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Reader of SF&F, mainly. *Libraries have ebooks that you can read on your phone. Est. 2005

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Tenebrous Press@tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 6h ago

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Independent, award-winning publisher of Horror/Sci-Fi/speculative books, magazines and merchandise. Hail the Tenebrous Cult.

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Louie Stowell@louiestowell.bsky.social · 14h ago

I just saw a piece in @thebookseller.com about this fundraiser - to protect and share a collection of over one million Black books in the UK, a labour of love by one collector, Baba Pepukayi, but a vital resource for the nation. www.gofundme.com/f/save-1-mil... Please share, and donate if you can.

Donate to Save 1 Million Black Books, organized by Black British Book Festival

Save 1 Million Black Books One of Britain's Largest Collections of Black Books… Black British Book Festival needs your support for Save 1 Million Black Books

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Dan Hartland@danhartland.bsky.social · yesterday

"My thoughts used to be that an award is to find the best book. But the more time passes on, I wonder if maybe they want to provoke arguments. Maybe they just want to create attention. "I just do not exactly know if the awards themselves know what their role is." @amritesh.bsky.social

Critical Friends Episode 26: On Awards

In this episode of Critical Friends, the Strange Horizons SFF criticism podcast, Amritesh Mukherjee and Abigail Nussbaum join Dan Hartland to talk about literary awards.

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Juliet E McKenna@julietemckenna.bsky.social · yesterday

I am sure you will agree that Ben Baldwin has given us another magnificent cover for Dan Mackmain’s latest adventure. Dan and Fin are off to Ireland – a trip I know many readers have been keen to see. The Green Man’s Debt will be published by Wizard’s Tower Press on 10th September 2026. #BookSky

Cover art by Ben Baldwin for The Green Man's Debt by Juliet E McKenna. A grey wolf with pale eyes stands in the shadows of a derelict building with a black and white tiled floor. The wolf is looking straight at you. Its snarl reveals blood on its teeth and jaw.
Dan Hartland@danhartland.bsky.social · 3d ago

Oh, look! It’s @chloroformtea.bsky.social and me, hacking our way through this year’s Clarke Award shortlist. Which niche British references do we employ? Which random GIFs? And … why Tom Cruise? Also, careful critique of a set of six texts claimed by the judges to represent the best of UK SF etc

The Arthur C. Clarke Award 2026: A Shortlist Discussion

Awards season rolls around once more, and so it is time for our annual discussion of the Clarke Award shortlist. The Arthur C. Clarke Award...

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Nick Hubble@thehubble101.bsky.social · 2d ago

In the run-up to the 40th Anniversary of the Clarke Award, it seems timely to repost the essay I originally wrote in the run-up to the 30th Anniversary. Seems obvious today but indicative of how much has changed in the last decade. I will have a shortlist review up by the time the award is made.

Gender Diversity and ‘Literary SF’ in the run-up to the 30th Anniversary of the Clarke Award (2016).

2026 Introduction: This is an essay first published in Foundation in 2016 (before that year’s Clarke Award) and updated by me in 2020, during a period when I was one of the judges for the awa…

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Roseanna Pendlebury@chloroformtea.bsky.social · 3d ago

I had the now-traditional Clarke Award discussion at NoaF again this year, and (possibly as is clear from the length) had a great time chatting to Dan about all of it. Come for the jokes, stay for the book opinions.

Nerds of a Feather@nerdsofafeather.bsky.social · 3d ago

The Arthur C. Clarke Award 2026: A Shortlist Discussion Dan Hartland ( @danhartland.bsky.social ), who is Reviews Editor at Strange Horizons, joins our @chloroformtea.bsky.social for a meaty discussion of the shortlist: www.nerds-feather.com/2026/08/the-... #blueskybooks #booksky

@gavreads@gavreads.co.uk · 3d ago

I will shout from the rooftops that AI can't create art. It just can't. It can make content, but content isn't art. And we’re in an age where we’re told we’re making content and not art - and I think part of the pushback is reminding everyone what ART is and saying you're MAKING ART & NOT CONTENT.

@gavreads@gavreads.co.uk · 3d ago

Do you have an author you are nervous of reading? Mine is Patrick Ness. I’m tackling that by listening to the audiobook of The Knife of Never Letting Go. And now I have a dog; it seems to be hitting a little harder than when I first tried it.

Wendy N. Wagner 🎃@wnwagner.bsky.social · 3d ago

Folks, Lightspeed & Nightmare magazines need your support. www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/a...

Announcement: We're Launching a New Kickstarter Soon. Sign up to be notified when it launches! - Lightspeed Magazine

On September 15, 2026, we’ll be launching our first Kickstarter campaign in more than a decade, to fund Year 17 of Lightspeed and Year 15 of Nightmare. Join us for a year of new short fiction from som...

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🏰 Ben Paites 🏛️@benpaites.bsky.social · 3d ago

Here’s my review of the Tom Hiddleston Pompeii series. Keeping in mind this is aimed at amateurs, I thought it had a wonderful blend of (fairly authentic) dramatisation, a varied range of specialists and Tom himself makes the story that much more endearing. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ www.benpaites.uk/blog-4-1/pom...

Pompeii: Out of Time - Review — Ben Paites

There have been many attempts over the years to get celebrities to try and engage the general public in the Ancient World. Rarely, if ever, does that celebrity have any sort of prior experience or kno...

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@gavreads@gavreads.co.uk · 3d ago

Do you own a book that you berate yourself for not yet reading every time you see it? Mine is currently: First Mage on the Moon by Cameron Johnston

Title: First Mage on the Moon Author: Cameron Johnston Description: The book sits upright on a bookcase. Its cover shows a tall brass steampunk rocket tower against a glowing full moon and starry sky, with faint geometric and magical diagrams around it.
Welsh Myth and Legend and Magic@mythwelsh.bsky.social · 3d ago

This week I came across a version of the Cantre'r Gwaelod tale with a mermaid named Morwen in Myra Evans' Casgliad o Chwedlau Newydd from 1935.

NationCymru@nation.cymru · 4d ago

The Welsh may not have dozens of mermaid legends, but the surviving stories are haunting and morally complex. The ‘môr-forwyn’ meaning ‘sea maiden’ was a supernatural being capable of rewarding kindness, punishing cruelty and reminding people that the sea demands respect ✍️ Graham Loveluck-Edwards

@gavreads@gavreads.co.uk · 3d ago

Flying under the radar is Lee Young-do's The Heart of the Nhaga (translated by Anton Hur). @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social in commentary directing us to her @locusmag.bsky.social review says this: 'At every turn it is both familiar and extremely strange, in a way that I found quite delightful.'

Reviews: <i>Absence</i> and <i>The Heart of the Nhaga</i> at <i>Locus</i>

My June 2026 Locus column had a bit of an informal theme of considering the influence—acknowledged and unacknowledged—on the works under re...

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Anton Hur@antonhur.com · 3d ago

I know Emily Wilson—she's a translator colleague, we've taught and hung out at Bread Loaf and been on stage together—which is why it's so amusing to see people mischaracterize her, like, A LOT. She is very chill IRL, I guarantee you she's unbothered by whatever movie or people who disagree with her.