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The tale of Tam Lin started as a Scottish ballad featuring a strong-willed heroine, a powerful faerie queen, and a knight in need of rescue. Here are six gripping retellings of this slippery, shapeshifting story! reactormag.com/a-knight-to-...

The Leaning Pile of Books for 9/21/2025, aka The Leaning Pile of Books: Kushiel's Legacy Edition since I am now obsessed with these books. (Also, why I actually love CASSIEL'S SERVANT more than KUSHIEL'S DART.) www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/09/the-... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

The Leaning Pile of Books for 9/21/2025, aka The Leaning Pile of Books: Kushiel's Legacy Edition since I am now obsessed with these books. (Also, why I actually love CASSIEL'S SERVANT more than KUSHIEL'S DART.) www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/09/the-... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

Love this: "People seem to get it in their heads that criticism is a lot of things it isn’t (most of the time): a tearing-down, an act of jealousy, an act of ego. The criticism I love best is an act of curiosity. An investigation, an exploration. And an open door. "

One of the reasons I love the Intergalactic Mixtape newsletter by @renay is that I find interesting things I somehow missed, like "(It's Not) The Death of Criticism (Again)" by @mollytempleton.com on Reactor. reactormag.com/its-not-the-...

One of the reasons I love the Intergalactic Mixtape newsletter by @renay is that I find interesting things I somehow missed, like "(It's Not) The Death of Criticism (Again)" by @mollytempleton.com on Reactor. reactormag.com/its-not-the-...

Intergalactic Mixtape is live! This week: personal essay recs, reviews, fun discussion threads, and a new column that @readingtheend.bsky.social is helping me launch: Bonus Track, for extra specialized rec lists. This time: SFF to read based on The Babysitters Club Super Specials.

What kind of book reviews are people actually interested in reading?

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#...

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

Swords & Fire readers! I've made the prologue & epilogue stories/vignettes on my Patreon (www.patreon.com/MelissaCaruso) available individually. They answer some questons about what happens after the end of The Unbound Empire. Here's a thread on what they are and how best to get them!

Recently reread BEGGARS IN SPAIN and it's such a well done, thoughtful novel that still feels relevant. (It was one of my recommendations during the latest SF/F book rec event I did with the Ashland Public Library!)

Recently reread BEGGARS IN SPAIN and it's such a well done, thoughtful novel that still feels relevant. (It was one of my recommendations during the latest SF/F book rec event I did with the Ashland Public Library!)

New Author Interview - today delighted to invite @mhayinde.bsky.social to the blog to discuss their excellent epic fantasy novel A Song of Legends Lost and more! www.runalongtheshelves.net/interviews/2...

Review of THE DREAM HOTEL by Laila Lalami, a standalone literary science fiction novel that is chillingly plausible but also frustrating since its exploration of ideas, characterization, and plot were all underbaked. www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/09/revi... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

Review of THE DREAM HOTEL by Laila Lalami, a standalone literary science fiction novel that is chillingly plausible but also frustrating since its exploration of ideas, characterization, and plot were all underbaked. www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/09/revi... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

This is the last day for the Murderbot + Witch King and my other fantasy Humble Book Bundle: www.humblebundle.com/books/martha... We've raised $89,000 in donations for World Central Kitchen so far!

My 2013 essay "HOW LONG 'TIL BLACK FUTURE MONTH" is featured in WE WILL RISE AGAIN: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance and Hope, out from @sagapressbooks on December 2nd. You can preorder the collection now at www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...!

Review of THE DREAM HOTEL by Laila Lalami, a literary science fiction novel set in an eerily plausible near future. This ended up being a frustrating read for me because it had potential to be so much better. www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/09/revi... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

Review of THE DREAM HOTEL by Laila Lalami, a literary science fiction novel set in an eerily plausible near future. This ended up being a frustrating read for me because it had potential to be so much better. www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/09/revi... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐

Intergalactic Mixtape is live. It's so nice to see the number of SFF podcasts (so many cakes!) and I'm back on my fanart addiction thanks to KPop Demon Hunters. #IntergalacticMixtape #BookSky

My scifantasy, THE NIGHTWARD, about a child queen destined to inherit the powers of a goddess, and the bodyguard who must keep her alive until she can, made this list of Black adult fantasy novels. Buy it at Libro to support indie booksellers! libro.fm/audiobooks/9... youtube.com/watch?v=Mv9-...

Look at our gal--so freshhh! The majesty, the jewellery, the braids. The authority, the defiance, the gaze. The casual step-on-me energy. Esheme hive, rise--this is our time!

