A photo showing two geese at the edge of a lake with a pebbled beach. One of them has their wings outstretched. Light is reflected on the ripples in the water.
Traditional con posting, this time it's some geese at Pendigo Lake in Birmingham where I have spent the last few days enjoying my first Eastercon. It surely won't be my last.
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
Rima Staines stands behind a table full of her folkloric, mythic art. Shades of blue and orange, art framed in natural wood, and Rima wearing a black hat.
Ended up vending yesterday next to the fabulous Rima Staines! Friends, I shopped.
periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Wonderful!
"The moment you allow AI to write a sentence for you, you lose your voice."
Francesca Barbini @lunapress.bsky.social nailing it in her guest of honour interview with @megintransition.bsky.social.
#pictcon
the WHOLE THING about writing is realizing that you don't "already" have "the whole thing" in your head. when it's just an idea that warm feeling smooths over all the gaps. but you've got a germ. a seed. there are *so many choices* left to make--real, hard, meaningful, creative choices.
A photo of the sea meeting the horizon but it's not as glamorous as you might think. There is a line of wind turbines in the far distance and lights and a guardrail between us and the water.
The sea!
This is the way.
Headed to Brighton today woo hoo! Travel today, work tomorrow morning, then hit the registration desk and let the fun begin. Taking extra large luggage for the many books I know I will bring home. ❤️
Me! I get there today. Will see you there!
I am so sorry! Please take care of yourself. Sending lots of love.
An orange cat is standing on a flowerpot to cross the top of a small fence in a crowded garden.
Crossing the border to fairyland.
Photograph: Our young brown spaniel, Lottie, communing with an oak friend on the hill behind our house.
"When nature is personal, the world is peopled by rocks, trees, rivers, and mountains...protagonists of their own stories rather than just props in a human story. When Earth is truly alive, the world is full of persons, only some of whom are human.”
- @priscillastuckey.bsky.social (Kissed by a Fox)
Sending lots of love to you all!
Angela Carter sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/carter... was born on this day: some illustrations to her stories by Gill Bradley, Meggie Wood, Igor Karash, Martha R Ford. I believe some/all relate to the Folio Society 2011 Book Illustration Competition where Carter's "The Bloody Chamber ..." was the text:
That is so very sad.
I miss them, and bluejays.
An aged looking scroll. A border of waves in ink surrounds the text: Hear the siren’s call… Fantasycon 2026 9-11 October 2026 Glasgow Crowne Plaza
Save the date! Fantasycon is coming to Glasgow, 9th-11th October 2026. Early bird tickets go on sale soon
Rushed to get this special edition out for you before Inauguration Day! A place to share distracting titles, if you can't go to a Korean Spa - and books by Katherine Beutner & @tessagratton.bsky.social to recommend
My latest Substack looks at Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's book about the Cottingley fairies, 'The Coming of the Fairies' (1922) drfrancisyoung.substack.com/p/whatever-r...
An event poster for 'Forever After: Angela Carter & the Re-invention of the Fairy Tale' -- an online talk sponsored by the British Library as part of the programme of events surrounding their big exhibition on Fantasy last year.
It's hard to believe it was a year ago that Marina Warner, Kelly Link, @amalelmohtar.com and I had the pleasure of talking about fairy tales & Angela Carter, a vastly important figure in the Modern Fairy Tale Lit Revival. The discussion is online here: living-knowledge-network.co.uk/library/ange...
Today's bookshop. I love working here.
Most excellent!
Did you know that every Thursday at noon (EST) you can hop on Zoom and see a manuscript? It's true! We call it Coffee With A Codex. You just have to register. Tomorrow it will be a 15th century devotional scroll from England. Register here!
libcal.library.upenn.edu/event/13390590
🤗 Hello everyone!
We’re #TOEBI, the professional organisation of Teachers of #OldEnglish in Britain & Ireland.
We promote & support the teaching of Old English language and literature.
Our annual newsletter contains articles on Old English pedagogy & book reviews: www.toebi.org.uk/toebi-newsle...
the whole purpose of the post-menopausal woman is to prevent the rise of generative AI
