#Glasgow You've got just over a day to nab your ticket for James Alistair Henry (Green Wing) interviewed by Cameron Johnston on alt history police procedural Pagans. It's this Friday 13th at Waterstones Argyle ST! @cameronjohnston.bsky.social @jamesbluecat.bsky.social @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social

If you missed Neil Williamson's story The Packet, which was serialised in last year's ParSec magazine, here's your second chance. The Packet will be available as ebook, paperback and limited edition signed hardback from NewCon Press on 24th March. For now, get your preorders in at the link below.

We approve this message re: Friday's event with our Cameron Johnston. Please keep your favourite authors supplied with big coats and join us in #Glasgow. @cameronjohnston.bsky.social @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social

I was umming and ahhing about buying a Big Coat I liked the look of, then I remembered I'm in Glasgow on the 13th doing a Pagans event. BIG COAT = PURCHASED

A police procedural in an alternative history Britain split between Celts, Saxons and the Norse? I'm looking forward to this event in Glasgow, come along if you fancy finding out more.

#Scotland Our Ewan Downie is on the road with The Bacchae! Kicking off in Glasgow (Citizen's Theatre, 4-7 March) and Edinburgh (Festival Studio, 9-10 March), he'll be on tour from Orkney to Aberdeen and more. Full dates and ticket links in the post below. @ewandownie.com @companyofwolves.org

#Glasgow Join our Cameron Johnson for an evening with James Alistair Henry - creator of Green Wing, Smack the Pony, and now new novel Pagans! Get your tickets for 13th Feb at Waterstones Argyle ST below: @cameronjohnston.bsky.social @jamesbluecat.bsky.social @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social

Popped into @waterstones.bsky.social Princes Street in Edinburgh, pleasantly surprised to see @annabelcwrites.bsky.social and @shonak.bsky.social ‘s books face out in the fantasy section. Ended up buying a book about Tractors in space, and a smaller version of the Gruffalo than the one pictured.

Here's a coup for our Robin CM Duncan! You'll find his interview with Philip Reeve (yes, of Mortal Engines/Thunder City fame) about new novel Bridge of Storms on Ginger Nuts of Horror at the link below. @robincmduncan.bsky.social @gnofhorror.com @philipreeve.bsky.social

Hey look! A new book! Some of you may have caught The Packet serialised in ParSec magazine but this is its first outing as physical book. If you like stormy sea voyages and sci-fi, this is the one for you. Out in April, opening for pre-order now. www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...

Many of us can recommend our Hal Duncan's sharp eye and insightful comments. A good man and thorough.

Congratulations to our Christopher Caldwell and alumna Amal El-Mohtar on making the Locus Recommended Reading List 2025! Chris appears with collection Call and Response, while Amal's The River Has Roots also gets a spot. Well done all! @seraph76.bsky.social @amalelmohtar.com @locusmag.bsky.social

We've held many an after-crit social at the CCA venues, while a bunch of our authors have appeared at events here. A real loss to Scotland's arts community.

Time for the BFS podcast roundup, hosted by our Robin CM Duncan and David Green! January's guests include Priya Sharma, Cheryl Morgan, and two oddly familiar names... Audio link below: @cherylmorgan.bsky.social @robincmduncan.bsky.social @britfantasysoc.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social

The #BSFA Awards longlist is out - and the GSFWC are all over it! Christopher Caldwell, Jenni Coutts, E.M. Faulds and Neil Williamson are all up for awards this year. Incoming.. @seraph76.bsky.social @jennicoutts.bsky.social @bethkesh.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @bsfa.bsky.social (1/)

I have become British, destroyer of worlds.

Very pleased to make the long list for the BSFA awards for my debut collection Call and Response and short story “The Lonesome Sea.” This book is many things, but especially a love letter to queer and Black people, and I’m overjoyed to see it has resonated www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

Uncommonly pleased with past-me for leaving all the music gear tidily stowed and ready to go. Not only that, he made a template project too so there's literally nothing to set up. Calling this FAWM-ready.

Morning. It's Burns Nicht the nicht but no a great day in the news for celebrating so huv yin aboot shitty politicians. youtu.be/SI-EDRyNR8g?...

Good night in Waterstones for Scottish Fantasy event, with @seraph76.bsky.social Angie Spoto and @rainewilson.bsky.social hosted by @theelaineg.bsky.social - good chat, books and friends. #booksky 💙📚

Lovely discussion last night about writing & art. One of the things reconfirmed for me was how the work we put into making art makes us who we are. It's the process, the pain and effort that makes us grow & grants profundity, not the end product. Cheating that process diminishes our very identity.

Honestly with awards, especially popular vote ones in a small arena like the British SFFH scene, every *single* vote from a member actually can make a difference to a result! So, if you're giving of your precious time to read and vote, I salute your awesomeness 🫡

Was a lovely conversation & catch up with gorgeous Glasgow pals. Many thanks to everyone who braved the miserable weather! 🖤

Ah this is lovely to see Dark Crescent on the BSFA Awards Longlist for Best Collection alongside @jennicoutts.bsky.social 's stunning cover for Best Artwork! Thanks to anyone who nominated the book, such a great list here! ✨️💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Excellent chat on stories about stories from @seraph76.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social Angie Spoto and @theelaineg.bsky.social. Thanks to @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social as always.

