British Science Fiction Association
@bsfa.bsky.social
The British Science Fiction Association. Est 1958. Publisher of Vector, Focus, and the BSFA Review. Join us at http://bsfa.co.uk/join-the-bsfa
🚀 Congratulations to all those longlisted for BSFA Awards!
Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works!
bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works!
bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Vote for the BSFA Awards
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January 22, 2026 at 6:22 PM
🚀 Congratulations to all those longlisted for BSFA Awards!
Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works!
bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works!
bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
January 19, 2026 at 9:01 AM
🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
🚀 okay people, we’re probably overdue for this but… it’s time to take our rocket and leave X-Twitter. The account has been dormant for a long time now… the outpost is defunct… let’s nuke it from orbit - it’s the only way to be sure…
January 9, 2026 at 5:52 PM
🚀 okay people, we’re probably overdue for this but… it’s time to take our rocket and leave X-Twitter. The account has been dormant for a long time now… the outpost is defunct… let’s nuke it from orbit - it’s the only way to be sure…
🚀 Check out Stuart Carter's review of The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Mieville:
BSFA - BSFA Review: The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville
www.bsfa.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
🚀 Check out Stuart Carter's review of The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Mieville:
🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
🚀 Happy festivities folks! Have a great day - from all of us at the BSFA 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🚀 Happy festivities folks! Have a great day - from all of us at the BSFA 🎄
🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
December 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
🚀 Check out Stuart Carter's review of Shroud, by Adrian Tchaikovsky 👇
BSFA - BSFA Review: Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky
www.bsfa.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🚀 Check out Stuart Carter's review of Shroud, by Adrian Tchaikovsky 👇
🚀 Members - there's still time to nominate your favourite books, stories, audio dramas, works of art and more to the BSFA long list. Go now and give your favourites the boost they deserve!
If you're not a member yet, it takes minutes to join. Go to bsfa.co.uk to find out more.
If you're not a member yet, it takes minutes to join. Go to bsfa.co.uk to find out more.
December 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🚀 Members - there's still time to nominate your favourite books, stories, audio dramas, works of art and more to the BSFA long list. Go now and give your favourites the boost they deserve!
If you're not a member yet, it takes minutes to join. Go to bsfa.co.uk to find out more.
If you're not a member yet, it takes minutes to join. Go to bsfa.co.uk to find out more.
🚀 A reminder to all members that Fission #5 is available to download from the member site 👉 see 'Members Digital Editions' under 'Publications' 👈 you can also buy the paperback on Amazon! It's a very strong selection of stories, perfect for some Christmas to New Year reading 🎄
December 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🚀 A reminder to all members that Fission #5 is available to download from the member site 👉 see 'Members Digital Editions' under 'Publications' 👈 you can also buy the paperback on Amazon! It's a very strong selection of stories, perfect for some Christmas to New Year reading 🎄
🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
(art by Corona Borealis)
(art by Corona Borealis)
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
(art by Corona Borealis)
(art by Corona Borealis)
🚀 It's tonight!
Come join us at the Dorich Arch in Euston from 7pm to 9pm, to raise a glass and enjoy the festivities🎄
Come join us at the Dorich Arch in Euston from 7pm to 9pm, to raise a glass and enjoy the festivities🎄
December 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚀 It's tonight!
Come join us at the Dorich Arch in Euston from 7pm to 9pm, to raise a glass and enjoy the festivities🎄
Come join us at the Dorich Arch in Euston from 7pm to 9pm, to raise a glass and enjoy the festivities🎄
🚀 Check out Leanbh Pearson's review of The Night Ends with Fire by K.X. Song 👇
BSFA - BSFA Review: The Night Ends with Fire by K.X. Song
www.bsfa.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🚀 Check out Leanbh Pearson's review of The Night Ends with Fire by K.X. Song 👇
🚀 So what are your favourite Christmas sci-fi reads?
December 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🚀 So what are your favourite Christmas sci-fi reads?
🚀 Members! Don't forget to come join us this Friday 12 December at the Dorich Arch in Euston. We will be there from 7pm to 9pm.
Raise a glass with fellow BSFA members and if we are lucky, former chair, Allen Stroud and current chair, Stewart Hotston will be there too 🎄
Raise a glass with fellow BSFA members and if we are lucky, former chair, Allen Stroud and current chair, Stewart Hotston will be there too 🎄
December 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
🚀 Members! Don't forget to come join us this Friday 12 December at the Dorich Arch in Euston. We will be there from 7pm to 9pm.
Raise a glass with fellow BSFA members and if we are lucky, former chair, Allen Stroud and current chair, Stewart Hotston will be there too 🎄
Raise a glass with fellow BSFA members and if we are lucky, former chair, Allen Stroud and current chair, Stewart Hotston will be there too 🎄
🚀 Members! Nominate your favourite works of the year to the BSFA Awards Longlist today!
