I’m gonna be at Cymera this weekend! The creator’s hall is free entry so you should totally pop down and say hi 🥰 www.cymerafestival.co.uk/creators-hall

Fraudsters are AI-mincing books and republishing them onto Amazon. This was done to The Isle in the Silver Sea - I assume in the hope people would accidentally click on it. It's been removed, but this is a warning of something to look out for, to my fellow authors.

This is where I'll be at @cymerafestival.co.uk this weekend, as well as just generally loitering. I am EXTREMELY EXCITED, as always, for this welcoming, warm-hearted, brilliant festival. Do come join us & say hi if you see me

NEW QUEER BOOKS OUT THIS PRIDE MONTH: From gothic horror to queer fantasy, dark academia & queer graphic novels about found family & dogs on dates. Here’s what’s new at Proud Geek this June: Buy queer books at proud-geek.co.uk (A list of book titles & authors is in the alt text.) #booksky

Weird storytime thread, bear with me 👀...When I was around 5-8 years old, we lived in the countryside and sometimes my brother and I used to go to a neighbour's house after school. I remember that house so vividly and clearly - an old farmhouse, a big walled garden, arched gate, sort of magical. 1/5

The Gender Recognition map of Europe. This is how bad the UK is now. 43rd out of 49. Down with Russia, Hungary, Albania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Georgia and Azerbaijan. Worse than Turkey, Serbia and Belarus. A lot worse than Ukraine, and Ukraine has been at war for four years.

Fifers, assemble!

‼️URGENT‼️ I live near enough to this proposed data centre that it WILL have an adverse affect on mine and my husbands life if it goes ahead. Please, if you also live in Fife, Scotland I implore you to write your objections using the links that Cat has provided below. People are worth more than data.

Well this can get right in the bin.

⚠️ IMPORTANT ⚠️ A massive data centre, BIGGER than the village they want to build it next to, has been proposed in Fife. If you're in the area PLEASE file an objection to it, the damage it will do is unbearable to think about. aprs.scot/auchtertool-... 👇 More resources below👇

Academic pals who aren't out having fun on this, a saturday - does anyone have access to the below, and would be willing to email it to me? Plz retweet doi.org/10.2307/j.ct...

Fellow Fife folks (there's a mouthful!) Reject these plans for a hyper data centre between Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath! Auchtertool does not need this nonsense!

If you hated Flamingoland you're gonna hate this too. OBJECT!! NOW!! 📣

new illustrated adult short story is now out! a fun little side project I've been working on, with two messed up liars who end up obsessed with each other. Description, info & juicy previews at the links ✧ haridraws.itch.io/charlatans-1 ✧ www.patreon.com/posts/charla...

Could there be a better example of "the trans debate" than 98% of women supporting trans people and then one single lone person voting against them and getting their way regardless. It's all such a fucking sham

Ebooks disappear TOMORROW! Last, last chance!

Remember, I'm doing a signing at Forbidden Planet Glasgow tomorrow. Pick up a copy of ORLA!, or bring whatever else of mine you'd like signed, between 5pm and 7pm! Who's thinking of coming along?

Don't forget to check out this year's charity auction! ⬇️ The auction will close at 12pm on Friday 5th June. www.32auctions.com/organization...

I'm offering a short story critique and book bundle as part of the Cymera Auction!! Check out all the great things here, and bid!! 👇

We are now open for New Writers Awards 2027 applications. In the comments, tag the talented writer, poet, or spoken word artist in your life to encourage them to apply for a year of tailored development and support. Deadline: 29 July 2026 ✍️

Two siblings enter a world of magic, secrets and twisted loyalties – for those who loved Starling House by Alix E. Harrow, Gallant by V. E. Schwab and A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid. Preorder in print and ebook: geni.us/TheShapeofMo... Listen now on Audible: www.audible.com/pd/The-Shape...

New weekly planners, to do lists and washi tape are ready to go for Glasgow Zine Fest this weekend and Cymera in Edinburgh in a few weeks 🥰

Did you know that @mkhardywrites.com 's Scottish, sapphic gothic THE NEEDFIRE is now out in paperback? And...they've got a new standalone supernatural mystery - THE HAUNTING OF AVIS LOVELOCK - coming out this August! Buy/Preorder now: https://geni.us/needfirePB https://geni.us/avisl

GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT🎉 @johnlees.bsky.social is an award-winning writer from Glasgow, Scotland. Across a 15-year career, he has built up a critically-acclaimed body of work, and collaborated with a range of publishers, including ComixTribe, Vault Comics, AWA Studios, IDW and Mad Cave Studios.

I see Jenny "why aren't other artists standing in solidarity with my transphobia" Lindsay has ridden the transphobe to xenophobe pipeline all the way home.

Heelo www.emseeitch.com/shop/p/eel-c...

Just 4 DAYS left to back A WALK WITHIN THE QUEEN'S WOOD by @asawheatley.bsky.social, @daniclm.bsky.social, @micahmyers.bsky.social, @heatherpalmer.bsky.social and I If you'd love a mix of Wicker Man and Harrow County, we've got the book for you Don't miss out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/asa...

It's finally happening! (It's a subscription-only article on Bookbrunch, so haven't bothered linking directly)

Heyyyy lovelies I have bunch of events with splendid folks coming up in June & it would be tops if some of you felt like joining us! 🖤 @cymerafestival.co.uk tix: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26 Dundee: www.waterstones.com/events/rafae... Edinbugh: www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

Add your name. Tell Scotland's political parties and cultural institutions to deliver a basic income for artists: actionnetwork.org/forms/an-ope...

Just 7 DAYS left to back A WALK WITHIN THE QUEEN'S WOOD by @asawheatley.bsky.social, @daniclm.bsky.social, @micahmyers.bsky.social, @heatherpalmer.bsky.social and I British folk horror that's a must for fans of Wicker Man, Blood On Satan's Claw and Harrow County www.kickstarter.com/projects/asa...

This is such a fun read!

SOLRAD, the two-time Eisner-nominated literary magazine for comics criticism, is open for submissions. We publish reviews, essays, and interviews — and we pay $100 per piece.

I'm sorry, but I refuse to believe that simply "letting" people be antisemitic is a long-term solution for anything, let alone Palestinian liberation I have read one or two books, I know where deranged Jew-hatred leads, and it ain't good for ANYBODY

I like that the story of the day so far is that Scottish Greens got two trans members elected in the face of the cowardly transphobia and hypocrisy over the gender recognition act.

I think hard about what it means to mother through these times, how to keep hope for our children, says Hannah Lavery in our recent interview 👇 #BookSky

Polls are open! Remember, you don't need ID, you can drop off your postal vote if you forgot to send it, and watch out for the spoiler candidates - look for the Scottish Green Party name and logo. We can stop the far right, bring hope back to politics, and demand better for Scotland. #VoteGreen

On Tuesday, a church I'd never heard of in a city I couldnt point to on a map in a country I never think about was demolished, as part of a wider pattern of removing the traces of the citys Armenian heritage. I don't know why this particular one stuck in my mind. Last night I rebuilt it in Minecraft

Keep forgetting to do a list of shows I'm at this year! Here's where I'll be: CYMERA creator's market, 6 June, Edinburgh TBC: Sequential Scotland, 8 Aug, Glasgow SCARF, 10 Oct, Sheffield TBC: TAGS, 17 Oct, Edinburgh Thought Bubble, 14 + 15 Nov, Harrogate I might add some more as they come up!

Dark fantasy people of Netgalley -- The Shape of Monsters is now up! www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

Voting 4 @britfantasysoc.bsky.social Awds ends Sun mny amazing auths inc @annabelcwrites.bsky.social @mhayinde.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @shonak.bsky.social @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social @heatherpalmer.bsky.social @clhellisen.bsky.social @bethkesh.bsky.social @elizachanwrites.bsky.social + more

Next week!! Join us!!

embarrassing myself

I’m very happy to see ORLA! well-stocked by my old pals at Forbidden Planet Glasgow. I’m glad @madcavestudios.com titles are on their shelves and doing well!

It's #BookQW and the word is 'free'. In Daughters of Nicnevin, two people are trapped in a fire and Mairead must decide whether to use magic to save them, exposing herself as a witch and risking death or banishment. Out now from Flame Tree Press: www.flametreepublishing.com/daughters-of...

Feels great to be able to say pre-orders are open for my second collection. Yes it does feature the Godzilla one! Pre-orders are fiery, fiery love. Oh and feel free to AMA. 😁 www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...

And if you'll indulge me on a little self-promo... A Walk Within The Queen's Wood Is LIVE!! Written by @asawheatley.bsky.social Illustrated by @daniclm.bsky.social Colours by me Letters by @micahmyers.bsky.social Edits by @heatherpalmer.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/asa...

UM YES PLEASE I NEED A TICKET NOW

My (beautiful) girlfriend Ishaani is scheduled in for gender affirming care NEXT WEEK and we’re still raising money to help mitigate costs x www.gofundme.com/f/help-ishaa...