We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

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As a Green Party member, @zackpolanski.bsky.social would be a great leader of the party. I've been watching his interviews with Novara, etc, over the past few years and thought several times, "why isn't this guy in charge?" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Don't worry, you deserved that new book 😊 Oh, you bought several? Well done you! 📚

Where to buy ebooks for readers with no shelf space and a deep hatred of amazon? 📚 Kobo is already in the post.

OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! 📚 Big Thinking Publishing is currently accepting submissions for: Middle-Grade (8-12) Teen (11-14) We are not currently looking for poetry, picture books, or chapter books.

I JUST WANT TO READ MY BOOK!!!! 😫 But I have to be a 'grown up' and be 'sensible' or something...

Just broke 30k in a new writing project 😁 Definitely time to sleep now 😴

there is nothing in this world sexier than a well-formatted spreadsheet 😍

Ain't no friends like bookish friends 😊📚

Big mug of tea and a book is the vibe ☕️📚 With a baby sleeping on my lap 😍 Living the absolute dream ❤️

INDIE AUTHORS ARE REAL AUTHORS INDIE AUTHORS ARE REAL AUTHORS INDIE AUTHORS ARE REAL AUTHORS INDIE AUTHORS ARE REAL AUTHORS INDIE AUTHORS ARE REAL AUTHORS INDIE AUTHORS ARE REAL AUTHORS

I read a kindle now but I still identify as someone who folds the corners of the pages.

Joined the Greens before the last election after watching Zack talk with Novara Join and support a party that demands real change 💚

It's a day of the week. Buy a book.

Everyone has a price, and mine is a Waterstones book voucher

I lied. Put your clothes back on. Welcome to my Ted Talk on why we should cuddle up, drink tea, and read books ❤️

This 1000-page fantasy book could do with 1000 more pages! Sometimes I never want the story to end 😭

If there be dragons in that there book, I be poor

Rereading Lord of the Rings again and no one can stop me.

When a government tells us, within the course of one week, that we can't have new hospitals but must have new runways, you know that it is not working on our behalf, but on behalf of economic power.

Don't ask me who my favourite author is How the fuck am I supposed to CHOOSE????

There are books And then there are BOOKS Do you know what I mean?

Right now social media feels like we’re all smokers and we’ve been smoking Marlboro Reds for a decade and our plan to quit smoking Reds specifically is to smoke twice as many cigarettes of 3 different other brands

Current Nonfiction reads:

His billionaire lapdogs are going to love this

Some people pray Some people meditate Some people knit I read

There's no feeling in the world like reorganising bookshelves Absolute fucking bliss

To the crowds cheering Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement: Do you think you live on a different planet, which climate breakdown does not affect? Do you imagine only greens and progressives will be harmed by Earth systems collapse? Do you believe you can win an argument with physics?

Fantasy books are too long What do you mean it's going to take me 30+ hours to read BOOK ONE???? Oh, it has magic and dragons and sexy sexy sex? Let me try again. Fantasy books are too short!

Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.

You don't have to be "well-read" Just read Put your big gender-non-specific pants on and opened a damned book Fuck the classics - read some trash and enjoy yourself!

Places to read: Sofa Bed Floor Garden Car Standing against the wall Squatting against the wall Toilet Bath Toilet (again) Bed (new angle) Drop book on face Floor

Does anyone else pick their next read by reading the first few lines of every book they own until something sticks? Or just me?

"No, no, I'm not buying anything. Just browsing" *proceeds to buy pretty books* "It's okay! I'll donate it when I read it!" *never reads the book.* *Buys more books from a charity shop*

Incredibly lost. Need directions. AMAZING book finished. There's no more of it. I checked.

Staying up late to finish a book is so much riskier as a parent Some books are just worth a sleepless night

"They’re a catastrophe like an earthquake is a catastrophe, an act of the gods. They’re the crumbling of an empire and the simple, immediate crash of glass on the floor for good luck. They’re everything, and they’re Theo. Singular Theo, everlasting Theo, Theo the superbloom."

Getting a papercut from a book you love is the greatest betrayal.

I read books in the evenings the same way I used to have a cigarette in the morning Half asleep with a coffee sitting next to me

I'VE READ EVERY BOOK I OWN!!!!!! is a lie.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but you don't HAVE to read 100 books this year. All that matters is you're alive and LIVING. Page count means nothing. Sure, read books! If you want to. I think books are important, but priorities fluctuate. What I'm trying to say is... chill. Take it easy.

You know a book is good when you're already planning to reread it 30% into the first read

New video: Tolkien's masterclass on mercy and pity. This is a lesson we all need right now in the world. Watch here: youtu.be/SJm0qYHlFvg

My greatest parenting achievement is that all the local librarians know my kid's name. I swear he would live in that place if he could 😆

Roses are red Violets are blue I'm reading a book STOP TRYING TO TALK TO ME!

I hate to break this to you, but if you're in the middle of 5+ books, then you're a mood reader. That's me... I'm breaking this to myself.

I need some queer romance recs please!

I remember the days when I could read a physical book.... Now I use the kindle app on my phone 🤣 Totally worth it, but I miss PAGES!