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Leah
@leahyeah.bsky.social
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Based in Glasgow where I create art, help others create art and eat delicious plants. Current MLitt Publishing Studies student at Stirling where I edit the USHRJ journal and drink a lot of oat cortados. Any pronouns.
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quindriepress.com
Following from our announcement that Quindrie Press will be closing at the end of 2026, I want to make people aware that in Spring 2026 we will be opening a one-off comic fund for UK creators. More details will be released next year.

Sign up to our newsletter: quindriepress.com/newsletter
Quindrie Comic Fund As part of Quindrie Press closing down, we will be opening the Quindrie Comic Fund in Spring 2026. This fund will be open to comic creators across the UK, with priority given to Scottish creators, to go towards their creative practice. The totalpot will be £3,000 to be split between successful applicants. Applications will be reviewed by Eve Greenwood, Hari Conner, and Nyla Ahmad. More details will be released when applications open in Spring 2026. If you’d like to hear when applications open, follow Quindrie Press on Bluesky or Instagram, or sign up to the newsletter. If you would like to donate to the fund to increase the pot, please contact Eve at quindriepress@gmail.com. We will be taking donations starting in April 2026.
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social
It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here!

Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!

And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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goblinstunts.bsky.social
Dead Horses | 86 pages | Online at Shortbox Comics Fair October 1st-31st
two adolescent catgirls chasing a butterfly up a meat staircase (yuck! sorry). above them are 8 panels cropped from the comic with the text “What will you do when you finally get your wish?”
September 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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streakofpith.bsky.social
🌟 IT LIVES! 🌟 The UK Comics Creator Survey is BACK, baby!

Here to gather up, analyse and disseminate your data to help uplift the comics world, like if Robin Hood was a statistician or something.

ukcomicscreators.org.uk
A promotional image for the survey, reading “we’ve got questions; we need answers. Who’s in?” Above a series of illustrated raised hands in various styles. At the bottom is the url ukcomicscreators.org.uk
September 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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nytastic.bsky.social
EPIC COMIC-CON 2025

DAY ONE

TABLE NUMBER AE7. ARTIST ALLEY

#epiccomiccon #artistalley #artistalley2025 #epiccomiccon2025 #convention #conventionart #secc #acme @fanfrontier.bsky.social
September 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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prokopetz.bsky.social
Maintaining a diversity of ongoing personal projects is important because it enables you to procrastinate on one by aimlessly tinkering with another, thereby creating the possibility that you'll finish one of them by accident.
August 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
leahyeah.bsky.social
Really glad to be done with my dissertation and looking forward to graduating with a Masters in November! But now I have the writing bug again and am planning a little personal project😈
September 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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goblinstunts.bsky.social
just over a month til you can read Dead Horses!
text reads DEAD HORSES, SHORTBOX COMICS FAIR OCTOBER 1st - 31st. Two catgirls in bug fashion enter a dimly lit lounge full of an eclectic mix of people
August 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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connortierney57.bsky.social
It’s my birthday!! And all I want this year is to keep the hype train for Kid Eastwood the Movie going!!

You can pick up a copy here, alongside volumes 1-4, physically or digitally!!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/129...

#kickstarter #kickstartercomic
August 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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pressfuturist.bsky.social
Do you read fanfiction? Can you help our @stirlingpublishing.bsky.social student Khushi Shokeen with her research by completing her survey, please?

(Please share!)

forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Microsoft Forms
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August 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
leahyeah.bsky.social
While at @sequential-scot.bsky.social today I got that amazing energy that a great comic con gives me and I'm so so glad we've got an event like this in Glasgow again. I can't wait for next year! Hopefully I'll be back to being behind the table again by then
August 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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thirdbearpress.bsky.social
It’s coming down to the crunch on the BOXES 4 Kickstarter!

It’d be great to reach the funding goal this weekend 🤞
thirdbearpress.bsky.social ThirdBear Press @thirdbearpress.bsky.social · Jul 31
Down to the last 4 days on the BOXES Vol. 4 Kickstarter!

We’re 2/3 funded. It feels close now! Can you help us push us towards the funding goal for printing this anthology full of stellar creators?

Check the funding page here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi...

