Our tour of area bookstores begins... We'll thread this if you want to follow along for some vicarious retail therapy.

We are off to New Haven today, folks, to do some ##Sirens26 recon. Anyone have any questions we can get you answers to? Ask 'em here!

Let's celebrate some wins, ladies 🎉

Hear, hear! Go revel in the books you love, people!

As we near the end of the year, the last thing you might want is a big, chunky fantasy or science fiction book to drag into the new year. Good thing @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social's got 5 underrated novellas to recommend instead!

An older medic with scant resources fights to support her community as they survive life behind the company wall. This novelette is my only near future sf story, inspired by a long-ago convo with my dad & by the activists who never give up. Free to read at reactormag.com/barnacle-kat...

Indigenous Peoples Month starts today! We'll be showcasing a #sciencefiction, #fantasy, or #horror book every day this month, all by Indigenous female, nonbinary, and trans authors from the United States, Canada, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Let's make those TBR lists a few 📚 longer!

The LGBTQIA+ affinity group meeting is todsy, 6-7pm EDT. Come hang with us!

Reminder: Our first affinity group meetups for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled/neurodivergent/chronic illness sci-fi, fantasy, and horror readers are happening this week! Sign up here if you're a member of one or more of these communities and we'll send you info: forms.office.com/r/jK0Cv1TU9n

In our quest to make #Sirens26 a more inviting, more inclusive space, we thought it might help to have some more protected spaces. Presenting: the Sirens affinity groups, spaces created for the BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and disabled/neurodivergent/chronic illness communities. First meetup info here:

#Sirens12 Guest of Honor @malindalo.bsky.social out in the wild doing awesome things!!! 🩷

Hey, Sirens! Our submissions system for programming proposals closes THIS FRIDAY. While our faculty are amazing, we are holding space so our attendees can teach at #Sirens26 as well. You do not need to be registered yet to apply, so hie thee here for more details sirensconference.org/learn/#progr...

I’m not embarrassed and defensive about liking comics with superheroes because it means I’m a nerd, I’m embarrassed and defensive about it because in 2025 the representation of creative teams that aren’t entirely male still may take another century to accomplish anything near equality in the market

Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt

Alright I need a short story break before I dive back into another gargantuan anthology, so let's read one of the oldest transfemme books I'm aware of! Autobiography of an Androgyne is one of the earliest "trans memoirs," published a solid 15 years before the commonly cited 'first' trans memoir.

The universe is too fucking fabulous for capitalism, y'all! Last night's evidence: 1. North America Nebula (1 hour) 2. Andromeda (20 min) 3. Pac-Man Nebula (15 min) The universe is basically just hydrogen, dark matter, and dark energy. Plus trillions upon trillions of perturbations lol 🔭 1/3

LET THIS RADICALIZE YOU taught us so much, fam, including how necessary it is to dream better worlds. We def need WHEN THINGS FALL APART and we bet you do too 🩷

Hey, Queens!

I kinda want to play "Is this YA" but I already know that 95% of the books people will ask about will not be YA.

Hey, friends! #Sirens19 faculty @iheartfatapollo.bsky.social needs help with a research project. If you're 18+ and you've ever purchased makeup/beauty products based on your fandom--and you def have, because we've sold y'all a bunch--here's a 10-min survey: utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

#Sirens26 is a community of dreamers, of scholars, of truth-tellers, of revolutionaries, of readers of progressive speculative literature. The cornerstone of our programming is our brilliant faculty who are all of the above. Please join us in celebrating our second round of faculty announcements:

On being in conversation with our books...

None of this would be happening if I had an enormous cursed sword

Gearing up for the second half of this list, so it's probably a good time to share it again!

This is a great time to lean into local community and make sure you have folks' current contact information. Check on your strong friends. Check on your trans friends. Check on your disabled friends. Check on folks.

It has been a delight to witness the love for speculative poetry after @swantower.bsky.social won the first EVER poetry Hugo award! Here’s my interview with the winner, you gotta read it! 🏆 Congrats Marie!

Psst, did you register for #Sirens26? Price increases in just a couple hours!

