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Celebrating 180 Years of Scientific American Since 1845, SciAm has chronicled the science shaping our world. Explore our legacy in this special anniversary package.

Scientific American is turning 180! 🎉

Celebrate with us:

🎂 Explore our anniversary collection

🧩 Solve digital jigsaw puzzles of vintage covers

🏆 Stay tuned for a contest announcement tomorrow!

sciam.com/180 #SciAm180

Interesting thoughts here about Mary Shelley and "Frankenstein"!

Weaving the Uncanny writing workshop with Jeda Pearl Join Scottish Jamaican poet and fiction author Jeda Pearl to create pieces of writing braided with folklore and supernatural elements.

Weaving the Uncanny
writing workshop with Jeda Pearl
29 Aug, Berwick-upon-Tweed – £20

Join Scottish Jamaican writer @jedapearl.bsky.social to explore Paxton House’s history & links to the Caribbean, & create writing braided with folklore & supernatural elements
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/weaving-th...

YouTube video by Walt Disney Animation Studios Zootopia 2 | Trailer

There's a new trailer for Zootopia 2! What do you think?

The Booker Prize 2025 | The Booker Prizes The longlist for the Booker Prize 2025 has been announced, and features a previous winner plus two debut novelists

The longlist for the Booker Prize 2025 has been announced! Have you read or are planning to read any of the books on the list?

71 years ago on 29 July 1954: The Fellowship of the Ring was published. The first part of J.R.R. #Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, it tells of Frodo Baggins leaving the Shire on a quest to destroy the One Ring. #LOTR is one of the world's most-loved books - what does it mean to you? #BookSky

If you want to listen to me waffling about fantasy worlds on @bbc5live.bsky.social (but fair warning: this has in the early hours so was rather sleepy!), link here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (I'm on from around 2:31:28). Many thanks to Tony Livesey and co for the hospitality!

NEW WRITING SCOTLAND ASL is seeking applications to be a co-editor of New Writing Scotland, from writers currently based in Scotland. Applicants should have a strong publishing record of their own, with a focus on prose; previous editorial experience would be an advantage. The post will run for up to three years from 2026, for volumes 44, 45, and 46, publishing in 2026, 2027, and 2028 (dependent on funding). Our editors jointly select approximately 50 pieces – poetry and prose – from the English- and Scots-language submissions we receive each year. The submissions are anonymised, and we provide editors with paper copies to read. As an editor, we’d ask you to attend launches in Edinburgh and Glasgow (travelling expenses would be paid). Editors receive an annual £1500 stipend and full editorial credit. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from people who are under-represented within the sector, including from BPOC applicants (Black people and People of Colour), disabled people, LGBTQIA+ applicants and those from a low socioeconomic background. Please send a CV and a one-page application letter, outlining your qualifications for the position, to admin@asls.org.uk by midnight on Monday 4 August 2025. Submission to New Writing Scotland is free and open to all. You can find our submission instructions here.

WRITERS!
New Writing Scotland seeks a new co-editor for English- & Scots-language work. Applicants should be currently based in Scotland & have a strong publishing record, with a focus on prose. Post is up to 3 years: stipend £1500 per issue.
#writers #writing
Pls RT 👇
asls.org.uk/new-writing-...

#edfringe 2025 kicks off next week! 😁 If you’re coming for the first time, the festival might feel a bit overwhelming, so we’ve put together a list of 10 tips to help you get started 👇

www.edfringe.com/about-us/new...

Feel like we’ve missed something? Add your tips in the comments!

Huge Spider-Man 4 props arrive in Glasgow ahead of 15 days of filming A convoy of vehicles inspired by the Big Apple have rolled into Glasgow ahead of two weeks of filming for Spider-Man: Brand New Day which is set to begin later this week.

Keep your eyes peeled around Glasgow and you might see some behind-the-scenes shots of Spider-Man 4 👀

Summer of Science Fiction & Fantasy The Clarion West Summer Reading Series will be held virtually and streamed live over Zoom during the Six-Week Workshop. Join us for our final event, a conversation between Martha Wells and Kate…

Tomorrow (Wednesday the 30th) Summer of Science Fiction & Fantasy: Martha Wells in conversation with Kate Elliott
July 30 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Register at this link: www.clarionwest.org/event/summer...

Congratulations!

