MK Hardy
@mkhardywrites.com
Sapphic Scottish specfic duo E&M. Fungi fanatics, lurcher lovers, gin guzzlers.
The Needfire NOW OUT out with Solaris Books!
Repped by John Baker @ BLM.
https://linktr.ee/mkhardy
The Needfire NOW OUT out with Solaris Books!
Repped by John Baker @ BLM.
https://linktr.ee/mkhardy
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MK Hardy
@mkhardywrites.com
· Aug 1
Our sapphic Scottish Gothic dark fantasy novel is now out! Follow Norah as she moves to the far north of Scotland to the foreboding Corrain House, where roots twist beneath the foundations and secrets stalk the corridors.
Buy it from your retailer of choice: geni.us/needfire
Buy it from your retailer of choice: geni.us/needfire
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Survey closes on Friday! Please fill it out if you've ever been accepted for or declined funding by Creative Scotland's Open Fund! I sent through my overly comprehensive thoughts...
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Survey: Share your thoughts on Creative Scotland’s Open Funds
This survey will help us understand how we can best shape the new Open Access Funds to improve access, simplify processes and better support the sector.
www.creativescotland.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Survey closes on Friday! Please fill it out if you've ever been accepted for or declined funding by Creative Scotland's Open Fund! I sent through my overly comprehensive thoughts...
www.creativescotland.com/news-stories...
www.creativescotland.com/news-stories...
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REMINDER FOR MY FRIENDS IN UK ACADEMIA
If you're Unison, Unite, UCU, EIS, PLEASE POST YOUR BALLOT BACK by tomorrow. We're balloting for amounts to a general strike in HE. This EXISTENTIAL for the sector. Please, please get your vote in as we need to make quorum.
If you're Unison, Unite, UCU, EIS, PLEASE POST YOUR BALLOT BACK by tomorrow. We're balloting for amounts to a general strike in HE. This EXISTENTIAL for the sector. Please, please get your vote in as we need to make quorum.
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
REMINDER FOR MY FRIENDS IN UK ACADEMIA
If you're Unison, Unite, UCU, EIS, PLEASE POST YOUR BALLOT BACK by tomorrow. We're balloting for amounts to a general strike in HE. This EXISTENTIAL for the sector. Please, please get your vote in as we need to make quorum.
If you're Unison, Unite, UCU, EIS, PLEASE POST YOUR BALLOT BACK by tomorrow. We're balloting for amounts to a general strike in HE. This EXISTENTIAL for the sector. Please, please get your vote in as we need to make quorum.
Can't come; too busy washing my bog.
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Can't come; too busy washing my bog.
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“Idleness so called, which does not consist in doing nothing, but in doing a great deal not recognised in the dogmatic formularies of the ruling class, has as good a right to state its position as industry itself.”
—“An Apology for Idlers”
Robert Louis Stevenson (1877)
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69825
—“An Apology for Idlers”
Robert Louis Stevenson (1877)
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69825
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
“Idleness so called, which does not consist in doing nothing, but in doing a great deal not recognised in the dogmatic formularies of the ruling class, has as good a right to state its position as industry itself.”
—“An Apology for Idlers”
Robert Louis Stevenson (1877)
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69825
—“An Apology for Idlers”
Robert Louis Stevenson (1877)
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69825
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The amazing #Creatives4Sudan charity auction is now live! There's hundreds of bookish & arty items & opportunities up for grabs, all going to Darfur food kitchens.
Please check it out & support however you can?
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Please check it out & support however you can?
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The amazing #Creatives4Sudan charity auction is now live! There's hundreds of bookish & arty items & opportunities up for grabs, all going to Darfur food kitchens.
Please check it out & support however you can?
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Please check it out & support however you can?
app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
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In reflection, these leaves fallen across a puddle, have found a way back into their parents’ arms.
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
In reflection, these leaves fallen across a puddle, have found a way back into their parents’ arms.
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When she solves the riddle of the house and flees, she will wear a raincoat and sturdy boots, and tears like a veil.
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
When she solves the riddle of the house and flees, she will wear a raincoat and sturdy boots, and tears like a veil.
A great keynote from Gemma Creffield from @solsticebooksuk.bsky.social at the @cymerafestival.co.uk Writers Conference, all about the importance of networks and collaboration in writing and publishing. "Listen to counsel, build your audience, and rule with kindness.“
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
A great keynote from Gemma Creffield from @solsticebooksuk.bsky.social at the @cymerafestival.co.uk Writers Conference, all about the importance of networks and collaboration in writing and publishing. "Listen to counsel, build your audience, and rule with kindness.“
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It’s tonight! I’m so nervous and excited about this week’s events that I haven’t slept properly in 3 days 😂.
Catch me tonight chatting with @samkhorton.bsky.social and @megintransition.bsky.social at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k...
Catch me tonight chatting with @samkhorton.bsky.social and @megintransition.bsky.social at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k...
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 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
It’s tonight! I’m so nervous and excited about this week’s events that I haven’t slept properly in 3 days 😂.
Catch me tonight chatting with @samkhorton.bsky.social and @megintransition.bsky.social at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k...
Catch me tonight chatting with @samkhorton.bsky.social and @megintransition.bsky.social at @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social
www.waterstones.com/events/sam-k...
Was enthusing in the group chat about the French 2002 film Brotherhood of the Wolf - I was obsessed with it in college, but it seems like not a lot of people know about it. Does anybody else remember it??
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Was enthusing in the group chat about the French 2002 film Brotherhood of the Wolf - I was obsessed with it in college, but it seems like not a lot of people know about it. Does anybody else remember it??
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God, how I hate what kind of society we are becoming... Btw, we can stop it, it depends on us: which kind of world we create, which kind of community we foster, which kind of cities we live in. You can help @argonautbooks.bsky.social by sharing wide and far!
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
God, how I hate what kind of society we are becoming... Btw, we can stop it, it depends on us: which kind of world we create, which kind of community we foster, which kind of cities we live in. You can help @argonautbooks.bsky.social by sharing wide and far!
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
This was such a lovely event!! Definitely check out But n' Ben if you're near Stonehaven, it's a fab wee shop.
A fab wee event at the lovely But n' Ben Books in Stonehaven today with @mkhardywrites.com, chatting folklore and the gothic and finding our books have plenty in common 🖤🤗 A lovely local bookshop, especially great SFFH selection, so if you find yourself in the area do pop in!! 🏴📚✨️
November 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This was such a lovely event!! Definitely check out But n' Ben if you're near Stonehaven, it's a fab wee shop.
I swear I posted this before but apparently not. Better late than never... super excited to be heading to But n Ben books in Stonehaven for a signing and chat with @lyndseycroal.bsky.social this afternoon! Hope to see folk there!
November 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I swear I posted this before but apparently not. Better late than never... super excited to be heading to But n Ben books in Stonehaven for a signing and chat with @lyndseycroal.bsky.social this afternoon! Hope to see folk there!
Grab The Needfire for 99p, along with loads of other fantastic spooky books. Ghosts and ghouls aren't just for Halloween, after all!
Halloween may be over, but we're still feeling spooky!
So, how about a bumper website exclusive #stillspooky sale of our spookiest titles for only 0.99 each? Shop the sale: geni.us/Solarissale
Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
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So, how about a bumper website exclusive #stillspooky sale of our spookiest titles for only 0.99 each? Shop the sale: geni.us/Solarissale
Titles available vary by your country of origin. Ends on 24th November 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Grab The Needfire for 99p, along with loads of other fantastic spooky books. Ghosts and ghouls aren't just for Halloween, after all!
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It’s here: the cover for the UK edition of VILE LADY VILLAINS, coming out April 02 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph🖤
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It’s here: the cover for the UK edition of VILE LADY VILLAINS, coming out April 02 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph🖤
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It’s today! 13 months after I started writing it, Daughters of Nicnevin is out in the world! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/daug...
