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Writer/poet/optimist. Rep'd by @bigjcowen. THE SHIPWRIGHT AND THE SHROUDWEAVER OUT NOW from Gollancz. Acad. work with Bloomsbury Politics. They/them.

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An excellent @britfantasysoc.bsky.social event last night celebrating Scottish SFFH! Thank you to the brilliant @shonak.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @rtorrubia.com & @ianthegreen.bsky.social for a wonderful panel & thank you to our amazing audience! What a fab night!
A photo of Shona Kinsella, Lorraine Wilson, Rafael Torrubia and Ian Green sat at a table signing books in a bookshop A table with The Salt Oracle by Lorraine Wilson, Daughters of Nicnevin by Shona Kinsella and The Heart of Winter by Shona Kinsella A table with The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver by Rafael Torrubia, The Deep and the Drowned by Ian Green and Extremophile by Ian Green A photo of a full audience in Waterstones watching the panel
August 27, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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Very excited for this one, as I keep saying. Brilliant authors, great chat - guaranteed ⛵️🌊💀
August 21, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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Two weeks until the best of Scotland lands on Yorkshire!

Come by for Outwith Reality - Scottish Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror @waterstonesleeds Wednesday 26th August, 7pm. Tickets via Waterstones.

If you do, I'll emboss your copy of Ship & Shroud making it very, very special and slightly blessed.
August 12, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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shonak.bsky.social
Can’t wait to visit Leeds for this excellent panel at Waterstones with @ianthegreen.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social and @rtorrubia.com

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Panel: Out with Reality - Scottish Science-Fiction, Fantasy and Horror | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Panel: Out with Reality - Scottish Science-Fiction, Fantasy and Horror today.
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August 12, 2026 at 7:06 AM
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The four of us together are going to be an absolute riot, grab your tickets for this asap and I'll emboss a little sailing ship on your book ⛵️
katiebruce.bsky.social Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · Aug 4
August has arrived which means it's time to get to know the authors of our next BFS event!
@shonak.bsky.social
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@ianthegreen.bsky.social
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Shown is a graphic of the Scottish flag (white cross on a blue background) with a green silhouette of Scotland and two black silhouettes of unicorns. Top right and top left is the Waterstones logo, a black W on a white background. On the right and left of the top text box is the BFS logo, a white dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos: Shona Kinsella (middle right), Ian Green (middle left); Rafael Torrubia (bottom left), Lorraine Wilson (bottom right). The text boxes read “The British Fantasy Society & Waterstones Leeds, Outwith Reality – Scottish Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror, Ian Green, Shona Kinsella, Rafael Torrubia, Lorraine Wilson, Katie Bruce (mod), Wednesday 26th August, 7pm, Leeds Waterstones” Shown is a graphic of the Scottish flag (white cross on a blue background) with a green silhouette of Scotland and two black silhouettes of unicorns. Photos: Shona Kinsella and the cover of Daughters of Nicnevin (top right), Ian Green and the cover of The Deep and the Drowned (top left); Rafael Torrubia and the cover of The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver (bottom left) Lorraine Wilson and the cover of The Salt Oracle (bottom right).
August 4, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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The water filled with a thousand small chalices.
July 29, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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My weekly free Patreon post is up - featuring food, white peacocks, sad writer whinges, mentions of @emfaulds.com, and @shonak.bsky.social @ianthegreen.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social, @rtorrubia.com's Leeds event

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Eat, Drink and Be Merry Because Tomorrow You Might Get Hit by a Lorry | CL Hellisen
The Week That Was Another super busy week that wasn't actually that productive? But I did make a LOT of salads, sides, and desserts for a fa
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July 29, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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Hanging out with some of my faves for this one, really looking forward to it. AND, you can be one of the first folk to get a special embossed copy of The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver.
britfantasysoc.bsky.social British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · Jul 27
The BFS is excited to announce our next in-person Leeds event.
Outwith Reality – Scottish Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror.
Wed 26th Aug, 7pm. Waterstones, Leeds.

