Writer. Dreams Before the Start of Time - Arthur C Clarke Award. A Calculated Life - finalist Philip K Dick Award. Alston Moor 1st September 2026.
Books, birds, climate. Rep’d Sarah Such.
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Interesting to compare Cade's state-of-climate-fiction reflections at the end of this (great) review-essay with those in this essay in Prospect, also jumping off from the Climate Prize shortlist www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7375...
“Recruiters have begun advising applicants to leave a single deliberate typo in a cover letter, precisely to signal that an interested human wrote it.”
RIP
“That I would be watching a stunning new species for Britain, with the imposing Caernarfon Castle as a backdrop, was not what I initially expected to be doing at the weekend.”
What's better than an opportunity to join the Science Museum curatorial team working on exciting forthcoming projects? *Two* opportunities to join etcetc!
We are recruiting 2x assistant curators, please pass this along to anyone you think might be interested:
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The Fife Regatta under power along the Kyles of Bute. Too calm to sail! My friends are in the little boat being towed yesterday by the two-masted boat - both vessels are a hundred years old at least.
Completed: a final, FINAL proofread, and now ALSTON MOOR goes off to the printer. Major milestone! 📚👀📚
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Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors. 📚📚📚
Alan Turing proposed a test for machine intelligence: could a computer convince a human it was human? We have begun conducting the same test on ourselves, writes Max Moser
Appearance of a western reef heron in north Wales is unlikely to be the last, as heating temperatures mean species can survive Britain’s winter, say experts
Out today! The paperback edition of When There Are Wolves Again 🪶🦫🌱🐾🐺
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Together in all their glory, the 2026 winners: The Finest Hotel in Kabul by Lyse Doucet and The Correspondent by Virginia Evans🏆
Thanks to our 2026 sponsors Audible, Baileys and @findmypast.bsky.social.
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First review of the week over at SH is a long one, and brilliantly so. Here’s @octavia-cade.bsky.social on this year’s Climate Fiction Prize shortlist.
Producing this *after* the winner was announced for me lets the shortlist breathe some more - and affords alternative readings to the judges’.
E. J. Swift
Women's Prize
This is a shortlist that considers climate through the lens of aesthetic rather than urgency.
✨The Shortlist 2026!✨
DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL, Matt Dinniman
THE DREAM HOTEL, Laila Lalami
LUMINOUS, Silva Park
THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION, qntm
WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN, E.J. Swift
THE SALT ORACLE, Lorraine Wilson
This year’s winner will be announced on Weds 12 August.
