I just finished Gifted & Talented by @olivieblake.bsky.social and I don’t care if it’s January, I’m declaring it my favorite book of the year.

@Sirens26 #Bookmas Day 31: For all you recovering capitalists GIFTED & TALENTED by the incomparable Olivie Blake (@olivieblake.bsky.social). In a world of magical biotech, capitalists are still fucking assholes. Blake sets up her family-driven novel with gorgeous care--and then sets it on fire

The only reasonable position is zero tolerance: the AI industry must end sooner rather than later. It is culturally, socially, environmentally, and economically destructive, and all the Silicon Valley marketing in the world isn't going to make it otherwise.

There are many people who simply do not understand the stakes and either understate or overstate them. The issue is not that AI will replace writers or w/e: it can't. The issue is that AI will make our working conditions significantly worse and harm the development of new artists in our fields.

she knows I’m obsessed with her newsletter but by all means don’t let that contextual bias dissuade you

we must solve America’s loneliness epidemic

Today's pigeon is Queen Anne Boleyn. Also on a mini canvas (4x6)

Y’all, they’ve got tie-dye options ✌️🙂‍↕️

absolutely reeling from the end of young jedi adventures and I have no adults to talk to about it. my son is not nearly as bereft. “what’s a padawan” have a seat buddy here comes the lore

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.

It drives me nuts when people label my work as the "respectable" kind of queer art just because it's basically PG-13. Bitch don't pull that nonsense, we stand up for porn in this house. Always defend the weird, ugly, uncomfortable, and cringe, because if we don't push boundaries we don't exist.

when that show comes out i better not hear a fucking word about it. no memes. no edits. "it was so important to my childhood--" okay well human rights are important to my adulthood??

oh shit I didn't realize this was going live today! delighted to get to tell you at some length about why you should read this year's books from @alixeharrow.bsky.social, @olivieblake.bsky.social, Annie Hartnett, Ethan Rutherford, Mariette Navarro, and Jazmina Barrera! lithub.com/lit-hubs-43-...

the narrative POV in Gifted & Talented by @olivieblake.bsky.social is absolutely superb #booksky 📚💙

Immigration is not "the problem" in any meaningful sense anywhere in the world, and anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to justify their own embrace of or capitulation to fascism.

The Broken Binding, stretching the spooky season release window well into Christmas ;) Such a good lineup of authors in this one. #BookMail #BookSky #BestNewHorror @aptshadow.bsky.social @olivieblake.bsky.social @timlebbon.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social

I got to see the incredible Olivie Blake discuss her new book Girl Dinner at Waterstones in Manchester tonight. It was a truly inspiring talk! @olivieblake.bsky.social #booksky 📚

If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread! Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)

posted this four months ago but tonight as buckaroos like mamdani sweep elections i will post again. hope this is sign to all establishment goofs that trotting to the center is not the move. protect the buckaroos who are in perilous circumstances and do not give an inch

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

This is an absolutely tragic gutting of one of the best politics desks in the country

Happy pub day to The Time Traveler's Passport, an anthology of time travel stories from me, @rfkuang.bsky.social, @olivieblake.bsky.social, @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, @pengshepherd.bsky.social and Keliane Bradley! Follow the link below to find out more and to get it! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FN8CHTQ...

Congratulations to @olivieblake.bsky.social whose GIRL DINNER is on the @usatoday.com bestseller list! #TeamTriada #BookSky

The Jack of Spades, featuring Fox and Brandt from @olivieblake.bsky.social 's Masters of Death. The story revolves around a game where immortals gamble against Death himself. No cards are actually involved, but illustrating them on a playing card felt very fitting! #bookish

kiss your devils in los angeles 🩸 DREAMLAND coming 8.18.2026 lnk.to/DreamlandOli...

such a wonderful event last night with my true buckaroo @olivieblake.bsky.social to celebrate her new book GIRL DINNER. vromans is fantastic bookstore and the place was packed. what a great way to kick off her tour. GIRL DINNER IS OUT NOW

A Girl Dinner girl talk at Vroman's with @olivieblake.bsky.social and @chucktingle.bsky.social talking fanfic & football, pickup lines & crushes, wealthy moms and sorority girls and sinister wellness trends! Olivie's new novel GIRL DINNER! Out Now!! Get your signed copy, while supplies last!

cant wait for event next week celebrating new book GIRL DINNER from my bud @olivieblake.bsky.social we will be chatting at VROMANS in pasadena on OCT 21ST and there are very very few tickets left so dont wait buckaroos vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-1...

