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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle
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Est. 1986, GSFWC is a critique workshop for writers of fantastical literature based in Scotland.

Official website, anthologies and more: https://linktr.ee/gsfwc
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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 18d
This time next week, the world(s) of Fantasy descend on Brighton for #WorldFantasycon2025! Your GSFWC pals'll be along to speak on injuries in genre, *not* kicking arse, getting smoochy, Monster on Monster action, and much, much more!

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World Fantasycon ahoy! This time next week, the world(s) of Fantasy descend on Brighton for World Fantasy Convention 2025. Your GSFWC pals'll be along, speaking on injuries in genre, *not* kicking...
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I would love it if you could join me at one my upcoming events to celebrate the release of Daughters of Nicnevin

Waterstones events here: www.waterstones.com/events/searc...

The Highland Bookshop tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daughters-...
Book cover - Daughters of Nicnevin. Two women in 18th century highland dress stand back to back, surrounded by men made of straw. Author photo - a black and white photo of a woman in a dark dress, with long dark hair, looking towards the camera and smiling. Text reads - Upcoming events, November 20th - Waterstones Argyle Street Glasgow, 7pm, In Conversation with Sam K Horton November 22nd, The Highland Bookshop, Fort William, 6pm November 25th, Waterstones Edinburgh West End, 7pm, In Conversation with Rafael Torrubia
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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ICYMI here's a wee reminder: our Cameron Johnston's on BBC Radio Scotland!

His new tale's Upload of the Month on The Arts Mix. Check it out, plus a wee interview with Len Pennie and Anna Welander, on the 29th October show -- which you can stream at the link below.

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BBC Radio Scotland - Afternoons, The Arts Mix, Upload on the Arts Mix
Len Pennie and Anna Welander discover listener content from BBC Upload.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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I’m so proud/annoyingly happy to be in this book:
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Happy Book Birthday to Blood In The Bricks (NewCon Press), the new anthology edited by our own Neil Williamson!

Read on for how you can nab the special edition! (1/3)

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Blood in the Bricks
Blood in the Bricks eBook : williamson, Neil, Slatter, Angela, Bennett, James, Whates, Ian, Major, Tim, Fahey, Tracy, Cluley, Ray, Coxon, Dan, Lakin, Kim, Jones, Penny: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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November 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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It's officially launch day for Blood In The Bricks! It's folk horror, but right here in our towns and cities, written by some of my absolute favourite contemporary writers. Get it now (or They'll pay you a visit).

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A split graphic. On the left the book cover for a horror anthology, Blood In The Bricks, depicts a sinister figure with a rat's head standing in a dirty lane with a spray can in his hand. The tones are yellow and brown with splashes of red. On the right, "Nineteen chilling tales of urban folk horror" and several glowing endorsement quotes.
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Really looking forward to this!
November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
gsfwc.bsky.social
Join our Shona Kinsella in launching Daughters of Nicnevin across Scotland's Central Belt!

#Glasgow folks can enjoy Jacobite sapphic witches at Waterstones Argyle Street on 20th November (w/ Sam K. Horton).
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Sam K. Horton and Shona Kinsella In Conversation | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Sam K. Horton and Shona Kinsella In Conversation today.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Thanks also to everyone who came to the launch of Blood In The Bricks, alongside NewCon Press's other new titles. There were too many of us for the table! And we sold all the books. Calling that a win.
A long row of authors seated at a table, and some on the floor beside the table.
November 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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In an airport en route home from the World Fantasy convention in Brighton, which is an event I've enjoyed many times since my first in Minneapolis 20+ years ago. It is, as ever, a convocation of some of the warmest and most creative human beings possible. And I always leave uplifted.
November 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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#WorldFantasy day 3 and I've been to the An Author, Editor, and a Publisher Walk into a Bar, and this one, Queer in Horror.
AK Faulkner, Laura Langrish, Heather Valentine, Morag Hannah, and James Bennet on a World Fantasy 2025 panel.
November 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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munchkinstein.bsky.social
As always, FantasyCon has been a great weekend of chat, occasional panels, more chat, some beer, other chat and occasional chat.
Unfortunately my brain has hit the buffers and I must now lie down.
Thanks to everyone involved, brilliant bit of fun.
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
gsfwc.bsky.social
Good luck today to our own Jenni Coutts for the World Fantasy Awards! She's up for Best Artist this afternoon.

