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Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social · 13h

Oh hey, I’m on TWO entire panels - going back to my Grimdark roots and pretending I’m a real life agent and not just three kittens in a cloak.

Really looking forward to seeing clients and meeting loads of lovely new folk 🖤

World Fantasy 2025 @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social · 15h

The Programme for World Fantasy 2026 is now live!

worldfantasy2025.co.uk/programme/

Programme – World Fantasy Convention 2025

worldfantasy2025.co.uk

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Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social · 5d

Looking forward to the day I stop giving hypo snack brands another chance if they have interesting new options 😭

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EverGemma @evergemma.bsky.social · 5d

They're acting like the problem with denying so many vulnerable people a covid vaccine this year is that the information informing us that we're no longer eligible isn't clear enough on the booking website!

The fucking problem is we're being denied vital healthcare!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pharmacies facing angry patients over Covid jab confusion

Up to half of patients coming to some pharmacies are being turned away because they are not eligible.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social · 9d

Realities of chronic illness: when you know you’re ruining your blood sugar by not leaving the house but leaving the house seems like too much effort so you suffer

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Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social · 10d

I will indeed

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Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social · 10d

Sounds good! Also should probably specify, neurodivergent person stuck in assessment limbo 😊

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David Green @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social · 10d

The @divergent-paths.bsky.social website is up, and we're looking for partners.

www.divergentpaths.co.uk

This isn't about finger pointing or blame. It's about helping all ND people in the publishing industry - writers, editors, agents, artists - find a better path forward ❤️

Excited to start

Divergent Paths

www.divergentpaths.co.uk

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Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social · 10d

100% up for some sort of mentorship if useful!

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Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social · 11d

*hugs* very real.

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Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social · 14d

Ew girl books. That’s some hard work to find those books these days too!

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 18d

whoa october is around the corner!

reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.

more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

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The Fantasy Hive @thefantasyhive.bsky.social · 27d

Today, TO reviews Claire North's upcoming space opera SLOW GODS:

"North gives us a wide-ranging enthralling, resonant and cathartic fable of our own world’s predicament but anchors it with individual characters..."

More: tinyurl.com/4wfz7cub

@orbitbooks.bsky.social

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James Bennett @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 27d

Never, ever debate your right to exist. Never debate the right of other human beings to exist. You'll be making a major rookie mistake and bigots will grift the circuit you're allowing by debating them.

Thank you.

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Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social · 29d

All of the things!

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Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social · 29d

I need someone write me a book about them and their role at the end of a centuries-old tradition and how to balance monastic culture with today’s society please

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Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social · 29d

I need someone to write me a book about this.

Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 29d

Absolute legends: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Defiant nuns flee Austrian care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps

Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita needed a locksmith to get back into their convent, defying Church leaders.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Big Bearded Spookteller @bigbeardybooks.bsky.social · 29d

Wotcha all. I am Peat, the person responsible for spouting the guff you’ve presumably read in the blog posts. Or maybe you are smart and haven’t. I don’t like photos of myself, so I posted one of my cat, who’s a charming little savage indeed. This blog is mostly about fantasy literature, writing…

Peat Long’s Blog – Blogger Q&A

Wotcha all. I am Peat, the person responsible for spouting the guff you’ve presumably read in the blog posts. Or maybe you are smart and haven’t. I don’t like photos of myself, so I posted one of my cat, who’s a charming little savage indeed. This blog is mostly about fantasy literature, writing stories, and...

bigbeardedbookseller.uk

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Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social · Sep 10

How the f*** are people willing to pay exorbitant amounts of money to buy THAT TERF’s new book?!

Society, you disappoint me.

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Devin Madson | Rebecca Ide @devinmadson.bsky.social · Sep 9

this morning i saw a con program with this panel description:

“where does romance fit in speculative fiction?”

now, i’m not naming the con—i’ve contacted them, hopefully they’ll change it—but since they’re not alone in framing questions like this, we’re going to talk about why it sucks actually 🧵

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Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social · Sep 7

Yeah, frustratingly. A big task for the morning is moving all the in-person meetings this week 😭

Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social · Sep 7

Back to work after two weeks off in the morning - already dreading the immense to-do list… Please provide vats of tea.

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Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social · Sep 5

I think most of my bookshop ideas have been mentioned but food and such: Arcanist’s Tavern - queer owned gaming pub, Burnt or Sunday for brunch, Dishoom, Trishna, Chishuru are all epic, British Library has a lovely free exhibition and is worth a visit.

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Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · Aug 19

I've got a new website! Thanks to Man Kit Lam for design, and @knifewitch.bsky.social and @soranasantos.bsky.social for photos and encouragement! #MedievalSky #EarlyModern

joanneedge.co.uk

Dr Joanne Edge

Historian and writer

joanneedge.co.uk

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Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social · Aug 19

AAAAAAAH!

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Fab @knifewitch.bsky.social · Aug 19

Jo’s got a shiny new website with more about the brilliant project we’re working on, for those curious! 👀👀

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