So excited to have Andrew David Barker and Stephen Volk presenting Baby on Board at Edge-Lit 10 on Saturday at Derby QUAD! Tickets are still available from derbyquad.co.uk/events/edgelit…

Happy 20th birthday to Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - one of the greatest fantasy books ever written. (I've read it seven times and hoping for another seven.) theguardian.com/books/article/…

We're lucky enough to have Teika talking about two of her favourite subjects at Edge-Lit tomorrow! Tickets are still available via derbyquad.co.uk/events/edgelit…

Dates for your diaries Scribblers - our first mini submission window planned! OUR NEXT SUBMISSION WINDOW WILL BE: Friday 1st November 2024 - Sunday 17th of November 2024 (Short Story Collections and Poetry collections only in this mini window. In order to submit in this

Kindness is not a mere act but a way of life that is characterized by empathy, compassion, and respect for others.

Ksenya Istomina.

My debut novel comes out with a small press (yayy!) but when I researched indie publishers to submit to, I found the lack of resources incredibly frustrating. So I decided to create one myself. Here's 60+ publishers you can query w/o an agent: nadine-bells.com/book-publisher…!

Hey, I'm seven followers from 5k so it's giveaway time!! Follow me and retweet this to win a copy of my debut horror collection HUNTING BY THE RIVER. Giveaway ends 12th September! Open to anywhere in the world.

📢 Submission Call 📢 I'm reading film based non-fiction submissions for Steve J Shaw/Black Shuck Books All the details: blackshuckbooks.co.uk/submissions/

Yesterday's Edge-Lit was fab! Wasn't enough time to chat to everyone but I loved talking about dystopian fiction & dark fairy tales, watching the poignant 'Baby on Board' short film & coming away with a lovely book haul. Steve J Shaw/Black Shuck Books BIG thanks to Holly Blades! 💗

One of the things about being a hellishly busy small press is that you often forget your own birthday. Anyway - as of 24th August, 2024 - happy 12th birthday to us! (Three links to our latest titles to follow, in the hopes that some of you might like to buy a lovely book, or

This is a bit of a long thread, but an opportunity for me to work through these thoughts. 1/8 On Saturday we visited bookshops and record shops, and normally these places are havens for me. Places to find hidden treasure. 2/8

Welcome to the world, BOUND IN BLOOD! Conceived by Johnny Mains and delivered by Titan Books, this is a real beauty of a book. I'm thrilled that my story 'The House Witch' is included in these Stories of Cursed Books, Damned Libraries and Unearthly Authors titanbooks.com/71797-bound-in…

hey #writingcommunity! do you have a manuscript we might be interested in? we're opening to unagented subs in early 2025 & wanted to give everyone a heads up. we'll update our #mswl soonish but here's a general idea of what the editor is looking for 👇 wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/mswl-manu…

Thank you to everyone who came to Edge-Lit on Saturday! Our guests, our workshop hosts, our panellists and our attendees. You all make the event. ❤️ We're going to take a bit of a break now but keep an eye out for announcements re: Edge-Lit 11!

#Fantasycon is one month today. To celebrate & give you a little taster, we sharing interviews with our wonderful Guests of Honour. First up, Bella Pagan interviewed by Lauren J McMenemy 👻🧛‍♀️🔮😈. youtu.be/SXgfU9r_QI0

Coming up on Oct 4, I'm doing a virtual reading with Strong Women, Strange Worlds along with 5 other SFF authors! You can sign up here for free (and the event has draws and giveaways for fabulous prizes): eventbrite.com/o/strong-women…

Continuing our countdown to #Fantasycon, here's GOH Priya Sharma interviewed by Lauren J McMenemy 👻🧛‍♀️🔮😈. Marvellous! youtu.be/UOTU8VghDxM

⭐️ Submission Call ⭐️ We've a few spots remaining in our next issue. Seeking poetry / prose / experiments. salopress.com

Very happy to be part of this year's Fantasycon! SO looking forward to chatting about genre books and catching up with friends. 😀