Forest Publications
@forestpublications.bsky.social
A non-profit independent literary and arts publisher based in Scotland.
https://www.forestpublications.co.uk
https://www.forestpublications.co.uk
Our head poetry editor Alice Eaves is hosting a workshop Dec. 9th!
‘Writing Our Roots’ invites novice and experienced writers alike to contemplate the meaning of home and place-making.
More info at the link below, tickets available now!
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‘Writing Our Roots’ invites novice and experienced writers alike to contemplate the meaning of home and place-making.
More info at the link below, tickets available now!
www.tickettailor.com/events/beyon...
Buy tickets – Writing Our Roots – Zoom
Writing Our Roots – Zoom, Tue 9 Dec 2025 - with Alice Eaves
9th December
6-9pm (GMT, Zoom)
This session will be recorded and the recording made available to all registrants.
Humans have complex, deep...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Our head poetry editor Alice Eaves is hosting a workshop Dec. 9th!
‘Writing Our Roots’ invites novice and experienced writers alike to contemplate the meaning of home and place-making.
More info at the link below, tickets available now!
www.tickettailor.com/events/beyon...
‘Writing Our Roots’ invites novice and experienced writers alike to contemplate the meaning of home and place-making.
More info at the link below, tickets available now!
www.tickettailor.com/events/beyon...
Forest Publications is going to be at Edinburgh Zine Fair with some amazing zines that we've published over the past few years! Come check them out, whether to purchase or to say hello! More info on all vendors at edinburghzinefair.com or @typewronger.bsky.social!
#ezf #edinburghzinefair #ezf2025
#ezf #edinburghzinefair #ezf2025
October 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Forest Publications is going to be at Edinburgh Zine Fair with some amazing zines that we've published over the past few years! Come check them out, whether to purchase or to say hello! More info on all vendors at edinburghzinefair.com or @typewronger.bsky.social!
#ezf #edinburghzinefair #ezf2025
#ezf #edinburghzinefair #ezf2025
Reminder! Register for free to come hear some spooky readings next week at the Waverley! Or if you want to participate, sign up for the open mic on the day of! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spooky-rea...
#ShadowsOnTheStage #openmic #livereading #prose #poetry #horror #genre #fantasy #scifi #spooky
#ShadowsOnTheStage #openmic #livereading #prose #poetry #horror #genre #fantasy #scifi #spooky
September 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Reminder! Register for free to come hear some spooky readings next week at the Waverley! Or if you want to participate, sign up for the open mic on the day of! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spooky-rea...
#ShadowsOnTheStage #openmic #livereading #prose #poetry #horror #genre #fantasy #scifi #spooky
#ShadowsOnTheStage #openmic #livereading #prose #poetry #horror #genre #fantasy #scifi #spooky
Didn't get a chance to hear some of the stories from #ShadowsOnTheStage? We're having one more event on October 2 at the Waverley in Edinburgh! It's also an open mic - details on Eventbrite - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spooky-rea... hope to see you there!
September 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Didn't get a chance to hear some of the stories from #ShadowsOnTheStage? We're having one more event on October 2 at the Waverley in Edinburgh! It's also an open mic - details on Eventbrite - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spooky-rea... hope to see you there!
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BOOK FRINGE 2025: SECOND SLICE! We've got a bunch more events on this month, as part of the ALT Book Fringe which we are so proud to be a part of with our friends at @argonautbooks and @lighthousebks - check out our website for more details!
August 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
BOOK FRINGE 2025: SECOND SLICE! We've got a bunch more events on this month, as part of the ALT Book Fringe which we are so proud to be a part of with our friends at @argonautbooks and @lighthousebks - check out our website for more details!
Reminder that this is happening in a week's time! Get your free tickets today!
Join us @typewronger.bsky.social for a live performance from the authors of 'Shadows on the Stage' on August 18! We're so excited to share our writers' incredible talent as a part of Book Fringe. Reserve your free ticket at www.eventbrite.com/e/shadows-on...