Hey, progressive speculative fiction readers! 🚀🐉👻🩷 Friendly reminder that the price to attend #Sirens26 -- March 18-22, 2026, in New Haven, CT -- will increase tomorrow. You know you want to join us, so head over to sirensconference.org/attend and register today!

It's #LatineHeritageMonth! We're showcasing a book a day, every day, through October 15, by female, nonbinary, and trans authors of Latin heritage who write #sci-fi, #fantasy, #magicalrealism, #fabulism, #horror and other speculative works. Come read with us!

The reward for a long, messy day of testing AV equipment, tossing old logo stuff, and counting extension cords for #Sirens26 is 3.5 Wingspan players figuring out how to play Wyrmspan. We think we've mostly got it!

Today's Love Letter is from the unstoppable @shing.bsky.social. Shing's ode to Making Little Guys is one of the single most nourishing pieces of nonfiction I have ever read. Maybe you need this one as much as I do.

What are some trad pub SFF/H books that have been out at least a year that you think didn't get enough attention? Adult or YA. Marginalized authors preferred, and small press titles encouraged. Not looking for big bestsellers or award-sweepers.

A few more things just steps from the hotel: ice cream, restaurants you can see from the front door (falafel/shawarma, Ethiopian, burgers, hotpot not pictured), the shuttle bus that runs the 1/2 mile distance to the train station. #Sirens26 #NewHaven

Heyyyyy, knitters! Find time to stop by @knitnewhaven.bsky.social during #Sirens26. It's the absolute cutest--and today they had local honey!

Crepes for everyone! Today, #Sirens26 planning includes a visit to the Omni New Haven to discuss what fixtures we can hang things from (spoiler alert: none 😭) and crepes from Choupette Crêperie (cozy, delicious, AND gluten-free)

Sirens has a Bookshop.org storefront: bookshop.org/shop/sirens! But no matter which indie bookstore you choose to support with your purchase, for the love of everything, go buy from Bookshop.org and not Those Other Guys.

Why would a county evict a library over $1 a year? Because a small group of far-right sycophants is so full of bigotry and hatred toward a diverse community that they'll do anything to defund this Oregon public library. A long, necessary read about libraries today. bookriot.com/josephine-co...

Trans and nonbinary creators, if you want, you can share your work below! Everyone, go find your next read! 🌈🥰

Revolutions require hope and joy, not just rage--and we all know that we're supposed to do things for fun, not just productivity and profit, right? So @amytenbrink.bsky.social spent Sunday afternoon making one very large rhubarb-orange-custard pop-tart. What joy is fueling your revolution this week?

Communities are, definitionally, *shared* experiences!

“A hallmark of being a Black child in advanced literature classes is the ability to separate the art from the artist, even before you know you’re doing it.”

I don’t know where to begin. It’s hideous. Not just the poorly fitted dress designed for never setting foot past the chicken coop, the frowzy, post washboard scrubbing hair, the lipstick that’s been bitten off with worry about the bills. This is the invisible woman slouching on the cover of fashion.

I'm still stuck on "Bright Academia," which I imagine as a magical school for Rainbow Bright and her pals. 🌈

If you haven't read speculative fiction titan Andrea Hairston's work, you must: It's brazen, relentless truthtelling wrapped in magic

Anyone wondering how Sirens assembles its programming schedule? Our expert, invited faculty form the backbone of our schedule -- see yesterday's announcement! -- but we also hold space for Sirens attendees to apply to teach as well. Here's how that works!

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:

Sirens has been around since 2009, though we've taken a few years off to read, rest, and reimagine what Sirens could be. It might be different from what you remember--or from other events that you might know. As you make a decision about whether to attend, you might find some info helpful 🤓

Hey, everyone! #Sirens26 is just six months away and we've got news. But before we get to that later this week, let's find out if we're your sort of people! 📚👽🐉👻 #reading #books #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #conference #convention

What do you think, folks? And let's expand the query to all trans, nonbinary and cis women SFFH authors ❤️🏳️‍🌈

New Haven, CT is perfectly lovely in the spring! Hope to see you at Sirens March 18-22, 2026! sirensconference.org