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Tom Hunter

@tomhunter.bsky.social
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Director of the Arthur C. Clarke Award book prize / Comms & Marketing / Mostly a personal account (mostly). 📚 uk.bookshop.org/shop/clarkeaward

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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Now booking! The Comfort of Distant Stars I.O. Echeruo in conversation with Nick Makoha Tuesday 20th October 2026 18:30 at Waterstones, London - Islington Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/the-c...
Cover of The Comfort of Distant Stars by I.O. Echeruo - an orange/red cover with a stylised sun motif
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Treated myself to a day off today, and went to see the 40th anniversary re-release of Transformers: The Movie It was…
Autobot leader Optimus Prime giving a thumbs up
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Recommended: Wanda and Marion Wulz: Avant-garde Photography in 20th-Century Italy, at the estorickcollection.com Worth it for the iconic I + Cat self-portrait alone + stay for the mix of avant-garde and modernist commercial works. P.S. the Estorick café also does most excellent cake! 🍰
Avant-garde self-portrait photo I+Cat by Wanda Wulz. Black & white photo of the artist with exposure of her cat superimposed over her face
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
No, YOU’RE the one getting all excited about conkers! 😍
A pile of conkers
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🍾 Happy book publication day to Dave and Kelly! A fascinating odyssey through mankind’s enduring fascination with machine intelligence from myth to modern day. 🤖 Buy now & support indie bookshops 👉 uk.bookshop.org/a/14057/9798...
Copy of book ‘Myth-Making Machines’ with toy robots, Autobot Cliffjumper and Lego Terminator Endoskeleton
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Brutalist nature. The Barbican Conservatory: one of my favourite places in London for its mix of urban green conquering the concrete. I’ll miss it when it closes, and hope the lengthy refurb keeps that aesthetic (with improved accessibility for all most welcome too!)
A large concrete tower surrounded by greenery under a glass ceiling inside the Barbican Conservatory. brutalist nature vibes.
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
Christmas Ballet ✂️❄️
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 02/12/2023
Great interview with two-time Clarke Award winner Geoff Ryman in the latest SFX Magazine which landed with me today! #weekendgeeking
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 19/11/2023
Huge spider currently parked outside our front door. If I go missing, this is Suspect No1! (Kinda cute though)
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
Clarke Award logo refresh for 2024 and beyond 🤩
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
🦇Happy Halloween 🧟‍♀️
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
I take it for granted that medical AI will help us engineer better healthcare outcomes, but when it comes to the laboratory of the creative arts I’m with @tomgauld.bsky.social
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 29/10/2023
Also spotted at the V&A (but not the Chanel exhibition obvs)…
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 29/10/2023
At the Chanel exhibition, V&A London.
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 28/10/2023
Weekend reading. Hoping to find out if the angle between two walls really does have a happy ending…
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
Irrational? this seems entirely sensible to me… “Tom’s in the water. Shark’s in the water. Our shark… Farewell and adieu etc etc”
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
You wait ages for a Clarke Award winner event, then you get three awesome authors all on one night! Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/laura...
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
Good news, everyone! Delighted that THE CORAL BONES, shortlisted for the Clarke Award 2023, has been acquired by Jo Fletcher Books! New print edition coming early 2024 and ebook version available now: amzn.to/48KPX9A
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 06/10/2023
Hospital of the Future, our major MedTech showcase at New Scientist Live, is taking shape. 14 demo stands across cutting-edge surgical robotics, 3D printing, smart imaging, virtual reality and more!
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
Leake St street art
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
Live footage of me after my first day back at work after a beautiful holiday in Florence…
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
Footage of me being dragged back to work after a lovely holiday in Florence!
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 24/09/2023
Cafe table art
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 23/09/2023
Florence sunset
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 23/09/2023
Perseus with the head of Medusa
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
Tuscan sunset
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
Current view
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 11/09/2023
Welcoming our new insect overlords…
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 27/08/2023
Very glad I saw it in the cinema even if I was later to this movie than Kirsten Dunst was to her wedding!
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 27/08/2023
Somewhat late to the party, but went to see Melancholia today 🎞️
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 18/08/2023
"Good evening, greetings, welcome!" Me in full Award Director mode at this year's ceremony for the Arthur C. Clarke Award science fiction book of the year.
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 15/08/2023
It’s Arthur C. Clarke Award night tomorrow night, and happily looks like I can go! 🚀🚀🚀 (I did not have Covid btw, this was precautionary)
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 05/08/2023
Dog paw print from oven brick found in wreck of the Mary Rose
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 03/08/2023
5⭐️ review in this month’s SFX for BRIDGE, the new novel from Clarke Award winner @laurenbeukes.bsky.social Out 17 Aug, and very much available for pre-order right now 👉 amzn.to/3QjZopO
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 30/07/2023
Turtles of Leake St
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 27/07/2023
Seeing Clarke Award books with our award sigil on the cover is one of my favourite things. Here it is on this year’s shortlisted debut, PLUTOSHINE by Lucy Kissick… 🚀
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 26/07/2023
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 25/07/2023
Status update
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 22/07/2023
Roll out
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 18/07/2023
One of those moments when running the Clarke Award feels like the best thing in the world…
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 14/07/2023
Okoye street art, Leake Street London
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 10/07/2023
Bee of the day 🐝
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 09/07/2023
Sunday afternoon mood
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 09/07/2023
Bee spotting 🐝
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 08/07/2023
Spotted chilling out in St James’s Park
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 06/07/2023
*tries Threads for the Clarke Award* “Oh my god, it’s full of ‘influencers!”
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 12/06/2023
Sign spotted at Down House, the Darwin family home where he wrote On the Origin of Species
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 11/06/2023
… and then Genetic Automata at the Wellcome Collection
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 11/06/2023
Afternoon at Queer Britain Museum, King’s Cross…
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Tom Hunter @tomhunter.bsky.social · 11/06/2023
Sunday browsing at the London Bookbarge
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