Juliet E McKenna
@julietemckenna.bsky.social
Writes epic and contemporary fantasy novels along with varied shorter fiction. She/her. All opinions absolutely my own. For more, see www.julietemckenna.com
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Hello to new folk. I write epic and contemporary fantasy novels along with varied shorter fiction. For more about the books, see www.julietemckenna.com All opinions I express online are absolutely my own. I boost what looks like good reading and interesting things. I block intolerance and aggression
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Excellent book, compulsive reading. A tale of changelings, hags and things that lurk in ancient barrows.
Recently published, the new Green Man book: wizardstowerpress.co...
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Excellent book, compulsive reading. A tale of changelings, hags and things that lurk in ancient barrows.
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A day late because I have been at a writing retreat, but the new issue of Salon Futura is online. It features books by Lorraine Wilson, T Kingfisher, Nghi Vo and Cordelia Fine, plus a couple of convention reports.
Issue #74
This is the November 2025 issue of Salon Futura. Here are the contents.
www.salonfutura.net
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A day late because I have been at a writing retreat, but the new issue of Salon Futura is online. It features books by Lorraine Wilson, T Kingfisher, Nghi Vo and Cordelia Fine, plus a couple of convention reports.
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Roman sun hat: A 'very rare' 1,600-year-old brimmed cap that may have protected a Roman soldier from Egyptian sandstorms | Live Science
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Roman sun hat: A 'very rare' 1,600-year-old brimmed cap that may have protected a Roman soldier from Egyptian sandstorms
A rare example of a sun hat from late Roman Egypt that was stitched together from fabrics in five colors.
www.livescience.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Roman sun hat: A 'very rare' 1,600-year-old brimmed cap that may have protected a Roman soldier from Egyptian sandstorms | Live Science
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
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This would be good. Johnson was, of course, lying.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK aims to secure agreement to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme
Britain quit EU programme after Brexit, when Boris Johnson claimed it did not offer good value for money
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This would be good. Johnson was, of course, lying.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Is this fear a thing GenAI pushers prey on, I wonder? Now social media can besiege people with exaggerated notions of everyone else's supposed success without showing the hard work, trial and error, learning required to achieve anything worthwhile?
Please don't let the fear of not doing something well stop you from trying it for the first time. Write a messy story. Paint a crappy flower. Whittle the worst wooden bear of all time.
The best gift you can give yourself is to have fun and grow.
The best gift you can give yourself is to have fun and grow.
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Is this fear a thing GenAI pushers prey on, I wonder? Now social media can besiege people with exaggerated notions of everyone else's supposed success without showing the hard work, trial and error, learning required to achieve anything worthwhile?
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Great new - from my old homeland!!
South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia on Monday began administering a groundbreaking HIV-prevention injection in the drug's first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world's highest HIV burden.
u.afp.com/Sha2
u.afp.com/Sha2
December 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Great new - from my old homeland!!
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So... it begins.
Each day of the Starship Alexandria Advent Calendar, @aptshadow.bsky.social and I will take turns to enthuse about a favourite TV show.
The first 'window' opens to the Enterprise NCC-1701-D... No points for guessing whose choice that was ;)
starshipalexandria.com/day-1-2025-a...
Each day of the Starship Alexandria Advent Calendar, @aptshadow.bsky.social and I will take turns to enthuse about a favourite TV show.
The first 'window' opens to the Enterprise NCC-1701-D... No points for guessing whose choice that was ;)
starshipalexandria.com/day-1-2025-a...
Starship Alexandria: Day 1 - 2025 Advent Calendar
For our first day of the 2025 Starship Alexandria advent calendar, Emma sings the praises of Star Trek: The Next Generation and explains why it's so special to her. If you'd like to support the show, ...
starshipalexandria.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
So... it begins.
Each day of the Starship Alexandria Advent Calendar, @aptshadow.bsky.social and I will take turns to enthuse about a favourite TV show.
The first 'window' opens to the Enterprise NCC-1701-D... No points for guessing whose choice that was ;)
starshipalexandria.com/day-1-2025-a...
Each day of the Starship Alexandria Advent Calendar, @aptshadow.bsky.social and I will take turns to enthuse about a favourite TV show.
The first 'window' opens to the Enterprise NCC-1701-D... No points for guessing whose choice that was ;)
starshipalexandria.com/day-1-2025-a...
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Never take nonsense from bad faith folks.
Don't argue with them.
Block them instead.
Don't argue with them.
Block them instead.
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Never take nonsense from bad faith folks.
Don't argue with them.
Block them instead.
Don't argue with them.
Block them instead.
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Come see me in Birmingham on the 3rd (this Weds) from 5pm at Waterstones Birmingham. I'll be tired, I'll be wired and I'll be delighted to see anyone at all! :-)
Another chance to see @stewarthotston.com on 3rd December at 5pm at @waterstones.bsky.social Birmingham with lots of other authors. Free - no need to book Details at www.waterstones.com/events/save-...
December 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Come see me in Birmingham on the 3rd (this Weds) from 5pm at Waterstones Birmingham. I'll be tired, I'll be wired and I'll be delighted to see anyone at all! :-)
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Every now & again, it's useful to say why I do all these eel history tweets.
