Plus new works from Agata MasΕowska, Iyad Hayatleh, Meg Bateman and Robert Crawford. Hosted by the project creator, our Makar, Padraig Macaoidh (Peter Mackay).
Livestream will be on StAnza's YouTube channel.
Soon, Juana Adcock and I will be sharing our new multilingual collaborative poem at this event...
Our Many-Voiced Country
Saturday 14 March 2026
11.30am - 12:30pm
StAnza International Poetry Festival
Byre Theatre, St Andrews // livestreamed
Tickets: byretheatre.com/shows/stanza...
Nice wee In This City, Where it Rains review: "...It's a horror show over there. If I had to do a comparison, I'd say that Lyndsey Croal's novella felt a bit like Crimson Peak meets Silent Hill." If those are your jam, check it out! π β¨ talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2026/03/tota...
Giant snake on an info panel about to eat a screaming child
The Museum of Scotland using small children in size comparison info panels is absolutely sending me.
Thread-like lines forming an abstract, necklace-like shape across the lower half of the image, title reads "the month of carrying the dead" by Natasha Soto. The Scottish BPOC Writers Network logo is on the top right corner.
π£New Blog Post π£: Stories about our dead, and what they say about us, in our latest guest blog post by Natasha Soto. Read the full post here: https://scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/the-month-of-carrying-the-dead/
Dark water surface, with hand reaching through it, while being reflected on the other side. The Scottish BPOC Writers Network logo is on the tip right. The text reads: "Connecting with my ancestors: The living, not the dead" by Jasmeen Kanwal
π£New Blog Post π£: Jasmeen Kanwal is not her ancestors, she's goth punk! Read all about her exploration of ancestry here: https://scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/connecting-with-my-ancestors-the-living-not-the-dead/
Crawling out from my social hibernation cave coz I'm so stoked Anthony is giving our keynote! π + looking forward to gathering with writers, readers & friends.
Open to everyone + open mic + refreshments by Gaujira + we have travel & carer bursaries for Black people & people of colour. Tickets ππ½
Graphic of two books in Santa hats: Time Cleaves Itself and North Bridge: Where we Travelled. Snowflakes and a Santa sleigh with reindeer. Last orders 16 December! jedapearl.com/shop
π Last orders 16 December (UK)! Gift yourself or loved ones...
βοΈ North Bridge: Where We Travelled - colour anthology, Edinburgh writers, fiction, memoir, SFF, poetry, script & a game! Β£10 π
π§π½βπ Time Cleaves Itself - debut poetry collection Β£10.99 π
π jedapearl.com/shop or your local indie bookshop
I'm soooo looking forward to reading @rainewilson.bsky.social new book! π
βThe work was emotionally exhausting, with chat users confiding intimate details about their real-life relationships, as well as their own emotional trauma, falsely believing they were talking to an unfeeling AI chatbot.β
πβ Love Typewronger!
Don't miss the first session of Metaphors for a Black Future on 8th December! Writing with and the Practice of Permission with Foluke Taylor by & for Black writers. Book your spot now: scottishbpocwritersnetwork.org/metaphors-fo...
β€οΈβπ©Ή Black history walking tour fundraiser by Lisa Williams: blackhistoryscotland.com
β€οΈβπ©Ή UK group of Black-led organisations fundraiser: www.gofundme.com/f/CaribbeanH...
More here: linktr.ee/caribbeansol...
β€οΈβπ©Ή Edinburgh drop-off
MON-FRI 10am-6pm
The Corstorphine Nursery, EH12 7UN
Items needed:
Canned food, basic non-perishable foods (rice etc)
Toiletries, bottled water, batteries
Baby food, nappies /diapers
Bed linen
β€οΈβπ©Ή Scottish fundraiser for buying items needed: www.gofundme.com/f/help-jamai...
Thankfully my family are ok because they happen to live near Kingston and although the hurricane covered the 147-mile wide island, the east was not as badly affected.