Screen shot of Tom Beer's Editor's letter in the 6/1 edition of Kirkus titled Our Science Fictional world. Includes praise for Erika Swyler's WE LIVED ON THE HORIZON, Laila Lalami's THE DREAM HOTEL, Silvia Park's LUMINOUS, and AWAKENED by A.E. Osworth.

My editor gave me a heads up that Kirkus recently gave WE LIVED ON THE HORIZON more love.
It's rare to get any mentions more than six weeks after publication, let alone months.
I'm more grateful than I can say.
I'm not at all a writer for everyone, but when people get it, they *really* get it.

My arrival at the Cathedral de Santiago, wearing my mother’s rosary that she’d asked me to carry on my pilgrimage

I'm back from a month of novel research and hiking along Spain's Camino de Santiago and the Tour du Mont Blanc in the Alps! As a followup to June's No Failure, Only Practice on research practices, I've written a field report on what worked best for me this trip: mattbell.substack.com/p/53-traveli...

7 Years Later, Alex Garland's Hated Sci-Fi Horror Will Land On Streaming Cosmic horror fans will love this alien invasion film.

Yes, Annihilation will stream on Paramount starting August 1. No, the movie wasn't much hated. No, it didn't flop in the usual way. The new Paramount leadership suffocated it by releasing on too few screens. Per screen take was robust. share.google/4PHbY6q65jJk...

Please email your submission to info@scatteredflockjournal.com with the subject line being: “Issue #1 Submission: Category, LastName”.

Be sure to include:

*Your name as you would like it to appear in the magazine.
*The year of your graduation from UofG Fantasy.
*Your cohort bird.

Reminder: Submissions are due today, July 27th, for the first alumni-only issue of Scattered Flock Journal! This is a great chance for alumni of the University of Glasgow's MLitt in Fantasy Literature program to submit creative writing, academic pieces, photography, artwork, and more!

Have you seen the new Book Fringe Programs? They're FREE, and available from @argonautbooks , @lighthousebks and us! Book Fringe is a grass roots free festival complimenting the official @edbookfest . Check it out!

Interview with the Vampire Season 3: Sam Reid Teases Lestat's Rock Star Journey Exclusive: Interview with the Vampire showrunner Rolin Jones and star Sam Reid discuss the Anne Rice adventures to come in season 3.

There's going to be a third season of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire! Who's as excited as we are about it??

Still working on your submission to Scattered Flock Journal's first issue? Make sure you have them in by tomorrow, July 27th, for consideration! Remember, when in doubt—submit! We'd love to see your work, and if you're over the word count or aren't sure about something, submit anyway.

YouTube video by Oxford Tolkien Network Tolkien the post-Christian? A Proposition

I'm mostly staying off Bluesky at the moment - it's easier to concentrate when I don't have a feed to scroll. But if you want a sense of my obsessions lately, the Oxford Tolkien Seminar uploaded my recent talk "Tolkien the Post-Christian? A Proposition" to their YouTube channel. Hope you enjoy. :)

Only one week until the deadline! Let's see those comics! 🦭

Good luck!

Fantasia Review: I Am Frankelda, Mexico’s First Stop-Motion Feature, Speaks Truth to Power More than the similarly mythologized Monsters, Inc., the first stop-motion feature produced in Mexico (courtesy of the Cinema Fantasma studio) recalls an old childhood favorite from the '80s: Little M...

I Am Frankelda, the first-ever stop-motion feature produced in Mexico, speaks truth to power while still providing an infectious level of fun.

Read @jaredmobarak.com's @fantasiafestival.com review:

The Shattering Peace gets a starred review in @libraryjournal.bsky.social: "Scalzi’s legion of fans... won’t be disappointed by the latest installment in the long-running, groundbreaking, utterly epic 'Old Man’s War' series."

UTTERLY EPIC Y'ALL

www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-s...

If you’re planning a wee trip to Glasgow, definitely check this place out!

Great thread from Premee. And honestly something I've been noodling on for years. I think there's a newsletter a-coming soon all about what I learned being inside the belly of the beast when it comes to publicity/marketing/campaigns/etc

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Registration for the 2025 British Association for Romantic Studies (BARS) Early Career & Postgraduate Researcher Conference, Romantic (Un)Consciousness, closes on Friday August 1 at midnight (GMT)! ⏳

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