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Scottish fantasy and horror author. Chair of the British Fantasy Society. Avid Reader. Vaguely gothic. She/her www.shonakinsella.com
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This weekend the British The British Fantasy Society is holding it's online convention. Among many other stellar items is a chance to meet WFC 2025 Guest of Honour, Suniti Namjoshi. Tickets here: britishfantasysociety.org/events-calen...

This was my school. He was a couple of years behind me.

My Audible Original novel The Shape of Monsters, read by Omari Douglas (It's a Sin, Black Doves) will be live in July! Full details here - substack.com/@portobellol...

I'll be giving a sneak peek reading from A SWORD OF GOLD AND RUIN at 11.10 am, then discussing British words of fantasy at 1.40 pm with Suniti Namjoshi, @shonak.bsky.social and @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social

It's this Saturday!

We've got all this going on for Sarturday's event day! Plus readings from 8 amazing authors! Grab your ticket & join us to celebrate the upcoming World Fantasycon 2025 in Brighton. tinyurl.com/bfswfc

Last night Mr K kicked me on his sleep and hurt my knee. This morning, I slipped getting into the shower and bashed the same knee off the bath panel. Knee is know extremely painful and I get to play the fun game of “Am I injured or is fibro overreacting?’ 😭

We're only about £500 away from smashing our audiobook stretch goal! Every Wrath Month story brought to you by a fully queer voice cast! And fun fact: as long as you've pledged at least £30 to our campaign, you'll get it for FREE! You know what to do: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bon...

# 218- Ben and Nico interview author David Green (@davidgreenwriter.bsky.social) about storytelling. Listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1129067/epis... David's books: www.davidgreenwriter.com #shortstory #SF #fantasy #interview #storytelling

Novella submissions request from @wtpress.bsky.social wizardstowerpress.com/submissions/...

There’s still time to grab your ticket for this brilliant workshop with @bonabooks.bsky.social. Tomorrow, June 16th at 7pm. Tickets are £5 for BFS members and £10 for non-members britishfantasysociety.org/events-calen...

Danny Boyle's not the only one with a zombie film about to hit screens—Heide Goody and Iain Grant share their "let's make a zombie movie in a month" project with us. britishfantasysociety.org/adapting-a-b...

There’s still time to grab your ticket for Monday evening’s workshop on Writing Queer People, Editing Queer People with @bonabooks.bsky.social

Finally got around to watching Heretic. Really well done. And a satisfying ending

11yo: sneezes 8yo: (in very thick Glasgow accent) God bless yer face! 11yo: sneeze, sneeze 8yo: (sounding impatient) God bless yer face, I said!

In an effort to be a bit more active online, I’ve started doing a little weekly round-up post on my blog. A snapshot of what I’m working on, as well as sharing things I’ve enjoyed or found interesting that week. www.shonakinsella.com/shona-kinsel...

Did you know that cuttlefish have three hearts?! ❤️❤️❤️ One heart is used for the whole body while the other two are each used for a set of gills. #Scotland #Wildlife #FunFactFriday

Another deer visitor!

Unbound authors and former staff members who want to talk, including anonymously, get in touch at [email protected]

It's alive! BFS Long Story Short, Episode 6, recorded live at Cymera! britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-pod... featuring interviews with Gareth L Powell, Stark Holborn, Neil Williamson, Adam Oyebanji, Sam K Horton and many, many more. #cymerafestival #podcast #fantasybooks #sfbooks #sffbooks

Come join @elizachanwrites.bsky.social, @danhanks.bsky.social, @paulsedwards.bsky.social, & me on June 24th for a panel on #WorldBuilding. Still a few tickets left. At @urmstonbooks.bsky.social Arranged by @britfantasysoc.bsky.social. Tickets: www.urmstonbooks.co.uk/building-new-worlds

I can’t wait to listen to the full book on Audible, the snippets I got to read of @clhellisen.bsky.social’s The Shape of Monsters were so good! I had a great time creating this art, it’s traditional pen and ink 😊

It's #Pride2025! To celebrate, may I present you with 4 thoroughly queer anthologies and a thoroughly gay short story collection that I never thought I'd get to write. To win an eBook copy of the latter, just fave and RT this post. I'll announce the ✨5✨ winners at the end of June. 🏳️‍🌈❤️🏳️‍⚧️📚💙

If you haven't seen the gorgeous art I commissioned from @jennicoutts.bsky.social as a present to myself for imminent The Shape of Monsters release...check it 🩵

Have you got your ticket yet? This is going to be great!

Firstborn of the sun☀️

Had a fantastic time at @cymerafestival.co.uk this weekend. So many brilliant people in one place. Fibro is rearing its ugly head today though, so I’m being forced to take it easy. I disapprove

It's the wonderful @aknighton.bsky.social's birthday today, so what better way to celebrate than to check out his incredible fantasy novel, The Executioner's Blade 😍 amzn.eu/d/4AWbXMX

We've hit 7K followers, so how about a book bundle giveaway to celebrate?! Open to US, CAN, UK & IE. Follow, like & repost to enter! Closes 9th June. Feat: @natania.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social‬ @emmanewman.bsky.social‬ @premeemohamed.com‬ & more! Inc. an early ARC of THE DOOR ON THE SEA!

#Glasgow - it's tonight!

Happy birthday! Some of you might not have had the opportunity to read his work or meet him and I have to say: top human, great writer, give yourself a treat and look out his work.

Toured some Edinburgh bookshops today, made it to the amazing @argonautbooks.bsky.social, @goldenharebooks.bsky.social, @lighthousebks.bsky.social, & Rare Birds with advance copies of Needfire. So exciting to be talking to booksellers! If you're a bookseller wanting an ARC & we didn't visit, DM us x

It’s today! @cymerafestival.co.uk kicks off this afternoon in Edinburgh and I can’t wait to be there. I’m flapping around packing and trying to sneak in a bit more work before I leave

Almost time for the @cymerafestival.co.uk ! I will be on this panel at 5pm on Friday: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera25-eve... I am really hoping people will be there, as I think it might be the first panel of the event! We'll be signing books afterwards too. I have a reading at 1pm on Saturday too