I am delighted and honoured to say that on Thur 16 October, Ada Lovelace Day and Government support for women in STEM will be debated in Westminster Hall at 3pm. Enormous thanks to @lizzicollinge.bsky.social for organising, and all other MPs who have supported ALD over the years!

Heads up! Rather exciting writing retreat for our friends at @cymerafestival.co.uk www.cymerafestival.co.uk/writing-retr...

Please come see me and Paul Cornell THIS SATURDAY at Waterstones, Piccadilly, London <3 <3 We'll be signing copies of WHO KILLED NESSIE? and also some of our other books! It should be a cool time :3 It's also free to attend!

Fancy some #FridayFun? Here are Solaris' recs for #SapphicSeptember! From Scifi heists & cons to alluring housekeepers & vulnerable brides in crumbling Scottish mansions, regency romantasy to anarchist fantasy, vampirates & wuxia rebels to blind space nuns, we've got it all! Ft authors below👇 1/3

Solaris Presents is back with a bang! On 27/09 at 5pm BST join us for a fun, FREE!, online event with @taranhunt.bsky.social & @voidcricket.bsky.social talking about the latest releases (THE UNKILLABLE PRINCESS & AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD) in their expanding SciFi Universes! 👉https://geni.us/SPTHRH

TOMORROW! Join @voidcricket.bsky.social and I at Forbidden Planet in #bristol at 5:30 pm where we will be talking about and signing our new #books. Free entry and everyone welcome!

Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now. But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library! It's easy! Check your library's website.

Crossing the Veil - Supernatural and Folklore in Fantasy: Marisa Linton, RJ Barker and David Barnett in conversation with Alexandra Beaumont. Tuesday 7th Oct, 6pm (BST). Waterstones, Covent Garden. Ticket: tinyurl.com/fosup

Now booking! "Annie Bot vs The Tech Bros." SF’s influence on modern tech culture. 🗓️ Thurs 2 Oct, 1pm, online Join Clarke Award winner Sierra Greer + expert panel: @drkatedevlin.bsky.social @laurenbeukes.com Jen Wong, Science Gallery London Register👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annie-bot-...

Today's read is a book I'm incredibly excited for - last year's award-winning cyberpunk anthology from @neonhemlock.bsky.social and @robotleblanc.bsky.social! Huge shoutout to the team at NH for the review copy, let's give it a whirl ✨

Copyright is a front-and-center issue in the ongoing class action against Anthropic. Thankfully, @victoriastrauss.com of SFWA's Writer Beware® was kind enough to outline the basics, myths, & issues for us this week. Writers: Share widely! Some of our best creator-defense lies in everyday education.

We have a cover for next year's Children of Strife!

Well, I guess I can talk about it now. Out in December, date tbc. Do you believe in miracles?

Please use this space as a soundboard for your science fiction and fantasy Emmys opinions 📣 reactormag.com/sci-fi-and-f...

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“But then something happened that the ring did not intend. It was picked up by the most unlikely creature imaginable: a shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith, Director of sales, American Light & Fixture.” ✨🎨

Neil Williamson's new story 'Cold Case' features in anthology Absolute Zero (Dead Sky Publishing), due out on 7th October. Featuring tales of frozen worlds - both physical and metaphorical - preorders are open now at the link below: deadskypublishing.com/portfolio-it... @neilwilliamson.bsky.social

As you might suspect, "may" is a key word here. Interesting article nevertheless. Unusual compounds in rocks on Mars may be sign of ancient microbial life www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Have some good news: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

📡 Signal Boost! Join Clarke Award 2025 winner Sierra Greer and our expert panel for an exclusive online event in partnership with the King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Thurs 2nd Oct, 1pm Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annie-bot-...

Well look what's out today! It's the paperback of the rather splendid "Autobiography of Mr Spock", as told by me, and published by @titanbooks.bsky.social! #StarTrek #StarTrekSNW #StarTrekTOS #StarTrekDis #Spock titanbooks.com/9648-the-aut...

What to do with a winner? @emilytesh.net @torbooksuk.bsky.social @clarkeaward.bsky.social shortlisted Hugo-winning SDG arrives much storied. Most jacket copy starts showing & ends telling. This opens with 6 lines of tell: what it is, why you'll like it, how it matters. Bold, confident, essential.

Did you or a family member once reside in Innsmouth? Did you test positive for fish/cephalopod DNA? You may be eligible to join a class action lawsuit. Email: [email protected] and attach results of the DNA test. (We are totally not trying to gather your info to return you to Cthulhu's bosom.)

Thinking about reading Gogmagog by Jeff Noon and Steve Beard? Don't listen to me, listen to Justin (well, the other Justin).

