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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 28/09/2026

We've added a series of talks to the Cymera Loves Romantasy programme ⬇️ Grab your Weekend Pass or individual tickets on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-clr

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 25/09/2026

Our Festival Director, Ann, will be in conversation with L.R. Lam and Elizabeth May at Wigtown Book Festival on Fri 2nd Oct! Grab your tickets here: tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales/events...

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 18/09/2026

What to expect at our Fantasy Ball 🗡️🌹🐉 Scroll up to see the full list! Find out more & buy your tickets: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/fantasy-ball

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 18/09/2026

What to expect at our Fantasy Ball 🗡️🌹🐉⬇️ Find out more & buy your tickets: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/fantasy-ball

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 18/09/2026

What to expect at our Fantasy Ball 🗡️🌹🐉⬇️ Saturday, 18th October from 7pm–midnight Teviot, Bristol Square, Edinburgh Find out more & buy your tickets: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/fantasy-ball

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 14/09/2026

Get ready for a night of dancing, live entertainment (including a ceilidh and DJ!), crafts, storytelling and tarot with your fellow romantasy fans in the gothic surroundings of Teviot at our inaugural Fantasy Ball! Tickets are available now: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-cl...

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 11/09/2026

Grab your tickets on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-clr

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 11/09/2026

Learn about writing intimacy, adding stakes to cosy fiction, writing romance that sells and more at Cymera Loves Romantasy's romance writing workshops! Scroll down to see all the workshops available ⬇️

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 08/09/2026

We had a fantastic time at Tabletop Scotland over the weekend! Thanks so much to everyone that stopped by Cymera's table, and of course thank you to @tabletopscot.bsky.social for having us 💙

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 07/09/2026

Cymera Loves Romantasy author panels – scroll back up for the full list! ⬆️

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 07/09/2026

Cymera Loves Romantasy author panels ⬇️

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 07/09/2026

Scroll down for a full list of author panels at Cymera Loves Romantasy ⬇️ Weekend Passes and individual tickets are all available on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/romantasy

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 01/09/2026

Tickets are now on general sale for Cymera Loves Romantasy! 💞🗡️ Visit our website to grab tickets for romantasy author panels, writing workshops, reader meet-us and book swaps, agent one-to-ones, and our first ever Fantasy Ball! 😍 www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-clr

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 27/08/2026

Tickets go on general sale on Tuesday 2nd September, with early booking access available for Weekend Pass Holders and Cymera members from Friday 28th August (tomorrow!). View the full programme on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-clr

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 27/08/2026

Including panels on monsters & villains, fatal attraction and enchantments – plus workshops on ballroom scenes, high-stakes cosy fiction, and writing intimacy. You'll also find reader meet-up events and book swaps. Finally, don't forget agent one-to-ones for romantasy writers and our Fantasy Ball!

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 27/08/2026

We are delighted to announce the programme for Cymera Loves Romantasy! 🥰

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 16/08/2026

📢 Today is your LAST CHANCE to grab an Early Bird Weekend Pass for Cymera Loves Romantasy! 💕 We're excited to announce that Sangu Mandanna and Sarah Rees Brennan will be joining us at CLR! 🤩 Grab your Early Bird Weekend Pass: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/romantasy

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 10/08/2026

Want to help out at Cymera Loves Romantasy? We're now looking for volunteers for 16–18 Oct, with a variety of shifts and roles available. As a volunteer, you will be essential in keeping the crowds safe, the tech running and our authors in the right place! www.cymerafestival.co.uk/volunteer-wi...

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 07/08/2026

Announcing two more authors appearing at Cymera Loves Romantasy! 🤩 L.R. Lam and Annie Summerlee will both be both joining us this October in Edinburgh 💕 Don't forget – you can still grab a Weekend Pass at early bird prices: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/weekend-pass...

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 31/07/2026

We're incredibly excited to reveal TWO more authors attending Cymera Loves Romantasy 💞 Announcing Jean Kwok & Roxy Taylor, both joining us this October in Edinburgh 🤩 Remember, you can still grab a Weekend Pass at early bird prices: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/weekend-pass...

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 22/07/2026

Join us for some friendly genre book chats this summer! July's book selection is The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty, and we'll be meeting online on Wed, 29th July at 7pm to discuss. Sign up for any of our 3 summer sessions on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/book-group

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 16/07/2026

A Weekend Pass will also give you early booking access to our first ever Fantasy Ball! Get ready for a night of dancing, live entertainment (including a ceilidh and DJ!), crafts, storytelling & tarot in the gothic surroundings of Teviot Row House on Sat 17th Oct. Watch this space for more info!

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 16/07/2026

Perks of a Weekend Pass include entry to all in-person and digital panels, access to all panel recordings until 30th November 2026, and early booking access from Friday 28th–1st September 2026, before tickets go on general sale on 2nd September.