Official book birthday for Shifter and Shadow, out today from Fairwood Press!

Intergalactic Mixtape is live! If you took part in my "what books are you looking forward to" thread recently, thanks for helping us build a cool rec list, but also, how dare you. 😂

I’m at Indigo Erin Mills until 4pm today! 5015 Glen Erin Dr. Come say hi, get a reading with a dragon oracle card and chat! 🐉

This is why I shouldn’t be allowed in used book stores. (These have the four parts of Vinge’s Marooned in Real Time plus a bonus of Clarke’s The Steam-Powered Word Processor)

Invited speakers--our faculty--are the cornerstone of Sirens's educational program. In 2026, we're expanding their role: more speakers, with more presentations, which means more opportunities for you to learn from experts in a variety of fields🤓 Let's meet our first round of 2026 faculty:

UK readers! THE OBSIDIAN TOWER Kindle edition is on sale this month for 99p! It's about a Warden with broken magic, her spooky castle, the awful night that changes her life, and the dashing international magic troubleshooting squad that saves it... www.amazon.co.uk/Obsidian-Tow...

"Which can you imagine more clearly: Middle Earth or ancient Mesopotamia? Which feels more real?" HOUSE OF DUSK author @devafagan.bsky.social on some books/resources that inspired her in "Real History for Fantasy Worlds." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/09/gues... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy 📚🪐

"Which can you imagine more clearly: Middle Earth or ancient Mesopotamia? Which feels more real?" HOUSE OF DUSK author @devafagan.bsky.social on some books/resources that inspired her in "Real History for Fantasy Worlds." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/09/gues... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy 📚🪐

Don't forget about the DRM-free Humble Bundle from Tor (with Murderbot, Witch King, and more), benefiting World Center Kitchen. The donation is now at over 58,000. It would be awesome to get it up to $100,000. www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

It’s not my habit to read nor review short stories. They are, as it says on the tin, a tad too short. Nonetheless, I really wanted to read The Comet, which is not only considered as a sci-fi classic but also written by one of the earliest Black American sci-fi writers–W.E.B. DuBois.

Guest post by @devafagan.bsky.social on some of the books and resources that were inspirations for her new epic fantasy novel HOUSE OF DUSK, "Real History for Fantasy Worlds." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/09/gues... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

If you are in the Edmonton area Fiasco is still missing - please check garages and sheds and engines! Let's get him home, please share x

Thank you to the Fantasy Cafe for featuring my guest post where I gush about real world history and some of my favorite sources that can inspire fantasy worlds!

Guest post by @devafagan.bsky.social on some of the books and resources that were inspirations for her new epic fantasy novel HOUSE OF DUSK, "Real History for Fantasy Worlds." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/09/gues... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

Seeing Fantasy Cafe on the Hugo long list for best fanzine is amazing. seattlein2025.org/wp-content/u...

The 2025 #HugoAward nomination data report has been added to the Report section of this year's award winners page: seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-aw... . Check out the "long list" of nominees that didn't quite make the final ballot and fill out those reading lists a little bit more!

Seeing Fantasy Cafe on the Hugo long list for best fanzine is amazing. seattlein2025.org/wp-content/u...

EDMONTON: this is Fiasco, @premeemohamed.com's beautiful boy. after slipping outside a few days ago, he needs help finding his way home. can you share this with your local circles?

This November, we're bringing @artofelaineho.bsky.social 's CRY VOIDBRINGER to the UK! Thank you to @mhayinde.bsky.social (Sunday Times Bestselling author of A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST for this fabulous endorsement. "A gripping tale of duty and kinship." Preorder: geni.us/cryvoi

Intergalactic Mixtape is live!

Is there anything more frustrating than reading a good book, turning the page, and then discovering pages/parts of pages are missing?! Guess I’m ordering another copy of Kushiel’s Avatar…

Is there anything more frustrating than reading a good book, turning the page, and then discovering pages/parts of pages are missing?! Guess I’m ordering another copy of Kushiel’s Avatar…

To celebrate the full trilogy of THE CROWNS OF ISHIA out in the world, I’ll be at Indigo Erin Mills on Saturday, September 6 from 11 AM TO 4 PM to sign my books and chat! Come by and say hello, pick up a bookmark and hang 🙏🏼🐉 @solarisbooks.bsky.social

So excited to share the beautiful cover of my debut fantasy, #ThePoetEmpress, which I am absolutely floored by! 🥰 It's comes out from Bramble 01.20.26 next year! (Credits to artist Kelly Chong & designer Esther S. Kim!) bit.ly/ThePoetEmpress