The final chairs are tidied! Thank you all for a fantastic weekend: authors, publishers, speakers, volunteers, venue, creators, festival team and @BlackwellEdin! See you at #Cymera2020?
Cymera Festival
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Scotland's Festival for Science-Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Writing.
๐๏ธ 2025 Writers' Conference: Sat 22 Nov, in Edinburgh & online.
- Apologies for the embarrassing fan girl squeal our director emitted upon the discovery of the @GoodOmensPrime filming in Edinburgh today.
- We are super excited to announce that we recorded a special interview w @BrandSanderson yesterday! You can catch it on our YouTube tomorrow at 1pm Brandon is chatting with @ukPageOne about his writing journey. youtu.be/ijMZtBs6aoQ
- Replying to @CymeraF๐๏ธ Cassandra Clare is joining us to talk about her new book Sword Catcher. @cassieclare She'll be in conversation with fellow writer @veschwab
- Unfortunately we have had to make the difficult decision to cancel #Cymera2020. But as Arnie says, We'll be Back. Read our full statement here
- And it's a wrap! Thank you all for an amazing #Cymera21. A big THANK YOU to all our speakers, chairs, volunteers, funders, publishers, creators and of course our fabulous audience. See you in 2022 (if not before then).
00:00 - Hereโs Noel from @shoreinf and @JA_Whiteside presenting our amazing festival director, @annofbooks, with a thank gift for all of her hard work putting together #Cymera19! This festival would not exist without her so the least we could do was get her some gin. Thank you, Ann! โญ๏ธโจ
- Good morning. #Cymera2020 is still cancelled, but we are heartened by all the amazing responses we've had, and offers for "doing stuff online". Once we know what that will look like, #WatchthisSpace
- Weโre delighted to announce that we received a grant from Santander, not only helping us out with #Cymera2020, but also allowing us to create a little sth for later in 2020. Thank you @SantanderUKnews @QMUniversity @QMU_KE #SantanderUniUK #SantanderUniTogether #QMUcommunity
00:00 - ๐ข Welcome to #Cymera2024 โ Our 2024 Programme is LIVE NOW ๐ข Head to our website to find an exciting roster of 50+ science fiction, fantasy and horror writing events. We're thrilled to be welcoming over 70 fantastic authors to #Cymera2024 ๐๏ธ cymerafestival.co.uk
- And that is a wrap on #Cymera23! Thank you to all our amazing authors, chairs, volunteers, friends, helpers and, of course, our audience & SFFH enthusiasts. We couldn't do this without you! Do keep sharing your wonderful messages & memories from the weekend with us.
- There you have it, folks! The full programme for Scotland's first ever dedicated science fiction, fantasy & horror festival is launched!! Full details for each day are on our website now cymerafestival.co.uk #Cymera19














