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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A personal story about that phrase “young men of fighting age” applied to asylum seekers. As many of you know I took in a young Ukrainian woman under the Homes for Ukraine scheme. As part of that process, soon after she arrived we were visited by the local authority rep and a Fire Brigade rep.

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Nefarious Bat Press @nefariousbatpress.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We weren't expecting to be posting this quite so soon... but good news: we're reopening to submissions! 🎉

WE'RE REOPENING TO SUBMISSIONS!
WE WEREN'T EXPECTING TO WRITE THIS QUITE YET. BUT OWING TO A BIT OF UNEXPECTED GOOD FORTUNE - WE'RE OPENING BACK UP TO SUBMISIONS!

WE'RE LOOKING FOR QUEER HORROR NOVELS OF AT LEAST 50,000 WORDS FOR A LATE 2027 EARLY 2028 RELEASE
IN EXCHANGE, WE'RE OFFERING A SMALL ($250) ADVANCE AND A LOT OF LOVE, CARE AND ATTENTION

IF YOU KNOW US, THEN YOU KNOW THE SORT OF THING WE LIKE, AND THE SORT OF THING WE DON'T. (IF YOU DON'T KNOW US: WORTH HAVING A QUICK READ AROUND TO MAKE SURE WE'RE THE RIGHT FIT)

PLEASE:
• NO "AI"-GENERATED ANYTHING
• NO RACISM, HOMOPHOBIA OR TRANSPHOBIA, ABLEISM OR MISOGYNY - TRUST US, WE CAN SMELL THEM ALL A MILE AWAY
• NOTHING THAT ISN'T QUEER HORROR

THINK YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR US?
EMAIL IT OVER TO
INFO @NEFARIOUSBATPRESS.COM
WITH A COVER NOTE AND SYNOPSIS, MARKED
"QUEER HORROR SUBMISSIONS"

CHEERS! ~ THE BATS

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Frances Hardinge @franceshardinge.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Just a reminder that on Saturday 11th July, there will be a One Day Symposium on Frances Hardinge! (Otherwise known as the Conference of Me. :-) ) It will take place at King's College London, 9.30-5pm. There will be talks, workshops, in-conversation events, etc. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-one-day-...

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A One Day Symposium on Frances Hardinge

Politics, Ethics and the Material World: the Interrogative Fiction of Frances Hardinge.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Oxford’s Liberal Democrats said: “This city should be a place where everyone can be their true and authentic selves, and locally and nationally we will fight to make sure it is.” www.facebook.com/OxfordLibDem...

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Around 180 residents marched in Oxford in support of trans rights today, following the government’s latest draft code of practice from the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Opponents have called the guidance ‘unworkable’ and say it amounts to an attack on trans and non binary people.

Gathering in Bonn Square for trans rights. you can see many pink and blue placards in attendance.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

We’ve rounded up every bookshop in Oxford – from Blackwells to Barkers, Curio to Caper, new, secondhand, and remaindered. Indulge your inner bibliophile with this long(ish) read. oxfordclarion.uk/every-booksh...

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Every bookshop in Oxford

Oxford is a city of books and bookshops. Reporting on a new opening in the city centre encouraged your Clarion team to think about their favourites ... Independent bookshops Caper, Magdalen Road ...

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

🎉 It’s happening! Direct Oxford–Bristol trains start on Monday, running every two hours from Monday to Saturday. Weekday Oxford departures are at 0700, 0903, 1103, 1303, 1504, 1904 and 2103: the journey takes ~1hr10.

GWR Intercity Express Train at Bristol Temple Meads (photo via Network Rail)

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The final scores on Oxford City Council, combining tonight’s 24 elections with the 24 from 2024, are: 🌹 Labour 20 💚 Green 13 🔶 LibDem 9 🟪 IOA 4 ◻️ Ind 2 This gives the Greens and LibDems a chance to run the council in coalition if they choose. Here’s tonight on a map. Thanks for following along!

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The Oxfam Bookshop on St Giles’, Britain’s first, has earned a reprieve. Oxford City Council has refused permission for landlords Regent’s Park College to turn it into a graduate common room, pointing out that the Local Plan prioritises retail, entertainment, and office uses in the city centre.

Oxfam Bookshop on St Giles (Google Street View)

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j4 @jaffa.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Badgers on tenners and otters on fifties, Ferrets on fivers, yeah that'd be nifty, Weasels on twenties, much better than kings, Mustelids are just my favourite things

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Kathy Norman @kathynor.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

At #dragonmeet today with Broken Shield. Come and see us!

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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 16/07/2025

Hi. We are a small press, but we explicitly refuse to use AI at any part of the editorial/publishing process and it’s in our contracts too. All work is done by humans.

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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 15/07/2025

Ireland has had "sELf iD" for 10 years now and not one single issue that the media, government and anti-trans movement predicted has come to pass. Not one. If it works in Ireland why would it not work here? No one who opposes it can give a good answer, because the real answer is transphobia

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Becky Annison @beckyannison.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Ex Tenebris has a pre-launch page now! 'Beyond the dark emptiness of space, beyond dreaming, lies the Tenebrium. Only you can unearth its mysteries, defeat the twisted horrors that lurk there, and keep humanity from becoming prey.' Please sign up or give it a share. #ttrpg #rpg #gothicspacehorror

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Coming soon: Ex Tenebris

A gothic space investigation TTRPG

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Samuel Decker Thompson @adudewritingpoetry.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I don’t crave the grand gestures, or the loud declarations, nor the games people play to prove they like each other. I just need the hush of you existing near me. The way your shoulder curves as you read in the afternoon light, the soft cadence of your breath smoothing the edges of the day.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Oxfordshire County Council is celebrating 100 solar panels installed in homes in Oxfordshire via a government trial of affordable solar. Through the scheme, householders pay £40 a month for the equipment, rather than having to pay up front. news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/100-up-solar...

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100 up! Solar panels scheme reaches landmark figure

A trial scheme to make it more affordable for Oxfordshire residents to install solar panels and battery storage has hit the century mark.Last month, Oxfordshire County Council, and its partners SMS an...

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Thames Water’s litany of woes in Oxtord continues with a broken water main on Rymers Lane, seen just after 6am this morning. The site has since been fenced off by ODS, the City Council’s direct works arm.

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Kathy Norman @kathynor.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Happy 100th birthday to my wonderful gran!

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 22/01/2025

Fun fact: if you're buying from a creator on etsy, you can reduce their etsy selling fees from 6.5% to 2.5% by ordering via 'shopname.etsy.com' instead of 'etsy.com/shopname' or searching from the main site. It costs you the same but the creator makes more

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Kathy Norman @kathynor.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Delighted with the local election results for Oxfordshire. Well done to my friends in the Lib Dems and Greens. Real endorsement of your hard work together in the previous administration

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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Just wanna point out that LibDem/Green Oxfordshire was the absolute centre of the 15 min city conspiracy and today the LDs have added 15 seats and the Greens have more than doubled so it’s hardly electoral suicide. People like safe streets! @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social @filipwatteeuw.bsky.social

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Kathy Norman @kathynor.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Happy Easter to those who celebrate. Here’s a glorious corner of my lawn this morning

Photo of primroses in longish grass, backlit by the sun

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Cllr Emily Kerr 💚 @emilykerr36.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Shout out to whoever made this citation-filled comment in the Oxford Mail comments section. Really here for it.

A lengthy comment including lots of citations about the business benefits of pedestrianisation.

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Kathy Norman @kathynor.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

For my trans friends, I’m sorry for the shit the world throws at you. I hope things get better. I have a zero tolerance policy for racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia or other bigotry. We’re all equally valuable. Everyone deserves to live as their authentic self without persecution.

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Kathy Norman @kathynor.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

View from the workshop just before this evening’s hailstorm #oxford

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Brick-Morpork @legoankhmorpork.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

"No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away, until the clock wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested." #GNUTerryPratchett

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Grandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Scrynne [skrahyn] (n.) - A wooden chest or casket, usually decorated with ivory or jewels and containing writing materials and sacred relics. Used in a sentence: “Since I started collecting the true and authentic nails of the holy crucifixion, I've run entirely out of room in my scrynne!”

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Becky Annison @beckyannison.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

There is a big sale currently on at @drivethrurpg.com and all of our title (except Lovecraftesque 2e) are in it! If you've been waiting to try out Last Fleet or Bite Marks then now is a great time to grab a bargain.

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DriveThruRPG - Black Armada

Your one-stop online shop for new and vintage RPG products from the top publishers, delivered fresh to your desktop in electronic format.

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Labour’s reported disability benefit cuts are not just about budgeting but a belief: paid work is a virtue (and people who don’t perform it deserve a worse life than everyone else). My col. in tomorrow’s paper. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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There is a shameful British tradition of demonising disabled people. Why is Labour reigniting it? | Frances Ryan

Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system. They have made that choice and it’s immoral, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I know a lot of people are boycotting Amazon, which is great, but it's hurting a lot of trans authors. Trans authors: Drop links to your NON-AMAZON book listings/storefronts. Cis people: Repost, boost, and, importantly, buy. Part of boycotting an evil corporation is supporting the alternatives.

