Happily doing my dangerous edits now with the #Worldcon2024 Philharmonic playing in the background. 😁 #Glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures (hopefully music will soothe the savage manuscript and it won't cut me again)
Sculpture of a stone disc with metal words reading : The World offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting, over and over announcing your place, in the family of things - Mary Oliver
Another image that encapsulates #Glasgow2024 #worldcon2024 #ForOurFutures for me, sculpture spotted as we walked back across the tube of smarties bridge on the last day.
Thank you to everyone at WorldCon 2024 who came to my talk "Magic is the Engineering of Coincidence"! The room was full, I sold some books, and no-one threw anything at me :D
#Glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures
Stage of the SEC theatre ready for the closing ceremony with the Glasgow Worldcon logo and the words "A Worldcon For Our Futures" projected above it.
The Closing ceremony is about to begin. What an excellent #Worldcon2024 it has been. Thanks to all who made it possible. #Glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures
My talk "Magic is the Engineering of Coincidence" will be at 1pm on Monday 12th August at Glasgow Worldcon 2024! (room "Alsh 1")
If you're coming to WorldCon, come and see! #Glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures
Ruth Frances Long in Worldcon tartan signing a unicorn toy!
Well I said I would sign anything... I'm in the singing hall, right next to @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social ❤️ #Worldcon2024 #Glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures
@karisperring.bsky.social just gave me a shout out in the monarchy panel! And it's a brilliant panel! 🥹 #Worldcon2024 #Glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures
Worldcon panel on urban fantasy with Seanan Maguire, T L Huchu, Carrie Vaughn and J L Doty on stage abs on screen with Glasgow 2024 logo
At the urban fantasy panel (with a brief anatomical diversion) this morning. Day 4 begins #glasgow2024 #worldcon2024 #ForOurFutures
Return of the Mantra’ and ‘The Warder’ (Blood Gift Chronicles Books 1 & 2) available to buy in the dealers room at #glasgow2024 #Worldcon #forourfutures from Stairwell Books. #magic #wildlife #environment #dragons
Cover of Gallus, A Glasgow SF Writers' Circle Anthology, edited by E.M.Faulds, Brian M. Milton & Neil Williamson.
Cover of Nova Scotia: New Speculative Fiction from Scotland, edited by Neil Williamson and Andrew J. Wilson.
Cover of Shoreline of Infinity, 38, Worldcon Glasgow 2024 issue
So, this is me up to date with #ScottishSFF, right? As I said in Two Centuries of Scottish SF Writers earlier today, this is the latest instalment of that history (including Luna & Shoreline!) #ForOurFutures #Glasgow2024. Brilliant cover art for l & centre by Jenni Coutts & r: Siobhan Mcdonald.
Hiding out in the room in advance of the panel on writing historical fiction. Nice and peaceful. Looking forward to this one. #Worldcon2024 #glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures
Looks like people are still interested in morally grey characters in SFF! 👀
“50 Shades of Morally Grey Characters in SFF” panel at Worldcon.
Ft. Aparna Verma, Emily January (moderator), Joe Abercrombie, Paolo Bacigalupi, & Tasha Suri
#Glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures
Packed house for “The Many Legs of SF: Creepy Crawlies in Space” panel at Worldcon. Ft. Adrian Tchaikovsky, Jonathan Thornton (moderator), Justina Robson, and Nnedi Okorafor! #Glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures
Looking forward to more good times at today’s #Glasgow2024 #forourfutures #worldcon First stop, checking out the dealer’s room where my books, Return of the Mantra, and The Warder, (Blood Gift Chronicles) can be found at the Stairwell Books table. 🙌
Me (grey armadillo) with can of Irn-Bru, tiny white elephant and a few chips in the bottom of a basket.
Acclimatising! Am I Scottish now? #Glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures
Hi Worldcon! I’ll be here all weekend talking adaptations and podcasts, so I’d be remiss if I didn’t share our latest episode for @inktofilm.bsky.social 🎙️
#glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures
Really enjoyed the panel on podcasting. Entertaining and informative panel and some great questions.
#Glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures
Playing Azad at LonCon3 in 2014. A large game map has been marked out on the floor.
Group photo after development and playing of Azad at LonCon3 in 2014. On the right are Glasgow 2024 Chair, Esther MacCallum-Stewart, Steve Jackson &: Eleanor Roberts. I'm standing behind Jackson.
My back and head, as I play on the minor boards of Azad with Steve Jackson. There is a wide board with markings on. Various counters of different sizes and colours. And cards that can be played.
I'm speaking on a panel on Iain Banks at 11.30 this morning. Here's some pictures from the 2014 London Worldcon, when he was GOH in memoriam. I was part of the programme for Azad, the game from The Player of Games. I beat Steve Jackson on the minor boards #Glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures #Azad #IainBanks
Amazing talk from Penelope Hill on Worldbuilding with wool silk and cloth of gold. In depth, fascinating and thought provoking. #glasgow2024 #Worldcon2024 #ForOurFutures
Welcome to Scotland sign on M6/A74(M), from inside of car. Small toy dog sits on dash.
I hope everyone has a great time at @glasgow2024.bsky.social !
I wish I was there with you all! #Glasgow2024 #WorldCon #ForOurFutures
Octo found the amazing @rflong.bsky.social 💚
Ruth is one of our Guests of Honour at this year's Octocon on October 5th and 6th 💚
#Glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures
Empty churros tray and coffee
We've made it to Worldcon and our first stop is....
Coffee and churros!
There were churros in there. Honest.
#Worldcon2024 #Glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures
Octo is going to #Glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures
Keep an eye out while they're on their travels. Rumour has it they have a few ribbons with them!
@glasgow2024.bsky.social @paulcarroll.bsky.social
This anniversary seems very relevant for #Glasgow2024. What legislation passed in 2024 will be worth commemorating in 100 years time? Any suggestions? #ForOurFutures indeed!
Seems appropriate to revisit my review of Nina Allan's Conquest from last year, as I can hear the music and am setting off north towards Scotland today. Also it's #ScottishSFF. #Glasgow2024 #RoadToGlasgow2024 #ForOurFutures.
I did a podcast recently with has just gone live - we talked about Unexploded Remnants, geekery, and the Worldcon coming to Glasgow this week #Glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures
functionalnerds.com/2024/08/epis...
I have a table talk at Worldcon at 16.00 on Thursday which you can sign up for now. Please do so, so I'm not sitting there on my own! 😁 @glasgow2024.bsky.social #Glasgow2024 #Worldcon2024 #ForOurFutures
Wide panoramic shot of SEC halls, with various people in colourful hi-vis vests setting up exhibits for worldcon.
Move in had started at the SEC!
Are ye getting excited for #Glasgow2024 #ForOurFutures ?!
Readying for the big trip to Glasgow, for what promises to be a thought provoking sharing of ideas, and a feast for the imagination. I’m hugely grateful for the diversity I have and have known in my life, diversity which is our greatest strength and biggest inspiration. ❤️ #Glasgow2024 #forourfutures