Andrew Haglington @andrewhaglington.bsky.social #Author #Scifi #Fantasy ๐ Andrew Haglington
#Environment #Climate #SocialNetworking
#Photographer #Artist #RejoinEU ๐ช๐บ #Progressive
University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk Changing the world since 1451 ๐ | #TeamUofG #WorldChangingGlasgow https://www.gla.ac.uk/
SMOFcon 43 - Lisbon @smofcon43.bsky.social SMOFcon 43, Dec 4-6, is a convention for people who run conventions and for people who are interested in doing so. The members have a background of organising SFF, Horror and Gaming events covering all media and all sizes. smofconlisbon.org
CL Hellisen | Preorder The Shape of Monsters @clhellisen.com Writer, artist, occasional table. Cast Long Shadows (Luna Press) The Shape of Monsters (Audible, TorUK) A Million Points of Light (Audible)
Preorder The Shape of Monsters - https://geni.us/TheShapeofMonster
They/them
clhellisen.com
peter remote morrison @remotecore.bsky.social Haverin: 40 years of GSFWC. October 2026.
Editors: Milton, Morrison & Valentine
He/Him. GSFWC. WGB. Glasgow.
(banner by Jenni Coutts)
https://linktr.ee/remotecore
Annabel Campbell @annabelcwrites.bsky.social (she/her) SFF writer based in Lanark, Scotland. Her first novel, THE OUTCAST MAGE, combines a coming-of-age narrative with thrilling magic and found family. Out now from Orbit UK/US in hardback, paperback, ebook and audiobook.
Justin Lee Anderson @justinleeanderson.com Scottish fantasy author of Carpet Diem as well as The Eidyn Saga from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. The Damned King OUT NOW. He/Him. Rep by @canonizer.bsky.social
Founder of bookmatch.co.uk
Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social Three storeys of books to discover in the heart of Glasgow ๐ with a charming cafe and exciting programme of events.
Shona Kinsella @shonak.bsky.social Scottish fantasy and horror author. Chair of the British Fantasy Society. Avid Reader. Vaguely gothic. She/her www.shonakinsella.com
Gila RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social Game designer | RUNE, LUMEN, NOVA, WYRM, Slayers | IGDN award winner | cognitive psychologist | He/Him
gilarpgs.com
Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social Your favourite independent, genrefluid fiction publisher, bringing you the very best in SF, F & WTF!?
IG/X: @angryrobotbooks
Cameron Johnston @cameronjohnston.bsky.social Scottish fantasy author. Archaeology & history fiend. The Maleficent Seven and The Last Shield out now from Angry Robot Books, represented by Ed Wilson at Johnson & Alcock. www.cameronjohnston.net
Omar Kooheji ๐ @ohmz.bsky.social Neurodivergent (ADHD), I pretend to be an SFF writer, but I wish I had more time to write. I like boardgames, and video games, and tech stuff former SWE.
Scotland, but originally from the โMiddle Eastโ.
He/Him
Jenni Coutts (she/her) @jennicoutts.bsky.social BSFA and BFA award winning artist, SF writer, book nerd, NHS GP, goblin. Art editor of BFS Horizons. Long suffering minion to an elderly rescue cat.
Website: Jennicoutts.com
Rep: @harryillingworth.bsky.social
Lesbian Asexual ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Scottish BPOC Writers Network @scotbpocwriters.bsky.social Advocacy, networking, promoting Scottish & Scotland-based writers of colour, literary events & spaces. https://lnk.bio/scotbpocwriters
Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social Est. 1986, GSFWC is a critique workshop for writers of fantastical literature based in Scotland.
Official website, anthologies and more: https://linktr.ee/gsfwc
SJ Groenewegen @sjgroenewegen.co.uk SFF author, trans-inclusive feminist, gay, non-binary, autistic. BEM.
Website: https://www.sjgroenewegen.co.uk - includes links to all my publications.
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/sjgroenewegen - new posts every so often on politics and/or writing.
Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social #Tolkien expert, Professor of #Fantasy and Childrenโs Literature at the University of Glasgow. Substack: https://dimitrafimi.substack.com
Website: http://dimitrafimi.com
Kari Sperring @karisperring.bsky.social Writer, and mediaeval historian (the latter as Kari Maund). With cats. Sometimes political (on the Left). Sometimes musketeers. Cis, demi, she/her. Draws sheep, badly.
