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Anne Charnock

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Writer. Dreams Before the Start of Time - Arthur C Clarke Award. Other novels - shortlists Philip K Dick, BSFA, Kitschies Awards. Alston Moor in Autumn 2026. Coastal hiker, bird watcher, cyclist. Rep’d Sarah Such.

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Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 14d

Thrilled! Goldsmiths Press/Gold SF will publish ALSTON MOOR in Autumn 2026. Epic eco-fiction with two entwined storylines, 500 years apart!
I’ve adored every minute of research for this novel.
@goldsmithspress.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sarahsuch.bsky.social

Goldsmiths Press to publish my latest novel Alston Moor - Anne Charnock

I am totally thrilled that Goldsmiths Press will be publishing my novel Alston Moor in the Autumn of 2026 as part of the press’s Gold SF feminist series.

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Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 2d

Paul March-Russell on EJ Swift: "in electing to write against the white noise of voices prophesying doom, Swift’s turn to the utopian is courageous ... [it's] a viable demonstration of how we can meet the greatest challenges that face us as a community."

A review, and a novel, which demands notice.

Niall Harrison @niallharrison.bsky.social · 2d

"When We are Wolves Again is not only the novel we have been waiting for from E. J. Swift, one of the UK’s brightest younger talents in speculative fiction, but the novel we also have been waiting for as readers." Amen to that. strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

When There are Wolves Again by E.J. Swift

When There Are Wolves Again is, put simply, the most important, the most courageous, the most uplifting novel I have read in years.

strangehorizons.com

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Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks. I’ll see if I can track it down.

Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 2d

I’d like to watch that! Are you viewing it on a PBS app?

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 3d

I think about this LSE post a lot at the moment.

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Politics is too complex to be understood just in terms of Left and Right | British Politics and Policy at LSE

What does it really mean to be “right” or “left” in England today? Can we be certain that all who identify as conservative are against immigration? Or can we say that anyone opposing Trident is invari...

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Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 6d

Heaps of praise for Nina Allan and A Granite Silence from critic Stuart Kelly. @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social A packed event. Fantastic conversation! 📚📚📚

Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 7d

Dear I-330. Report to Auditorium 112.

Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 7d

Visiting Wigtown Book Festival for few days. And a great start with @dominicmhinde.bsky.social interviewed by Stuart Kelly about his new memoir/environmental history/travelogue Drifting North - Finding a sustainable future for Scotland’s past.
Can’t wait to read. 📚

Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 8d

Enter the world of Dreams Before the Start of Time! 👀 Amazing development.

Human skin cells are turned into eggs in fertility breakthrough

Scientists say their early-stage work could help older women or same-sex male couples have children

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 9d

🧪 Open to Science Poetry Submissions 🖋️

The Consilience journal is now open for submissions of science-themed poetry and artwork! Issue 23 explores the topic of ‘Tension’.

Submit your work for free here:

www.consilience-journal.com/submit

#SciComm #SciArt #Poetry

submit — Consilience

For each issue of Consilience we invite submissions of poetry or artwork. All submissions must have a link to science, fit the theme of the upcoming issue, and also be in line with our inclusivity sta...

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Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 9d

For Monday: seven cormorants. They love the old pier at Port Bannatyne. 💚
Isle of Bute

Derelict wooden pier with cormorants, all facing right. Strong shadows and a blue sea.

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Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 10d

Wow. So distinctive.

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Future Revisitations @futurerevisited.bsky.social · 10d

On to ‘Corfe Gate’, the climactic last novella of Keith Robert’s extraordinary novel ‘Pavane’.
So a fitting moment to also celebrate Robert’s talents as an illustrator, including contributing many striking covers to SF Impulse, in which the majority of these superlative tales first appeared.

Cover of a 1966 issue of the British SF magazine ‘SF Impulse’, depicting a scene from Keith Robert’s story ‘Corfe Gate’ - the illustration shows an assembled army (on horseback, holding banners aloft and pulling a wheeled cannon) outside the stronghold of a castle (fashioned after the real life edifice of Corfe Castle in its prime).

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Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 10d

Brilliant cover. I must try to find a copy.

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Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 10d

Date for your calendar! Do not miss @catamaroon.bsky.social and @starkholborn.bsky.social in conversation! 📚

E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · 18d

I'll be at @stanfordsbristol.bsky.social on 14 October in conversation with @starkholborn.bsky.social - please do share if you know someone who might be interested 😊🐺 bristol.stanfords.co.uk/2025/08/15/e...

E. J. Swift: When There Are Wolves Again - Stanfords Bristol

Tuesday 14th October 2025, 6:30 PM We’re thrilled to welcome Arthur C Clarke shortlisted author E J Swift to the shop on Tuesday 14th October to discuss her latest novel, When There Are Wolves Again! ...

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Anne Charnock @annecharnock.bsky.social · 12d

“The art of the Book of Kells is very different from the Iona stone sculpture, which, while high quality, lacks this endless inventiveness and unpredictability.”