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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 3h

Thanks so much to everyone who has sent me congratulations on Call and Response winning the British Fantasy Award for best collection. I really would like to respond with all the graciousness that you all deserve, and will try once I have calmed down a little

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Neil Williamson @neilwilliamson.bsky.social · 6h

Very much yay for Chris, Jenni, Annabel and CL! So pleased for you all. And personally VERY happy that NewCon Press picked up the Best Newcomer award, and that Andy Cox and Richard Wagner's return to the field with the *outstanding* @remainsmagazine.bsky.social was recognised too.

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Neil Williamson @neilwilliamson.bsky.social · 5h

I'm Guest of Honour (and BEYOND delighted to be so) but the programme of events is packed full of brilliant panellists, workshops and the like celebrating the Scottish genre community. It's a lovely chilled convention, and Perth is both beautiful to visit and easy to get to. Join us!

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Neil Williamson @neilwilliamson.bsky.social · 5h

Now that the sparkly dust has settled in Fantasycon 2026, if you caught the bug in Glasgow and fancy a wee bit more - or if you couldn't make it and have had a raging FOMO for the ages all weekend - you might like to consider @pictcon.bsky.social! It takes place in Perth next Saturday 17th.

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PictCon – A Scottish science fiction and fantasy convention about science fiction and fantasy in Scotland.

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 5h

Buy #Haverin online! Ebook and paperback formats are now available at the link below. Get #Haverin today, featuring British Fantasy Award winners Jenni Coutts and Christopher Caldwell, plus nominees Neil Williamson and E.M. Faulds. #GSFWC40 www.amazon.co.uk/Haverin-year... More retailers to come.

The cover of Haverin, the GSFWC anthology, which features a red-haired girl reading while surrounded by books and a cat in a green space. Text reads: Featuring: Neil Williamson, E.M. Faulds, Christopher Caldwell, Eliza Chan and many more. Haverin, Edited by Brian M. Milton, Peter Morrison and Heather Valentin2.

The title page of Haverin, signed by various contributors. Photo by Ruth EJ Booth.

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 5h

Check out the photos from our launch at #Fantasycon! Thank you to all the friends and family who made it along to celebrate #GSFWC40 with us. @britfantasysoc.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/gsfw...

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 5h

And don't forget - we're also holding yet another launch of #Haverin #GSFWC40 at Waterstones Sauchiehall ST, #Glasgow on 21st October! 'Mon along and join us, and get your ticket at the link below. Brian's makin' more tablet, dontcha know... www.waterstones.com/events/celeb...

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Celebrating 40 Years of the GSFWC | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Celebrating 40 Years of the GSFWC today.

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you to everyone who made it to the launch of our 40th anniversary anthology #Haverin! It was a joy to see so many friends, alumnae and members come together to celebrate #GSFWC40 with wine, iron bru and Brian M. Milton's homemade tablet. But we're not done with announcements yet...

The editors of Haverin from left to right - Heather Valentine (a ginger-haired womxn with hair in plaits, holding a glass of wine), Peter Morrison (a dark-haired, bearded man in glasses and a tiara) holding a microphone, and Brian M. Milton (a brown-haired, bearded gentleman in glasses and waistcoat, proudly displaying a copy of Haverin). They are sitting and standing around a table covered in copies of the book Haverin and a bottle of Irn Bru. Not pictured: tablet. Photo by Neil Williamson.

A table surrounded by various authors signing copies of Haverin, while readers stand around them. Photo by Ruth EJ Booth.

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 6h

So honoured to see THE RIVER HAS ROOTS in this company! Truly wish I could have been there!

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 16h

There has been an accident...

Book accident at Fcon
Top to bottom
The Shape of Monsters by C L Hellison
Something I can't make out
Two copies of The Green Mans Debt by Juliet McKenna
Apparently I can't do this before caffiene. Full list incoming after breakfast

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 6h

Congratulations to this wonderful collection of creative winners, and thank you both to the organizers and jurors of the BFAs and the members of the British Fantasy Society. Well done all! @britfantasysoc.bsky.social britishfantasysociety.org/who-won-the-...