Mostly, it's because eels need our help. They're critically endangered, seeing a c.90% drop in population in the last decades.
But it's hard to get people to care! 'Cause...eels are gross & slimy. 1/2
🗃️🧪
Mostly, it's because eels need our help. They're critically endangered, seeing a c.90% drop in population in the last decades.
But it's hard to get people to care! 'Cause...eels are gross & slimy. 1/2
🗃️🧪
December 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Every now & again, it's useful to say why I do all these eel history tweets.
Mostly, it's because eels need our help. They're critically endangered, seeing a c.90% drop in population in the last decades.
But it's hard to get people to care! 'Cause...eels are gross & slimy. 1/2
🗃️🧪
Mostly, it's because eels need our help. They're critically endangered, seeing a c.90% drop in population in the last decades.
But it's hard to get people to care! 'Cause...eels are gross & slimy. 1/2
🗃️🧪
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To commemorate the life of one of British theatre’s giants, Radio 4 is rebroadcasting Hermione Lee's evocative and immersive biography Tom Stoppard: A Life. Listen to the first episode now.
BBC Radio 4 - Tom Stoppard: A Life by Hermione Lee, 1. Childhood
Hermione Lee's vivid biography of one of theatre's leading playwrights.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
To commemorate the life of one of British theatre’s giants, Radio 4 is rebroadcasting Hermione Lee's evocative and immersive biography Tom Stoppard: A Life. Listen to the first episode now.
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Blog post and newsletter are now live! Miserere has been picked for Kobo's Best of the Year BOGO sale and the details are here: www.tfrohock.com/blog/2025/11...
Miserere picked for Kobo's Best of the Year BOGO Sale — T. Frohock
I know it’s been quiet here lately, but my offline life has been exceptionally full. I’ve got a lot of mundane life events happening in the background that requires my full attention, but I’ll soon be...
www.tfrohock.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Blog post and newsletter are now live! Miserere has been picked for Kobo's Best of the Year BOGO sale and the details are here: www.tfrohock.com/blog/2025/11...
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We have an immediate need for an RPG proofreader. This is a paid gig, proofing just over 11,000 words. Experience is preferred.
Please email [email protected] with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
Please email [email protected] with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We have an immediate need for an RPG proofreader. This is a paid gig, proofing just over 11,000 words. Experience is preferred.
Please email [email protected] with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
Please email [email protected] with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
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Its day one of #ALCSAdvent! Each day up until Christmas, we'll be looking back at some of our highlights from 2025.
Back in Feb, we joined the Make It Fair campaign to ensure creators’ voices were heard as the Government consulted on AI and copyright.
Stay tuned for more! 🎄
Back in Feb, we joined the Make It Fair campaign to ensure creators’ voices were heard as the Government consulted on AI and copyright.
Stay tuned for more! 🎄
December 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Its day one of #ALCSAdvent! Each day up until Christmas, we'll be looking back at some of our highlights from 2025.
Back in Feb, we joined the Make It Fair campaign to ensure creators’ voices were heard as the Government consulted on AI and copyright.
Stay tuned for more! 🎄
Back in Feb, we joined the Make It Fair campaign to ensure creators’ voices were heard as the Government consulted on AI and copyright.
Stay tuned for more! 🎄
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Beneath Ceaseless Skies is a reliably fantastic magazine and well worth subscription:
BCS Patreon has fallen below the monthly amount we need to pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers a worthy honorarium ($125/mo). Sometimes folks need to lower or pause their support; we understand. But less than 1% of BCS readership donates or supports. www.patreon.com/beneath_ceas... 1/3
Get more from Beneath Ceaseless Skies on Patreon
creating an online fantasy magazine & podcast
www.patreon.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Beneath Ceaseless Skies is a reliably fantastic magazine and well worth subscription:
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My new Genre Grapevine is an update on both the Anthropic AI settlement and other genAI class action lawsuits filed by authors. While I'm not happy with the Anthropic settlement, I've come to see it as merely the first battle in a much larger war.
www.patreon.com/posts/144817...
www.patreon.com/posts/144817...
Genre Grapevine Update on AI Class Action Lawsuits | Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine
Get more from Jason Sanford's Genre Grapevine on Patreon
www.patreon.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
My new Genre Grapevine is an update on both the Anthropic AI settlement and other genAI class action lawsuits filed by authors. While I'm not happy with the Anthropic settlement, I've come to see it as merely the first battle in a much larger war.
www.patreon.com/posts/144817...
www.patreon.com/posts/144817...
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UK FRIENDS, let's not forget with all this Mortedant talk that tomorrow, HEART OF THE WYRDWOOD is released in paperback so if you've been waiting you can complete what I promise is a very, very strange but hopefully rewarding, journey.
Heart of the Wyrdwood: The Forsaken Trilogy, Book 3 : Barker, RJ: Amazon.co.uk: Books
Heart of the Wyrdwood: The Forsaken Trilogy, Book 3 : Barker, RJ: Amazon.co.uk: Books
www.amazon.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
UK FRIENDS, let's not forget with all this Mortedant talk that tomorrow, HEART OF THE WYRDWOOD is released in paperback so if you've been waiting you can complete what I promise is a very, very strange but hopefully rewarding, journey.