Did a panel yesterday at the National Book Festival in D.C. with V.E. Schwab and it was fantastic. My 1st public event since ending my four-month book tour in April. A great restart. We had opposite writing processes (she’s a “plotter”, I’m a “pantser”), made for a great conversation.

Want to explore Africanfuturism in your writing? 🌌 Join @naomieselojor.bsky.social as she leads a workshop on ‘Creating Africanfuturist worlds: Blending Tradition, Innovation and Imagination.’ 🗓️ Tuesday 7 October, 6.30pm 📍Online 🎟️£8 (concs available)- book via link in bio 🔗 Access available.

Come along to witness RJ and Adrian pelting the shiftless southerner with authentic Yorkshire slabs

This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?

We are excited to be interviewing Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Spiderlight, on Monday 15th September at 8pm BST, live on our YouTube channel! 🕷️ Let us know your questions for the author and we'll ask a few of them during the interview. Link to the live can be found in our bio 💚

We have existing narrative for big hero with the gun. We do not have very well engrained narrative in US for "Quiet community work making incremental changes and passing baton to next person to keep going after you die." We've made the first one sound glamorous. The second one sounds like WORK 😆

Attention #AcademicSky Everyone is talking about books, but thousands of academic journals were also pirated and are entitled to up to $3,000 *per pirated volume!!!* if editors submit titles to join the suit. Incredible opportunity for underfunded journals to get some $$! #SkyStorians #MedievalSky

#bookreview 📚💙 📚🪐 Fan of: - Hard SF - First contact - Information theory - Arachnophilia - Uplift Try @aptshadow.bsky.social's Children of Time adriantchaikovsky.com/children-of-... A terraforming experiment goes awry but it may be the last, best hope for the survivors of a devastated earth.

Black Gull Books in St Leonards has a tantalising (if entirely male) display of s/hand classic SF, old and new. The gender imbalance of their general fiction has improved, however. They can only stock what they’re offered, they told me. Are readers more reluctant to part with books by women? Discuss

Like most writers, my first story rejections were either formal/no thanks/ghosting. Then I got my first personal rejection. The transitional one: "What you are doing is interesting, but you're not ready yet." And it came with a reading list. I did the homework diligently. The next story sold.

Pre-order alert! Essays on genre, pacing, craft of writing, plot structures, history of SFF publishing, and why spec fic is like a juggling routine with a grapefruit!

Just to note that Clarke Award winners, Sierra Grier and @laurenbeukes.com will be talking about SFF at this online event on 2nd Oct and it looks to be super interesting:

Griefwork, the Great Thinning, the traps of fantasy, the best kind of future we can hope for...

📡 Now booking! Join Clarke Award winner Sierra Greer & our expert panel to explore science fiction’s influence on modern tech culture. 🤖 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annie-bot-...

⭐️ This is your periodic reminder to leave stars/reviews for books you've enjoyed! ⭐️ It doesn't have to be long or comprehensive—a sentence will do. Review numbers on places like Amazon/GR help the algorithm make those books more discoverable for new readers.

"Annie Bot vs The Tech Bros" 🤖 Clarke Award winner Sierra Greer & expert panel @drkatedevlin.bsky.social @laurenbeukes.com & Jen Wong explore SF’s influence on modern tech culture. 🗓️ Thurs 2 Oct, 1pm 📍Online / King’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annie-bot-...

Edge-Lit 11 is going to be as packed a day as ever, with a huge variety of panels, interviews and workshops for lovers of horror, fantasy and sci-fi! It's that's your bag, and you're in and around Derby, then this could be the day for you... www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/edgel... #Derby #Derbyshire

SBLM is still twelve Amzn reviews away from being given any sort of algorithmic promotion - can you give it a nudge in the right direction? 🙏 www.amazon.co.uk/Some-Body-Li... 🩵🤖💜

@ldlapinski.bsky.social thank you for the signal boost!

Annie Bot vs The Tech Bros: science fiction and AI origin stories Webinar: Thurs 2nd Oct, 1pm Book now👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annie-bot-... Join Clarke Award 2025 winner Sierra Greer and an expert panel of speakers to explore science fiction’s influence on modern tech culture. 🤖

UK folks! Get thee to #bristol on the 18th September to hear @voidcricket.bsky.social and I discussing and signing our new books! The more the merrier, so come along and help us celebrate this occasion. It will be lovely to see you! #books #bookevent #scifi #booksigning

Today in 2011, I had the idea that essentially started my writing career. See, sometimes procrastinating IS good

Happy 50th Bruce, you still got it! 🦈🎂

Half an hour!