Glasgow SF Writers' Circle
@gsfwc.bsky.social
Est. 1986, GSFWC is a critique workshop for writers of fantastical literature based in Scotland.
Official website, anthologies and more: https://linktr.ee/gsfwc
Official website, anthologies and more: https://linktr.ee/gsfwc
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If you'd like to know more about the Glasgow SF Writers' Circle and our 35+ years of critiquing Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror, there's two ways to find out.
Firstly, there's our Linktree, with social media, official website and how you can trial a night at the Circle.
linktr.ee/gsfwc
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Firstly, there's our Linktree, with social media, official website and how you can trial a night at the Circle.
linktr.ee/gsfwc
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If you're wondering how our Neil Williamson puts together anthologies like Blood in the Bricks (NewCon Press), he's written about his process for next year's Collective: The Collaborative Art of Anthologies. Check it out at the link below.
@neilwilliamson.bsky.social @lunapress.bsky.social
@neilwilliamson.bsky.social @lunapress.bsky.social
It gives us great pleasure to introduce Collective: The Collaborative Art of Anthologies edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social and Pete W Sutton! Find out more about the project and the amazing contributors in our post! 💙
Collective: The Collaborative Art of Anthologies
Is it is with great pleasure that we welcome to the Luna Family, the editors and authors of Collective: The Collaborative Art of Anthologies, edited by Dan Coxon and Pete W Sutton.
www.lunapresspublishing.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
If you're wondering how our Neil Williamson puts together anthologies like Blood in the Bricks (NewCon Press), he's written about his process for next year's Collective: The Collaborative Art of Anthologies. Check it out at the link below.
@neilwilliamson.bsky.social @lunapress.bsky.social
@neilwilliamson.bsky.social @lunapress.bsky.social
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Lovely review of Blood In The Bricks from the especially lovely @sjtownend.bsky.social over on Goodreads this morning.
November 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Lovely review of Blood In The Bricks from the especially lovely @sjtownend.bsky.social over on Goodreads this morning.
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Book launch for @shonak.bsky.social and @samkhorton.bsky.social in Glasgow tonight.
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Book launch for @shonak.bsky.social and @samkhorton.bsky.social in Glasgow tonight.
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Love a @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social event on Thursday night.
Tonight @shonak.bsky.social talking about Daughters Of Nicnevin and @samkhorton.bsky.social on Ragwort, interviewed brilliantly by @megintransition.bsky.social.
Tonight @shonak.bsky.social talking about Daughters Of Nicnevin and @samkhorton.bsky.social on Ragwort, interviewed brilliantly by @megintransition.bsky.social.
November 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Love a @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social event on Thursday night.
Tonight @shonak.bsky.social talking about Daughters Of Nicnevin and @samkhorton.bsky.social on Ragwort, interviewed brilliantly by @megintransition.bsky.social.
Tonight @shonak.bsky.social talking about Daughters Of Nicnevin and @samkhorton.bsky.social on Ragwort, interviewed brilliantly by @megintransition.bsky.social.
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Very very happy to have contributed an essay to this excellent book. If you've every considered editing an anthology you have to get this book!
It gives us great pleasure to introduce Collective: The Collaborative Art of Anthologies edited by @dancoxon.bsky.social and Pete W Sutton! Find out more about the project and the amazing contributors in our post! 💙
Collective: The Collaborative Art of Anthologies
Is it is with great pleasure that we welcome to the Luna Family, the editors and authors of Collective: The Collaborative Art of Anthologies, edited by Dan Coxon and Pete W Sutton.
www.lunapresspublishing.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Very very happy to have contributed an essay to this excellent book. If you've every considered editing an anthology you have to get this book!
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There’s still time to get your ticket for one of these events!
Happy Book Birthday Week to Shona Kinsella's Daughters of Nicnevin (Flame Tree Press)!
Learn about these Jacobite witches from the woman herself in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Fort William at these special events:
Glasgow (with Sam K. Horton) - 20/11
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k... (1/2)
Learn about these Jacobite witches from the woman herself in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Fort William at these special events:
Glasgow (with Sam K. Horton) - 20/11
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k... (1/2)
Sam K. Horton and Shona Kinsella In Conversation | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Sam K. Horton and Shona Kinsella In Conversation today.
www.waterstones.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
There’s still time to get your ticket for one of these events!
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Happy Book Birthday Week to Shona Kinsella's Daughters of Nicnevin (Flame Tree Press)!
