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GREEN: Milestones - GREY: Book releases - BLUE: Luna Family - ORANGE: Public Events

• 2015

• 1.1.2015 Official Luna Birthday

• 14.2.2015 "Tiny Pride & Plenty Prejudice" released. By Francesca T Barbini and Alison Burns

• ​3-6.04.2015 Luna @ Eastercon

• 01.08.15 Robert S Malan and John Cockshaw join the Luna family

• 22.09.2015 Mark Egginton joins the Luna Family 

• 01.11.2015 (11.08.2011, 1st Ed.) "Tijaran Tales: White Child" released. By Francesca T Barbini

• 01.11.2015 (22.04.2012, 1st Ed.) "Tijaran Tales: The Oracle of Life" released. By Francesca T Barbini

• 01.11.2015 (01.04.2014, 1st Ed.) "Tijaran Tales: The Nuarn Rift" released. By Francesca T Barbini

• 01.11.2015 (05.04.2015, 1st Ed.) "Tijaran Tales: Tijara's Heart" released. By Francesca T Barbini

• 11.12.2015 "Beyond Realities Vol I" released. Edited by Robert S Malan

• 2016

• 13.02.2016 First Luna Birthday Dinner

• 25-28.03.2016 Luna @ Eastercon

• 29.03.2016 "Quest & The Sign Of The Shining Beast" released. By Robert S Malan and John Cockshaw

• 30.03.2016 "Tijaran Tales: The Guardian's Trail" released. By Francesca T Barbini

• 01.04.2016 Anna Thayer joins the Luna family

• 01.05.2016 Anthony Laken joins the Luna family 

• 09.06.16 "The Return Of The Ring: Proceedings of the Tolkien Society Conference 2012" released. Edited by Lynn Forest-Hill

• 01.09.2016 José Manuel Ferrández Bru joins the Luna family

• 22-25.09.2016 Luna @ Fantasycon

• 23.09.2016 "The Lord of the Grins" released. By Mark Egginton

• 23.09.2016 "On Eagles' Wings: An Exploration of Eucatastrophe in Tolkien's Fantasy" released. By Anna Thayer

• 01.10.2016 Josué Ramos, Fábio Fernandes, Marcus R. Gilman, Aníbal J. Rosario Planas, Ray Dean, César Santivañez, Milton Davis, Suna Dasi, Elaine Vilar Madruga, Petra Slováková & Paulo César Ramírez Villaseñor join the Luna family

• 01.11.2016 AJ Dalton and Peter Andrews join the Luna family

• 01.12.2016 Marian Womack and Angela P Nicholas join the Luna family

• 01.12.2016 "Beyond Realities Vol II" released. Edited by Robert S Malan

• 01.12.2016 "The Things That Should Not Squee" released. By Peter Andrews

• 2017

• 01.01.2017 Allen Stroud joins the Luna family

• 01.02.2017 Peter Garrett and Simon Walpole join the Luna family

• 14.02.2017 "The Sub-genres of British Fantasy Literature" released. By AJ Dalton

• 18.02.2017 Second Luna Birthday Dinner

• 01.03.2017 Michael Haldas and Elaina Olga join the Luna family

• 01.04.2017 Juliet E McKenna, Kim Lakin-Smith, Cheryl Morgan, Jyrki Korpua, Hazel Butler, Lorianne Reuser, Anna Milon, Rostislav Kůrka and Alina Hadîmbu join the Luna family

• 14-17.04.2017 Luna @ Eastercon

• 14.04.17 "Tijaran Tales: The Girl from the Sky" released. By Francesca T Barbini

• 15.07.2017 Luna @ Edge-Lit 6

• 15.07.17 "One Cog Turning" released. By Anthony Laken

• 04.08.17 "Steampunk Writers Around the World" Bilingual Anthology

• 09.08.17 "Gender Identity and Sexuality in Fantasy and Science Fiction" Call for Papers 2016

• 9-13.08.2017 Luna @ Worldcon 75

• 01.09.2017 Elizabeth Priest joins the Luna family

• 15.09.17 "Aragorn: J.R.R. Tolkien's Undervalued Hero" By Angela P Nicholas

• 29.09.17 "The Forever Man" By Allen Stroud

• 29-01.9-10.2017 Luna @ Fantasycon

• 01.10.2017 Chris Kelso and Jim Agpalza join the Luna family

• 01.11.2017 Nina Oram joins the Luna family

• 17.11.2017 Francesca T Barbini @ Craigmillar Book Festival

• 18.11.17 "Apollo Unbound" By Chris Kelso and Jim Agpalza

• 30.11.17 "Final Diagnosis" By Peter Garrett and Simon Walpole

• 01.12.2017 Daniele Azara joins the Luna family

• 01.12.17 "Peter Roe Series XVII: Death and Immortality in Middle-earth". Edited by Daniel Helen.

