I haven't invented languages but I do have a WIP where the adolescents of a fictional town have a deeply peculiar slang that seems to have developed at least partly from the eccentric nursery rhymes of the region. #SFFChat

My favourite invented language is the degraded English that constitutes the entire book and the voice of MC (and all characters speak it) in Russell Hoban’s dystopian Riddley Walker. Apparently he kept all these cards with bits of language on it to ensure consistency as he was writing.

I write magical realism and dystopian fiction. I lived in Spain yesrs ago and speak some Spanish - I quite often have Spanish speaking secondary characters in my fiction. I am trying to learn Arabic for my WIP as a secondary character is Iraqi.

The point of these attacks is twofold: 1. Flood people with nonsense until it feels true. 2. Grind people down until they lose hope. We know the answer to that: fight back - with hope & a plan for change. There is absolutely no way they win this. Join.greenparty.org.uk

**WIN A FREE SPOT ON ONE OF MY SUMMER WORKSHOPS** To get your name in the hat, quote-post with the workshop you'd like to attend (details in thread below). I'll pick a couple of winners on Sunday 31st May at midday BST. www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho... www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...

What some of us have been warning of for decades is happening, faster and fiercer than most imagined, even in the mildest and most temperate corners of the world. #ClimateBreakdown

We’re in the dealers’ room at Satellite9. come and say hello.

"Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind."

It's stormy weather for making media covering international disability rights. See how we cover global disability news and make a platform for new stories on disability. And please help us continue: www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/weat...

🩵On #MEAwarenessDay we are sending an open letter to @rcpsych.bsky.social calling for alignment with current evidence. Supported by 20 organisations. +35 advocates, clinicians & academics! In democratic spirit we are offering a public sign-on opportunity 🔗👇️ #RCPsychIC #Garner

🚨 Major funding secured for Sequence ME & Long Covid, a DecodeME project. On #WorldMEDay, we’re thrilled to share that the study has received £4.75 million from the UK government, signalling a transformative step towards uncovering the biological roots of ME/CFS and Long Covid.

Voted @greenparty.org.uk in local elections. Looking forward to loads more Green councillors

If rain promotes culture why are the English so stupid.

Check out the catalogue from @elsewhen.press and 'escape from the daily grind into exciting new worlds...' 😍 #indiepressday #LoveElsewhen ##booksky

It’s Indie Press Day, a day when you can help ensure that great books continue to be published by indie presses. The rest of the year it’s the big faceless corporate publishers who dominate the media. If you’ve loved a book, post about it today with #IndiePressDay …

Indie Press Day, when we can all consider the wonders that indie presses provide. Holding out against the encroachment of AI ‘slop’ into publishing, indie presses pride themselves on their close relationships with authors developed over the editing process… #IndiePressDay

As it’s Indie Press Day, here are my four novels published by Elsewhen Press! elsewhen.press/index.php/ca... #indiepressday #books #urbanfantasy #fantasy #scotland

#indiepressday #booksky How about a pacy, intelligent sci-fi thriller with high stakes and astute characterisation, set in London in two time periods and reflecting on climate change with no less than a cronod, a person of mixed era origins? @elsewhen.press @authoramyorrell.bsky.social

#indiepressday #may1st How about a story, the offspring of Dr Who and Tom Sharpe? With portals, personified Cambridge colleges, archaeological mysteries, a fight with giant gargoyles and copious cups of tea. There is nothing quite like King Street Run @vrling.bsky.social @elsewhen.press

Two of my favourite short story collections of all time by indie presses on #indiepressday #indiepress by @dumb-belles.bsky.social and @clairedean.bsky.social

What’s special about Indie Press Day? Indie presses have limited resources & little, if any, marketing budget, so indie authors are keen to encourage readers to help promote presses, authors and books. If you’ve loved a book, write a review, tell your friends, post about it with #IndiePressDay

Rabbits fed up of pacifism! Surrealism. Magical realism. Whimsy with environmental commentary: "An Orchid in My Belly Button" is a selection of short stories from the brilliant Katy Wimhurst, published last year by @elsewhen.press #IndiePressDay

It’s Indie Press Day, a perfect opportunity to tell you about fantastic authors & books. Indie presses are the last bastion of truly independent publishing, often the only publishers prepared to take risks publishing new authors and complex, challenging or uncategorisable writing. #IndiePressDay

A British historian trying to prevent the invention of time-travel… “Tomorrow Was Beautiful Once” is the impressive debut novel by Amy Orrell. Yet another sci-fi gem from the wonderful Elsewhen Press. #IndiePressDay

Protect our Green Spaces. Vote Green on Thursday!

