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Thank you everyone for a wonderful World Fantasy 2025. A convention takes the committee, volunteers, artists, authors, editors, jurors and many others. Our special thanks of course goes to our guests: Suniti Namjoshi, Vincent Chong, Nick Landau, Vivian Cheung, Joanne Harris and Ramsay Campbell.

Hope everybody is doing well, please remember to eat, drink and take breaks!

#WorldFantasyConvention #WorldFantasy2025 #SelfCare

I am attending #WorldFantasyCon this weekend in Brighton, England, as myself, not hiding that I’m trans, and am surrounded by many, many people, cis and trans and everything else. All of them have been unreserved in their support for me and my siblings

Woman with red hair in a red dress with owls on it sits in a train. She smiles

Pack bags, check all reservations x 10, decide to redo hair colour, panic, get lift to station, get stuck in traffic, get to station just in time, walk round and round chasing the departure platform... But, I'm on the train! Whoohoo, I'm off to Brighton and #worldfantasycon2025
See you there

500 copies sold. Thank you! Magic, Maps, and Mischief: A Cozy Neurodivergent Adventure Own-Voice Neurodivergent Fantasy Out Now

No bookshops. No publisher. 500 copies sold since October 24th.

Thanks to everyone who has shared this cosy book and, of course, to everyone who has it in their TBR 🦉

We are almost there! If you are a member of the convention, please do remember to go to the website and log in.

Kiezer vindt klimaat belangrijk, maar minder dan andere problemen In de campagne werd veelvuldig gezegd dat er te weinig aandacht zou zijn voor klimaat. Het daalde op de lijst met grootste problemen.

Wanneer gaat burger en politiek begrijpen dat ‘die andere problemen’ álles met klimaat te maken hebben. Bouwen kan alleen na een drastische krimp van de veestapel, de zorg is onbetaalbaar door een ongezond voedselaanbod en er komen honderden miljoenen migranten zonder klimaatactie. nos.nl/l/2587927

Yes. 😭💕

"Trekkies are and always have been men"

*Laughs at you in Lois McMaster Bujold, Diane Duane, Diane Carey, and Vonda McIntyre*

you stupid bastard

Woman with red hair, blue glasses, and a mauve scarf - looking a bit sleepy

Up early, especially for a Saturday, to go to Bristolcon. I love being out and about before (most of the) world has woken. Yes, I know about timezones. But there's a quiet to the pre-dawn, and I like it

Status report, “One! More! Time!” dep’t: It’s been a busy month. But now, packed and ready to roll for #BristolCon. Argh, early morning pickup… but whatever. 😏

Hey there, authors!

The BFS is planning its in-person events for 2026. We want to bring even more SFFH to you in the flesh.

If you'd like to get involved, just fill in the form for the area that suits you and we'll be in touch.

Find out more: britishfantasysociety.org/bfs-in-perso...

Why is a Labour Home Secretary perpetuating this myth in The Sun?

Asylum applications in the UK are significantly below the average for all European countries. The only person helped by spreading this falsehood is Nigel Farage

That's on my TBR

people who earnestly try to argue that blocking certain accounts deprives u of important opposing viewpoints are assuming these certain accounts are posting in good faith
which is a dangerous assumption tbh

bsky.app/profile/eva....

Time to take on the Daily Mail and this Labour Government.

Let's keep growing our movement with the joy of knowing we all deserve so much better - and we can make it happen.

Time to join.greenparty.org.uk

US government accounts are here and they are already harassing people.

Do not just mute them.
Block them.

It is crucial that you do this before posting about them. They are scanning the mentions and references. They will try to use your anger. Do not let them.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

“Van extreemrechtse politici, vrijwel altijd hoogopgeleid, kun je hun kwaadaardigheid aannemen: zij liegen bewust en strategisch. Van hun discipelen kun je die niet aannemen; velen van hen zijn hoogstens onwetend of, via hun telefoon, onwetend gemaakt.”

👌🏻

The Programme for World Fantasy 2026 is now live!

worldfantasy2025.co.uk/programme/

A deliciously gothic graphic sharing the details of Rhiannon's appearance at World Fantasy Con. She's on the British and Irish Folk panel on Thursday, October 30th at 6pm.

Hello! I'll be chatting with @eidyngray.scot about my books and the folklore that inspires me at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social. I'm attending all weekend, so if you spot me feel free to come say hello 👋

Loving this!

Barbra Streisand is joining Jane Fonda and 600+ entertainment figures in re-launching the Committee for the First Amendment. Fonda announced the revival of the organization, initially founded by her father, Henry Fonda. The organization was founded in the 1940s to defend free speech against fascism.

Het klakkeloos overnemen van dubieuze termen als ‘remigratie’ is allesbehalve onschuldig Het veelvuldig gebruik van een term als ‘remigratie’, eufemisme voor ‘deportatie’, past in de tactiek van extreem-rechts om denkbeelden salonfähig te maken.

In Den Haag | Het veelvuldig gebruik van een term als ‘remigratie’, eufemisme voor ‘deportatie’, past in de tactiek van extreem-rechts om denkbeelden salonfähig te maken. buff.ly/zIzQtDa

Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams - Writer Beware A few weeks ago, I wrote about a rising and extremely prolific marketing scam that I’ve been able to trace back to operators in Nigeria. Using highly personalized (AI-generated) email solicitations th...

New #WriterBeware blog post: Gen AI-driven Nigerian writing scams have arrived recently & spun up fast. Two new ones: book club impersonations (charge a "spot fee" for appearance) & fake private book review communities (reviewers are "tipped" w/ a minimum buy) writerbeware.blog/2025/09/19/r...

Guess the world just got smaller after all

Welk boek steek je in de lucht voor hoop, vrijheid en democratie? Het duurt voor de meesten nog even, maar de vakanties komen in zicht. De vraag rijst dan ook welk boek er deze zomer meegaat in de tas. Dat we hier nu over beginnen, heeft nóg een reden. Op zaterdag…

Vandaag de Lezersmars voor (literaire) vrijheid en democratie
20 september | 12:00 | Jaarbeursplein Utrecht |
lezersmars.nl

This.

"The incoherence is the point. Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology."

Rising Christian nationalism: a threat to us all Scenes on Saturday of Christian preachers denouncing ‘Secular Humanism’ from the main stage of Tommy Robinson’s radical right Unite the Kingdom rally in London may have been surprising to see on the s...

We need to be very clear about this.

Rising Christian nationalism is a threat to us all.

humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...