Dr Chiara Bullen
@chiarab.bsky.social
✨🏔️ THE INN AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT VENGEANCE 07/26 (Del Rey) 🏔️✨
sometimes author, sometimes academic. always anxious.
glasgow.
sometimes author, sometimes academic. always anxious.
glasgow.
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Dr Chiara Bullen
@chiarab.bsky.social
· Nov 8
Del Rey has acquired The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance, an "uplifting and heart-warming" fantasy adventure by Scottish debut author and academic Chiara Bullen. The book will publish globally in July 2026 👇 #BookSky
Del Rey snaps up Chiara Bullen's 'uplifting and heart-warming' fantasy adventure
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My cozy fantasy novel inspired by my love (and fear…) of Scotland’s mountains, misadventures in academia, and time spent adventuring in Dungeons and Dragons, will be out next July!!
Burns weekend eats (+ fit): a delish veggie haggis Burns Supper by the fab @drcleoocy.bsky.social 💙
January 26, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Burns weekend eats (+ fit): a delish veggie haggis Burns Supper by the fab @drcleoocy.bsky.social 💙
Ever since I was a little girl, I knew I wanted to leave half-eaten cereal bars in my bag that escape the confines of their folded-over wrapper and wither into wide-reaching crumbs.
January 25, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Ever since I was a little girl, I knew I wanted to leave half-eaten cereal bars in my bag that escape the confines of their folded-over wrapper and wither into wide-reaching crumbs.
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Public murals sit at a higher ethical bar than fridge magnets, an expert has said, while calling for mandatory disclosures in planning applications when artificial intelligence is used
When AI art stops being cute and starts rewriting Scotland’s visual identity
www.thenational.scot
January 25, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Public murals sit at a higher ethical bar than fridge magnets, an expert has said, while calling for mandatory disclosures in planning applications when artificial intelligence is used
Smart glasses *need* to be banned. Struggling to think of any value they actually bring to day to day life that outweighs the sickeningly easy ways they can be used to violate privacy.
What a thing that a) people are just wandering round secretly filming women and putting their details on the internet and b) that we have devised a piece of equipment to make that sneakier www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Women filmed in secret for TikTok content - then harassed online
So-called manfluencers wearing smart glasses approach women and then post videos to TikTok.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Smart glasses *need* to be banned. Struggling to think of any value they actually bring to day to day life that outweighs the sickeningly easy ways they can be used to violate privacy.
Noticed my cat sneaking a drink out of my glass of water while I was writing. “I must move that before I drink out of it,” I thought.
Would anyone like to guess what happened? 🫠
Would anyone like to guess what happened? 🫠
January 23, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Noticed my cat sneaking a drink out of my glass of water while I was writing. “I must move that before I drink out of it,” I thought.
Would anyone like to guess what happened? 🫠
Would anyone like to guess what happened? 🫠
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Please come support our biggest annual fundraising event, delivered in partnership with @canongate.co.uk! Gray Day 25.02.26 at Oran Mor 7-10pm tickets here - www.ticketweb.uk/event/gray-d...
www.ticketweb.uk
January 23, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Please come support our biggest annual fundraising event, delivered in partnership with @canongate.co.uk! Gray Day 25.02.26 at Oran Mor 7-10pm tickets here - www.ticketweb.uk/event/gray-d...
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Honoured to be in this issue of @memoiresdulivre.bsky.social on visibility & publishing, eds @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social & @julienlf.bsky.social
Me & @michaelakralova.bsky.social wrote about publishing & translation, focusing on the sexy topic of metadata :-)
www.erudit.org/en/journals/...
Me & @michaelakralova.bsky.social wrote about publishing & translation, focusing on the sexy topic of metadata :-)
www.erudit.org/en/journals/...
Data, Discoverability, and Translation in the UK and Irish Book Markets – Mémoires du livre / Studies in Book Culture
An article from Mémoires du livre / Studies in Book Culture, on Érudit.
www.erudit.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Honoured to be in this issue of @memoiresdulivre.bsky.social on visibility & publishing, eds @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social & @julienlf.bsky.social
Me & @michaelakralova.bsky.social wrote about publishing & translation, focusing on the sexy topic of metadata :-)
www.erudit.org/en/journals/...
Me & @michaelakralova.bsky.social wrote about publishing & translation, focusing on the sexy topic of metadata :-)
www.erudit.org/en/journals/...
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It is impossible to overstate how sinister this is. Not only is the US govt blatantly lying about recorded events like the killing of Renee Good and Trump mistaking Iceland for Greenland, they are now manipulating images to create a new digital record.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:01 AM
It is impossible to overstate how sinister this is. Not only is the US govt blatantly lying about recorded events like the killing of Renee Good and Trump mistaking Iceland for Greenland, they are now manipulating images to create a new digital record.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A peaceful* afternoon break 😌
*My upstairs neighbours are sanding their floor….
*My upstairs neighbours are sanding their floor….
January 22, 2026 at 5:05 PM
A peaceful* afternoon break 😌
*My upstairs neighbours are sanding their floor….
*My upstairs neighbours are sanding their floor….
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RT if you don't even know how the hell to open a ChatGPT tab
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
January 21, 2026 at 8:18 PM
RT if you don't even know how the hell to open a ChatGPT tab
I have been influenced (and it’s v. tasty)
January 20, 2026 at 12:50 PM
I have been influenced (and it’s v. tasty)
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Still feeling icky talking about self-promotion and upcoming books.
But here I am:
queenofswordspress.com/authors/joyc...
