Hugo and Nebula Award winning author Charlie Jane Anders joins The Epilogue... podcast to talk about characters, protagonists and antagonists, and writing your way through troubling times.

MONDAY!!!! NYC!!! Some amazing authors will be sharing their work and I will also burble into a microphone in a manner that may be pleasing

MONDAY, 8PM: Join us at the Franklin Park Reading Series, when we’ll be hosting Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor and stellar authors @charliejane.bsky.social, Jaquira Diaz, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green! #FreeAdmission 618 St. Johns Place, Crown Heights, BK

Thrilled to see one of Monday's Franklin Park Reading Series stars, Sam Munson, and his amazing @twodollarradio.bsky.social novel The Sofa on @reactorsff.bsky.social's great roundup of November horror releases!

So excited to be teaching a course this winter, online, on hybrid storytelling at Poetry School London. The course is part memoir, part fable, and part poetry. See below.

This is an amazing lineup! Hoping to make this one.

East Coast peeps! I am coming to you! MONDAY I'll be at Franklin Park in Brooklyn. 11/17-11/18: JMU & Parentheses Books in Harrisonburg, VA 11/19: Little District Books & As You Are in DC 11/20: Trans Day of Remembrance @ GMU followed by the Arthur C. Clarke Awards 11/22-11/23: Miami Book Fair!

Check out this great recap of October's Franklin Park Reading Series event with @jamiattenberg.bsky.social @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani--big thanks to writer Khaholi Bailey & Zona Motel! shorturl.at/gdbAW 📆Next event Nov. 10!

I have a new column on translated books up at @wwborders.bsky.social! wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

"I like to think I’m directing a story, just on paper and I sadly don’t have a multi-million dollar budget." @jasondiamond.bsky.social shared a playlist for his debut novel Kaplan's Plot at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/10/29/j...

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 8PM, at the Franklin Park Reading Series: We're thrilled to present lit luminary Brandon Taylor, along with stellar authors @charliejane.bsky.social, Jaquira Diaz, Sam Munson, @missjenchoi.bsky.social, and Laura Venita Green! www.facebook.com/share/1AJ1Ay... #FreeAdmission

"Betts started writing every day and reading anything he could get his hands on. Books transformed him, he says, revealing that other ways of living were possible."

“Del Toro loves monsters—misunderstood, sympathetic monsters—and Shelley’s Creature is the primogenitor of this tradition.” @oliviarutigliano.bsky.social praises Guillermo Del Toro’s new adaptation of Frankenstein.

Huge thanks to October’s mesmerizing Franklin Park Reading Series stars @jamiattenberg.bsky.social @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani and lots of ❤️ to our amazing audience!🗓️Next event is November 10!

If we've talked about how our careers are going lately, this one is for you. lithub.com/dont-let-the...

Why did Japan’s iconic magazine Popeye do an issue in English for the first time? I got the scoop. www.getthemelt.com/p/japanese-m...

TONIGHT, 8PM, at the Franklin Park Reading Series: So excited to host this all-star lineup-- @jamiattenberg.bsky.social, @jasondiamond.bsky.social, @maris.bsky.social, @karissachen.bsky.social, Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani! #FreeAdmission! www.facebook.com/share/1BbVAV... 618 St. Johns Pl, BK

This is going to be great.

MONDAY, 8PM, at the Franklin Park Reading Series: Catch lit superstars @jamiattenberg.bsky.social @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani in person & get a chance to win their latest books in our #free raffle! At 618 St. Johns Pl, BK.

Lauren Morrow recommends eight books that celebrate Black performance by Percival Everett, Zadie Smith, Nicole Cuffy, and more. |

The Unpredictable Choreography of Marriage, Identity, and Ambition: In Little Movements, debut novelist Lauren Morrow delivers a deeply felt, emotionally intelligent story about the quiet ruptures that reshape our lives through dance and desire. At the heart of the novel is Layla Smart—a Black…

www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/best-fi... Kaplan’s Plot by @jasondiamond.bsky.social included in @barnesandnoble.com The Best Fiction of 2025!!!!! It’s an incredible novel. Perhaps it might be the right time to purchase a copy for yourself or a loved one? The holidays will be here before you know it.