Daughters of Nicnevin
Check out Daughters of Nicnevin - <p>Mairead and Constance, two powerful witches, meet in the early days of the 1745 Jacobite uprising. While the men of the village are away fighting, the villagers fa...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
It’s today! 13 months after I started writing it, Daughters of Nicnevin is out in the world! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/daug...
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Project Hanuman is here. I hope you'll take a look as I think it's a pretty good space opera - no hero's journey here - this is about community, how we build back better and, of course, mind bending space battles in sentient ships.
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
Discover Project Hanuman: A Unique Sci-Fi Adventure
Discover 'Project Hanuman', a thrilling adventure of galactic civilizations, survival, and community. Get your copy now!
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November 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Project Hanuman is here. I hope you'll take a look as I think it's a pretty good space opera - no hero's journey here - this is about community, how we build back better and, of course, mind bending space battles in sentient ships.
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
We said goodbye to the best boy today.
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We said goodbye to the best boy today.
Me, having a birthday a week and a half ago: Wow, this last year had some real low points. I hope this next year is better.
This next year: hold my beer.
This next year: hold my beer.
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Me, having a birthday a week and a half ago: Wow, this last year had some real low points. I hope this next year is better.
This next year: hold my beer.
This next year: hold my beer.
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The BFS Award for best novella went to the excellent The Last To Drown by Lorraine Wilson and you will not forget this story in a hurry www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2024/2/...
The Last To Drown by Lorraine Wilson — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Luna Press Publishing for an advance copy of this novella in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Luna Press Publishing Published – 19/2 Price – £8.99 paper...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
November 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The BFS Award for best novella went to the excellent The Last To Drown by Lorraine Wilson and you will not forget this story in a hurry www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2024/2/...
Had great fun at the Solaris launch event with the best stablemates a gestalt writing entity could hope for.
Book launch party for @solarisbooks.bsky.social authirs @mkhardywrites.com, @rainewilson.bsky.social and Sam K Horton ✨️
November 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Had great fun at the Solaris launch event with the best stablemates a gestalt writing entity could hope for.
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The first full day at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social kicks off with a chat about strong female leads who do *not* kick ass. Here’s @mkhardywrites.com @rainewilson.bsky.social @lauraannegilman.bsky.social with moderator @pslivingstone.bsky.social.
October 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The first full day at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social kicks off with a chat about strong female leads who do *not* kick ass. Here’s @mkhardywrites.com @rainewilson.bsky.social @lauraannegilman.bsky.social with moderator @pslivingstone.bsky.social.
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Writing is a lonely business?! Not for our panel, who have embraced co-creation with others. Come along to find out how it works.
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Saturday, 22nd November: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Saturday, 22nd November: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Writing is a lonely business?! Not for our panel, who have embraced co-creation with others. Come along to find out how it works.
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Saturday, 22nd November: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
Join us for Cymera's Writers' Conference on Saturday, 22nd November: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
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Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair, hosted by Lighthouse Books
This year’s Book Fair theme is ecosystems of change, focusing on how we forge the coalitions vital to meaningful change and to building the world we deserve.
@lighthousebks.bsky.social #BookSky 📚💙
lighthousebookshop.com/events/edinb...
This year’s Book Fair theme is ecosystems of change, focusing on how we forge the coalitions vital to meaningful change and to building the world we deserve.
@lighthousebks.bsky.social #BookSky 📚💙
lighthousebookshop.com/events/edinb...
October 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair, hosted by Lighthouse Books
This year’s Book Fair theme is ecosystems of change, focusing on how we forge the coalitions vital to meaningful change and to building the world we deserve.
@lighthousebks.bsky.social #BookSky 📚💙
lighthousebookshop.com/events/edinb...
This year’s Book Fair theme is ecosystems of change, focusing on how we forge the coalitions vital to meaningful change and to building the world we deserve.
@lighthousebks.bsky.social #BookSky 📚💙
lighthousebookshop.com/events/edinb...