Lauren McMenemyMay 20, 2024

I really wanted to include climate fiction at Writing the Occult: Connections to Land, & am so happy Lindz McLeod put her hand up to join us. She'll join our climate fiction panel to share how she creates her urgent, literary, speculative works. More Scottish representation!🧵⬇️

#writersofmastodon #climatefiction #ecofiction #climateemergency #climatecrisis #writingevents #scottishwriters #queerwriters

Show threadLauren McMenemyMay 20, 2024
Lindz McLeod is a queer, working-class, Scottish writer and poet who dabbles in the surreal. Her short prose has been published by Apex, Catapult, Pseudopod, and many more. Her longer work includes the collection TURDUCKEN (Spaceboy, 2023), as well as books BEAST (Hear Us Scream, 2023), SUNBATHERS (Hedone Books, 2024), THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET (Harlequin, 2025), & the collaborative anthology AN HONOUR & A PRIVILEGE (Stanchion, 2025). 🧵⬇️
Show threadLauren McMenemy
Her work has been taught in schools, universities, and turned into avant-garde opera. She is a full member of the SFWA, the club president of the Edinburgh Writers' Club, and is currently studying for a PhD in Creative Writing. 🧵⬇️
May 20, 2024 at 5:51pmWeb
Show threadLauren McMenemyMay 20, 2024
Writing the Occult: Connection to Land happens online on 15 June (i.e. Solstice week!). It's a long day, but we will be recording the whole event for ticket holders to watch back whenever they like. Early bird tix are £35+bf - hit writingtheoccult.carrd.co for full event details.