New Yorkers! Go see @maris.bsky.social and these other great writers at the beloved Franklin Park Reading Series. And Karissa Chen designed my website, so not only is she a great novelist, she's a great website designer!

"Sister Creatures is a novel in thirteen haunted chapters, and it only makes sense that the playlist features thirteen songs." Laura Venita Green shared a playlist for her debut novel Sister Creatures at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2025/10/12/l... @unnamedpress.bsky.social

TONIGHT, 7PM, at Crown Inn (724 Franklin Ave.): We're celebrating the US release of Nikkitha Bakshani's mesmerizing debut novel Ghost Chill! Specialty cocktails, readings + convo w/@tangkat.bsky.social (Five-Star Stranger)! Cosponsor @aaww-nyc.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/bddzf5rx #Free #crownheights

paperback coming in January bookshop.org/p/books/rebo...

I can’t wait!

ONE WEEK AWAY—MONDAY, OCTOBER 20: We pushed this month’s reading off a week to the Third Monday, an exception to our usual Second Monday schedule. Can’t wait to host @jamiattenberg.bsky.social @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani!

“The Keaton aesthetic (let’s call it that) was sourced, at least in the beginning, from Goodwill stores…” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/s...

What a great crew! See y'all in Brooklyn.

I have a new story out today @maudlinhouse.bsky.social! Writing it was heavily inspired by the increasing cost of groceries and general anxieties around money and trying to live a stupid little life!

“What set this book apart is that I cared enough about it to really see it through.” @karissachen.bsky.social discusses the publication of her novel Homeseeking for The Rumpus original column The First Book. Read the full interview at https://buff.ly/40uBwnS

“Little Movements” author Lauren Morrow on how choreography and her own dance training shaped her approach to fiction.

I wrote about how the road to fascism is paved with false equivalencies. lithub.com/the-real-thr...

We had the incomparable @jasondiamond.bsky.social on the podcast to discuss his writing career and his debut novel, KAPLAN'S PLOT! Listen below! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/31i6...

Joining our wonderful shortlist is Ghost Chilli by Nikkitha Bakshani (Fleet) 🌶️🏙️ Find out more about the shortlist 👉 www.thebookseller.com/awards/new-a... #NewAdultPrize

MONDAY, OCT. 20, 8PM: Can't wait for this Franklin Park Reading Series event w/@jamiattenberg.bsky.social @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani! *Please note: It's on the Third Monday, a rare exception to our Second Monday schedule.

over the moon to be this year’s @barnesandnoble.com discover award winner! www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...

Last month I talked about animated literary adaptations, and now I've published the text online... tobiascarroll.substack.com/p/animation-...

My very first gift guide appearance, if you wanna stuff a stocking or two... Along with @thedennemichele.bsky.social. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

I have a new rundown of recent books in translation up at @wwborders.bsky.social!

Recommended some October books at InsideHook... www.insidehook.com/books/books-...

▶️NOW PLAYING 🎧 Available wherever you get your podcasts. @jasondiamond.bsky.social

I wrote about @ilanaslightly.bsky.social's stellar new novel and about reading widely, and I managed to call two different writers "friends of the newsletter" because I'm tired. www.themarisreview.com/the-maris-re...

I am not sure if everyone gets how special this night will be

“Everyone needs an excuse to gather, a structured place to connect to both new and familiar faces offline."

Going to go ahead and say this is the Brooklyn social event of the fall.

My paperback of my tenth (!) book is out today so I wrote about all the lives of a book. 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/paperback-...

Monday, Oct. 20, 8pm: The Franklin Park Reading Series celebrates the paperback release of @jamiattenberg.bsky.social’s novel A Reason to See You Again! Jami will be joined by stellar authors @jasondiamond.bsky.social @maris.bsky.social @karissachen.bsky.social Lauren Morrow & Nikkitha Bakshani.

From roles in “Better Call Saul,” “Hacks,” and “Palm Royale,” Carol Burnett is having something of a late-career resurgence. But the 92-year-old comedy legend has already influenced generations of performers. Rachel Syme Profiles the icon.