#edinburghevents #bookfringe
#edinburghevents #bookfringe
Shadows on the Stage
Join us for a live performance from the writers of Forest Publication's newest anthology, 'Shadows on the Stage.'
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August 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Reminder that this is happening in a week's time! Get your free tickets today!
Join us @typewronger.bsky.social for a live performance from the authors of 'Shadows on the Stage' on August 18! We're so excited to share our writers' incredible talent as a part of Book Fringe. Reserve your free ticket at www.eventbrite.com/e/shadows-on...
#edinburghevents #bookfringe
#edinburghevents #bookfringe
Shadows on the Stage
Join us for a live performance from the writers of Forest Publication's newest anthology, 'Shadows on the Stage.'
www.eventbrite.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Join us @typewronger.bsky.social for a live performance from the authors of 'Shadows on the Stage' on August 18! We're so excited to share our writers' incredible talent as a part of Book Fringe. Reserve your free ticket at www.eventbrite.com/e/shadows-on...
#edinburghevents #bookfringe
#edinburghevents #bookfringe
#ShadowsOnTheStage is available to purchase at local Edinburgh bookstores. Now available at Toppings on Leith Walk!
#toppingsedinburgh #anthology #genrefiction #prose #poetry
#toppingsedinburgh #anthology #genrefiction #prose #poetry
July 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
#ShadowsOnTheStage is available to purchase at local Edinburgh bookstores. Now available at Toppings on Leith Walk!
#toppingsedinburgh #anthology #genrefiction #prose #poetry
#toppingsedinburgh #anthology #genrefiction #prose #poetry
Check out C.H. Lei's story 'White Picket Smiles' as well as a wide variety of genre short stories and poetry in our latest anthology, Shadows on the Stage. Buy at the link below!
The anthology released by @forestpublications.bsky.social that a lot of great writers/poets are featured in (and me) is out! Only on paperback at the moment, digital out soon! Let the paper caress your fingers 'n' things.
Non-UK folks get it in the link below!
#books #booksky #sff #horror
Non-UK folks get it in the link below!
#books #booksky #sff #horror
Shadows on the Stage: A Performance of Prose & Poetry|Paperback
We see performance in art, on the stage, and on the screen, but what about the performance we see everyday? From the masks we wear to work, to our expressions of gender and identity. Within the realms...
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July 8, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Check out C.H. Lei's story 'White Picket Smiles' as well as a wide variety of genre short stories and poetry in our latest anthology, Shadows on the Stage. Buy at the link below!
This past Wednesday, we launched our collection #ShadowsOnTheStage at the Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh. Thank you to everyone who joined us, but most of all our talented writers who made this collection possible! We're honoured to publish you!
#anthology #shortstory #poetry #genre #prose #performance
#anthology #shortstory #poetry #genre #prose #performance
July 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This past Wednesday, we launched our collection #ShadowsOnTheStage at the Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh. Thank you to everyone who joined us, but most of all our talented writers who made this collection possible! We're honoured to publish you!
#anthology #shortstory #poetry #genre #prose #performance
#anthology #shortstory #poetry #genre #prose #performance
Emily Arnold-Fernandez @emilyaf47.bsky.social (she/they) is a poet from California who resides in Scotland. Inspiration for 'After the Rescue' comes from a childhood love of the song 'Puff the Magic Dragon' to fairytales to the performances of femininity demanded of women. Read in #ShadowsOnTheStage
June 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Emily Arnold-Fernandez @emilyaf47.bsky.social (she/they) is a poet from California who resides in Scotland. Inspiration for 'After the Rescue' comes from a childhood love of the song 'Puff the Magic Dragon' to fairytales to the performances of femininity demanded of women. Read in #ShadowsOnTheStage
Claudia Wysocky (she/her) is a Polish writer and poet based in New York. 'Unfinished Exit' came to her when she was sitting at her desk in Poland while it rained. 'And just like that, it clicked, and I began writing,' she says. Read her work in #ShadowsOnTheStage and join us for our launch July 2!
