Pippa Goldschmidt
@pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social
Hybrid sci-art ex-astronomer now-author. Writes fiction, poems, essays, reviews. Latest two are 'Deutschstunden' from CulturBooks and 'Schrödinger’s Wife (and other possibilities)' from Goldsmiths Press/Gold SF. https://www.pippagoldschmidt.co.uk
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The 13th day of the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar features an image portraying part of a dense cluster of galaxies—a wide variety of shapes, colors, and distances.
Every day until December 25, this page will present a new image of our universe:
Every day until December 25, this page will present a new image of our universe:
Day 13 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: A Sea of Galaxies
The 13th day of the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar features part of a dense cluster of galaxies—a wide variety of shapes, colors, and distances.
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December 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The 13th day of the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar features an image portraying part of a dense cluster of galaxies—a wide variety of shapes, colors, and distances.
Every day until December 25, this page will present a new image of our universe:
Every day until December 25, this page will present a new image of our universe:
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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Annual reminder to water your Christmas tree poems …
December 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Annual reminder to water your Christmas tree poems …
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'Leaping lurcher'
Fay Godwin, 1972
Fay Godwin, 1972
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
'Leaping lurcher'
Fay Godwin, 1972
Fay Godwin, 1972
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From double Booker Prize listed author, Graeme Macrae Burnet, the Gorski Trilogy follows Chief Inspector Georges Gorski around the streets and bars of Saint-Louis, investigating disappearances and mysterious strangers.
Buy the complete trilogy in paperback for £30.
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Buy the complete trilogy in paperback for £30.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
From double Booker Prize listed author, Graeme Macrae Burnet, the Gorski Trilogy follows Chief Inspector Georges Gorski around the streets and bars of Saint-Louis, investigating disappearances and mysterious strangers.
Buy the complete trilogy in paperback for £30.
saraband.net/product/the-...
Buy the complete trilogy in paperback for £30.
saraband.net/product/the-...
One of my favourite paintings
Sunlight falls through windows, adding to the geometric pattern on floor. A woman is playing music. And a man listens from the shadowed bed. Painted by Emanuel de Witte, whose day is today.
December 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
One of my favourite paintings
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In memory of one of Britain's most cherished playwrights Tom Stoppard, we're releasing a very memorable Jewish Book Week event on our JLF Video Player - a celebration of the playwright's life and work with Hermione Lee.
Watch 'Tom Stoppard: A Life' now: shorturl.at/WmuHK
Watch 'Tom Stoppard: A Life' now: shorturl.at/WmuHK
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
In memory of one of Britain's most cherished playwrights Tom Stoppard, we're releasing a very memorable Jewish Book Week event on our JLF Video Player - a celebration of the playwright's life and work with Hermione Lee.
Watch 'Tom Stoppard: A Life' now: shorturl.at/WmuHK
Watch 'Tom Stoppard: A Life' now: shorturl.at/WmuHK
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We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
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The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Weekend edition: 21 - 23 November 2025
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The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Weekend edition: 24 - 26 October 2025
New concert hall gets £20m 'lifeline', St James Quarter in Westfield deal, weekend protests + Portobello Food Market returns
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November 21, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Weekend edition: 21 - 23 November 2025
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www.edinburghminute.com/the-edinburg...
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X is in clear + systemic breach of its legal duties in the UK to remove unlawful content from its platform.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
X is in clear + systemic breach of its legal duties in the UK to remove unlawful content from its platform.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
Proof: when X users abuse + harass others with the racial slur "paki", X reporting system defends the racist abuse in more than 90% of cases reported.
A new thread documenting this.
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A request on behalf of Gold SF. For the first time, the Nebula Award is honouring poetry. They would like to put forward Jessy Randall's latest collection, The Path of Most Resistance. But it can only be nominated by a member of the SFWA. Would someone like to do so? Email [email protected]
November 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A request on behalf of Gold SF. For the first time, the Nebula Award is honouring poetry. They would like to put forward Jessy Randall's latest collection, The Path of Most Resistance. But it can only be nominated by a member of the SFWA. Would someone like to do so? Email [email protected]
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God, how I hate what kind of society we are becoming... Btw, we can stop it, it depends on us: which kind of world we create, which kind of community we foster, which kind of cities we live in. You can help @argonautbooks.bsky.social by sharing wide and far!
