Premiering at 2pm today - talking Tsundoku on The Good Book Life with @impropoet.bsky.social @shonak.bsky.social and @sianoh.bsky.social, with me of @theslabpress.bsky.social youtu.be/9CpZ3WwbaUc

Premiering at 2pm today - talking Tsundoku on The Good Book Life with @impropoet.bsky.social @shonak.bsky.social and @sianoh.bsky.social, with me of @theslabpress.bsky.social youtu.be/9CpZ3WwbaUc

This is a great list, featuring many of my favourite writers (incidentally, also includes a story featured in Best of British Science Fiction 2025, which I edited 😊).

Two weeks to go - keep things dark this July with our HOT GOTH SUMMER event, coming to QUAD in Derby over the weekend of 3rd-5th July! We'll have the FREE Dracula's Bazaar Gothic market alongside a range of film screenings, talks, workshops and more!

Massive view-fecks.

For the Good Book Life, I'm joined by @aknighton.bsky.social David Cartwright and @peterallison.net for a Friday Bookish Chat on AI - How Do You Unplug This Thing? youtu.be/9iQ3eosW4ps - video. rss.com/podcasts/the... - audio

MPs are having none of Reforms anti-LGBTQ nonsense. Here’s a letter to Councillor Martin Murray of Staffordshire County Council.

This morning scrolling Bluesky, there is nothing at all in my feed about Putin’s barbaric attack on the Ukraine’s holiest site, the UNESCO protected Lavra so I’m posting this here.

Thanks so much! @jonlaidlow.bsky.social 😊 So glad you liked my story!

It's Pride Month! Time for a compilation graphic of Solaris books to read for 🌈Pride, & to help you Read Queer All Year! #booksky Inc. Fantasy, Sci Fi, Horror & Spec Fic with a queer main character and/or a strong element of queerness within the plot! Hop downthread to see who is featured 👇

The first Friday Bookish Chat is out for The Good Book Life! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcfR...

I think I would quite like "I resign" on my headstone.

Lots to Celebrate for The Slab Here at The Slab we've had a dramatic end to May - and just as I type that, cue the sound of thunder as the continued heatwave brings us a bit of a storm. Basically one clap's worth... and now it's back to hot and dry again. However, the drama here is good. All…

It’s out! My first graphic novel as publisher! Salvation’s Child is a mind-blowing SF saga by @aptshadow.bsky.social a prologue to his Final Architecture series. In association with @comixology.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/Final-Archit... 1/3

For @prospectmagazine.co.uk I wrote about comic creator Becky Burke's detention by ICE while travelling in America, and the forthcoming graphic novel from @fantagraphics.bsky.social her experiences have spawned. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/people...

The British Fantasy Society awards shortlists are up at britishfantasysociety.org/the-british-... Congratulations to all nominees, and keen readers should check out what's always an interesting list of recommendations. If you haven't already done so, why not give @britfantasysoc.bsky.social a follow

How exciting is this?! Congratulations to all, in particular @laurenwrites.bsky.social whose story "No one Know the Old Ways Anymore and it Will be the End of Everything" from Hiding Under the Leaves is among these excellent shortlistees!

When these CEOs are all replacing people with machines, who do they think will be left to buy their stuff? For every pop of the bubble, another meniscus of stupidity.

I have been watching Colbert's clips on YouTube since discovering him during the Plague Times. It's amazing how many people in the UK and around the world have watching US Late Night comics as part of their routine now. He just raised $2m+ for international aid too. Trump remains a dick.

For two, that "vast amount of unique repurposable data" isn't made by fricking Harper Collins -- it's made by real life writers and thinkers.

Quote with a fictional band that is not Spinal Tap.

Have you caught up with The Good Book Life yet? Catch this interview with author Mia Dalia on the channel, and more. We're new so we need subscribers! youtu.be/IC2N8p2nBxc?...

Smashing morning at The BIPC Women's Networking event at the Guildhall Northampton

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Wow, loads of changes going on with Fitbit. Some renaming, lots of things eliminated, and it looks like a heavy leaning towards AI in Coach. No more badges. 🦡Boo. support.google.com/fitbit/answe...?

About to go live for a space book and film-themed quiz! Get your pens ready! www.youtube.com/live/1X59KUX...

ITS NOT STAYCATION IF YOU LEAVE YOUR SODDING HOUSE AND STAY SOMEWHERE ELSE! ITS A HOLIDAY

Just finished writing and animating the quiz boards for tomorrow's Space Quiz! Join us tomorrow at 2pm - it's free! www.youtube.com/live/1X59KUX...

