THE CITY WE BECAME is the NYPL's first "Big Summer Book Club" pick! All summer long, UNLIMITED borrows of the ebook or audiobook for any NYPL cardholder! And for a finale, a NEW STORY in the Great Cities world will be performed at the Delacorte Theater in Aug! www.nypl.org/summer/2026/...

Congratulations to the wonderful @garethlpowell.bsky.social !

I’ve meant to shout about the two most recent #Sci-fi novels by @garethlpowell.bsky.social for a while now. They’re brilliant. His knack for threading together heart-clutching action and thematic acuity impresses me the most. Fun adventures? Sure. But they also reward a close read, akin to Le Guin.

Apparently, someone is using my name again in scam e-mails to authors. If you receive an out-of-the-blue contact purporting to be from an agent, editor, publisher, or prod company soliciting your material, it’s almost guaranteed to be a scam. Check all details carefully.

I think I've definitely levelled-up with this one.

I recently appeared on an episode of the Writing Worlds podcast and we had such a great conversation that they managed to make a whole extra bonus episode from the outtakes!

An early review of FUN TIMES AT THE BLOODBATH! www.uncomfortablydark.com/post/5-10-26...?

Authors, is that email from a book festival or radio show legit? Here's an analysis from @victoriastrauss.com writerbeware.blog/2026/05/08/b... #writingcommunity #writinglife #authorlife

Dead New World: funny scifi noir about holographically-resurrected ghosts falling in love, solving ghost crimes, and working ghost jobs. MurderbotxBeetlejuicexPushing Daisies in a Queer blender. Book + Audio: Podiumentertainment.com/titles/134527/dead-new-world Ebook: books2read.com/deadnewworld

💿 👻 ✨ Out in November! Dead New World, my Queer scifi book about holographically resurrected ghosts working dead end jobs, falling in love and solving ghost crimes. Links to preorder: books2read.com/deadnewworld

If you're interested in more information about PLAGUE BIRDS, check out the link below for the synopsis, reviews, and author bio! www.apexbookcompany.com/products/pla...

ARC GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT!! 📢📚 We're giving away 30 collector's edition ARCs of @jasonsanford.bsky.social's PLAGUE BIRDS: THE RED DAY EDITION! 🪐🖥️🔥 Each copy is signed, hand-numbered, and one of a kind. TO ENTER: like, comment, and repost this post by May 11th for the chance to win 🌟 Good Luck! 🖤👽

ARC giveaways for the @apexmag.bsky.social release of PLAGUE BIRDS: THE RED DAY EDITION! Details below!!!

Out today, a new edition of THE MASKED TRUTH by @kellyarmstrong.bsky.social - for fans of Karen M. McManus, Kathleen Glasgow, and Holly Jackson!

Suspense? Mystery? Get yourself anything by @kelleyarmstrong.bsky.social Her newest #YA, set in a boarding school for the incredibly wealthy, has murder, romance, secrets & more. A DEADLY INHERITANCE from Tundra Books keeps you guessing. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-de... 👍🇨🇦📚

Lin Darrow's debut novel DEAD NEW WORLD is now available for pre-order on Audible! You SO want this novel, however and wherever you get your books. Funny, heartwarming and reminiscent of TJ Klune! www.audible.com/pd/Dead-New-...

❤️this! - "even if you pay attention, Kelley Armstrong will surprise you" from CanLit for Little Canadians on A DEADLY INHERITANCE by @kelleyarmstrongauthor! canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-de...

Thank you to @gabino.bsky.social for the SUPERB review of Jitterbug in this month's Locus magazine! Jitterbug is out now from @titanbooks.bsky.social and available everywhere!

Giveaway from YA Books Central for @kelleyarmstrongauthor's THE MASKED TRUTH (US/Can)! yabookscentral.com/giveaway-the...

BAD BLOOD is currently just $1.99 in digital! Tori Karacis's family line may trace back to a drunken liaison between the god Pan and one of the immortal gorgons. Bookshop.org: bookshop.org/p/books/bad-... Amazon: www.amazon.com/Bad-Blood-Lu... B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bad-blood-...

You know, we're perfectly capable of talking about the Epstein Files AND all the other terrible things he's done. (Not to mention the fact that he's sundowning and would be retired in any other position, but the most powerful office in America? No, the Heritage Foundation still needs their pawn.)

Calling all Jane Yellowrock fans! What novel features Angie Baby and little Evan Everhart-Trueblood all grown up? Why, it's UNPREDICTABLE MAGIC by Faith Hunter, coming July 14th and available now for preorder! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/801638...

Don't forget that Saturday, April 25th is Independent Bookstore Day! You can find an indie near you here: www.indiebound.org/independent-... Some have exclusive special editions or swag!

hey georgia, did you know we have state supreme court elections in May? And that two of the judges who supported the abortion ban have challengers???

