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GoldSF @goldsf.bsky.social · May 27

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GoldSF @goldsf.bsky.social · May 27

"We had sensed this need for greater diversity in the ecosystem"

Editors of GoldSF @unamccormack.bsky.social
& Paul March-Russell - on why they started a feminist sci-fi imprint, who they want to read proposals from and where the project is going!

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GoldSF @goldsf.bsky.social · May 7

GoldSF author @abicurtiswriter.bsky.social on the IZ Pod talking about the magic of the ordinary, the power of place, writing about early parenthood, and her novel "The Headland".
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GoldSF @goldsf.bsky.social · Apr 29

A first look at Jessy Randall’s upcoming poetry collection, “The Path of Most Resistance: Poems on Women in Science”!

With illustrations by NASA artist Kristin DiVona, the lives of these often overlooked historical figures are brought into the light.

This book is available for pre-order now.

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GoldSF @goldsf.bsky.social · Apr 10

GoldSF series editor and Foundation editor Paul March-Russell in conversation with Chris Deacey:

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Cabin FM Tuesday 8 April 2025

Highlights from Afternoons on Cabin on Tuesday 8 April 2025 including a live interview with the editor of the science fiction journal Foundation, Paul March-Russell, who talks about Doctor Who writ…

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GoldSF @goldsf.bsky.social · Apr 10

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Dan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · Apr 7

The first review of this week at @strangehorizons.bsky.social is from @octavia-cade.bsky.social, of Pippa Goldschmidt’s BSFA-shortlisted collection from @goldsf.bsky.social.

“I didn’t quite shove all the other reviewers out of the way to get to this, but it was a near thing.”

On lives in science:

Schrödinger’s Wife (and Other Possibilities) by Pippa Goldschmidt

If there’s a repeated theme in Schrödinger’s Wife (and Other Possibilities) it’s how the practice of science mirrors the life of its practitioners.

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GoldSF @goldsf.bsky.social · Apr 8

'Schrödinger's Wife' reviewed in Strange Horizons:
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Schrödinger’s Wife (and Other Possibilities) by Pippa Goldschmidt

If there’s a repeated theme in Schrödinger’s Wife (and Other Possibilities) it’s how the practice of science mirrors the life of its practitioners.

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ooOOOoona McCormack 🎃 @unamccormack.bsky.social · Apr 6

Great review of “The Mune” by Sue Dawes, from @goldsf.bsky.social.

Niall Harrison @niallharrison.bsky.social · Apr 6

Sometimes two books end up speaking to each other in ways you don't expect: locusmag.com/2025/04/the-...

The Mune by Sue Dawes and The Hampdenshire Wonder by J.D. Beresford: Review by Niall Harrison

The Mune, Sue Dawes (Gold SF 978-1-91598-324-4, $19.95, 329pp, tp) March 2025. The Hampdenshire Wonder, J.D. Beresford (Sidgwick & Jackson 412pp, hc) 1911. (The MIT Press 978-0-26255-141-0, $19…

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GoldSF @goldsf.bsky.social · Mar 27

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GoldSF @goldsf.bsky.social · Mar 27

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The Mune

Thirty "surplus" mothers from asylums, workhouses, and the streets of Victorian England are shipwrecked on an island in an alternate universe. To survive, th...

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GoldSF @goldsf.bsky.social · Mar 27

“The Mune” is our newest Gold SF title.
30 Victorian women - “surplus” mothers - are shipwrecked on an island in a parallel universe. To survive, they must create a new society. How will they shake off the patriarchal chains that bound them & raise their children to be free?

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Abi Curtis @abicurtiswriter.bsky.social · Mar 11

Great event Women in Science Fiction with @unamccormack.bsky.social for @yorklitfest.bsky.social @goldsf.bsky.social @goldsmithspress.bsky.social #womeninscifi

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ooOOOoona McCormack 🎃 @unamccormack.bsky.social · Mar 19

And big congrats to @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social, whose collection "Schrodinger's Wife (and other possibilities)" has also been shortlisted! @goldsf.bsky.social

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Schrodinger's Wife (and Other Possibilities)

The stories in Schrödinger's Wife (and Other Possibilities) travel through laboratories, observatories, rockets, hotel rooms, hospitals, out to the Antarcti...

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GoldSF @goldsf.bsky.social · Mar 19

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GoldSF @goldsf.bsky.social · Mar 19

🎉The #BSFA Awards Shortlist was announced last night, & one of our very own #GoldSF titles "Schrödinger’s Wife (And Other Possibilities)" by @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social is shortlisted for Best Collection.🎉

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GoldSF @goldsf.bsky.social · Feb 23

@pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social @abicurtiswriter.bsky.social @goldsmithspress.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #SF #FeministSF #IntersectionalSF #newwriting #books #newbooks #writers

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GoldSF @goldsf.bsky.social · Feb 23

As co-founder Paul March-Russell explains in a guest post on @thefantasyhive.bsky.social, Gold SF was set up by himself, @unamccormack.bsky.social & Sarah Kember as a feminist SF imprint along the lines of the Women’s Press SF list of the 1980s, but updated to be intersectional.

BSFA Awards Longlists 2025 and My Selections

The publication of the longlist of nominations for the BSFA awards is now part of the annual calendar of UK SFF. Reading through it is a pleasurable way of reminding us of the highlights of last ye…

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GoldSF @goldsf.bsky.social · Feb 23

BSFA 2025/ Nick Hubble's Selections:
"Schrödinger’s Wife" is one of 3 books (pictured) on the longlists from @GoldsmithsPress GoldSF imprint, with Vonda N. McIntyre’s "Little Sisters & Other Stories" also on Best Collection list & Abi Curtis’s "The Headland" on Best Novel longlist.

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GoldSF @goldsf.bsky.social · Feb 3

Delighted to see "This is Not a Science Fiction Textbook" featured on the annual Locus Recommended list.
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#SF #ScienceFiction #SFBooks
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GoldSF @goldsf.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thank you! 🙏🏼😊

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GoldSF @goldsf.bsky.social · Feb 3

Wonderful #GoldSF news!
3x GoldSF titles on the @bsfa.bsky.social #Longlist
#BSFAAwards2024
Please vote for us!

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ooOOOoona McCormack 🎃 @unamccormack.bsky.social · Feb 1

Absolutely delighted to see 3 @goldsf.bsky.social titles on the BSFA longlist!

Congrats to @abicurtiswriter.bsky.social & @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social, and brilliant to see @vondanmcintyre.bsky.social’s short fiction longlisted too.

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Vote for the BSFA Awards

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SJ Groenewegen @sjgroenewegen.co.uk · Feb 1

This book is included on the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards long list, too!

Congratulations to @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social and the team at @goldsf.bsky.social @goldsmithspress.bsky.social

Runalong Womble @runalongwomble.bsky.social · Feb 1

This week on the blog - a gorgeous set of SF tales await in Schrödinger’s Wife (and other possibilities) by Pippa Goldschmidt www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/1/...

Schrodinger's Wife (and Other Possibilities) by Pippa Goldschmidt — Runalong The Shelves

I would like to thank the author and Goldsmiths for a copy of this collection in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Goldsmiths Published – Out now Price – £17.99 paperback £11....

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