Cymera Festival
@cymerafestival.co.uk
Scotland's Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Writing.
🖊️ 2025 Writers' Conference: Sat 22 Nov, in Edinburgh & online.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk
🖊️ 2025 Writers' Conference: Sat 22 Nov, in Edinburgh & online.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk
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Less than 1 week to go until our 2025 Writers' Conference! ⏰
Cymera's 2025 Writers' Conference will take place on Saturday, 22nd November both in Edinburgh and online. Grab your ticket: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Cymera's 2025 Writers' Conference will take place on Saturday, 22nd November both in Edinburgh and online. Grab your ticket: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Less than 1 week to go until our 2025 Writers' Conference! ⏰
Cymera's 2025 Writers' Conference will take place on Saturday, 22nd November both in Edinburgh and online. Grab your ticket: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Cymera's 2025 Writers' Conference will take place on Saturday, 22nd November both in Edinburgh and online. Grab your ticket: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Less than 1 week to go until our 2025 Writers' Conference! ⏰
Cymera's 2025 Writers' Conference will take place on Saturday, 22nd November both in Edinburgh and online. Grab your ticket: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Cymera's 2025 Writers' Conference will take place on Saturday, 22nd November both in Edinburgh and online. Grab your ticket: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
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Do you write genre fiction? Want the inside scoop on the UK's newest queer small press? Keen to ask us awkward questions?
Come to the Cymera Writer's Conference, and hear two bona omi-palones cackle about zhushing books.
Come to the Cymera Writer's Conference, and hear two bona omi-palones cackle about zhushing books.
We'll be chatting with indie publisher Bona Books about their journey from reader/writer to setting up a publishing house.
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Do you write genre fiction? Want the inside scoop on the UK's newest queer small press? Keen to ask us awkward questions?
Come to the Cymera Writer's Conference, and hear two bona omi-palones cackle about zhushing books.
Come to the Cymera Writer's Conference, and hear two bona omi-palones cackle about zhushing books.
How do publishers cut through the noise of 100s of books being published every week? Amy Portsmouth, Senior Marketing Executive at Angry Robot, will share her experience of working in marketing & publicity.
Join us for our Writers' Conference on Sat 22 Nov: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Join us for our Writers' Conference on Sat 22 Nov: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
How do publishers cut through the noise of 100s of books being published every week? Amy Portsmouth, Senior Marketing Executive at Angry Robot, will share her experience of working in marketing & publicity.
Join us for our Writers' Conference on Sat 22 Nov: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Join us for our Writers' Conference on Sat 22 Nov: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
We'll be chatting with indie publisher Bona Books about their journey from reader/writer to setting up a publishing house.
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We'll be chatting with indie publisher Bona Books about their journey from reader/writer to setting up a publishing house.
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Announcing GUEST AUTHORS for our 2026 Writing Retreat 🤩
Claire North and Hannah Kaner will each be running a 90-minute writing workshop and hosting an Ask Me Anything session, allowing retreat attendees to pick their brains on all things writing and SFFH.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/writing-retr...
Claire North and Hannah Kaner will each be running a 90-minute writing workshop and hosting an Ask Me Anything session, allowing retreat attendees to pick their brains on all things writing and SFFH.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/writing-retr...
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Announcing GUEST AUTHORS for our 2026 Writing Retreat 🤩
Claire North and Hannah Kaner will each be running a 90-minute writing workshop and hosting an Ask Me Anything session, allowing retreat attendees to pick their brains on all things writing and SFFH.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/writing-retr...
Claire North and Hannah Kaner will each be running a 90-minute writing workshop and hosting an Ask Me Anything session, allowing retreat attendees to pick their brains on all things writing and SFFH.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/writing-retr...
What is an edit? You may hear words like Developmental, Structural, Copyediting, Line editing, Proofreading… are they all the same thing, with varying degrees of scary-sounding names? And do you need to work with an editor to do all, some or any of them?
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
November 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
What is an edit? You may hear words like Developmental, Structural, Copyediting, Line editing, Proofreading… are they all the same thing, with varying degrees of scary-sounding names? And do you need to work with an editor to do all, some or any of them?
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
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Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair is less than a month away!
4 Days of bookstalls from 50+ presses
20 events incl DragQueen Storytelling, Community Lunch & 2 Cabarets!
Full program is live, hybrid & either £5 or free!
5-9Nov: Join us!
tinyurl.com/RadicalBookF...
lighthousebookshop.com/events/edinb...
4 Days of bookstalls from 50+ presses
20 events incl DragQueen Storytelling, Community Lunch & 2 Cabarets!
Full program is live, hybrid & either £5 or free!
5-9Nov: Join us!
tinyurl.com/RadicalBookF...
lighthousebookshop.com/events/edinb...