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Who Won The British Fantasy Awards 2026? – The British Fantasy Society

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 6h

We're delighted for alumnae Annabel Campbell and Amal El-Mohtar, and friend of the Circle CL Hellisen who were also honoured, and for E.M. Faulds and Neil Williamson who made the final shortlist. @annabelcwrites.bsky.social @amalelmohtar.com @clhellisen.com @emfaulds.com @neilwilliamson.bsky.social

From left to right, award winners Jenni Coutts (a brunette short-haired white woman in green cardigan and brown dress), Tasha Suri (a British Indian with medium dark curly hair in a black top and brown trousers, Annabel Campbell (a short-haired blonde white woman in a black and white dress and tiara), CL Hellisen (a short haired person in a black and white shirt and leggings) and Christopher Caldwell (a black British person in a snazzy pink jacket, shirt and tie). They are each holding framed British Fantasy Awards, with the exception of Tasha, who is holding a stand-alone Aldiss Award, and CL, who is holding two framed awards like a boss. Photo by Ruth EJ Booth.

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 6h

Once again, huge congratulations to our Christopher Caldwell for picking up the Best Collection Award (Call and Response, Neon Hemlock) and Jenni Coutts for picking up Best Artist at the British Fantasy Awards this weekend! @jennicoutts.bsky.social @seraph76.bsky.social @britfantasysoc.bsky.social

Christopher Caldwell is a short-haired black man in a snappy pink suit and tie standing next to a white brunette woman in a green cardy and dark dress. They are both smiling and holding framed awards. Photo by Ruth EJ Booth.

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EC Hallewell @echallewell.bsky.social · 10h

Oops... My Fantasycon book and art haul is looking rather wonderful ✨

13 sff books and two art prints on floorboards

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 11h

FantasyCon Book haul! This is why it took me 20 minutes to drag my case up the hill from the station Featuring work by @julietemckenna.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @angelacleland.co.uk @gsfwc.bsky.social and others!

About 11 genre books all laid out on a couch

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PS Livingstone (she/her) @pslivingstone.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I had the most amazing time at #Fantasycon. I promised myself I’d take more photos this year, but immediately broke that promise because I was having too much fun. If anyone has any of my panels, please do share and tag me!

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Neil Williamson @neilwilliamson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Had an epic time at @britfantasysoc.bsky.social #fantasycon2026. Massive thanks to Shona, David and the team for a brilliant event, and cheers to everyone who stopped to chat, you were all absolutely lovely to spend time with.

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Neil Williamson @neilwilliamson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Was proud as punch to launch Collective: The Art Of The Anthology and Haverin, the @gsfwc.bsky.social 40th anniversary treasury. It's such a privilege to be published by and with such a amazing creative cadres.

Peter, a bearded man in a crown addresses the audience via a microphone while Brian, in a tweed waistcoat, shows off a book which is being launched, Haverin. A stack of copies shows the title on the spine. Heather, a woman with her hair in braids contemplates a glass of red wine.

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Meghan Ellis Brown @meghan0n.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

What an incredible weekend at Fantasycon! Thanks to everyone who came to the Haverin launch or my panels 🩷 and huge love to everyone I chatted to, even if it was a flyby hello at the bar. Special thanks to the @gsfwc.bsky.social gang, for being such a wonderful and welcoming group of writers 🧡

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Hell Dunkin @halduncan.com · 11/10/2026

I am returned home from Fantasycon, having decided it wiser to actually line my stomach with food tonight rather than continue subsisting largely on Guinness. All caught up with peeps I haven't seen for years and finally managed to catch folk I was hoping to speak to. My poor guts need a rest now.

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E.M. Faulds / Beth or Taxes / Not em faulds @emfaulds.com · 11/10/2026

Reading from this 1pm in Malin Fantasycon

Book Cover: These Broken Little Worlds by E.M. Faulds

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Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The full Fantasycon Glasgow SF writing circle experience.

A copy of Haverin, a green book with a redhead woman surrounded by books and a cat on it, beside a tub of tablet.

