Cymera Festival
@cymerafestival
Scotland's Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Writing. 🖊️ 2026 Festival 5-7 June, in Edinburgh & online. Tickets on Sale 1 March 2026 www.cymerafestival.co.uk
Join us for some friendly genre book chats this summer! July's book selection is The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty, and we'll be meeting online on Wed, 29th July at 7pm to discuss. Sign up for any of our 3 summer sessions on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/book-group
A Weekend Pass will also give you early booking access to our first ever Fantasy Ball! Get ready for a night of dancing, live entertainment (including a ceilidh and DJ!), crafts, storytelling & tarot in the gothic surroundings of Teviot Row House on Sat 17th Oct. Watch this space for more info!
Perks of a Weekend Pass include entry to all in-person and digital panels, access to all panel recordings until 30th November 2026, and early booking access from Friday 28th–1st September 2026, before tickets go on general sale on 2nd September.
Early Bird Weekend Passes are now available to buy for Cymera Loves Romantasy! 💞 www.cymerafestival.co.uk/weekend-pass...
Today is the day! But before we dive into Cymera Festival 2026 this weekend, we have something to tell you... Announcing Cymera Loves Romantasy, the first romantasy-dedicated book festival in Edinburgh! 💞 Save the date & fill out our expression of interest form: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/romantasy
We are thrilled to announce the winner, runners-up and highly commended stories for this year's Cymera Prize for Speculative Short Fiction! Coming along to the festival this weekend? You can hear the winning story read aloud at Shoreline of Infinity's Event Horizon at 8:30pm on Saturday 6 June.
Don't forget – the Cymera 2026 Charity Auction is still live! 🤩 Bids will close on Friday 5th June at 12pm BST. All funds raised will go towards supporting Cymera: www.32auctions.com/organization...
Have you checked out Cymera's Charity Auction yet? All funds raised will go toward supporting Cymera: www.32auctions.com/organization...
Brave New Words (4/4) Scroll up to see the rest of the 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! Keep scrolling to see the rest of this year's line-up ⬇️
Cymera is proud to offer a platform for emerging and newly published writers to read their work in front of our audience. Scroll to see this year's full Brave New Words line-up ⬇️ Find out more: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/brave-new-wo...
Don't forget to check out this year's charity auction! ⬇️ The auction will close at 12pm on Friday 5th June. www.32auctions.com/organization...
Forget everything you know about Arrakis and get ready for Dune! The Musical, returning for Cymera 2026 🤩 Sing along with little Paul Atreides on his journey to Sietch Tabr; can he tame the worm, save the world AND get the girl? www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...
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! All funds raised will go towards supporting Cymera: www.32auctions.com/cymera2026
Hector Kreeping's Book of Despair is an hour of rib-tickling and spine-chilling comedy spoken-word from the slightly cracked mind of Tom Black, live at Cymera on Sat 6th & 7th June: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...
SYNTHONIE will be performing at Cymera on Sat 6th June! 🎶 From Blade Runner to Warhammer 40,000, SYNTHONIE brings the sound of scifi and videogame worlds to the stage, blending atmospheric soundscapes, dark futuristic tones & cinematic energy. www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...
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 #Cymera26 for this amateur production of Terry Pratchett’s Night Watch, adapted for stage by Stephen Briggs: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...
View the full programme on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26
Three new workshops have snuck onto the Cymera 2026 programme! Plus, guests for Page One Podcast’s live recording session and this year’s Pleasures of Reading event have been confirmed – scroll to see more ⬇️
Cymera 2026 Games Space (4/4) – Scroll back up to see the full list! ⬆️
Tickets are now live for the Cymera 2026 Games Space! 🎲 Check out our fantastic range of TTRPG & board game sessions, with free/pay-what-you-can tickets available: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/cymera26-games This year's Games Space is proud to be supported by @ancientrobotgames.bsky.social
Cymera Festival 2026 is just 1 month away 🤩 A few more authors have snuck onto the festival line-up since our programme announcement – swipe through to see the new additions! View the full programme and grab your tickets, Weekend or Day Passes on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26
Writing workshops at Cymera 2026 (5/5) Scroll up for the full list! ⬆️
Scroll for a full list of writing workshops at Cymera Festival 2026 ⬇️ The full programme, as well as Weekend Passes, Day Passes and individual workshop tickets are all available on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26