June 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Claudia Wysocky (she/her) is a Polish writer and poet based in New York. 'Unfinished Exit' came to her when she was sitting at her desk in Poland while it rained. 'And just like that, it clicked, and I began writing,' she says. Read her work in #ShadowsOnTheStage and join us for our launch July 2!
Gabriel Munro (any pronouns) is a Canadian writer and composer. On ‘Tomorrows Problem’ they said, 'This was inspired by a chapter in my life…I was new to the big city and its queer scene. Elements of this story were plucked from one date.’ Find Gabriel at gabrielmunromusic.weebly.com/stories.html
June 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Gabriel Munro (any pronouns) is a Canadian writer and composer. On ‘Tomorrows Problem’ they said, 'This was inspired by a chapter in my life…I was new to the big city and its queer scene. Elements of this story were plucked from one date.’ Find Gabriel at gabrielmunromusic.weebly.com/stories.html
Douglas Thompson (he/him) is an internationally published writer and poet. The inspiration for Fabian Dysart came to him in a dream, including the title, and he wrote it down when he woke up. Douglas is online at douglasthompson.wordpress.com or @glasgowsurrealist.bsky.social #ShadowsOnTheStage
June 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Douglas Thompson (he/him) is an internationally published writer and poet. The inspiration for Fabian Dysart came to him in a dream, including the title, and he wrote it down when he woke up. Douglas is online at douglasthompson.wordpress.com or @glasgowsurrealist.bsky.social #ShadowsOnTheStage
Barlow Crassmont (he/him) is a writer who has lived in mutiple countries. His inspiration for 'Contemporary Companion' comes from people's over-dependency on their smart phones. You can find him on FB at www.facebook.com/profile.php?.... Read his work in #ShadowsOnTheStage out this month! #anthology
June 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Barlow Crassmont (he/him) is a writer who has lived in mutiple countries. His inspiration for 'Contemporary Companion' comes from people's over-dependency on their smart phones. You can find him on FB at www.facebook.com/profile.php?.... Read his work in #ShadowsOnTheStage out this month! #anthology
We're pleased to announce our launch date on July 2 at the Voodoo Rooms! Head over to book your ticket at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
#booklaunch #anthology #performance #prose #poetry #shortfiction #shadowsonthestage #genre
#booklaunch #anthology #performance #prose #poetry #shortfiction #shadowsonthestage #genre
June 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
We're pleased to announce our launch date on July 2 at the Voodoo Rooms! Head over to book your ticket at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
#booklaunch #anthology #performance #prose #poetry #shortfiction #shadowsonthestage #genre
#booklaunch #anthology #performance #prose #poetry #shortfiction #shadowsonthestage #genre
We're so pleased to present the cover art for Shadows on the Stage, an upcoming #anthology featuring #genre #prose & #poetry centred around the theme of #performance. Designed by Salvor Solnes, the anthology will be out very soon! Launch details to be announced shortly!
June 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We're so pleased to present the cover art for Shadows on the Stage, an upcoming #anthology featuring #genre #prose & #poetry centred around the theme of #performance. Designed by Salvor Solnes, the anthology will be out very soon! Launch details to be announced shortly!
R.M. McRitchie (she/her) is a Scottish speculative fiction writer. Her inspiration for 'The Audient Void' came from Antonin Artaud. 'I felt some of Artaud's writings about his theatre of cruelty sounded spookily close to cosmic horror.' #ShadowsOnTheStage #ShortStory #Genre #CosmicHorror #Anthology
June 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
R.M. McRitchie (she/her) is a Scottish speculative fiction writer. Her inspiration for 'The Audient Void' came from Antonin Artaud. 'I felt some of Artaud's writings about his theatre of cruelty sounded spookily close to cosmic horror.' #ShadowsOnTheStage #ShortStory #Genre #CosmicHorror #Anthology
Milly Sweeney (she/her) is a poet, playwright, and performer based in Glasgow. She wrote her poem while being involved in an all-female production of Macbeth. She says 'I was inspired by the treatment of female political leaders in Scotland, especially in comparison to their male counterparts.'
