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Amy Orrell @authoramyorrell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm so excited to reveal the cover for my latest novel, featuring my own artwork! These Fated Gifts feels like coming home, in that it combines my love of East Anglia and London with my passion for writing and painting. Coming 16th Oct from @elsewhen.press #booksky #fantasyficton #clifi

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ᴛᴏᴍᴀꜱ @cinemagay.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

When you hug a dog, everything is okay in the world for those few precious seconds.

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Katy Wimhurst @sylphsea.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Happy publication today - this will be a clever and witty book #booksky

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Victoria Ling 🌱 🎓 🪐📚 @vrling.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

For those who like their sci-fi laced with satire and dark humour, my new novel "Paradox Lost" is out today. #scifi #scifibooks #vegan #animalrights #booksky

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Dragonfly @dragonfly.eco · 08/08/2026

August's newsletter is out: buttondown.com/dragonfly.ec.... See an interview with Wildfire Verses author Sakiru Adebayo, news about The Dog Stars movie and the upcoming Season 2 of 3 Body Problem, plus more. #ecofiction #climate #summertime

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I believe climate change and the Sixth Great Mass Extinction are the stories of our time

Films of the month The entire quote is “I believe climate change and the Sixth Great Mass Extinction—which we are in the middle of, and which has been caused...

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

These are the 'parch marks' of my novel. But instead of the outlines of a garden or building foundations, the archaeologists are mystified by a patter of uncoiling ferns Pre-orders open now. Release September. www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

No donations for 4 days. 0/800 dollars. Can we shift that today? Amal really needs to settle her debt so she can start preparing for her new baby. ❤️🍉🙏

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Terrible news: the Court of Appeal has just ruled that the Government’s ban on Palestine Action is lawful. PA is now likely to lodge an appeal before the Supreme Court. So the mass arrests of peaceful people sitting with cardboard signs will continue. Because that is what terrorism looks like ...

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The 50 richest families own more wealth than 34 million people. A handful have everything. Millions are struggling. End Rip Off Britain. Wealth tax. Now.

The case for Labour to introduce a wealth tax has never been stronger.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I know it’s practically blasphemy to say so, but society should not require everyone to work. Some people can’t. Some people shouldn’t. Some people contribute more by *not* working than they would by working. Work isn’t that important.

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Simon Kewin @simonkewin.co.uk · 12/06/2026

"If you’re a fan of Alastair Reynolds’ Chasm City or James S.A. Corey’s gritty Expanse, The Twisted Road will feel right at home." A murder mystery, a political thriller set against humanity's push to the stars. @elsewhen.press #booksky #sciencefiction #writing books2read.com/TheTwistedRoad

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Katy Wimhurst @sylphsea.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

#booksky Always nice to get a lovely review of the book from a random stranger on GR Anyone want indie press magical realism and eco fiction summer? That features orchids, mushrooms, metamorphosis, crab ghosts + more? Book by @elsewhen.press Thanks to @authoramyorrell.bsky.social for the graphic

Book cover of An Orchid in My Belly Button on a summer sky background

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Disability history has been widely suppressed to the extent it rarely even gets mentioned when talking about the past. Huge congrats to Prof. David Turner for his groundbreaking deep dive, A History of Resistance. Out this week: www.waterstones.com/book/disabil...

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I haven't invented languages but I do have a WIP where the adolescents of a fictional town have a deeply peculiar slang that seems to have developed at least partly from the eccentric nursery rhymes of the region. #SFFChat

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Katy Wimhurst @sylphsea.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

My favourite invented language is the degraded English that constitutes the entire book and the voice of MC (and all characters speak it) in Russell Hoban’s dystopian Riddley Walker. Apparently he kept all these cards with bits of language on it to ensure consistency as he was writing.