But here I am:
queenofswordspress.com/authors/joyc...
Joyce Chng - Queen of Swords Press
We're going to be releasing Joyce's sapphic pirate story collection, Sailing the Golden Chersonese, in first quarter 2026! Preorders coming soon - stay tuned! Joyce Chng lives in Singapore. Their spec...
queenofswordspress.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Still feeling icky talking about self-promotion and upcoming books.
But here I am:
queenofswordspress.com/authors/joyc...
But here I am:
queenofswordspress.com/authors/joyc...
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Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
Weekend eats & read. The caramel, miso and banana ice cream was a particular highlight 🍌🍦
January 19, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Weekend eats & read. The caramel, miso and banana ice cream was a particular highlight 🍌🍦
Etsy sellers who include cute bonus stickers in your order are doing god's work
January 19, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Etsy sellers who include cute bonus stickers in your order are doing god's work
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I'm also chuffed to have been asked to write the introduction to Gentlemen of the West. The new Polygon editions of her books are gorgeous with art works by Joan Eardley on the front. Here's a preorder link for them all. birlinn.co.uk/contributor/...
January 17, 2026 at 9:30 AM
I'm also chuffed to have been asked to write the introduction to Gentlemen of the West. The new Polygon editions of her books are gorgeous with art works by Joan Eardley on the front. Here's a preorder link for them all. birlinn.co.uk/contributor/...
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Just a regular fox taking an #earlymodern Uber. Nothing to see here. #skystorians
January 16, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Just a regular fox taking an #earlymodern Uber. Nothing to see here. #skystorians
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Good morning.
A regular reminder: a tiny few hoard staggering wealth and own much of the media, while millions struggle to survive.
That’s not an accident. It’s a choice made by those in power.
Tax wealth. Fund public services. Build an economy for everyone - not the 1%.
A regular reminder: a tiny few hoard staggering wealth and own much of the media, while millions struggle to survive.
That’s not an accident. It’s a choice made by those in power.
Tax wealth. Fund public services. Build an economy for everyone - not the 1%.
January 14, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Good morning.
A regular reminder: a tiny few hoard staggering wealth and own much of the media, while millions struggle to survive.
That’s not an accident. It’s a choice made by those in power.
Tax wealth. Fund public services. Build an economy for everyone - not the 1%.
A regular reminder: a tiny few hoard staggering wealth and own much of the media, while millions struggle to survive.
That’s not an accident. It’s a choice made by those in power.
Tax wealth. Fund public services. Build an economy for everyone - not the 1%.
Never mind, I saw Hamnet and I’ll never feel joy again
Can’t relate to feeling blue in January because Jujutsu Kaisen is BACK 🙏 depression gone, skin clear, etc.
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Never mind, I saw Hamnet and I’ll never feel joy again
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okay, here we go...
Here are my picks for the 30 most exciting SFF titles coming out in the first half of the year! There are a LOT of beautiful books coming up—it's gonna be a really good year for spec fic
reactormag.com/30-sff-title...
Here are my picks for the 30 most exciting SFF titles coming out in the first half of the year! There are a LOT of beautiful books coming up—it's gonna be a really good year for spec fic
reactormag.com/30-sff-title...
30 SFF Titles to Look Forward to in 2026 - Reactor
And other SFF book highlights for the new year!
reactormag.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:22 PM
okay, here we go...
Here are my picks for the 30 most exciting SFF titles coming out in the first half of the year! There are a LOT of beautiful books coming up—it's gonna be a really good year for spec fic
reactormag.com/30-sff-title...
Here are my picks for the 30 most exciting SFF titles coming out in the first half of the year! There are a LOT of beautiful books coming up—it's gonna be a really good year for spec fic
reactormag.com/30-sff-title...
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Hey Glasgow/central belt folks, please do come join us for this next week. Apparently there's tickets left & I can promise to rave about orcas, tell you ghost stories and dance*
*one of these might be a lie.
Tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
*one of these might be a lie.
Tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
January 12, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Hey Glasgow/central belt folks, please do come join us for this next week. Apparently there's tickets left & I can promise to rave about orcas, tell you ghost stories and dance*
*one of these might be a lie.
Tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
*one of these might be a lie.
Tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
Can’t relate to feeling blue in January because Jujutsu Kaisen is BACK 🙏 depression gone, skin clear, etc.
January 13, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Can’t relate to feeling blue in January because Jujutsu Kaisen is BACK 🙏 depression gone, skin clear, etc.
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trying to explain the current state of the academic job market to those not on its hamster wheel just makes you sound increasingly hysterical
January 12, 2026 at 3:13 PM
trying to explain the current state of the academic job market to those not on its hamster wheel just makes you sound increasingly hysterical
Weekend eats (and reads): Anna Jones’ squash lasagne I made for some friends & a local bakery’s pecan and caramel swirl pastry. Ft. the beautiful Even Beyond Death by Fiona Melrose, which I am thoroughly enjoying.
January 12, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Weekend eats (and reads): Anna Jones’ squash lasagne I made for some friends & a local bakery’s pecan and caramel swirl pastry. Ft. the beautiful Even Beyond Death by Fiona Melrose, which I am thoroughly enjoying.
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ICYMI.
Note: I am extending the survey to end of January.
#independentscholar #HEMA #swords #knights
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#independentscholar #HEMA #swords #knights
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Survey Questions
Do chivalric virtues influence current-day lady knights and HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) practitioners to practise, for example, medieval longsword? Do Joan of Arc and the literary lady kni...
docs.google.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:04 AM
ICYMI.