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Cathy Dean @cathypsych.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

If you're an unpaid #carer who writes do put your work forward and get your voice heard. You matter.

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Gemma Matthews - The Sewing Songbird @thesewingsongbird.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

A collage full of colour and life. 🌱🌷 Small snippets of details taken from a variety of my embroideries. I hope it brightens your timeline slightly …and a bit of the grey! 😊🪡 🌸🌿🌺🌻 #stitchedart #thesewingsongbird

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Cyclox @cycloxoxford.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

What makes your child happy on their walk (or cycle) to school? Draw a winning badge design for a chance to win FREE walk to school resources for an entire year! Competition closes Mar 7th www.livingstreets.org.uk/walk-to-scho...

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WOW Badge Design Competition 2025

Join one of the UK's biggest design competition for children, for a chance to win FREE walk to school resources for an entire year!

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Nicola Kent @nicolakent.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

TWO DAYS left to respond to the UK Govt consultation on Copyright and AI. The AOI has created a brilliant guide to help with this - the consultation is onerous but their tips make completing it quick and easy for any creator, not just an illustrator. PLEASE ADD YOUR VOICE: theaoi.com/news/the-cop...

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The Copyright and AI consultation - how to respond as an illustrator – The AOI

The Copyright and Artificial Intelligence consultation was published by in December 2024, and we are encouraging illustrators to submit a response to the consultation to demonstrate the negative affec...

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Alison Hill @dralisonhill.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Consultation out on the Oxford Greenways project 🚲🚶‍♀️👩‍🦽 A plan for cycling and walking routes connecting nearby towns, villages & future development sites with Oxford. No £££ yet but will mean plans are ready when funding available. Send your thoughts in. letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxford-green...

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Oxford Mutual Aid @oxfordmutualaid.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Vote for us (entry 36) to win a £100,000 prize package - including a branded bus, free advertising with Get Radio and a partnership with Oxford City Football club. www.oxfordbus.co.uk/view-gallery

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Canongate @canongate.co.uk · 17/02/2025

We’ve tried to be open about our thought process as our relationship to Twitter has changed (including in the below thread from the end of last year), so I wanted to share that we have now left Twitter for good. Details here: canongate.co.uk/news/canonga... bsky.app/profile/cano...

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Canongate has left Twitter

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Lindsey Lavender @lindseylavender.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Another recent one!

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Karen Pierce Gonzalez @karenpgonzalez.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

And for some, the moon was only this far away. We want your #poems abt #GreatGatsbyEra #Desire #Glamor #DreamComeTrue #AnythingGoesEra for #BeautifulLittleFools @brokenspinearts.bsky.social shorturl.at/xipDH bsky.app/profile/brok...

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Frances Hardinge @franceshardinge.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I'm honoured and delighted that ISLAND OF WHISPERS, my collaboration with brilliant illustrator Emily Gravett, is on the longlist for the Carnegie Medal for Writing! carnegies.co.uk/2025-longlis...

A graphic with a turquoise background, with abstract shapes impinging from the sides in dark blue and white. The white letters on the background reads The Carnegies Medal for Writing Longlist 2025 #Carnegies2025 / Carnegies.co.uk. In the middle of the graphic is the front cover of the book 'Island of Whispers' by Frances Hardinge and Emiliy Gravett. The lowest part of the cover shows two boats approaching an ominously silhouetted island crested by a broken tower. One boat is small with white sails and a horse-head figurehead. The other is larger, an intimidating silhouette. The upper part of the cover is midnight blue and is covered by swarms of pale, fluttering moths.

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Philip Purser-Hallard @purserhallard.com · 12/02/2025

I absolutely do not understand why Labour is basically endorsing Reform rather than placing as much distance between itself and them as humanly possible. It's not just horrifically immoral, from a purely pragmatic point of view it's monumentally, epochally stupid.

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Becky Annison @beckyannison.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Valentine's Day is a approaching and we've released a new game on itchio that patrons got last year? maybe even the year before? A romantic comedy for 3 players exploring the classic story of Cyrano De Bergerac from a new angle. #ttrpg #rpg

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Cyrano In Love by Black Armada Games

A romantic comedy for 3 players exploring the classic story of Cyrano De Bergerac from a new angle.

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