#Writers! Aren't sure where to start with your Author Website? Or just want to polish up your online presence in the post-Twitter age? Our E.M. Faulds has her web designer hat on for another round of her lauded workshops. Book now at the link below:
bibliotta.com/webinars/
@bibliotta.bsky.social
FORTY YEARS LATER, ‘BOYS DON'T CRY 86 MIX / 2026 REMASTER’ IS AVAILABLE ONCE AGAIN ON 7" & 12" VINYL. GET YOUR COPY NOW VIA thecure.lnk.to/BoysDontCry
Cymera's new Writer in Residence is hosting an online workshop this Sunday 26 April at 11am BST!
Multi‑award winning author Katya de Becerra will explore how horror uses monsters, the uncanny and fear itself to reflect identity, trauma and transformation.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/writer-in-re...
Calling all newbie writers! Join my 2+ day Masterclass at @cymerafestival.co.uk this June. We’ll be doing some critiquing, learning about editing & publishing, and I’ll be running a SFF/H worship on the last morning. WAY MORE info here:
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...
"I RE-SANG IT IN 1986 BECAUSE I THOUGHT I COULD DO A BIT MORE WITH THE SONG - I FELT I WAS IMPROVING AS A SINGER, BECOMING MORE CONFIDENT - SO ALTHOUGH I DIDN’T REALLY DEVIATE TOO MUCH FROM THE ORIGINAL VOCAL MELODY OR PHRASING, I KNEW I COULD GET A BIT MORE TONE AND EMOTION INTO THE REWORK.” - RSx
I'm making one last push to let people know about this online talk -- sponsored by the British Library in conjunction with their current exhibition on fairy tales. The live stream starts at 7:30 tonight, but if you buy a ticket *before* the event you can watch it any time over the next 7 days.
Happy birthday!
Reviewers, bloggers, authors- request now!
As so many of us have said so often for a year now, any predatory man already ignoring laws forbidding assault isn't going to obey a 'bathroom ban'. Making life harder for trans people and many others with restrictions which will be impossible to enforce will do nothing to make any women safer.
"Dear America" letters from people who work at the besieged US Department of Housing and Urban Development:
dearamericaletters.org
Everything Will Swallow You, with an owl bookmark.
Everything Will Swallow You, with a Green Man bookmark.
Everything Will Swallow You, with a chicken bookmark.
THREAD. Today I'm giving away 3 signed hardbacks of my latest book, each with fab linoprint bookmarks, made by my mum Jo.
Repost & reply to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Folkloric creatures
Old records
Intricate psychedelic stories
The idea of circular time
All shares much-appreciated.
I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.
I’m not telling you what to do, but many of us don’t use beta readers, so unless you have some you’d trust with your life, maybe right now is not a good time to start looking. I’ve seen dozens of angry/sad “My beta reader told me they fed my book to AI” posts, and fuck that.
omg I do this EVERY TIME.
24th September...
A moodboard with standing stones, a ruined interior, an animal skull on a tree trunk, a pied crow close up, and rusted metal spiral with a sharp point. The colours are muted and reddish
A moodboard for The Shape of Monsters
*'Fuck this house, he thought, and traced a spiral in the dust on Great Aunt Octavia’s portrait. The canvas tremored under his fingers and shadows flickered.*
Coming out 26th September from Tor UK
Some indy research that I'll be sharing results of for everyone to see / use! This survey is on short fiction anthologies. You can take it even if you never read them, as there are Qs about that, too. The aim is to help anthologies shine, so please share it!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Happy Record Store Day to all who celebrate. Get yourselves out to your local indie shop and browse those bins. Maybe listen to an instore performance. And for sure buy some great music on actual physical media.
If you’re a Hachette author you should be talking to your editors and teams about this. If they’re using AI to counter AI, it’s still AI. And it may also be giving your work to the machine, serving it up on a contractual platter.
Nope. Fuck this article, The Telegraph for publishing it, and Pelling for writing it. Hope that helps.
