The Deadly Art of Laughter – Michael Teasdale

“A carbon-based life-form walks into a drinking establishment….”
The Winners! Flash Fiction Competition for Shoreline of Infinity Readers 2020

Announcing the winners of the annual flash fiction competition for 2020!
Shoreline of Infinity’s Event Horizon – Launching Nineteen

Music: Texture
Poetry: F.J. Bergmann
Prose: Chris Beckett, Tony Ballantyne
Art: Jackie Duckworth and Mark Toner
Flash Fiction Awards – winning story read by Danielle Farrow
Zoom Drama: The Infinitesimals – Reptilian Flux continues
Hosted by: Noel Chidwick and Mark Toner
Book Launch: Umbrellas of Edinburgh

Thursday 19th November 2020
Join editors Claire Askew and Russell Jones at the launch of a new edition of Umbrellas of Edinburgh, where they explore Scotland’s capital city through contemporary poetry and prose.
Live readings by:
Alice Tarbuck
Finola Scott
Ricky Brown
Lady Red Ego
Marjorie Lotfi Gill
Book Launch: Uncanny Bodies

Thursday 12th November 2020
Launch of ‘Uncanny Bodies’ anthology – readings of stories, poems and essays celebrating the uncanny.
Published by Luna Press
Featuring readings of stories and poems from contributors
Pippa Goldschmidt (MC)
Christine De Luca
Neil Williamson
Alice Tarbuck
Sara Wasson
Eris Young
Naomi Salman
nicky melville
Book Launch – Biopolis: Tales of Urban Biology

8pm Wednesday 4th November 2020
New visions of city living through the laser-sharp lenses of biological research.
Readings and chat from
Clare Duffy
Pippa Goldschmidt
Gavin Inglis
Neil Williamson
Andrew J. Wilson
Kirsti Wishart
Vivek Senthivel
Editors: Larissa Pschetz, Jane McKie, Elise Cachat
Event Horizon – Digital Wor(l)ds – Video Gaming and SFF

8pm, Thursday 22nd October 2020
Join Ruth EJ Booth and Russell Jones as they explore sci-fi in video gaming, with live videogame-inspired poetry, prose, music and talks from videogames researchers and industry professionals.
Music: Theremin Hero
Poetry: Stephen Sexton
Prose: Corey Brotherson
Academic chat: Gabriel Elvery (University of Glasgow) and Charly Harbord (Abertay University)
Games design talk: Graeme McKellan, No Code (Observation, Stories Untold)
Hosted by Ruth EJ Booth and Russell Jones
Kickstarting MILK, by comic artist Stref

We are Kickstarting a graphic novel by comic artist Stref, also known as Peter Pan artist Stephen White. Stevie has produced a wonderful new edition of his showcase anthology MILK. It is gorgeously illustrated in a wide range of SF art styles and the stories are fresh and original, just the way you would want […]
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars, by Christopher Paolini

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars Christopher Paolini 878 pages Tor Review by Andrew Chidwick Ever since the days of Tolkien, maps have been a beloved staple of the fantasy genre. Christopher Paolini’s earlier work, the YA fantasy series The Inheritance Cycle, took place in a scaled down version of Middle Earth, for which […]
In conversation: Rhiannon A Grist and Ely Percy

Parallel Prose
Discussing Parallel Universes and Parallel Lives.
8pm, Thursday 15th October 2020