The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Weekend Guide 31 July - 02 August 2026 theglasgowwrap.substack.com/p/the-glasgo...

The Glasgow Wrap 🗞 Weekend Guide 31 July - 02 August 2026

CCA protest planned and archive update, Govanhill International Festival and Carnival, Queen's Park Glasshouse petition being taken to council, plans for basement jazz den + The Weekend Guide

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I never know how long these things are up for, but if you are a book-blogger/reviewer type human, i believe you can request a proof of The Shape of Monsters from PanMacNews on instagram this week www.instagram.com/p/DbJMtOtkxW...

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Thanks to Ink & Quill in Montrose for having us for their literary festival! Lovely to chat all things gothic, folklore and horror (among other things) with @mkhardywrites.com and @amyjanestewart.bsky.social ! ✨️🖤

SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN! Highlights: - prompt: Not/Feeling Better - word limit: 5000 - genre: any, but suitable for distribution to schools - form: any! Poetry, short fiction, memoir

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Rhiannon Grist | HOME SICK out now! 🪓🐑@rhiannonagrist.bsky.social · 2w ago

Next up: MONTROSE I'll be chatting with @amyjanestewart.bsky.social about HEX HOUSE and HOME SICK, and spooky houses, angry women and strange goings-on in the woods at the fabulous Ink & Quill bookshop on Saturday 25th July at 4pm.

Calling Scottish folks because fuck data centres. Personally I'd go for yeeting the shareholders into the sun but I guess I'll settle for a moratorium petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...

Petition: Moratorium on planning applications for all hyperscale data centres until their environmental impacts have been fully assessed

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce a moratorium to prohibit planning permission from being granted for any hyperscale data centres, until it has carried ou...

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Scotland folks, here is an easy way to object to the proposed AI data centre in Fife, that will have huge impact on communities, wildlife, energy needs, our environment, and more. Anyone can object, you don't need to live in Fife. You can use the text or add your own👇 greens.scot/stopfifeaida...

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Tis the season to get bundles -- and this time it's our award-winning E.M. Faulds' turn! Curated by Lavie Tidhar, the 2026 Best of British SFF Bundle includes 'Best of British Science Fiction 2025', which features 'Hand of Fire' by E. M. Faulds. Pick it up now from link below: @emfaulds.com

Lavie Tidhar@lavietidhar.bsky.social · 4w ago

I'm delighted to launch the 2026 Best of British bundle today! storybundle.com/bestof w/ @ianmcdonald.bsky.social @julietemckenna.bsky.social @annasmithspark.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social & more! Just $30 for 15 books! Plus supporting @locusmag.bsky.social! Reposts appreciated!

Delighted to share the UK cover of Exhumation. Early reviews are calling this my best one yet. I think it's certainly my most ambitious. Out in October! Preorder if you can!

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Join us for some friendly genre book chats this summer! July's book selection is The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty, and we'll be meeting online on Wed, 29th July at 7pm to discuss. Sign up for any of our 3 summer sessions on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/book-group

AHHHH HOME SICK GOT A SHOUT-OUT ON THE WATERSTONES HORROR PAGES 😱

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

Extraordinarily pleased to discover SOLITARY AGENTS has made the number 3 spot (!) in Tim Shipman's Spybrary listing of the best spy novels of the year so far! "Goodman’s command of pacing and acceleration is exemplary. This is spy writing of a very high calibre." spybrary.com/best-spy-boo...

The Best Spy Books of 2026 - Ranked by Tim Shipman : Spybrary - Discover the Best Spy Books, Spy Movies, TV and More With Spybrary

Discover the best spy books of 2026 as Tim Shipman ranks and reviews 27 new espionage thrillers for Spybrary

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I'm in the Express online today, with my top eight spy authors! Thanks to Matt Nixson for the opportunity. www.express.co.uk/entertainme...

'I'm a bestselling spy writer – these are my top 8 espionage authors'

Ahead of the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival this weekend, David Goodman picks his top eight espionage authors - and Ian Fleming's not among them

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The first part of our live play of our Call of Cthulhu scenario @cymerafestival.co.uk is now up! Watch 5 authors laugh and go mad as they try to solve the mystery of a murdered Miskatonic professor! Watch: youtu.be/QVACPGVBLjk?... Listen: linktr.ee/narrativedam...

#Glasgow Keep the GSFWC party going after this week's launch of Neil Williamson's Hand-Me Downs (PS Publishing) and grab your ticket for our alumna Eliza Chan's launch of Harbour of Hungry Ghosts! See you on 11th August. @elizachanwrites.bsky.social @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social

An Evening With Eliza Chan | 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 With Eliza Chan today.

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Shouting about my short story collection "These Broken Little Worlds" once more! A tasting menu of stories incoming... 🧵 (Publisher buying options: www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as... or Amazon if that's your thing: www.amazon.co.uk/These-Broken... ) /1

(2/2) Hand-Me-Downs (PS Publishing) by Neil Williamson purchase link: www.waterstones.com/book/hand-me... Home Sick (Rebellion) by Rhiannon Grist purchase link: www.waterstones.com/book/home-si... @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social @beckywojturska.bsky.social

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Buy Hand-Me-Downs by Neil Williamson from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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Congratulations to our Neil Williamson and Rhiannon Grist on last night's twin horror launch at Waterstones Argyle Street! Becky Wojturska chaired a brilliant chat about Hand-Me-Downs (PS) and Home Sick (Rebellion) -- both out this week! (1/2) @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social

PictCon is a lovely small convention in Perth, get more info here: pictcon.com

PictCon@pictcon.bsky.social · 3w ago

Have you filled in the Programme form? We will start programme allocation in August. forms.gle/2aCAm6jJL5KW...

In better news I can now finally reveal the award what we won SME News’sUK Enterprise Awards 2026. Best Inclusive Film & Book Review Platform 2026

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

Glasgow SF Writers' Circle@gsfwc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#Glasgow Join our Neil Williamson, Rhiannon Grist and Rebecca Wojturska and celebrate Neil's new Horror collection Hand-Me-Downs (PS Publishing). Get your tickets below and we'll see you at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social on 14th July! @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social (1/2)

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

Glasgow SF Writers' Circle@gsfwc.bsky.social · 4w ago

We interrupt your regularly scheduled feed for a special announcement: "Milton, Morrison & Valentine are delighted to announce: Haverin. An anthology celebrating 40 years of Glasgow SF Writer’s Circle, with stories from members past and present. Coming October 2026." #GSFWC40 #Haverin

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-...