The Scottish Book Trust is a great resource for writers with various articles and #writingtips. Here are some top tips from @heatherpalmer.bsky.social on writing #audiobooks. www.scottishbooktrust.com/articles/top...

I had so much fun on this project!!

I'm doing an AMA on Reddit r/fantasy today if you want to Ask Me Anything www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...

A wee reshare of this as I know a few awards consideration is under way! ✨️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

One more sleep until the ORLA! graphic novel is released worldwide! Who’s grabbing their copy tomorrow? Art by @sallycantirino.bsky.social, colours by @dearbhlala.bsky.social.

Your #Vote really does matter, now more than ever. Today is the last day to www.gov.uk/register-to-... for the upcoming #elections, it is really quick and easy to do online, make sure your voice is heard, we all need to do what we can for a better future for everyone!

In honour of #lesbianvisibilityweek, an updated graphic now that we've got 2 books on offer. Support your local lesbians and buy/pre-order these books this LVW! Both available from @solarisbooks.bsky.social wherever good books are sold.

A quick heads up; The UK government is currently holding a consultation on the Online Safety Act. The consultation lasts until the end of next month. Please fill it out if you live in the UK and/or share it around to get more eyes on it. www.gov.uk/government/c...

TAGS Fest 2026 is now open for table applications! This year TAGS Fest is on 17th October at Out of the Blue Drill Hall, just off Leith Walk. You have until May 15th to apply! 🏷️ Apply at the link in our bio.

🚨ARCS ARE READY!🚨 All aboard for THE HAUNTING OF AVIS LOVELOCK - @mkhardywrites.com 's new supernatural Victorian mystery! August 2026. Preorder https://geni.us/avisl Netgalley https://geni.us/SolarisNG Drop a boat in the comments, like, follow & repost to be in with a chance of an ARC! UK only.

Our second Edinburgh write-in of the year is tomorrow. We're looking forward to the sprints, words, and chat! #writingcommunity

My fellow writers might not want to hear this, but AI is a useful tool for certain aspects of the craft, like for instance when you’re engaged in the process of being a talentless shitbag hack who is too lazy to do any fucking writing.

The short story that won the BSFA award at the weekend! Listen to it for the lovely Scottish accent of @elizachanwrites.bsky.social who was exactly the person to be the narrator. And the story might leave you feeling certain ways after, too. 🏙️🦖

It’s my book birthday! 🎉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES, Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, is out in the UK today! Thank you to everyone who has joined me on this journey! Get ready for battles, ancestor magic, and big revelations! See below for links to the Goldsboro and Illumicrate exclusion editions!

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Tomorrow I'm doing an Edinburgh launch for my new pamphlet, polblar tmolkop, at @lighthousebks.bsky.social with Marianne MacRae reading too. 7 - 8pm. lighthousebookshop.com/events/polbl...

Oh, we do! If "FleabagXSherlock on a haunted Titanic" is your thing: geni.us/avisl Susan J. Morris (Strange Beasts, Wayward Souls) said: "It was a delight seeing this fiercely determined, unstoppably funny detective meet her match in this twisty occult maritime mystery."

Change is possible.

We are planning a brand new Cymera Masterclass, which will take place in-person in the days leading up to our 2026 Festival (Wed 3-Fri 5 June). As this would be a new addition to the Festival, we're keen to gauge interest. Find out more & to express your interest here: forms.gle/TXwtqbSq8Hrz...

I got an ARC of this at Eastercon and have already read 200 pages in a day - it's fun and funny and £6.99 is an absolute STEAL.

Ahhhh fucking fantastic, I love this story! Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉

Come join me for a @britfantasysoc.bsky.social event on April 22nd at Social Refuge in Manchester at 7 pm! Me and some fabulous authors will be reading our work, chatting about writing, AND there will be an open mic! Tickets & Info: www.socialrefuge.com/event-detail... Reposts are appreciated! ✍️

I’m doing a bit of research for a potential article on reading habits of SFFH fans. So, if you read SFFH do you also read other genres and if so, which ones? All answers welcome and reposts appreciated for visibility. Thank you!

Tonight - @edinburghlitsalon - We are delighted to welcome Lyndsey Croal, author of several publications including In This City, Where it Rains, plus Angie Spoto, author of The Bone Diver and The Grief Nurse, and Erin Hardee who is one half of the writing duo MK Hardy. Join us in person or via Zoom!

Calling Glasgow horror fans 🪓 @neilwilliamson.bsky.social and I will be at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social on July 14th to chat about HOME SICK and THE PACKET. It's still a way off, but tickets are available now for all you early birds -> www.waterstones.com/events/chill...

I'm off to @easterconuk.bsky.social next week and if you want to hear about audiobooks and necromancy, this is where I'll be!

And we are LIVE! The funding campaign for ALEX AUTOMATIC #7 is now LIVE on Kickstarter. Check out the page! BTW, please repost if you can, we're basically running promo only from Bluesky for the first time, so any help is appreciated! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fra...

I really can't put this more clearly. If you watch the new Harry Potter series, you are directly funding the genocide of trans people, because that's what Rowling gleefully spends HP revenue on. There's no "death of the author" here, no "there's lots of awful creators." You are funding genocide.

📢 THE 404 INK BURSARY FOR UK-BASED SMALL PRESSES NOW OPEN Applications are now open for our bursary to support small presses in the UK. There are 2 strands you can apply for: donating £1,000 towards creative projects, or £500 towards hosting an intern. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

With the HP trailer dropping tomorrow, here's the whole deal: If you watch the show, hell even just the trailer, I will think less of you. I will dislike you. I will think you don't care about trans people. That's it. It's been years. There's no wiggle room. No qualifiers. You care or you don't.

Dundee/Fife folkses - This feels *a ways* off, but it will creep up on us so get it in your diaries nooowww!!

Are you a comic creator living in Scotland? Submit your comic to be part of the Scottish Comics Itch Bundle! Only a week left!!

If you're suggesting work for the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social awards, these are my eligible works from 2025. Danke!

Thank you to whoever put Godzilla as a Youn Man Named Mike on the British Fantasy Awards suggestion list already! ❤️🦖 You can name your faves by going here (remember to check the guidelines, naturally): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The Heart of Winter is on sale for only 99 shiny pennies! What a bargain - and perfect reading as we pass from Winter to Spring amzn.eu/d/0hqFWAqp

Listen up! I have some fun tips for you if you're thinking about audiobooks!

Excellent tips from @heatherpalmer.bsky.social for making novels work well as audio books!

Shocked Pikachu faces all round as people realise that these people might have been wearing "feminism" like a convenient hat.

Your Hugo Nominating ballot can make a difference. There are a total of 7718 people with the right to cast a nominating ballot in the 2026 Hugo Awards. As of this morning, 1293 of those people have cast a nominating ballot in at least one category. www.lacon.org/hugos/

My sequel to The Shape of Monsters - A Million Points of Light - is up now on Audible, read by the brilliant Omari Douglas. If you want rivalry, betrayal, bound gods, dark magic and queerity, I bring you bloody offerings www.audible.com/search?searc...

Hodderscape has acquired two “sweeping” fantasy novels from award-winning Young Adult author Ann Sei Lin in a "hotly contested" five-way auction 👇 #BookSky

💙 SCOTTISH COMIC CREATORS! 💙 Submit your comic to the Scottish Comics Itch Bundle, which will go up for sale later this summer! 25% of profits will go to charities aiding Palestine and the rest will be split among creators. More info in the thread below! 🔗 Submit comics: forms.gle/n7BzZWwJPqm9...

Weight-loss jabs are linked to a bunch of deaths yet they're being pushed like crazy but, not content with taking puberty blockers from trans kids, the UK government is taking testosterone and estrogen away from trans teens under 18. HRT & puberty blockers still OK for us cis folk though. Huh.

Cymera festival in Edinburgh is coming soon! 5th-7th June. Get your Early Bird Weekend Passes now! www.cymerafestival.co.uk?utm_source=s...

I'm currently available for everything book design, from covers to typesetting to ePubs - with narry a single speck of AI included. Check out the rest of my work and give me a shout over at www.ryanvance.co.uk!

The complete 1st arc of my award-winning cyberpunk comic series Killtopia is out NOW via @comicstitan.bsky.social Set in Neo Tokyo, it sees a rookie salvage hunter teaming up with a sentient mecha to cure a nanomachine virus that’s killing humanity. Check it out: killtopia.co/killtopia-%2...

My Crossfades duology is now all up on Audible, narrated by the very talented Omari Douglas from Black Doves. If dark queer fantasy is your jam, then you might like this in your ear holes. www.audible.com/search?searc...

Trapped. Alone. Under attack. They'll never know what hit them. ALEX AUTOMATIC is back. #7. Kickstarter. March 2026.

Started listening to @clhellisen.bsky.social 's A Million Points of Light and absolutely love it. The narrator is phenomenal! If you enjoy your fantasy queer and dark, and written with lush prose, this is for you! #booksky #audiobooks