Sam Beckbessinger
@sambeckbessinger.bsky.social
Novelist, creative writing lecturer & aspiring bog witch. FEMME FERAL (my perimenopausal werewolf novel) is out April 2026 🐺
www.sambeckbessinger.com
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www.sambeckbessinger.com
She/her 🏳️🌈🇿🇦🇬🇧
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Ever felt ready to HOWL?
I'm thrilledddddd to reveal the UK cover for my adult debut novel FEMME FERAL, coming April 2026.
Hyper-competent Ellie thinks she’s going through perimenopause, but discovers she’s actually turning into a werewolf.
More: www.sambeckbessinger.com/upcoming-fem...
I'm thrilledddddd to reveal the UK cover for my adult debut novel FEMME FERAL, coming April 2026.
Hyper-competent Ellie thinks she’s going through perimenopause, but discovers she’s actually turning into a werewolf.
More: www.sambeckbessinger.com/upcoming-fem...
Every time I try to use Google Maps for cycling around London I'm certain it's plotting my death.
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Every time I try to use Google Maps for cycling around London I'm certain it's plotting my death.
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We're so excited to be joined by the wonderful @clarefurniss.bsky.social and @sambeckbessinger.bsky.social for 'Practical Process' as part of On Writing for Young People, the online conference, 20-21 Nov. Last few tickets left: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/on-writing... #ukkidlit #academicsky #booksky
October 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
We're so excited to be joined by the wonderful @clarefurniss.bsky.social and @sambeckbessinger.bsky.social for 'Practical Process' as part of On Writing for Young People, the online conference, 20-21 Nov. Last few tickets left: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/on-writing... #ukkidlit #academicsky #booksky
Ever felt ready to HOWL?
I'm thrilledddddd to reveal the UK cover for my adult debut novel FEMME FERAL, coming April 2026.
Hyper-competent Ellie thinks she’s going through perimenopause, but discovers she’s actually turning into a werewolf.
More: www.sambeckbessinger.com/upcoming-fem...
I'm thrilledddddd to reveal the UK cover for my adult debut novel FEMME FERAL, coming April 2026.
Hyper-competent Ellie thinks she’s going through perimenopause, but discovers she’s actually turning into a werewolf.
More: www.sambeckbessinger.com/upcoming-fem...
October 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Ever felt ready to HOWL?
I'm thrilledddddd to reveal the UK cover for my adult debut novel FEMME FERAL, coming April 2026.
Hyper-competent Ellie thinks she’s going through perimenopause, but discovers she’s actually turning into a werewolf.
More: www.sambeckbessinger.com/upcoming-fem...
I'm thrilledddddd to reveal the UK cover for my adult debut novel FEMME FERAL, coming April 2026.
Hyper-competent Ellie thinks she’s going through perimenopause, but discovers she’s actually turning into a werewolf.
More: www.sambeckbessinger.com/upcoming-fem...
I love this city with my whole heart.
September 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I love this city with my whole heart.
it’s London in September and I’m leaving the house for an hour, better pack sunglasses, a cardigan, a brolly, SPF50, a hat, raincoat, thickest woollen socks
September 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
it’s London in September and I’m leaving the house for an hour, better pack sunglasses, a cardigan, a brolly, SPF50, a hat, raincoat, thickest woollen socks
OH MY, what's this, a pre-order link for my perimenopause werewolf novel, OUT IN THE WILD??? U.S. @barnesandnoble.com Premium and Rewards members, use PREORDER25 at checkout for 25% off if you order before tomorrow: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/femme-fera...
Femme Feral: A Novel
A hyper-competent tech leader who thinks she’s going through perimenopause discovers she’s actually turning into a werewolf in this feminist, dark-comedy debutThe head of a company she sta...
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September 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
OH MY, what's this, a pre-order link for my perimenopause werewolf novel, OUT IN THE WILD??? U.S. @barnesandnoble.com Premium and Rewards members, use PREORDER25 at checkout for 25% off if you order before tomorrow: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/femme-fera...
A collection of extremely good medieval dogs painted on tiles: williammorristile.com/medieval/med...