June 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Milly Sweeney (she/her) is a poet, playwright, and performer based in Glasgow. She wrote her poem while being involved in an all-female production of Macbeth. She says 'I was inspired by the treatment of female political leaders in Scotland, especially in comparison to their male counterparts.'
Sofia Reyes Valencia (she/her) is a queer Mexican-American writer. Her inspiration for 'Witching Hour Radio' comes from the classic Mexican radio show, La Mano Peluda. Sofia is currently raising money for her niece's cancer treatment. If you would like to learn more, please visit gofund.me/86fed91e
June 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Sofia Reyes Valencia (she/her) is a queer Mexican-American writer. Her inspiration for 'Witching Hour Radio' comes from the classic Mexican radio show, La Mano Peluda. Sofia is currently raising money for her niece's cancer treatment. If you would like to learn more, please visit gofund.me/86fed91e
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Oh hey, that’s me. Someone liked something I wrote enough for it to be in an anthology!
If you like (reading about) toxic and performative friendships, stay tuned!
#booksky #sff #horror
If you like (reading about) toxic and performative friendships, stay tuned!
#booksky #sff #horror
C. H. Lei (he/him) @hpl0veshack.bsky.social is a writer originally from San Francisco who now lives in a forest on an island. On his inspiration for 'White Picket Smiles' he says: 'Sometimes you reconnect with friends you haven't seen in a awhile, and they're very different from what you remember.'
June 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
We're so excited to be at Cymera this weekend! Please be sure to stop by the Creators Hall to say hello and check out some of our zines and merchandise available to purchase! #genre #genrefiction
This is not a drill—#Cymera25 kicks off TOMORROW ‼️
We're so excited to see everyone in Edinburgh and online. Find our full programme, plus buy tickets, day passes or weekend passes on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk
We're so excited to see everyone in Edinburgh and online. Find our full programme, plus buy tickets, day passes or weekend passes on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk
June 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We're so excited to be at Cymera this weekend! Please be sure to stop by the Creators Hall to say hello and check out some of our zines and merchandise available to purchase! #genre #genrefiction
C. H. Lei (he/him) @hpl0veshack.bsky.social is a writer originally from San Francisco who now lives in a forest on an island. On his inspiration for 'White Picket Smiles' he says: 'Sometimes you reconnect with friends you haven't seen in a awhile, and they're very different from what you remember.'
June 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
C. H. Lei (he/him) @hpl0veshack.bsky.social is a writer originally from San Francisco who now lives in a forest on an island. On his inspiration for 'White Picket Smiles' he says: 'Sometimes you reconnect with friends you haven't seen in a awhile, and they're very different from what you remember.'
Fiona Black (she/her) is poet and playwright living in the highlands of Scotland. Her inspiration for 'A Volunteer Calls' came from a home for young unmarried mothers in Glasgow. Read her work in #ShadowsOnTheStage, soon to be released this summer! #shortstory #anthology #genre #fiction #performance
June 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Fiona Black (she/her) is poet and playwright living in the highlands of Scotland. Her inspiration for 'A Volunteer Calls' came from a home for young unmarried mothers in Glasgow. Read her work in #ShadowsOnTheStage, soon to be released this summer! #shortstory #anthology #genre #fiction #performance
Vampires enter the fray in Love Bite by Lis Maestrelo (she/her) in #ShadowsOnTheStage! Her story comes from growing up in Brazil in the '90s. 'AIDS was a heavily stigmatized topic. HIV-positive people were painted as the devil. One day, watching Blade, my story about stigmatized vampires was born.'
June 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Vampires enter the fray in Love Bite by Lis Maestrelo (she/her) in #ShadowsOnTheStage! Her story comes from growing up in Brazil in the '90s. 'AIDS was a heavily stigmatized topic. HIV-positive people were painted as the devil. One day, watching Blade, my story about stigmatized vampires was born.'