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Katy Wimhurst @sylphsea.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I write magical realism and dystopian fiction. I lived in Spain yesrs ago and speak some Spanish - I quite often have Spanish speaking secondary characters in my fiction. I am trying to learn Arabic for my WIP as a secondary character is Iraqi.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

The point of these attacks is twofold: 1. Flood people with nonsense until it feels true. 2. Grind people down until they lose hope. We know the answer to that: fight back - with hope & a plan for change. There is absolutely no way they win this. Join.greenparty.org.uk

The daily telegraph. Polanski is a power hungry mercenary

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

**WIN A FREE SPOT ON ONE OF MY SUMMER WORKSHOPS** To get your name in the hat, quote-post with the workshop you'd like to attend (details in thread below). I'll pick a couple of winners on Sunday 31st May at midday BST. www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho... www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...

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A Snow Globe on an Iceberg: World-building in short fiction | MattKendrick.co.uk

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

What some of us have been warning of for decades is happening, faster and fiercer than most imagined, even in the mildest and most temperate corners of the world. #ClimateBreakdown

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Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press · 22/05/2026

We’re in the dealers’ room at Satellite9. come and say hello.

Dealer table covered with recent Elsewhen Press books.with a window behind.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

"Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind."

Unite the Kingdom AI graphic of people saulting like Americans

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Peter Torres Fremlin @desibility.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

It's stormy weather for making media covering international disability rights. See how we cover global disability news and make a platform for new stories on disability. And please help us continue: www.disabilitydebrief.org/debrief/weat...

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Weathering the storm

Help Disability Debrief sail against strong winds

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Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · 12/05/2026

🩵On #MEAwarenessDay we are sending an open letter to @rcpsych.bsky.social calling for alignment with current evidence. Supported by 20 organisations. +35 advocates, clinicians & academics! In democratic spirit we are offering a public sign-on opportunity 🔗👇️ #RCPsychIC #Garner

A letter from Long Covid Advocacy to the Royal College of Psychiatrists and President Elect Prof Subodh Dave discusses integrating patient experience into ME care and highlights concerns about psychiatric-led approaches.

#mecfs #meawareness #RCPsychIC #pwME

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Action for ME @actionforme.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

🚨 Major funding secured for Sequence ME & Long Covid, a DecodeME project. On #WorldMEDay, we’re thrilled to share that the study has received £4.75 million from the UK government, signalling a transformative step towards uncovering the biological roots of ME/CFS and Long Covid.

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Katy Wimhurst @sylphsea.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Voted @greenparty.org.uk in local elections. Looking forward to loads more Green councillors

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

If rain promotes culture why are the English so stupid.

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Amy Orrell @authoramyorrell.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Check out the catalogue from @elsewhen.press and 'escape from the daily grind into exciting new worlds...' 😍 #indiepressday #LoveElsewhen ##booksky

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Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press · 01/05/2026

It’s Indie Press Day, a day when you can help ensure that great books continue to be published by indie presses. The rest of the year it’s the big faceless corporate publishers who dominate the media. If you’ve loved a book, post about it today with #IndiePressDay …

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Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press · 01/05/2026

Indie Press Day, when we can all consider the wonders that indie presses provide. Holding out against the encroachment of AI ‘slop’ into publishing, indie presses pride themselves on their close relationships with authors developed over the editing process… #IndiePressDay

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David Craig (author) @dcraig.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

As it’s Indie Press Day, here are my four novels published by Elsewhen Press! elsewhen.press/index.php/ca... #indiepressday #books #urbanfantasy #fantasy #scotland

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Katy Wimhurst @sylphsea.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

#indiepressday #booksky How about a pacy, intelligent sci-fi thriller with high stakes and astute characterisation, set in London in two time periods and reflecting on climate change with no less than a cronod, a person of mixed era origins? @elsewhen.press @authoramyorrell.bsky.social

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Katy Wimhurst @sylphsea.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

#indiepressday #may1st How about a story, the offspring of Dr Who and Tom Sharpe? With portals, personified Cambridge colleges, archaeological mysteries, a fight with giant gargoyles and copious cups of tea. There is nothing quite like King Street Run @vrling.bsky.social @elsewhen.press

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Katy Wimhurst @sylphsea.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Two of my favourite short story collections of all time by indie presses on #indiepressday #indiepress by @dumb-belles.bsky.social and @clairedean.bsky.social

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Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press · 01/05/2026

What’s special about Indie Press Day? Indie presses have limited resources & little, if any, marketing budget, so indie authors are keen to encourage readers to help promote presses, authors and books. If you’ve loved a book, write a review, tell your friends, post about it with #IndiePressDay

Indie Press Day. May 1st. May the first port of call be an indie!