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
God, how I hate what kind of society we are becoming... Btw, we can stop it, it depends on us: which kind of world we create, which kind of community we foster, which kind of cities we live in. You can help @argonautbooks.bsky.social by sharing wide and far!
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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Come to Edinburgh on the 21 & 22 November for The Scottish Christmas Book Fair at the New Town Church, George Street!
🎄There will be fabulous publishers!
🎄There will be fabulous books!
🎄There will be fabulous authors!
🎄There will be free mulled wine, mince pies & chocolate!
🎄There will be fabulous publishers!
🎄There will be fabulous books!
🎄There will be fabulous authors!
🎄There will be free mulled wine, mince pies & chocolate!
This time next week we hope all the nation's book lovers come to the New Town Church in George Street, Edinburgh for The Scottish Christmas Book Fair!
Can't wait to see you there!
#bookweekscotland
Can't wait to see you there!
#bookweekscotland
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Come to Edinburgh on the 21 & 22 November for The Scottish Christmas Book Fair at the New Town Church, George Street!
🎄There will be fabulous publishers!
🎄There will be fabulous books!
🎄There will be fabulous authors!
🎄There will be free mulled wine, mince pies & chocolate!
🎄There will be fabulous publishers!
🎄There will be fabulous books!
🎄There will be fabulous authors!
🎄There will be free mulled wine, mince pies & chocolate!
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Elspeth Barker (1940–2022) was born #OTD, 16 Nov – a 🎂🧵
Maggie O’Farrell called Barker’s classic O CALEDONIA “one of those books you proselytize about… I once decided to become friends with someone on the sole basis that she named [it] as her favourite book”
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Maggie O’Farrell called Barker’s classic O CALEDONIA “one of those books you proselytize about… I once decided to become friends with someone on the sole basis that she named [it] as her favourite book”
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Maggie O’Farrell on Elspeth Barker’s Modern Scottish Classic, O Caledonia
We begin with a corpse. Sixteen-year-old Janet is sprawled “in bloody, murderous death” beneath the stained-glass window of her Highland home, dressed in her mother’s “black lace evening dress.” Th…
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November 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Elspeth Barker (1940–2022) was born #OTD, 16 Nov – a 🎂🧵
Maggie O’Farrell called Barker’s classic O CALEDONIA “one of those books you proselytize about… I once decided to become friends with someone on the sole basis that she named [it] as her favourite book”
💙📚
1/4
lithub.com/maggie-ofarr...
Maggie O’Farrell called Barker’s classic O CALEDONIA “one of those books you proselytize about… I once decided to become friends with someone on the sole basis that she named [it] as her favourite book”
💙📚
1/4
lithub.com/maggie-ofarr...
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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First day of my Philosophy of Cosmology class! I'm interpreting "cosmology" pretty broadly. There will be three main topics: 1) Anthropics and the multiverse; 2) The arrow of time; 3) Quantum foundations, especially Many-Worlds. The idea of self-locating uncertainties will be a common thread.
August 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
First day of my Philosophy of Cosmology class! I'm interpreting "cosmology" pretty broadly. There will be three main topics: 1) Anthropics and the multiverse; 2) The arrow of time; 3) Quantum foundations, especially Many-Worlds. The idea of self-locating uncertainties will be a common thread.
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With thanks to @jonathangibbs.bsky.social here are some of my favourite short stories (including a talking olive, a woman made of flowers, a dead muskrat and some musing on the sizes of different animals):
I've updated the apersonalanthology.com website with @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social's selection of a dozen favourite short stories.
Check them out here!
Check them out here!
A Personal Anthology
Writers, critics and others dream-edit a personal anthology of their favourite short stories
apersonalanthology.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
With thanks to @jonathangibbs.bsky.social here are some of my favourite short stories (including a talking olive, a woman made of flowers, a dead muskrat and some musing on the sizes of different animals):
With thanks to @jonathangibbs.bsky.social here are some of my favourite short stories (including a talking olive, a woman made of flowers, a dead muskrat and some musing on the sizes of different animals):
I've updated the apersonalanthology.com website with @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social's selection of a dozen favourite short stories.
Check them out here!
Check them out here!
A Personal Anthology
Writers, critics and others dream-edit a personal anthology of their favourite short stories
apersonalanthology.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
With thanks to @jonathangibbs.bsky.social here are some of my favourite short stories (including a talking olive, a woman made of flowers, a dead muskrat and some musing on the sizes of different animals):
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No agent? No problem.
