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Did you know you could buy a digital copy of my book 'Weird Field World'?
It's a mix of world building, fiction, maps, illustrations, detailing a future where earth receives messages from the stars, which turn out to be instructions for building spaceships.
#WeirdFieldWorld #SciFi #Spaceships
It's a mix of world building, fiction, maps, illustrations, detailing a future where earth receives messages from the stars, which turn out to be instructions for building spaceships.
#WeirdFieldWorld #SciFi #Spaceships
Weird Field World - digital book
Full colour 88 page science fiction book written and illustrated by Rob Turpin.Weird Field World, Rob Turpin’s first book, tells the story of how humanity breaks out from the boundaries of their limit...
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February 9, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Did you know you could buy a digital copy of my book 'Weird Field World'?
It's a mix of world building, fiction, maps, illustrations, detailing a future where earth receives messages from the stars, which turn out to be instructions for building spaceships.
#WeirdFieldWorld #SciFi #Spaceships
It's a mix of world building, fiction, maps, illustrations, detailing a future where earth receives messages from the stars, which turn out to be instructions for building spaceships.
#WeirdFieldWorld #SciFi #Spaceships
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Farah Mendlesohn's Considering The Female Man by Joanna Russ, or, As the Bear Swore - artist Judith Clute.
Out March 31, launch at Eastercon @easterconuk.bsky.social. You can pre-order now, paperback and ebook, in the Luna store and all other retailers. #booksfromscotland @effjayem.bsky.social
Out March 31, launch at Eastercon @easterconuk.bsky.social. You can pre-order now, paperback and ebook, in the Luna store and all other retailers. #booksfromscotland @effjayem.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Farah Mendlesohn's Considering The Female Man by Joanna Russ, or, As the Bear Swore - artist Judith Clute.
Out March 31, launch at Eastercon @easterconuk.bsky.social. You can pre-order now, paperback and ebook, in the Luna store and all other retailers. #booksfromscotland @effjayem.bsky.social
Out March 31, launch at Eastercon @easterconuk.bsky.social. You can pre-order now, paperback and ebook, in the Luna store and all other retailers. #booksfromscotland @effjayem.bsky.social
I didn't want it to end so I read it slowly. I gave breaks for my brain to absorb it and to process it and to hold on to the after taste of each chapter. This stiry will stay with me. ❤️💙📚
#ThisIsHowYouLoseTheTimeWar
#ThisIsHowYouLoseTheTimeWar
February 3, 2026 at 6:33 AM
I didn't want it to end so I read it slowly. I gave breaks for my brain to absorb it and to process it and to hold on to the after taste of each chapter. This stiry will stay with me. ❤️💙📚
#ThisIsHowYouLoseTheTimeWar
#ThisIsHowYouLoseTheTimeWar
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“No,” Arthur said, “look, it’s very, very simple…. All I want… is a cup of tea. You are going to make one for me. Now keep quiet and listen."
“The company is trialling an AI-powered chatbot, which can help match drinks with customer moods, and is introducing the ability to schedule orders in a bid to reduce customer waits.”
Starbucks bets on robots to brew a turnaround and win customers
Chief executive Brian Niccol explains why he thinks AI will help the coffee giant regain its buzz.
www.bbc.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
“No,” Arthur said, “look, it’s very, very simple…. All I want… is a cup of tea. You are going to make one for me. Now keep quiet and listen."
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Entering the final countdown to the release of the 22nd book, the standalone adventure JITTERBUG from @titanbooks.bsky.social. Preorders available from all reputable Earth bookshops (light speed restrictions may apply).
Please share.
Please share.
January 18, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Entering the final countdown to the release of the 22nd book, the standalone adventure JITTERBUG from @titanbooks.bsky.social. Preorders available from all reputable Earth bookshops (light speed restrictions may apply).
Please share.
Please share.
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For what it’s worth I don’t use a gmail account and won’t be randomly contacting new authors enthusing about their books and giving them dodgy links to click on. There’s a new wave of author impersonation going round apparently.
January 17, 2026 at 6:52 AM
For what it’s worth I don’t use a gmail account and won’t be randomly contacting new authors enthusing about their books and giving them dodgy links to click on. There’s a new wave of author impersonation going round apparently.
