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Emma Newman

@emmanewman.bsky.social

SFF author (Planetfall sequence, Split Worlds series, The Vengeance), audiobook narrator, podcaster, tea drinker. Loves LARP, dressmaking and nerdery. Co-host of the Starship Alexandria podcast. www.linktr.ee/emma_newman

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Emma Newman@emmanewman.bsky.social · 2h ago

Been a strange day. I went to a session of a post-cancer course and managed to stay until the halfway point before I had to leave. It was in the same place where I got treatment and... well... let's just say that my intense context-specific memory worked against me. It was horrifically triggering.

Emma Newman@emmanewman.bsky.social · 2h ago

Lovelies! Just in time for the weekend, here is a shiny new episode of Starship Alexandria in which @aptshadow.bsky.social and I discuss Helen of Wyndhorn. Listen to find out if this is a graphic novel I could actually understand! starshipalexandria.com/episode-18-h...

Starship Alexandria: Episode 18 - Helen of Wyndhorn

For our October 2026 episode of Starship Alexandria Adrian puts forward the graphic novel Helen of Wyndhorn by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, Matthew Lopes and Clayton Cowles for Emma’s consideration.  Other talking points:  The craft of framing devices Nested narrators  Tellings, retellings; narrative and meta-narrative  Killing people is not cricket  Badass butlers  Just 100% appreciation for the art  Equal Opportunities objectification  The apparent taboo of just making things up  Civilization vs Barbarity  Unspoken histories  The “Ninth Art” (French term for comics, not the “Tenth Muse” as I said in the podcast)    Media Mentions:  The Conan stories by Robert E Howard  Wuthering Heights novel by Emily Bronte  The Barsoom stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs  The fantasy art of Boris Vallejo  Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde novel by Robert Louis Stevenson  Star Wars movie dir. George Lucas  Fargo TV series    Next month we look at the film Sinners directed by Ryan Coogler. This month’s patron episode is our live discussion of Event Horizon from Octocon in Cork.  Adrian’s music recommendation: Musik ist keine Lösung by Alligatoah   Emma’s latest writing is included in Creative Futures (Beyond and Within) which was recently shortlisted for a BSFA Award  Adrian’s most recent book is Engines of Reason   If you'd like to support the show, and get an additional monthly patrons-only episode, you can become a patron at   You can buy our official t-shirts and mugs at   Follow us at:  Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and   Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and

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Leon Barillaro is UNIONIZING@barilleon.com · 2d ago

If you want to support our efforts at United Wizards of the Coast, the absolute best thing you can do is sign and share our petition asking the company to voluntarily recognize us! Together we can change the games industry for the better! actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...

Stand with Dungeons & Dragons and Magic Workers Forming a Union!

The Dungeons & Dragons team and Studio X (Magic: The Gathering; Duel Masters) are forming a union! We are joining the ranks of United Wizards of the Coast - CWA (UWOTC-CWA) and following in the fo...

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Spooky Old Mark Monro | He/Him 🌈@thatidiotmonro.bsky.social · 4w ago

Need to harness the power of Bluesky, so reposts are appreciated. If anyone here, or anyone you know attends Bangor University (the Welsh one) and needs a room for the upcoming year, get in touch. One of my son's housemates has dropped out at the last minute, so their house is one short.

Michael 🖖🏻💙🎶🎨🇵🇸🐈@michaelangie.bsky.social · 4w ago

I read this book (100 years old this year) in preparation for the episode, & can confirm that as well as everything else Emma & Adrian said of it, it is also extremely funny! #Booksky

A passage from the book Laura Willowes, by Sylvia Townsend Warner. The text reads: for my life, I ran nearly all the way home, and most of them came with me, either inside or out. And when I rushed up the street calling in an exhausted voice for onions, there was Pandora !' ‘I had been invited to tea’, said Pandora rather primly. 'Yes, and I'd forgotten it, and gone out for a walk. Pandora, if I'd had my deserts, you would have scorned me, and left me to perish. Pandora, I shall never forget your magnanimous way of behaving. That was what did it, really. One has to offer marriage to a young woman who has picked dead wasps out of one's armpit.' Laura had never seen Titus so excited. His face was flushed, his voice was loud, the pupils of his eyes were extraordinarily dilated. But how much of this was due to love and how much to wasps and witchcraft it was impossible to say.
Emma Newman@emmanewman.bsky.social · last mo.

Lovelies, here's a new episode of Starship Alexandria for your darling ears. Find out what @aptshadow.bsky.social thinks about my recommendation of Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner, a novel that is 100 years old! starshipalexandria.com/episode-17-l...

CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️@cnlester.bsky.social · 4w ago

Seems like a good day to buy a t-shirt and openly show support for the heroic people of RNLI: shop.rnli.org And/or (if, like me, you can't afford to) - make a symbolic donation of £2

RNLI Shop | Lifesaving Gifts

We have the perfect lifesaving gifts for you and your crew. Order them online at shop.RNLI.org and help us to save lives for another 200 years.

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Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4w ago

'As part of this, volunteers have been told to consider not wearing RNLI branded clothing in some circumstances while representing the charity.' 'some crew members had their photos and names shared on social media, in posts accusing them of treason.'

Emma Newman@emmanewman.bsky.social · last mo.

Lovelies, here's a new episode of Starship Alexandria for your darling ears. Find out what @aptshadow.bsky.social thinks about my recommendation of Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner, a novel that is 100 years old! starshipalexandria.com/episode-17-l...