October 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair is less than a month away!
4 Days of bookstalls from 50+ presses
20 events incl DragQueen Storytelling, Community Lunch & 2 Cabarets!
Full program is live, hybrid & either £5 or free!
5-9Nov: Join us!
tinyurl.com/RadicalBookF...
lighthousebookshop.com/events/edinb...
4 Days of bookstalls from 50+ presses
20 events incl DragQueen Storytelling, Community Lunch & 2 Cabarets!
Full program is live, hybrid & either £5 or free!
5-9Nov: Join us!
tinyurl.com/RadicalBookF...
lighthousebookshop.com/events/edinb...
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Again?
Again.
Tabletop Scotland 2026 will take place from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th September 2026
More info to follow!
#TTS2026 #BoardGames #RPG #TTRPG
Again.
Tabletop Scotland 2026 will take place from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th September 2026
More info to follow!
#TTS2026 #BoardGames #RPG #TTRPG
September 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Again?
Again.
Tabletop Scotland 2026 will take place from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th September 2026
More info to follow!
#TTS2026 #BoardGames #RPG #TTRPG
Again.
Tabletop Scotland 2026 will take place from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th September 2026
More info to follow!
#TTS2026 #BoardGames #RPG #TTRPG
Can we use a prescription as a base for a SFFH story? What about a receipt? A parking ticket? A nursery rhyme? How many 'other' forms of writing could we harness to enrich our writing practice?
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Sat 22 Nov: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Sat 22 Nov: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Can we use a prescription as a base for a SFFH story? What about a receipt? A parking ticket? A nursery rhyme? How many 'other' forms of writing could we harness to enrich our writing practice?
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Sat 22 Nov: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Sat 22 Nov: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Writing is a lonely business?! Not for our panel, who have embraced co-creation with others. Come along to find out how it works.
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Saturday, 22nd November: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Saturday, 22nd November: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Writing is a lonely business?! Not for our panel, who have embraced co-creation with others. Come along to find out how it works.
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Saturday, 22nd November: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Saturday, 22nd November: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
How do writers & agents collaborate to bring a book to readers? On this panel, our Festival Director will be in conversation with agent Robbie Guillory and authors Katalina Watt and Heather Palmer to discover their journey from manuscript to published book.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
October 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
How do writers & agents collaborate to bring a book to readers? On this panel, our Festival Director will be in conversation with agent Robbie Guillory and authors Katalina Watt and Heather Palmer to discover their journey from manuscript to published book.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
As Cymera Festival continues to mature, we are seeking enthusiastic and committed individuals to bring new ideas and knowledge to our board.
Experience in running or programming a book festival is not needed: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/join-the-board
Experience in running or programming a book festival is not needed: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/join-the-board
October 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
As Cymera Festival continues to mature, we are seeking enthusiastic and committed individuals to bring new ideas and knowledge to our board.
Experience in running or programming a book festival is not needed: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/join-the-board
Experience in running or programming a book festival is not needed: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/join-the-board
Our 2025 Writers' Conference Programme is LIVE 🎉
This year's programme delivers a variety of writing workshops, industry expert panels and agent one-to-ones – plus a full day of fantastic networking opportunities with other genre writers.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
This year's programme delivers a variety of writing workshops, industry expert panels and agent one-to-ones – plus a full day of fantastic networking opportunities with other genre writers.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
October 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Our 2025 Writers' Conference Programme is LIVE 🎉
This year's programme delivers a variety of writing workshops, industry expert panels and agent one-to-ones – plus a full day of fantastic networking opportunities with other genre writers.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
This year's programme delivers a variety of writing workshops, industry expert panels and agent one-to-ones – plus a full day of fantastic networking opportunities with other genre writers.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
We're thrilled to announce Gemma Creffield as the Keynote Speaker for this year's Writers' Conference 🎉
September 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We're thrilled to announce Gemma Creffield as the Keynote Speaker for this year's Writers' Conference 🎉
📣 Early Bird Tickets are now available for Cymera's 2025 Writers' Conference! 📣
Join us in Edinburgh or online on Saturday 22nd November for a packed days of workshops, panels and networking with publishing industry professionals and other writers: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/book-confere...
Join us in Edinburgh or online on Saturday 22nd November for a packed days of workshops, panels and networking with publishing industry professionals and other writers: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/book-confere...
September 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
📣 Early Bird Tickets are now available for Cymera's 2025 Writers' Conference! 📣
Join us in Edinburgh or online on Saturday 22nd November for a packed days of workshops, panels and networking with publishing industry professionals and other writers: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/book-confere...
Join us in Edinburgh or online on Saturday 22nd November for a packed days of workshops, panels and networking with publishing industry professionals and other writers: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/book-confere...
