illustrations, detailing a future where earth receives messages from the stars, which turn out to be instructions for building spaceships. #WeirdFieldWorld #SciFi #Spaceships

Farah Mendlesohn's Considering The Female Man by Joanna Russ, or, As the Bear Swore - artist Judith Clute. Out March 31, launch at Eastercon @easterconuk.bsky.social. You can pre-order now, paperback and ebook, in the Luna store and all other retailers. #booksfromscotland @effjayem.bsky.social

I didn't want it to end so I read it slowly. I gave breaks for my brain to absorb it and to process it and to hold on to the after taste of each chapter. This stiry will stay with me. ❤️💙📚 #ThisIsHowYouLoseTheTimeWar

“No,” Arthur said, “look, it’s very, very simple…. All I want… is a cup of tea. You are going to make one for me. Now keep quiet and listen."

Entering the final countdown to the release of the 22nd book, the standalone adventure JITTERBUG from @titanbooks.bsky.social. Preorders available from all reputable Earth bookshops (light speed restrictions may apply). Please share.

For what it’s worth I don’t use a gmail account and won’t be randomly contacting new authors enthusing about their books and giving them dodgy links to click on. There’s a new wave of author impersonation going round apparently.

Whipping against Lord Thomas's amendment to end the shocking #IPPscandal - one of the most CRUEL, INHUMANE & MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half-century - was an act of sheer political cowardice on the part of the Prime Minister

Just under 8 weeks until JITTERBUG, my 8th release from @titanbooks.bsky.social in 8 years, lands. You're not going to want to miss this one. Preorder now from your favourite bookseller. Links: www.garethlpowell.com/jitterbug/

TOMORROW I urge peers from all parties to vote for the amendment tabled by Lord Thomas if it goes to a vote. This is a chance for the Labour government to end one of the most shocking, shameful and monumental injustice’s of the past half century - the #IPPscandal No excuses. Let’s get this done

A New Bridge Links the Strange Math of Infinity to Computer Science www.wired.com/story/a-new-...

If you’re in the UK & are so inclined, from Dec 25 to Jan 5 you can get the Kindle edition of THE RIVER HAS ROOTS for 99p as part of their 12 Days of Kindle event! This means in the UK you can also get that price matched at other etailers, like Kobo! Merry Christmas! www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

Apparently they did indeed wore nappies to the rallies. I hope their empathy extends to anyone who has sickness or disability, because we all deserve dignity and just live our lives.

If you haven’t spent time on @inkfoundry.bsky.social lately, you’re missing some great new features. Here’s my page which currently links to 11 of my free reads (more to come soon!). Check it out! inkfoundry.net/writer/p-a-c...

then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM

Timeline cleanse: A sunbird. I am proud to say I’ve seen a sunbird in person. 😊

Hey Kindle, I don't think the first syllable of SecUnit is "Se". #murderbot

Oh, Josie is brilliant. (And she's coming to Oxford later this month, yay!)

Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

Humblebundled murderbot books in support of World Central Kitchen. With the important note from @blueglow.bsky.social : "FYI, if you click on Adjust Donation, you can tweak how your payment is split between the publisher, the Humble store, and World Central Kitchen."

Here is the proof (found on a restaurant wall) Adrian Tchaikovsky travelled from the future to the 90s to have his portrait painted. Actually, commissioning your favourite (but late) artists thru time travel is a very good idea. #SupportArt #SupportArtists 💜🎨🎭📚🎶

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

Let me flyer you please www.edfringe.com/tickets/what... www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

Oh I wish we were there. Not only I laugh a lot during his shows, I leave full of joy & hope & inspiration. (Not easy while struggling with depression).

My last set of online #writing classes were so popular, I've decided to run some more. Each one lasts an hour and covers a different subject, with plenty of time for you to ask questions. Find out what topics I'll be covering and how to book here: www.garethlpowell.com/classes/

He is the president in Bear Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky. My heart aches. We can tell the murdered children queuing for aid 'the symbol of hope is here'.

The MA has responded to the EHRC Code of Practice consultation following the Supreme Court ruling on sex and gender. We raised concerns that the Code of Practice focuses on exclusion rather than inclusion. Read our response: www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/ad...

I want feedback on the Fiat 500L: I'm interested in driver experience, ease of parking, are they too huge for two people and a dog? I am after more storage space. (we had an X but they are more expensive second hand). Context: I wiped out the car on Saturday (minor accident, but airbags went Boom!.

AI-gen bio has decided to follow Highlander rules: There Can Be Only One Gene Doucette

I love Rob's spaceships. 💜🚀 You can still buy the prints or stickers (linktr.ee/thisnorthern...) or just admire his art. ☺️

Such an intense short story followed by a powerful poem by Praise Osawaru and interview with the author.