At the launch for @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social and @neilwilliamson.bsky.social event talking about their books!

Happy birthday to our own Neil Williamson, who's celebrating with a launch of his new collection Hand-Me-Downs (PS Publishing) tonight! @neilwilliamson.bsky.social

Something to keep your eyes peeled for in October...

Just a reminder that Pictcon2 is in October - a friendly one day Scottish genre festival in Perth - and this year the Guest of Honour is all round excellent human @neilwilliamson.bsky.social Grab a ticket and come join us pictcon.com

Discover the new @storybundle.bsky.social ! Featuring our fabulous authors: @annasmithspark.bsky.social and @marieoregan.bsky.social. Head over to storybundle.com/bestof and order your Best of British SFF bundle now! Available until August 6th!

Over the next few days we're going to highlight our McIlvanney Prize long-listed authors - starting with last year's winner. @tariqashkanani.bsky.social returns with The Hollow Boys and you can hear him talk about it on the 'Across the Pond' panel on Sat 19th Sept: bloodyscotland.com/event/across...

@davegoodman.bsky.social took home the Debut Prize last year - can he make it a double and add The McIlvanney Prize this year? He's on our 'Rogue Agents' panel on Saturday 19th September: bloodyscotland.com/event/rogue-...

Calling all #Seaglass and #vintage fans. We’re trying to identify these lozenge shaped glass #buttons with offset lettering - found in Sydney, Australia and various parts of UK esp Scotland. Anyone recognise them? www.instagram.com/p/DaWIzjYT8-...

I now have an awesome map for Blood Ruin that I can share ⛰️🌳🏞️🌊🌅⛵️ To see it, check out the link in next comment 👇🏻 #fantasymap #fantasymaps

Joining the crew on our venture through time and place/space is the legend of theatre, books, TV and radio that is Robert Shearman! Meet him 🧵⬇️

The season finale is upon us and we're ending strong with @pauladashe.bsky.social Paula is the award winning author of We Are Here To Hurt Each Other, a collection of short stories in a dark and bloody world where nothing is sacred and no one is safe. So, a nice, light end to the season!

RELEASE DAY!! So happy to bring you my tenth (!!!!) book - Charms, Charts, and Conspiracies! Appreciate all the support, and enjoy the book(s) 🧙 mybook.to/magicmapsand... mybook.to/charms

Get a copy of this in these reward tiers: - Both Books - £30 - Not/Feeling Better & Not/Coming Out - Everything Bundle - £60 - stickers, bookmarks, art prints, tote bag, Not/Feeling Better ebook & paperback, and Not/Coming Out paperback - Add On - £15 - add to any reward tier Link in comments.

OUR KICKSTARTER IS NOW LIVE!! We're so excited to launch in Disability Pride Month, as it's all about creating an anthology full of disabled and chronically ill voices. Please help us make this anthology possible, by pledging and/or sharing. #BookSky 💙📚 www.kickstarter.com/projects/naa...

What's that you say? It's publication day for #TheViolentHour *and* you get a newsletter? Surely I am spoiling you all! mailchi.mp/f2e0f3733751...

Congratulations, Nina Allan!

Cracking longlist for the 2026 McIlvanney Prize! Glad I'm not one of the judges trying to pick a winner from these brilliant reads. Great to see so many debuts in the running too. @bloodyscotland.bsky.social

So excited that HOME SICK is going to be in the August box from Night Worms!

We have our 8th #SPFBO 11 finalist! This one from Noah Brisk and team. youtu.be/XW7KuZa4nEI

BookMatch is LIVE! This mad idea I had years ago to create a one-stop matchmaking service for authors and reviewers of self-published #ScienceFiction, #Fantasy & #Horror is real! It's been over a year in the making, and we already have 150 reviewers signed up to the BookMatch community!

Not sure how accurate these stats will be come next Thursday, when #TheViolentHour hits the shops. Have you pre-ordered your copy yet? jamesoswald.co.uk?page_id=1946

I mean I'd tell you to buy this book but really the premise of 'haunted Soviet submarine' kinda sells itself. And if it doesn't, well, you're probably not the audience for this book. Worth mentioning that it IS also quite well written too, so there's that.

A very happy publication day to m’friend and colleague @benedictanning.bsky.social! I was lucky enough to beta read this book and called it ‘a Cold War fever dream of spies, submarines and intense, hull-cracking dread’ - you should get it!