Starship Alexandria: Episode 17 - Lolly Willowes

For our September 2026 episode of Starship Alexandria Emma puts forward the book Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner for Adrian’s consideration.  Other talking points:  Unspoiler warnings  Deniable wizbiz  Period writing styles  The straitjacket of expectations  Burning Bedfordshire  Lit and genre    Media Mentions:  Memoirs of a Survivor, novel by Doris Lessing (and our patrons-only discussion)  Writers referred to in general: Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, Mervyn Peake, Jerome K Jerome, PG Wodehouse  Next month we look at the graphic novel Helen of Wyndhorn by King, Evely, Lopes and Cowles  This month’s patron episode is the novel A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge  Emma’s music recommendation: Washing Machine Heart by Mitski   Emma’s latest writing is included in Creative Futures (Beyond and Within) which was recently shortlisted for a BSFA Award  Adrian’s most recent book is Engines of Reason   If you'd like to support the show, and get an additional monthly patrons-only episode, you can become a patron at   You can buy our official t-shirts and mugs at     Follow us at:  Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and   Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and  

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@readingreality.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Grade A #AudioBookReview: Preaching to the Choir by Adrian Tchaikovsky #booksky @aptshadow.bsky.social‬ @solarisbooks.bsky.social‬ #tantormedia #terribleworlds #sciencefiction #horror My… https://www.readingreality.net/2026/08/grade-a-audiobookreview-preaching-to-the-choir-by-adrian-tchaikovsky/

Grade A #AudioBookReview: Preaching to the Choir by Adrian Tchaikovsky

My Review: We’ve seen this story before - or at least we think we have. Scion of wealthy English family decides to take his American girlfriend home to the moldering family pile for a reunion. He’s a bit embarrassed about the staid, fusty traditions his family insists on, but he either loves her enough to let her see where he came from - or is scared enough of his family to need backup to get through the ordeal. Or, most likely, a bit of both. The vast, sprawling mansion, complete with gargoyles watching over everything and seemingly everyone, may not be moldering, but it certainly is a stately family pile.

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Emma Newman@emmanewman.bsky.social · last mo.

Lovelies, here's a new episode of Starship Alexandria for your darling ears. Find out what @aptshadow.bsky.social thinks about my recommendation of Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner, a novel that is 100 years old! starshipalexandria.com/episode-17-l...

Starship Alexandria: Episode 17 - Lolly Willowes

For our September 2026 episode of Starship Alexandria Emma puts forward the book Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner for Adrian’s consideration.  Other talking points:  Unspoiler warnings  Deniable wizbiz  Period writing styles  The straitjacket of expectations  Burning Bedfordshire  Lit and genre    Media Mentions:  Memoirs of a Survivor, novel by Doris Lessing (and our patrons-only discussion)  Writers referred to in general: Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo, Mervyn Peake, Jerome K Jerome, PG Wodehouse  Next month we look at the graphic novel Helen of Wyndhorn by King, Evely, Lopes and Cowles  This month’s patron episode is the novel A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge  Emma’s music recommendation: Washing Machine Heart by Mitski   Emma’s latest writing is included in Creative Futures (Beyond and Within) which was recently shortlisted for a BSFA Award  Adrian’s most recent book is Engines of Reason   If you'd like to support the show, and get an additional monthly patrons-only episode, you can become a patron at   You can buy our official t-shirts and mugs at     Follow us at:  Emma: @emmanewman@bsky.social and   Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and  

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Emma Newman@emmanewman.bsky.social · last mo.

My lovely Bean called me today to wish me happy Star Trek Day. He saw it online and thought of me 🥰 I thanked him and added; "But of course, every day is Star Trek day." He bought me a vintage Data figure, still in original packaging with all the accessories, for my 50th birthday. I am blessed

Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations@fivebooks.com · 2mo ago

NEW: "I’ve avoided anything that seemed too obvious" Bestselling author @Aptshadow recommends his best dystopian sci-fi novels: fivebooks.com/best-books/d... Books by @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social, @emmanewman.bsky.social

Dystopian Sci Fi Books

Sci fi dystopias are often, paradoxically, hopeful: they show oppressive systems, but they also show resistance. Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky picks out five titles that deserve more…

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E. J. Swift@catamaroon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Woke up this morning and this beautiful trophy was in the house and it was not a dream. Utterly stunned, extraordinarily grateful, deliriously happy. Such a privilege to be part of this year's shortlist, huge thanks to the Clarke Award judges and congrats again to all the brilliant nominees 💫🤍🐺

The 2026 Arthur C Clarke Award trophy against a garden backdropE. J. Swift holding the Clarke Award trophy and a copy of When There Are Wolves Again
The Arthur C. Clarke Award@clarkeaward.bsky.social · 2mo ago

✨ Our 40th anniversary winner! ✨ When There Are Wolves Again by @catamaroon.bsky.social 🐺 An “ambitious study in the power of long-term hope in the face of climate breakdown” 🌍 If you haven't read it already, this is the book you need right now 👉 uk.bookshop.org/a/14057/9781...

Cover of When There Are Wolves Again, winner of the 2026 Arthur C. Clarke Award science fiction book of the year.
Adrian Tchaikovsky@aptshadow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My new novella is just around the corner. Gothic horror sci-fi, an old house, a family secret; the British class system, a US visitor and something nasty in the woods.

Solaris Books@solarisbooks.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's publication week for @aptshadow.bsky.social 's PREACHING TO THE CHOIR, so he's sat down with @scifinow.bsky.social to discuss his latest novella, the process of collaborating with artist @valdevia.art, and exploring the unsettling weight of inherited privilege! Preorder: geni.us/preachtc