Für alle, die auch mal den Blick über den Ärmelkanal wagen: die Shortlist für die BSFA-Awards ist online. Die Gewinner werden auf dem EasterCon in Birmingham bekanntgegeben. Link: www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-... #sfcd #bsfa #sciencefiction #award #Großbritannien #eastercon

Very cool to see that my @sauutiverse.bsky.social novella DESCENT is now a finalist for the BSFA Awards! Many thanks to @clarkesworldmagazine.com for publishing it, to everyone who read and congratulations to all my fellow finalists whom I'm pleasantly intimidated to be counted among!
#bsfa #awards

Essays — Speculative Insight Monthly essays about the ideas and themes in speculative fiction. Free to read.

Three essays from Speculative Insight are on the #BSFA longlist: read Val Nolan's (on the Dublin Portal) and Abby Roberts' (nationalism in LOTR) here:
www.speculativeinsight.com/essays
And you can read Nick Hubble's here: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras
(about Galadriel taking the ring).

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Hey #BSFA members!
If you possess a spare vote in the shorter fiction category, please consider my Opi's World to encourage the goody girl turned World's most wanted terrorist/ pirate. TIA.

My very talented little brother @kevrooney.bsky.social has been longlisted for a BSFA Award for his short story 'The Tiddy Mun', featured in the folk horror anthology 'Hiding Under The Leaves'. Very proud of him! 😁🤞

💙📚🩸 #BookSky #Horror #FolkHorror #BSFA

It was such a pleasure working with Elitsa and I’m so happy for her and this little story.
If you are a #BSFA voter, this is a story you’ll want to check out!

Vote for the BSFA Awards

The #BSFA Awards longlist is out - and the GSFWC are all over it! Christopher Caldwell, Jenni Coutts, E.M. Faulds and Neil Williamson are all up for awards this year. Incoming..

@seraph76.bsky.social @jennicoutts.bsky.social @bethkesh.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @bsfa.bsky.social (1/)

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One of my #BSFA longlisted works in the Best Short Fiction Category is now free to download for your reading pleasure:

lnk.to/BGF24S6Amazon

(see also: susankayequinn.com/books/corian... for availability on various platforms)

#BSFA voters...

Whoaaa absolutely chuffed that ONE LAST GAME is on the BSFA Awards long list! Would be delighted if you gave the novella a read and vote if you enjoyed!

#bsfa2026 #bsfa

Should Galadriel have taken the Ring? — Speculative Insight The Fourth Age under the dominion of men isn’t going too well, is it? Did the free peoples of Middle-earth really combine to overthrow Sauron so that the world would be delivered on a plate to the lik...

My essay 'Should Galadriel have taken the Ring?' has been nominated for the #BSFA Award for Best Short Non Fiction and @speculativeinsight.bsky.social have very kindly made it free to read for the voting period. So please read to find out about the significance of #Galadriel being the Fairy Queen.

OR x2!

For a limited time (ie til BSFA voting closes), read Nick's essay here for free:

www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/galadriel

The Roberts and Nolan essays:

www.speculativeinsight.com/essays

#BSFA #tolkien

So #BSFA voters, email as below to read my essay on 'Should Galadriel Have Taken the Ring' or subscribe - Speculative Insight is an absolute bargain at that price. And because there is a price, they pay contributors, which works for everyone!!

Original post on wandering.shop

Wow, an exciting and unexpected honor seeing INVENTING THE RENAISSANCE on the #BSFA awards l long list for best nonfiction long-form. It does indeed relate to SFF reflecting on the myth of dark & golden ages in fiction. (And quoting Firefly & Babylon 5 😉🚀) […]

Several BSFA Award Longlist Nominations! – Stars and Sabers Stars and Sabers Publishing announces several BSFA Award Longlist nominations for their writers and cover artists.

Read more on our site, with links: www.starsandsabers.com/2026/01/22/s...
#BSFA #BSFAAwards #books #horror #scifi #fantasy #coverart

WAIT WHAT?? Perhaps I should actually look at the #BSFA long list... LOL

Coming off a busy work day to find my collection, three short stories & the peer-reviewed paper I co-wrote with @susankayequinn.bsky.social has made the #BSFA Awards Long List!

Congratulations to all fabulous long-listees! Honoured to be among you.