Please send any links, fundraisers etc my way, especially Scottish ones & local Caribbean grassroots.
Our climate crisis disproportionately affects the Global South and is making adverse weather events like hurricanes so much worse. The Caribbean sea was much warmer, making Melissa stronger. People are still unaccounted for, vegetation completely denuded, trees & uprooted, buildings destroyed.
Please share. π I collated a big list of links & resources including finding loved ones, and updating it regularly - I need more for Cuba & Haiti: linktr.ee/caribbeansol...
#HurricaneMelissa (400-mile wide record-breaking cat 5) caused devastation, especially across western Jamaica
Fiction Submissions Open Indigenous Authors
Our portal is still open to submissions by Indigenous Authors!
Here is more information about our submission process including the link to our amoksha submission portal:
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
What a joy to be amongst all these clever people last night launching #NorthBridge Where We Traveled last night. Huge thanks to @jedapearl.bsky.social for all her creativity, thoughtfulness and hard work bringing this project together. It only remains to say- buy the book! payhip.com/b/BxUCD
Hurricane Melissa wreaked havoc in my birth nation of Jamaica. Reported: "The University of Miami with the US NOAA measured wind speeds from start to finish across Jamaica with the weather aircraft named Kermit. The maximum wind gust speeds were 252mph and maximum sustained winds were 185 mph..."
Watercolour artwork of a bright red and orange phoenix rising against a soft blue sky background. Large white text across the image reads βProgrammeβ. In the bottom right corner, smaller white text says βIridescenceβ and βeastercon2026.orgβ
Programme at Iridescence!
Want to be on a panel, run a workshop, or give a talk? Fill in the form and submit your ideas.
We are excited to build an awesome programme with you!
eastercon2026.org/programme
A photo of Jeda holding 4 copies of the book, North Bridge: Where We Travelled. She is smiling and wearing a patterned jumper and headband. Her hair is tied up. The book has an illustration of the bridge on it.
Proud book mama stylee! ππ₯Ή Three sleeps to launch! Come and meet our amazing contributors on Saturday, and hear poems, real-life and invented stories, a script and a game.
π« www.tickettailor.com/events/jedap...
The beautiful Scottish Treasuries collections by #TheresaBreslin are now available in #audio individually or as a bundle from Voxblock! π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ π
π§ββοΈ Folk and Fairy Tales
π Mythical Creatures
π° Castle Legends
Thanks to our partner
@florisbooks.bsky.social
voxblock.co.uk/products/sco...
Our AGM week 2025 is dedicated to Author Care.
With discussions around transparency, support and inclusion, communication and self-care, we ask how authors and publishing professionals can work better together and how authors can find support if needed.
Cutting support to the motability scheme for disabled people, while we continue to fund Prince Andrew's residences & "lifestyle", should *radicalise anyone* ππ«π€¬
#CharlesTheLast #TaxTheRich #WealthTaxNow
Perfect for the early morning larks you know... π
Hey bluesky - who are your favourite trans horror and fantasy writers?
Bonus points for recent novels or shorts.
I have some in mind but my titles may be a little old now
Delighted to see this hard work come to fruition. This will be such an empowering tool for so many people across the industry π€©
FIYAH No 36 Gods and Monsters Cover art by Odera Igbokwe
We up! In a day FULL of stellar releases to celebrate, behold our latest issue of FIYAH! Gods and Monsters. Six stories. Three poems. All we're missing are your grabby hands! π₯°
fiyahlitmag.com/shop/issues/...
Digital painted original art by CL Hellisen featuring a hand reaching up, bleeding, with moths gathered around the hand. in the background is the outline of roots reaching out
β¨ I commissioned the talented @clhellisen.bsky.social to do some promo art for In This City, Where it Rains, and I was so blown away by the perfect gothic weird moths delight they created!! Feast your eyes!! ITCWIR is out Feb 3rd from @lunapress.bsky.social! Pre-orders: linktr.ee/lyndseycroal π€β¨