If you're not yet a member, it takes minutes to join - just go to www.bsfa.co.uk
If you're not yet a member, it takes minutes to join - just go to www.bsfa.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🚀 Members! Nominate your favourite works of the year to the BSFA Awards Longlist today!
If you're not yet a member, it takes minutes to join - just go to www.bsfa.co.uk
If you're not yet a member, it takes minutes to join - just go to www.bsfa.co.uk
🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
🚀 BSFA reps reporting for duty - @emilyinkpen.bsky.social , @stewarthotston.com and @dtmooreeditor.bsky.social - on our way to the Clarke Awards!
Stay tuned for the results!
The shortlist is 👇
Stay tuned for the results!
The shortlist is 👇
June 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🚀 BSFA reps reporting for duty - @emilyinkpen.bsky.social , @stewarthotston.com and @dtmooreeditor.bsky.social - on our way to the Clarke Awards!
Stay tuned for the results!
The shortlist is 👇
Stay tuned for the results!
The shortlist is 👇
We have a new Chair!
After 6 amazing years, Allen Stroud has passed the torch 🚀
Congratulations Stewart!
After 6 amazing years, Allen Stroud has passed the torch 🚀
Congratulations Stewart!
So, I became chair of @bsfa.bsky.social yesterday. This account will remain my personal account where i talk nonsense, politics, SFF, long covid experience and share my ridiculous opinions. #sff #books #scifi
I will share my writing news here.
This is a good way to reach me for BSFA stuff :-)
I will share my writing news here.
This is a good way to reach me for BSFA stuff :-)
June 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We have a new Chair!
After 6 amazing years, Allen Stroud has passed the torch 🚀
Congratulations Stewart!
After 6 amazing years, Allen Stroud has passed the torch 🚀
Congratulations Stewart!
🚀 Monday caption competition!
(art by grandfailure - you can follow them on insta so go do that!)
(art by grandfailure - you can follow them on insta so go do that!)
June 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
🚀 Monday caption competition!
(art by grandfailure - you can follow them on insta so go do that!)
(art by grandfailure - you can follow them on insta so go do that!)
🚀 hey people!
Don’t forget great BSFA AGM events today!
These include panels and interviews to entertain and inspire. Some of these are free to members and non-members. See the links below. 👇
AGM Day Activities
The provisional schedule for the day will be 👇
Don’t forget great BSFA AGM events today!
These include panels and interviews to entertain and inspire. Some of these are free to members and non-members. See the links below. 👇
AGM Day Activities
The provisional schedule for the day will be 👇
June 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🚀 hey people!
Don’t forget great BSFA AGM events today!
These include panels and interviews to entertain and inspire. Some of these are free to members and non-members. See the links below. 👇
AGM Day Activities
The provisional schedule for the day will be 👇
Don’t forget great BSFA AGM events today!
These include panels and interviews to entertain and inspire. Some of these are free to members and non-members. See the links below. 👇
AGM Day Activities
The provisional schedule for the day will be 👇
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We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
June 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
Reposted by British Science Fiction Association
Think I can announce that my story "It's Always Your Choice" is in the @bsfa.bsky.social magazine Fission.
It's about a world where there's a quick easy way to go when it's your time, relevant with Assisted Dying Bill and my mum passing last week. #sf #writing
and surprised me by what it said.
It's about a world where there's a quick easy way to go when it's your time, relevant with Assisted Dying Bill and my mum passing last week. #sf #writing
and surprised me by what it said.
June 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Think I can announce that my story "It's Always Your Choice" is in the @bsfa.bsky.social magazine Fission.
It's about a world where there's a quick easy way to go when it's your time, relevant with Assisted Dying Bill and my mum passing last week. #sf #writing
and surprised me by what it said.
It's about a world where there's a quick easy way to go when it's your time, relevant with Assisted Dying Bill and my mum passing last week. #sf #writing
and surprised me by what it said.
Reposted by British Science Fiction Association
There’s a lot of trash in space and someone has to take care of it. Read my latest story, “A Feast for the Moon Junker’s Spouse” in @bsfa.bsky.social’s Fission #5.
us.amazon.com/Fission-Anth...
us.amazon.com/Fission-Anth...
Fission #5: An Anthology of Stories from the British Science Fiction Association
Amazon.com: Fission #5: An Anthology of Stories from the British Science Fiction Association eBook : Rowe, Gene, Bacon, Eugen: Kindle Store
us.amazon.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
There’s a lot of trash in space and someone has to take care of it. Read my latest story, “A Feast for the Moon Junker’s Spouse” in @bsfa.bsky.social’s Fission #5.
us.amazon.com/Fission-Anth...
us.amazon.com/Fission-Anth...