Reposted by E. J. SwiftRockets on Tyne @rocketsontyne.bsky.social · 4hWhat is Rockets on Tyne, you ask? Why, it's a day of SF events taking place on 26 November as part of this year's Books on Tyne festival! Details and tickets here and in the following thread: booksontyne.co.uk 2116
Reposted by E. J. SwiftVajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 4hMy third novel, HERO COME HOME, officially has a cover! Preorderable from the usual places us.macmillan.com/books/978125... 35367121
Reposted by E. J. SwiftOliver K. Langmead @oliverklangmead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Well, this is lovely! City of All Seasons by Aliya Whiteley and myself has been shortlisted for the Aldiss Award for World Building in speculative fiction! 2238
Reposted by E. J. SwiftAnne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“the possibilities of rewilding are coming to the forefront of speculative fiction” - @suchmayer.northsky.social on my latest, ALSTON MOOR, and WOMAN WOLF/CARBON CAPTURE and WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN. 📚💚📚 @goldsmithspress.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.socialancillaryreviewofbooks.orgBogs, Books, and Magic Boxes: Review of Alston Moor and Woman, Wolf, Carbon CaptureSo Mayer Under Review:Alston Moor. Anne Charnock. Goldsmiths, September 2026.Woman, Wolf, Carbon Capture. Noelle Catharine Allan. Black Lawrence Press, September 2026. It feels strange to proffer c… 21511
Reposted by E. J. SwiftAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Wolves & wild horses have returned to Portugal’s Côa Valley. Rewilding Portugal has been working across the Greater Côa Valley, releasing Sorraia horses & Tauros cattle since 2021 to restore natural grazing. Iberian wolves have now returned to the area on their own buff.ly/xEAcxIx #ShareGoodNewsToobuff.lyThe return of the wild in Portugal's Greater Côa Valley - ELSPWhen Marta Calix moved to Portugal’s Greater Côa Valley in 2019, she joined an ambitious effort to bring nature back across one of western Europe’s important wildlife corridors. Six years later, new… 214641
Reposted by E. J. SwiftNic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Start your morning with a wild and wonderful @theguardian.com country diary by @katebradbury.bsky.social. #naturewriting #countrydiarytheguardian.comCountry diary: I’m virtually living in the woods now. Wildlife is everywhere | Kate BradburyOwls, bats, badgers and countless birds are my new neighbours, but I’ve been particularly taken by a mystery tree – and its resident treecreeper 0227
Reposted by E. J. SwiftRichard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Quite emotional to report that we've just found our amazing survivor Marsh Tit, still here in his ancient woodland kingdom. He's now 11 yrs 4 months old, survived the 2026 heatwaves/drought and smelt the wildfires of nearby Holme Fen. I ringed him in my 30s and I'm now in my 50s. 1041594
Reposted by E. J. SwiftAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl... 6644071388
Reposted by E. J. SwiftSimon Guerrier @0tralala.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I loved to bits The Coral Bones by @catamaroon.bsky.social: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...0tralala.blogspot.comThe Coral Bones, by EJ Swift 1125
Reposted by E. J. SwiftPatrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Rest in peace, Joe Harkness. I was shocked and gutted when I heard the news. He was a generous, inspirational teacher and such an important writer. He was brutally honest, inclusive and funny too. When I interviewed him last summer (below) he was so full of life. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Intrinsically connected’: how human neurodiversity could help save natureBiodiversity is linked to people’s diversity, and nature lends itself to people who are different, says author Joe Harkness 916047
Reposted by E. J. SwiftNicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I have spent weeks shadowing the RNLI and I can tell you, they do it out of nothing more than compassion. Wrote about the heroes I've met over the years in this free-to-read post. nicolakelly.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...nicolakelly.substack.comThe RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroesI have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like. 341504485
Reposted by E. J. SwiftEd Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Briefly popping my head back in to unveil the cover of my upcoming book, LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale. It’ll be out on April 6 in the U.S. and April 29 in the U.K. and you can pre-order it right now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757705... 1/ 261612357
Reposted by E. J. SwiftRoseanna Pendlebury @chloroformtea.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A quick review of a book I just finished (and adored). I love fairy stories, and I think this one handles them precisely how they are best handled.readerofelse.wordpress.comThe Apple and the Pearl – Rym KechachaI love stories about fairies, and about people who live in worlds that intersect with them, the people whose lives have been touched by them for good, and for ill. They are often the stories that b… 0137
Reposted by E. J. SwiftTade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Roll up, roll up! Tickets are now open for the Clarke Award Conference. For some reason they've included me as one of the guests of honour, others being @catamaroon.bsky.social and Anne Charnock.tickettailor.comBuy tickets – The State of SF and of Things to Come: Reading SF through the Clarke Award – MS TeamsThe State of SF and of Things to Come: Reading SF through the Clarke Award – MS Teams, Sat 12 Dec 2026 - Sun 13 Dec 2026 - Keynote speaker: Dr Andrew M. Butler, Chair of the Judges of the Arthur C. Cl... 2329
Reposted by E. J. SwiftAnne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I explain my decision to centre historical fiction in my latest climate novel set on the remote peatlands of the North Pennines. @goldsmithspress.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.socialclimatefictionwritersleague.substack.comWhy I turned away from dystopiaby sci-fi writer Anne Charnock 1219
Reposted by E. J. SwiftNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...theguardian.comNaomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui... 6539011325
Reposted by E. J. SwiftCivilian Reader @civilianreader.com · 09/09/2026TBT for CR20: Guest Post by E.J. Swift (@catamaroon.bsky.social), on "Voices Across Time"... civilianreader.com/2022/09/09/g... This post from four years ago. THE CORAL BONES published by @arcadiabooks.bsky.social.civilianreader.comGuest Post: “Voices Across Time” by E. J. SwiftOne of the themes I wanted to explore in The Coral Bones was the relationship between human beings and non-human animals and beings, and how those relationships have changed — and could chang… 252
Reposted by E. J. SwiftBritish Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Christopher Priest was working on a biography of J.G. Ballard when he passed away from the same cancer that killed Ballard. Our own Teika Marija Smits chats with Nina Allan, Priest's widow, who finished the biography as a love letter to two great men. britishfantasysociety.org/the-illumina... 02015
Reposted by E. J. SwiftAlison Sampson is working @alisonsampson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026my cover for @tadethompson.bsky.social 's new book Antara, from @lunapress.bsky.social , with a bit about the process here: www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/9/... Thank you to Tade and Francesca for letting me be involved in such an *Epic* project. 2306
Reposted by E. J. SwiftPatrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Exciting set of large nature restoration and rewilding projects in Northumberland... www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Britain’s Yellowstone’: restoration project aims to take the greed out of land acquisitionInvestors in Emblehope Moor will get their financial returns – and then it will be given to community or charity owners 24813
Reposted by E. J. SwiftAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Britain is having its hottest summer on record, but one place has remained green. Brits in Holnicote have put rivers back onto their floodplains, restored wetlands, and released beavers that now build ponds and maintain the wetlands themselves. Countryfile buff.ly/CchGxpW #ShareGoodNewsToocountryfile.comDrought has ravaged the UK but this one nature site has been left untouched – this is how | Countryfile.comAllowing nature to do its own thing could be the simplest solution to the UK's drought problem. 12498132
Reposted by E. J. SwiftUna McCormack @unamccormack.bsky.social · 01/09/2026And congratulations to @anna-orridge.bsky.social! “Parch Marks” also released today by @goldsf.bsky.social! @goldsmithspress.bsky.social 2167
Reposted by E. J. SwiftAnne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 01/09/2026annecharnock.com/alston-moor/...annecharnock.comPublication Day for Alston Moor - Anne Charnock 132
E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Happy book birthday to @annecharnock.bsky.social whose gorgeously woven eco-fiction of summerings past and precious peat bog habitats today, Alston Moor, is out now 💚📚 141
Reposted by E. J. SwiftLocus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Congratulations to all of the Hugo Award winners and finalists!!locusmag.com2026 Hugo, Lodestar & Astounding Awards Winners - LocusThe winners of the Hugo Awards, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book were announced on August 30, 2026 by LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention. The winners are: Best Novel WINNER: The Everlasting,Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK) amazon / bookshop A Drop of Corruption, Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape) amazon / bookshop …Read More 1270131
Reposted by E. J. SwiftM H Ayinde 🍉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I’m a Nommo Awards finalist! 🎉🥹 A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST has been shortlisted in the category of Best Novel. Thank you so much to everyone who voted and to the @africansfs.bsky.social - this means so much to me! Swipe for a list of all the finalists in every category, and congrats to us all! 74511
Reposted by E. J. SwiftÅcon 15 @acon.finndom.space.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026We are very happy to welcome the award-winning author E.J. Swift as the Guest of Honour of Åcon 15! acon15.wordpress.com/guest-of-honouracon15.wordpress.com 093
E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A lovely invitation and super looking forward to joining Åcon 15 in Mariehamn next year 😊 091
Reposted by E. J. SwiftThe Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Not just Wolves... Broadcasting good news about ecology, habitat renewal & sustainability 🛰️ Maybe, just maybe, we can turn the hopeful world of our 2026 Clarke Award winner, WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN, into fact! #ShareGoodNewsToo Team 🐺independent.co.ukWhite-tailed eagles return to beauty spot after more than 200 yearsConservationists behind the scheme hope the new arrivals in Exmoor will further bolster the species' population 03913
Reposted by E. J. SwiftLorraine Wilson @rainewilson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Double plus stamps, ghost orcas causing trouble, ghost krakens causing *more* trouble... what's not to love honestly? 0106
Reposted by E. J. SwiftLiz O @lizottosson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026'... I wanted to write something more hopeful with Wolves – to try and break the feeling of paralysis, and remind myself there are still other possible futures.' Such a pleasure to interview @catamaroon.bsky.social at Welcome to Thrutopia. 💚 thrutopia.substack.com/p/interview-...thrutopia.substack.comInterview with E.J. SwiftAuthor of When There Are Wolves Again 1196