Learn about these Jacobite witches from the woman herself in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Fort William at these special events:
Glasgow (with Sam K. Horton) - 20/11
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k... (1/2)
Learn about these Jacobite witches from the woman herself in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Fort William at these special events:
Glasgow (with Sam K. Horton) - 20/11
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k... (1/2)
Sam K. Horton and Shona Kinsella In Conversation | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Sam K. Horton and Shona Kinsella In Conversation today.
www.waterstones.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Happy Book Birthday Week to Shona Kinsella's Daughters of Nicnevin (Flame Tree Press)!
Learn about these Jacobite witches from the woman herself in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Fort William at these special events:
Glasgow (with Sam K. Horton) - 20/11
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k... (1/2)
Learn about these Jacobite witches from the woman herself in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Fort William at these special events:
Glasgow (with Sam K. Horton) - 20/11
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k... (1/2)
If you missed our E.M. Faulds' excellent ecofiction tale 'Love, Scotland' in 2024's Gallus, here's your chance. 'Love, Scotland' features in ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction (Apex Book Company / Violet Lichen), out now in all good bookshops.
@bethkesh.bsky.social
@apexmag.bsky.social
@bethkesh.bsky.social
@apexmag.bsky.social
ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction
"A triumph. 23 stellar tales offering creative and varied takes on the book's themes. Every entry is equal parts thought-provoking, insightful, and impactful." —Publishers Weekly Starred Review A must...
www.apexbookcompany.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If you missed our E.M. Faulds' excellent ecofiction tale 'Love, Scotland' in 2024's Gallus, here's your chance. 'Love, Scotland' features in ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction (Apex Book Company / Violet Lichen), out now in all good bookshops.
@bethkesh.bsky.social
@apexmag.bsky.social
@bethkesh.bsky.social
@apexmag.bsky.social
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After a couple of very busy weeks, I’m so excited to sink back into my WIP today. Set in neolithic Scotland, Rise of a Witch Queen tells the tale of how Nicnevin became the fae queen of witches
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
After a couple of very busy weeks, I’m so excited to sink back into my WIP today. Set in neolithic Scotland, Rise of a Witch Queen tells the tale of how Nicnevin became the fae queen of witches
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November 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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I’m really bad at sling eligibility posts, but a reminder that my collection Call and Response debuted last month from Neon Hemlock. It contains the brand new short story “The Lonesome Sea.”
November 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I’m really bad at sling eligibility posts, but a reminder that my collection Call and Response debuted last month from Neon Hemlock. It contains the brand new short story “The Lonesome Sea.”
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Well this is lovely
New Review - let’s start the week with some excellent fantasy Scotland 1745 and two women finally able to share their secrets. I strongly recommend Daughters of Nicnevin by @shonak.bsky.social out now! www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...
Daughters of Nicnevin — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Flame Tree Press for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Flame Tree Press Published – Out Now Price – £20 hardback £4.95 e...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Well this is lovely
We endorse this important public announcement.
I undid a repost for a call for anthology because I checked and it had no information on terms or payment on its page.
If you're trying to publish something and you want people to send you stories, you should at least mention:
a) publisher, if there is one,
b) payment, or lack thereof
c) rights
If you're trying to publish something and you want people to send you stories, you should at least mention:
a) publisher, if there is one,
b) payment, or lack thereof
c) rights
November 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
We endorse this important public announcement.
Happy Book Birthday Week to Shona Kinsella's Daughters of Nicnevin (Flame Tree Press)!
Learn about these Jacobite witches from the woman herself in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Fort William at these special events:
Glasgow (with Sam K. Horton) - 20/11
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k... (1/2)
Learn about these Jacobite witches from the woman herself in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Fort William at these special events:
Glasgow (with Sam K. Horton) - 20/11
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k... (1/2)
Sam K. Horton and Shona Kinsella In Conversation | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Sam K. Horton and Shona Kinsella In Conversation today.
www.waterstones.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Happy Book Birthday Week to Shona Kinsella's Daughters of Nicnevin (Flame Tree Press)!
Learn about these Jacobite witches from the woman herself in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Fort William at these special events:
Glasgow (with Sam K. Horton) - 20/11
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k... (1/2)
Learn about these Jacobite witches from the woman herself in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Fort William at these special events:
Glasgow (with Sam K. Horton) - 20/11
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k... (1/2)
Scottish SF and Fantasy microcon Pictcon has just announced their 2026 Guest of Honour -- it's our own Neil Williamson!
@pictcon.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Pictcon 2 takes place on Sat 17th October 2026 in Perth. Get your tickets (£30/£20/under 18s, childcare, dogcare options) below:
@pictcon.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Pictcon 2 takes place on Sat 17th October 2026 in Perth. Get your tickets (£30/£20/under 18s, childcare, dogcare options) below:
PictCon2
A Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention for everyone who reads, writes and watches.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Scottish SF and Fantasy microcon Pictcon has just announced their 2026 Guest of Honour -- it's our own Neil Williamson!
@pictcon.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Pictcon 2 takes place on Sat 17th October 2026 in Perth. Get your tickets (£30/£20/under 18s, childcare, dogcare options) below:
@pictcon.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social
Pictcon 2 takes place on Sat 17th October 2026 in Perth. Get your tickets (£30/£20/under 18s, childcare, dogcare options) below:
Has our Ivor K. Hill got a tale for you! Hiding Under the Leaves (Slab Press) features 'The Crow Who Burned', folk horror about the "terrifying certainty of the mob".
Get yours below:
theslab.press/store/
www.amazon.co.uk/Hiding-Under...
@ivorkhillauthor.bsky.social @theslabpress.bsky.social
Get yours below:
theslab.press/store/
www.amazon.co.uk/Hiding-Under...
@ivorkhillauthor.bsky.social @theslabpress.bsky.social
Store
Our books are available from all good bookshops, but you can also buy from The Slab Press here via our Publisher (UK&US), or direct from us where we have stock (UK only) Vivid Worlds UK £12.99 …
theslab.press
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Has our Ivor K. Hill got a tale for you! Hiding Under the Leaves (Slab Press) features 'The Crow Who Burned', folk horror about the "terrifying certainty of the mob".
Get yours below:
theslab.press/store/
www.amazon.co.uk/Hiding-Under...
@ivorkhillauthor.bsky.social @theslabpress.bsky.social
Get yours below:
theslab.press/store/
www.amazon.co.uk/Hiding-Under...
@ivorkhillauthor.bsky.social @theslabpress.bsky.social
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We've sold 26 tickets for PictCon2! I would love to sell 24 more before I pay the deposit next week.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...
A Scottish science fiction convention about science fiction in Scotland. 🏴
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...
A Scottish science fiction convention about science fiction in Scotland. 🏴
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
We've sold 26 tickets for PictCon2! I would love to sell 24 more before I pay the deposit next week.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...
A Scottish science fiction convention about science fiction in Scotland. 🏴
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pictcon2-t...
A Scottish science fiction convention about science fiction in Scotland. 🏴
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Sat in coffee shop for a bit. Watching rain lashing down. Finished reading a novel for next @gsfwc.bsky.social session and trying to reduce my running commentary down to something resembling a useful summary. Getting there. May be should have some cake just to keep me going?
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Sat in coffee shop for a bit. Watching rain lashing down. Finished reading a novel for next @gsfwc.bsky.social session and trying to reduce my running commentary down to something resembling a useful summary. Getting there. May be should have some cake just to keep me going?
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I would love it if you could join me at one my upcoming events to celebrate the release of Daughters of Nicnevin
Waterstones events here: www.waterstones.com/events/searc...
The Highland Bookshop tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daughters-...
Waterstones events here: www.waterstones.com/events/searc...
The Highland Bookshop tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daughters-...
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I would love it if you could join me at one my upcoming events to celebrate the release of Daughters of Nicnevin
Waterstones events here: www.waterstones.com/events/searc...
The Highland Bookshop tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daughters-...
Waterstones events here: www.waterstones.com/events/searc...
The Highland Bookshop tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daughters-...
ICYMI here's a wee reminder: our Cameron Johnston's on BBC Radio Scotland!
His new tale's Upload of the Month on The Arts Mix. Check it out, plus a wee interview with Len Pennie and Anna Welander, on the 29th October show -- which you can stream at the link below.
@cameronjohnston.bsky.social
His new tale's Upload of the Month on The Arts Mix. Check it out, plus a wee interview with Len Pennie and Anna Welander, on the 29th October show -- which you can stream at the link below.
@cameronjohnston.bsky.social
BBC Radio Scotland - Afternoons, The Arts Mix, Upload on the Arts Mix
Len Pennie and Anna Welander discover listener content from BBC Upload.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
ICYMI here's a wee reminder: our Cameron Johnston's on BBC Radio Scotland!
