E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Oh, I love her work - one of my favourite authors 😊 010
Reposted by E. J. SwiftMark Stewart @markstewart2001.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Out now, the latest issue of the arts and culture magazine, Odyssey. We lead with an editorial on rewilding, plus book reviews, space art, EJ Swift winning the Arthur C. Clarke book award, and our look back at Alan Shepard's historic flight in Friendship 7. Don't miss it! @catamaroon.bsky.social 183
Reposted by E. J. SwiftE. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026When There Are Wolves Again is on the UK Kindle Daily Deal today (5 October) for 99p. Bargainous! 😊🐺 amzn.eu/d/0en8hTOd 03220
Reposted by E. J. SwiftSimon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · 05/10/202699p? You simply cannot go wrong. A wonderful book and perhaps the most consequential SF novel of the year. 41810
Reposted by E. J. Swift@gavreads @gavreads.co.uk · 05/10/2026‘a novel that sticks your hand in the dirt and forces you to look at nature’ gavreads.co.uk/2026/08/22/r... FYI: Kobo is also price matching.kobo.comWhen There Are Wolves Again ebook by E. J. Swift - Rakuten KoboRead "When There Are Wolves Again WINNER of the 2026 Arthur C. Clarke Award" by E. J. Swift available from Rakuten Kobo. * WINNER of the Arthur C. Clarke Award * * WINNER of the Best Novel Award from the British Science Fiction Association *... 0138
E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I too would like to know this mythical place where Mars bars are under 99p 😅 130
E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026When There Are Wolves Again is on the UK Kindle Daily Deal today (5 October) for 99p. Bargainous! 😊🐺 amzn.eu/d/0en8hTOd 03220
Reposted by E. J. SwiftThe Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hey Team 🐺 Join us for a night of eco-writing and hopeful futures with E.J. Swift, winner of the 2026 Arthur C. Clarke Award, and Cal Flyn, winner of the 2026 Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing. Weds 11 Nov Waterstones, Gower Street, London Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/wolve... 072
Reposted by E. J. SwiftRockets on Tyne @rocketsontyne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What 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 2128
Reposted by E. J. SwiftVajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 30/09/2026My third novel, HERO COME HOME, officially has a cover! Preorderable from the usual places us.macmillan.com/books/978125... 56586199
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! 2259
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… 21611
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… 214640
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... 6744291397
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
E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Ah, so pleased you enjoyed it! And it's so lovely to hear of folk finding Coral Bones after Wolves. Thank you for reviewing 😊🪸 121
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 1016147
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. 341523492
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/ 271621360
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
E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Yay, looking forward to chatting with you and @annecharnock.bsky.social ! 120
Reposted by E. J. SwiftTade "Will Eat Your Heart in the Marketplace" 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
E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026That is lovely to hear, I hope you enjoy The Coral Bones too! 😊 010
E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Morning, Womble! I'm reading Exit Party by Emily St John Mandel which I've been excitedly waiting for all year 😊 0101
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... 6639061331
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... 02115
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 1269131
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
E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Thanks so much again for having me on the blog! 🤍🐺 110