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Victoria Ling 🌱 🎓 🪐📚 @vrling.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Rabbits fed up of pacifism! Surrealism. Magical realism. Whimsy with environmental commentary: "An Orchid in My Belly Button" is a selection of short stories from the brilliant Katy Wimhurst, published last year by @elsewhen.press #IndiePressDay

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Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press · 01/05/2026

It’s Indie Press Day, a perfect opportunity to tell you about fantastic authors & books. Indie presses are the last bastion of truly independent publishing, often the only publishers prepared to take risks publishing new authors and complex, challenging or uncategorisable writing. #IndiePressDay

May 1st INDIE PRESS DAY 2026. Post about indie books and publishers you love. #IndiePressDay MAY THE FIRST PORT OF CALL BE AN INDIE

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Victoria Ling 🌱 🎓 🪐📚 @vrling.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

A British historian trying to prevent the invention of time-travel… “Tomorrow Was Beautiful Once” is the impressive debut novel by Amy Orrell. Yet another sci-fi gem from the wonderful Elsewhen Press. #IndiePressDay

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Protect our Green Spaces. Vote Green on Thursday!

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Victoria Ling 🌱 🎓 🪐📚 @vrling.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

It's #IndiePressDay today which is about raising the profile of small presses. Why? Because their output is incredible: Compared to the big publishers, Indies are more likely to take a risk on an experimental manuscript or more difficult subjects, and we need that freedom of speech more than ever!

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Donald R Noble @drnoble.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2025

For #textureTuesday here’s a #monochrome set of ripped posters in varying states of decay, on four sides of the octagonal stone column at the top of Middle Meadow Walk in #edinburgh

Square high contrast monochrome photo of a stone column, grooves running vertically at each side. Between is the remains of several bill posters, torn and faded now completely illegible but with a pleasing textured look

A similar photo, but with a distinct horizontal course between the stone blocks cutting across the middle, with torn remains of another poster.

Another similar photo. This poster is a bit more intact but the top layer of print is ripped off, again rendering it illegible, an irregularly shaped white scrap with a small hint of a drawing in the middle

Fourth shot in the series, with only a scrap of paper at the top l, on the right side someone has drawn a downwards pointing arrow with a circle around it

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Elsewhen Press @elsewhen.press · 21/04/2026

We are thrilled to reveal the cover of Rosie Oliver's new book, A Truth Beyond Sense, created by Alex Storer. Out on May 15th. Hear a reading from Rosie at Satellite 9 in Glasgow later in May.

Cover by Alex Storer, of A Truth Beyond Sense by Rosie Oliver. Grey, textured rock background, around the edges foliage and plants suggestive of greenhouses used to grow food. In the middle, a hole, apparently looking into a tunnel with stalactites and stalagmites, a bright light source at the far end permeates the tunnel with a greenish light, a figure in a space suit struggling to walk between the stalagmites.

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Amy Orrell @authoramyorrell.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

1 week to go until #IndiePressDay! Do you have a favourite indie publisher, and author whose work you love after it was published by a small press? This is your chance to shout about it and spread the word! #booksky #smallpress #indiepress @elsewhen.press

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Katy Wimhurst @sylphsea.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

What books will you celebrate on the second ever #indiepressday Which indie presses and writers have impressed you most this last year? Join in on the hashtag on 1st May #booksky #lovelsewhen #indiebooks #amwriting

Graphic got indie press day 2926 featuring background with a pile of books

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I have unknitted part of George's socks.

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Katy Wimhurst @sylphsea.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Pretty sure I just got a AI generated scam email, saying what brilliant books I write (very specific- they have read info on Goodreads and Amazon) and how they’re going to increase my sales. On their agency website one Team member uses a photo of Selena Gomez! Anyone else got this? #booksky

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet. This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.

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Katy Wimhurst @sylphsea.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

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