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Roz Clarke / Zora_db @rozc.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

I was sceptical that thunder warnings sent out by the council today were a necessity. now i wish they’d been a deal more strongly worded. fuckin’ ‘ell.

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Christopher Caldwell @seraph76.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Delightfully surprised to find that Call and Response is on the shortlist for the British Fantasy Award for Best Collection

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Holy shit, I'm on the BFA shortlist! More dignified response to follow when I'm not juggling luggage and coffee while trying to catch a train 😆

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

These Broken Little Worlds (NewCon Press) is the fabulous new collection from our own E.M. Faulds, due out 29/05. Featuring the BSFA award-winning 'Godzilla As A Young Man Named Mike', you can pre-order yours now from the link below: www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as... @bethkesh.bsky.social

Cover is blue with a woman's face emerging from smoke, swirls and stars. Text reads: Polestars 13, These Broken Little Words, E.M. Faulds.

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Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

FPTP is like The One Ring of politics in the UK. They know they need to destroy it, but once it's in their hands they think "Why shouldn't we keep it? We can use it for good!" and then everything goes dead-Boromir-shaped

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Joel C. Scoberg @joel-c-scoberg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Great talk today at the Llandeilo Literature Festival about the anthologies “Fight Like A Girl” (Vol 1&2), their backstory, wild launch party, and much more by @cherylmorgan.bsky.social @hierath77.bsky.social @lmorgan.bsky.social and @rozc.bsky.social . And more books for my TBR pile too - yay! 🤩 🥳

Anthologies Fight Like A Girl Volume 1 & 2 published by Wizards Tower Press

Hengwrt (the Old Court in English), the lovely venue for the Llandeilo Literature Festival

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Day 255 (yesterday) and 256 (today) of #365DaysOfFood and we're all about the unexpected cauliflowers. Yesterday @rozc.bsky.social made a cheesy mustardy potatoey cauliflower bake, and today I'm making cauliflower sweetcorn chowder because it is quick and I am tired....

Unexpected cauliflowers in the Baggins area

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Roz Clarke / Zora_db @rozc.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This study into canine care assistance is more nuanced and original than the tagline (“Assistance dogs interpret needs of the person they assist non-verbally”) makes it seem. Worth a read. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Gwrach Gymraeg @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I have spent the afternoon packing cardboard boxes. So many books! Good job that @rozc.bsky.social & @hierath77.bsky.social have a car too.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 165: Don't wait for inspiration. It's rare and unpredictable. Hard work, lots of practice, editing, and rewriting is what matters every time.

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

With stories by Danie Ware, Juliet McKenna, Anna Smith Spark and many others, Fight Like A Girl #2 was a feature on award short lists this year. Find out why people love it so much: wizardstowerpress.co...

Cover of Fight Like A Girl #2. Art by Oisin McGann.

Image is of a brown-skinned girl in light armour wielding a Very Big Sword. She is surrounded by images of other things she might use to fight, not all of them obviously weapons.

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Kaldrin @kaldrin.itch.io · 15/02/2026

WIN

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Congratulations to Juliet E McKenna and E M Faulds who have made the Long Lists in this year's British Science Fiction Association Awards: www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-...

Cover of The Green Man’s Holiday by Juliet E McKenna. Art by Ben Baldwin.

Image is of an animal-like face with many sharp teeth peering out from a pile of gray rocks. Foliage and white flowers cover the rocks.

Cover of Wiz Duo Book 2. Art by Roz Clarke.

The images are of a shield superimposed on a flying dragon, and a girl with a hole through her belly.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I want to do a boast. I finished my MA in Classics and I just found out this week that I got a distinction. I am very very proud of myself. My dissertation was on women in Ancient Rome who wore the toga. Ask me anything. Really anything (about my subject, or I'll try more broadly in Classics).

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

It is Book Quote Wednesday and the word is 'world'. In 'Song, Stone, Scale, Bone' by Juliet Kemp from Wiz Duos #2, Sir Cade is heading into the catacombs with a seemingly clueless client. #BookQW wizardstowerpress.co...