Similar to my post about "liberation means even for that annoying guy you hate" - weird art includes art you personally don't get, don't like, wouldn't spend money on, find unsettling. Games you wouldn't play. Books you wouldn't read. Decommercialise your preconceptions of what art deserves to exist

Heads Up: If you have Amazon Prime, my time-travel short story "3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years" is now available at no additional cost as part of Amazon's "First Reads" program, a sneak preview of the Time Traveler's Passport anthology, out in November: www.amazon.com/Days-Months-...

thank you abby!!

wrote a little essay about prose, 90s historical romances, and why fascists love AI so much 💕 subscribe to my newsletter to enter a giveaway for a physical arc of the everlasting! buttondown.com/alixeharrow#...

Thrilled to see Rowana Miller, Chelsea Ichaso, @olivieblake.bsky.social, and @ellegonzalezrose.bsky.social included in Goodread's Dark Academia roundup! #TeamTriada #BookSky www.goodreads.com/blog/show/29...

Immigrants are a social good, anti-immigrant propaganda is basically all lies, and any approach to the "problem" that doesn't start form those two points is worthless

so honored to be joined by my BUCKAROO BESTIES @ceejthemoment.bsky.social @lizkerin.bsky.social and @olivieblake.bsky.social to close out the LUCKY DAY TOUR. nothing like a home town show. THANK YOU LOS ANGELES AND TO EVERY BUCKAROO who came out and proved love across the country. UNTIL NEXT YEAR

LAST TOUR STOP IS TONIGHT IN LA www.squadup.com/events/chuck...

Today we're thrilled to welcome to the Hive authors from upcoming Dark Academia anthology THESE DREAMING SPIRES to discuss what the genre means to them! Read more: tinyurl.com/bd3r7ax3 #DarkAcademia @titanbooks.bsky.social @marieoregan.bsky.social @paulkane.bsky.social

A NEW SEMESTER BEGINS. Happy publication day to THESE DREAMING SPIRES, edited by Marie O'Regan & Paul Kane! This dark academia anthology features 12 new dark academia short stories from masters of the genre, and is available now! 🖤 https://tinyurl.com/3394nw8x

BY THE WAY BUCKAROOS not only is our LOS ANGELES stop the last of the tour but it is THE ONLY SHOW THAT STILL HAS ANY TICKETS LEFT. LA buckaroos come trot on sept 3 for the grande finale www.squadup.com/events/chuck...

my son’s review of sabrina carpenter’s new album is “can we play pink pony club instead”

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

and--idk quite how to articulate this--but the work of it is... critical to art-making. like you discover your intentions through the labor of expressing them. if I'd woken up at 17 with the technical ability to write a novel, i wouldn't have known what i was trying to say. the work IS the product.

NEW BOOK COMING here’s the PW announcement Seek the Traitor’s Son is a big romantic kinda-fantasy kinda-dystopian pile of fun, and I am pumped! Out in May. (It’s gonna be Mayyyy)

I started Girl Dinner by @olivieblake.bsky.social and you know when you can just tell, I can just feel it in my breasts that this is gonna be exceptional 🤩 two pages in and I'm like yes slay Blake SLAY

Going on book tour next month! Come and see me, Midwesterners (and Angelenos)! 📚💙

During SDCC, Books Editor @cxorlando.bsky.social asked 17 authors: What's your favorite trope, and what trope would you like to see reimagined? From @amalelmohtar.com to @chucktingle.bsky.social to @olivieblake.bsky.social and more, here's what they had to say reactormag.com/seventeen-au...

i used to do a lot of charity fundraising through free patreon posts, but theyre now getting blocked for 'erotic contect.' SO BEFORE ITS TAKEN DOWN here is the project i did with @jamieloftus.bsky.social to raise funds for streetfood vendors affected by ICE raids www.patreon.com/posts/this-l...

links to all events at olivieblake.com/events !!

"sorry 🥺🥺 im just not smart enough to write without AI 🥺🥺🥺" is not an argument any writer can take seriously bc, unfortunately, we have met us