Sharing this one again, because of course I am.
Malcolm Devlin@malcolmdevlin.bsky.social · 2d agoBlimey. This is a lovely review for Unexpected Places...
Anne Charnock
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Writer. Alston Moor 1st September 2026. Dreams Before the Start of Time - Arthur C Clarke Award. A Calculated Life - finalist Philip K Dick Award. She/her. Books, birds, climate. Rep’d Sarah Such. https://linktr.ee/annecharnock https://annecharnock.com/
Malcolm Devlin@malcolmdevlin.bsky.social · 2d ago
If you're a fan of Harrison's recent work, could do a lot worse than pick up some Aliya Whiteley. Both this year's The Misheard World and 2024's Three Eight One are superb literary SFF that got little attention outside the genre despite being absolutely top notch. & 381 esp is quite Harrisonian.
‘It’s a book that turns you upside down, raises a wry smile – and leaves you with a twinge of optimism’ We're delighted to announce The End of Everything by M. John Harrison as the winner of the Booker Prize 2026. Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
I've now taken over as editor of Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction. I'm setting up Profane Radiance: the Foundation editorial blog. Here we will publish editorials from the print edition - this is the current one - and, in due course, additional original material.
Editorial, Foundation 153
Welcome to Profane Radiance, the Foundation editorial blog. From now on, we will be publishing the editorials from the print editions of Foundation online to give people who aren’t members of the S…
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“In a time when much fiction is careful to colour inside the lines, this enormous, exuberant, overflowing book is a reminder that the novel is capable of containing multitudes,” Kunzru added. So, The Rouse could be my end-of-year read.
‘He was destined for this award’: China Miéville wins Goldsmiths prize for 1,200-page novel
The Rouse, which took its author two decades to complete, was praised by judges as ‘exuberant, overflowing’
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✨BOOK LAUNCH!✨ ALSTON MOOR, the new novel by Clarke Award winner @annecharnock.bsky.social Tickets: housmans.com/event/book-l... Mon Nov 16, 7pm Venue @housmansbookshop.bsky.social Anne will be conversation with fellow writer @sannewman.bsky.social
Thank you, Fiona Alison, for this lovely review of ALSTON MOOR for the Historical Novel Society. See the full review: historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/alst... @goldsf.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social
So pleased that Locus takes a look at Alston Moor: “not in itself SF, or anything other than realism… fiction about scientists in a time of climate change.”
Locus Magazine@locusmag.bsky.social · 2w agoSHORT TAKE: Alston Moor by Anne Charnock: Review by Niall Harrison locusmag.com/review/...
Read @niallharrison’s review of ALSTON MOOR by Anne Charnock: “What I liked best about the novel was the portrayal of Elizabeth as a middle-aged working female scientist…”
SHORT TAKE: Alston Moor by Anne Charnock: Review by Niall Harrison
Alston Moor, Anne Charnock (Goldsmiths Press 978-1-91598-355-8, $12.95, 240pp, tp) September 2026. The only problem with reviewing Alston Moor, the new novel by SF writer (and past Arthur C. Clarke…
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This is one of the most remarkable books I have ever read. It's partly a book about its authors, and partly a collection of emotional footnotes to a biography. Either way it's extraordinary, insightful, moving and at times (for the first time in any Ballard-related book I've read) funny.
“it is a sort of 82,000-brick proof of concept that you can do something different, with the right collaborators”
The CO2-absorbing building made of old sinks, windscreens and toilets: Ghent’s £17m design museum is a green marvel
Inspired by a gothic cathedral partly built using human bones, this gleaming monument to recycling boasts 62,000 bricks derived from construction waste – each made by the public during a two-day brick...
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Now booking! Book launch for ALSTON MOOR, the new novel from Clarke Award winner @annecharnock.bsky.social housmans.com/event/book-l...
BOOK LAUNCH: ALSTON MOOR by Anne Charnock
Join us to celebrate the book launch of Alston Moor, published by Goldsmiths Press. This a polyphonic novel creating a portrait over time of one of England’s most remote landscapes, a landsca…
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Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! The latest Clarke Award newsletter is out now.
