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The British Science Fiction Association. Est 1958. Publisher of Vector, Focus, and the BSFA Review. Join us at http://bsfa.co.uk/join-the-bsfa
Of course! What an amazing project ♥️
06.02.2026 11:22 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🚀 An amazing night at the Flame Tree Press Sauúti Horrors anthology launch, where I caught @stephenembleton.bsky.social and @genni.bsky.social and met the wonderful Cheryl Ntumy and Jude Umeh.
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🚀 Space Vault Exhibition at the Think Tank - Birmingham!
Don't forget to go along and see one of the UK’s largest private collections of space artefacts from human space exploration.
Find out more:
🚀 Fission #6 - Call for Submissions
Opens 12am Feb 13th - Closes at 11.59pm Feb 27th.
We're looking for sf stories (including all subgenres/hybrids) between 1k and 5k words that have not been published before in an English language source. Find out more:
Thank you for letting me know! I’ll ask the team 🙂
03.02.2026 08:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
02.02.2026 09:30 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Ach I’ll pass this on! Thanks for letting us know!
22.01.2026 23:38 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🚀 Congratulations to all those longlisted for BSFA Awards!
Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works!
bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Got it 🙂
22.01.2026 18:19 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
19.01.2026 09:01 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 8 📌 0I don’t know if knowing that makes me feel better…
09.01.2026 18:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Oh look at that - they’re making it hard 🤦♀️
This feels like skipping to the nuclear silo ready to blow everything up, only to find that you need three keys and three people and they’re all busy right now 😅
(For the record - I hope that’s the minimum security they put on nuclear silos 🫣)
🚀 okay people, we’re probably overdue for this but… it’s time to take our rocket and leave X-Twitter. The account has been dormant for a long time now… the outpost is defunct… let’s nuke it from orbit - it’s the only way to be sure…
09.01.2026 17:52 — 👍 109 🔁 10 💬 4 📌 1
🚀 Check out Stuart Carter's review of The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Mieville:
06.01.2026 18:27 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
05.01.2026 09:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 7 📌 0
🚀 Happy festivities folks! Have a great day - from all of us at the BSFA 🎄
24.12.2025 20:09 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
22.12.2025 09:01 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 8 📌 3
🚀 Check out Stuart Carter's review of Shroud, by Adrian Tchaikovsky 👇
18.12.2025 20:41 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1Not sure about Kobo availability. Our organisation is fully volunteer run and ebook requires a whole different level of formatting, so it’s probably available as hard copy only. You’ll be able to find out more on the website 🙂
18.12.2025 12:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚀 Members - there's still time to nominate your favourite books, stories, audio dramas, works of art and more to the BSFA long list. Go now and give your favourites the boost they deserve!
If you're not a member yet, it takes minutes to join. Go to bsfa.co.uk to find out more.
🚀 A reminder to all members that Fission #5 is available to download from the member site 👉 see 'Members Digital Editions' under 'Publications' 👈 you can also buy the paperback on Amazon! It's a very strong selection of stories, perfect for some Christmas to New Year reading 🎄
16.12.2025 18:27 — 👍 8 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
🚀 Monday morning caption competition!
(art by Corona Borealis)
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12.12.2025 15:35 — 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0🚀 It's tonight!
Come join us at the Dorich Arch in Euston from 7pm to 9pm, to raise a glass and enjoy the festivities🎄
🚀 Check out Leanbh Pearson's review of The Night Ends with Fire by K.X. Song 👇
11.12.2025 20:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Some do!
A lot of genre readers go for mysteries at Christmas.
🚀 So what are your favourite Christmas sci-fi reads?
10.12.2025 20:09 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0
🚀 Members! Don't forget to come join us this Friday 12 December at the Dorich Arch in Euston. We will be there from 7pm to 9pm.
Raise a glass with fellow BSFA members and if we are lucky, former chair, Allen Stroud and current chair, Stewart Hotston will be there too 🎄
Thank you. It’s been a trying time, not gonna lie! But business shall resume, I’m determined!
08.12.2025 20:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I can’t speak for the entire BSFA, but I (@emilyinkpen.bsky.social) personally agree 😆
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