Alex O’Brien

✨ ONE DAY TO GO ✨ Tomorrow, our 13 finalists will gather for the Young Science Writer Award Ceremony 2026. Today, the spotlight belongs to them: one winner, two runners-up and ten highly commended writers whose curiosity, rigour and creativity brought them to the final.

⚠️Exclusive event! ABSW members, and staff and students of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social are invited to meet and play with chess champion Jennifer Shahade. Chaired by @alexobrienuk.bsky.social 📆 Tuesday, 10 February 2026 ⌚18:30 - 21:00 📍Strand Campus, King's College London 🎫 zurl.co/eqrop

⚠️NEW INTERACTIVE EVENT⚠️ #ABSWmembers and @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social are invited to a unique opportunity to meet and play with chess champion @jenshahade.bsky.social Chaired by @alexobrienuk.bsky.social Book now! 👉 zurl.co/qeTyd

#wcsj2025 Wed, 3 Dec, networking at Market@The Sheds 📷@serushagovender.bsky.social @alexobrienuk.bsky.social @engela.bsky.social & Sallie Robins 📷 Alex, Marie Virginie Mbusnum & Sallie 🍸4 Dec, networking cocktail sponsored by #WCSJ2027 London team Tag ABSW on your pictures! @wfsj25.bsky.social

#abswss25 #SummerSchool #hybrid 🔗 zurl.co/tUAAn 🎤Interview Skills🎤 How to get the most out of your interviewee? How to get the answers you need? 🎯Producer: @alexobrienuk.bsky.social 📢Workshop Leader: @alokjha @economist.com

My book rubbing spines with some other great reads in a super cool bookstore in Paris! Merci, Smith&Son. 😍

If anyone was to observe you today would they believe you are serious about your goals? #whatkeepsmegoing

Runner's high is cool and all, but Writer's high? That’s next-level euphoria, like caffeine for the soul without the jitters. Nothing beats body-slamming a creative block and strutting away like a literary rockstar...

It was meant to be a cash-and-dash, until the stack got too big to ignore. @daraokearney.bsky.social “The Professor” did the math. www.poker.org/poker-strate...

Aww amazing I can't wait to read it!!

Congratulations to @dipeshgopal.bsky.social @soozaphone.bsky.social @holidayendo.bsky.social Please DM me with your postal address and a signed copy of The Truth Detective will find its way to you soon.

Science writer by day. Poker player and commentator by night. I am calling the action tonight from 6.30pm at the Hippodrome Lightning Tournament! Expect fast play, big pots, and plenty of fireworks. Let’s gooo! 🔥 #poker #livestream www.youtube.com/live/rEHMF1V...

Snag yourself a signed copy @dauntbooks.bsky.social 🤩

What an offer!

🚨 Signed book giveaway! 🚨 To celebrate the paperback release of The Truth Detective, I’m giving away three signed copies! Here’s how to enter: 1.Follow me and @souvenirpress.bsky.social 2. retweet this post Winners will be picked at random by May 7th. Good luck!

🥳Last week #ABSWmembers met for the annual after-Christmas party🎉 Tag people you met there. Let's start with... @alexobrienuk.bsky.social @andyextance.bsky.social @munkeatlooi.bsky.social @rogerhighfield.bsky.social @ben-deighton.bsky.social @jvchamary.bsky.social www.facebook.com/BritishScien...

Do you think you're sitting still right now? - You're on a planet that orbitis a star at 30km/s - That star is orbiting the center of a galaxy at 230km/s - That galaxy is moving trough the universe at 600km/s. Since you started reading this, you have traveled about 3000km.

A first for me: go play poker and guy in line at cash desk pulls out my book still in its Amazon packaging from his backpack asking if I could sign it for his daughter. Made me smile all day. 🤩