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 16/07/2026

Early Bird Weekend Passes are now available to buy for Cymera Loves Romantasy! 💞 www.cymerafestival.co.uk/weekend-pass...

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 05/06/2026

Today is the day! But before we dive into Cymera Festival 2026 this weekend, we have something to tell you... Announcing Cymera Loves Romantasy, the first romantasy-dedicated book festival in Edinburgh! 💞 Save the date & fill out our expression of interest form: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/romantasy

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 04/06/2026

We are thrilled to announce the winner, runners-up and highly commended stories for this year's Cymera Prize for Speculative Short Fiction! Coming along to the festival this weekend? You can hear the winning story read aloud at Shoreline of Infinity's Event Horizon at 8:30pm on Saturday 6 June.

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 01/06/2026

Don't forget – the Cymera 2026 Charity Auction is still live! 🤩 Bids will close on Friday 5th June at 12pm BST. All funds raised will go towards supporting Cymera: www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 27/05/2026

Have you checked out Cymera's Charity Auction yet? All funds raised will go toward supporting Cymera: www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 27/05/2026

Brave New Words (4/4) Scroll up to see the rest of the line-up!

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 27/05/2026

Our Brave New Words readers will appear just before some of our events. For some, this will be the first time they have read in front of an audience, so please give them a big Cymera welcome, and say hi at the signing afterwards! Keep scrolling to see the rest of this year's line-up ⬇️

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 27/05/2026

Cymera is proud to offer a platform for emerging and newly published writers to read their work in front of our audience. Scroll to see this year's full Brave New Words line-up ⬇️ Find out more: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/brave-new-wo...

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 26/05/2026

Don't forget to check out this year's charity auction! ⬇️ The auction will close at 12pm on Friday 5th June. www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 26/05/2026

Forget everything you know about Arrakis and get ready for Dune! The Musical, returning for Cymera 2026 🤩 Sing along with little Paul Atreides on his journey to Sietch Tabr; can he tame the worm, save the world AND get the girl? www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 25/05/2026

The Cymera 2026 Charity Auction is now live! Bid on book bundles, signed copies and special editions; 1-2-1 zoom calls, critiques and beta reads with published authors; query critiques and more! All funds raised will go towards supporting Cymera: www.32auctions.com/cymera2026

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 24/05/2026

Hector Kreeping's Book of Despair is an hour of rib-tickling and spine-chilling comedy spoken-word from the slightly cracked mind of Tom Black, live at Cymera on Sat 6th & 7th June: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 23/05/2026

SYNTHONIE will be performing at Cymera on Sat 6th June! 🎶 From Blade Runner to Warhammer 40,000, SYNTHONIE brings the sound of scifi and videogame worlds to the stage, blending atmospheric soundscapes, dark futuristic tones & cinematic energy. www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 21/05/2026

Strawmoddie Theatre are BACK following their hugely popular shows of Feet of Clay (2025), Men at Arms (2024) and Guards! Guards! (2023) Join us at #Cymera26 for this amateur production of Terry Pratchett’s Night Watch, adapted for stage by Stephen Briggs: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 19/05/2026

View the full programme on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 19/05/2026

Three new workshops have snuck onto the Cymera 2026 programme! Plus, guests for Page One Podcast’s live recording session and this year’s Pleasures of Reading event have been confirmed – scroll to see more ⬇️

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 18/05/2026

Cymera 2026 Games Space (4/4) – Scroll back up to see the full list! ⬆️

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 18/05/2026

Cymera 2026 Games Space (3/4) ⬇️

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 18/05/2026

Cymera 2026 Games Space (2/4) ⬇️

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 18/05/2026

Tickets are now live for the Cymera 2026 Games Space! 🎲 Check out our fantastic range of TTRPG & board game sessions, with free/pay-what-you-can tickets available: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera26-games This year's Games Space is proud to be supported by @ancientrobotgames.bsky.social

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 05/05/2026

Cymera Festival 2026 is just 1 month away 🤩 A few more authors have snuck onto the festival line-up since our programme announcement – swipe through to see the new additions! View the full programme and grab your tickets, Weekend or Day Passes on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 01/05/2026

Writing workshops at Cymera 2026 (5/5) Scroll up for the full list! ⬆️

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 01/05/2026

Writing workshops at Cymera 2026 ⬇️ (4/5)

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 01/05/2026

Writing workshops at Cymera 2026 ⬇️ (3/5)

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 01/05/2026

Writing workshops at Cymera 2026 ⬇️ (2/5)

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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 01/05/2026

Scroll for a full list of writing workshops at Cymera Festival 2026 ⬇️ The full programme, as well as Weekend Passes, Day Passes and individual workshop tickets are all available on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26

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