It's #IndiePressDay today which is about raising the profile of small presses. Why? Because their output is incredible: Compared to the big publishers, Indies are more likely to take a risk on an experimental manuscript or more difficult subjects, and we need that freedom of speech more than ever!

Happy Indie Press Day! Which indie publishers do you have in your collection? @elsewhen.press @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social @deixispress.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com @guardbridgebooks.bsky.social @herabooks.bsky.social #indiepressday #indiepressday2026 #booksky

For #textureTuesday here’s a #monochrome set of ripped posters in varying states of decay, on four sides of the octagonal stone column at the top of Middle Meadow Walk in #edinburgh

We are thrilled to reveal the cover of Rosie Oliver's new book, A Truth Beyond Sense, created by Alex Storer. Out on May 15th. Hear a reading from Rosie at Satellite 9 in Glasgow later in May.

1 week to go until #IndiePressDay! Do you have a favourite indie publisher, and author whose work you love after it was published by a small press? This is your chance to shout about it and spread the word! #booksky #smallpress #indiepress @elsewhen.press

What books will you celebrate on the second ever #indiepressday Which indie presses and writers have impressed you most this last year? Join in on the hashtag on 1st May #booksky #lovelsewhen #indiebooks #amwriting

Happy Earth Day! buttondown.com/dragonfly.ec... Here's my e-news about the last decade of my Earth Days and Months. #earthday

I have unknitted part of George's socks.

Pretty sure I just got a AI generated scam email, saying what brilliant books I write (very specific- they have read info on Goodreads and Amazon) and how they’re going to increase my sales. On their agency website one Team member uses a photo of Selena Gomez! Anyone else got this? #booksky

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet. This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

What books will you celebrate on the second ever #indiepressday Which indie presses and writers have impressed you most this last year? Join in on the hashtag on 1st May #booksky #lovelsewhen #indiebooks #amwriting

What books will you celebrate on the second ever #indiepressday Which indie presses and writers have impressed you most this last year? Join in on the hashtag on 1st May #booksky #lovelsewhen #indiebooks #amwriting

See you at school Simon

If you love books you should support small presses: “Indies are more likely to take a risk on a debut author, an experimental manuscript, or more thoughtful or difficult subjects. There are so many gems that deserve a wider audience than they achieve” - Peter Buck, Elsewhen Press #IndiePressDay 📚💙

2 weeks to go! Help us celebrate independent publishers and authors by posting about your favourites using the hashtag #IndiePressDay #booksky #smallpress #indiepress #smallpublisher #independentpress #independentpublishers

I’m creating several starter packs for indie writers – one for each genre – that I then would regularly post links to. If interested in being in a starter back, please reply with your genre. #Indieauthor #writesky #writersky #writingcommunity #authorsofsky #booksky

On #indiepressday on May 1st, what books will you celebrate, shout about, or, you know, buy? Here are some fab ones by @elsewhen.press

Any excuse to shout about indie books?💚🪷 On 1st May we will be celebrating the second #indiepressday Please join in with the hashtag, tell us what your favourite indie presses and indie books are this year #booksky #amwriting

Last year, the authors of @elsewhen.press launched #IndiePressDay on 1st May to celebrate small, indie publishers. We'll be spreading the word again this year so why not join us? Look out for more posts coming soon! #smallpress #indiepublishing #booksky #celebrateindie

Thank you Hungary.

Zhou Yansheng (b.1942), Spring is here

At Eastercon2026? Come to our launch event today at 4:30 in the Sussex room. Rebecca Hall's The Fall of Faerie and Terry Jackman's Fourth Seed.

Jesus died so we could shitpost

Francesca Woodman