Ewok Powell is at it again....

It is absolutely MUNTING here today. Please send nice things!

Dinner? betterfood.co.uk/recipes/swed...

Amazing!

In these dark days of February, a little something to look forward to.

Full interview 👇

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Some Girls Try Too Hard: an all trans girl cover compilation of Blink-182's Enema Of The State all proceeds go to TransLifeline AVAILABLE NOW, from @afewgoodrecords.bsky.social afewgoodrecords.bandcamp.com/album/some-g...

I also see a 99p ebook deal for the great Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh which has uses insights into classic SF to talk about today’s world www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2023/4/...

Kettle's on at #Nantymeillion, ask us anything!

Ad you can see, Elsa is delighted with her new PJs...

Planet of Lana II is coming on March 5, 2026! "As greed and power divide the tribes of their home planet, Lana and her loyal companion Mui must stand together against the forces reshaping their world - struggling not just for survival, but for the very soul of their home." Loved the first game. 👀

I’m allowed to talk about this now, so: CTHULHU CYMRAEG: THE NIGHT COUNTRY will be out on Feb 16th! Five novelettes interpreting Lovecraftian themes from a Welsh point of view. Ebook pre-orders are up now, paperbacks to follow shortly. amzn.eu/d/09yEM2f5

Apparently, the vetting process for Peter Mandelson to be given a job by Keir Starmer was for Keir to ignore everything anyone knows about Peter Mandelson.

This person is a scammy scammer and if you get a message like this block swiftly. These people prey on people who are desperate to be published. Also NYT bestselling authors can usually construct a sentence. If you want to get published there are many routes in that don't involve paying money.

Exclusive interview (read or listen) Philip Reeve talks 25 years of Mortal Engines, the genteel prequel era of Thunder City, and his "farewell to city chases" in Bridge of Storms. #MortalEngines #PhilipReeve gnofhorror.com/philip-reeve... @philipreeve.bsky.social @scholasticuk.bsky.social

The woods are alive with the sound of chainsaws...

New lifer - Meadow Pipit! #ukbirding

West Yorkshire people! Only 17 tickets left for my Scratch Moss event at Read.Holmfirth on March 7. It'll be my first post-cancer surgery event, so do come along. to-be-read.co.uk/books/an-eve...

Well. There's a thing.

New Review - happy publication day to All That Is In The Earth by @aknighton.bsky.social a trip to a deadly planet also asks questions about why we do what we do! Strongly recommended thanks to @lunapress.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/...

GUESS WHAT we are OPEN for 2025 AFTERLIVES: The Year's Best Death Stories subs!! BUT (and this is SUPER IMPORTANT) we are asking EDITORS to send us work this time so WRITERS, be in touch with your editors and READ ON for more info: psychopomp.com/afterlives-2...

Our lovely @rsagarcia.bsky.social is still going through a hard time. Please chip in if you can, and share if you can't. Every little bit helps xxx

72p MONDAY EBOOK BARGAIN! Gogmagog by Jeff Noon is only 72p on Kindle at the moment. That's a deeply weird and encapsulating voyage down the ghost of a sixty-mile long dragon for just over a penny a mile. www.amazon.co.uk/Gogmagog-Chr...

Love novellas? How about two in one book? Wiz Duo Book 1 has wonderfully strange worlds created by David Gullen and Ben Wright. wizardstowerpress.co...

UK Customers! The Green Man's Holiday is just 99p on Amazon all this month. Everyone else (and Amazon haters), the book will be on sale worldwide on Kobo from tomorrow.

I'm going to level here. I had a friend, not a close friend but a friend nonetheless, who got busted for having reams of CSAM on his computer. I never spoke to that fucker again. I certainly wouldn't be inviting him to the theatre or having dinner with ANYONE who had been in prison for being a pedo

But its all about protecting women and girls. But not "those" girls. Nice girls, middle class girls, only the girls who "deserve" protection. Now watch her throw another trans woman on the pyre rather that say anything about this...

It was a full moon last night, and I got home just as the huge population of jackdaws that live in the park were going to bed, and they were murmurating in front of the full moon and it was all very....Dracula.

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

If you’re on instagram I ask a favour: pls follow and share my new account dedicated to promoting Her Name Is Alice @hernameisalicememoir Last year my poor mental health left me struggling to promote it. Now I’m ready to press for it to enter the consciousness of the cis heteronormative majority.

Hey everyone! IT'S NOT JANUARY ANY MORE!

Dydd 235 of #365DaysOfFood - more soupy-stewy concoctions because its easy to feed to Chris (fml ;)).Butternut squash with tomatoes and pinto beans, bit of asefoetida, bit of cumin and paprika, gurt lovely, piss easy to make. Doing that again :)

U.S. District Court Judge Margaret M. Garnett has dismissed two of Luigi Mangione’s four federal murder charges, including the only one that can carry the death penalty. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

#365DaysOfFood Dydd 234 - Caravan lunch of a surprisingly nice leek and swede soup (don't much like swede, fussy about soup, was expecting this to be blech but it was ok. About 30 food meters for both leeks and swede (and celeriac) - plot to tummy in under 40 minutes #rockin. Vegan, GF, low FODMAP.

My books: The Complete Guide to Smallholding £18.50 Keeping Goats £18.50 Keeping Ducks & Geese £17.50 plus postage (£3.35 UK postage for up to 2 books). Can post worldwide. Happy to sign if you want. smallholdertraining.co.uk/recommended-...

This is lovely!

I know Richard Smith, he is doing great work for local butterflies and has visited our population of Marsh Fritillaries a bunch of times. This is really nice to see his work paying off.

Dydd 233 of #365DaysOfFood - don't know if we have goats cheese but going to give this a go... www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/butt...

Good work by @goodlawproject.bsky.social !

BOO: It's still January HOORAY: That means Withered Hill is still 99p/$1.99 on Kindle and Kobo. www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... www.amazon.co.uk/Withered-Hil...

Waterstones are running an ADVENTUREMICE PRIZE DRAW. Pre-order the new book, Of Mice and Mummies, before 25th Feb and you’ll have a chance to win an original portrait of yourself* as a mouse by Sarah McIntyre, and a cuddly Steiff mouse. www.waterstones.com/win/adventur... *Or your child, of course!

I hope this is true because it made me snort tea through my nose...

This is Bean. His nose almost didn't fit in the pup cup, but he persevered. 12/10 (IG: beanminibull)

A future grounded in peace, justice, care, tolerance, equality and international solidarity. The women of Wales have shown before what is possible. We can do so again. After all, we are many. They are few ✍️Beth Winter

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

Had a couple of weeks off #365DaysOfFood because I've been away seeing family and thus not cooking, which is luxurious but also frustrating. Also Chris is trying to go low FODMAP so thats resulting in some rethinking BUT Chris has the farm tonight...

Hello. It's my final week as a full time game designer, and as if to underline why I can't do this anymore, I currently can't afford to cover my bills at the end of the month. All of my work on itch is on sale. Tell your friends, buy something, thank you very much. itch.io/s/179351/jan...

#Welsh and welsh-adjacent #SFF writers - still open for subs for They Are Still Here for a while yet! wizardstowerpress.com/submissions/...