• 02.12.2017 Luna @ Book Week Scotland, Auchterarder 

• 2018

• 01.01.2018 Luna becomes a member of Publishing Scotland

• 01.01.2018 Paul Kane, Marie O'Regan, Stephen Bacon, Wole Talabi and Tim Major join the Luna family

• 17.02.2018 Third Luna Birthday Dinner

• 01.03.2018 Nick Wood, Polina Levontin, Peter Maurits and Ezeiyoke Chukwunonso join the Luna family

• 01.03.2018 Luna's Juliet E McKenna is shortlisted for the BSFA Awards 2018 for her article in "Gender Identity and Sexuality in Fantasy and Science Fiction"

• 30-02.3-4.2018 Luna @ Eastercon

• 09.03.18 "The Prisoner" By Robert S Malan and John Cockshaw

• 01.04.2018 Gareth L Powell joins the Luna family

• 12.04.2018 Francesca T Barbini @ International School of Siena

• 19.04.2018 Luna's Robert S Malan & John Cockshaw are shortlisted for the NOMMO Awards 2018.

• 30.04.2018 "Peter Roe Series XVIII: Poetry and Songs in the works of JRR Tolkien" Edited by Anna Milon.

• 01.06.2018 Oronzo Cilli joins the Luna family

• 05.06.2018 "Uncle Curro: JRR Tolkien's Spanish Connection" By José Manuel Ferrández Bru.

• 01.07.2018  Tero Mielonen and Pentti Otsamo join the Luna family

• 03.07.2018 "Lost Objects" By Marian Womack.

• 01.08.2018 Ian Whates joins the Luna family

• 06.07.2018 Editor FT Barbini is shortlisted for the British Fantasy Awards 2018.

• 07.08.2018 "The Evolution of African Fantasy and Science Fiction" Edited by Francesca T Barbini.

• 11-27.08.2018 Luna @ Edinburgh International Book Festival

• 01.09.2018 Alistair Sims joins the Luna family

• 01.10.2018 Barbara Stevenson joins the Luna Family

• 02.10.2018 "Gelsomina & The Moon Yarn" By Valerio Vitantoni

• 19-21.10.2018 Luna @ Fantasycon 

• 30.10.2018 "Echoes of Truth: Christianity in The Lord of the Rings" By Michael C Haldas

• 21.10.2018 Editor FT Barbini wins the British Fantasy Awards 2018 for Best Non-Fiction "Gender Identity and Sexuality in Fantasy and Science Fiction".

• 06.11.2018 "Concrete Faery" By Elizabeth Priest

• 2019

• 01.02.2019 Francesca Noto joins the Luna family

• 15.2.2019 Luna @ SYP Conference

• 16.02.2019 Fourth Luna Birthday Dinner

• 17.02.2019 Luna's Marian Womack (Lost Objects) and artist Bede Rogerson (Concrete Faery) are shortlisted for the BSFA Awards 2019.

• 01.03.2018 Teika Bellamy, Steph P. Bianchini, Octavia Cade, Alice Capstick, Sharon Day, Tatiana Fajardo, Sean Z Fitzgerald, Jason Gould, Lucinda Holdsworth, Anna Köhler, Thomas Moules, Katarina O’Dette, Charul Palmer-Patel, Dominic Riemenschneider, Matthew J. Elder join the Luna family

• 05.03.2019 "The Controllers" By Paul Kane.

• 25.03.2019 "Peter Roe Series XIX: Tolkien the Pagan? Reading Middle-earth Through a Spiritual Lens" Edited by Anna Milon.

• 09.04.2019 "The Last Ghost and Other Stories" by Marie O'Regan.

• 16.04.2019 "The Changeling's Choice" by Elizabeth Priest.

• 18.04.2019 "Children of Mu: The Calling" by Daniele Azara. 