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Massive congratulations to our Christopher Caldwell on winning Best Collection for Call and Response, and to Jenni Coutts on winning Best Artist (a great way to mark her stepping down from BFS Horizons as art editor)! @seraph76.bsky.social @jennicoutts.bsky.social #Fantasycon #BFSawards

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Ruth EJ Booth (she/they) will be at PictCon 2026 @ruthejbooth.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Hello! Not at #Fantasycon today because October is Octobering hard and I have a book to finish. But! That makes this a good time to thank Shona Kinsella and the rest of the organizers and volunteers for giving us such a fab weekend. And under an hour from my bed? Magic! @britfantasysoc.bsky.social

Death to AI panellists Geoff Ryman, Donna Scott, CL McCartney, Stephen Cox and Ruth EJ Booth

The title page of a copy of Haverin covered in signatures.

CL "Two Gongs" Hellisen with theirBFS awards.

Ruth EJ Booth, a brunette white woman with glasses and wearing a flowery dress, holds up a name badge.

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Meghan Ellis Brown @meghan0n.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Today's the third and final day of Fantasycon! I have no panels today, so I'm free to catch up on everything - and everyone - that I've missed this weekend! 🩷

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Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

You can stop a very tired me in the hotel to buy one today. I cannot promise I'll say anything coherent while you do, mind.

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Dad Influence @dadinfluence.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Call and Response was 🔥🔥🔥 Highly recommend

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Oh oh oh! And congrats to alumna Amal El Mohtar on Best Novella! What a bunch of lucky ducks! @amalelmohtar.com #BFSawards

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Ruth EJ Booth (she/they) will be at PictCon 2026 @ruthejbooth.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

NGL I have genuinely struggled this year with the number of great people doing genuinely amazing work across different categories of the BFS Awards. I would have had such an issue being on one of the juries. So thank you to those folks too! @britfantasysoc.bsky.social

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

And huge congratulations to all the longlisted and shortlisted folks. What a wonderful reading/watching/listening list you've given us!

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Congrats also to alumna Annabel Campbell (Best Newcomer) and friend of the Circle C.L.Hellisen (Best Audio Fiction, Best Short Story)! @annabelcwrites.bsky.social @clhellisen.com

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Maybe I should be like Barry Lyndon and only be lit by candlelight

Christopher Caldwell looking stoic I. A candlelit ballroom. He is wearing a pink dinner jacket and a gold tie with silver and blue accents

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I didn’t write a speech

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peter haverin morrison @remotecore.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Delighted to see @seraph76.bsky.social win Best Collection at the British Fantasy Awards. A great book!

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

And the award goes to Christopher Caldwell! @seraph76.bsky.social

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Al @realbigal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

And the award for the most surprised looking award winner goes to.... (Also, great collection)

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Al @realbigal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Well done Jenni!

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peter haverin morrison @remotecore.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Congratulations to all the winners at the British Fantasy Awards and to all those nominated, definitely some great works there.

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Luke Belcourt @lukebelcourt.com · 10/10/2026

Ran out of energy before the awards ceremony so disappeared off home, and the FOMO is real! Congrats to all the nominees and winners!!! Looks like an amazing night! ☺️

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Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees of the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social British Fantasy Awards tonight!

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E.M. Faulds / Beth or Taxes / Not em faulds @emfaulds.com · 10/10/2026

Waiting for the Fantasycon banquet with the dapper suited @seraph76.bsky.social

E.M Faulds and Christopher Caldwell by a bar

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Vera Brook @verabrook.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The panel on Authentic Scottish Representation in SFFH now in progress at #FantasyCon in Glasgow. @britfantasysoc.bsky.social @gsfwc.bsky.social @edinburghsff.com #Scotland #writing @lyndseycroal.bsky.social

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Cryptopher is in post-Fantasycon Seclusion @chriscrowing.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Yesterday @gsfwc.bsky.social launched our 40th anniversary 'Haverin' at @britfantasysoc.bsky.social #Fantasycon It's the first actual book I've been published in and I'm wild proud about it. There's also 42 other stories from 42 other awesome authors covering the range of speculative fiction.

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Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I live! Thankfully I didn't have to be the clever one.

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