A promotional graphic with a geometric, crystalline background in shades of purple, pink, and blue. At the top is the "CYMERA" logo, followed by the text "Scotland’s Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Writing." Large text in the center reads "2026 Programme NOW LIVE." A dark blue diagonal banner at the bottom contains white text: "WHERE YOU CAN CATCH ME AT THIS YEAR’S CYMERA FESTIVAL!"
A promotional graphic for a live event at the Cymera Festival. A dark blue banner at the top reads "LIVE ACTUAL PLAY WITH SOME TOP AUTHORS! (PLUS IT’S FREE!)". Below, the event title is "Narrative Damage Live Play" scheduled for Friday, June 5, 2026, from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM. It features the "Call of Cthulhu" logo and a headshot of a man with glasses (me!) next to the "Narrative Damage" podcast logo. The description details a spooky RPG adventure set in 1890s Edinburgh.
A promotional graphic for an in-person workshop at Cymera Festival titled "Press Record: A Writer’s Guide to Podcasting with Marco Rinaldi." The event is scheduled for Saturday, June 6, 2026, from 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM. The image features a headshot of me and a picture of a studio microphone. A dark blue banner at the bottom reads: "LEARN ABOUT PODCASTING (HOW I SPEND 99% OF MY TIME...!)" The text describes an interactive workshop covering equipment, editing, and distribution.
A promotional graphic for a "Live Podcast Recording: Page One The Writer's Podcast." The event is scheduled for Saturday, June 6, 2026, from 3:45 PM – 4:45 PM. The graphic includes the "Page One" logo with a set of orange headphones. A dark blue diagonal banner at the bottom states: "AND A LIVE RECORDING OF PAGE ONE WITH A TOP AUTHOR!" The background displays the festival's blue and purple geometric theme.
I've signed up to host a lot of events @cymerafestival.co.uk this year - which is great (don't worry, I will also find plenty of time to attend 'barcon' in between all these!) Lots of fun events, including a first live actual play of @narrativedamagerpg.bsky.social with some amazing author-players!
A really lovely review of THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY from @princejvstin.com but more an interesting rumination on generation ship stories in general.
@rtorrubia.com
David Goodman, in conversation with Nicholas Binge at Waterstones West End, Thursday 4th June, cover image, image of me.
There's seven (!) weeks remaining until SOLITARY AGENTS comes out and myself and @bingewriting.bsky.social have a good old natter about it at Waterstones West End on Thursday, June 4th! See you there?
www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
Grand old time at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social tonight celebrating new books by @cameronjohnston.bsky.social and Rafael Torrubia. Brilliant questioning by Cailean Steed, and generally a lovely night all in all.
TO MARK #RecordStoreDay2026 THE CURE ARE RELEASING SPECIAL EDITIONS OF ‘GREATEST HITS’ AND ‘ACOUSTIC HITS’ ON LIMITED COLOURED VINYL, IN SUPPORT OF WAR CHILD. PICK UP YOUR COPY THIS SAT 18 APRIL FROM YOUR LOCAL PARTICIPATING INDIE RECORD SHOP - FIND YOUR CLOSEST STORE AT RECORDSTOREDAY.CO.UK #RSD26
Reform Essex activist who hosted Nigel Farage at his tanning salon is also a Nazi superfan who believes that "Hitler was right."
Excellent work from @hopenothate.org.uk
hopenothate.org.uk/2026/04/14/n...
Ban this shit from your life.
Seriously. Boycott. And keep away from your kids.
Book. Cover background is blue, with white technical drawings, which compliment the curious rocket in the foreground, behind the rocket are clouds and the moon.
Well my copy of First Mage On The Moon by @cameronjohnston.bsky.social arrived today - looking forward to reading. #booksky 💙📚
Two of the very best genre writers working today in conversation - not to be missed.
(And so much more great stuff happening at the Cymera festival too - an excellently run, hugely welcoming and friendly genre SFFH festival. If you are anywhere close to Edinburgh it's a great weekend.)
Fully delighted to be back at @cymerafestival.co.uk again this year & chatting with such a brilliant human!
My fav festival, full of warmth, joy & inspiration. Come join us!