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This one goes out to anyone in my Games Writing 101 workshop at the glorious @cymerafestival.co.uk the other day - a link to a useful Games Writing and Narrative feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...
June 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This one goes out to anyone in my Games Writing 101 workshop at the glorious @cymerafestival.co.uk the other day - a link to a useful Games Writing and Narrative feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...
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It's alive! BFS Long Story Short, Episode 6, recorded live at Cymera! britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod... featuring interviews with Gareth L Powell, Stark Holborn, Neil Williamson, Adam Oyebanji, Sam K Horton and many, many more.
#cymerafestival #podcast #fantasybooks #sfbooks #sffbooks
#cymerafestival #podcast #fantasybooks #sfbooks #sffbooks
BFS Podcast: Long Story Short – The British Fantasy Society
britishfantasysociety.org
June 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It's alive! BFS Long Story Short, Episode 6, recorded live at Cymera! britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod... featuring interviews with Gareth L Powell, Stark Holborn, Neil Williamson, Adam Oyebanji, Sam K Horton and many, many more.
#cymerafestival #podcast #fantasybooks #sfbooks #sffbooks
#cymerafestival #podcast #fantasybooks #sfbooks #sffbooks
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We're joined by @lyndseycroal.bsky.social for a live recording from @cymerafestival.co.uk on today's episode of The Writing Worlds Podcast. Lyndsey talks about the Scottish folklore inspiration for her new @lunapress.bsky.social collection Dark Crescent.
🎧 pod.link/1812994751
🎧 pod.link/1812994751
June 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
We're joined by @lyndseycroal.bsky.social for a live recording from @cymerafestival.co.uk on today's episode of The Writing Worlds Podcast. Lyndsey talks about the Scottish folklore inspiration for her new @lunapress.bsky.social collection Dark Crescent.
🎧 pod.link/1812994751
🎧 pod.link/1812994751
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Once again, my friends and I were running a pay-what-you-want sticker charity drive from my table with all proceeds being collected for scottishtrans.org. The generous participants and attendees of @cymerafestival.co.uk helped us raise £227 over the weekend!
June 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Once again, my friends and I were running a pay-what-you-want sticker charity drive from my table with all proceeds being collected for scottishtrans.org. The generous participants and attendees of @cymerafestival.co.uk helped us raise £227 over the weekend!
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Thank you to everyone who came to see us at @cymerafestival.co.uk this weekend - and thank you for the excitement for our upcoming books! You can sign up at the link below if you want to be the first to hear when the Kickstarter goes live 🐉⬇️
It's nearly time: the Quindrie Press 2025 collection is coming to Kickstarter on July 1st! You won't want to miss these 3 fantastic autobiographical comics about relationships and love, from Ashling Larkin, Judy Powell, & Hel Mel.
🐉 Sign up for a launch notification: kickstarter.com/projects/qui...
🐉 Sign up for a launch notification: kickstarter.com/projects/qui...
June 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Thank you to everyone who came to see us at @cymerafestival.co.uk this weekend - and thank you for the excitement for our upcoming books! You can sign up at the link below if you want to be the first to hear when the Kickstarter goes live 🐉⬇️
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I tried not to increase my book TBR pile at @cymerafestival.co.uk . So I bought #comics in the dealer's room instead! @lyndondraws.bsky.social & Nina Poulston from @bluefoxcomics.com & @mackjagee.bsky.social
#BandeDessinee #Cymera2025
#BandeDessinee #Cymera2025
June 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I tried not to increase my book TBR pile at @cymerafestival.co.uk . So I bought #comics in the dealer's room instead! @lyndondraws.bsky.social & Nina Poulston from @bluefoxcomics.com & @mackjagee.bsky.social
#BandeDessinee #Cymera2025
#BandeDessinee #Cymera2025
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I loved Ry Herman's reading of the hilarious first chapter at @cymerafestival.co.uk and am excited to dive into the copy that I bought there!
June 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I loved Ry Herman's reading of the hilarious first chapter at @cymerafestival.co.uk and am excited to dive into the copy that I bought there!
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Good to see a whole shelf of my books at the @blackwells.bsky.social pop-up shop at the @cymerafestival.co.uk this weekend
#books
#books
June 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Good to see a whole shelf of my books at the @blackwells.bsky.social pop-up shop at the @cymerafestival.co.uk this weekend
#books
#books
Don't forget to check out our creators outside the Theatre! It's the perfect pit-stop before or after a panel, with lots of amazing wares available 🤩
June 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Don't forget to check out our creators outside the Theatre! It's the perfect pit-stop before or after a panel, with lots of amazing wares available 🤩