Una McCormack
@unamccormack.bsky.social
NYT bestselling and BSFA & Scribe award-winning writer. Intersectional feminist science fiction with Gold SF. Fighting the long defeat since December 1981. Chiefest and greatest of calamities.
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Join the STW Society in London on 29th-30th May for a conference celebrating 100 years of Lolly Willowes. Keynote address by Adam Mars-Jones. Early bird tickets till 31st March. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lolly-will...
Lolly Willowes at 100
An international conference to mark the centenary of the publication of Warner's first and still her best-known novel, Lolly Willowes.
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February 5, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Join the STW Society in London on 29th-30th May for a conference celebrating 100 years of Lolly Willowes. Keynote address by Adam Mars-Jones. Early bird tickets till 31st March. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lolly-will...
OMG Starfleet Academy
February 5, 2026 at 9:02 PM
OMG Starfleet Academy
Oh I do love to see a lovely snowdrop
Oh a snowdrop’s a thing I love to see
Oh a snowdrop’s a thing I love to see
February 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Oh I do love to see a lovely snowdrop
Oh a snowdrop’s a thing I love to see
Oh a snowdrop’s a thing I love to see
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My big present to my brother for his big birthday: a signed first edition of Olaf Stapledon’s A Man Divided.
January 31, 2026 at 3:23 PM
My big present to my brother for his big birthday: a signed first edition of Olaf Stapledon’s A Man Divided.
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New Star Trek tomorrow! In the meantime, here's my poster art for last week's incredible episode "Vox in Excelso". Truly loving Starfleet Academy and this episode was the best yet. #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy
February 4, 2026 at 6:04 PM
New Star Trek tomorrow! In the meantime, here's my poster art for last week's incredible episode "Vox in Excelso". Truly loving Starfleet Academy and this episode was the best yet. #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy
This month's DWM contains my own personal favourite piece I've ever written for our favourite mag, so do please get it.
#DoctorWho #DoctorWhoMagazine
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#DoctorWho #DoctorWhoMagazine
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Doctor Who Magazine 626
THE DALEKS ARE BACK!Join THE FIFTEENTH DOCTOR as he finally confronts his arch-enemies, the Daleks, in our comic strip adventure Corruption of the Daleks!An exclusive look at the content of the f...
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February 4, 2026 at 1:40 PM
This month's DWM contains my own personal favourite piece I've ever written for our favourite mag, so do please get it.
#DoctorWho #DoctorWhoMagazine
www.panini.co.uk/shp_gbr_en/d...
#DoctorWho #DoctorWhoMagazine
www.panini.co.uk/shp_gbr_en/d...
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When people talk about the idea that some universities must go under, there’s a certain tendency to behave as if these smaller local campuses are negligible- regrettable casualties perhaps but not ‘real’ universities. This report does a great job of illustrating why that’s wrong.
Everything in this report reflects on what we value, for communities, for peripheral places, for young people, for education, for the future - and it looks like we’ve got it all wrong.
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:07 AM
When people talk about the idea that some universities must go under, there’s a certain tendency to behave as if these smaller local campuses are negligible- regrettable casualties perhaps but not ‘real’ universities. This report does a great job of illustrating why that’s wrong.
spoilers
"The mice were furious." "The mice were furious?" "Oh yes," said the old man mildly. "Yes well so I expect were the dogs and cats and duckbilled platypuses, but..." "Ah, but they hadn't paid for it you see, had they?"
February 4, 2026 at 5:38 AM
spoilers
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“Frog,” asked Toad, “did this really happen?”
“Maybe it did, and maybe it didn’t,” said Frog.
“Maybe it did, and maybe it didn’t,” said Frog.
February 4, 2026 at 5:37 AM
“Frog,” asked Toad, “did this really happen?”
“Maybe it did, and maybe it didn’t,” said Frog.
“Maybe it did, and maybe it didn’t,” said Frog.
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And it was to this planet that unattended biros would make their way, slipping away quietly through wormholes in space to a world where they knew they could enjoy a uniquely biroid lifestyle, responding to highly biro-orientated stimuli, and generally leading the biro equivalent of the good life.
