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Anna McFarlane @mariettarosetta.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

@nationalgalleries.bsky.social asked me to write a blog post to accompany a mini-documentary they've made about Fantasy in art (you can see the doc at the end of the post). Featuring work by Rachel MacLean #motherhood #AI #misinformation www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-arti...

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What if Fantasy Tells the Truth? | National Galleries of Scotland

Dr Anna McFarlane explores the ways in which fantasy tells the truth and asks - is there reality pushing through the surface?

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Anna McFarlane @mariettarosetta.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Sofia Samatar giving a massively helpful talk about the strategies of epic fantasy #PresentPasts

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Anna McFarlane @mariettarosetta.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

My colleague Prof Matt Sangster opens the inaugural European Conference on the Fantastic, Fantasy's Present Pasts @glasgow.ac.uk @uofgartshums.bsky.social #PresentPasts

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Oliver K. Langmead @oliverklangmead.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Cover by Vince Haig!

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Oliver K. Langmead @oliverklangmead.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

COVER REVEAL! OUR GLORIOUS PROGENY An anthology of reproductive futures, coming March 2027 from @lunapress.bsky.social Featuring 12 short stories from:

The cover of OUR GLORIOUS PROGENY, edited by Oliver K. Langmead and Anna McFarlane

The cover features an image of plastic babies contained in a gumball machine

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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Rachelle Atalla, Vajra Chandrasekera, Hiron Ennes, Tendai Huchu, Hannah Kaner, Cassandra Khaw, Kirsty Logan, Elle Nash, Adam Roberts, Cailean Steed, Lavie Tidhar, Aliya Whiteley. Out at Eastercon!

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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Cover reveal time! A huge thanks to Vince Haig for creating the cover of Our Glorious Progeny, an anthology edited by Oliver K. Langmead and Anna McFarlane. The anthology is a collaboration with The Future of Human Reproduction project, at Lancaster University featuring stories from:

Cover of Our Glorious Progeny by Vince Haig. A gumball machine dispensing babies.

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Anna McFarlane @mariettarosetta.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Thanks so much to @apar.bsky.social and Abi Hockaday for organising the inaugural Women in SFF conference @newcastleuni.bsky.social - I got amazing feedback on my keynote, loved the papers, caught up with @niallharrison.bsky.social and @chloroformtea.bsky.social among others...

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Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Thank you @thebookseller.com for featuring small presses! And you can absolutely spot the Luna Family! @sebdoubinsky.bsky.social @oliverklangmead.bsky.social @mariettarosetta.bsky.social & @tadethompson.bsky.social So excited to bring you these titles in 2027! @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social

The introduction to Books Spotlight Scotland, from The Bookseller, May edition, announcing titles for the next 12 months.

Part of the books in Books Spotlight Scotland, from The Bookseller, May edition, with titles for the next 12 months. Three titles are highlighted: the Luna Press releases 2027. Titles by Seb Doubinky, Oliver K Langmead, Anna McFarlane, and Tade Thompson.

The interview with Publishing Scotland's CEO Sheila Pinder for Books Spotlight Scotland, from The Bookseller, May edition, talking about industry, and the strength to be found in Scottish publishing.

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GIFCon @gifcon.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The programme for Technologies of the Fantastic is now live! You can find the full event listings, and links to registration here: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20... #GIFCon #GIFCon2026 #Fantasy #FantasyConference

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Oliver K. Langmead @oliverklangmead.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I am so proud to be working with @mariettarosetta.bsky.social on this. The most exciting part? The contributors! Full list below -

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Women Make Science Fiction @womenmakesf.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

NEW PODCAST! Episode 2x2: ReproFutures w/guest Dr Anna McFarlane (aka @mariettarosetta.bsky.social) womenmakesciencefiction.org/podcast/

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Women Make Science Fiction @womenmakesf.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

All new episodes hosted by Lyle Skains and @amycchambers.bsky.social, our second episode features guest Anna McFarlane@mariettarosetta.bsky.social

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Anna McFarlane @mariettarosetta.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

The talk I gave yesterday for the Literature and Science forum is now live on YouTube. I talk about Boots Riley's I'm A Virgo, the Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities, and @lancasteruni.bsky.social's Future of Human Reproduction project: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtAJ...

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Science Fiction Techno-Futures and the Medical Humanities (Dr Anna McFarlane, University of Glasgow)

YouTube video by Literature and Science

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Scifi Reader @scifireader.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

That sounds fascinating! The intersection of sci-fi and medical humanities can offer profound insights. As Arthur C. Clarke said, "The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible." 🪐

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Anna McFarlane @mariettarosetta.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I'm going to be speaking online on the topic of 'Science Fiction Techno-Futures and the Medical Humanities' for the Literature and Science Forum on Wed 2nd July, 5pm BST: literaturesa.co.uk/about-us

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August C. Bourré @fishsauce.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Oh hey, since I was talking about cyberpunk earlier, I'm currently reading Cyperpunk Culture and Psychology: Seeing Through the Mirrorshades, by @mariettarosetta.bsky.social, and it's quite good. Insightful, fresh, and super readable, especially for a serious academic text. Do recommend.

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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Just noticed that the event I chaired a little while ago with Donna Haraway, @mariettarosetta.bsky.social and Temi Oh for the @britishacademy.bsky.social about suspicious minds, trust and science fiction is now on youtube. youtu.be/mW2EZBgxzn0?...

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Suspicious Minds: trust and mistrust in sci-fi narratives

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Anna McFarlane @mariettarosetta.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I'm honoured to be taking part in the annual @uofgfantasy.bsky.social conference, @gifcon.bsky.social, with a keynote on queer pregnancy in fantastika. It's completely online next week, registration is still open #medicalhumanities #sciencefiction #cfp fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

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GIFCon 2025: Queering the Fantastic – Programme – Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic

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Anna McFarlane @mariettarosetta.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

@effjayem.bsky.social This is The Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities that we were discussing, in case you're interested! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-edi...

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The Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities

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Anna McFarlane @mariettarosetta.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I just received my copy of The Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities, feat. a lengthy introduction my @drgavinmiller.bsky.social and I, and a chapter on pregnancy from me. #medicalhumanities #sf #sciencefiction #disabilitystudies

A copy of the book The Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities

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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Such an absolute privilege to chair this evening's event at @britishacademy.bsky.social with an amazing panel comprised of Donna Haraway, @mariettarosetta.bsky.social and Temi Oh, we talked about body horror, [traumatic] pregnancy, climate change, AI, translation, empathy and so much more.

Donna Haraway holding a mug looks down from a screen at me, Temi Oh and Anna McFarlane in stage as we all get ready for our event "Suspicious Minds: Trust and Mistrust in Sci-Fi Narratives"

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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Just a reminder that on Thursday I'll be hosting one of these events for @britishacademy.bsky.social - a discussion with THE Donna Haraway, THE @mariettarosetta.bsky.social and THE Temi Oh. In person tickets are sold out but you can still join online. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/the-a...

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Suspicious Minds: trust and mistrust in sci-fi narratives

Join celebrated feminist theorist Professor Donna Haraway FBA, author of the 'Cyborg Manifesto', British Academy Funded Researcher Dr Anna McFarlane and celebrated sci-fi author and screenwriter Temi ...

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Ria Cheyne @riacheyne.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Donna Haraway AND the fabulous @mariettarosetta.bsky.social talking SF and dystopia? This is going to be fantastic! @britishacademy.bsky.social

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Anna McFarlane @mariettarosetta.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I'll be in London on March 6th talking with Prof Donna Haraway about #sciencefiction and trust, chaired by @grmorgan.bsky.social. Tickets irl/online and free @britishacademy.bsky.social #risk #uncertainty

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Jake Casella Brookins @casella.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Had loads of fun talking about Adam Robert's zingy, zippy THE THIS with cyberpunk scholar @mariettarosetta.bsky.social. The most "SF is a way to talk about technology & the human condition" I've read in a long time; immensely funny, cleverer than I am. ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2024/12/16/a...

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A Meal of Thorns 13 – THE THIS with Anna McFarlane

Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Credits:Guest: Anna McFarlaneTitle: The This by Adam RobertsHost: Jake Case…

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Jake Casella Brookins @casella.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

THE THIS is a tremendously fun & clever novel, building on a lot of cyberpunk & SF ideas—I really enjoyed this talk with @mariettarosetta.bsky.social, digging into social media, loneliness, & much besides.

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A Meal of Thorns @mealofthorns.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Cyberpunk and the long conversation of SF, "Nabokov in the walls", and hard-hitting questions like "is social media maybe slightly bad, actually": @mariettarosetta.bsky.social is on the pod to talk about Adam Roberts' novel THE THIS! ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2024/12/16/a...

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A Meal of Thorns 13 – THE THIS with Anna McFarlane

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A Meal of Thorns @mealofthorns.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Also, if you've been enjoying A Meal of Thorns, you can take a look at our upcoming episodes to read along! Got some real good ones coming up: @thelitcritguy.bsky.social on MELMOTH & @mariettarosetta.bsky.social on THE THIS are next, with more in the pipe: ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/amealofthorns/

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Podcast

Latest Episode: About the Podcast: A Meal of Thorns is a critical book club hosted by Jake Casella Brookins. Each episode, we’ll be looking closely at works of speculative fiction, thinking a…

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Nick Hubble @thehubble101.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I knew this was going to be a dark year, which is why I started writing 'The Resistance', my column for Vector, the journal of the British Science Fiction Association. The idea is to show SFF as a practical & conceptual resource for resistance. Here, I focus on relationship between #SF & #Modernism.

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The Resistance

By Nick Hubble It might seem rather strange to start writing a column for Vector focusing on sf as a fiction of practical resistance to capitalist realism and oppression in a special issue on sf a…

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Cominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Danish Marxism is now more popular than the Frankfurt school

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.com · 15/11/2024

A starter pack for my fellow weirdos (WIP) go.bsky.app/2q1gJva

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McKinley Valentine @mckinleaf.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Incredible use of the medium, you gotta click through and read the bios go.bsky.app/KDY26rh

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Gerard McKeever @mckeever.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

My new book is out in the world! It advocates a new, regional way of thinking about Scottish literature and Romanticism. It’s been a labour of love that’s seen me through two babies and a global pandemic, can’t wait to hear what people take from it 🙏 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

A scholarly book titled ‘Regional Romanticism’ standing on a bookshelf.

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Anna McFarlane @mariettarosetta.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

[To pin] You can find my article on 'Reproductive Loss in the Anthropocene' here, where I read Paul McAuley's Austral and think about #miscarriage - or find it on my academia.edu page (link in bio). muse.jhu.edu/article/900282

Publication details for an article, 'Reproductive Loss in the Anthropocene: Paul McAuley's Austral' in Science Fiction Studies, Vol 50 No 2, 2023.

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Anna McFarlane @mariettarosetta.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Somebody asked me to talk about Adam Roberts yesterday, I trust they now regret it #sciencefiction #hegel #ai #hivemind #philosophy

A copy of The This by Adam Roberts on top of Less Than Nothing by Slavoj Zizek and next to a notepad with some notes on it and a purple pen.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Someone once told me Peter Sutcliffe's nickname at the trucking firm he worked was "Ripper", because he looked so much like the identikit the police released of the Yorkshire Ripper. I think about that all the time.

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Glyn Morgan @grmorgan.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I used to have a pretty thorough list of SF scholars on twitter (albeit I let it lapse), thought I would try to recreate it on here but I'm sure that I'm missing many people: #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #speculativefiction #academia go.bsky.app/PTRrsRA

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Douglas Small @drdouglassmall.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Alright, New Followers, brace yourselves for an extremely nerdy deep-dive into possibly the niche-iest of my niche drugs history obsessions: Red Dead Redemption 2's Cocaine Chewing Gum. Pour yourself a shot of bourbon & get comfortable for the Big Red Dead Cocaine Thread 1.

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Dr. Robert Barry Mason @robertmason.bsky.social · 14/08/2024

I have made a map of the entirety of Tolkien's Middle Earth. This is based on the limited canonical information available; the fact that Tolkien made it clear that Middle Earth is the same Earth we live on; & the way published maps of Middle Earth resemble the continental shelf. #Tolkien 📚

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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Here's a list of all the BlueSky "starter packs". Filter by keyword to find people and organisations in subject areas that interest you. blueskydirectory.com/starter-pack... And here's my starter pack of plain-speaking voices in climate & nature. go.bsky.app/BGrM5Z8

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All - Bluesky Directory

A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.

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Anna McFarlane @mariettarosetta.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

#AcademicSky Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about. 1) Traumatic pregnancy & speculative fiction #sciencefiction #medhums 2) Nathan Fielder is our Samuel Beckett

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