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Scotland's Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Writing
www.cymerafestival.co.uk
In Edinburgh and Online 31st May - 2nd June 2024
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Cymera Festival
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We still have a gorgeous collection of #Cymera2024 stickers available, in a variety of colours! Available on our website from Β£1.50 π
Visit our website to see what other Cymera merch we have available. Did someone say tote bags? π€©
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/merchandise
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Congratulations @vajra.me, one of our #Cymera2024 authors β this is fantastic to see! π
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Fill out our Audience Survey & enter our prize draw for a chance to win a #Cymera2024 Prize Bundle!
We are looking to understand our audience at Cymera better. The survey is entirely anonymous, and all answers are confidential: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Thank you @cymeraf.bsky.social β€οΈ (won in the Cymera auction). This is essentially a list of some of my favourite peopleβ¦ + a spider. (thanks, @aptshadow.bsky.social)
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Did you know β you can still get your hands on a Cymera Merchandise Bundle! Including tote bags, stickers and bookmarks! π€©
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/merchandise
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Wohoo! This is so cool!
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We'll see you in 2025 for another weekend celebrating Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Writing.
π© Join our mailing list to keep up-to-date with all things Cymera: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/mailing-list
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We can hardly believe #Cymera2024 has been and gone! ποΈ
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who volunteered at, attended and appeared at #Cymera2024 β we couldn't have done it without you π
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MK Hardy
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Just a day and a half left in the @cymeraf.bsky.social auction, folks - if you haven't taken a look and put your bids in, now's your chance! We're so close to hitting Β£1000, could you help push us over the edge? www.32auctions.com/organization...
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If you'd like me to read the first 3,000 words of your project (fiction or non-fiction) and give it a loving critique, you can make that happen by bidding at at @cymeraf.bsky.social auction. The current bid is Β£25, so this is an affordable way to get a pair of experienced* eyes on your work!
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Bidding in the Cymera Charity Auction closes at 5pm today!
Get your final bids in β we've raised Β£1,000 so far π€©
www.32auctions.com/Cymera2024
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There are still TWO DAYS left to bid in the Cymera Charity Auction!
We're raising funds to support #CymeraFestival and the Scottish Book Trust π
www.32auctions.com/Cymera2024
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You can still bid in the Cymera Charity Auction! The auction is now online, with bids closing this Friday, 7 June at 5pm BST.
All funds raised will go towards supporting Cymera and @scottishbooktrust New Writers Programme: www.32auctions.com/Cymera2024
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We're keeping a spot on a panel open for you when you're ready!
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THANK YOU!
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At this, with Em Reed and @rainewilson.bsky.social, @lyndseycroal.bsky.social asking the questions @cymeraf.bsky.social
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Tune in for the annual #InsideTheRookery #livestream at 7pm on Saturday, 1 June! The event is free, in-person or online.
#Cymera2024 #CymeraFestival #RPG #TTRPGS
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/games-at-cym...
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Tune in for the annual #InsideTheRookery livestream at 7pm on Sat, 1 June! The event is free, in-person & online.
Andy Leask, Andy Law, Lindsay Law with guests @authorjla.bsky.social @trip.bsky.social & Kate Wirfler #Cymera2024 #CymeraFestival #RPG #TTRPGS
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera23-games
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Join us at #Cymera2024 in Edinburgh this weekend at the free Games Space, featuring amongst others @ab5.bsky.social @philipgharris.bsky.social & Tobi with a range of #RPGs #boardgames & #openplay tables!
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/games-at-cym...
#Cymera #CymeraFestival #TTRPGS
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π¨ Time Travels with Poppy Kuroki and Nigel Planer
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Saturday, 1 June at 5pm BST
Reserve your tickets and find the full #Cymera2024 programme on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera2024-e...
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ποΈ Nigel Planer joins us to discuss his latest novel, Jeremiah Bourne in Time. As Jeremiah is swept from his crumbling home in Blackfriars in 2019, to the same house in 1910, he faces 2 questions: how did he get here, and how can he get back to his own time?
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ποΈ Poppy Kuroki joins us to discuss her debut novel, Gate to Kagoshima. While researching her Japanese ancestors, Isla travels from Scotland to Kagoshima. There, a vicious typhoon and a strange white gate in a deserted shrine tumbles Isla back to 1877.
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Donβt forget to visit our Creators Hall this weekend at #Cymera2024, full of indie publishers, creators and artists!
The Creators Hall is open Saturday and Sunday, from 10am to 5pm. Itβs free to visit, and just across the courtyard.
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Stark Holborn
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Can't wait to chair this panel on Saturday at @cymeraf.bsky.social with the brilliant @oliverklangmead.bsky.social, @aptshadow.bsky.social and Ken MacLeod!
It's going to be fascinating. Who am I seeing there? β¨π±
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera2024-e...
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this weekend I'll be at @cymeraf.bsky.social creator's hall, along with a bunch of freinds! Ready to fight any beasts we come across! I'll have the last of my current batches of t shirts, plus new notebook bundles and loads of books and zines! cymerafestival.co.uk/creatorshall
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ποΈ EJ Swift joins us to discuss her latest novel, The Coral Bones β three women are divided by time, but connected by the ocean. Past, present and future collide in this powerful elegy to a disappearing world, and a vision of a more hopeful future. @catamaroon.bsky.social
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ποΈ William Letford joins us to discuss his latest novel From Our Own Fire β a prose & poetry tour de force of storytelling, taking you into the not-too-distant future where an artificial intelligence rules the world, and a working-class family use their wits to live off the land.
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ποΈ Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson will join us to discuss her debut novel, The Principle of Moments β a century-spanning space fantasy about a Regency Era love affair between a time-traveller and the prince waiting for him in the past, and a rescue mission in the 60th century.
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π¨ Past, Present, Future with Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson, William Letford and EJ Swift
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Saturday, 1 June at 3.30pm BST
Reserve your tickets and find the full #Cymera2024 programme on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera2024-e...
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Dune! The Musical is coming to #Cymera2024 π€©
Sing along with little Paul Atreides on his journey to Sietch Tabr; can he tame the worm, save the world AND get the girl? Forget everything you know about Arrakis and get ready for Dune! The Musical.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera2024-e...
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ποΈ James Logan joins us to discuss his debut novel, The Silverblood Promise. Lukan is the disgraced heir to an ancient noble house. When he discovers that his estranged father has been murdered, he vows to unravel the mystery behind his father's death. @jamesloganauthor.bsky.social
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ποΈ Trip Galey also joins us to discuss his debut novel, A Market of Dreams and Destiny. Enter the bazaar of the bizarre where fate and fortunes are for sale in this high-stakes magical adventure across a London not quite like our own.
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ποΈ Rose Black joins us to discuss her debut novel, Til Death Do Us Bard. It's been almost a year since Logan hung up his axe & settled down with his sunshiny bard husband, Pie. But when Pie disappears, Logan is forced back into a world he thought he'd left behind.
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π¨ For Love or Money with Rose Black, Trip Galey and James Logan
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Sunday, 2 June at 12pm BST
Reserve your tickets and find the full #Cymera2024 programme on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera2024-e...
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ποΈ Molly X. Chang joins us to discuss her debut novel, To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods. She has power over death. He has power over her. When two enemies strike a dangerous bargain, will they end a war . . . or ignite one? @mollyxchang.bsky.social
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ποΈ ZulekhΓ‘ A. Afzal will join us to discuss her latest novel, Dancers of the Dawn β an epic story about truth, loyalty & betrayal. Under the blazing sun, an elite troupe of dancers β the queen's most formidable assassins β are trained to harness their magic.
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π¨ Fearful Powers with ZulekhaΜ A. Afzal and Molly X Chang
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Saturday, 1 June at 1.45pm BST
Reserve your tickets and find the full #Cymera2024 programme on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera2024-e...
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Join us next week at #Cymera2024 for not one, not two, not three β but FOUR productions of Terry Pratchettβs Men at Arms, adapted for stage by Stephen Briggs and brought to stage by Edinburgh-based company Strawmoddie Theatre.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera2024-e...
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Join podcasters Marco Rinaldi and Tariq Ashkanani at #Cymera2024 for a live recording of their writing podcast, Page One β with special guest Mark Lawrence, author of The Book That Wouldnβt Burn. @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera2024-e...
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ποΈ Johanna van Veen joins us to discuss her debut novel, My Darling Dreadful Thing β a Gothic horror novel in which the dead can wake and walk among us.
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ποΈ Kaaron Warren also joins us to discuss her 2024 novel, The Underhistory β a sinister, lyrical and haunting tale of loss, self-preservation and the darkness beneath.
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ποΈ Elle Nash will join us to discuss her latest novel, Deliver Me β an unsettling story of motherhood, manipulation and murder. @saderotica.bsky.social
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π¨ Many Shades of Darkness with Elle Nash, Kaaron Warren and Johanna van Veen
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Saturday, 1 June at 8.45pm BST
Reserve your tickets and find the full #Cymera2024 programme on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera2024-e...
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Come along to the inaugural Cymera Charity Auction, which is raising funds for both Cymera's ongoing running costs and the @scottishbooktrust's New Writers Award!
Weβre so excited to kick off #Cymera2024 in ONE WEEK π€©
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ποΈ Elspeth Wilson joins us to discuss her poetry collection Too Hot to Sleep β exploring the way we inhabit our bodies from the perspective of a queer, disabled, neurodivergent artist.
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ποΈ Teika Marija Smits joins us to discuss her latest short story collection, Umiblical. Her storytelling relies on keen observation of the world and people around her interpreted through the lens of her imagination, dancing between science fiction, realism & horror.
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ποΈ Camilla Grudova joins us to discuss her latest short story collection, The Coiled Serpent β using her unforgettably surreal style to weave a variety of stories together, conjuring a singular, startling strangeness that proves the deft skill of a writer at the top of her game.
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π¨ Containing Multitudes with Camilla Grudova, Teika Marija Smits and Elspeth Wilson
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Sunday, 2 June at 1.45pm BST
Reserve your tickets and find the full #Cymera2024 programme on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera2024-e...
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Current mood at Cymera HQ
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Every Friday, we meet a BFS member & peer deep into their soul. This week, it's @eidyngray.scot, who's about to launch the final story in a 6-story series filled with spirits, fey & the monsters of Gaelic folklore at @cymeraf.bsky.social.
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