His new tale's Upload of the Month on The Arts Mix. Check it out, plus a wee interview with Len Pennie and Anna Welander, on the 29th October show -- which you can stream at the link below.
@cameronjohnston.bsky.social
His new tale's Upload of the Month on The Arts Mix. Check it out, plus a wee interview with Len Pennie and Anna Welander, on the 29th October show -- which you can stream at the link below.
@cameronjohnston.bsky.social
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I’m so proud/annoyingly happy to be in this book:
Happy Book Birthday to Blood In The Bricks (NewCon Press), the new anthology edited by our own Neil Williamson!
Read on for how you can nab the special edition! (1/3)
@donredwood.bsky.social @lyndseycroal.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @dancoxon.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social
Read on for how you can nab the special edition! (1/3)
@donredwood.bsky.social @lyndseycroal.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @dancoxon.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social
Blood in the Bricks
Blood in the Bricks eBook : williamson, Neil, Slatter, Angela, Bennett, James, Whates, Ian, Major, Tim, Fahey, Tracy, Cluley, Ray, Coxon, Dan, Lakin, Kim, Jones, Penny: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I’m so proud/annoyingly happy to be in this book:
Happy Book Birthday to Blood In The Bricks (NewCon Press), the new anthology edited by our own Neil Williamson!
Read on for how you can nab the special edition! (1/3)
@donredwood.bsky.social @lyndseycroal.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @dancoxon.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social
Read on for how you can nab the special edition! (1/3)
@donredwood.bsky.social @lyndseycroal.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @dancoxon.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social
Blood in the Bricks
Blood in the Bricks eBook : williamson, Neil, Slatter, Angela, Bennett, James, Whates, Ian, Major, Tim, Fahey, Tracy, Cluley, Ray, Coxon, Dan, Lakin, Kim, Jones, Penny: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Happy Book Birthday to Blood In The Bricks (NewCon Press), the new anthology edited by our own Neil Williamson!
Read on for how you can nab the special edition! (1/3)
@donredwood.bsky.social @lyndseycroal.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @dancoxon.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social
Read on for how you can nab the special edition! (1/3)
@donredwood.bsky.social @lyndseycroal.bsky.social @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @dancoxon.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social
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It's officially launch day for Blood In The Bricks! It's folk horror, but right here in our towns and cities, written by some of my absolute favourite contemporary writers. Get it now (or They'll pay you a visit).
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
It's officially launch day for Blood In The Bricks! It's folk horror, but right here in our towns and cities, written by some of my absolute favourite contemporary writers. Get it now (or They'll pay you a visit).
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...
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Really looking forward to this!
Join our Shona Kinsella in launching Daughters of Nicnevin across Scotland's Central Belt!
#Glasgow folks can enjoy Jacobite sapphic witches at Waterstones Argyle Street on 20th November (w/ Sam K. Horton).
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k...
(1/2) @shonak.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social
#Glasgow folks can enjoy Jacobite sapphic witches at Waterstones Argyle Street on 20th November (w/ Sam K. Horton).
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k...
(1/2) @shonak.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social
Sam K. Horton and Shona Kinsella In Conversation | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Sam K. Horton and Shona Kinsella In Conversation today.
www.waterstones.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Really looking forward to this!
Join our Shona Kinsella in launching Daughters of Nicnevin across Scotland's Central Belt!
#Glasgow folks can enjoy Jacobite sapphic witches at Waterstones Argyle Street on 20th November (w/ Sam K. Horton).
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k...
(1/2) @shonak.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social
#Glasgow folks can enjoy Jacobite sapphic witches at Waterstones Argyle Street on 20th November (w/ Sam K. Horton).
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k...
(1/2) @shonak.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social
Sam K. Horton and Shona Kinsella In Conversation | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Sam K. Horton and Shona Kinsella In Conversation today.
www.waterstones.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Join our Shona Kinsella in launching Daughters of Nicnevin across Scotland's Central Belt!
#Glasgow folks can enjoy Jacobite sapphic witches at Waterstones Argyle Street on 20th November (w/ Sam K. Horton).
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k...
(1/2) @shonak.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social
#Glasgow folks can enjoy Jacobite sapphic witches at Waterstones Argyle Street on 20th November (w/ Sam K. Horton).
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k...
(1/2) @shonak.bsky.social @samkhorton.bsky.social