Happiest of book birthdays to ESFFer Ben! Go buy this book, he's got a hungry cat to feed.

HEY MY DEBUT IS OUT TODAY AND IDK I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY TBH THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME DO YOU WANNA BUY IT NO WORRIES IF NOT also also i'm finally listening to the full audiobook and jfc kristin atherton is a fucking legend www.penguin.co.uk/books/474739...

That's my ticket for Pictcon booked! Looking forward to it. I missed last year's because of work, but no one can stop me now hahaha pictcon.com

Really, really looking forward to this chat with Ruth. She's one of my favourite people to talk to. And I'm really looking forward to Pictcon too. It's a lovely warm hug of a convention and very much worth dropping in on if you're free that day.

We're looking forward to this new anthology from alumnus Oliver K. Langmead! @oliverklangmead.bsky.social

Everyone is trying to get heard and seen, and as someone who also wants to be heard and seen because hey I would like to keep writing books, I totally understand, but also omg am I just overwhelmed and exhausted by the endlessness of it all.

I've just signed this; if you're a UK citizen or resident, I really hope you'll sign it, too, to stand against transphobic bigotry and harassment:

She is done and she is weird, and dark, and full of horrors! So, off she soars to next steps... ✨👀 (Keeping all my fingers crossed that this will be 6th novel lucky!) 🤞

Choice of a week night (Thurs 2nd July) or a Saturday morning (11th July) cos I know some of you have lives to work around... 2 hours of skilling up yer words for not that much (and a couple of cheap tix on each if you're strapped for cash). Fun, friendly, useful. #writing #tutorial #online

Yeah, this is out in just over two weeks time 👀😳

A fantastic review in yesterday’s Mail! “This is the most exciting new spy series since Slow Horses: catch it now.” I will 💯 take that compliment.

Issue 6.2 is out! The six wondrous stories in our latest issue center memory, death, and the devouring nature of capitalism, with the cover and spot art created by Bali-based artist Gusde Sidhi. Head over to our website to buy a copy and read the latest issue: www.khoreomag.com/product/volu...

this is 29 🎈👀✨

I made Home Sick memes. They're normal. I'm normal. It's totally fine.

⚛️⚰️SEVEN DAYS TO GO⚰️⚛️

Live reaction from the book's dedicatee:

Some photos from the Edinburgh launch of Heaven’s Graveyard, Grace Curtis’s follow-up to the brilliant Idolfire:

Calling US and Canadian horror fans! @solarisbooks.bsky.social is giving away 3 copies of HOME SICK, my debut cottagegore psychological horror, over on Goodreads. Enter before Sunday 21st for your chance to win 🌟 www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Another day, another announcement of job cuts at our uni. We're both employed there, and both in jobs at risk of being made redundant. Feeling pretty hopeless and bereft, both for ourselves and for the wider community/city. Anyway, buy/pre-order our books? geni.us/needfire geni.us/avisl

Huge congratulations to @benedictanning.bsky.social for a stellar review in this week’s Guardian SFFH roundup! www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

You should read this. It's amazing.

Pick of the Month! Really chuffed to pick up the print version of the Sunday Times review I was so excited about to find that SOLITARY AGENTS is the top thriller title for June! Thank you to John Dugdale for the review.

The fine folks at @edinburghsff.com have posted a brilliant photo gallery of members (including me) at this year's wonderful @cymerafestival.co.uk edinburghsff.com/esff-at-cyme...

We can't believe it has been over a week since #Cymera2026. A massive thanks to the @cymerafestival.co.uk team & everyone from the ESFF community who came along! We've put together a gallery celebrating some of the fantastic events featuring ESFF authors: edinburghsff.com/esff-at-cyme... 🚀

Edinburgh folks, this one's in less than two weeks & I'd love to see you 🖤

HELLO! Pantomime is only $2.99 on e-book as part of the Prime deal. Happy Pride! As ever, help spreading the word greatly appreciated. I'd love more people to join the circus of magic & meet Micah & co.

A wee group of angry balaclava and mask-wearing anti-immigration guys tried to stop the good people of Glasgow showing solidarity with migrants and standing up to racism and fascism. Well, the far right are far outnumbered... #RefugeesWelcome #MigrantsWelcome #NeighboursNotStrangers #Glasgow