I'm very excited by this! I absolutely loved The Blazing World back when I studied it. Such a fascinating look at a utopia. It tickles me that Margaret Cavendish wrote an honest-to-god isekai in 1666.

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The BSFA are working in partnership with English Heritage and Flame Tree Press to produce an anthology of works including The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish, one of the earliest works of #ScienceFiction. @englishheritage.bsky.social

Allen Stroud and Juliet E. McKenna are at Bolsover Castle today talking about Margaret Cavendish and Science Fiction. If you are in the area, do come and say Hi! @julietemckenna.bsky.social @englishheritage.bsky.social

The BSFA is putting together a bid to run a convention which combines Eastercon 2030 with Eurocon 2030. Some of the bid team are at Eurocon in Berlin this week. Please do say Hi if you are at the event.

Contributor copy of Fission #6, from @bsfa.bsky.social , has arrived! Featuring my story "Triangulation" - what happens when a Mars resupply run discovers a chocolate teapot floating in space? A story that inspired the cover, which is nice! :)

Out now! From @bsfa.bsky.social comes Fission #6, an anthology of sci-fi stories ft my tale Triangulation - don't forget to rub your copy three times to release the djinn, but DON'T trust anything he grants you - not even a chocolate teapot orbiting Mars...

ANYONE who already has a copy of @bsfa.bsky.social 's Fission #6, and who has rubbed the cover three times and read my science fantasy "Triangulation", and who LIKED it, you'll get more retro #Sci-fi in @northodoxpress.bsky.social's summer sale - "A Short History of the Future", 25% off!

@bsfa.bsky.social Fission #6, my editorial debut, is now available for purchase by non-BSFA members! Members can find it for free on the BSFA section. I hope people enjoy reading it as much as I did. It's a wonderful array of stories. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1068721634

Fission #6: An Anthology of Stories from the British Science Fiction Association: 3

Fission #6: An Anthology of Stories from the British Science Fiction Association: 3 : Rowe, Gene, Danforth, Rick: Amazon.co.uk: Books

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Super excited to be part of Fission #6 by @bsfa.bsky.social edited by Gene Rowe and @rickandwrite.bsky.social Just out on Amazon. I encourage everyone to check out the fantastic lineup of writers in this anthology! 🤩 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1068721634 #shortstories #scifi #sciencefiction #reading

🚀 members! The AGM is kicking off at 13:30 - refer to your latest newsletters to join!

The BFS is excited to announce our next in-person Reading event, Rebellion, Resistance, Survival: Defying Power in Epic Fantasy. Monday 6th July 2026, 6:30pm. Waterstones, Reading. Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsrebellion @davewragg.com @gretacolombani.bsky.social @justmarvewrites.bsky.social ‬

Our Kickstarter is live! Help support another year of speculative fiction by immigrant & diaspora writers over at @Kickstarter. 🧡 With your help, we can keep funding our work, expand to regular author interviews, raise our artist pay, & more! Support us at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...

Yay! My article "Towards Kindred Futures" about Zoefuturism, science-fiction narratives and climate change (by way of a little cognitive science and anthropology) is live at @bsfa.bsky.social 's Vector magazine: vector-bsfa.com/2026/06/05/t...

🚀 SHARE THIS POST TO WIN TICKETS! Hey BSFA people 🛰️ NEW WORLDS presents a loaded online weekend of science-fiction and fantasy writing over the 13th and 14th June, and you can win a ticket just by sharing this post! Check out the full-line up and schedule at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-worlds...

I am delighted to announce the ToC for @bsfa.bsky.social 's Fission #6 anthology. It's been an honour to edit these wonderful works, and I cannot wait to see it out in June / July. www.bsfa.co.uk/fission/

It's a rather small thing to promote, but my pig-punk postapocalyptic story "The Last Pig on Earth" will be appearing in Fission #6. bsfa.co.uk @bsfa.bsky.social

🚀 Good afternoon folks. We're looking for someone to become our media officer. It's a BSFA committee role that will sit alongside Emily Inkpen who is moving from this role to look after our media/podcast initiatives. We think this is most likely a team role… Details below👇

And so we’re off! BSFA Awards are go 🚀 Watch live: Https://www.youtube.com/@bsfachair2284/streams

@bsfa.bsky.social BSFA Award ceremony starting now. Watch here! Https://www.youtube.com/@bsfachair2284/streams

Come say hello at the BSFA table! 🚀

🚀 amazing insights from The Politics of Hope panel. Hope punk as resistance and resilience. Quote of the panel - “if you don’t imagine your own future, someone else will.”

And so we’re off! Eastercon Iridescence 2026 has begun with a vibe-set: “be excellent to each other” 🚀

🚀 Monday caption competition!

It's time! Nominations are now open for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, which will be given to a work of imaginative fiction, published in 2025, that reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula’s own work.

Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

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CONGRATULATIONS TEAM DEX! This is a huge outcome for everyone involved. Across both dramas that’s over 30 cast members 🎬 It would not be possible to do it without everyone giving their time and talent to this project, so thank you - from the bottom of my dark-sci-fi-soul ♥️

🚀🚀🚀 The BSFA Awards Shortlist is available to view now 👇 Congratulations to everyone shortlisted 🌟 www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

Delighted to discover the Blood In The Bricks has been shortlisted for this year's @bsfa.bsky.social awards in the Best Collection category. Thanks to NewCon Press, artist Vinnie Chong and the absolutely brilliant contributors! And congrats to all the other nominees. www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

We here at Chateau Undertow are delighted to learn that @thomasha.bsky.social 's "Uncertain Sons and Other Stories" is a nominee for the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards in Best Collections. Congratulations, Thomas! bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

Congratulations to everyone who made the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards shortlist! I'm particularly pleased four of them have previously dined with me on my Eating the Fantastic podcast. I invite you to learn more about these amazing creators by eavesdropping as we chat and chew. pod.link/1083737796

The Black Fantastic: 20 Afrofuturist Stories, edited by me, is a nominee for best collection for the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards! @libraryofamerica.bsky.social bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

Delighted that Paul Kincaid's Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction is on the @bsfa.bsky.social shortlist! Congratulations to all the finalists: www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...