July 31, 2025 at 8:02 AM
A collection of extremely good medieval dogs painted on tiles: williammorristile.com/medieval/med...
Writing a description of a boujie London neighbourhood, but nothing I could invent is as funny as the real nonsense I've seen walking around Chelsea: "Boutique Fitness Cafe", a "face gym" (face massages + electric stimulation of your cheeks), an on-demand therapy centre for "self-improvers".
May 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Writing a description of a boujie London neighbourhood, but nothing I could invent is as funny as the real nonsense I've seen walking around Chelsea: "Boutique Fitness Cafe", a "face gym" (face massages + electric stimulation of your cheeks), an on-demand therapy centre for "self-improvers".
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I covet MANY things up for grabs on the Genre for Trans auction, but I really, really want sweet revenge. @sambeckbessinger.bsky.social is offering the chance to immortalise your worst (male) boss in her upcoming menopausal werewolf novel all about that rage. www.32auctions.com/organization...
Name a novel character after your worst boss
Auction item 'Name a novel character after your worst boss' hosted online at 32auctions.
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May 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I covet MANY things up for grabs on the Genre for Trans auction, but I really, really want sweet revenge. @sambeckbessinger.bsky.social is offering the chance to immortalise your worst (male) boss in her upcoming menopausal werewolf novel all about that rage. www.32auctions.com/organization...
81% of kids in South Africa can’t read for meaning by age 10. In countries like Norway? Just 6%.
Streetlight Schools is proving that low-cost, high-quality education is possible. They’ve already brought the cost of excellent education down to a fraction of what the government spends. [1/5]
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April 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
81% of kids in South Africa can’t read for meaning by age 10. In countries like Norway? Just 6%.
Streetlight Schools is proving that low-cost, high-quality education is possible. They’ve already brought the cost of excellent education down to a fraction of what the government spends. [1/5]
Streetlight Schools is proving that low-cost, high-quality education is possible. They’ve already brought the cost of excellent education down to a fraction of what the government spends. [1/5]
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From my latest piece.
The true motivating energy behind the anti-trans activists of today.
The true motivating energy behind the anti-trans activists of today.
April 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
From my latest piece.
The true motivating energy behind the anti-trans activists of today.
The true motivating energy behind the anti-trans activists of today.
I really struggled to read this.
I look at close to 100 stories a week and even more outside of work. I’ve done this ten years.
This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Haunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run out
Mothers and children, husbands and wives, doctors, truck drivers and religious leaders are all grappling with the fallout from the sudden U.S. cuts in aid.
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I really struggled to read this.
Possibly the purest & greatest thing to ever happen at a book event: a fire alarm went off at a romance book con, so actual firefigters arrived: www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fa...
False alarm, real heat: Firefighters surprise crowd of romance novel fans
A fire alarm interrupted Abby Jimenez’s book event — but the real sparks flew when a crew of firefighters walked in to cheers from the crowd.
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April 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Possibly the purest & greatest thing to ever happen at a book event: a fire alarm went off at a romance book con, so actual firefigters arrived: www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fa...
As an author, logging onto Goodreads feels like hiding in a bathroom stall to try to eavesdrop on people gossiping about you.
April 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
As an author, logging onto Goodreads feels like hiding in a bathroom stall to try to eavesdrop on people gossiping about you.
Love and solidarity to my trans sisters in the UK today.
April 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Love and solidarity to my trans sisters in the UK today.
Extremely random question for my novel: when they're just sitting on the shelves, before you light them, do fireworks have a smell?
April 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Extremely random question for my novel: when they're just sitting on the shelves, before you light them, do fireworks have a smell?
Obsessed with this poem. "I am falling in love and I don't know what to do about it | Throw me in a haunted wheelbarrow and set me on fire" thespinoff.co.nz/books/13-05-...
The Friday Poem: ‘Monica’ by Hera Lindsay Bird
The most exciting new poet in New Zealand letters takes on her most complex subject yet – Monica Geller, from Friends.
thespinoff.co.nz
April 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Obsessed with this poem. "I am falling in love and I don't know what to do about it | Throw me in a haunted wheelbarrow and set me on fire" thespinoff.co.nz/books/13-05-...