Liz Batty @lizbatty.bsky.social Crisp-loving nerd and swim headphones influencer. Bioinformatician and molecular microbiologist focused on tropical diseases. Live in Bangkok, do a podcast, drink coffee, go to the beach.
John Jarrold @johnj.bsky.social Literary agent for SF, Fantasy and Horror, after 15 years as a publisher in London.
http://www.johnjarrold.co.uk/
Heather Valentine @hexthervvv.bsky.social World's #2 Shadow the Hedgehog fan. Heather for queer scottish literary SFFH, Hex for love stories and online ephemera.
I like watching horror movies, reading history books, playing video games and knitting.
https://heathervalentinewriting.com/
Los Angeles Worldcon @laworldcon.bsky.social The 2026 Worldcon in Los Angeles, California
Visit LAcon.org for more details
๐
August 27-31, 2026
โจ๏ธ Adventure Awaits!
Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social Writes epic and contemporary fantasy novels along with varied shorter fiction. She/her. All opinions absolutely my own. For more, see www.julietemckenna.com
Vincent Docherty @vincentdocherty.bsky.social 
Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social Reader, writer, gamer, chill swimmer, rugby fan, SFF geek, conrunner (currently Chair of Octocon); back in Wales after many years in Ireland. She/her
S. Worthen @sworthen.bsky.social Historian, reader, sf convention organiser.
Zoe Deterding @zoedeterding.bsky.social Social Media Manager & Moderator for Daily Tech News Show dailytechnewsshow.com
Travel when I can. Drink coffee always. Crochet & knit sometimes. Teach seniors tech skills often. Sense of humour most of the time.
Kate โญ๐ฆ @kate-wood.bsky.social Viking enthusiast, phd student, British Museum and Museum of Cambridge volunteer, romance and fantasy reader, writer and editor, con-goer and conrunner, and crafter. (she/they) (storygraph: kate_wood)
Caro @liwella.bsky.social Cosplayer, knitter and book nerd. Part of the @srfantasyclub.bsky.social organising team, and co-organiser of www.fantasybookclub.org with @katepreach . Occasional conrunner. โจShe/her
Glasgow Eastercon 2027 @eastercon2027.org The 2027 Eastercon in Glasgow
https://linktr.ee/GlasgowEastercon2027
The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/
Chimera Con @chimeracondublin.bsky.social A day of wargames and boardgames with a focus on the large, long or complex games. Next con will be 22nd & 23rd May 2027
SMOFcon 42 @smofcon42.bsky.social SMOFcon 42 will be held in Stockholm.
5-7 Dececember 2025.
https://www.smofcon42.com/
Kat Kourbeti @darthj.uno SF/F writer & narrator, Hugo Award-winning senior podcast editor @strangehorizons.bsky.social, host @thewritesong.co.uk. Lapsed film critic; now BSFA's theatre columnist. Team ADHD. Greek!
๐ London, UK
โจ she/her ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
๐๐ darthj.uno
๐ linktr.ee/darthjuno
John Coxon @johncoxon.bsky.social Hugo Award winner for @octothorpecast.bsky.social and @royalastrosoc.bsky.social Fowler Award winner for solar-terrestrial science. I play games, read and watch SF, volunteer at conventions, and communicate science. Based in North East England. He/him.
Edinburgh SFF @edinburghsff.com ESFF is an open writing community for Science Fiction and Fantasy writers in Scotland. Events, resources & support, writing sessions, critique + more.
Community website for writers:
https://EdinburghSFF.com
Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social Pale. Curious. Game-maker. Writer. (de-)Archivist.
Goblinesque. Demi. ADHD. She/Her.
Current things:
- Darkened Hill & Dale ๐ฒ๐๐๏ธ
- TERMINUS ๐ฒ๐๐
- Trick or Retreat ๐๐ฒโโบ๏ธ
links.patchworkfez.co.uk
Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social Short, rumpled Scotsman. Has a terrible pain in all the diodes down his left hand side.
Not on social media as much as he used to be but if he is, it will be occasional writing and a lot of stupid bollocks.
