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Hilary Lamb
@hilaryfloon.bsky.social
Science writer and non-fiction editor @tamarindlitmag.bsky.social

Loves sad books, dachshunds, 1890s decadence, and long-dead prime ministers. Hates ugliness.
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Say hi to our publisher, fiction editor, and non-fiction editor @gautampk.com, @hilaryfloon.bsky.social and @anitamchandran.bsky.social. They were ringing in the new year together and raising a glass to the publication of Tamarind’s latest issue.

Happy new year from team
Tamarind!
January 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I want to read your science-related essays, features, biographies, polemics, memoirs, and other creative non-fiction! Move me, provoke me, just don't bore me.

Submissions are anonymised and we pay royalties 💸
Reminder that we are open for subs for our 8th issue! We accept fiction, non-fiction and poetry concerning science, scientists and the intersections of science and society.

More at tamarindlit.co.uk/submissions/
Submissions – Tamarind Literary Magazine
tamarindlit.co.uk
November 17, 2024 at 8:19 PM
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Thrilled to share the cover of our upcoming 7th issue, dropping December 2024. Art by the immense @lefup.bsky.social

Available in print and digital, ships globally.

Check us out at tamarindlit.co.uk
November 14, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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Readers are unable to reliably differentiate AI-generated from human-written poetry and are more likely to prefer AI poems, according to research in Scientific Reports. go.nature.com/4eLLpBT (1/2) 🧪
November 14, 2024 at 7:10 PM
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Short reintroduction for all the new folks! We're Tamarind, a non-profit #litmag publishing writing that considers science, scientists and the interaction of science and society. We believe in interrogating the plastic boundary between art and science.

#writing #literature #sciart #litfic
November 14, 2024 at 12:20 AM
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Last night, Samantha Harvey’s Orbital took home the 2024 #Booker Prize. While congratulations are very much in order, @hilaryfloon.bsky.social and I found ourselves somewhat more sceptical than the judges. Check out our short review in Nature Physics.

doi.org/10.1038/s415...
November 13, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Introduce yourself with three books you love:

Vile Bodies (Evelyn Waugh)
Einstein's Dreams (Alan Lightman)
Earthly Powers (Anthony Burgess)
Introduce yourself with three books you love:

1. Lost connections (Johann Hari)
2. Things the grandchildren should know ( Mark Oliver Everett)
3. Quiet (Susan Cain)
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Introduce yourself with three books you love:

1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
2. 1984 (George Orwell)
3. Hotel O (Merho)
November 2, 2023 at 7:38 PM