February 3, 2026 at 5:32 AM
And it was to this planet that unattended biros would make their way, slipping away quietly through wormholes in space to a world where they knew they could enjoy a uniquely biroid lifestyle, responding to highly biro-orientated stimuli, and generally leading the biro equivalent of the good life.
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Then Toad began to bang his head against the wall
February 3, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Then Toad began to bang his head against the wall
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He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him, he could not imagine a greater deterrent to the natural wish to learn than this pattern of cramming in information and disgorging it on demand.
February 3, 2026 at 3:30 AM
He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him, he could not imagine a greater deterrent to the natural wish to learn than this pattern of cramming in information and disgorging it on demand.
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GOD a good piece about fic in a mainstream(ish) pub????
"How might we discuss fanfiction's influence on published fiction in a way that acknowledges that we get something out of fanfiction, and its related forms? Can we reach a healthier vision of the relationship between fiction and desire?"
"How might we discuss fanfiction's influence on published fiction in a way that acknowledges that we get something out of fanfiction, and its related forms? Can we reach a healthier vision of the relationship between fiction and desire?"
Fanfiction’s Total Cultural Victory | Defector
In 2012, a self-published author of erotic Twilight fanfiction, whose books had gained a large fan base online, was offered a seven-figure contract by a major American publisher. E. L. James’s Fifty S...
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February 2, 2026 at 10:16 PM
GOD a good piece about fic in a mainstream(ish) pub????
"How might we discuss fanfiction's influence on published fiction in a way that acknowledges that we get something out of fanfiction, and its related forms? Can we reach a healthier vision of the relationship between fiction and desire?"
"How might we discuss fanfiction's influence on published fiction in a way that acknowledges that we get something out of fanfiction, and its related forms? Can we reach a healthier vision of the relationship between fiction and desire?"
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Subscribe to the Backlisted Patreon now and you can read almost 100,000 words of Andy Miller’s Inventory which will be, when the right publisher grabs it, one of the finest music memoirs ever written.
Well, it already is, but you know how these things work. The most recent instalment confirms it.
Well, it already is, but you know how these things work. The most recent instalment confirms it.
A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. I put my heart, soul, brain and guts into this one, plus a lifetime of listening. 👓
This week: Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Blood & Chocolate but mostly blood. 🍫
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This week: Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Blood & Chocolate but mostly blood. 🍫
www.patreon.com/backlisted
February 2, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Subscribe to the Backlisted Patreon now and you can read almost 100,000 words of Andy Miller’s Inventory which will be, when the right publisher grabs it, one of the finest music memoirs ever written.
Well, it already is, but you know how these things work. The most recent instalment confirms it.
Well, it already is, but you know how these things work. The most recent instalment confirms it.
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Witch going to the Sabbath
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19480
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19480
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Witch going to the Sabbath
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19480
https://botfrens.com/collections/69/contents/19480
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Ningis are not negotiable currency, because the Galactibanks refuse to deal in fiddling small change. From this basic premise it is very simple to prove that the Galactibanks are also the product of a deranged imagination.
February 2, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Ningis are not negotiable currency, because the Galactibanks refuse to deal in fiddling small change. From this basic premise it is very simple to prove that the Galactibanks are also the product of a deranged imagination.
I am just learning, very late in the day, of the death last August of Ina Rae Hark. Ina mentored me through my first attempts at writing, and I would not have a writing career with her kindness, generosity, intelligence, and care. I'm heartbroken.
SCMS joins the field in mourning the loss of Ina Rae Hark, Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of South Carolina and a pioneering scholar of film and media studies.
February 2, 2026 at 7:50 AM
I am just learning, very late in the day, of the death last August of Ina Rae Hark. Ina mentored me through my first attempts at writing, and I would not have a writing career with her kindness, generosity, intelligence, and care. I'm heartbroken.
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Febyuree
February 2, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Febyuree
I see Isaac Chotiner has eaten again.
February 2, 2026 at 6:24 AM
I see Isaac Chotiner has eaten again.
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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1785
February 2, 2026 at 5:14 AM
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1785
Another day, another Peter Mandelson resignation…
February 2, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Another day, another Peter Mandelson resignation…
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Jake Thackray fans, save the date: 15th August will see a Jakefest in London. More details to follow.
February 1, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Jake Thackray fans, save the date: 15th August will see a Jakefest in London. More details to follow.