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Last call #Humanities & #SocialScience journals, in #Africa: Apply to the African Journals Initiative 2026 bit.ly/AJI2026-Apply
AJI works to enhance journals’ profile & discoverability, increase usage & submissions & mobilise academic libraries & consortia financial support @scienceopen.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Without further delay, we are so excited to announce that Crossroads is now available for purchase on the University of Stirling online shop! 💚

Paperback: shop.stir.ac.uk/product-cata...

eBook: shop.stir.ac.uk/product-cata...
Crossroads sits on a lectern where authors gave readings of their work. Photo credit to John Morton Photography who can be found on Instagram. Editorial Lead Cora smiles at the camera while Project Manager José and Marketing and Sales Manager Chloe have a conversation. Photo credit to John Morton Photography who can be found on Instagram. Crossroads leans up against a table as an attendee reads from it. Photo credit to John Morton Photography who can be found on Instagram. Marketing and Sales Assistant Molly and their partner, Matthew enjoying the event. Photo credit to John Morton Photography who can be found on Instagram.
June 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Or why not preorder the book while you're here? 😜
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Crossroads Launch Party Combi Ticket | University of Stirling Online Shop
To celebrate the launch of the newest Stryvling anthology Crossroads, we will be hosting an event at the Albert Halls, Lesser Hall (Dumbarton Rd) in Stirli
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May 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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£2 for a ticket to a terrific evening!
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Crossroads Launch Party Regular Ticket | University of Stirling Online Shop
To celebrate the launch of the newest Stryvling anthology Crossroads, we will be hosting an event at the Albert Halls, Lesser Hall (Dumbarton Rd) in Stirli
shop.stir.ac.uk
May 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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🎉You are invited to a magical evening of readings and author panels as Stryvling Press prepares for the release of our 8th anthology 📖 Come along to the Albert Halls on June 4th to celebrate the talented team behind this year’s title! Tickets linked in bio/replies ✨ #booklaunch
Join us for 'Crossroads' Book Launch: June 4th 5.00-7.00pm. Albert Halls, Stirling For a night of readings and author q&a’s. Dress code: Come in green or on theme! (So anything mystical, magical or mythical!)
May 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Project Manager José recently appeared on The Ringwood Publishing Podcast. Check it out for a behind the scenes glimpse into the creative process at Stryvling Press, as well as some thoughts on the contemporary publishing climate. Scan the link in the image below to listen on Spotify!🎧#Booksky 📚💙
Project Manager Jose discusses Stryvling Press and the wider publishing climate with Ringwood Publishing Podcast. Listen now to hear about: -The first screenplay to be featured in a Stryvling Press anthology -Rejection and the publishing process -The endurance of the written word, in particular the fantasy genre And more! S5E6 of The Ringwood Publishing Podcast.
April 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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✨ Something stirs at the crossroads… ✨
The cover of our 2025 anthology is almost here.
Join us on May 16th for the grand reveal!
#CrossroadsAnthology #CoverReveal #StryvlingPress
Crossroads Cover Reveal, coming May 16th
May 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Something whimsical this way comes…✨

You can’t crack open Crossroads just yet but you can feast your eyes on our fantastic cover 😍📚💙 #booksky #books #bookcover #scotland #anthology #toberead
Image features book cover for Crossroads: A creative writing anthology from the students at the University of Stirling.
May 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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We've been releasing stunning covers for over seven years and our next cover reveal is just around the corner... stay tuned! 📚💙 #booksky #cover #bookcover #art
Seven years of stunning covers and one more about to drop. Shows the previous book covers we have designed.
May 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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In the Flesh 2023!
I turn your bones to ash and soil, Too diseased for flowers to bloom. My petals are pretty But my pollen is poison And everything is decomposing. I have polluted you. From ‘Fen’ by Francesca Parsons In the Flesh 2023
April 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Sonder 2024!
Whispers leave, and the grotesque city slowly becomes more and more oppressive. The buildings harbour no horrors or harm I try to convince myself, but the ever-persistent images of the past scattered within them come and go in flashes and refuse to let up. In the face of my inevitably waning life, I decide to go further on into the city. From ‘A Decadent Company’’ by Utku Soyal Sonder 2024
April 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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✨Fun Friday Feature✨

We’re flipping through the pages of our past anthologies and pulling out some of our favourite lines! Swipe through this thread and enjoy a mini literary journey with Stryvling Press.

Let us know which quote stands out to you! #BookSky #IndiePublisher #SmallPress #Quote
Like the quote? Read the book! Inklings, Circling the Point, Time and Tide, Solas, Pharos, In the Flesh, Sonder. Swipe to find out which of our previous titles you should read based on the quote that captures your attention!
April 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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In March some of our team attended the Vice-Chancellor's Fund Award Ceremony. Thank you to the fund for supporting this year's project and for inviting us to the ceremony- it was fantastic to celebrate with the other hard-working and inspiring recipients.
#StirAlumni #Indiepublisher #Studentled
Image features the text 'Vice-Chancellor's Fund Award Ceremony- thank you for your support!' it is accompanied by a collage of images: Image 1- Project management team Jose and Racheal with the Vice-Chancellor Image 2- Backdrop of the event Image 3- Our certificate for received support from the Vice-Chancellor's Fund Image 4- A group photo of recipients holding their certificates
April 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Exciting news! 🎉 We are thrilled to unveil the title of our upcoming release from Stryvling Press: Crossroads. A stunning new anthology themed around all things folklore, memory, and fantasy.📚💙 Stay tuned for more details, this is just the beginning! 🌱 #Crossroads #BookSky #Writer #Reader
Our beloved characters stand in a place of contemplation, caught between the past and the future, between this world and the Other, wondering where the roads before them will lead… Stryvling 2025 welcomes you to the space between. [Graphic of a person standing in front of two paths.] Stryvling Press introduces to you our 2025 title. Crossroads
April 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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By the way, we're on Instagram! Make sure to follow us there for more updates and behind the scenes of our current work-in-progress. 💙📚 #BookSky #Instagram #Reels
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March 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Are you a lover of playlists curated to your current read? Check out Stryvling Press on Spotify where you can find a playlist for each of our previous releases. COMING SOON: 2025 Title Playlist- 5x more songs and artists than before! 📚🎵 #BookSky #Music #Playlists #Reading
Image contains a QR code for our Spotify account. Our page can also be found by searching 'Stryvling Press' on Spotify.
March 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Check out our new #Bluesky banner on our profile, created by the incredibly-talented designer and artist @leahyeah.bsky.social 😍 #artist #design
March 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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The 2025 World SF Bundle, curated by @lavietidhar.bsky.social is here! Featuring our very own Jean Bürlesk with The Pleasure of Drowning. 10 books at your fingertips: pay as much as you want and support a charity in process, as well as the authors! storybundle.com/scifi
Storybundle 2025: SF bundle. Cover of: The Siege of Burning Grass by Premee Mohamed Sinophagia edited by Xueting C. Ni The Bright Mirror: Women of Global Solarpunk by Future Fiction The Golem of Deneb Seven by Alex Shvartsman The Escapement by Lavie Tidhar The Good Soldier by Nir Yaniv The Pleasure of Drowning by Jean Bürlesk Ecolution: Solarpunk Narratives to Transform Reality by Francesco Verso Breakable Things by Cassandra Khaw Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic by Tobi Ogundiran
March 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Don't forget to say hi to Catriona, an Oxfam Volunteer originally from Indonesia! That's our meet the team posts over. Stay tuned as we build up to the release of our next title! #Oxfam #Indonesia
Catriona Leys, Business and Administration team. A book cover you could not take your eyes off? The Bookshop Woman by Nanako Hanada is a favourite cover of mine because it is a work of art. That cover alone justified my purchase
March 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Meet Emmanuel, a Commonwealth Shared Scholar from Nigeria! #Scholar #Nigeria
Emmanuel Omeiza Momoh, Business and Administration team. A book you could not put down? A book I couldn’t put down was Why You Act the Way You Do by Tim LaHaye. It transformed how I see myself and others, offering clarity about personality traits and emotional dynamics. It helped me navigate relationships with greater understanding and compassion.
March 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Last day of our meet the team posts- say hello to our Business and Administration team! A terrific team of two making sure our books are available for sale and working towards ensuring the future success of the press. Check out this thread to get to know them!📚💙 #Booksky #Admin #Business
Meet the Team: Business and Administration
March 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Aided by Leah, a creative and zine maker based in Glasgow! #Glasgow #Zine
Leah Cameron, Design and Layout Team. A book you could not put down? Earthlings by Sayaka Murata. It's disgusting and horrifying while managing to make you root for the most insane people you can think of. I've never read anything like it!
March 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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The team is lead by Olivia, an English and History grad from Stirling uni! #History #Stirling
Olivia Wood, Design and Layout Lead. A book cover that you could not take your eyes off? That would have to be Queer: A collection of LGBTQ stories from ancient times to yesterday by Frank Wynne, its absolutely stunning and mixes the old with the new (both visually and thematically)
March 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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And Wanming, who enjoys cooking and crochet! #cooking #crochet
Wanming Xu, Design and Layout Team. A line from a book that you'll never forget? “The Translator dances in shackles” from Bable by R.F Kuang. When I read foreign literature, the choice of translation has been bothering me, this sentence perfectly explains my trouble.
March 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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As well as, Elz, a baker and pottery maker in their spare time! #Baking #Pottery
Elz Young, Design and Layout Team. A line from a book that you'll never forget? One of my favorite quotes is from my all-time favorite book, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte: "Take my books away and I should be desperate!...But I've most of them written on my brain and printed in my heart, and you cannot deprive me of those!" All my life, I've been surrounded by the fictional worlds I've immersed myself in and it makes everything feel brighter.
March 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM