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Edinburgh Literary Salon

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We are the Edinburgh Literary Salon. Based in Scotland's vibrant and historical capital city, we stage a free and inclusive monthly event that is dedicated to supporting the literary community. www.edinburghliterarysalon.org linktr.ee/LitE

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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Join us tomorrow Tuesday 29th September at The Outhouse - and let's talk upcoming literary festivals ✨ free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/septembers...
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September’s ‘festival’ Salon
This month we welcome the new students to our festive and literary city for our September Literary Salon
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Join us next week Tuesday at the Outhouse! Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/septembers...
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September’s ‘festival’ Salon
This month we welcome the new students to our festive and literary city for our September Literary Salon
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Zuzi Pope @zuzipope.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This month at our #literarysalon we welcome the new students to our festive and literary city for our September Literary Salon. Guest info in the comments. Get your free tickets at @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social Eventbrite page: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/septembers...
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Join us tomorrow for the July edition of Edinburgh #literarysalon - with focus on Publishing. Get free tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/julys-boom...
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Zuzi Pope @zuzipope.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Deadline to register for a table at our #zinefest MINI ZINE FAIR is nearly here - check out the registration info: www.eventbrite.com/e/mini-zine-...
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MINI-ZINE-FAIR - Table Registration
For our June Salon we’re inviting independent creatives to The Outhouse bar to present (and preferably sell) their diminutive creations...
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Calling all #zine artists! Our MINI ZINE FAIR table registration closes soon: www.eventbrite.com/e/mini-zine-...
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MINI-ZINE-FAIR - Table Registration
For our June Salon we’re inviting independent creatives to The Outhouse bar to present (and preferably sell) their diminutive creations...
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
For our June Salon we’re inviting independent creatives and #zineartists to The Outhouse bar to present (and preferably sell) their diminutive creations at our #zinefest! Learn more and book table here: www.eventbrite.com/o/3034693387...
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Zuzi Pope @zuzipope.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Exciting news for May #literarysalon - we'll be in conversation with Alex Howard about his latest novel, The Ship's Cat, and his #publishing journey! Tuesday the 26th of May, 2026, 6.30pm, Live at the Outhouse/Zoom. Free @edinburghlitsalon tickets via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/o/3034693387...
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Zuzi Pope @zuzipope.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
This #literaryevent is tonight - @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social in conversation with #author Alex Howard about cats in literature and publishing both 🐈‍⬛ Get free tickets: www.eventbrite.com/o/3034693387... Tonight at the Outhouse, Edinburgh! #edinburgh #literarysalon #authorevent #writer #reader
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
They say cats have nine lives, but how many times do writers have to submit their work to get published? Alex Howard explains all! Join our #edinburghevent. Tickets free as always, via Eventbrite 🐈‍⬛
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Zuzi Pope @zuzipope.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
This month's #literarysalon will be fun and for sharing ideas!✨💡 We want to hear what you as Salon Attendees would like to happen, what themes we could explore, what sort of events we may hold. Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/edinburgh-... #edinburghevents #literaryevent
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Join us foe our April #literarysalon! Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/edinburgh-... We’re having a joint discussion on what’s coming up in our literary lives in the coming months. The main purpose of the Salon is to bring people together to meet other literary folk. #writerslife #literaryevent
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Standing room only tonight! #Edinburgh #Literary #Salon
Crowded Outhouse bar in Edinburgh, cabaret style seating and sloped roofs, lights and coloured walls
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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 31/03/2026
Finally, we're excited to announce that Fonda Lee, Heather Fawcett and Shannon Chakraborty will be joining us for #Cymera2026 🤩 Don't forget, tomorrow is your LAST CHANCE to grab your Weekend Pass at early bird prices: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/weekend-pass
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
A literary #event tonight at The Outhouse - free tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/gothic-wom...
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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 20/03/2026
Here she is!! The cover is absolutely spectacular and we can't wait for you all to meet Avis in all her snarky, Sherlockian, emotionally stunted glory. Read a bit more about her on our newsletter here: mkhardywrites.beehiiv.com/p/boat-book-...
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Boat book cover reveal & more!
That's not the real title...
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
📣ANNOUNCEMENT: new guest added to our #march #edinburghevent - @mkhardywrites.com joins @lyndseycroal.bsky.social and Angie Spoto in discussion with @zuzipope.bsky.social about gothic fiction. www.edinburghliterarysalon.org/events-and-n...
Top left logo image of rounded top Edinburgh Georgian window with pillar and book edges arrayed around it; top right The Bone Diver book cover, blue green with water swirls and eddies & seals; bottom left  off white background with maroon circle and text ' The City, where it rains' overlaid and author text Lyndsey Croal; bottom right The Needfire book cover, black and crimson with a female figure holding a lantern and flames around the edges.