• 19-22.4.2019 Luna @ Eastercon

• 01.05.2019 Francesco Verso joins the Luna family

• 01.05.2019 Michelle K Jamieson joins the Luna family

• 07.05.2019 "Murmured in Dreams" by Stephen Bacon.

• 01.06.2019 Franziska Wenzel joins the Luna family

• 04.06.2019 "Incomplete Solutions" by Wole Talabi.

• 07.06.2019 "About Writing" by Gareth L Powell

• 07-09.6.2019 Luna @ Cymera

• 09.07.2019 "And the House Lights Dim" by Tim Major

• 16.07.2019 "Midsummer Dream" by Elizabeth Priest

• 23.07.2019 Luna's Marian Womack (Lost Objects), Robert s Malan & John Cockshaw (The Prisoner), Editor Francesca T Barbini (The Evolution of African Fantasy and Science Fiction) and Luna Press Publishing (Best Independent UK Press) are shortlisted for the BFS Awards 2019.

• 27.07.2019 Luna @ Festival of Fun

• 30.07.2019 "The Ozone Diary" by Tero Mielonen and Pentti Otsamo

• 06.08.2019 "Wourism & Other Stories" by Ian Whates

• 08.08.2019 "Tolkien's Library" by Oronzo Cilli

• 01-30.08.2019 Luna @ Edinburgh International Book Festival

• 7-11.08.2019 Luna @ Tolkien 2019

• 13.08.2019 "The Joining" by Nina Oram

• 14.08.2019 "A Shadow Within: Evil in Fantasy and Science Fiction" Ed. by Francesca T Barbini

• 15-18.08.2019 Luna @ Dublin Worldcon

• 12.10.2019 Luna @ Society of Authors Event in Durham

• 18-20.10.2019 Luna @ Fantasycon

• 01.10.2019 Nikhil Singh joins the Luna family

• 18.10.19 "Learning Monkey and Crocodile" by Nick Wood

• 01.11.2019 Pippa Goldschmidt joins the Luna family

• 01.11.2019 Jean Beurlet joins the Luna family

• 03.12.2019 "On Dark Horizons" by Anthony Laken

• 2020

• 04.02.2020 "The Austerity Cure: The Impact of Benefit Sanctions on Mental Health" by Michelle K Jamieson

• 10.02.2020 Luna's Ian Whates ("For your Own Good" in Wourism), Gareth L Powell (About Writing) and artist Fangorn (Wourism) are shortlisted for the BSFA Awards 2020.

• 11.02.2020 "Imaginarium" by Franziska Wenzel

• 17.02.2020 Fifth Luna Birthday Dinner

• 24.03.2020 "The Pleasure of Drowning" by Jean Bürlesk

• 31.03.2020 "The Emerald Tree" by Nina Oram

• 07.04.2020 "The Satanic in Fantasy and Science Fiction" by A J Dalton

• 10.04.2020 "BloodBusters" by Francesco Verso

• 18.04.2020 Oronzo Cilli's "Tolkien's Library" Wins the Tolkien Society Awards 2020.

• 21.04.2020 "The Colour of Madness" by Paul Kane

• 15.05.2020 Wole Talabi "Incompleteness Theory" is shortlisted for the Nommo Awards 2020.

• 17.05.2020 Artist Fangorn Wins the BSFA Awards 2020 for Best Cover (Wourism by Ian Whates ).

• 19.05.2020 "Where the Ocean Meets the Sky" by Barbara Stevenson

• 26.05.2020 "Sons of Storm" by Francesca Noto

• 02.06.2020 "Club Ded" by Nikhil Singh

• 05-07.06.2020 Luna @ Digital Cymera

• 01.08.2020 "Ties that Bind: Love in Fantasy and Science Fiction" Edited by Francesca T Barbini

• 04.08.2020 "Uncanny Bodies" Edited by Pippa Goldschmidt

• 11.08.2020 "Tijaran Tales - The Complete Series" by Francesca T Barbini

• 18.08.2020 "Machineries of Mercy" by Tim Major

• 04.09.2020 "Peter Roe Series III:The First and Second Ages" edited by Trevor Reynolds

• 25.09.2020 "Clockwork Dragon" by Elizabeth Priest

• 26.09.2020 "Gears of Change" by Anthony Laken

• 06.10.2020 "Hadithi & The State of Black Speculative Fiction" by Eugen Bacon and Milton Davis

• 08.12.2020 "Of Fire and Stone" by Nina Oram

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• 2021

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