Many thanks to everyone who nominated my work 💕✨

BSFA Awards Longlist! Left to right book covers: OF SHADOWS, STARS, AND SABERS, edited by Jendia Gammon and Gareth L. Powell; ECHOES AND EMBERS: SPECULATIVE STORIES by Pedro Iniguez; THE NGA’PHANDILEH WHISPERER by Eugen Bacon; THE LEGEND LIMINAL by Ren Hutchings Best Novella The Nga'phandileh Whisperer by Eugen Bacon The Legend Liminal by Ren Hutchings Best Short Fiction "The Shadow Eater of Orino-Rin" by Eugen Bacon, in Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers Best Artwork Cover: Art by Niall C. Grant for Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers Cover: Art by Raúl Cruz for Echoes and Embers by Pedro Iniguez Cover: Art by Stephen Embleton for The Nga'phandileh Whisper by Eugen Bacon

We are thrilled to announce several BSFA Award Longlist nominations for our writers and cover artists! Congratulations to @genni.bsky.social, @voidcricket.bsky.social, @stephenembleton.bsky.social, Niall C. Grant, and Raúl Cruz!
#BSFA #BSFAAwards #books #horror #scifi #fantasy #coverart

Stephen King's book, The Running Man.

Some research reading ahead of the #BSFA panel / waffledrinkspod on the latest movie adaptation. Let me know your rating if you've seen it.

Originally published under pseudonym Richard Bachman.

Newcastle's BSF raises £15M to turn T-Rex DNA into luxury leather — TFN BSF Enterprise secures £15M from Blackstone Mercantile Group to accelerate commercial rollout of lab-grown leather, injectable corneal gels, and advanced cell culture media, aiming to disrupt luxury fashion, veterinary medicine, and biopharma sectors.

Tech Funding News covers our £15M equity round with a focus on what makes this funding transformative, including 100% real lab-grown leather, injectable corneal gels, and high-performance culture supplements.

techfundingnews.com/...

#BSFA #BSFAF #BSFEnterprise #LabGrownLeather #CornealRepair

BSF Enterprise Targets £15 Million Equity Raise to Advance Lab‑Grown Leather and Bio‑Tissue Projects - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine BSF Enterprise PLC, a company specializing in tissue-engineered materials, has announced plans for a £15 million equity fundraise to accelerate the

Great coverage from Vegconomist on our £15M funding round. This investment will accelerate our work across lab-grown leather, corneal repair, and cultivated meat. Excited for what's ahead in 2026.

vegconomist.com/inve...

#BSFA #BSFAF #BSFEnterprise #Vegconomist #LabGrownLeather #CornealRepair

BSF Enterprise Bags $20M to Scale Up Lab-Grown Meat & Leather British tissue engineering company BSF Enterprise, owner of Lab-Grown Leather and cultivated meat firm 3D Bio-Tissues, has secured £15M ($19.8M) in fresh funding.

Green Queen covered our £15M fund raise and the strategic importance of this for accelerating growth and commercialisation. The article provides valuable context of our technology across leather, corneal repair, and cultivated meat applications.

www.greenqueen.com.h...

#BSFA #BSFAF #BSFEnterprise

𝗕𝗦𝗙 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗟𝗖 details how the 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 £𝟭𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 is expected to be deployed across the Group’s core businesses.

📄 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗥𝗡𝗦: www.londonstockexcha...

#BSFA #BSFAF #LabGrownLeather #CultivatedMeat #CornealRepair

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝟱𝟬% 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆? 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗩𝗘

Explore the full 𝗙𝗔𝗤 for how it works, how to use it, and what to expect: 👉 www.3dbiotissues.com...

#CytoBoost #Cryopreservation #PostThawRecovery #3DBT #CellRecovery #BSFA #BSFAF

2025 Awards Eligibility Post for Jendia Gammon - Jendia Gammon 2025 Awards Eligibility Post for Jendia Gammon

The BSFA nominations for the longlist are open! I have four eligible works: 3 novels (one for younger readers specifically) and 1 collection. I greatly appreciate any nominations. Thank you!!
Here's everything: jendiagammon.com/202...
#BSFA #BSFAAwards

Any BSFA members here please nominate my friend Emily Inkpen's Dex Legacy series in all categories

#BSFA #DexLegacy #IndependentAuthor

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A powerful, chemically-defined, xeno-free additive that helps cells recover from their most stressful moment — the thaw.

Explore FAQs 👉 tinyurl.com/2md5p69j

#CytoBoost #CellRecovery #Cryopreservation #PostThawRecovery #3DBioTissues #BSFA #BSFAF

Following my return to writing, it's too early to attend #WorldFantasyConvention2025 but wishing all the best to everyone who's going, hope you have an amazing time!
There are some to-dos for me next year that include renewing memberships lapsed to #BSFA & #HWA, & a return to the convention circuit.

"Shackled in Foldspace".

a poem & painting from "Contact Light" (published on the 15th September 2025)

#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #focus #bsfa #contactlight #alienbuddhapress
@alienbuddhapress.bsky.social

𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗹-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆
In the final of our investor video series, CEO 𝗗𝗿 @CheConnon highlights how 𝟯𝗗𝗕𝗧 is the commercial engine driving the future of cell-based technologies.

🌐 bsfenterprise.com/po...

#BSFA #BSFAF #3DBioTissues #CityMix #CytoBoost