Good christ, Wes Streeting has even less personality than Starmer. A moon-faced Tory in a shit suit.

Every 'paper candidate' elected as a councillor who turns out to be ineligible, gets binned, or runs away when they realise the work involved, presumably triggers a by-election which is going to cost that local authority serious money. I think their party should be invoiced. Applied to all parties.

New Review - today for SF adventure I highly recommend new novella The Last Jager by @naomi72.bsky.social out now! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/4/...

Today is book launch day for *The Last Jager*, and it's also the first day of its blog tour! Thanks to #ZooloosBookTours for organising the tour.

By popular request, in this month's "ask an expert" our members asked @shonak.bsky.social how she manages to (appear to us, at least, to) be Wonder Woman while being a parent, working freelance, running the BFS & dealing with chronic illness. britishfantasysociety.org/ask-an-exper...

Who the royal FUCK is #Reform's idiot on #Newsnight? Did they just roll her in from a Yates Wine Bar with £50 of sniff?

Christmas 2027 From Red Socks Press The second book in the Weapons Masters saga. This time the stakes are galactic!! In hardcover and digital formats. Cover art by @grahamtg.bsky.social #spaceopera #blackwriters #scifi #selfpublishing

Presently binging #Gone on ITVX. So many unprofessional decisions by the main character. By the time we get David Morrissey in a confessional moment, the DS should've been sacked three times over.

The suggestions list for this year’s British Fantasy Awards is now open! Anyone can add their favourite SFF titles first published in 2025! forms.gle/YcGUjcbU99R5...

Heide Goody and Iain Grant know, as a writer, you don’t really want to do the marketing stuff—but they also know you kinda have to. Given they’ve got promo down to a fine art, the author duo share some tips on they’ve done it without cringing. britishfantasysociety.org/promo-withou...

In an effort to actually type something this year, I'm going Solo. deepnightsolo.wordpress.com

Cheshire-based @matthewspalmer.bsky.social was rather excited when a new fantasy-focused bookshop opened in a nearby village. Just before Christmas, he met with the owner, Abby Munro, and spoke about the journey to opening Paper+Word. britishfantasysociety.org/how-to-make-...

The wonderful writer @naomikritzer.bsky.social has posted a really helpful guide, offering ways for those of us outside Minnesota to help right now: naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...

We are community or we are less. We are engines of kindness and connectivity or we are less. When decency is framed as a radical position we must remain who we are. Our resistance is also in refusing to be less openhearted and filled with compassion.

Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.

Well, that's a bit shit. @odditypress.com has some questions to answer.

Well, my days of treating the bookcellar as a fallout shelter from the idiocy of authoritarianism and pissbag fascism are certainly becoming more relevant.

19 days. Digital everywhere. Cover art by Neil Mcclements.

Ouch, BBC, ouch.

A bit late today, but here's the playlist for A Woman of the Sword. My most personal, rawest novel. open.spotify.com/playlist/3Nu...

New post up! This one on why publication days are both lovely and strange. Please share, I'm still struggling to find my readers after shifting platforms 😬 www.patreon.com/posts/143052...

Getting ready to send us a publishing enquiry? We've penned a blog post on how to write a query letter: carnyxpress.co.uk/2025/10/30/h...

We are in Slough. It wasn't my choice, believe me.

Train 7! With the mobile assistance teams!

Good morning world! Instead of reading, I am in Reading! Early start, bacon & egg sandwich, branded tea, and railway shoes!

Pre-order Luna Novella 2026! All That Is in the Earth by @aknighton.bsky.social When Clifford crash lands on the planet of Abaddon, he might as well be dead 🪐 www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella

With stories by Danie Ware, Juliet McKenna, Anna Smith Spark and many others, Fight Like A Girl #2 has been a feature on award short lists this year. Find out why people love it so much: wizardstowerpress.co...

Ok, this hotel carpet is not at all creepy.

Train 6! Plymouth to Reading! We're in First Class and it's darkish over Dawlish!

All aboard for train 5 of the day! Next stop Plymouth? Sound!

Train 4! Train 3 reversed - back to St David's!

Train 3! Exeter to.... Exeter! St David's to Central!

Train 2 - hello Exeter!

Train number 1! Cross country to brizzle, currently running 25m+ late, means all eyes on Delay Repay prize!

Excellent position for @mongoosepublishing.bsky.social to take, and so say we all.

#Sheffield #MissingCat please repost, thank you

There is only 24 hours left to back the Pendragon Classic Kickstarter! Don't miss out! Back today to get your copy of Greg Stafford's masterpiece, 40 years on: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...

Obligatory Womble-blaming book haul pic. All safely stashed in the bookcellar!

Home again, home again, jiggety jig!

There are a very few, very sad, very lonely people out there who want to check the contents of other folks' pants without consent. Everyone else just wants to have a wee.

Morning Tetris. May leave remaining clothes in the hotel.

Extremely on the nose.

Ok, all the talk is loud and becoming white noise, so I'm away. Been an absolute blast of a convention, and brilliant to see so many excellent people. Never give up, never surrender!

I have probably bought too many books. Yes, I have free will, but #TheWombleMadeMeDoIt @runalongwomble.bsky.social

Ok, that cover alone has me interested. Slick.

Hey there, authors! The BFS is planning its in-person events for 2026. We want to bring even more SFFH to you in the flesh. If you'd like to get involved, just fill in the form for the area that suits you and we'll be in touch. Find out more: britishfantasysociety.org/bfs-in-perso...

I love how even in a book officially published *tomorrow* the "Also by Adrian Tchaikovsky" page is already out of date... :)

Very pleased to see MCM London Comic Con taking a hard stance against AI generated stuff. If you see anyone selling this slop, now we can report them!

Did you see? Our shiny new website is up and running

I feel this is one everybody should read.