Also, speaking for BCS, we want your stories in your voice, not your voice run through a slop machine's editing or wording or grammar 'correction.' Your voice is unique. The slop machine's voice is a homogenization of everyone else's voice.

In a world where "AI" submissions are a plague, human-written stories are the cure for an editor's breaking heart. Don't let the flood discourage you from sending your work out there. You are better, no what the hype of the moment says. We want your stories. Not the slop-infested noise.

As always, reading our Knight Agency newsletter makes me happy. All the good news to share! Subscribe if you want to follow along. knightagency.net/newsletter/a...

A federal judge overturned the Trump administration’s ban on gender-affirming care for children on Saturday, decrying Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s “wanton disregard” for the law that “causes very real harm to very real people”. My latest! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Query update: I am now down to two requested manuscripts, which means that if you haven't heard from me, I've passed your query on to one of my colleagues I thought might be better suited. (Or that the response is lost somewhere in the ether, but let's hope not.)

JITTERBUG and WHO WILL YOU SAVE? are both available now from @titanbooks.bsky.social

Catch me at MCM Comic Con in London on Sunday 24 May, where I'll be talking and signing books.

I thoroughly enjoyed @garethlpowell.bsky.social's latest book, Jitterbug. I wasn't sure how it was going to end even halfway through. It's well paced with an exciting universe and characters who fit well within it, and the twist at the end was mind-blowing! Highly recommend it!

WRITTEN IN STARLIGHT by Sloane Brooks "a romantic portal fantasy with a cosmic twist about a storybook chambermaid and an intergalactic bounty hunter whose worlds - and hearts - collide through a magical book, threatening to rewrite fate." How can you resist? www.simonandschuster.com/books/Writte...

April 25th is Independent Bookstore Day & that weekend is the 2nd annual Orange County Bookstore Crawl! There are discounts, incentives & even a grand prize! www.ocnybookcrawl.com (Also, my birthday is on the 27th, so it would be an amazing time to pick up my books, if you’re so inclined.)

Just in case you need a little inspiration today, here are 10 of my favourite things about being an author

This is me, signing off social media right now before I scream into the void.

Great review from Game Vortex for the new anthology PARANORMAL PAYBACK ed. by Jim Butcher & Kerrie L. Hughes! "Paranormal Payback is the best of the books that Butcher and Hughes have put out so far and I hope this effort continues." www.gamevortex.com/gamevortex/s...

What's absolutely amazing and out tomorrow? PARANORMAL PAYBACK ed. by Jim Butcher and Kerrie L Hughes, a superstar lineup including short stories from New York Times bestselling authors Jim Butcher, Holly Black, Kim Harrison, Faith Hunter, and more … www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/744760...

Great review from The Nameless Zine for @kelleyarmstrongauthor's latest, A DEADLY INHERITANCE! "The mystery here is well-plotted and unfolds at a good pace… Both adult and teen readers will enjoy this mystery. Recommended" ~ Stephanie L Bannon www.thenamelesszine.org/Odds-2026/A_...

Suryia, the orangutan who learned to bottle-feed orphaned tiger cubs by watching humans

Audiences are drowning in so many options now they'll basically take any reason to dismiss your work. Using AI is a rocketship straight to the dumpster.

Join Gareth L. Powell and Ren Hutchings in conversation on 24th April at Waterstones Canterbury, where they'll be discussing their new books Jitterbug and An Unbreakable World. Tickets available through @waterstones.bsky.social website. #books #scifi #canterbury #sciencefiction

Anti-War protest tonight at 6 pm at the White House. Spread the word!

Jitterbug has been out a month now, and it's been attracting some great reviews. And given the current interest in the Artemis II mission, I should probably mention that the story's partly set on the moon! #sciencefiction #books

If you’re an American should watch the Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown ep on Iran. A deeply humanizing look at a country full of people just like you and me. I watched it after Anthony died and it moved in ways that are hard to relay. I also immediately ran out to try kabob koobideh and tahdig.

I’ve said it before but will say it again: “writing with AI” is not a valid strategy. 1) you’re standing on the backs of others whose work was plagiarized for that purpose, 2) you’re not putting in the work and not bringing anything truly unique into the world (1/5)

Fundraiser for librarian Luanne James, who stood up to her rightwing library board that demanded she remove kids books with any trace of LBGTQ+ characters or content. "I will not comply." They sacked her and cops escorted her out. She's a hero. This banned author just donated.

Get @authorrsbelcher's NIGHTWISE -"A blood-soaked contemporary urban fantasy featuring a gray-hat protagonist cut from the mold of John Constantine and Sandman Slim." (Kirkus, starred review) - right now for Kindle for only $2.99! www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

Carol Berg's excellent fantasies SON OF AVONAR and THE SOUL MIRROR are currently on sale for Kindle for only $1.99! Get them while they're hot! SON OF AVONAR: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... THE SOUL MIRROR: www.amazon.com/Soul-Mirror-...

"I believe in a future in which trans people aren't forced to live in fear, shame and secrecy." My strip for TDOV.