It's been a tremendous 2025 awards season for Solaris! Here's a compilation of all our winners! Which ones have you read? Our award-winners include @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com @vajra.me @aptshadow.bsky.social @maryrobinettekowal.com @deuceofgearsmusic.bsky.social & many more!

Thread. Something nice happened to me yesterday: the conclusion - or maybe not - of a story of interconnectedness, that made the world feel momentarily very small and intertwined. The story begins on April 21 2024 on a walk I'd taken along the Jurassic Coast for research for a book I was writing.

Reposting this one for seasonal reasons! Also, read Viriconium y'all.

My novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR is an ARB’s 2025 Notable Book, 🥰📖🤖🐬🇳🇬🇺🇸. Full list here: ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/12/22/a...

I should share info about my course in January for @faberacademy.bsky.social. As ever, I have misgivings that it would be pushy even to mention it… However, Xmas is coming and the goose isn’t getting any fatter with that kind of attitude, so here you go: faberacademy.com/product/writ... (1/2)

‘poetry zings on the lolling tongue’. Very sorry to hear that Chris Wallace-Crabbe has died. An endlessly urbane and affable bard.

Made a little felt party puffin based on a Jill McDonald illustration. I’m rotten at sewing & I don’t know what it’s for, but it feels more important than ever to make wonky things for pure pleasure, for the enjoyable experience of being unabashedly unskilled but still happy to see what’s possible

Tractor Beam is excited to announce author Jeff Vandermeer (@jeffvandermeer.bsky.social) as the guest editor of our Winter 2025 issue, Thaw. ❄️🕯️🌗 Winter begins...Dec 21! Subscribe to our newsletter (link in bio) for a special Winter Solstice treat tomorrow. #climatefiction #soilpunk #thaw

In 2025 we've completed three fabulous fantasy series! 👑 QUEENS OF FATE by @natania.bsky.social 🐉 THE CROWNS OF ISHIA by @karinlow.bsky.social 💀 THE CEMETERIES OF AMALO by Katherine Addison @pennyvixen.bsky.social ...and the holiday break would be the perfect time to devour the full set!

I keep wanting to say something, and I keep not knowing what to say. The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.

Thank you! Here’s my latest. It’s called Everything Will Swallow You, and is about a friendship between an antique dealer and a folkloric semi-aquatic creature who loves knitting. It’s also about the power of landscape (esp South West UK) & lost art and LPs & the stories future humans will tell.

HEY AUTHORS: It's the last weekend before Christmas and/or the end of Hanukkah, so people are going to be looking for last minute holiday gifts, which books are perfect for, so use this thread to tell everyone here at Bluesky about your book so they can go find it at their local bookseller. GO!

DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21st CENTURY is now available for pre-order from @pressassembly.bsky.social : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... DO IT WRONG foregrounds sharing, equity, community support, collaboration, and free education. Read up and change the world!

In light of all the huge and rather horrific news, this is quite small, but my book Becoming Altar has moved to the "New Releases" page at asterismbooks.com -- I can use something to celebrate in the midst of this migraine. 💜

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

I think writing poetry allows me to shapeshift the truth of myself, and that’s why it’s so alluring

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

Wonderful, exciting news – my Reynard the Fox is now an audiobook! Completely unabridged and read by the perfect narrator, Joseph Edward Degnan. It's available now at all the usual places, see below for links and a clip!

Today (Dec. 10) is my 35th birthday, which feels like an apt time to share some inconceivably kind and generous and astute things four of my favourite writers said about my book (Mar. 17). Profound gratitude to Danez Smith, Liz Howard, @lisarichter.bsky.social, and @helloiamben.bsky.social!

So honored to be in this company. Thank you so much!

I just read The Universe box by @michaelswanwick.bsky.social . One of the best collections of stories I’ve read in quite a while. Comes out in February from @tachyonpub.bsky.social . Mark your calendars. Highly recommended. #booksky

🚨 Help our State Library! Executives are trying to cut 11 permanent librarian positions, meaning 10 frontline librarians would remain to run Australia's busiest library. They are proposing to outsource the library's critical information technology team. www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/ha...

We made final decisions on our Summer 2025 #Competition & notified all entrants today. In 2026, we'll publish work by @ronanmurphymusic.com @lozzakidwriting.bsky.social @belrimmer.bsky.social The standard was phenomenal across the board, but these three truly stood out. Congratulations to all!

One of absolute favorite poems, by my favorite poet: poets.org/poem/failing...

Happy 10-year anniversary of Whale Road Review! Thank you to all who have contributed and to the peer reviewers who have spent countless hours reading and shaping this journal with me. Here’s another fantastic winter issue that we’re excited to share! www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41

Ahhhh! Automatic Noodle is one of Kobo's best science fiction books of the year!! I'm so proud of these humble, noodle-making robots. www.kobo.com/us/en/p/best...