Many things freak me out about AGI/superintelligence, but this extremely plausible and well-researched (albeit annoyingly US-centric) scenario about how misaligned AGI could wipe out all life on earth by 2030 is probably the freakiest: ai-2027.com
AI 2027
A research-backed AI scenario forecast.
ai-2027.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Many things freak me out about AGI/superintelligence, but this extremely plausible and well-researched (albeit annoyingly US-centric) scenario about how misaligned AGI could wipe out all life on earth by 2030 is probably the freakiest: ai-2027.com
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Copyright law is clear. If you want to use a creator's original, copyright work for any purpose, you need to get their permission and agree payment.
Copyright law does not need revising. It needs enforcing.
#DoTheWriteThing
Copyright law does not need revising. It needs enforcing.
#DoTheWriteThing
April 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Copyright law is clear. If you want to use a creator's original, copyright work for any purpose, you need to get their permission and agree payment.
Copyright law does not need revising. It needs enforcing.
#DoTheWriteThing
Copyright law does not need revising. It needs enforcing.
#DoTheWriteThing
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Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive”
Theft is not a valid alternative.
Theft is not a valid alternative.
April 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive”
Theft is not a valid alternative.
Theft is not a valid alternative.
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1. One of capitalism’s greatest successes is to shut down our imaginations. With the help of its favoured tools - neoliberalism and fascism - it persuades us that “there is no alternative”. Our first task is to re-ignite our moral imaginations and name our alternatives. 🧵
March 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
1. One of capitalism’s greatest successes is to shut down our imaginations. With the help of its favoured tools - neoliberalism and fascism - it persuades us that “there is no alternative”. Our first task is to re-ignite our moral imaginations and name our alternatives. 🧵
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We had a great time last night celebrating all things Women in Horror with Neena Viel, @vlatinalondon.bsky.social, @beckbessinger.bsky.social & @catrionaward.bsky.social!
Thank you to everyone who came out and asked such great questions, and to the team at Waterstones Covent Garden for having us! ✨
Thank you to everyone who came out and asked such great questions, and to the team at Waterstones Covent Garden for having us! ✨
March 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We had a great time last night celebrating all things Women in Horror with Neena Viel, @vlatinalondon.bsky.social, @beckbessinger.bsky.social & @catrionaward.bsky.social!
Thank you to everyone who came out and asked such great questions, and to the team at Waterstones Covent Garden for having us! ✨
Thank you to everyone who came out and asked such great questions, and to the team at Waterstones Covent Garden for having us! ✨
Horror fans! Come join me at Waterstones Covent Garden next week chatting with fellow Horrible Women @catrionaward.bsky.social, Neena Viel and V. Castro: www.waterstones.com/events/women...
March 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Horror fans! Come join me at Waterstones Covent Garden next week chatting with fellow Horrible Women @catrionaward.bsky.social, Neena Viel and V. Castro: www.waterstones.com/events/women...
SO PROUD to part of Bloomsbury's new SFF imprint, Archer, joining the hunt with fellow fierce and phenomenal writers Samantha Shannon, Natasha Siegel, Sarah Mughal Rana and Alan Moore 🏹✨: www.thebookseller.com/news/new-sff...
New SFF imprint Bloomsbury Archer 'out to make some real publishing magic'
Bloomsbury Archer, the publisher's new SFF imprint, is set to publish "across the constellation of speculative fiction", led by publishing director Vicky Leech Mateos.
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March 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
SO PROUD to part of Bloomsbury's new SFF imprint, Archer, joining the hunt with fellow fierce and phenomenal writers Samantha Shannon, Natasha Siegel, Sarah Mughal Rana and Alan Moore 🏹✨: www.thebookseller.com/news/new-sff...
A brilliantly clear, cogent explanation of what South Africa’s new land bill actually says.
My latest, in @goodauth.bsky.social - the misinformation about South Africa’s new land bill, the Afrikaner refugees EO, and more!
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What South Africa's new land act really says.
The Trump administration's executive order against South Africa makes unfounded claims about the new land act.
goodauthority.org
February 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A brilliantly clear, cogent explanation of what South Africa’s new land bill actually says.