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and on THURSDAY all three editors will be in conversation with @issuesinst.bsky.social @edfinn.bsky.social @craigcalhoun.bsky.social in what promises to be a fascinating virtual event - join us! issues.org/event/what-i...
What Is Fiction’s Role in Imagining Better Social Policies?
Join us for a conversation on how social scientists, advocates, and policy makers can use fiction to imagine better futures.
issues.org
December 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
and on THURSDAY all three editors will be in conversation with @issuesinst.bsky.social @edfinn.bsky.social @craigcalhoun.bsky.social in what promises to be a fascinating virtual event - join us! issues.org/event/what-i...
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The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll] : The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll] : The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.
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CHECK IT OUUUUUUUUUT!
I am *so* delighted with this cover, it's amazing! June 2026 still feels like a long way off, but I'm really looking forward to everyone meeting Kitt Carver, Two-Tongue Derna, Sulian the Swallowmage, and the rest of the cast.
And, of course, the slydewasps.
I am *so* delighted with this cover, it's amazing! June 2026 still feels like a long way off, but I'm really looking forward to everyone meeting Kitt Carver, Two-Tongue Derna, Sulian the Swallowmage, and the rest of the cast.
And, of course, the slydewasps.
We are thrilled to reveal the cover for THIS IS WHERE THE FUTURE BLEEDS by @mikebrooks668.bsky.social! 🐝
A smart-talking bunch of rogues and dropouts are thrust into an epic quest to save the future and meddle with the destinies of empires.
Coming June 2026!
A smart-talking bunch of rogues and dropouts are thrust into an epic quest to save the future and meddle with the destinies of empires.
Coming June 2026!
December 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
CHECK IT OUUUUUUUUUT!
I am *so* delighted with this cover, it's amazing! June 2026 still feels like a long way off, but I'm really looking forward to everyone meeting Kitt Carver, Two-Tongue Derna, Sulian the Swallowmage, and the rest of the cast.
And, of course, the slydewasps.
I am *so* delighted with this cover, it's amazing! June 2026 still feels like a long way off, but I'm really looking forward to everyone meeting Kitt Carver, Two-Tongue Derna, Sulian the Swallowmage, and the rest of the cast.
And, of course, the slydewasps.
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For #EYAMedieval we bring you an illuminated Church manuscript that was re-used c.16th century to bind Whitchurch parish’s ‘Poor Accounts’. After the Reformation, such manuscripts were sometimes given more 'everyday' purposes. Not quite the preservation we'd have suggested but better than the bin...
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
For #EYAMedieval we bring you an illuminated Church manuscript that was re-used c.16th century to bind Whitchurch parish’s ‘Poor Accounts’. After the Reformation, such manuscripts were sometimes given more 'everyday' purposes. Not quite the preservation we'd have suggested but better than the bin...
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On World AIDS Day, @docstevetaylor.bsky.social on HIV testing and the UK government’s new HIV Action Plan.
Committing a further three years’ funding to opt-out ED testing in particular is super news. @savinglives.bsky.social sees the difference this makes in our patch, as do colleagues nationwide.
Committing a further three years’ funding to opt-out ED testing in particular is super news. @savinglives.bsky.social sees the difference this makes in our patch, as do colleagues nationwide.
HIV testing in Midlands A&Es 'quite literally saving lives'
Hundreds of otherwise unidentified HIV and hepatitis cases are being diagnosed via A&E blood tests.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
On World AIDS Day, @docstevetaylor.bsky.social on HIV testing and the UK government’s new HIV Action Plan.
Committing a further three years’ funding to opt-out ED testing in particular is super news. @savinglives.bsky.social sees the difference this makes in our patch, as do colleagues nationwide.
Committing a further three years’ funding to opt-out ED testing in particular is super news. @savinglives.bsky.social sees the difference this makes in our patch, as do colleagues nationwide.
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Jitterbug by Gareth L. Powell. Available now for preorder from @titanbooks.bsky.social and all good booksellers
December 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Jitterbug by Gareth L. Powell. Available now for preorder from @titanbooks.bsky.social and all good booksellers
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The day has come! Ancient Animal Advent 2025! 🐾🕯️🎄We'll be sharing a different ancient animal (spotted in a museum) every day. Who's as excited as this little pig? His hooves are so ready to go dancing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The day has come! Ancient Animal Advent 2025! 🐾🕯️🎄We'll be sharing a different ancient animal (spotted in a museum) every day. Who's as excited as this little pig? His hooves are so ready to go dancing.
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@societyofauthors.bsky.social Huge congratulations to all those nominated for The Society of Authors' Translation Prizes! Translator Agnes Broomé is nominated for the Bernard Shaw Prize for Collected Works (cont.)
December 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
@societyofauthors.bsky.social Huge congratulations to all those nominated for The Society of Authors' Translation Prizes! Translator Agnes Broomé is nominated for the Bernard Shaw Prize for Collected Works (cont.)