Thank you - Here is a link to our Bookstore ... We'll be planning more translation book releases in the coming months. Concrete Blues was released on April 1st ballerinibookpress.ch/rareswanempo...

Here is a link to our Linkedin feature of the event www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

WTF 😡

#Writing came across. Of course the date has passed but the idea of an evening of Montenegrin literature persists. Have never read a Montenegrin author's work. Thinking an internet search is in order.

Hello writers and publicists, I'm programming for The Asian Writer @ 20 Festival. If you'd like to speak on a panel, host a session, or want to pitch your book for inclusion, please get in touch!

This is great news for Maryland. Surveillance pricing is just another way to gouge consumers and fatten the pockets of the greedy corporations. I hope other states follow suit. In the meantime, don’t shop those places. Small business when you can. #SheShed www.goodnewsnetwork.org/maryland-to-...

🚀 Good afternoon folks. We're looking for someone to become our media officer. It's a BSFA committee role that will sit alongside Emily Inkpen who is moving from this role to look after our media/podcast initiatives. We think this is most likely a team role… Details below👇

#TheDeepThoughtOfTheDay why aren't floating foosball tables a thing? Shouldn't they have been invented decades ago?

Well waddya know! I called out Plaza Prizes as being a scam a couple of years ago and contacted @beckyltuch.bsky.social who ran a good piece on it. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026....

#politics where 'representatives' that need a proctology inspection to determine who is working the mouth-strings at any given moment make the people they represent miserable and then their glib about it. It's our fault. We failed them.

I can‘t believe that we‘re willingly handing over crucial parts of our workforce, data management and even education to a criminal version of Clippy

Eyewitnesses recount three deadly Israeli strikes on medics in southern Lebanon “The attack on the 3rd team of ambulances to make a rescue attempt Wednesday happened as they were still assessing the first 2 crews’ injuries, less than 6 minutes after their arrival.” apnews.com/article/leba...

Israeli Defense Minister Katz said he wants to do in Lebanon what was done in Rafah.

I've seen firsthand how the Netanyahu government razed Rafah to the ground.

No American taxpayer dollars should be used to support this.

“…the backlash was so great that residents ousted half their city council after they approved a $6 billion data center development against the public will.”

Every 3D print in NY can be surveilled — from political speech to company prototypes — if these provisions make it into the state budget. We need to act NOW to stop it. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

March Updates and Other News! www.uncomfortablydark.com/post/04-18-2...

Legendary actor Elliott Gould joined us at the Egyptian on Saturday for a sold out ‘NOIR CITY: Hollywood’ screening of THE LONG GOODBYE (1973) + Q&A moderated by Eddie Muller 🐈

I’m not telling you what to do, but many of us don’t use beta readers, so unless you have some you’d trust with your life, maybe right now is not a good time to start looking. I’ve seen dozens of angry/sad “My beta reader told me they fed my book to AI” posts, and fuck that.

Question for readers and indie authors! How do you feel about hyphenation? Does a novel without it seems amateur? Or does hyphenation annoy you? Do you even notice it? Any strong feelings in either direction??

Charge a sign-up fee and an annual fee if you make less than $100? Sounds like a GREAT way to compete with Amazon! Great idea, guys.

#writing spent hours researching ancient locks. I learned a thing or two but can't say it was a productive day.

Going on next year's syllabus.

Seen several people say "success" in comics requires "connections." And yeah... a bit. But how do you think connections are made? Here is a story of how my connections led to me working on the X-Men for Marvel In 2016, I am tabling at a comic convention in Portland, OR. I meet Peach Momoko (1)

The application has remained stable since approximately 9 PM PDT, April 16 despite ongoing Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. We have not seen any evidence of unauthorized access to private user data. We will provide a further update by end of day.

One of the things I'll be asking potential new agents (as and when I'm fortunate enough to get to that point) is "Are you willing to fight to ensure that anti-AI clauses make it into all my contracts?" And if I don't like the answer, I'll stay in the gd trenches.

Will you support a real working-class voice with $10 or $20? Thank you, Chris Reichard Disabled OIF Army Veteran | Proud IBEW Union Worker | Candidate for MO-O8 MO-08 Fact Our district covers 28 full or partial counties and spreads 18,315 sq mi — that’s why those long drives matter!

Our podcast series returns with Susan Palwick's cover story from our Jan/Feb issue, "The Greenway"! Tune in wherever you listen to podcasts www.podomatic.com/podcasts/asi...

My article for Grimdark is open to the public now! I talk about luck and playing chicken with solar winds(I’m looking at you Appollo 16-17). www.grimdarkmagazine.com/space-were-p...

With voting now open for this year's British Fantasy Awards, we're calling for jurors. Once voting is closed, the shortlist goes to a jury of peers to choose a winner. Fancy being part of the action? Nominate yourself to be a juror for the British Fantasy Awards here: forms.gle/Kv1JTHBeSXaJ...

@inventingreality.bsky.social hi can I join the pack please

The Wetland Project is an #EarthDay tradition. A 24 hour #slowradio #naturesounds Broadcast. Learn all about it on the April edition of Making Waves for WGXC Wave Farm with guests Brady Marks & Mark Timmings. Audio and transcript in next NAISA Sound Byte. open.substack.com/pub/naisasou...

Now live on our YouTube channel: Check out managing editor Holly Lyn Walrath's conversation with J. Weintraub, translator of Nicola Lombardi's noir body horror novella CLUB MAGRITTE. www.youtube.com/watc...

TBR Dark, edited by Femke van Son, gathers literary fiction that veers into the uncanny and speculative. These stories explore fractured identity, mechanized memory, and psychological rupture. #TBR #literaryfiction #speculativefiction #TBRDarkhttps://thebrusselsreview.com/admin/introducing-tbr-dark

Gotta love.

Haven't read any Armenian lit but am fascinated by their history.

It feels weird at the moment, sharing things you’ve written in times of war. But anyway, for whatever it’s worth, here is something of mine that’s just come out in the journal Pictura @pictura.bsky.social - it's called "Simulation". picturajournal.com/issue-six/ar...

Coming soon to your speakers, another amazing session of improv #CallofCthulhu with @rossbryant.bsky.social running with @aabria.bsky.social, @vorpahlsword.bsky.social, @sdorward.bsky.social and @cuppycup.bsky.social Subscribe to Push the Roll with Ross Bryant on your podcast app!

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10,000 Chicago Concert Recordings Are Being Uploaded to the Internet Archive: Nirvana, Phish, Sonic Youth, They Might Be Giants & More

Starting my U.S. trip to raise funds for tactical medicine with Leleka Foundation and Razom for Ukraine. 📍 Newark - Apr 26 📍 New Haven (Yale) - Apr 28 📍 San Francisco - Apr 30 📍 Los Angeles - May 2–3 📍 New York City - May 6–10 (Ukrainian Drama Showcase, «Balance») 📍 Washington, DC - May 12

How it took this long for this to happen is beyond me.

#HorrorWritersChat SciFi, contemporary comedy and rom-com, thiller. I spend more time than I should on social media posts so I never have enough time to blog. Hmmm...

When an author says she had to decline a $175,000 prize, what does it say about the publishing world? How many readers know that prizes aren’t as purely meritocratic as they appear ... and come with promotional strings attached? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Hollywood, believe it or not, is a blue-collar town...“It’s thousands and thousands of Grips and Gaffers. Drivers and Decorators. Builders and Boom operators. Camera teams and Caterers... And they’re all about to get f*cked” Damon Lindelof Reveals Reason He Signed Anti-Paramount-WBD Merger Missive

#writing surprisingly good day. The location description I needed looks like it'll work. It was like pulling teeth for a while there. Not for a lack of ideas, had pages of description. If I were writing an encyclopedia entry would have been a piece of cake. LOL

Spain has been vocal against Israel’s Gaza Genocide, so Netanyahu threatens Spain by saying “Spain is going to pay an immediate price..”. In response some of Spains famous News Anchors responded to Netanyahu on live TV 👇

LOLA (Jacques Demy, 1961, rewatch). A delightful, freewheeling exploration of love, chance encounters and uncertain futures, brimming with charm, melancholy and wit. Anouk Aimée is wonderful as the titular Lola, a beguiling cabaret dancer longing for the return of >> (1/3) #FilmSky #1961Club

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Big media is contributing to the rise of authoritarianism and threatening workers across the industry. Join the National Writers Union Monday, April 27 at 7pm ET for a panel discussion on the dangers of media consolidation, how we got here, & what we can do about it. Register: bit.ly/FightBigMedia