Jupiter says trans rights

Creative pals, we need you! A group of us are running an auction to raise funds for the Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Sudanese people are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisis since records began. Can you donate mentoring/art/signed books etc? SIGN UP HERE: www.sudancoup.com/auction

A novella for whatever your spooky season mood happens to be! Gothics, haunted houses, demonic possession, dark fairy tales, grief, madness, and mayhem. There’s something about frights that just lend themselves to short reads. For me at least. See any faves?

TOMORROW See you at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social folks!

this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread

For over 50 years, the Booker Prizes have recognised the best fiction for adults. Now, we're delighted to announce the Children’s Booker Prize, supported by AKO Foundation. Find out more: thebookerprizes.com/children

I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...

So beyond delighted for @vajra.me! RAKESFALL is an astounding piece of speculative fiction and it's an honour to be a small part of helping it find its UK readers.

whoa october is around the corner! reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon. more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

For our next Solaris Presents event we've come over all spooky! In a fortnight, we'll be welcoming @isabelcanas.bsky.social & @mkhardywrites.com to talk all things gothic romance and celebrate their latest books: Watch FREE live or on catch up anywhere in the world: geni.us/SPGRICMKH

I am not built to be a girl boss. I am built to eat shredded cheese directly out of the bag and sleep for 12 hours a day.

What’s wrong with this picture? While I’m a longtime supporter of Banned Books Week, I’d love to see more displays in libraries and bookstores showcasing the actually most commonly banned books—BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and other marginalized books. Decades-old bestsellers aren’t truly in danger.

There's still 30 minutes left of #NationalPoetryDay, which means there's still 30 minutes left for me to annoy you with my two published poems (so far)!

To add to the discussion going on about what to have on short speculative fiction publisher websites, here's what I want as a reviewer and reader. I'm sure authors have other needs, but these in particular would make my life easier:

GORSE fans! Preorder the forthcoming sequel, RAGWORT by @samkhorton.bsky.social, in any format and submit your proof of purchase below to receive deleted scenes from GORSE 🧚 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

"You talkin' to me? To you? To me?"

Christina Orlando highlighted Caskey Russell's The Door on the Sea as one of their most anticipated books of 2025, and now we're sharing an excerpt!! Check out a piece of this Tlingit-inspired epic quest fantasy 🌊 reactormag.com/excerpts-the...

THE NEEDFIRE is out in the wild! If you're a fan of the legends that are Daphne du Maurier and Sarah Waters, or you love a book about a creepy house, or you just love a good story, @mkhardywrites.com have written a stonker. 🔥 Available now where all books are sold! (Or in your library!)

When a Type A character receives a completely unrelated compliment in the middle of a tirade and their brain short circuits

Canadian SFF writer friends, don't forget it's the last day to vote in the Aurora Awards! I mean don't forget like I, uh, almost did www.csffa.ca

We've got THREE titles in Indigo's "Most Anticipated SciFi Books"!!!! THE GANYMEDAN @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social THE HUNGRY GODS by @aptshadow.bsky.social AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by @voidcricket.bsky.social AND you can preorder them for 25% off for only 1 week only! bit.ly/4lyaTH4

I finished Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell so will patiently await my medal in the post. (It's wonderful, but everyone already knew that.)

Not sure how much reach this will get, but I'm going to give it a try. Publishing friends, I really need to find some additional work as a copy editor or proofreader. Ideally for SFF, because that's been my bread and butter for almost a decade, but I would consider other opportunities as well.

HEY SFF WRITERS 👋✨ We want your books. So we can acquire them. And print them. For our ✨🪶 SOON TO BE LAUNCHED PRESS 🪶✨ Submissions are open until August 30. 12.5k-40k words. Guidelines are live on our site, found down-thread. Pass it on 👀

We're so excited that Indigo Books have selected Caskey Russell's THE DOOR ON THE SEA as one of their "Most Anticipated Fantasy Books"! To celebrate, from 7th-13th July you can preorder for 25% off exclusively through Indigo - what are you waiting for?! bit.ly/4euljo9

Ffs absolutely clownery from Kent council

Putting on my Publisher hat, I have an announcement: Augur Press will be open to submissions of Novellas & Novelettes from both agented and unagented writers starting THIS WEEK! It’s not open yet. But while we wait… AMA about publishing with this fledgling small press.

