The final instalment of our series on genre is live! Sarah Richardson joined us to speak about science fiction, fantasy, Terry Pratchett, monsters and inclusive satire. Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts from 💚 open.spotify.com/episode/4guAR2…

Here's my brilliant PhD student Sarah Richardson podcasting about her satirical, fantastical and marvellous writing: soundcloud.com/technecast/sar…

For those who don't fully understand what is up with the NHS, here is a thread for you that might help. I'm a consultant physician working as a doctor in the NHS in Yorkshire and Wales for 32 years now. I have experienced the NHS at its best (2008) and its worst (2022).

So it's 3 weeks today until Ghosts of Mars launches, and I'm getting pretty excited!🚀 But as a self-published author, it is really hard to get the word out about the book. I am so grateful to my author friends for reading it, and giving me, and the book, some encouragement!

#KidLitPit Solve this problem: The survival of humanity depends on your less than polished skateboarding skills. Do you A) curl up into a ball? B) find a grown up? or C) REPRESENT! 🛹 Skateboarding 🛸Space Travel 👽 Competitive Aliens 💪 Respect Your Talents #MG #SF #IWSGPit

Today, university staff go on strike They are striking for decent pay, pensions and secure employment They are striking for students They are striking for the future of higher education RT IF YOU BACK THEM #ucuRISING

I believe the way we’ll most effectively fight for the NHS is by connecting with one another. If you oppose NHS privatisation please will you retweet this and I’ll follow you back? Thank you! Ju 💙

GIVEAWAY 👀 There are only two physical copies of Of War and Ruin by RyanCahill in the world (as of now) and I have both of them. However, I don't need two copies so I am giving away one of the proof copies! Just retweet and follow to enter! UK only due to shipping costs!

Somebody give this man a Blue Peter badge. 🙌👏

What is the purpose of Creative Writing at a time of profound global upheaval?✍️🏼 If you missed our Ruth Gilligan inaugural lecture last night you can catch up here:👉🏼youtu.be/_JuzpBtSGk0 #creativewriting #novels

English/CW PhD student Sarah Richardson's "Wormhole delays: a fast track to war?" is available in the most recent issue of the Journal of Imaginary Research. journalofimaginaryresearch.home.blog/2023/03/14/jou…

Hello everyone! 🚨IMPORTANT🚨 (if you could lend me two minutes of your time to read this, I’d really appreciate that). I’m actually on annual leave - I didn’t take any over Christmas/ new year because the NHS collapsed, and up to 500 people needlessly died within our …

Every generation should read The Lord of the Rings and learn that men are allowed to show affection, that power corrupts, and that happiness does not come from being a ruler but from baking potatoes and snoozing in an armchair by the fire in your cosy Hobbit hole.

As a special treat for #StarWarsDay, here's a very rare piece of writing, first (and only) published in the Bath Evening Chronicle on April 22, 1978. A memo to the Emperor from the Death Star's chief personnel officer, one Terry Pratchett.

Coming up this Friday, both IN-PERSON and ONLINE: Talks by people associated with Trinity College Dublin's Pratchett Project. All relate in some way to Pratchett's life and/or work: eventbrite.com/e/662329042997 Trinity Long Room Hub Global Brain Health Institute Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College (TCIN) The Library of Trinity College Dublin

Adam Roberts (Adam Roberts) is the tutor of our six-week online Writing Science Fiction course. Build a compelling world, create extraordinary characters, and write a story that transports your readers somewhere new. Next course begins 12 Oct. Enrol now: curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writing…

It's publication day for the striking Self-Portrait With Family by Amaan Hyder "Rippling with violence and desire and tendernes" "Bright with intimate address and startling sound" Congratulations Amaan 💚 ninearchespress.com/publications/p…