Coiling Marks and Coiling Stories: @katepreach.bsky.social reviews Anna Orridge's PARCH MARKS (@goldsmithspress.bsky.social)

Coiling Marks and Coiling Stories: Review of Anna Orridge’s Parch Marks

Kate Towner Under Review:Parch Marks. Anna Orridge. Goldsmiths Press, Sept. 2026. I love when I learn a new fact by reading a novel. Parch marks, it turns out, are signs used by archaeologists to s…

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My author copies arrived 🩶💛 Thank you @goldsmithspress.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social Like archaeology, the city of York, the Bronze Age and speculation about our climate altered future? Order link: www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...

'Feminist Firestarter: Activism for an Unravelling World' by Lina AbiRafeh - is out today in the UK, and next month in the USA 'Feminist Firestarter' is a small book with big plans. A call to action for everyone who’s done waiting. www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...

Feminist Firestarter

Activism for an Unraveling World

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Pleased as punch to be one of the contributors to this series, along with Anne. Parch Marks is set in York, London and the Pennines. It features climate change, the Bronze Age, caves, archaeology, protest and heritage crime. Order link in the post below.

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Double Gold SF out today!! 📚📚📚 Parch Marks by Anna Orridge www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p... Alston Moor by Anne Charnock www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...

Double Gold SF out today!! 📚📚📚 Parch Marks by Anna Orridge www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p... Alston Moor by Anne Charnock www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...

Out in the world! Many, many thanks to the whole team at Goldsmiths Press/Gold SF. I’m so grateful to early endorsers. The starting point for this eco-fiction: see link in comments. @goldsmithspress.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social

And congratulations to @anna-orridge.bsky.social! “Parch Marks” also released today by @goldsf.bsky.social! @goldsmithspress.bsky.social

Anna Orridge@anna-orridge.bsky.social · last mo.

It was discoveries like this that inspired Parch Marks. Released tomorrow, the novel imagines just such a site, a Bronze Age village both exposed and threatened by climate change, as well as the accelerating human need for resources in 2057. Still time to pre-order! www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...

The right looks back in anger, the left looks forward in hope – and hard-to-love liberalism is floundering, say Ben Anderson and Anna Secor. @irenektori.bsky.social reviews their study of emotion and identity in a ragebait age. @goldsmithspress.bsky.social buff.ly/anEuXGa

Goldsmiths Press is celebrating 10 years of inventive publishing 📚 @goldsmithspress.bsky.social shares ten of the most significant titles it has published over the decade, which exemplify its mission to encourage the cross-disciplinary and genre-bending. www.gold.ac.uk/news/2026/go...

Goldsmiths Press celebrates 10th anniversary

Goldsmiths Press is marking 10 years of inventive publishing by showcasing ten of the most significant titles that it has published over the last decade.

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Update! From July 1st, Goldsmiths Press' sales and distribution will be handled by Global Book Sales. Please place orders through Ingram (USA) and MDL (UK) or contact Global Book Sales direct 📚

Next week join authors @benandersongeog.bsky.social and @ajsecor.bsky.social, alongside Jeremy Gilbert, Will Davies and Carolyn Pedwell, to discus The Politics of Feeling! Reserve a space at the link below 👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/the-politi...

The Politics of Feeling: Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism

A launch event to mark the publication of The Politics of Feeling: Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism  by Ben Anderson and Anna J. Seccor

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Excellent article 💚 In fiction, meet my peatland expert, Elizabeth, in ALSTON MOOR as she endeavours to restore the North Pennines peatbogs. Coming September 2026 from @goldsmithspress.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social

‘The start of the healing process’: the vital work to restore Britain’s peatlands

A project on Dartmoor to reprofile the landscape aims to return the springy bog – and carbon store – to its natural condition

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In a documentary released this week by @artefr.bsky.social, author @paulrekret.bsky.social discusses the phenomenon of elevator music in our daily lives Paul's book, Take this Hammer: Work, Song, Crisis is available now, via our website www.arte.tv/en/videos/12...

A History of Elevator Music - From Muzak to Streaming - Watch the full documentary | ARTE in English

Invented in the 1930s in the USA to increase productivity in places of work, elevator music has become omnipresent in supermarkets and shopping centres the world over. This documentary tells the story...

