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Cymera is Scotland's Festival of Science-Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Writing.

02/06/2026

Get ready to meet a fantastic host of creators this weekend – from chainmail jewellery to painted books, comics, stickers, novels and leather-bound notebooks, our Creators Hall has something for everyone!

Open Saturday 6th June and Sunday 7th June from 10am to 5pm in the yellow building just across the courtyard.

01/06/2026

Don't forget – the Cymera 2026 Charity Auction is still live! 🤩

Bid on book bundles, signed copies and special editions; 1-2-1 zoom calls, critiques and beta reads with published authors; query critiques and more!

Bids will close on Friday 5th June at 12pm BST. All funds raised will go towards supporting Cymera. Follow the link in our bio to place your bids!

27/05/2026

Cymera is proud to offer a platform for emerging and newly published writers to read their work in front of our audience. Swipe to see this year's full Brave New Words line-up ➡️

Our Brave New Words readers will appear just before some of our events. For some, this will be the first time they have read in front of an audience, so please give them a big Cymera welcome, and say hi at the signing afterwards!

Follow the link in our bio to see this year's full festival programme.

26/05/2026

Forget everything you know about Arrakis and get ready for Dune! The Musical, returning for Cymera 2026 🤩

A memoir in song by the Earl of Caladan, trusted adviser to the Padisha Emperor and beloved troubadour-warrior, the bard Gurney Halleck. Following the success of his work on "A Child's History of Muad'Dib" Gurney will perform hits from his back catalogue and introduce never-before-heard songs from his time among the Fremen. Sing along with little Paul Atreides on his journey to Sietch Tabr; can he tame the worm, save the world AND get the girl?

Follow the link in our bio to view the full programme and get your tickets! 🎟️

25/05/2026

The Cymera 2026 Charity Auction is now live!

Bid on book bundles, signed copies and special editions; 1-2-1 zoom calls, critiques and beta reads with published authors; query critiques and more!

Bids will close on Friday 5th June at 12pm BST. All funds raised will go towards supporting Cymera. Follow the link in our bio to place your bids!

24/05/2026

Hector Kreeping's Book of Despair will perform at Cymera Festival on Sat 6th & Sun 7th June!

There is man chained to a book. Or, perhaps, it is a book chained to a man? It is a book full of stories. The most terrible and wonderful stories you will ever hear. Stories of misery and monsters, of capitated heads becoming UNcapitated heads and of people who – despite all appearances to the contrary – were dead ALL ALONG.

His name is Hector Kreeping and this is his Book of Despair. Dare you hear what’s written within?

An hour of rib-tickling and spine-chilling comedy spoken-word from the slightly cracked mind of Tom Black.

23/05/2026

SYNTHONIE will be performing at Cymera Festival on Saturday 6th June at 6pm! 🎶

From Blade Runner to Warhammer 40,000, SYNTHONIE brings the sound of science-fiction and videogame worlds to the stage. Founded in Germany and now based in Birmingham, Chris from SYNTHONIE performs live with his self-built instrument, the Musitar, blending atmospheric sci-fi soundscapes, dark futuristic tones and cinematic energy.

SYNTHONIE’s performances explore imagination, technology and storytelling through music — because yes, even machines dream of electric sheep.

Follow the link in our bio to view the full programme and grab your tickets!

22/05/2026

is in TWO WEEKS 🤩 What are you most looking forward to this year?

Don't forget – you can still grab Weekend & Day Passes on our website, as well as individual tickets for panels, workshops, performances and more. Just follow the link in our bio!

21/05/2026

Strawmoddie Theatre are BACK following their hugely popular shows of Feet of Clay (2025), Men at Arms (2024) and Guards! Guards! (2023) Join us at for this amateur production of Terry Pratchett’s Nightwatch, adapted for stage by Stephen Briggs.

Night Watch is the story of Sam Vimes, running hero of the Guards sequence, who finds himself cast back in time to the Ankh-Morpork of his youth. With a psychopath from his own time rising in the vile ranks of the Cable Street Unmentionables complicating things, Vimes has to ensure that history takes its course so that he will have the right future to go back to, and to keep his younger self alive.

Nightwatch will be showing every day from Wednesday 3rd–Sunday 7th June. Follow the link in our bio to grab tickets on our website!

19/05/2026

Three new workshops have snuck onto the Cymera 2026 programme, including:
-Folk Horror: Linking the Chain with Tiffani Angus
-Writing Witches: Character, Worldbuilding & Magic Systems with Tiffani Angus
-Query Letters with Erin Hardee

Plus, Anna Smith Spark has been confirmed as this year’s guest for Page One Podcast’s live recording session, and Claire North will be this year’s Pleasures of Reading event, held in collaboration with Scottish Book Trust!

Follow the link in our bio to view the full Cymera Festival 2026 programme.

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http://www.cymerafestival.co.uk/

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