Thanks! 📦📦📦
BOXES Comic Magazine #4
The 4th volume of BOXES Comic Magazine! Lots of new short comics from a diverse range of exciting UK based creators.
www.kickstarter.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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elljwalker.bsky.social
SQUENCHIES BABY! At @sequential-scot.bsky.social having the BEST time!! ⭐
A photo of Ell, a white person with glasses and shoulder length brown hair, behind their con table with their arms spread.
August 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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sophiemolly.co.uk
Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act
We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.
petition.parliament.uk
July 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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thirdbearpress.bsky.social
We’re in the final 10 days of the BOXES Vol. 4 campaign, now at 56% funded.

Can you push us past the next milestone of 60%?

Check the Kickstarter page here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi...
July 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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sequential-scot.bsky.social
🚨 ONE WEEK TO GO!!!🚨
The maiden voyage of Sequential Scotland is very nearly upon us, make some NOISE!!!! 📣 We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone supporting us and well wishing, it means a lot 🥹💚

See you soon!

#sequentialscotland #scottishcomics #indiecomics #comicon #glasgow
July 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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slowedmountains.bsky.social
Set up a donation goal and doing some cheap headshot #commissions towards a new iPad that isn’t falling apart and lightly electrocuting me haha! They’re £15 each.

(You can also dm me if you prefer)

ko-fi.com/c/23ab5b9b2b
Drawings of a shocked dog person with a sword in their head and a grinning tiefling woman. Text reads: monochrome headshots £15/each!
July 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
leahyeah.bsky.social
I'm back at Forbidden Planet for Small Press Day today! Come down to Sauchiehall Street for indie comics, small press, zines and more!
July 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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hesitantdoodle.bsky.social
Seeing the @sequential-scot.bsky.social poster up around town and on the Glasgow subway is so exciting and such a surreal experience 🥹

Make sure you don’t miss this incredible event! 💛

Buy tickets here ➡️ tinyurl.com/449cysj8
Photograph of Sequential Scotland poster advertisement on the Glasgow subway Photograph of Sequential Scotland poster in shop window
July 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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pressfuturist.bsky.social
Have you read any retellings of Greek myths? Could you help our @stirlingpublishing.bsky.social student Konna with her dissertation research by taking 5-10 minutes to complete a survey, please?

(Please share!)

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/stirling/g...
"Hey! My name is Konna and as a masters student at the University of Stirling, I am running a survey about Greek and International readers' reception of Greek mythology retellings! If you are a reader and you ahve read even one of the following: Percy Jackson, Song of Achilles, Ariadne, Silence of the Girls, and you have ten minutes to spare, please take the time to check out my survey! Your help is truly valuable.
July 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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beetlebuggyboy.bsky.social
Also as an addition; sign this petition ASAP if you're someone in the UK.

Rather than just sitting around and doing fuck all, we need to make it clear that this Bullshit OSA won't work. Ever. Nor do folk fucking want it.

Contact your MPs about the bill too.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
July 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
leahyeah.bsky.social
I'll be sad to see 404 gone but it sounds like this is a positive decision and I love Saraband's output! Best get buying those inklings!!
laurafjones.bsky.social Laura Jones-Rivera @laurafjones.bsky.social · Jul 11
A few brief personal words from me over on my own blog regarding @404ink.bsky.social's closure next year. There's going to be a lot to say and analyse over the coming months about the state of publishing so I'm trying to pace myself...

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404 Ink: Publisher not found
2016 - 2026
epitomeofvague.substack.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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mothcub.bsky.social
Can't stand that guy.
A drawing of a smiling yellow face, with the text, "the sun is a beautiful and alluring man". A line drawing of a girl smoking a cigarette with one arm around the moon. Text reads: "but we know... he sucks".
July 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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clrichardson.bsky.social
🔍 Are you a sensitivity reader, authenticity reader, or cultural consultant with experience working with authors, agents, or publishers in the UK? Your insight would be appreciated to help with my dissertation!

For further details, please email clr00053@students.stir.ac.uk

Thank you.
Call for interviewees: Are you a sensitivity reader, authenticity reader, or cultural consultant? Your participation is requested for an upcoming research project exploring the implementation, reception, and importance of sensitivity reading in the UK publishing industry. I'm looking to speak to professionals who: • Have experience conducting sensitivity reads for authors, agents, or publishers within the UK publishing industry. • Are willing and able to reflect critically on their role and the industry. What's involved? Participants will be required to partake in a 30-60 minute online interview. Your input will contribute to discussions on representation and authenticity in publishing and help shape a practical guide for publishers, authors, and editors. For Further details reach out to Chloe Richardson over email cIr00053@students.stir.ac.uk
July 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
leahyeah.bsky.social
I have also just backed this! Excited to get my hands on it and you should too!!!!
July 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM