Still astounded that I got through watching 22 events from the #Cymera literary festival. For the last fortnight I have been sleeping typically over 12 hours a day, and struggling hugely to stay awake at other times. All due to my latest #neuro illness flare. But I kept nibbling at the videos, usually late at night, and got to see and enjoy masses. Chuffed. https://vivsacademicblog.wordpress.com/2023/07/03/watching-the-cymera-writing-festival-on-catchup/ #bookFestivals #books #reading #scifi #fantasy #horror #writing #Edinburgh #Cymera23
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Just blogged my thoughts about watching online the #Cymera writing festival in Edinburgh. Hugely positive experiences. I got to watch 22 different author events on catchup! Wow. Will definitely be back next year. More details in my blog post. Cymera celebrates scifi, fantasy and horror writing. https://vivsacademicblog.wordpress.com/2023/07/03/watching-the-cymera-writing-festival-on-catchup/ #Cymera23 #books #reading #bookFestivals #Edinburgh #writing #authors #scifi #fantasy #horror #literaryFestivals #Scotland
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Just blogged my thoughts about watching online the #Cymera writing festival. Hugely positive experiences. I got to watch 22 different author events on catchup! Wow. Will definitely be back next year. More details in my blog post. https://vivsacademicblog.wordpress.com/2023/07/03/watching-the-cymera-writing-festival-on-catchup/ #Cymera23 #books #reading #bookFestivals #Edinburgh #writing #authors #scifi #fantasy #horror
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Still very ill #neuro with another #flare, but trying to see more #Cymera writing festival videos while they're still online, saving #SHARP23 #bookHistory conference for catchup in July or August (videos online till 31 Aug!), and hoping awake tomorrow or Friday a little bit to see some #StAndrews book conference talks. Though many #academic #conferences have reverted to face to face this largely bedbound academic is hugely grateful for those still offering #streaming. #accessibility #academia
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This year I was lucky to find out in time about the #Cymera festival of #fantasy, #scifi and #horror #writing in #Edinburgh. It took place in early June and I bought a digital weekend pass. This let me watch events streamed live, and after on catchup. Now watching loads before 3 July. Already enjoyed Adrian Tchaikovsky and others talk about cityscapes in fantasy fiction, and Aliette de Bodard and Ann Leckie talk about space operas. With many more things still to watch. #Cymera23 #books #reading
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Some more pics from @cymerafestival : Peta Freestone in conversation with Amie Kaufman & L.R. Lam in the Pleasance Theatre https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/52960535841/in/dateposted/
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #books #livres #photography #LRLam #AmieKaufman #ScienceFiction #fantasy #Cymera #Cymera23 #Pleasance #PleasanceTheate #author #writer #BookFestival #bookstodon
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And here's that Cory Doctorow chap on stage at @cymerafestival https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/52952891167/in/photostream/
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First catching up videos from the weekend's @cymerafestival have gone up on YT https://www.youtube.com/@CymeraFestivalTLS
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#Edinburgh peeps, final day of the splendid @cymerafestival , & today I'll be talking with Mike Carey, Ever Dunda and Dave Cook https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera23-events/2023/6/4/cyberjunk-with-mr-carey-david-cooke-and-ever-dundas
Waiting to see if Dave arrives on his Akira motorbike...
#books #livres #Edimbourg #comics #BandeDessinee #BookFestival #Cymera #Cymera23 #Pleasance #LiteraryFestival #bookstodon
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At the book festival a young woman has bought quite a lot of books. She piles them on the table, moves them around, sits them on top of each other. Puts them in sets to take pictures of them together. Then awkwardly props open signed copies to take more photos. Eventually she carefully packs them into a bag, which increasingly becomes clear is likely not to work. Two big fat hardbacks sit on the table at the end. Start again? #cymera #edinburgh #postcard
Watching a musical performance Dune! The Musical at #cymera. Hoping it is as bonkers as it sounds.
Came dead last in the #cymera quiz, a ranking which I cannot deny we earned.
Pity there wasn't a science round...
Our friends at @cymerafestival will be holding their 2023 edition this weekend in #Edinburgh , with writers such as Samantha Shannon, Alliete De Boddard, Mike Carey, Rachelle Atta, Anya Bergman, Ever Dundas, N.K. Jemisin, and many more! You may even bump into some of us there too!
https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/
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It's a book about solidarity and love, about overcoming difference, about challenging the way things "just are."
That's why I was crying and holding my heart yesterday on the train. The hope. What a ride.
One of the reasons I was in such a hurry to read this novel now is that I'm appearing on a panel with McDonald this coming Saturday, June 3, at #Edinburgh's #Cymera festival, along with #NinaAllen, author of the new novel *Conquest*:
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Listening to Ryuichi Sakamoto while going over Dave Cook & Craig Paton's Killtopia from BHP Comics again, ahead of chatting to Dave, @everdundas & Mike Carey at @cymerafestival this coming Sunday https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera23-events/2023/6/4/cyberjunk-with-mr-carey-david-cooke-and-ever-dundas
#books #comics #Edinburgh #ScienceFiction #Cymera #CyneraFestival #livres #bandedessinee #Killtopia #LiteraryFestival
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Buying myself a weekend #digital pass to the #CYMERA #scifi, #fantasy and #horror #writing festival in #Edinburgh. I will probably sleep through all the events live, but will be able to catch up over the following weeks via #streaming. Shame I didn't think of this 2 weeks or more ago, when the early bird rate was still there. But better late than never! https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk #Scotland #CreativeWriting #Convention
#convention #creativewriting #scotland #streaming #edinburgh #writing #horror #fantasy #scifi #cymera #digital
Wasn't going to make it to #Cymera this year, but it's looking too good to miss.
The Cymera festival programme is now live! Scotland's literary festival of #ScienceFiction , #Fantasy , #Horror in #Edinburgh this June!
Already have my weekend pass, and looking forward to chairing as well as attending again https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/
#books #livres #Edimbourg #Cymera #CymeraFestival #LiteraryFestival
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Weekend pass pre-booked for this summer's @cymerafestival in #Edinburgh , something to look forward to! https://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/
#books #ScienceFiction #LiteraryFestival #Cymera #CymeraFestival
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