Reposted by E. J. SwiftUrsula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 27/08/2026🌟Shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟 Through the perspective of Maw, who was once human but is now something else, Claire North wrestles with capitalism, collective choice, fascism, gender, freedom, art, and the question of how we decide what—and who—matters. 413221
Reposted by E. J. SwiftRolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...rollingstone.comTurning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination LibraryCore team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world. 129190508283
Reposted by E. J. SwiftSolaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026🚨TODAY ONLY!🚨 Snap up 2 Solaris book deals on Amazon UK! WE ARE ALL GHOSTS IN THE FOREST by @clarkeaward.bsky.social finalist @rainewilson.bsky.social TERRIBLE WORLDS: REVOLUTIONS by @aptshadow.bsky.social (three of Tchaikovsky's novellas - IRONCLADS, FIREWALKERS & Hugo-nominated OGRES) 1197
Reposted by E. J. SwiftNatalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026#GoodNews on #biodiversity, because we could all do with some www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...theguardian.comWild beaver kits born in Norfolk for first time in more than 500 yearsPair are offspring of two beavers who mysteriously arrived in Pensthorpe nature reserve near Fakenham in December 312836
Reposted by E. J. SwiftLavie Tidhar @lavietidhar.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Can I recommend this book? It's really good! 1154
Reposted by E. J. SwiftAngela Cleland / Cleland Smith @angelacleland.co.uk · 21/08/2026I took @catamaroon.bsky.social’s “When There Are Wolves Again” to read on holiday last week. I’m not sure I’ve read a novel that evoked this sort of hope in me before - it came hand in hand with an overwhelming forward-facing nostalgia for a future of a sort I desperately hope we manage to nurture. 42310
Reposted by E. J. Swiftrymkechacha.bsky.social @rymkechacha.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This was such a lovely conversation!! Thank you so much for having me 142
Reposted by E. J. SwiftMahmud El Sayed @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I really enjoyed this interview. Olav asked me some interesting questioning and I'm never happier than when talking about languages! Thanks again to the UHBCB for all the support! 24415
Reposted by E. J. SwiftThe Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026So, we found a live bat in our galleries. 🦇 a thread🦇 572614649
E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 21/08/2026For any US folks interested in When There Are Wolves Again, the ebook and hardback editions should currently be available via distribution. I think the UK rights team are making another attempt to find a US publisher; if no luck there, I'm hoping the paperback can also be distributed soon 🐺 22711
Reposted by E. J. SwiftReactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Congratulations to E.J. Swift for winning the Arthur C. Clarke Award for When There Are Wolves Again!!reactormag.comE.J. Swift Wins the Arthur C. Clarke Award for When There Are Wolves Again - ReactorThe award celebrates its 40th anniversary this year 0526
Reposted by E. J. SwiftLorraine Wilson @rainewilson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I was just about to post about this but my lovely publishers beat me to it! Hey, Leeds-proximate folks, this is going to be a lot of fun. Do come join us 🖤 1158
Reposted by E. J. SwiftGuy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show. Excellent work by the National Trust at Holnicote. #MakeBritainWetAgain www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comRewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images showNational Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding 12522172
Reposted by E. J. SwiftSimon Guerrier @0tralala.bsky.social · 19/08/2026When There Are Wolves Again by @catamaroon.bsky.social, which won the @clarkeaward.bsky.social last week, is “all right” according to my teenage son (the highest praise) after we listened to it on a long drive. I loved and feel better for it: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2026/08/when...0tralala.blogspot.comWhen There Are Wolves Again, by EJ Swift 173
Reposted by E. J. SwiftThe Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social · 19/08/2026This time last week we announced our 40th anniversary winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award science fiction book of the year… WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN by E.J.Swift / @catamaroon.bsky.social 🐺 Buy the winner now! uk.bookshop.org/shop/clarkea... 0286
Reposted by E. J. SwiftTade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Fuck it, more limelight for me. So here's my upcoming novel ANTARA, with Luna Press. I think it took me just over 4 years to write. Shit ton of research. The cover reveal will be next month, but I got the exact artist I wanted. Um...yeah. Ask me anything, I guess.lunapresspublishing.comLuna Welcomes Tade Thompson’s Historical Fiction novel, Antara.We are delighted to welcome Tade Thompson to the Luna family, and the superb Antara, an historical fiction novel, on the pre-Islamic warrior poet of renown. We have acquired WEL rights from Alexander ... 2124993
Reposted by E. J. SwiftAnne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Getting close to publication day, 1 September! And pre-orders in the UK are shipping early 📚📚📚 @goldsmithspress.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social 1119
Reposted by E. J. SwiftVajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 14/08/2026it's been a minute since I had new flash fiction out—“The Age of Cancer” is up at @lightspeedmagazine.com! And if you haven't read THE TIME MACHINE by HG Wells, don't worry, the story quotes the relevant paragraph www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-...lightspeedmagazine.comThe Age of Cancer - Lightspeed MagazineThis is our struggle. We scuttle on the sand before the softly breathing salt-burdened sea with the lichen on the rocks a bright poison green and great white butterflies screaming under a red sky whil... 1117174