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We are back in the Goldsmiths library next week selling books for a discount - be there or be square 🟥 @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social

I’m a big fan of Sandra Newman’s novel The Heavens with its time slip from noughties New York to Elizabethan England. So, I’m pretty overwhelmed to read this early response. Coming: September 2026 @goldsf.bsky.social @goldsmithspress.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social

@goldsf.bsky.social co-founder, Paul March-Russell, spoke with A Small, Good Thing about the importance of women writers in science fiction and the legacy of the short story collection Women of Wonder (1974) edited by Pamela Sargent! Listen now ⬇️ www.spreaker.com/episode/wome...

We're happy to open 39 titles in our Spring 2026 list via Direct to Open. Our thanks to the libraries that have pledged their support! To reach our funding goals and those of partners Goldsmiths Press & Duke UP, the commitment window is open through Feb 28th, 2026: mitpress.mit.edu/the-mit-pres...

Congratulations to @ajashworth.bsky.social, whose book Maybe the Birds has been long listed for this years @bsfa.bsky.social Awards! @goldsf.bsky.social For the full list - www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

I’m thrilled to reveal the stunning cover art for my novel, ALSTON MOOR. Coming 29 September! I’m so grateful to cover designer Heather Ryerson and the team at @goldsmithspress.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social. 📚@unamccormack.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social More: annecharnock.com/alston-moor/...

So pleased to see ALSTON MOOR on this great list. Many of the recs on my own TBR! 📚📚📚 @abigailnussbaum.bsky.social @goldsmithspress.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social

Lawyers, Guns and Money@lawgunsmoney.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The Books I’m Looking Forward to in 2026

Andy Hedgcock in The Morning Star has chosen "Maybe the Birds" as one of his cultural highlights of 2025. ✨🙏🏼💛 @ajashworth.bsky.social @goldsmithspress.bsky.social www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/trad...

Traditions are reclaimed and fear meets fun

ON the surface, The Albino’s Secret (Gollancz, £10.99), a novel by Michael Moorcock and Mark Hodder, is a postmodern homage to the action-packed storytelling of the interwar period. Set in Istanbul in...

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Many thanks to Gus Gresham for this fab review of Maybe the Birds 💛 everybodysreviewing.blogspot.com/2025/11/revi... @goldsf.bsky.social @goldsmithspress.bsky.social

Review by Gus Gresham of "Maybe the Birds" by A. J. Ashworth

This short story collection by A. J. Ashworth is a rewarding read, each story like a piece of mysterious treasure from a dug-up pirates’ che...

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"The opportunity to learn more about mental health in this dynamic and vibrant music economy, and drive change to make a difference through our global collaboration, is incredibly exciting." - George Musgrave, author of The England No One Cares About www.gold.ac.uk/news/2025/it...

Major Survey into Mental Health in the Indian Music Industry

‘It’s Time to Talk’ - one of the biggest surveys into mental health in the music industry, and the first such survey in India - launched on 10 November at the Soundscapes of India Fe...

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The Path of Most Resistance: Poems on Women in Science is out now. The full video of Jessy reading a selection of poems from this collection is up on our YouTube channel! @goldsf.bsky.social @jessyrandall.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC60...

Maybe the Birds, by @ajashworth.bsky.social featured on MIT Reader from @mitpress.bsky.social @goldsmithspress.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sffoundation.bsky.social #newwriting #newreleases #newbooks #SF #FeministSF #IntersectionalSF thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-j-ashworth...

A.J. Ashworth: ‘The Guide’

Across millennia, a cave painter and a son confront the shadows of creation and loss. A story from A.J. Ashworth’s new collection “Maybe the Birds.”

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Thanks so much to Foreword Reviews for this review of Maybe the Birds!https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/maybe-the-birds/ @unamccormack.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social @goldsmithspress.bsky.social 💛

It’s a triple release day, with Common by Nikolai Duffy, Maybe the Birds by @ajashworth.bsky.social, and Virus is a Language by Chris Hables Gray all publishing today! www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p... @unamccormack.bsky.social @jennashworth.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

Do you speak virus? This October we are publishing “Virus is a Language” by Chris Hables Gray, this book shows how Generative AI and cults such as QAnon spread digitally, and culturally follow the same rules as biological viruses. 🦠🦠🦠 @mitpress.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social

A first look at our new series design for Fictional Objects! Common by Nikolai Duffy follows its main character as he comes to terms with the circumstances of his life - a reflection on solitude, freedom, responsibility, and the repeated attempt to transcend the legacies of the past.

'I love writing for myself but in some ways supporting others is even better.' Professor and novelist @abicurtiswriter.bsky.social is on Northern Voices this week discussing her novel The Headland @goldsmithspress.bsky.social, academia, creativity and more. on.soundcloud.com/EHaFY2uG7xsg...