Nine years ago, I got up and read a poem in public for the first time, and I can remember it vividly. I'd never have thought that I'd end up running a poetry society. No matter what we achieve, we must always remember offer support to others starting out. #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetrysky

Beautiful to have a new poem in the PRECARIOUS Issue of Cordite Poetry Review: cordite.org.au/poetry/preca... Tx to Editor Andy Jackson. From his editorial: ‘The poems needed to themselves be teetering, staggering, bedridden or exposed.’ #CripLit

I did an accessibility course today at work re digital content, and was reminded that alt text replaces the image, & is not description—& wow. More of that. Not “this is x poem” but the poem text. Not “a painting” but what the viewer sees. Not “a graph of x” but what information is communicated.

🚨GIVEAWAY time!🚨 To celebrate #nationalillustrationday @caspargeon.bsky.social / @tomtoner.bsky.social#nationalillustrationdayhas 1 author-illustrated copy of THE IMMEASURABLE HEAVEN to giveaway. Open to entrants anywhere in the world. Like, repost, follow & drop a 🌠 in the comments to enter. Ends 23:59 GMT 1st Dec 25.

Happy Holidays! Every day until Christmas, I'll use this thread to rec a book to help you with your gift list. Let's start with THE TWENTY DAYS OF TURIN by Giorgio De Maria, translated by Ramon Glazov, and republished with a foreword by moi. Buy from your fav indie. (Alt text = more detail.) 1/?

When the NEA asked us to promise not to publish trans, nonbinary, or gender fluid authors, we told them to kick rocks. (Actually, formally, with a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors, we told them to kick rocks.) So the NEA rescinded our funding.

I am so excited - the first personal essay/CNF piece I've written in more than 10 years was just picked up by Unleash Lit (www.unleashlit.com). "Corkscrew Willow Women" will come out in January! #writing 📝 #booksky 📖 #nonfiction 💙📚

We didn’t get Books Council Wales funding, it would've meant 5 years of stability. It’s a blow, and it means a rockier road ahead, but our commitment to ambitious, inclusive, working-class publishing stays firm. If you want to help: buy a book, spread the word, or donate: ko-fi.com/brokensleepb...

Really enjoyed tonight's zoom launch of This Joyful Interlude! ❤ Thank you everyone who came along, you were very supportive and I loved all your performances too - so many highlights! #poetry #poetrycommunity

⚠️ Our online issues will always remain free BUT... for all you who prefer physical media, you can now purchase a modified PRINT COPY of Issue 6: yarn on Amazon: buff.ly/Wq6Up6n "Modified" bc it wasn't originally formatted for print---margins & fonts are a bit different.

I am in love again.

The Art of Surfacing, our e-book featuring work from the 14 emerging poets of this year's Introductions / Céadlínte series is now available to purchase! Purchase via www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G29TSB5R/ Artwork provided by Julie O'Gorman. 🌊

I do not entertain the idea that there is anyone better at photographs and Alt-text right now - on any platform - than the magnificent Tom Cox. The man can frame a picture perfectly and, boy, can he crack you up with a deft line to accompany it. Also, buy his books. From Blackwells. #booksky

You will be able to read an excerpt from my debut poetry collection New Famous Phrases in The @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social Books Anthology 2025. A great way to sample the exciting writing the press published this year & to see what kind of thing they like if you are thinking of submitting work.

Proud to have my poetry included in the Broken Sleep Books Anthology 2025, which gathers together standout, risk-taking writing from the award-winning independent press. Support vibrant, compelling contemporary literature and discover your new favourite writers now!

My debut collection WHITE DOOR is out!!! 💃✨💃 Thank you Carbonation Press & @gregbem.bsky.social! Link to order and more info in 🧵 DM for signed copies/to review 🙏💙 Watch this space for events/news 😊

🖤SATURDAY #Giveaway for e(i7🖤 FREE to read, download, & share! buff.ly/Z8rgDrq Interact w this post thru the weekend to help boost our contributors & we'll send you FREE STICKERS! #poetry #poetrycommunity #poet #poets #writingcommunity #indielit #indiepress #indiemag #writerscommunity

I'm very happy and honored to be on @scalzi.com's The Big Idea, talking about the big idea behind Letters from an Imaginary Country. Here's the link! whatever.scalzi.com/2025/11/13/t...

Anyone know a poet Judy Smith - possibly English poet? Judy is a contributor for our Christmas edition but lost her email and bio!

HEY! MY FIRST TWO BOOKS ARE ON SALE!

Proud my #poem "Nel Mezzo Del Cammin Di Nostra Vita," originally in @soflopojo.bsky.social, will be in the Sligo Creek anthology Bearing Witness: Poetry for Troubled Times. Original at www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com/poetry-37-ma... #booksky 💙📚 #poetry @blueskypoetry.bsky.social #criplib

Did you know that it's #singlesday? The perfect opportunity to remind you of a superb selection of Solaris Standalones across fantasy, scifi, horror & spec fic! From award-winners to modern classics, out of this world highjinks to creeping terror, you can find your perfect partner in our books!