The Arthur C. Clarke Award@clarkeaward.bsky.social · 4w ago🛰️ Broadcasting the latest edition of Carbon-Based Bipeds, the newsletter of The Arthur C. Clarke Award 👉 clarkeaward.substack.com/p/clarke-awa... Submissions open / events & conference / new books & short fiction #sciencefiction #books #newsletter
So chuffed to photograph these 2 sandwich terns on the shore at Ardbeg Point, Isle of Bute. Identified by the black legs, black beak with a yellow tip, and a stylish black quiff on the back of the head 💚💚💚
The invariably solitary rock pipit, a regular on the shoreline of Bute. 💚🪶🙂
Over the moon (and peatbog!) with this review: “assured atmospheric writing” “exquisite realism” “characters are compelling”. Thank you, Ben, for your personal response to Alston Moor 📖 💚 🙏
EcoLit Books@ecolit.bsky.social · last mo.Sharing a new book review from @benmccabe.bsky.social of: Alston Moor by @annecharnock.bsky.social #bookreview #ecolit ecolitbooks.com/2026/10/06/b...
In 2025 alone, wildfires burned ~ 47,000 hectares of land. Britain needs to Rewild to Recover from worsening future wildfire threat, says our new report published today: Rewilding and climate resilience: reducing wildfire risk in a heating climate. 🔥 Read the full report:
Report: Rewilding and climate resilience: wildfires
Exploring the important contribution that rewilding plays in reducing wildfire risk in a heating climate. Read our comprehensive report.
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I’ll be talking about ALSTON MOOR at the historic @housmansbookshop.bsky.social. What’s more, I will be in conversation with the amazing @sannewman.bsky.social RSVP for this free event: housmans.com/event/book-l... @unamccormack.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social
When There Are Wolves Again is on the UK Kindle Daily Deal today (5 October) for 99p. Bargainous! 😊🐺 amzn.eu/d/0en8hTOd
For Monday: one turnstone with one periwinkle on the shore at Ardbeg Point, Isle of Bute. 💚
“Shrubsole said the government must agree a plan to re-wet the UK’s peat bogs, restore lost ponds in farmers’ fields, and stop grouse moor owners setting fire to moorland.”
Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires
FOI request shows wildfire risk scheme scrapped, as data highlights many fire services lack proper protective gear
theguardian.com
Brilliant talk on translating Shakespeare - Daniel Hahn interviewed by @charlenebusalli.bsky.social at @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social Can’t wait to dive into If This Be Magic.
Well, this is lovely! City of All Seasons by Aliya Whiteley and myself has been shortlisted for the Aldiss Award for World Building in speculative fiction!
World building in literature and gaming@thealdissaward.bsky.social · last mo.We’re delighted to reveal the shortlist for the 2026 Aldiss Award for World Building in speculative fiction. thealdissaward.com/the-2026-ald...
“the possibilities of rewilding are coming to the forefront of speculative fiction” - @suchmayer.northsky.social on my latest, ALSTON MOOR, and WOMAN WOLF/CARBON CAPTURE and WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN. 📚💚📚 @goldsmithspress.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social
Bogs, Books, and Magic Boxes: Review of Alston Moor and Woman, Wolf, Carbon Capture
So Mayer Under Review:Alston Moor. Anne Charnock. Goldsmiths, September 2026.Woman, Wolf, Carbon Capture. Noelle Catharine Allan. Black Lawrence Press, September 2026. It feels strange to proffer c…
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"For the first time, the need to regulate industry in order to protect the environment became widely accepted, and environmentalism was born."
This Many Years Ago@thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 2mo agoFURTHER READING:
“It just goes to show that nature is always there waiting to push through.” Good news to counteract the doomscrolling 💚🙂💚
Skylarks and sandwich terns among new birdies on reserve created from ‘boring old golf course’
National Trust has transformed Sandilands in Lincolnshire into a nature reserve with wetlands and wading pools
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