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Zuzi Pope @zuzipope.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Join us for our March Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social: www.edinburghliterarysalon.org/post/next-ev.... Book free tickets on Eventbrite.
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NEXT EVENT: Celebrating Gothic Women
Tuesday the 31st of March, 2026, 6.30pm, Live and on Zoom An evening celebrating the dark imagination of women writers, with two brilliant voices in contemporary gothic fiction.For our March Salon, Ly...
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ABS @abs.ventures · 17/03/2026
Delighted to be ably assisting @zuzipope.bsky.social put this together, really looking forward to it, free tickets for inperson at the #Outhouse #Edinburgh or online here www.edinburghliterarysalon.org/post/next-ev...
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NEXT EVENT: Celebrating Gothic Women
Tuesday the 31st of March, 2026, 6.30pm, Live and on Zoom An evening celebrating the dark imagination of women writers, with two brilliant voices in contemporary gothic fiction.For our March Salon, Ly...
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Tue 31st two brilliant voices in contemporary #gothic #fiction www.edinburghliterarysalon.org/post/next-ev... with @lyndseycroal.bsky.social showcasing her @lunapress.bsky.social novella & Angie Spoto in discussion with #Salon steering group member @zuzipope.bsky.social #women #writers #Edinburgh
Top Left logo image of rounded top Edinburgh Georgian window with pillar and book edges arrayed around it, top right The Bone DIver book cover, blue green with water swirls and eddys & seals, bottom left  off white background with maroon circle and text ' The City, where it rains' overlaid and author text Lyndsey Croal, bottom right a lush green garden with trees and a grass path centre, behind a church and grave, likely a graveyard with w ghost sheet clad human holding an umbrella
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Unfortunately our pals at the Outhouse Bar can't host us tonight due to a last minute issue at the venue so Joseph Pearce bar at Elm Row have agreed to be our substitute tonight! We've emailed all ticket holders to advise but this may not allow us to stream the Salon tonight via Zoom, apologies.
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Seeking bardic inspiration? Come along, in person or online to our January #Poetry #Salon More info and free tickets www.edinburghliterarysalon.org/post/january... next Tuesday 27th #Edinburgh #Literary #Poems #Literature
Screenshot from Eventbrite page of Edinburgh Literary Salon, white background with black text, to the right a B&W portrait of Rabbie Burns, below some info text and to left logo image of rounded top Edinburgh Georgian window with pillar and book edges arrayed around it,
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Ho ho ho it's our December Social Salon, a festive return to our original home of the #WashBar #Edinburgh on Tuesday December 23rd from 6.30pm, free as always more info, at www.edinburghliterarysalon.org/post/decembe... #Christmas #Literary #Salon #Books #Writing
Screengrab from Edinburgh Literary Salon  events webpage, traditional Georgian window and tenement log in black and white with books forming the walls, holly and ribbons and a bow around the logos to the right, text black on white to right with info on Decembers Social Salon on Tuesday 23rd December at the Wash Bar Edinburgh at 6.30pm
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Next week, Tuesday 23rd December at 6.30pm we have our Festive Social Salon back at our spiritual home of the Wash Bar. Free as always, more info at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/decembers-...? #EdinburghLiterarySalon #Edinburgh
Screen shot from the Edinburgh Literary Salon Eventbrite page, picture of the Wash Bar lit up in blue light on old stones and windows upper floor, red frontage and silver signage with windows, door and signs on ground floor and text saying Decembers Social Salon December 23rd from 6.30pm to 11pm at The Wash Bar
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Salon steering group member @abs.ventures has made an immersive poetry game for @ptbopoetry.bsky.social free to play this weekend.
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
It's almost time for our student takeover salon! This November, we are going to celebrate St Andrew's Day with our Salon event. 📍Where: The Outhouse, EH1 3LY or online 🗓️When: Tuesday 25th November, 6:30pm 🎟️Eventbrite Free Tickets shorturl.at/8ktIt 🍺Drinks available to purchase from the bar
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Reminder it is our #Spooky #Edinburgh #Literary #Salon tonight info and free tickets here www.edinburghliterarysalon.org/post/next-ev... 7pm, Live at the Outhouse Bar and on Zoom #EdinburghLiterarySalon
Black and white flyer for Edinburgh Literary Salon, logo image left of rounded top Edinburgh Georgian window with pillar and book edges arrayed around it, to the left a picture of a tree to the left branches circling over a helicopter and mountains in the distance and a fire lit cavern with figures walking silhouetted  in the trunk of the tree
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Our pals @cymerafestival.co.uk are looking for Board members, could this be you? See below for more details!
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ABS @abs.ventures · 24/10/2025
Here's something from the #future 'Next stop #Nor'Bridge followed by #NewNor'Loch. Disembark here for #TheCastle, #HalfMile and #TheRemnants.. #MindTheGap between #Ferry and #Lighthouse' last and definitely not least did I mention the #book has gone in a #TimeCapsule in the #NorthBridge #Edinburgh!
Digitally altered image of Edinburgh in the future, a flooded area is straddled by the North Bridge which has a Lighthouse, wind ship, wind mill etc text says 'Next stop Nor' Bridge followed by New Nor' Loch. Disembark here for The Castle, Half Mile and The Remnants.. Mind the gap between Ferry and Lighthouse
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ABS @abs.ventures · 24/10/2025
I did all the #collage #CutAndPaste #art #remixing #publicdomain images with my own #drawings & #photos here's something from the #past a close up of a section from A Perspective View of the Bridge and Register-Office Edinburgh, c.1800 see if you can spot what I added 😀
Cropped detail image of black and white drawing View of the North Bridge and Robert Adam's Register House, c.1800

