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Listen to GSFWC, they are wise... 🤩🧧🐍
gsfwc.bsky.social Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · Jan 29
Gong Xi Fa Cai! What better way to celebrate Chinese New Year than by pre-ordering our alumna Eliza Chan's new novel Tideborn?
January 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
neilwilliamson.bsky.social
GSFWC has been doing its thing for 40 years. And here's how we're celebrating!
gsfwc.bsky.social Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · Aug 26
#CoverReveal alert! Behold the cover art for our new anthology Haverin, designed by our own Jenni Coutts. Look carefully and you'll spot some sneaky clues to the tales inside.

Celebrating 40 years of the GSFWC, #Haverin is out October 2026 from Taverna Press. #GSFWC40

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The cover of Haverin, the GSFWC anthology, which features a red-haired girl reading while surrounded by books and a cat in a green space. Text reads: Featuring: Neil Williamson, E.M. Faulds, Christopher Caldwell, Eliza Chan and many more. Haverin, Edited by Brian M. Milton, Peter Morrison and Heather Valentine. The back of the cover of Haverin, continuing the green landscape dotted with various creatures, including a robot head, lion, and a pie. Text reads: Haverin, Scots, Verb: Talking in a foolish or trivial manner, speaking nonsense. Glaswegians enjoy a bit of haverin and few enjoy it more than the Glasgow SF Writers' Circle have for the last forty years, following many hard critique sessions with a bit of a haver in the pub. This anthology is a celebration of those forty years, with more than forty stories of Fantasy, Science and the Odd from members past and present. Join us on this fantastical journey, turning havers into stories and revelling in the full range of writing that has come out of the Circle since 1986.
August 26, 2026 at 6:13 PM
gsfwc.bsky.social
Lucky #Manchester - not only a great line-up, but two GSFWC alumnae in one night! @amalelmohtar.com @elizachanwrites.bsky.social
blackwellsmcr.bsky.social Blackwell's Manchester @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social · Feb 25
Ridiculously excited to say that we have @amalelmohtar.com with us on the 9th of April in conversation with @elizachanwrites.bsky.social! "Fairytales with teeth"? Oh we are so ready. Tickets via link below!
February 25, 2026 at 7:34 PM
meghan0n.bsky.social
Excited to be going to my first book launch on the 21st! I have a story in this wonderful anthology, celebrating 40 years of the Glasgow Science Fiction Writers' Circle ✨

Stoked to be launching at Waterstones on Sauchiehall St, which I've haunted forever 😊

www.waterstones.com/events/celeb...
Celebrating 40 Years of the GSFWC | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Celebrating 40 Years of the GSFWC today.
www.waterstones.com
October 6, 2026 at 2:18 PM
remotecore.bsky.social
If you're at Fantasycon on Friday come along to the GSFWC launch where we'll be launching a fresh batch of tablet, and selling a wee book called Haverin, chock full of stories.
#GSFWC40 #HAVERIN
munchkinstein.bsky.social Brian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 1d
An "advantage" of being a layabout wastrel unemployed person is that I've just test driven my tablet for Friday's book launch as my breakfast.
A bowl full of pieces of tablet, golden chunks of sugar based sweets.
October 6, 2026 at 8:44 AM
gsfwc.bsky.social
#Glasgow Haverin is nearly here! 'Mon and celebrate 40 years of the GSFWC with our book launch on 21st October at Waterstones Sauchiehall Street. Grab yourself new stories by Christopher Caldwell, E.M. Faulds, Neil Williamson, Eliza Chan -- and maybe some homemade tablet too!

#Haverin #GSFWC40
Celebrating 40 Years of the GSFWC | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Celebrating 40 Years of the GSFWC today.
www.waterstones.com
September 15, 2026 at 6:12 PM
gsfwc.bsky.social
Tonight, and featuring GSFWC alumna @amalelmohtar.com!
terriwindling.bsky.social Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · Jan 10
This the last of my three events for the British Library's fantasy exhibition: an online talk with three of my favourite women about my favourite subject: Angela Carter and fairy tales. 18 Jan, 7:30 pm UK time. For more information & tickets go here: thebritishlibrary.seetickets.com/event/foreve...
January 18, 2024 at 12:06 PM
ruthejbooth.bsky.social
Hey look - GSFWC is here!
gsfwc.bsky.social Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · Jul 25
Hi there! We're the Glasgow SF Writers' Circle (GSFWC, or 'The Circle' for short). Based in the West of Scotland, our crit group has been covering Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and more since 1986.