Ticket: tinyurl.com/OutwithLeeds

@katiebruce.bsky.social @ianthegreen.bsky.social @shonak.bsky.social @rtorrubia.com @rainewilson.bsky.social
Shown is a graphic of the Scottish flag (white cross on a blue background) with a green silhouette of Scotland and two black silhouettes of unicorns. Top right is the Waterstones logo, a black W on a white background. On the right and left of the top text box is the BFS logo, a white dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos: Katie Bruce (top left); Shona Kinsella (middle right), Ian Green (middle left); Rafael Torrubia (bottom left), Lorraine Wilson (bottom right). The text boxes read “The British Fantasy Society & Waterstones Leeds, Outwith Reality – Scottish Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror, Ian Green, Shona Kinsella, Rafael Torrubia, Lorraine Wilson, Katie Bruce (mod), Wednesday 26th August, 7pm, Leeds Waterstones”
July 27, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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britfantasysoc.bsky.social
The BFS is excited to announce our next in-person Leeds event.
Outwith Reality – Scottish Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror.
Wed 26th Aug, 7pm. Waterstones, Leeds.

Ticket: tinyurl.com/OutwithLeeds

@katiebruce.bsky.social @ianthegreen.bsky.social @shonak.bsky.social @rtorrubia.com @rainewilson.bsky.social
Shown is a graphic of the Scottish flag (white cross on a blue background) with a green silhouette of Scotland and two black silhouettes of unicorns. Top right is the Waterstones logo, a black W on a white background. On the right and left of the top text box is the BFS logo, a white dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Photos: Katie Bruce (top left); Shona Kinsella (middle right), Ian Green (middle left); Rafael Torrubia (bottom left), Lorraine Wilson (bottom right). The text boxes read “The British Fantasy Society & Waterstones Leeds, Outwith Reality – Scottish Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror, Ian Green, Shona Kinsella, Rafael Torrubia, Lorraine Wilson, Katie Bruce (mod), Wednesday 26th August, 7pm, Leeds Waterstones”
July 27, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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Orkney so far providing a glut of wild omens for Book 2.
The mast of a submerged ship, under a steely grey sky, in a dark blue sea.
July 26, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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rainewilson.bsky.social
This Wednesday! If anyone lurking around the North-East fancies coming to chat bookish things, oceanic fantasy and dangerous (fucked up) children.

@rtorrubia.com @solarisbooks.bsky.social

tickets here: inkandquill.co.uk/products/an-...
Graphic for a book event with myself & Rafael Torrubia at the Ink and Quill in Montrose this wednesday at 6pm. It's got both our book covers and a promise that we will chat, and sign books and other authory sorts of things.
July 20, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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My weekly Patreon round up is here, featuring @rtorrubia.com, @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social, and @emfaulds.com among other things like mutant sea gulls and how writing is hard mmmkay

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Good Book Shilling | CL Hellisen
The Week That Was A pretty quiet week. Got to skate for only the second time on my new Aura Skys and they were bliss and love them. I'm gonn
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July 16, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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This will be a good one, pals
clhellisen.com CL Hellisen | Preorder The Shape of Monsters @clhellisen.com · Jul 14
Exciting news is that I'll be at Blackwell's in Edinburgh on September 24th, chatting with @annabelcwrites.bsky.social about The Shape of Monsters!

Catch us because we're awesome and also books are neat!

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Promo for The Shape of Monsters at Blackwell's Edinburgh, with a book cover and a person's face. CL Hellisen in conversation with Annabel Campbell, Thursday 25th September, 7 pm. Ticket details - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/c-l-hellisen-the-shape-of-monsters-tickets-1992930693352
July 15, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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This was an absolute blast ⛵️🌊⛵️
clhellisen.com CL Hellisen | Preorder The Shape of Monsters @clhellisen.com · Jul 14
Fab night out at Waterstones Kirkcaldy chatting to @rtorrubia.com about their debut novel, influcting terrible violence upon characters, parasitic gods and the horror thereof, and people doing terrible things because they think they're doing the right thing.

An excellent time all round
July 14, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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Tomorrow I'll be in Kirkcaldy and it won't be for skating!

I'm chatting to @rtorrubia.com about their debut fantasy novel The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver at Waterstones

Promises to be an interesting evening, so come through, lovely fellow Fifers!
July 13, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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The weekly public Patreon is up! Featuring writer resources, book bundle deals, WiP trauma, what I'm reading, @rtorrubia.com, @annabelcwrites.bsky.social, @bonabooks.bsky.social and @portyliterary.bsky.social

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Set me On Fire and Call me Done | CL Hellisen
The Week That Was I made my annual trek west to go hang with many of the lovely Glasgow crew from the GSFWC, and much drink was quaffed, exc
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July 8, 2026 at 10:41 AM
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shonak.bsky.social
Really looking forward to taking part in this event in Leeds in August with @ianthegreen.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social and @rtorrubia.com It’s going to be great! www.waterstones.com/events/panel...
Panel: Out with Reality - Scottish Science-Fiction, Fantasy and Horror | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Panel: Out with Reality - Scottish Science-Fiction, Fantasy and Horror today.
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June 29, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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ONE WEEK until I'm off to Berwick and The Berwick Bookloft for this very exciting event at the extremely cool Straw Yard. I'm up against my old enemy the World Cup, so book early to avoid disappointment ⛵️🌊💀

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The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver - An Evening with Rafael Torrubia | The Book Loft
The Book Loft is delighted to present an evening with a trail-blazing voice in Scottish fantasy, fusing the Celtic folklore of J.R.R. Tolkien with the climate geopolitics of N.K. Jemisin.
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June 26, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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Also, I did this with @sunyidean.com, @marcorinaldi.bsky.social & co. and it was a HOOT 🗡🎲
abs.ventures ABS @abs.ventures · Jun 6
It's @rookeryp.bsky.social live from @cymerafestival.co.uk chatting narrative and games and all inbetween with @rtorrubia.com @sunyidean.com @justinleeanderson.com @marcorinaldi.bsky.social Lindsay & @andyleask.bsky.social you can watch along now/catch up later www.youtube.com/live/cLLbbed...
Live stream Rookery panel , cream walls, window centre with tiled roof behind, black red and white pop up banners either side, Rookery logos, 6 seated folks all of them looking at one figure gesticulating
June 16, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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It's a novel everybody should be reading!
June 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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chiarab.bsky.social
I am utterly in love with this book. It is a stunning work of fantasy!
britfantasysoc.bsky.social British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · Jun 16
A rich and immersive debut Scottish fantasy, The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver by Rafael Torrubia, is a fine addition to the genre from @gollancz.bsky.social #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/the-s...
June 16, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Utterly blown away to receive such a glowing review from the @britfantasysoc.bsky.social for The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver.

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The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver by Rafael Torrubia – The British Fantasy Society
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June 16, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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A rich and immersive debut Scottish fantasy, The Shipwright and the Shroudweaver by Rafael Torrubia, is a fine addition to the genre from @gollancz.bsky.social #BFSReview britishfantasysociety.org/review/the-s...
June 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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New post at Patreon - what I'll be doing at Cymera, and what I'm reading - featuring @annasmithspark.bsky.social, @alexpheby.bsky.social, @rtorrubia.com and @clpolk.com

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What I'm Up To at Cymera | CL Hellisen
What I'm Up To at Cymera by CL Hellisen on Patreon. Join CL Hellisen's community for exclusive content and updates.
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June 3, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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This weekend I'll be at @cymerafestival.co.uk - looking forward to a truckload of events and catching up with writer pals.

I'll be chairing this Saturday panel with @alexpheby.bsky.social @rtorrubia.com and @annasmithspark.bsky.social

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From the Ruins with Alex Pheby, Anna Smith Spark and Rafael Torrubia — CYMERA
In the aftermath of ruin, some rebuild. Others burn what’s left. In Alex Pheby’s Waterblack , Nathan Treeves has returned as Master of the City of the Dead, while Sharli—once a sacrifice, now a tra...
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June 1, 2026 at 6:36 AM