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Whipping against Lord Thomas's amendment to end the shocking #IPPscandal - one of the most CRUEL, INHUMANE & MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half-century - was an act of sheer political cowardice on the part of the Prime Minister
🚨On January 6 Keir Starmer has an opportunity to end one of the most CRUEL, INHUMANE & MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half-century - the #IPPscandal - by supporting an amendment to the Sentencing Bill tabled by Lord Thomas.
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Keir Starmer now has an opportunity to end the shocking & monumentally unjust IPP scandal - will he?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 14, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Whipping against Lord Thomas's amendment to end the shocking #IPPscandal - one of the most CRUEL, INHUMANE & MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half-century - was an act of sheer political cowardice on the part of the Prime Minister
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Just under 8 weeks until JITTERBUG, my 8th release from @titanbooks.bsky.social in 8 years, lands. You're not going to want to miss this one. Preorder now from your favourite bookseller. Links: www.garethlpowell.com/jitterbug/
January 7, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Just under 8 weeks until JITTERBUG, my 8th release from @titanbooks.bsky.social in 8 years, lands. You're not going to want to miss this one. Preorder now from your favourite bookseller. Links: www.garethlpowell.com/jitterbug/
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TOMORROW I urge peers from all parties to vote for the amendment tabled by Lord Thomas if it goes to a vote.
This is a chance for the Labour government to end one of the most shocking, shameful and monumental injustice’s of the past half century - the #IPPscandal
No excuses. Let’s get this done
This is a chance for the Labour government to end one of the most shocking, shameful and monumental injustice’s of the past half century - the #IPPscandal
No excuses. Let’s get this done
🚨On January 6 Keir Starmer has an opportunity to end one of the most CRUEL, INHUMANE & MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half-century - the #IPPscandal - by supporting an amendment to the Sentencing Bill tabled by Lord Thomas.
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Keir Starmer now has an opportunity to end the shocking & monumentally unjust IPP scandal - will he?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM
TOMORROW I urge peers from all parties to vote for the amendment tabled by Lord Thomas if it goes to a vote.
This is a chance for the Labour government to end one of the most shocking, shameful and monumental injustice’s of the past half century - the #IPPscandal
No excuses. Let’s get this done
This is a chance for the Labour government to end one of the most shocking, shameful and monumental injustice’s of the past half century - the #IPPscandal
No excuses. Let’s get this done
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A New Bridge Links the Strange Math of Infinity to Computer Science www.wired.com/story/a-new-...
A New Bridge Links the Strange Math of Infinity to Computer Science
Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms.
www.wired.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:24 PM
A New Bridge Links the Strange Math of Infinity to Computer Science www.wired.com/story/a-new-...
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If you’re in the UK & are so inclined, from Dec 25 to Jan 5 you can get the Kindle edition of THE RIVER HAS ROOTS for 99p as part of their 12 Days of Kindle event! This means in the UK you can also get that price matched at other etailers, like Kobo! Merry Christmas!
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
The River Has Roots ebook by Amal El-Mohtar - Rakuten Kobo
Read "The River Has Roots The Sweeping, Magical Solo Debut by the Best-Selling Co-Author of THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR" by Amal El-Mohtar available from Rakuten Kobo. Follow the river Liss to t...
www.kobo.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If you’re in the UK & are so inclined, from Dec 25 to Jan 5 you can get the Kindle edition of THE RIVER HAS ROOTS for 99p as part of their 12 Days of Kindle event! This means in the UK you can also get that price matched at other etailers, like Kobo! Merry Christmas!
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
Apparently they did indeed wore nappies to the rallies. I hope their empathy extends to anyone who has sickness or disability, because we all deserve dignity and just live our lives.
I don’t understand - When blood came out of his ear, Trump supporters bandaged their ear too, but when he forgot to go to the toilet and poo came out of his bottom, they didn’t all go to conventions with ploppy trousers - they are just not committed enough
December 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Apparently they did indeed wore nappies to the rallies. I hope their empathy extends to anyone who has sickness or disability, because we all deserve dignity and just live our lives.
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If you haven’t spent time on @inkfoundry.bsky.social lately, you’re missing some great new features. Here’s my page which currently links to 11 of my free reads (more to come soon!). Check it out!
inkfoundry.net/writer/p-a-c...
inkfoundry.net/writer/p-a-c...
December 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
If you haven’t spent time on @inkfoundry.bsky.social lately, you’re missing some great new features. Here’s my page which currently links to 11 of my free reads (more to come soon!). Check it out!
inkfoundry.net/writer/p-a-c...
inkfoundry.net/writer/p-a-c...
