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E. J. Swift

@catamaroon.bsky.social
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Author of When There Are Wolves Again (Clarke Award & BSFA winner), The Coral Bones (Clarke Award & BSFA shortlist) & other things. Repped by Margaret Halton at PEW Literary. geni.us/WhenThereAreWolves www.ejswift.co.uk

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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Oh, I love her work - one of my favourite authors 😊
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Mark Stewart @markstewart2001.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Out 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
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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When There Are Wolves Again is on the UK Kindle Daily Deal today (5 October) for 99p. Bargainous! 😊🐺 amzn.eu/d/0en8hTOd
Cover of When There Are Wolves Again by E. J. Swift displayed on a kindle, with a 0.99 price tag
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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thanks so much, Simon 🙏
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Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
99p? You simply cannot go wrong. A wonderful book and perhaps the most consequential SF novel of the year.
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@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.
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When There Are Wolves Again ebook by E. J. Swift - Rakuten Kobo
Read "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 *...
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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I too would like to know this mythical place where Mars bars are under 99p 😅
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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When There Are Wolves Again is on the UK Kindle Daily Deal today (5 October) for 99p. Bargainous! 😊🐺 amzn.eu/d/0en8hTOd
Cover of When There Are Wolves Again by E. J. Swift displayed on a kindle, with a 0.99 price tag
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The Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hey 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...
Book covers of When There Are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift and The Savage Landscape by Cal Flyn.
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Rockets on Tyne @rocketsontyne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What 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
Flyer for Rockets on Tyne, the SF&Fantasy day at the Books on Tyne festival, 26 November 2026. Featuring Adrian Tchaikovsky, Emma Newman, Francis Hardinge, Grace Curtis, and small presses The Braag and Carnyx Press.
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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 30/09/2026
My third novel, HERO COME HOME, officially has a cover! Preorderable from the usual places us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
The cover of my third novel, HERO COME HOME. Four human figures centred, the main image being that of a bearded man looking back over his shoulder (that's Oro, the protagonist), with a circle of symbols behind him. We can see a swan and a key. In the foreground are three people: two women, one with a mysterious marking? scar? who knows!? on her cheek and the other carrying a sword, flanking an older, balding man holding up a pistol. The possibly-scarred woman looks ever so slightly amused, and that is certainly very like her. Everybody else is not happy to be here, or indeed, anywhere
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Oliver K. Langmead @oliverklangmead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well, 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!
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Anne 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.social
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Bogs, Books, and Magic Boxes: Review of Alston Moor and Woman, Wolf, Carbon Capture
So 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…
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wolves & 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 #ShareGoodNewsToo
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The return of the wild in Portugal's Greater Côa Valley - ELSP
When 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…
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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Start your morning with a wild and wonderful @theguardian.com country diary by @katebradbury.bsky.social. #naturewriting #countrydiary
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Country diary: I’m virtually living in the woods now. Wildlife is everywhere | Kate Bradbury
Owls, bats, badgers and countless birds are my new neighbours, but I’ve been particularly taken by a mystery tree – and its resident treecreeper
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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Quite 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.
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NASA 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...
The imposing Callanish Stones stand talk with their shadows spanning out across the glass.  It's a super clear sky, but looks cold. Above the central stone is a strange figure-of-8 shape of dots.  This is the location of the Sun, at noon, on various different days across the year.
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Simon Guerrier @0tralala.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I loved to bits The Coral Bones by @catamaroon.bsky.social: 0tralala.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...
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The Coral Bones, by EJ Swift
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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ah, so pleased you enjoyed it! And it's so lovely to hear of folk finding Coral Bones after Wolves. Thank you for reviewing 😊🪸
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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Rest 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/...
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‘Intrinsically connected’: how human neurodiversity could help save nature
Biodiversity is linked to people’s diversity, and nature lends itself to people who are different, says author Joe Harkness
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Nicola Kelly @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I 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...
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The RNLI aren't traitors; they're heroes
I have spent weeks shadowing lifeboat crews. Here's what they do and what it's like.
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Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Briefly 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/
A book cover featuring a beautiful closely cropped portrait of an Anna's hummingbird. The cover says LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale, by Ed Yong. The image also says US: 4/06/27 and UK: 4/29/27
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Roseanna Pendlebury @chloroformtea.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A 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.
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The Apple and the Pearl – Rym Kechacha
I 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…
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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Yay, looking forward to chatting with you and @annecharnock.bsky.social !
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Tade "Will Eat Your Heart in the Marketplace" Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Roll 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.
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Buy tickets – The State of SF and of Things to Come: Reading SF through the Clarke Award – MS Teams
The 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...
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Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I 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.social
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Why I turned away from dystopia
by sci-fi writer Anne Charnock
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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Oh wow, what a beauty though!
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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
That is lovely to hear, I hope you enjoy The Coral Bones too! 😊
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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Morning, Womble! I'm reading Exit Party by Emily St John Mandel which I've been excitedly waiting for all year 😊
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Naomi 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...
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Naomi 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...
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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thanks for sharing this! 😊🪸
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Civilian Reader @civilianreader.com · 09/09/2026
TBT 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.
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Guest Post: “Voices Across Time” by E. J. Swift
One 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…
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Christopher 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...
The cover of The Illuminated Man, plus images of Teika Marija Smits and Nina Allen
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Alison Sampson is working @alisonsampson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
my 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.
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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Exciting set of large nature restoration and rewilding projects in Northumberland... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Britain’s Yellowstone’: restoration project aims to take the greed out of land acquisition
Investors in Emblehope Moor will get their financial returns – and then it will be given to community or charity owners
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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
End of week status. Or, TGIF
A black cat looking deranged with blurred bookcases in the background
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Britain 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 #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Drought has ravaged the UK but this one nature site has been left untouched – this is how | Countryfile.com
Allowing nature to do its own thing could be the simplest solution to the UK's drought problem.
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Una McCormack @unamccormack.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
And congratulations to @anna-orridge.bsky.social! “Parch Marks” also released today by @goldsf.bsky.social! @goldsmithspress.bsky.social
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Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Publication Day for Alston Moor - Anne Charnock
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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Happy 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 💚📚
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Congratulations to all of the Hugo Award winners and finalists!!
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2026 Hugo, Lodestar & Astounding Awards Winners - Locus
The 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
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M H Ayinde 🍉 A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES out now! @mhayinde.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I’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!
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Åcon 15 @acon.finndom.space.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026
We 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-honour
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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A lovely invitation and super looking forward to joining Åcon 15 in Mariehamn next year 😊
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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
That's so lovely to hear! 🥰
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The Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Not 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 🐺
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White-tailed eagles return to beauty spot after more than 200 years
Conservationists behind the scheme hope the new arrivals in Exmoor will further bolster the species' population
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Lorraine Wilson @rainewilson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Double plus stamps, ghost orcas causing trouble, ghost krakens causing *more* trouble... what's not to love honestly?
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Liz 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-...
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Interview with E.J. Swift
Author of When There Are Wolves Again
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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Thanks so much again for having me on the blog! 🤍🐺
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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it 😊🐺
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