Delighted to announce:

Apologies if I owe you an email, I'm nearing the end of a virus that steamrollered me at the beginning of this week and can't wait for the morning that I wake up without a horrid taste in my mouth 🙏🏻

Huge congratulations to all of this year's nominees, including @vajra.me! The @solarisbooks.bsky.social family are delighted we get to bring his work to UK readers 😁

Little do they know, someone in my town has become my nemesis. I'm trying to read the Clarke Award shortlist before the winner's announced next week. Not only did this person have the audacity to utilise our library service and nab Ian Green's Extremophile before I could, but now it's OVERDUE 😤

What a brilliant list! Huge congratulations to all of the nominees. 🥳 (UK readers, august clarke's METAL FROM HEAVEN is out this October from @solarisbooks.bsky.social and is available to preorder now! www.waterstones.com/book/metal-f...)

We’re looking for a hardworking and motivated individual to join our team of booksellers on a part-time basis! All the details here: www.theportobellobookshop.com/vacancy/book... (1/5 - info in thread)

Had a brilliant weekend at @cymerafestival.co.uk! Huge thanks to the organisers and volunteers for all their hard work. 👏🏻 And shout out to @solarisbooks.bsky.social gems @emmanewman.bsky.social, @samkhorton.bsky.social, @rainewilson.bsky.social and @roannelau.bsky.social for their fab events!

When you have an evening reception at 7 but have to crawl the cathedral steps in penance for getting Thomas Beckett killed at 3

Can confirm Raine is very friendly!

It me!

Another thing you can do for the queer artists and writers and so on whose work you admire this Pride month: go give their books etc solid star ratings on (sigh) sites like Amazon and Goodreads. Because people who hate the existence of that work are always gonna be punitively low-rating them,

Very excited to be in Edinburgh this weekend for the always fantastic @cymerafestival.co.uk! This year's programme is fantastic, and includes Solaris gems @emmanewman.bsky.social, @samkhorton.bsky.social, @rainewilson.bsky.social, and @roannelau.bsky.social 🔥

*blows dust off account* ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/vote/

Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes? Trye a tarot deck. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes.

Have you ever read Daphne du Maurier's REBECCA and thought, "yes, amazing, but I wish it was even more queer"? THE NEEDFIRE by @mkhardywrites.com, a sapphic Gothic tale set in 19th century Scotland, is out this July! What better way to celebrate Pride Month than with a preorder? geni.us/needfire

For Pride Month, I’m transcending this plane of existence and becoming a haunted, flannel-wearing mist

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 Please consider this your friendly reminder that queer books aren't only queer when they include a central romance. Queer people are queer all the time, whether they're in a romantic relationship or not, and arguing otherwise excludes folks on the aromantic spectrum.

It's difficult to pick only two, but @alixeharrow.bsky.social's prose is delicious, and I love an author who can sweep me away through both novels and short fiction. Similarly, @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social's writing is masterful. I haven't forgiven her for the way Those Beyond the Wall made me cry.

So excited to share this cover with the world, and even more excited to be sharing this book with you all this autumn! Readers and reviewers who love their epic fantasy should perhaps slide into my DMs and let me know 👀

There are lots of cool things in this auction, all in support of the wonderful @cymerafestival.co.uk! I'm offering a Zoom/Teams etc. PR and marketing chat, happy to talk through tips with writers or any aspiring publishing professionals interested in working in marketing and/or PR 😊

Fancy some excellent poetry? Of course you do! The excellent @tooshorttoread.bsky.social's equally excellent debut pamphlet, FLEET SALVAGE, is half price over on the @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social website right now: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

Coco and now Sinners… people don’t just want original movies, they want ones that don’t center white experiences. they want culturally rich, bold, empathetic, challenging stories. entertainment sectors (especially AAA games!) need to stop believing that people will only show up for white stories.

“To kill a language, you must first rip it from living throats.” Congratulations to OTHERSIDE fiction editor @rukman.bsky.social for this surreal and stunning publication! Go read “To Kill a Language” over at Apex, let it linger a while.