At An Evening of Scottish Speculative Fiction in Waterstones Glasgow Argyle Street for three brand spanking new books from @seraph76.bsky.social, Angie Spoto, @rainewilson.bsky.social (@theelaineg.bsky.social chairing)

#Glasgow Waiting on the start of our Christopher Caldwell and Elaine Gallagher at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social with Angie Spoto and Lorraine Wilson. Come join us! @seraph76.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @theelaineg.bsky.social

Oh no way! I got onto the BSFA longlist! Bring Me Home for novella, and Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike for short! Thank you to everyone who voted for it, I'm so grateful! ❤️‍🔥 www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

#Glasgow It's tonight! @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social

#Glasgow Join our Shona Kinsella for Sauúti Terrors! She's chairing Eugen Bacon, Stephen Embleton and Cheryl S. Ntumy in celebration of this collection of African and African Diaspora stories on 3rd Feb at Waterstones Argyle ST. Ticket link below: @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social @shonak.bsky.social

#Glasgow Don't forget your tickets for Christopher Caldwell and Elaine Gallagher on Thursday! An Evening of Scottish Speculative Fiction also features Lorraine Wilson and Angie Spoto. Link below. @theelaineg.bsky.social @seraph76.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social

Many congratulations to our alumnus Oliver K. Langmead, co-author of City of All Seasons! @oliverklangmead.bsky.social

#Glasgow Celebrate Scottish Speculative Fiction with our Christopher Caldwell and Elaine Gallagher on 22nd Jan! Get your tickets for this pre-Burns Night special w/ Lorraine Wilson and Angie Spoto at Waterstones Argyle ST: @theelaineg.bsky.social @seraph76.bsky.social @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social

If you haven't picked up our Christopher Caldwell's anthology Call and Response -- what are you waiting for? It's one of Publisher's Weekly's '9 Books from 2025 You Shouldn't Overlook'! See the link below. @seraph76.bsky.social @publisherswkly.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Happy New Gregorian Year! Keep the celebrations going today, the last day of the UK's 12 Days of Kindle, by picking up alumna Amal El-Mohtar's The River Has Roots for just 99p -- and matched at your platform of choice, like Kobo! @amalelmohtar.com www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

Happy New Gregorian Year! Keep the celebrations going today, the last day of the UK's 12 Days of Kindle, by picking up alumna Amal El-Mohtar's The River Has Roots for just 99p -- and matched at your platform of choice, like Kobo! @amalelmohtar.com www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

That's us off now until January. Wishing you a wonderful holiday break, if you're celebrating, and Happy Hogmanay from all of us at the GSFWC!

Have a pre-Christmas BFS podcast roundup! Our Robin C.M. Duncan and David Green bring you words with Samantha York, and a World Fantasycon special, feat. our Jenni Coutts. Check out the archive below: @jennicoutts.bsky.social @britfantasysoc.bsky.social britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod...

Six books I really enjoyed reading this year!

People in and near Glasgow, I’m thrilled to participate in this panel on Scottish Speculative Fiction next month at Waterstones Glasgow Argyle Street! Tickets available via link: www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

I'm quite diligent about maintaining my portfolio, which is great because I often forget what I've written over the last decade (!) until someone needs a really specific clip. www.meghanon.co.uk

This could be us but you playing

Reprint contract all signed for next year. Hopefully there'll be some new stuff in there too.

In the Grosvenor on Ashton Lane as a student. A trailer for Braveheart comes on. Mel Gibson gives us his Scottish accent and the entire place dissolved into howls of laughter. Not a dry eye in the house.

For Shoreline of Infinity, I reviewed the wonderful Daughters of Nicnevin by @shonak.bsky.social 🌟 a bewitching tale of how love, magic, and community can help protect the women left behind during the Jacobite rebellion. A thoroughly good read! www.shorelineofinfinity.com/the-daughter...

I did it. I appeared on a video podcast, & I did not die.

Our Will Couper's slipped one last story through the door of 2025! More Monsters Next Door (Critical Blast) features his new tale 'While She was Away'. Pick it up (and its snazzy comic book-style cover) now from the link below. shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params... @willcouper.bsky.social

Our Will Couper's slipped one last story through the door of 2025! More Monsters Next Door (Critical Blast) features his new tale 'While She was Away'. Pick it up (and its snazzy comic book-style cover) now from the link below. shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params... @willcouper.bsky.social

#Glasgow Celebrate Scottish Speculative Fiction in 2026! On 22nd January, our Christopher Caldwell and Elaine Gallagher will join Angie Spoto and Lorraine Wilson for a special event at Waterstones Argyle ST. Ticket link below: @seraph76.bsky.social @theelaineg.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social

#Glasgow Celebrate Scottish Speculative Fiction in 2026! On 22nd January, our Christopher Caldwell and Elaine Gallagher will join Angie Spoto and Lorraine Wilson for a special event at Waterstones Argyle ST. Ticket link below: @seraph76.bsky.social @theelaineg.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social