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then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
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Timeline cleanse: A sunbird.
I am proud to say I’ve seen a sunbird in person. 😊
I am proud to say I’ve seen a sunbird in person. 😊
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Timeline cleanse: A sunbird.
I am proud to say I’ve seen a sunbird in person. 😊
I am proud to say I’ve seen a sunbird in person. 😊
Hey Kindle, I don't think the first syllable of SecUnit is "Se". #murderbot
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Hey Kindle, I don't think the first syllable of SecUnit is "Se". #murderbot
Oh, Josie is brilliant. (And she's coming to Oxford later this month, yay!)
Go see @josielong.bsky.social in Salford tonight - brilliant show as ever
thelowry.com/whats-on/jos...
thelowry.com/whats-on/jos...
Josie Long - Now is The Time of Monsters
A new show about extinct gigantic, charismatic, megafauna from 3-time Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominated Comedian, and very good comedian Josie Long. In these troubled times, in this wicked world, it ca...
thelowry.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Oh, Josie is brilliant. (And she's coming to Oxford later this month, yay!)
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Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
www.humblebundle.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
Humblebundled murderbot books in support of World Central Kitchen.
With the important note from @blueglow.bsky.social :
"FYI, if you click on Adjust Donation, you can tweak how your payment is split between the publisher, the Humble store, and World Central Kitchen."
With the important note from @blueglow.bsky.social :
"FYI, if you click on Adjust Donation, you can tweak how your payment is split between the publisher, the Humble store, and World Central Kitchen."
August 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Humblebundled murderbot books in support of World Central Kitchen.
With the important note from @blueglow.bsky.social :
"FYI, if you click on Adjust Donation, you can tweak how your payment is split between the publisher, the Humble store, and World Central Kitchen."
With the important note from @blueglow.bsky.social :
"FYI, if you click on Adjust Donation, you can tweak how your payment is split between the publisher, the Humble store, and World Central Kitchen."
Here is the proof (found on a restaurant wall) Adrian Tchaikovsky travelled from the future to the 90s to have his portrait painted. Actually, commissioning your favourite (but late) artists thru time travel is a very good idea. #SupportArt #SupportArtists 💜🎨🎭📚🎶
August 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Here is the proof (found on a restaurant wall) Adrian Tchaikovsky travelled from the future to the 90s to have his portrait painted. Actually, commissioning your favourite (but late) artists thru time travel is a very good idea. #SupportArt #SupportArtists 💜🎨🎭📚🎶
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I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
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August 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Oh I wish we were there. Not only I laugh a lot during his shows, I leave full of joy & hope & inspiration. (Not easy while struggling with depression).
Very few people coming to Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth but I have decided not to worry - I will create different experiments every night- and if there are eight people there , so be it -I will be fully committed
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
Babes in arms policy: Babies are not allowed in the venue
www.edfringe.com
August 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Oh I wish we were there. Not only I laugh a lot during his shows, I leave full of joy & hope & inspiration. (Not easy while struggling with depression).
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My last set of online #writing classes were so popular, I've decided to run some more. Each one lasts an hour and covers a different subject, with plenty of time for you to ask questions. Find out what topics I'll be covering and how to book here: www.garethlpowell.com/classes/
Classes | Gareth L. Powell
Do you want to build a career as a writer? On the first Sunday of each month, I hold a one-hour masterclass where I talk for around 30-40 mins on a writing-related topic, followed by a half hour Q&A w...
www.garethlpowell.com
July 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My last set of online #writing classes were so popular, I've decided to run some more. Each one lasts an hour and covers a different subject, with plenty of time for you to ask questions. Find out what topics I'll be covering and how to book here: www.garethlpowell.com/classes/
He is the president in Bear Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky. My heart aches.
We can tell the murdered children queuing for aid 'the symbol of hope is here'.
We can tell the murdered children queuing for aid 'the symbol of hope is here'.
White House ridiculed after posting ’embarrassing’ Superman Trump pic
"He's literally Lex Luthor”
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/whi...
"He's literally Lex Luthor”
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/whi...
White House ridiculed after posting 'embarrassing' Superman Trump pic
The White House has been mocked after posting a super-weird picture of Donald Trump as Superman.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
He is the president in Bear Head by Adrian Tchaikovsky. My heart aches.
We can tell the murdered children queuing for aid 'the symbol of hope is here'.
We can tell the murdered children queuing for aid 'the symbol of hope is here'.