He/Him
https://munchkinstein.co.uk
MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com Sapphic Scottish specfic duo E&M. Fungi fanatics, lurcher lovers, gin guzzlers.
The Needfire NOW OUT out with Solaris Books!
PREORDER The Haunting of Avis Lovelock TODAY!
Repped by John Baker @ PFD.
https://www.mkhardywrites.com/links/
D Franklin @dlibris.bsky.social Weegie bookseller and book enthusiast. SFF reader. Co-head of Programme, Eastercon 2027. Angry queer. Nonbinary. They/them.
Tommy Ferguson @tferguk.bsky.social 
Norncon sff convention, Belfast @norncon.bsky.social 9 May 2026, join us for Northern Irelandโs newest Science fiction and fantasy convention. Panels, talks, gaming, dealers room and all the craic
Octocon @octocon.bsky.social The National Irish Science Fiction Convention,
3rd & 4th October, 2026. Sci Fi, Fantasy & Horror. https://octocon.com
Nicholas Whyte ็ฝๆ็ @nwhyte.bsky.social He/him. International affairs strategist & expert, science fiction fan, psephologist; posts personal. Will block rude people and bigots.
http://fromtheheartofeurope.eu
James Shields @lostcarpark.bsky.social Software developer, sci-fi fan, LEGO builder, general nerd, tinkerer.
Deixis Press @deixispress.bsky.social Independent publisher, award-winning books. EIC: Angel Belsey. Hello Booksky!
https://deixis.press
https://linktr.ee/deixispress
Niall Harrison @niallharrison.bsky.social reader, critic, fan, he/him
Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social World's leading SFF book community! Posts by ๐น @kitvaria.bsky.social & ๐ @jennieivins.bsky.social. Lover of books. Hater of trolls. No AI. Probably not a real dragon. ;)
http://fantasy-faction.com/
Kev McVeigh @kevmcv.bsky.social Reader, dilettante, intermittent blogger, agitator.
"McVeigh is an extreme example" - Paul Kincaid
Adela Terrell @adela42.bsky.social 
Virginia Preston @coughingbear.bsky.social Likes: social history of the Royal Navy, children's lit, SFF, cats. I also make pots. She/her.
Brian Nisbet @natural20.bsky.social Irish gamer, reader, organiser ( #Dublin2029 ), community member ( #WSFS, #RIPE, #GรANT), human. He/Him. Has opinions on society & politics; geek. Runs services for Asiera. All opinions my own. @natural20 in a variety of places.
Anne-Louise Fortune @anne-l-fortune.bsky.social Story-teller
Sometimes a PhD researcher at the University of Stirling.
Occasionally a solicitor.
https://linktr.ee/annelouisefortune
Raj @lordofthemoon.com Irish-Indian software developing geek who's adopted Glasgow as his home. No longer has a turret at the University. Still a European. He/him. All posts entirely personal
Website: https://lordofthemoon.com
Mastodon: @lordofthemoon@mastodon.scot
Jean Thompson @rhionnach.bsky.social Glasgow-based SF fan, Viking reenactor, Hash House Harrier and Nordic walker.
JC @jc-ie.bsky.social 
Genki Gear @genkigear.bsky.social Weird but cute original designed T-shirts and gifts. Our designs are influenced by everything we love, all done with a distinctly Genki style.
Website https://genkigear.com/- G Gillian Polack @gillianpolack.bsky.social Writer, historian, educator, foodie. Maker of seriously bad jokes.
Tammy Coxen @tammylc.bsky.social 2026 Hugo Awards administrator. Booze and cocktail history nerd. I host the My Tiny Bottles podcast & YouTube series (mytinybottles.com), and teach cocktail classes online and in-person as Tammy's Tastings (tammystastings.com).
Ali Baker @alisonbaker01.bsky.social BA Primary lecturer at UEL. Children's fantasy literature researcher. Podcast host at Fantasy Book Swap. Trans rights are human rights.
No DMs without asking first. I am a prolific blocker.
Neil Williamson @neilwilliamson.bsky.social Words and music. Glasgow, Scotland
he/him https://linktr.ee/neilwilliamson
LATEST ๐ Hand-Me-Downs (short story collection) https://bit.ly/4fhuSt9
๐ถExtinction Event (album) http://bit.ly/4w4EKMC
NEXT ๐ ???