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jennicoutts.bsky.social Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social · 26d
I’ll be at World Fantasy Convention in Brighton this year!
Here’s where you can find me:

Bleeding, Burns, and Broken Bones: a crash course to writing injuries in fiction, Thursday 18:30 Osbourne Reading room 1

Art show reception, 16:00, main art show

British Fantasy Awards & World Fantasy Awards
November 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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#WorldFantasy2025 Fingers crossed for our own Jenni Coutts and Neil Williamson, who are both up for British Fantasy Awards tonight!

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gsfwc.bsky.social Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · Jun 24
Congratulations to everyone shortlisted for the BSFAs -- but especially to our own Jenni Coutts and Neil Williamson, shortlisted for Best Artist, and Best Novella and Best Anthology respectively!

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November 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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NewCon book launch(es) looking like a renaissance banquet painting #WorldFantasy
Many authors and the publisher Ian Whates of NewCon Press on stage at World Fantasy convention.
October 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Look at the size of this panel for the NewCon Press launch at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social! So many talented people, including editor @neilwilliamson.bsky.social and writers @lyndseycroal.bsky.social and @joannacorrance.bsky.social
All these photos show a long panel table with at least fifteen people sat at it. In this one, Neil leans against the table as he talks about the Blood on the Bricks anthology.
October 31, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Do We Love Or Do We Wait?, the (midday!) sex scene panel with @abeaumontbooks.bsky.social @annabelcwrites.bsky.social @elianjmorgan.bsky.social and Catriona Silvey
The aforementioned authors sitting behind a table with mics
November 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Much fun at this panel. Could’ve chatted for ages. Thanks to my wonderful panellists and to all who attended!
laurenwrites.bsky.social Lauren (LJ) McMenemy @laurenwrites.bsky.social · 10d
The first full day at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social kicks off with a chat about strong female leads who do *not* kick ass. Here’s @mkhardywrites.com @rainewilson.bsky.social @lauraannegilman.bsky.social with moderator @pslivingstone.bsky.social.
October 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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The latest newsletter from the Scottish Book Trust has the exciting news that @amalelmohtar.com is doing a serialised short story for them. So looking forward to this. If you're thinking of signing up, why not throw them a few quid at the same time.

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Book Week Scotland: Amal El-Mohtar in your inbox
Sign up to receive an exclusive serialised story from Amal El-Mohtar during Book Week Scotland.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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I really like this book written by a complete stranger’
Christopher Caldwell pretending to read “Call and Response” by Christopher Caldwell
October 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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neilwilliamson.bsky.social
It's launch day for Blood In The Bricks, and we a super nice review by @runalongwomble.bsky.social to celebrate!
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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If you're off to #WorldFantasy2025 this week - surprise! So are we! Join your GSFWC pals all weekend at the items listed below.

#WorldFantasy @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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It's set in the dreich dead of winter and features the frozen canal locks at Maryhill. A wild, cold spot in the heart of the city.

Cold Case features in Absolute Zero. Out now.

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Absolute Zero - deadskypublishing.com
Prepare to experience fear at its coldest. In a world where the temperature plummets, so too do the depths of terror. Absolute Zero is an anthology that
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October 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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I'm not known for historical fiction but a while back I wrote a story set in Glasgow in 1960, a time when there were a number of infamous murder sprees. It's a story about the human cost of working on those criminal cases involving absolutely inexplicable inhumanity.
A graphic featuring two swans on an icy canal, a book cover for an anthology called Absolute Zero, and the text: "A former Glasgow policeman haunted by an inexplicably brutal murder. A young couple sleepwalking towards disaster. Cold Case"
October 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Our Cam's gonna be on the wireless! Check out the brand new story from Cameron Johnston on The Arts Mix with Len Pennie and Anna Welander this Wednesday 29th October. Listen live on BBC Radio Scotland from 3:30pm online after the broadcast at the link below.

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BBC Radio Scotland - Afternoons, The Arts Mix, Upload on the Arts Mix
Len Pennie and Anna Welander discover listener content from BBC Upload.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
gsfwc.bsky.social
If you're off to #WorldFantasy2025 this week - surprise! So are we! Join your GSFWC pals all weekend at the items listed below.

#WorldFantasy @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM