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ESFF is an open writing community for Science Fiction and Fantasy writers in Scotland. Events, resources & support, writing sessions, critique + more.

Web & city map for writers:
https://EdinburghSFF.com

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https://EdinburghSFF.com/community
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argonautbooks.bsky.social
We need your help.

@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.

Please read on for more information

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...

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Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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britfantasysoc.bsky.social
The BFS is very pleased to support the Best Audiobook: Science Fiction & Fantasy category at the inaugural British Audio Awards the ceremony for which takes place on 24th November. To mark the event, Long Story Short presents our very first Podcast Special.

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November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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samkhorton.bsky.social
Really excited for this! If you’re in the Glasgow area come and hear us!
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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reactorsff.bsky.social
We are delighted to reveal the cover for First Mage on The Moon by @cameronjohnston.bsky.social!

Ella is on a mission to reach the moon–even if that incurs a little blasphemy (and Unity interference). Look for it April 14, 2026 from @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social!

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Revealing First Mage on the Moon by Cameron Johnston - Reactor
Cameron Johnston, author of The Maleficent Seven, returns with an innovative space fantasy, where wizards race to be the first on the moon—also known as the land of the gods. We’re thrilled to share t...
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September 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Vinay reviews Nicholas Binge's time travelling police procedural EXTREMITY, out now from Tor:

"searingly unputdownable and is easily in the running for best novella of the year"

Read more: tinyurl.com/325v3hzp
September 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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davegoodman.bsky.social
Funny story - this novella is actually how Nick and I met. He asked if anyone in @edinburghsff.com knew anything about 'gun stuff' because he had several scenes that included weapons. I've got a bit of weapons handling experience from my time in the OTC and know how to research these things, so...
September 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Heads up! Rather exciting writing retreat for our friends at @cymerafestival.co.uk

www.cymerafestival.co.uk/writing-retr...
Writing Retreat — CYMERA
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September 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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clhellisen.bsky.social
Yay!

The Shape of Monsters has been shortlisted for a Speakie (audio book award) 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Definitely helps that voice actor Omari Douglas is fantastic

www.thebookseller.com/british-audi...
Best Audiobook: Young Adult Books Shortlist | The British Audio Awards
The shortlist for the Best Audiobook: Young Adult Books category at The British Audio Awards - aka The Speakies - organised by The Bookseller and The Stage
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September 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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What a weekend! We’re over the moon for the winning ESFF writers at @bloodyscotland.bsky.social -

@davegoodman.bsky.social, Debut Prize for A Reluctant Spy, @tariqashkanani.bsky.social the McIlvanney Prize for The Midnight King, & @marcorinaldi.bsky.social winning Pitch Perfect for Dark Waters

🎉
September 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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davegoodman.bsky.social
I'm lucky enough to be one of Nick's crit partners so I read this *as it was gushing out* and let me tell you I am yet to fully recover. If you're a fan of existential horror, you want to get this on your TBR, stat.
bingewriting.bsky.social Nicholas Binge @bingewriting.bsky.social · Aug 20
This time last year I sat down with some pretty dark thoughts and a full novella gushed out of me in one giant bleed.

Anyway, it's coming out via Tor Nightfire on May 12.

You into infinite corridors, ancient hunger, isolation, cannibalism, self-loathing, etc.? Join me in the darkness next May.
August 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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clhellisen.bsky.social
This looks like fab event - if you're in Edinburgh, head to Toppings Sept 26 and listen to @annabelcwrites.bsky.social, @gen-dimova.bsky.social and V. L. Bovalino chat about writing epic fantasy with female leads:

www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...
Women with Warrior Hearts: Female-Led Fantasy Panel with V.L. Bovalino, Annabel Campbell, and Genoveva Dimova at Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh
www.toppingbooks.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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From his book launch event last night the wonderful @justinleeanderson.com deftly avoids any spoilers…
Justin Lee Anderson on stage Justin Lee Anderson (left) on stage with host, Andrew, of Toppings & Company booksellers.
August 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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What’s not to love 🖤
bingewriting.bsky.social Nicholas Binge @bingewriting.bsky.social · Aug 20
This time last year I sat down with some pretty dark thoughts and a full novella gushed out of me in one giant bleed.

Anyway, it's coming out via Tor Nightfire on May 12.

You into infinite corridors, ancient hunger, isolation, cannibalism, self-loathing, etc.? Join me in the darkness next May.
August 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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rjbarker.bsky.social
You have NO IDEA how hard it has been keeping quiet about this. So friends, AT LAST, THE NEXT BOOK IS ANNOUNCED!

(I'm usually a bit nervy about new stuff but feel like this one is A BANGER.)

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Announcing Mortedant's Peril by RJ Barker - Reactor
Murder, mystery, and magic arrives May 2026 from Tor Books!
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August 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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New Author Interview - today on the blog we welcome @clhellisen.bsky.social to talk about their new audiobook The Shape of Monsters www.runalongtheshelves.net/interviews/2...
Interviewing CL Hellisen — Runalong The Shelves
Hellooo!! CL Hellisen has been on my radar since I read their very good fantasy novel Cast Long Shadows and now they’ve started a new project which is an audiobook. The Shape of Monsters is out no...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
August 20, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Wooo! Another ESFFer with brilliant news! Congrats, Fi!
bibliofi.bsky.social Fiona Leslie @bibliofi.bsky.social · Aug 19
I am excited to announce that I am now represented by Judith Murray of @greeneandheaton.bsky.social

I am hard at work getting my manuscript ready for submission for editors. Hopefully we will have more good news in the near future!

Exciting times ahead!

greeneheaton.co.uk/clients/fion...
Fiona Leslie
Fiona Leslie is a sci-fi and fantasy author and self-professed board-game geek. She holds a PhD in evolutionary biology from the University of Aberdeen. A proud Glaswegian, she now lives in Edinburgh ...
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August 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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davegoodman.bsky.social
I'm absolutely delighted to announce that my next book, SOLITARY AGENTS, will be coming out next June!

It's fantastic to be working with Toby Jones and @headlinebooks.bsky.social on another Legends novel. Pre-order links and cover reveal to follow very soon.
thebookseller.com The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Jul 22
Headline is set to publish 2025 McDermid Debut Award winner David Goodman's second espionage thriller 👇 #BookSky
Headline to publish David Goodman's second espionage thriller
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July 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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WRITERS!
New Writing Scotland seeks a new co-editor for English- & Scots-language work. Applicants should be currently based in Scotland & have a strong publishing record, with a focus on prose. Post is up to 3 years: stipend £1500 per issue.
#writers #writing
Pls RT 👇
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NEW WRITING SCOTLAND ASL is seeking applications to be a co-editor of New Writing Scotland, from writers currently based in Scotland. Applicants should have a strong publishing record of their own, with a focus on prose; previous editorial experience would be an advantage. The post will run for up to three years from 2026, for volumes 44, 45, and 46, publishing in 2026, 2027, and 2028 (dependent on funding). Our editors jointly select approximately 50 pieces – poetry and prose – from the English- and Scots-language submissions we receive each year. The submissions are anonymised, and we provide editors with paper copies to read. As an editor, we’d ask you to attend launches in Edinburgh and Glasgow (travelling expenses would be paid). Editors receive an annual £1500 stipend and full editorial credit. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from people who are under-represented within the sector, including from BPOC applicants (Black people and People of Colour), disabled people, LGBTQIA+ applicants and those from a low socioeconomic background. Please send a CV and a one-page application letter, outlining your qualifications for the position, to admin@asls.org.uk by midnight on Monday 4 August 2025. Submission to New Writing Scotland is free and open to all. You can find our submission instructions here.
July 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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smallpressday.bsky.social
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🖍️ Forbidden Planet Edinburgh is celebrating #SmallPressDay at The Counting House!

Join for a FREE indie comics market with local artists, unique books, prints, stickers & kids’ drawing tables 🎨🗯️
📍 10am–5pm, 34 West Nicolson St, EH8 9DD

More info: www.instagram.com/forbiddenpla...
July 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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bloodyscotland.bsky.social
Congratulations to @davegoodman.bsky.social‬ who took home the McDermid Debut Prize at last night's #theakstonsawards You can hear him talk about A Reluctant Spy in Stirling in September: bloodyscotland.com/event/spies-...
July 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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We’re so, so chuffed for Dave on this win! He’s part of the ESFF mod team and staff, and now we get to call him “award-winning author David Goodman” — how cool is that? Massive congrats from everyone at ESFF!

#writingcommunity #edinburgh
davegoodman.bsky.social David Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · Jul 17
The face of a gobsmacked debut writer. Still absolutely reeling. More soon!
Me, looking slightly dazed, holding the McDermid Debut Award cask.
July 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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clhellisen.bsky.social
Are you a writer overwhelmed by what you need to do to get a website up and running?

Then this is the webinar you need.
bibliotta.bsky.social Bibliotta Webinars @bibliotta.bsky.social · Jul 8
This Saturday, 12th of July, we've got our Your Writer Website webinar. Just look at that agenda!

Check the details here: bibliotta.com/events/your-...
Screenshot of web page from bibliotta.com, text reads: "Saturday 12th of July 2025, 10:00 am – 2:45 pm, UK time, lunch break from 12:00-13:00 approximately. Agenda. 10:00 – 11:45 Part 1: The Technical Side. What options for websites are out there? Which might suit your needs? How do you go about getting one? What do they cost? Planning a website. Domain names. Hosting. CMS (including a good look at WordPress). 11:45 – 12:00 Free chat, follow-ups, announcements for part 2. 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break. 13:00 – 14:45 Part 2: The Creative Side. Why do you need an author website? What should you put in it? How can you make the most of what a website offers? Author branding and design tips. Content – what should be in the site? SEO – how to get your site found. Newsletters and Social Media. A look at some example author websites!" A screenshot of a banner from bibliotta.com. Text reads: "Your Writer Website pts 1&2 combo – Sat, 12th July" at the top and at bottom "Combo ticket: “Part 1 – The technical side”, and “Part 2 -The creative side” Combination event – get the two webinars, on the same day, for a saving of 20 to 25%." Image is of a laptop, clipboard, coffee cup, mobile phone, mouse, and pencil in graphic design illustration style. Text on it reads "Your Writer Website" and "Parts 1 & 2 Combination" It is diagonally split between a green grey and a salmon pink colour scheme.
July 9, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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The excellent Ben Aaronovitch holds court in Edinburgh tonight — a fun Q&A/AMA (with massive thanks to Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh)

@benaaronovitch.bsky.social
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July 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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gusharrisreid.bsky.social
Had a very productive day of writing with my @edinburghsff.com friends - I finished a scene, started a new scene, and crossed the 100K mark in my WIP! 🥳✍🏻📈
July 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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clhellisen.bsky.social
So yeah it's Monsters day!

Inject direct into your ear holes at www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FGDJ5X1M
A trope novel graphic, with the cover of The Shape of Monsters by CL Hellisen in the centre. Around it are the phrases family secrets, the slowest slowburn in existence, divination & sacrifice, betrayal & revenge, dead things that don't stay dead, totally normal relationships yessir, decaying gothic mansions, magic & darkness, sibling rivalry, and terrible bargains.
July 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM