After a whirlwind time in Brighton at World Fantasy Con, here’s a quick reminder of the last few UK tour stops! Edinburgh, Nov 4 w/ Hannah Kaner Glasgow, Nov 5 w/ @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social Leeds, Nov 6 w/ @tashasuri.bsky.social @toribovalino.bsky.social Tickets below!

Can we use a prescription as a base for a SFFH story? What about a receipt? A parking ticket? A nursery rhyme? How many 'other' forms of writing could we harness to enrich our writing practice? Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Sat 22 Nov: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...

Announcing the Scottish Christmas Book Fair! * The perfect occasion for Christmas gift shopping * All your favourite genres for adults & children * Chat with Scotland’s indie publishers & meet their authors See below for who'll be there! www.publishingscotland.org/event/scotti...

What beats writers block is not treating your body like a factory. What beats writers block is healthcare. What beats writers block is gardening, & rest, & food, & companionship, & reading, & leisure, & anti-capitalism—but of course that’s not a very profitable thing to write, & won’t sell LLMs.

Writer pals! just a wee reminder to join ALCS if you haven't already, and to make sure they have details of your print publications by the end of november - 30/11 is the cut-off for the next royalty payments in March. www.alcs.co.uk

Sorry but it’s hard for me to care about the BBC’s risk of being defunded or whatever when frankly it’s been primarily used to normalise right wing rhetoric about immigrants, trans people, and others. 🤷🏻‍♀️

I am so excited for you all to read @rainewilson.bsky.social's THE SALT ORACLE - it's beautiful, tragic, haunting and filled with brilliant details - this is near future speculative fic of the fantastical. Also TINY SPINE ORCA!

In things that are cool, The Shape of Monsters is up for a Speakies award next month! Am I amused that it's listed as YA? Yes, but also teens read whatever they want. www.thebookseller.com/british-audi...

I'm super excited to chat about the manuscript's journey and working with agents at this fantastic conference in November!

The incredible @cymerafestival.co.uk is on Sat Nov 22 in Edinburgh. It’s a celebration of sci-fi, fantasy and horror literature. I’m part of this panel session about collaboration - working with other writers, artists, colourists and more. Full event details: www.cymerafestival.co.uk

You’ve got blood on your hands Each and every one of you transphobic bastards have blood on your hands. The politicians, the ‘journalists,’ the ‘academics,’ the ‘concerned parents,’ the people with ‘legitimate concerns.’ You all have fucking blood on your hands

It's me! And a game I wrote in a cool book curated by @jedapearl.bsky.social with lots of fun folks! Come to the launch! Play a #game buy a #book! It's about the fantastic #NorthBridge #Edinburgh and its gone in a #TimeCapsule in the #Bridge!! #rpg #ttrpg #TimeTravel #AuldReekie

🚨 ROLL UP! ROLL UP!🚨 It's a @waterstones.bsky.social preorder sale! Until 17th Oct, you can grab 25% off a selection of our forthcoming Spring 2026 titles including: @kerstinhall.bsky.social @authortrmoore.bsky.social & the UK special limited run of THE ORB OF CAIRADO from @pennyvixen.bsky.social!

Salt does great books, and keeping a strong indie scene alive is good for us all. Support them if you can!

Got a new one out with @havehashad.com today! www.havehashad.com/hadposts/ple...

Gravehearts chapter 1 is now live on itch! 🪦💛 kroovv.itch.io/gravehearts

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

MSF staff are universally understood to be engaged in an essentially sacred form of work. For a state to nonetheless continuously murder them is a testament to a truly unthinkable degree of depravity. msf.org/msf-denounce...

Glasgow Gender Clinic now has a waiting time of 224 years. The average across the UK is now 25 years. This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.

Some days you write a scene which you know is going to make people so furious in a year and a half. And you just have to wait for it.

The Gender Critical have already inundated this survey with their disgusting views on banning trans people from using the ponds. Would be a shame if we inundated with trans positive views on not banning trans people. hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is/en-GB/propos...

🚨The UK Comics Creator Survey closes in a few days!

Yes! YES! The tigerS are OUT! Now the only thing left to do is decide…will you read Fate’s Bane first? Or The Sovereign? I made a handy flowchart that can help you decide which if you aren’t sure!!!

Starmer before the election: I want a politics that treads lighter on all our lives Starmer after the election: I'm going to hurt one randomly selected group every month so you better not stop paying attention to the news for even a second in case you're next fucko!

I got shortlisted for Verve's Poem of the Month! The Poem can be read here alongside the winner and other shortlistees! vervepoetry.substack.com/p/september-...

We're thrilled to announce Gemma Creffield as the Keynote Speaker for this year's Writers' Conference 🎉

🎉 It's my birthday!! Please consider checking out my free webcomics visagecomic.com and inhibitcomic.com, or my shop evegwood.com/shop, or the publisher I run quindriepress.com! Or hire me, I'm looking for freelance lettering work evegwood.com/lettering 💛

Scary news A: I've finally moved from Substack to Patreon (losing all my subscribers as a result 😱). If you've ever enjoyed my articles please come subscribe - All my craft and publishing posts are always free because accessibility matters, so I'd love any boosts too🖤 patreon.com/LorraineWilson

I just backed Sagas of the Shield Maiden Book Five by @asawheatley.bsky.social on Kickstarter. Superb series. Check it out👇 www.kickstarter.com/projects/asa...

Now that Book Two of the Eynhallow Saga is HANDED IN(!!) I'm sharing some teasers for you all! Sorry in advance!

If you're an autistic person looking for community (especially in the wake of the recent autism news coming out of the US) we got you. Our server is 5 years old and very active with over 1000 autistic members. We chat about interests, play games, make art etc. Come on in forms.gle/LvXSKD2E4zwN...

Wrote about putting together a short story collection for Scottish Book Trust, some top tips and things to think about! 👇✍️

Reform plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain in the UK retrospectively, forcing those of us already here to apply for a visa to stay. Despite having lived here 35 years dutifully paying my taxes, I don't earn enough to qualify for a visa. Think Reform won't get into power? Look at the polls.

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Breaking news: Thirty-one journalists were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a newspaper complex in Yemen last week, according to a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists. They say it was “the deadliest strike on journalists in the Middle East.”

“There is no comparable requirement for boys to confirm their gender,” said another parent. “Once again, the onus is placed on girls to be monitored and regulated, reinforcing the idea that female athletes are the ones who need to be verified.”

Keir Starmer has just announced a £1.5bn deal with Palantir. The immoral defense company linked to Peter Thiel Palantir is linked to mass deportations, surveillance and the genocide in Gaza There's always money for bombs and billionaires, but not for children and public services

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

📚 BOOK GIVEAWAY! 📚 I've teamed up with some of the best and coolest queer historical romance writers for this awesome giveaway! Tell your friends! Tell your enemies! Tell your enemies-to-lovers! Form to enter: forms.gle/2dJteRjXmLxm5FkR7

One thing I'll say about DC not only canceling Red Hood, but recalling the first issue and refunding stores for buying it, is that you can still get Neil Gaiman's work through them. They still work with Otto Schmidt. Eddie Berganza worked there for years AFTER the formation of a policy that no women

ICYMI: Tor UK, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, has acquired two adult horror romance titles from Tori Bovalino. The Dying Season, Bovalino’s debut adult horror, is slated for release in summer 2027 👇 #BookSky

I'll be appearing on BBC Radio Scotland on The Arts Mix with @lenniesaurus.bsky.social this afternoon, from 3.30pm (not sure precisely what time) - tune in live or via iPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

You and who, dancing to the comic shop to pick up ORLA! #2 next week? Art by @sallycantirino.bsky.social, colours by @dearbhlala.bsky.social.

It's two months until publication and events are starting to open for tickets! I'm so very excited to be talking with Sam K Horton @samkhorton.bsky.social and Meg Macdonald @megintransition.bsky.social in November www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k...

Seeking mentors for 2026! Paid opportunity!

For the Ross McCleary completionist in your life, my newest publication is a short story in Sans Press's Out There anthology: www.sanspress.com/shop/p/out-t...

Just for a second, take a step back, and remember that these are the actions of a 56 year old man towards a 17 year old girl.

Despite how news outlet may try to portray it, Graham Linehan is in court today for *assaulting a child* The fact they are trans, an activist or anything else is totally irrelevant.

“I think they’re patriotic and I think they’re a great symbol of our nation.”