Reform UK Treasurer and Donors Share London Address with Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs Reform UK’s Treasurer and three other donors have handed £1.55 million to Nigel Farage from Britain’s most expensive apartment block which is home to sanctioned Russian oligarchs and massive post-Soviet wealth

I'm having an Online Book Launch this Saturday! Lots of fun things going on, but two live events I would love an audience for. A quiz at 2pm and an author Q&A at 7pm GMT. Please spread the word! theslab.press/2026/05/07/o...

Pre-orders are open for Collective: The Collaborative Art of the Anthology! Edited by Dan Coxon and Pete W. Sutton, Collective takes you behind the scenes of anthology making. Out October 6, 2026, launch at #Fantasycon2026! Cover art by Shauna McDonnell 💐 www.lunapresspublishing.com/product-page...

In Milton Keynes for a meeting. I love these flowering plants. It looks like a curious peacock is peeking over my shoulder.

It's Earth Day! So treat yourself to a magic collection of science fiction that celebrates the natural world, including BSFA-Award-shortlisted "One Step at a Time" by @rickandwrite.bsky.social 99p from Payhip: payhip.com/b/LNWd2

Oh hey it's #EarthDay and @solarisbooks.bsky.social are having a sale on books full of the wild places, ecological themes and excellent (or fucked up) beasties! Go fill yer boots! 🌍📚🖤

🎉30K giveaway book bundle! #💙📚 Inc @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @kerstinhall.bsky.social @pennyvixen.bsky.social @neuvel.net @csecooney.bsky.social @authortrmoore.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social & more! UK/IE only. Like, repost, follow & drop a🌟in the comments! Ends 24/4

To celebrate the reveal of the 5th book in @derekkunsken.bsky.social 's QUANTUM EVOLUTION SERIES - THE QUANTUM DAWN, releasing October 2026 - we've made all of Derek's books in the Quantum Universe 0.99 for a limited time only! Website exclusive https://geni.us/Solarissale

People of #Cirencester who love #books! In one month's time The Slab Press will be one of many traders bringing their wares to your town. Pop the date in your diary! #booksky

Career milestone achieved: One of my stories got referenced in a blog about trees in folk horror! Thanks @stephellis.bsky.social 😎 cc @theslabpress.bsky.social @wishusdonna.bsky.social

Any pals in London who fancy a laugh on Wednesday night? I'm in Not So New Comedian of the Year heats and have a couple of free tickets spare. Let me know!

It's been five years since we did our first sale! I'm so excited for this one too. I've worked on it the last three weeks so I hope you'll check it out :D Maybe grab my free book? Sale: indiebook.sale Get my book: books2read.com/AD2K4

I've blocked, so I can't tell who, but it looks like someone I follow reposted a book recommendation by a S e x m a t t e r s advocate. Just in case anyone saw me respond, that was me being slack and not looking properly at the poster. I'm here for my trans pals and always will be.

I do like my Kindle but I mainly use the Borrowbox on it. It's post the cull date for the models Bezos is binning, but he's already disabled the Goodreads app. Nothing has changed about ebooks, it's all just deliberate obsolescence bollocks.

Love the Flame Tree anthologies and this is a rather excellent one.

Our full line-up for the NEW WORLDS fantasy and sci-fi event will be out there soon, and can't wait to announce all the great talent joining us for the weekend this June! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-worlds... #scifi #fantasy #SF #writing #writers #authors #books #novels #onlineevent #onlineevents

Today I was going to London to do something cool, hang out with artists and eat olives, but can't now. Have to do work and clean the fridge instead. Boo to being a responsible lady today.

This is what seven consecutive appearances in Best of British SF (and two of Year’s Best Canadian F&SF) looks like! @wishusdonna.bsky.social @ourmankoto.bsky.social

Languages and Multilingualism panel now in progress at #Eastercon2026 Iridescence. Languages, code switching & the problems of anglo-centricity. With @wishusdonna.bsky.social, @k-a-teryna.bsky.social, @aliettedebodard.com, @thecallya.bsky.social. @easterconuk.bsky.social

As Artemis rushes moonward, it's time to meet one more author from Obsidian. This time, Caolán Mac an Aircinn, who also had a story in Vivid Worlds. Live launch tomorrow at 7.30pm in Sussex, Hilton Metropole, Birmingham as part of Iridescence Eastercon. Pre-order details here: theslab.press/store/

My London solo gig went on sale this week - tickets here www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/com...