Sue Dawson @piperade.bsky.social Champagne socialist, digital marketer. Would like to think I'm middle aged but am actually old. Likes dancing and science fiction. Social media and comms person at various conventions, most recently on newsletter team at 2026 Eastercon. She/her.
Gareth Kavanagh @omegar24.bsky.social I tweet about science fiction fandom and Ireland and other strange things. Last Worst hope for peace. He/Him 
Fiona Moore (Management Lessons from The Lord of the Rings) @drfionamoore.bsky.social BSFA Award winning SFF author represented by the John Jarrold Literary Agency. Anthropologist who wandered into a business school. Author of Management Lessons from The Lord of the Rings.
https://drfionamoore.com
https://www.fiona-moore.com
Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social Writer, editor, publisher. Science fiction and fantasy, also queer history. Welsh. May rant about rugby.
Ruth EJ Booth (she/they) @ruthejbooth.bsky.social SFFH Author/Critic. BSFA & British Fantasy Award Winner. Shoreline of Infinity columnist. GSFWC Social Media. #SGSAH PhD. #StrathLife
Queer Neurodivergent with Chronic Illness.
Stories and more: https://linktr.ee/ruthejbooth
Nicholas Jackson @njj4.bsky.social mathematician, depressive, neurodivergent, agnostic, European, SF fan, ancestor. (he/him/his).
Assistant Professor in Maths and Economics at the University of Warwick.
Mastodon: @njj4@mathstodon.xyz
Instagram: dr.nicholas.jackson
Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social SF fan, writer etc etc. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟAuthor of The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein; Rhetorics of Fantasy and Considering the Female Man (Luna Press, Order now!) UK GUFF delegate to Swancon 2028, Member of @brisbanein28.bsky.social ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ต๐ธ (Farah/they)
Bona Books ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ๐ค๐ผ @bonabooks.bsky.social Publishing radical queer specfic from London, UK. Founded: @trip.bsky.social, @robwillb.bsky.social, @chrismccartney.bsky.social.
Harassed by: @lyamkk.bsky.social
๐ธI Want That Twink OBLITERATED! (2024)
๐งฑWrath Month (2026)
https://linktr.ee/bonabooksltd
Tor Books @torbooks.bsky.social Publisher of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller and Suspense, and Other Speculative Fiction
Glasgow 2024, A Worldcon For Our Futures @glasgow2024.bsky.social The official account for Worldcon (World Science Fiction Convention) that will be hosted in Glasgow in 2024.
https://glasgow2024.org/
L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist ๐ง๐พโโ๏ธ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app SFF writer/editor/publisher. ATL/SEA.
Literary nonprofit person. Ignytes mother. Awards doer. Hugo/Locus Winner. Conrunner. LEGO builder. Joy enthusiast. 77% Cake. Bi. Grumpy. She/her/chef. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ YEAR OF THE MER (Saga/Titan, OUT NOW). Ldlewiswrites.com
Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social Queen of Swords Press is a small press publisher of stories from out of this world. Queer AF. Catherine Lundoff, publisher. Minneapolis, MN. https://www.queenofswordspress.com
British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social Latest news updates and reviews from the British Fantasy Society Community. Home to readers, writers, artists and gamers. Love SFFH? Come join us! www.britishfantasysociety.org
First Ten Pages Programme: https://british-fantasy-society.vercel.app/welcome
Beyond Cataclysm ๐ฑMaking Books @beyondcataclysm.co.uk We are an indie publisher&distro. We make cool books, podcasts & RPGs with lovely people. โก๏ธbeyondcataclysm.co.uk
Alison Scott @bohemiancoast.bsky.social Podcaster, GUFF delegate, Hugo winner, avid idler. 
British Science Fiction Association @bsfa.bsky.social 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
E.M. Faulds / Beth or Taxes / Not em faulds @emfaulds.com Award-winning Scottish science fiction & fantasy writer. Podcastle, Strange Horizons, Shoreline of Infinity, ParSec, Best of British SF. More: emfaulds.com NEW HANDLE, bethkesh will still work.
