Since @onspecmag.bsky.social is closing up shop next month, its publishers have reduced prices on all 100+ back issues of OnSpec to just 99 cents! weightlessbooks.com/category/pub...

Robert J. Sawyer's THE DOWNLOADED 1 & 2 are now available on Audible, narrated by Brendan Fraser! 🇨🇦 timothysjohnston.com/robert-j-saw... Each day, I post one carefully curated news item from the Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery, Horror, and Suspense genres. @robertjsawyer.com #LifeAfterGateway #TSJ

I had the opportunity to review As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories for The Seaboard Review of Books. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/as-the-ear...

Reminder to editors and publishers that I'm accepting epubs of mags, collections, and anthos that have original 2025 short fiction for consideration in Best Weird Fiction of the Year 2. Writers — you'll have an opportunity to submit in the new year.

Oh my God. Bluesky, you know what to do!! @shakespeare.lol beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

I think I can make what I have in the cupboard last until my disability comes in at the end of the month but it will mean one or two meals a day. If you’d like to help out with that, I’d appreciate it. #MutualAid ko-fi.com/soniasulaiman/

We are greatly saddened to learn of Jean-Louis Trudel's passing. What a staggering loss for our community. Our sincere condolences to his friends, family, and colleagues.

Yay! I’m shameless promoting my newly published short story collection, Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain! It’s fifteen tales of queer life, disability, romance, power, defiance, and resilience! Learn more here! dinsdalepress.ca/speculative-... #SpoonieAuthChay #BookSky #CanLit

Thank you to @lisatimpf.bsky.social and @interstellarflight.bsky.social for this chance to discuss community, activism, and hopepunk. magazine.interstellarflightpress.com/hopepunk-act...

Tomorrow!!! Get excited!!!

Head on over and support this Canadian small press by clicking "NOTIFY ME ON LAUNCH" (right hand side of the pretty mushrooms). It won't be launching until 2026, but it helps ye ol' algorithm to smash the button. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tyc...

Last boarding call for Quasar! 😱⌛ SFWA's Flight Crew stands ready to curate a terrific journey through panels, workshops, & special presentations for the professional & professionalizing writer. Nebula attendees ride for free--but register before 11:59pm Pacific! membership.sfwa.org/event-6301796

A fantastic interview w/ Su J. Sokol @cycling2asylum.bsky.social at Interstellar Flight Magazine! @lisatimpf.bsky.social Learn about xyr books "Invisible Line" & "Five Points on an Invisible Line" & how they explore "activism, social justice, & environmental ... themes" --> magazine.interstella...

This weekend is QUASAR, SFWA's online Nebula event! Today is *the last* day to register! Looks like a fun weekend, check it out: events.sfwa.org/

Time to enter your works on the Aurora Awards eligibility list! 🇨🇦

This series of live webinars is co-sponsored by @canadianauthors.bsky.social & @sfcanadawriters.bsky.social, free for anyone to attend as if you were members. Scroll down at this link to find 3 new webinars coming up + recordings of past events! canadianauthors.org/national/pro...

Great news about @sfcanadawriters.bsky.social's own @jesbattis.bsky.social !

Stories of resistance, rupture, and rebirth from Rich Larson and Su J. Sokol. There's a week left on the Kickstarter and they're so close to funding. www.kickstarter.com/projects/fla...

Congratulations to Timothy S. Johnston whose book "A Blanket of Steel" just won the 2024 Grand Prize in the Global Thriller Awards, and also the 2024 First in Category in the Cygnus Awards. Check out what people are saying about the book: www.sfcanada.org/a-blanket-of...

Webinar for writers on June 18 by @smithwriter.bsky.social Get your place now for this live webinar. After the event, you'll get a link to the recording -- so you don't even need to take notes while watching Doug live!

Check out the works of SFC member Megan Fennell! www.sfcanada.org/megan-fennell/

Lost Lives by Noah Chinn, Reviewed by Robert Runté "far-future hopepunk series for our times" www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/...

Free webinar on June 18th! "Playing the Short Game: How to Market & Sell Short Fiction" by author Douglas Smith It's free, but you have to register - us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Congratulations on the shortlist x2! www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Xw...

I'm very excited to share @clh2oars.bsky.social 's new cover with you! Check out Painted Flock! www.narratess.com/books/cover-...

THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES! We have 5 days to reach our fundraising goal & we have a LONG way to go!! Be the reason that the Locus lights stay on! Help us out at igg.me/at/locusmag2025. We are so grateful for your support! Fundraiser link in bio #sff #scifi #fantasy #booksky

Ever notice how massive companies worth billions of dollars never have to ask for permission to use or steal what's yours? Prediction: A few years from now, once these companies are making bank from generative AI, if you try to use their programs without payment it'll be a major problem.

Book unboxing? BOOK UNBOXING! ✨️ WITH A SWORD 🔥 (i hear that's how we do this now?) 8 days till release, but you can pre-order now #booksky books2read.com/u/bpVEQ6

ONE WEEK www.kickstarter.com/projects/tra...

New Release Alert: BEWARE US FLOWERS OF THE ANNIHILATOR by Alexander Zelenyj www.sfcanada.org/beware-us-fl...

Oh, hey, I’m one of those people! “So Many Things to See,” coming June 1st.

It's alive... ALLLLIIIVE!!!! #TheDeerIsMessedUP #horror #booksky Come check out @probablyharmless.bsky.social and my epic horror anthology—full of messed up deer! 🔥🦌 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

As a 2025 Indieverse Award nominee, I had the privilege of being invited to write an article on their blog! Please read and share: "Indie Books: An Often-Maligned but Much-Needed Pillar of Publishing” by Cait Gordon www.indieverseawards.com/nominee-blog... #IndieAuthors #WriteSky

😍 and it's currently on sale for 99c to celebrate 1 year since its release. Grab your copy of my Nebula-nominated MG fantasy books2read.com/u/b6J2E0

The official blog hit 100,000 views over the weekend. Thank you to my followers, readers, fans, and all my supporters. Check out the blog, where every week I write about the #Scifi, #SciFiAdventure, #Mystery, and the #Thriller genres … and so much more 👇. timothysjohnston.com/life-after-g...

Looking for more Canadian content in your life? Check out Susan Forest's work! www.sfcanada.org/susan-forest/

Poet, storyteller, artist, and author Bernadette Gabay Dyer was born in Kingston Jamaica, and has lived in Toronto, Canada for many years. Her latest novel, Santiago’s Purple Skies at Morning’s Light, is now available. Check out her bio here: www.sfcanada.org/bernadette-g...

Canadian author Geoff Hart has sold over 70 short stories in his career, and has written several writing books as well. Check out his bio here: www.sfcanada.org/geoff-hart/

BEWARE US FLOWERS OF THE ANNIHILATOR is now available from Eibonvale Press. The book contains 26 brand new cross-genre stories by Alexander Zelenyj. Publisher link: www.eibonvalepress.co.uk/books/books_...

The Canadian Speculative Fiction Magazine Polar Borealis #31 is now published online and available for free download. polarborealis.ca/wp-content/u...

New release: Undaunted: Dark Tales of Courage Witnessed Through the Eyes of a Homicide Detective Real People. Real Crime. Incredible Stories. www.amazon.ca/Undaunted-Co...

SF Canada member Robert Runté reviews Zebra Meridian by Geoffrey W. Cole www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/...

SF Canada member Lorina Stephens reviews C.E. Hoffman's Losers and Freaks: onspec.ca/book-reviews...

New Release by SF Canada member @skyladawn.ca books2read.com/thetaigaridg...

Claudiu Murgan's new anthology is now available. Blurb in the link. www.amazon.ca/Knowledge-Ke...

Submissions are currently open for the anthology Starship Librarians, edited by the Aurora-award winning team of Shannon Allen and J.R. Campbell. Check out the guidelines here: tychebooks.com/submissions

Family Matters: Family Relationships in Three Recent Speculative Novels by Lisa Timpf www.heartlines-spec.com/family-matte...

If you've gotten email from "Victoria Strauss" at [email protected], offering some kind of service for $$$, IT IS FAKE. Writer Beware's real email is [email protected] and we don't sell services or take money (not even donations). Yes, folks, I'm being impersonated again. More info coming

Fantastic launch for Year's Best Canadian F&SF Vols 1 & 2 tonight at the first night of Can*Con! Such a great turnout and wonderful to meet so many of the contributors in person for the first time. (Photo courtesy JF Garrard) @canconsffh.bsky.social

Coming a week from tomorrow! Preorder your ebook now or grab the (very pretty) print edition when it goes live on November 12. https://buff.ly/3C5Dxxa