If you'd like to know more about us - or our fabulous writers - do head to https://linktr.ee/gsfwc
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A critique workshop for writers of fantastical literature based in Scotland.
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July 25, 2023 at 2:50 PM
gsfwc.bsky.social
If you're off to #WorldFantasy2025 this week - surprise! So are we! Join your GSFWC pals all weekend at the items listed below.

#WorldFantasy @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
gsfwc.bsky.social
This time next week, the world(s) of Fantasy descend on Brighton for #WorldFantasycon2025! Your GSFWC pals'll be along to speak on injuries in genre, *not* kicking arse, getting smoochy, Monster on Monster action, and much, much more!

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World Fantasycon ahoy! This time next week, the world(s) of Fantasy descend on Brighton for World Fantasy Convention 2025. Your GSFWC pals'll be along, speaking on injuries in genre, *not* kicking...
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October 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
gsfwc.bsky.social
Haverin is out this October from Taverna Press, and is co-edited by Brian M. Milton, Peter Morrison and Heather Valentine, with cover art by Jenni Coutts.

For more details on #Haverin #GSFWC, head to the link below.

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GSFWC 40th Anniversary Anthology
Haverin is a Scots word that means talking nonsense, babbling or chattering. Often that is how stories start, in the nonsense, the babbling, the chattering of writers inspiring each other to keep g…
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October 1, 2026 at 5:37 PM
gsfwc.bsky.social
Everyone welcome GSFWC alumna Eliza Chan to Bluesky! Get ready for debut novel Fathomfolk, out in 2024.
elizachanwrites.bsky.social Eliza Chan @elizachanwrites.bsky.social · Nov 2
I finally bit the bullet & joined. Lovely to see so many familiar faces.
November 2, 2023 at 8:08 PM
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Join us at Fantasycon for the launch! Tablet, wine, and fine, fine stories! Some Scotland-based, some elsewhere in the universe, but all with the passion you've come to expect from the GSFWC...
gsfwc.bsky.social Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 14d
#Haverin TOC reveal alert! Find out what's in our 40th anniversary anthology, including tales from Christopher Caldwell, Eliza Chan, Hal Duncan, E.M. Faulds, Elaine Gallagher, Gary Gibson, Cameron Johnston, Neil Williamson, and more.

Check out the Haverin TOC at the link below:

#GSFWC40
GSFWC 40th Anniversary Anthology
Haverin is a Scots word that means talking nonsense, babbling or chattering. Often that is how stories start, in the nonsense, the babbling, the chattering of writers inspiring each other to keep g…
gsfwc.wordpress.com
September 23, 2026 at 8:10 PM
neilwilliamson.bsky.social
GSFWC tag team for the win.
April 5, 2026 at 9:37 PM
neilwilliamson.bsky.social
The GSFWC, we be everywhere!
gsfwc.bsky.social Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · Mar 26
It may be a UK Worldcon year, but you still get SF Easter goodness! Eastercon is back as Levitation.

We'll be there all weekend, with Jenni Coutts art in the dealers' room, and panels from Neil Williamson, Heather Valentine and Robin CM Duncan.

Here's our schedule:

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March 26, 2024 at 11:38 PM
ruthejbooth.bsky.social
Congratulation to GSFWC bud Annabel Campbell on the release of The Outcast Mage! Gutted to miss tonight's launch, which promises to be one to remember.
waterstonesargyle.bsky.social Waterstones Argyle Street @waterstonesargyle.bsky.social · Jan 10
We are joined by a team of fantastic authors of epic fantasy to celebrate the release of @annabelcwrites.bsky.social's debut novel, The Outcast Mage, and discuss the glories of the genre!

Annabel will be joined by
@justinleeanderson.com & @lrlam.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
gsfwc.bsky.social
Want to know more about current #GSFWC folks? There's a starter pack for that. All of us on Bluesky in one place -- just check out the link below.

go.bsky.app/T6rQXA6
October 21, 2024 at 11:05 AM
remotecore.bsky.social
Haverin is an anthology of 43 stories from writers who have been a member of the GSFWC at some point in the last 40 years. My fellow editors are @munchkinstein.bsky.social and @hexthervvv.bsky.social and cover art is by @jennicoutts.bsky.social
#GSFWC40 #HAVERIN #booksky 💙📚
A pile of 3 books, anthologies by the GSFWC in the last 10 years. On top Haverin, then Gallus, and on bottom the 30th anniversary Thirty Years of Rain. Cover artist Jenni Coutts studies a test copy of the book, ensuring that she is happy with how it looks. Brian hitting the big order button having had Jenni's approval. Author Elsie WK Donald, a little grey haired woman. One of the earliest members of the GSFWC and still a regular. She is holding a copy of Haverin, in which she has done the foreword as well as having a story.
September 28, 2026 at 1:09 PM
meghan0n.bsky.social
One week today until Fantasycon ✨ I'm very excited for the launch of Haverin, the GSFWC 40th anniversary anthology!

Outside of my schedule below, I'll be attending tonnes of other awesome panels and talks from authors. Should be a great weekend 💕
My schedule for Fantasycon in Glasgow from 9-11th October. Fri 5-6pm - Haverin: GSFWC 40th Anniversary Book Launch Sat 1-2pm - The Art of Reviewing Sat 3-4pm - Authentic Scottish Representation in SFFH
October 2, 2026 at 9:24 PM
colmmmm.bsky.social
Behold! The absolutely gorgeous anthology by the GSFWC that I'm so excited to be a part of. Due to release October 2026!
gsfwc.bsky.social Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · Aug 26
#CoverReveal alert! Behold the cover art for our new anthology Haverin, designed by our own Jenni Coutts. Look carefully and you'll spot some sneaky clues to the tales inside.

Celebrating 40 years of the GSFWC, #Haverin is out October 2026 from Taverna Press. #GSFWC40

@jennicoutts.bsky.social(1/2)
The cover of Haverin, the GSFWC anthology, which features a red-haired girl reading while surrounded by books and a cat in a green space. Text reads: Featuring: Neil Williamson, E.M. Faulds, Christopher Caldwell, Eliza Chan and many more. Haverin, Edited by Brian M. Milton, Peter Morrison and Heather Valentine. The back of the cover of Haverin, continuing the green landscape dotted with various creatures, including a robot head, lion, and a pie. Text reads: Haverin, Scots, Verb: Talking in a foolish or trivial manner, speaking nonsense. Glaswegians enjoy a bit of haverin and few enjoy it more than the Glasgow SF Writers' Circle have for the last forty years, following many hard critique sessions with a bit of a haver in the pub. This anthology is a celebration of those forty years, with more than forty stories of Fantasy, Science and the Odd from members past and present. Join us on this fantastical journey, turning havers into stories and revelling in the full range of writing that has come out of the Circle since 1986.
August 27, 2026 at 9:02 AM
gsfwc.bsky.social
Splendid GSFWC alumnus news today! Check out the new short story from Isana Skeete, 'at the (centre) of it all', at the link below.

@isanaskeete.bsky.social
hexliterary.bsky.social hex @hexliterary.bsky.social · Jan 21
"I want to look (inside) and see that the (centre) leads to a different world."

Dreamy, wondrous, a linguistic treat, a mysterious room--@isanaskeete.bsky.social's "at the (centre) of it all" hits all the bases! We love this delightfully strange story, up now!

Go read it! 👇
at the (centre) of it all by Isana Skeete
I want to look (inside) and see that the (centre) leads to a different world. A kaleidoscope of a world. And in that world is a brand spanking new. A diamond chrysalis. (inside) the chrysalis is anoth...
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February 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
gsfwc.bsky.social
Come Haverin as the GSFWC celebrates its 40th anniversary! Our new anthology collects over 40 vibrant tales from Circle scribes old and new, including Christopher Caldwell, Eliza Chan, Hal Duncan, E.M. Faulds, Neil Williamson and more!

Read on for the latest #Haverin news, events and info! #GSFWC40
The cover of Haverin, the GSFWC anthology, which features a red-haired girl reading while surrounded by books and a cat in a green space. Text reads: Featuring: Neil Williamson, E.M. Faulds, Christopher Caldwell, Eliza Chan and many more. Haverin, Edited by Brian M. Milton, Peter Morrison and Heather Valentine. A parchment style background with an 18th century style sea motif. Text reads: Hear the siren's call... Fantasycon 2026 9-11 October 2026 Glasgow Crowne Plaza www.britishfantasysociety.org The Waterstones Logo
October 5, 2026 at 6:18 PM
gsfwc.bsky.social
The #BSFA Awards longlist is out - and the GSFWC are all over it! Christopher Caldwell, Jenni Coutts, E.M. Faulds and Neil Williamson are all up for awards this year. Incoming..

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Vote for the BSFA Awards
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January 27, 2026 at 6:11 PM
ruthejbooth.bsky.social
Hope everyone had a lovely solstice! A bunch of us GSFWC folks went to Brian M. Milton's house to burn things.

Some of them tasted good.

@munchkinstein.bsky.social @gsfwc.bsky.social
A roaring fire in a fire pit in a grassy garden, with a man standing admiringly with hands on hips.
June 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
cjhenderson.bsky.social
"Gnome, je ne regrette rien" springs to mind, for GSFWC-related reasons...
May 11, 2026 at 5:42 PM