J Donaldson and J Phillips - scanned from a facsimile of an old print

A Perspective View of the Bridge and Register-Office Edinburgh, c.1800 it has detail of the side of the bridge with arches, small human figures in bottom right and a digitally added giant tambourin playing monkey in one of the arches in the centre
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ABS @abs.ventures · 24/10/2025
I also made an #Absacus Universale Ludus Mutante #rpg rosetta stone style translation device if you like it let me know! #Argaxian #StewBum #Gallous #Reekin #Glaikit #GangTaeFreuchieAnFryMice
Gilt picture frame edge to pic with hackground pattern repeated image of The old North Bridge,bfrom the west, with Calton Hill in the background, in 1829

Thomas Hosmer SHEPHERD (c.1810 to c.1842)

"NORTH BRIDGE CALTON HILL &c FROM THE BANK OF SCOTLAND", from Modern Athens then a title of Absacus Universale Ludus Mutante then 3 columns % Argaxian and Bridge Bricolage with numbers and words depending on column acting as an rpg rosetta stone style translation device
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ABS @abs.ventures · 24/10/2025
My #game #dossier is a series of #story & #adventure prompts for role playing games & playful creative provocation suitable for anyone seeking #stimulation, #FirFaeEyesOnly a #TimeTravel #trip through #Edinburgh past to future with #fantastic #fae #magic twists mixed with real #history #ttrpg #rpg
Sepia toned image of old Edinburgh likely City of Edinburgh

Thomas Annan, c. 1856 - in or before 1866## with Scott Monument,  National Art Gallery, North Bridge and Waverley Bridge etc, digitally added to picture is monsters and magical creatures around various places and diagonally across picture in black typewriter font is Fir Fae Eyes Only
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ABS @abs.ventures · 24/10/2025
Hey tomorrow I'm part of the #NorthBridge: Where We Travelled #Book #Launch #Celebration Sat 25 Oct 2025 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Charteris Centre, EH8 9RR #Edinburgh courtesy of the amazing @jedapearl.bsky.social Tickets www.tickettailor.com/events/jedap... come along, buy a book I wrote a #Game for it!
Image of headshots of story authors and readers for North Bridge Edinburgh anthology launch event
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Our reviews of the 78th Edinburgh Film Festival are up. Lots of great, if dark, films; plus a wee beauty called 'The Golden Spurtle.' Come to tonight's Salon, tell us what you've been to, and pick up more treasure in our anthology, 'The Golden Hours.' www.edinburghliterarysalon.org/post/review-...
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Review: Edinburgh International Film Festival
a selection of films from this years Edinburgh International Film Festival
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Here's our first week at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in review... lots of Salon friends and fabulous Scottish writers. www.edinburghliterarysalon.org/post/festiva...
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Festival Reviews: Week 1. at the Book Festival
There’s no better way to get a flavour of a Festival than to attend the Opening Gala. While the Military Tattoo flew a flotilla of fighter aircraft masquerading as entertainment overhead, the Edinburg...
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
We may be in the midst of Festival, but when the mayhem is over there's plenty more to celebrate after seven years of Salon Events! Check out our website for coming events and Festival reviews. www.edinburghliterarysalon.org/post/next-ev...
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NEXT EVENT: The Seven Year Itch Salon!
August's Birthday Salon
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Our first Festival Review is up on our website: Hanni Liang at the Edinburgh International Festival, exploring dreams and making a little magic. Have a read, and please keep our website alive - that would be magic too! www.edinburghliterarysalon.org/post/festiva...
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
This is a bit meta: a post on our website asking for help to save our website! Please visit our funding page and give what you can. www.edinburghliterarysalon.org/post/save-ou...
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Save Our Website!
Help fund this website!
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
It's our Festival Preview Salon this month, and we have a request to fund our website. We are looking ahead to all three International Festivals! All our events are free registration but we rely on the generosity of our friends and attendees. Please visit our Funding Page and donate what you can.
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Steering Group member ABS appear in this local anthology about the North Bridge
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Hey tomorrow is our #Edinburgh Literary #Salon #Genre edition we're talking to Ann Landmann from @cymerafestival.co.uk and Francesca Barbini from @lunapress.bsky.social free tickets for in person at the Outhouse Bar or online www.edinburghliterarysalon.org/post/next-ev... #Scotland #Writing
Black and white flyer for Edinburgh Literary Salon, logo image left of rounded top Edinburgh Georgian window with pillar and book edges arrayed around it, to the left a Venn diagram of genre fiction styles
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) - as accessibility.day pithily puts it 'The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different disabilities' #Accessibility #GAAD
Screen grab  from https://accessibility.day/ webpage white background and blue dot matrix symbolic world map on the right of page, info including '
Today is the 13th Global Accessibility Awareness Day!

Thursday, May 15, 2025, marks the 14th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different disabilities.' on page left
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
We're going to have a short literary quiz this month, at The Outhouse as usual. We'll livestream for those who wish to join on zoom from 7pm. Prizes will be ovoid, ellipsoid, and pyriform... in other words, egg-shaped! This Tuesday, tickets (free) on Eventbrite: easterquizsalon2025.eventbrite.co.uk
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April’s Easter Quiz Salon
Since our April Salon falls in the Easter Season, we’re keeping our tradition of a ‘light’ quiz that may or may not contain easter eggs.
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ABS @abs.ventures · 30/03/2025
You can also attend #ScottishParliament #Scotland #Games Ecosystem Cross Party Group scottishgames.net/2025/03/06/s... your chance to engage with #MSPs on #games #videogames #immersive #TTopRPG #BoardGames #GameDev open to everyone working in, around or interested in games across Scotland.
View of Scottish Parliament meeting room, 2 screens at back showing video feed, popup banner for Scottish games Week in centre, teardrop wooden table with microphones, lights and vaulted ceiling overhead. cameras around walls
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ABS @abs.ventures · 30/03/2025
Involved/interested in #Games in #Scotland then engage with scottishgames.net/2025/03/26/s... Zoom sessions over tnext fortnight or feedback directly to @scottishgames.bsky.social not just #videogames but #immersive #TtopRPG #BoardGames too #ScotlandsGameActionPlan have your say! #Scottish #GameDev
white background, large black text Action Plan! over a oil paint rainbow map of Scotland with text bottom right in black Scotland’s Games Strategy: Industry Consultation Drop In Sessions
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Edinburgh Literary Salon @ediliterarysalon.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Tomorrow! Please join us if you can free in person in Edinburgh or online #Edinburgh #Writing #Screenwriting
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Edinburgh SFF @edinburghsff.com · 21/03/2025
This should be a fascinating event, whether you have seen the series or not:
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Conpulsion Edinburgh @conpulsion.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
FINAL CALLS FOR GMs The Conpulsion 2025 Deadline is TOMORROW MARCH 21st This is your deadline for your game to feature in our program and pre-booking. Submit your game here: conpulsion.org/get-involved... Got a potential GM you know and wanna play with? Share this to send them a hint! 😉
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Cymera Festival @cymerafestival.co.uk · 07/03/2025
#Cymera2025 Early Bird Weekend Passes are available online until 1st April! Whether you are joining us in-person or online, our weekend pass gives you access to all our panels, plus early booking access and access to all our recordings: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/weekend-pass...
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