I think I’m on this panel at comicon on Friday too - come on down/up/along/under to Birmingham for some good Worldbuilding chat @solarisbooks.bsky.social

MK Hardy@mkhardywrites.com · 9h ago

Shortish notice on this but M will be making a flying visit to MCM Birmingham! 0.5 x MK Hardy will be on the Writers Block stage at 1pm with @ianthegreen.bsky.social & @clclarkwrites.com (others tbc) to talk about diverse worldbuilding, then signing books - who'll be around?

The process is the point. Repeat, THE PROCESS IS THE POINT!!!

Mike Bithell@mikebithell.bsky.social · 13h ago

The specific focus in this video on the way these tools get under your skin and train you to depend on them is an aspect I personally find existentially terrifying. youtu.be/TtvICev9sBE?...

Shortish notice on this but M will be making a flying visit to MCM Birmingham! 0.5 x MK Hardy will be on the Writers Block stage at 1pm with @ianthegreen.bsky.social & @clclarkwrites.com (others tbc) to talk about diverse worldbuilding, then signing books - who'll be around?

Splasher is 99p on Kindle for all of August! If you want a fun retro read now's your chance! www.amazon.co.uk/Splasher-hau...

Pssst there's a book giveaway on our Instant Graham btw... www.instagram.com/p/Dbn8KNBgrH...

A day late for #birdwhisperer but in our excuse, we are on holiday in lovely Cornwall. Two takes on the Green-tailed Sunbird - acrylics by M, watercolour by E.

Just went for a walk and saw a kid and a guy walking along the road; the kid had a book in their hands and was reading intently while walking, and the guy was carefully making sure they stayed far from the road while also holding a pile of more kid books in his hands. Incredibly wholesome.

Pre-order The Shape of Monsters online at Waterstones now for a discount - that's a neat 25% off! Modern gothic fantasy where two siblings are about to return to an ancestral home and summon a monster. Dark and mythic, complicated family dynamics, queer disasters @portyliterary.bsky.social

2026 is a good year for people who enjoy seeing 90s heartthrobs playing grizzled, bearded veterans who are struggling to clock off work and get home.

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It's here! The haunted swimming pool book is ALIVE, and available wherever books are sold! Check it out if you like: spooks, mysterious things beneath the surface, plucky true crime girlies, and hardcore 2006 nostalgia*. *sorry not sorry for the earworms

Splasher

Come on in, the water’s fine! Autumn 2006. Low-rise jeans are in, grunge is out, and all Spencer Ward should be worrying about is his new job as Assistant Swim Coach at Richardson University. It’s be...

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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

My deepest thanks to @crimereads.bsky.social for hosting the cover reveal of "Mother of Night". To everyone at @zandoprojects.bsky.social and my wonderful agent @helenlane.bsky.social An exclusive excerpt from the novel is now available on the CrimeReads site: crimereads.com/category/dai... 🏳️‍🌈⚔️📚💙

Very grateful to Bona Books for reporting on this with such transparency.

Bona Books 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤘🏼@bonabooks.bsky.social · 4w ago

AI fraud nearly derailed our next anthology. Today we’re talking about what went down, the things we missed, and publishing the report we wish we’d had when it happened. Read all about it on our new blog, and download the full report:

This is Where the Future Bleeds is a really fun fantasy adventure with a great cast of characters - and now you can buy it! So go buy it!

Mike Brooks@mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 4w ago

It’s publication day! THIS IS WHERE THE FUTURE BLEEDS is out today!

Do you like Women loving women? Creepy houses? Deathly threats? Zombies? Do you like the sapphic gothic? Because the Romancing the Gothic online book group is spending June exploring the sapphic Gothic and horror. Free, open to all, come join us! romancingthegothic.com/book-group-a...

Book Groups and Author Visits

Each week we have a book group on Mondays and Tuesdays. There are two slots: 10 am Tuesday and 7 pm Monday (BST) and you’re very welcome to either, wherever you are in the world and however m…

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This looks great - check it out sapphic romance lovers!

Dr Sam Hirst@romgothsam.bsky.social · last mo.

Hey all! Guess who's doing a talk on the history of sapphic romance this weekend!? ME! Come and join me at 10am or 7pm BST on Saturday 10 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fated-love... 7 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fated-love...

The Scottish Funding Council waved through the University of Dundee's Strategy to Recovery, even though it broke their funding conditions. The Scottish Gov need to ACT NOW and ask the SFC to reverse their decision, and stop the redundancy process TODAY. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

EXCLUSIVE: Funding council waved through Dundee University £20m cuts plan despite own concerns

The strategy is crucial to the university unlocking another £20 million in rescue funds.

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Very excited to be part of this! BIPOC writers, check it out!

British Fantasy Society@britfantasysoc.bsky.social · last mo.

UPDATED ADVISORS LIST: The First Ten Pages Programme The BFS is offering BIPOC members anonymous feedback from industry professionals on the first ten pages of speculative fiction novels. To submit your work as a writer, you can sign up here: british-fantasy-society.vercel.app/welcome

🚨 CHEAP-AS-SHIT BOOK ALERT 🚨 Kindle Store are givin' away Atomic Coffin for the ridonculous price of £0.99 this month - if you've been dithering then just fuckin' go for it dude amzn.eu/d/02L6k1Gz

Open NOW! Calling all trans and nonbinary authors: send us your speculative horror!!! Rates: 8 cents/word for fiction, $50/poem. GUIDELINES and the submissions portal: hybrispress.moksha.io/publication/3 (Plus, more details in the quoted thread!)

OTHERSIDE@othersidespec.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Portals #1 drops in October and will open to submissions on June 22nd! It will be co-edited by the incredible Angel Leal and Jess Cho, who are looking for horror fiction/poetry by trans authors. All proceeds from sales of this installment will go to Trans Lifeline. 🏳️‍⚧️ (3/8)

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...

Atomic Coffin

'Combines a cold war spy novel with lurking horrors beneath the sea . . . a creepy, disorientating journey into fear.' Lisa Tuttle, GUARDIAN 'Feels like an underwater version of Event Horizon, with ...

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TOMORROW! Are you ready for An Evening of Dark Academia with @rainewilson.bsky.social (WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST, THE SALT ORACLE) and Naomi Gibson (MAN, MUSE, MONSTER) chaired by @mkhardywrites.com (THE NEEDFIRE) at Waterstones West End, Edinburgh? Book your tickets now at the link below!👇

An Evening of Dark Academia | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about An Evening of Dark Academia today.

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M here, once again breaking the #birdwhisperer rules as I did some preliminary little egret sketches then forgot to do one using the mandated reference image! Here they are anyway.

June's #birdwhisperer pic by E, on time for once! A Little Egret, looking a little perturbed because I don't know if I did him justice. I enjoyed the rocks at least!

👀🎉 We've got some VERY exciting news and a slightly different kind of acquisition announcement! From 1st July, Solaris will have a new home @profilebooks.bsky.social ! Hop over to @thebookseller.com for the exclusive announcement! www.thebookseller.com/news/profile...

I'm delighted to say that I will on a panel about generative AI in the creative sector with the amazing Barbora Gáborová and Heather Parry, chaired by @seanluskauthor.bsky.social

Nairn Books@nairnbooks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Tickets are live for Nairn Book & Arts Festival! Books by just some(!) of the authors pictured www.ticketsource.com/nairn-book-a...

Dear person who installed this tap: who hurt you?

⚛️⚰️SEVEN DAYS TO GO⚰️⚛️

Benedict Anning@benedictanning.bsky.social · 2mo ago

⚛️⚰️TWO WEEKS TO GO⚰️⚛️