The 5th Edition of our Indie Press Guide is available to pre-order!
With over 750 editors to choose from, there's never been a better time to take control of your writing!
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#amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity #writers
The 5th Edition of our Indie Press Guide is available to pre-order!
With over 750 editors to choose from, there's never been a better time to take control of your writing!
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#amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity #writers
Indie Press Guide (5th Edition) - Shop : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.
Indie Press Guide (5th Edition) - Shop : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
No agent? No problem.
The 5th Edition of our Indie Press Guide is available to pre-order!
With over 750 editors to choose from, there's never been a better time to take control of your writing!
mslexia.co.uk/shop/indie-p...
#amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity #writers
The 5th Edition of our Indie Press Guide is available to pre-order!
With over 750 editors to choose from, there's never been a better time to take control of your writing!
mslexia.co.uk/shop/indie-p...
#amwriting #amediting #writingcommunity #writers
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Publishers, publicity peeps, take note, I'm back in the saddle for Wigtown Book Festival 2026. Please send catalogues, AI sheets, proofs. Using [email protected] email again (after a year off). Writers, please have publishers get in touch! www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/welcome...
Wigtown Book Festival | Welcome Return of Festival Programmer Lee…
Lee is a well-known figure in Scottish literature and media. Her role with will involve curating the 2026 Wigtown Book Festival programme.
www.wigtownbookfestival.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Publishers, publicity peeps, take note, I'm back in the saddle for Wigtown Book Festival 2026. Please send catalogues, AI sheets, proofs. Using [email protected] email again (after a year off). Writers, please have publishers get in touch! www.wigtownbookfestival.com/blog/welcome...
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Maybe the Birds, by @ajashworth.bsky.social featured on MIT Reader from @mitpress.bsky.social
@goldsmithspress.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sffoundation.bsky.social #newwriting #newreleases #newbooks #SF #FeministSF #IntersectionalSF
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@goldsmithspress.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sffoundation.bsky.social #newwriting #newreleases #newbooks #SF #FeministSF #IntersectionalSF
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A.J. Ashworth: ‘The Guide’
Across millennia, a cave painter and a son confront the shadows of creation and loss. A story from A.J. Ashworth’s new collection “Maybe the Birds.”
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October 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Maybe the Birds, by @ajashworth.bsky.social featured on MIT Reader from @mitpress.bsky.social
@goldsmithspress.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sffoundation.bsky.social #newwriting #newreleases #newbooks #SF #FeministSF #IntersectionalSF
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@goldsmithspress.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @sffoundation.bsky.social #newwriting #newreleases #newbooks #SF #FeministSF #IntersectionalSF
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Want to read a story about bats predicting extreme weather? Of course you do!
With thanks to the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, my story "The Way Out" is here:
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With thanks to the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, my story "The Way Out" is here:
issues.org/futuretensef...
The Way Out | Future Tense Fiction
Can animal behavior predict extreme weather? Pippa Goldschmidt’s story imagines a future in which analysts anticipate climate catastrophes by monitoring bats.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Want to read a story about bats predicting extreme weather? Of course you do!
With thanks to the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, my story "The Way Out" is here:
issues.org/futuretensef...
With thanks to the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, my story "The Way Out" is here:
issues.org/futuretensef...
In which I recommend (some of) my fave short stories!
There's still time to sign up for @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social's A Personal Anthology, her pick of and introduction to a dozen favourite short stories.
Hitting inboxes at 2pm. Sign up here:
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November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
In which I recommend (some of) my fave short stories!
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🇯🇲 Poets Read for Hurricane Melissa Relief Fundraiser:
November 19th. Organised by @outspokenpress.bsky.social hosted by Leone Ross with an introduction from Akala, such an amazing line up, please show solidarity, donate and share and repost! Thank you!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-read...
November 19th. Organised by @outspokenpress.bsky.social hosted by Leone Ross with an introduction from Akala, such an amazing line up, please show solidarity, donate and share and repost! Thank you!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-read...
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🇯🇲 Poets Read for Hurricane Melissa Relief Fundraiser:
November 19th. Organised by @outspokenpress.bsky.social hosted by Leone Ross with an introduction from Akala, such an amazing line up, please show solidarity, donate and share and repost! Thank you!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-read...
November 19th. Organised by @outspokenpress.bsky.social hosted by Leone Ross with an introduction from Akala, such an amazing line up, please show solidarity, donate and share and repost! Thank you!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-read...