The Court families are very into their history. I ought to be, but in all honesty, I joined more for the bit where you get to guide people all over the world. Turned out more of it is close to home than I expected, but there you go. We all make decisions we don’t fully understand the implications of in our youth, don’t we?
Anyway. It’s damp down here, and only a little light comes through the tree roots. I turned my hands over one another, muttering the rhyme, and my guide-light appeared.
“This way, my lady.” I started along the main road. The cobbles were moss-slick underfoot, and buildings in various states of ruin loomed in the shadows to either side. Grey stone, mostly, like the oldest chapterhouse buildings.
Lady Arel, beside me, was looking around her, but still moving fast. “I have never before been down here,” she said, in the tone of one making conversation.

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Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

60 Wiz Duos 3 featuring The Sheltering Flame by Ruthanna Emrys and Walking A Wounded Land by Andrew Knighton Two fabulous novellas - one about a magic house and the power of the sanctuaries we build - the other about grief, walking, and the power of the memories we hold

The cover of Wiz Duos 3, featuring a blue background and two triangle panels. One has a green land and an island sunset with the silhouette of a man with a camera. The other has a mountain range with the silhouette of a big house

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Submissions are open for our Welsh folklore anthology, They Are Still Here: wizardstowerpress.co...

The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd).

The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left.

Art by Josh Arklin.

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Emma Newman @emmanewman.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

So... it begins. Each day of the Starship Alexandria Advent Calendar, @aptshadow.bsky.social and I will take turns to enthuse about a favourite TV show. The first 'window' opens to the Enterprise NCC-1701-D... No points for guessing whose choice that was ;) starshipalexandria.com/day-1-2025-a...

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Starship Alexandria: Day 1 - 2025 Advent Calendar

For our first day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Emma sings the praises of Star Trek: The Next Generation and explains why it's so special to her. If you'd like to support the show, ...

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Good morning world. It is still yesterday in California so we still have an hour or so left of the Kickstarter campaign. We are currently at £7223. Anyone else fancy joining the fun? www.kickstarter.com/...

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Ben from Spookily Drawn Swords @glenatron.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Just finished "The Sheltering Flame", the first novella in Wiz Duos volume 3 from @wtpress.bsky.social and it was excellent, a very satisfying contemporary fantasy that reminded me of Peter Beagle or Charles de Lint - three burnt out academics discover their fixer-upper house is a magical sanctuary.

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Join me in calling on @RachelReevesMP to stop propping up declining oil and gas companies with £2.7 BILLION of tax breaks a year (🤯) and fund a jobs guarantee for workers instead: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

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End tax breaks on oil and gas

Sign the petition to stop the giveaway and demand a fair jobs plan needs major people power right now.

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Today's update features a real-life Welsh princess who eloped with a young king to help lead a guerilla army, died fighting the English, and may have also been a notable author. www.kickstarter.com/...

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Andrew Knighton @aknighton.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Ghosts linger amid the fields of England, waiting to be summoned by passing feet. As a walker faces the spectres of his own grief, he's drawn into a struggle between the paths connecting us & the boundaries that cut us apart, in Walking a Wounded Land. wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove...

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The cover of Wiz Duo book 3 with stories by Ruthanna Emrys and Andrew Knighton.

The images are an old, wooden house seen against a mountainous background for Ruthanna's story; and a hiker walking towards the sunset in Andrew's.

Beside it are quotes from other authors:

“Two gorgeously written novellas exploring the ways that our connections to the land and to each other can be broken but also mended, these stories tell of bargains and sacrifices, and ultimately of hopeful futures.” — Sarah Brooks

“Beautiful and haunting.” — Anna Smith Spark

“Beautiful in cadence, powerful in imagery, gentle in spirit, Andrew Knighton’s work takes your heart’s ghosts on dances of things lost” — Danie Ware

“A story that reminds us of the permanence of dreams and the determination of the human spirit. You’ll never walk Britain’s pathways the same again.” – Charlotte Bond

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🌖 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 29/10/2025

Yes, it’s a serious problem (From @privateeyenews.bsky.social – posting to include Alt text)

Minority representation on TV causes outrage

There has been widespread support for prominent Reform MP Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of minorities on television.
Said one angry viewer, "She's right. Every time you turn on the telly there's another Reform MP being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg."
She added, "I respect their way of life and their strange customs, but Reform MPs comprise only 0.7 percent of the House of Commons. Yet Nigel Farage is on Question Time more than Fiona Bruce."
"I'm not prejudiced. Some of my best friends are swivel-eyed loons, but enough is enough. There are too many people with angry red faces on television."

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Look out, look out! There's a skeletal horse about! For today's update, Jo Hall tells us all about the Mari Llwyd: www.kickstarter.com/...

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

What connects Star Wars, the Bible and a mythical sea monster? Why, today's update of course: www.kickstarter.com/...

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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

👇 Super important resource from @fairness.bsky.social.

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Today's legendary update is all about Stonehenge. Was it built by Merlin? And if not, where did that story come from? www.kickstarter.com/...

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E.M. Faulds / Beth or Taxes / Not em faulds @emfaulds.com · 28/10/2025

Did you know if you are an attending or online member of #WorldFantasy2025 you can get a bunch of free eBooks right now (including two that feature me)? Just log in and look for the Members Only Content button!

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 22/10/2025

“It’s a discourse that sets people against one another.” The UN special rapporteur on poverty says that welfare cuts and the collapse of the social safety net are behind the rise of the far right: bit.ly/47oKpSr

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Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says

Exclusive: Poverty rapporteur says governments must rethink welfare state as essential to fabric of society

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

We had a wonderful weekend at #BristolCon, including reaching our first stretch goal. Thank you, everyone. Here's a brief update on what happens next. www.kickstarter.com/...

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Doug McNeall @dougmcneall.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Brilliantly walking the thin line between great and mean parenting.

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Heddiw @rozc.bsky.social and I are doing a workshop on How Not To Get Rejected at @bristolcon.bsky.social - you can sign up at the ops desk!

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

I'm unreasonably upset at this flattening of Garak into Fashion Lizard,he was the Enigmatic Fashion Lizard and this cannot be erased

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Roz Clarke / Zora_db @rozc.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I’m technically at Bristolcon, but I’m prioritising naptime. See you all whenever.

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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Show of hands please if you're going to be at @bristolcon.bsky.social !

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Today's piece of Welsh legend is an actual piece of fiction that Cheryl wrote. It tells the tale of Princess Gwladys and the villainous Gwynllwy the Bearded: www.kickstarter.com/...

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

There was no response to our post about witch trials this morning, so let's recap: In the 16th to mid 18th centuries, around 500 people were executed for witchcraft in England, and perhaps as many as 1500 in Scotland. The equivalent number in Wales was FIVE.

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

In the early modern period (16th to mid 18th centuries) some 500 people were executed for witchcraft in England. In Scotland the number may have been as high as 1500. The majority of these people were women, though by no means all of them. Do you know what the equivalent figure was for Wales?

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Today's Kickstarter update tells the story of Saint Dwynwen, the Welsh patron saint of lovers, and some pretty extreme behavior by God. www.kickstarter.com/...

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Our Kickstarter campaign is proudly part of Witchstarter, which is running throughout October. Many other fine witchy-related campaigns can also be found under that label. #WitchStarter www.kickstarter.com/...

The Witchstarter badge, which is mostly purple with a big white W in the middle

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot

The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

In any discussion of food and farming, unless your solution can be scaled to feed 8 billion people, you shouldn't be taken seriously. Unfortunately, cottagecore fantasies that would feed only the richest consumers, leaving billions to starve, are all too common. www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...

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The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People

The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death

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