"BRING ME HOME" is near future, earth-based science fiction novella about women making unwise decisions that could affect the entire world, and beyond. Buying links for the UK and Internationally here: wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove... or search "Wiz Duos book 2". #sciencefiction #book

less than an hour to join the party! The @britfantasysoc.bsky.social Short Story Competition will soon be closed to entries! bring me liminal dragons! bring me trans-stellar awe!

4 hours! Not 5 hours, 4 hours!

Reboot of True Detective with John Nettles. Make it happen, please, someone!

Literally, got out of bed.

Joining the British Fantasy Society offers many benefits including this inventive anthology for free Portraits of Patriarchs edited by Shona Kinsella www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2023/9/...

I have three types of TTRPG character: 1. Comedy routine straight guy 2. Welsh disaster 3. Pelicos the Indefatigable!

Once again, not the picture that the media wants you to see

Northodox have a discount for #IndiePressDay - 25% off every order and preorder using code INDIE at checkout - so now's a great day to try some of their sff. There's my epic fantasy murder mystery The Executioner's Blade, set in a city where monsters go to die... www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...

It is May Day and #IndiePressDay. What better time to try our best-selling title: The Green Man's Heir by Juliet McKenna: wizardstowerpress.co...

Unexpected full page in today's Observer on yesterday's protests and it doesn't interview a single GC for 'balance'

Done. Because if you tolerate this...

I was hoping to be spending my birthday enjoying an Eastercon in the company of a few hundred friends. Instead I am spending it doing necessary trans activism work. Please read: www.cheryl-morgan.co...

After yesterday's heartbreaking and dangerous decision by the High Court, I have been thinking of ways we can help. And I've come up with two ideas. 1. "adverts" on the website. If you are a trans author, we will feature your book free of charge on every page of the website for a month....

If you are a trans author and want to do any of this, please send me an email, which can be found here gnofhorror.com/ginger-nuts-... Normally, this would be only open to horror authors, but this is open to all genres.

And so say we all.

'Art should be done by people. If it isn't, then we've lost the point of it and a bit of our humanity.' Debut novelist Ella Ruby Self @local-sea-wytch.bsky.social on fairytales, mindful reading and why AI should be kept out of creative industries. @northodoxpress.bsky.social shorturl.at/K6xdw

A report on the protest at Meta HQ in London yesterday. #DoTheWriteThing www.thebookseller.com/news/get-the...

If the UK government agrees to a wholesale undoing of copyright, to excuse Meta's massive theft of books, art, movies etc as 'data', then the creative industries and all of us working in them are finished. All viewers and readers will get in future is unoriginal, derivative slop. #MetaBookThieves

I considered buying a Meta Quest VR headset, but the costs were prohibitive so I stole one instead. #MetaBookThieves

There it is! What a fabulous line-up of fantasy, science fiction and horror authors! For anyone new to It's Strange Up North, the evening begins with an hour of socialising. Chat with your favourite authors, ask them your burning questions, cry over the mean things they've done to characters

It's here! And there ain't nothing you can do about it (except submit, of course!)

In which I reflect on the sff community, inspired by Sunday's @sfsfsocial.bsky.social event. "We’re living a love letter together, and achieving far more that way than we could alone." andrewknighton.com/community-as...

The BFS is excited to announce our next in-person Leeds event, An Evening of Historical Fantasy & Science Fiction. Wednesday 25th June 2025, 7pm. Waterstones, Albion Street, Leeds. Ticket: tinyurl.com/Historical-SFF

And on the subject of #TDOV, this book contains stories by three trans women, and a trans-positive story by a cis woman. It is a finalist in this year’s @bsfa.bsky.social Awards. wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/anth...

I found pics of Mycroft from 21st March, 4 days before he passed. At this point he wasn't leaving the front room very much.

Excellent to see. I may have [redacted] a [redacted] that [redacted], way back in forgotten times.

Womble is offline this week and hugs to them as we have gone through the same thing recently, but: Just started reading An Artificial Revolution, by Ivana Bartoletti, about the misuse and violence inherent in AI. This looks really powerful.

We've passed 200 auditions and the call is still open for another month! Come audition!

Anyway. Let's go SFSF!

Just seen a fantasy writer spamming their unrelated project in replies to another author's *non-writing* photos. I should definitely bite my tongue, shouldn't I?

Join our club!

Doubtful this government will listen, but at least we can show them we don't want AI stealing our work chng.it/XqkDsfsSyJ

That's right, it's official! It's Strange Up North shall return to Leeds Waterstones, Saturday 24th May! Get the date in your diaries & keep an eye out for our first author announcements very soon! #ItsStrangeUpNorth #StrangeUpNorth #BookishEvents #Leeds #Fantasy #SciFi #Horror #ISUN #authorEvent

Really interesting article, this part stuck out particularly well to me:

🚨AUTHOR ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 We are extremely excited to announce the signing of the brilliant Ahad Abbas! His sapphic fantasy novel based on Asian history and mythology, The Lotus Warriors, is coming as part of our 2026-27 publishing schedule!

We're expanding our beloved Ask an Agent column (thank you, @losbennett.bsky.social, for over a year of wisdom!) to include experts from all sorts of fields. MARCH'S EXPERT FIELD IS ARTWORK ...and it's none other than our own award-winning artist & illustrator @jennicoutts.bsky.social! 🧵⬇️

This week's library reading is from the talented LH Moore. Story read beautifully by Anna Drew. Thanks to both. youtu.be/jd60vqh8ArA @lhmoore.bsky.social If you want to know more about the library or make a submission, look here: tinyurl.com/aboutlib

You'll be hearing a lot about this one. Fast-paced, imaginative, exciting and a ripping good yarn about space terrorists. It also has a sequel in the works 😍

"A sumptuous, slow-burn dystopian story with hints of fantasy and fairytale thrown in...Thought provoking and quietly profound" — The Big Issue Pick up @rainewilson.bsky.social's WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST today! geni.us/weallghosts

Excellent panel on Characterisation hosted by @waterstones.bsky.social & @britfantasysoc.bsky.social with @katiebruce.bsky.social @mikebrooks668.bsky.social @stephanieburgis.bsky.social @danhanks.bsky.social @alethearlyons.bsky.social

We're back! With local Folklore Fantasist Ella Ruby and Grimdark General Rob Hayes, indie publishing powerhouse Northodox Press , and a book swap table, and books for sale from both authors! And more, too! Join us on March 29th at Patriot Games in Sheffield! @britfantasysoc.bsky.social

Published this week, 13th March, by @harpervoyagerus.bsky.social, the final instalment in the bestselling Fallen Gods trilogy. Faithbreaker by Hannah Kaner is "a perfect balance of success and failure, loss and discovery. " #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/faith...

🚨GIVEAWAY🚨 We have 5 copies of the brilliant new short story collection from @liamjhogan.bsky.social to give away. For your chance to win a copy, simply like and share on here or Twitter by midnight on Friday, and we'll announce the winners Saturday. Good Luck! #giveaway #Giveaways #prize

Reminder: with it being International Women's Day yesterday, anything we sell in our store this weekend sees 25% of the price donated to Sheffield Women's Aid. Please buy something if you can. It includes everything available and all preorders! www.northodox.co.uk/bookstore

For International Women's Day, can I recommend this fine anthology that I published? #IWD wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/anth...

It's #InternationalWomensDay and 25% of every book order we receive this weekend is being donated to Sheffield Women's Aid. Now is the perfect time to discover a new author and do some good with your purchase! www.northodox.co.uk/bookstore

It me! And it could be you!