Alison Sampson is working

Surely, SURELY arresting quakers HAS to be a wake up call?
Jesus wept.

Names and ages of children killed in strike on Iranian school MEE has collected the names and ages of some of those killed in the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school strike

www.middleeasteye.net/news/names-a...
NO to war, NO to ai in war, Diplomacy, now, please. And certainly, NO to UK participation with people who do this.

Hopefully see you there. STILL waiting to hear.

That's massive! Congratulations!

Book of the Year - Graphic Novel Shortlist | The British Book Awards Check out the 2026 shortlist for the Graphic Novel Book of the Year category at The British Book Awards (aka ’The Nibbies)

Actually, here's that announcement, and it's huge! Who Killed Nessie by me and @rachaelsmith.bsky.social has been nominated in the British Book Awards! www.thebookseller.com/british-book...

It's very popular and very sold out. You might want to raise your prices.

isn't that some gavin guidry art, too? how annoying.

reading that article is.. really something. How could *anyone* have a person called 'Bitey the Clown' in a position where they made personnel decisions??? And the rest. I'm glad Janelle has moved on to more and better things.

:/

i'm not a maths person so this might be a PS dealbreaker for me.

Oh cool the latest PS update has broken actions.

he is a stupid man who has been brought into this by his own personal greed. not everyone else is quite as stupid, including the iranians. I do hope he isn't handling me- would be keen for my country to stay out of this stupid, stupid thing.

it is time to think about growing fruit.

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The US picking a fight with someone 30 miles away from a million of their citizens, who hasn't now got anything to lose, now Trump turned down all the concessions they *could* make (which were substantial) is.. you could say irresponsible.

trying to distract myself by looking at buds and growy stuff in the garden whilst also *finish drawings* and try not to think about being on a slippy slope to war.

what do you think of the theory that Iran is trying to drain resources and the US treasury and it is in part to have the US turn on itself?

All that is keeping these people alive is a handful of desalination plants. Which if they have not come under attack yet, will do. The amount of missiles you have does not matter if someone can just cut off the water. Thirst doesn't care who is elite human capital.

He has copies of LET HER BE EVIL. Get in!

its a LOT more for foreigners- if we can pluck up the courage, and we can't do sales. if you meet an overseas person at ECCC, please welcome them.

i think Middle East Eye has been a pretty good commentary on all this. The guy seems to be very knowledgeable.

some letterers are very anti, you do what looks best, you won't regret it.

my work, when i have the choice, is lettered in sentence case. try a few things out. some people's work is just better with it.

A man asked me last night what publishing needs to do for literary fiction to begin appealing to men again. I said, as nicely as I could, that, with over 2,000 books published every Tuesday, of which many would appeal to men, it’s not a publishing problem, it’s a men problem.

Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for 2026 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in the second half of the year! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out July-Dec (or publicist), share the link/info here!

A glimpse of Iran, through the eyes of its artists and journalists Understanding one of the world's oldest civilizations can't be achieved through a single film or book. But recent works of literature, journalism, music and film by Iranians are a powerful starting point.

Understanding one of the world's oldest civilizations can't be achieved through a single film or book. But recent works of literature, journalism, music and film by Iranians are a powerful starting point. n.pr/4upn1Px

Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction is open to nominations. Is there a 2025 title that you loved that reflected the concepts and ideas that were central to Le Guin's work? Nominate it.

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Quite right. And for clarity, the previous 5 volumes were all stellar. Book 7 just started as a serial in the weekly 2000 AD. Jump on the BRiNK now!

The Apologists by Tade Thompson Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

My novella, THE APOLOGISTS, is a finalist for the BSFA awards.

You can read and/or listen to at. @clarkesworldmagazine.com Link below.

On the one hand, yay!

On the other hand, I've been nominated for the BSFA many times. I never win. So, boo!

But you can still enjoy the story.