#scruffyGarden
Runs @bibliotta.bsky.social
Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social Locus Magazine: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror. The Guide to the World's Imagination.
https://locusmag.com
linktr.ee/locusmagazine
World Anvil Worldbuilding @worldanvil.com Worldbuilding software, campaign manager and novel writing software. Created by two nerds, run with love & passion, supported by the friendliest community on the internet ๐ฅฐ๐ฅณ Learn more at www.worldanvil.com
๐ Trip Ghouley ๐ @trip.bsky.social He/Him. Fantasy Author. Londoner. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Mythopoeic Award Finalist. A MARKET OF DREAMS AND DESTINY (Titan 2023); Editor & Co-Founder @bonabooks.bsky.social & Fantabulosa!; Rep: @onechaptermore.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/TripGaley
Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social The internet's definitive source for reliable factually accurate barely news and almost information about science fiction. Inexplicably a six-time Hugo finalist. hugoclub.blogspot.ca
Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com Engineer. SFF Writer. Triple Nebula Award winner. Viแปt (Kinh)/French. Asian auntie. Weird. She/They. Queer. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Loves tea. Profile:
@yendraws
@readatmidnight
Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social Award-winning powerhouse publisher of SF ๐ Fantasy ๐งโโ๏ธ Spec Fic โจ, and Horror ๐ง Part of Profile Books ๐ https://linktr.ee/solarisbooks
C.L. McCartney @chrismccartney.bsky.social (he/him) Writes things and edits things. Mostly SFF, mostly queer. Managing Director and Co-Founder of @BonaBooks.bsky.social
Queer, nerd, lefty. Views my own.
Lauren Beukes @laurenbeukes.com Novelist, scriptwriter, imaginative futurist, recovering journalist. Winner of the Arthur C Clarke and the University of Johannesburg Prize. Author of The Shining Girls (now on Apple TV), Zoo City and Bridge.
Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social That freelance Audible-bestselling, British Fantasy Awards-losing SFF author with Very Tall Hair. Guitarist, singer, occasional DJ. (d)eaf, queer. He/him.
All queries to @losbennett.bsky.social at Liverpool Literary Agency
www.mikebrooks.co.uk
Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net Author. Hugo, Astounding, and World Fantasy Award winner; Nebula, Clarke and Le Guin finalist. Rep: Kurestin Armada at Root Literary.
Out now: THE INCANDESCENT - https://tinyurl.com/theincandescent
Dublin 2029 @dublin2029.bsky.social Curiosity, Authenticity, Solidarity โจ
The Dublin 2029 Worldcon bid ๐๐ฎ๐ช Our crossroads lit by story and star โญ
linktr.ee/dublin2029
The Arthur C. Clarke Award @clarkeaward.bsky.social The Arthur C. Clarke Award science fiction book of the year.
clarkeaward.com
Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social Publisher. CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS. CEO and Editor-in-Chief: @jendiagammon.bsky.social. Staff: @garethlpowell.bsky.social @authorhelengj.bsky.social @scarlettralgee.bsky.social @denniskcrosby.bsky.social @kcgrifant.bsky.social starsandsabers.com
Ken MacLeod @amendlocke.bsky.social Science fiction writer
Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social Scott Edelman is a Stoker Award-nominated writer and Hugo Award-nominated editor of science fiction, fantasy & horror, as well as the host of the Hugo Award-nominated Eating the Fantastic podcast! (He/Him)
Luna Press Publishing @lunapress.bsky.social Award Winning Small Press. SFF in Fiction and Academia. Est. 2015. Member of Publishing Scotland. https://www.lunapresspublishing.com
RJ Barker @rjbarker.bsky.social Award winning and, somehow, bestselling fantasy author. Gad about, small tree grower and procrastinationist to the stars. Truly, RJ Barker in all departments.
"their worlds are completely and entirely original." BFS
Agent: @teddyfromtheblock.bsky.social
George Sandison @georgesandison.bsky.social Managing Editor @titanbooks.bsky.social. Ran multiple award-winning Unsung Stories. Writer: HINTERLANDS @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social. European (yes, still). Empathy, compassion & ice cream pls. He/Him.
AGENCY out now https://shorturl.at/iqPUx
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