Ok ok ok here we go! Cover reveal for my next novel: THE FIST OF MEMORY. Check out that lovely dynamic design. And look at those amazing quotes by the incredibly generous @aptshadow.bsky.social and @annaleen.bsky.social to whom I am greatly indebted! Get the book y'all! buff.ly/X3CHaZk

Well Disclosure Day was... something. I found it meandering and not very compelling. Which is something I did not expect to say going in.

Do you ever have so many things to do that your mind can't process it all and you just freeze and stare at the screen for long time like its the yawning maw of an abyss? No? Yeah. Me neither.

Wait, am I a VERY BIG HITTER now? I don't think so but I do have a story in this anthology that takes place 237 million years in the future featuring a sentient galaxy, cosmic strings, three theories on the nature of time, and learning to let go of the past.

Ever finish a book like “well, damn, THIS is gonna win all the awards & change our industry fundamentally & its illustrations of horror enlighten & shame us while reveling in the beauty of language & connection we’re capable of when we see others as people?” Yeah. @slhuang.com DID that. What a book

Perth Supanova! What an experience. Panels. Cosplay. Conversations. It was an absolute blast. I sold out of Shigidi & even got to meet Adam Savage and thank him for much of an influence mythbusters was on my young brain. Thank you everyone who came to see us this weekend! See you next time legends.

Ok yes, for those of you asking, the charming young ladies from QBD books made me do this.

Omg this is me.

Omg this is me.

When THE FIST OF MEMORY, the new novel from @wtalabi.com, puts a first contact situation firmly in Africa, it’s refreshing and enlightening, having something to say about faith and science together. My review: fanfiaddict.com/review-the-f... #BookSky

It's a wonderful story, full of hard sf poetry and a beautifully expansive cosmic sense of wonder. I was honoured to edit it for DEEP DREAM! Looking forward to the sequel.

I'm not a fan of African SFF stories that have African settings but don't actually engage with African traditional philosophies, histories, beliefs, concepts or ideas. I need to see it in the source code.

This one contains one my favorite stories I've written. "Encore" Check it. [Also, I've written a sequel called "Finale". It will be out later this year.]

A Lever is a Complex Machine – Applied African Speculative Fiction appliedafricansf.com/a-lever-is-a...

the joke spray will continue until morale improves

This is now closed and the winner has been chosen! Congratulations lucky entrant number 4! I'll reach out directly for details. Thanks again for playing along.

Weekly Patreon with @mkhardywrites.com, @rainewilson.bsky.social, @robincmduncan.bsky.social @wtalabi.com @lyndseycroal.bsky.social and @russjoneswrites.bsky.social, and my Massive Indulgent Mannerpunk Fantasy of Queer Religious Love and Also Killing Wealthy Despots www.patreon.com/thequietsun/...

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No doubt - this will be a killer book. Get it for xmas in July.

Here we go again! B&N is running a preorder promo from June 23-26 and you can use it to preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY. Use code PREORDER25 to get 25% or more off. Check it out here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-fist-o...

Finished THE FIST OF MEMORY by @wtalabi.com yesterday. Wow…that’s a five-star read for me. Gotta get back from my vacation and let it all sit with me before I write up a full review but people need to check this one out.

Bringing you some Nigerian science fiction, fantasy, and horror book recs this Wednesday! How many have you read?

Here's what you're in to win:

If you want to be inclusive, add a virtual track to your event. It'll help: disabled people immunocompromised people people targeted by ICE people who don't have travel funds people who need childcare people who can only pop in and out because they need to work etc etc etc

A first-rate Sidewise Award shortlist has been announced ... Congratulations Lee Allred, @kellifitzwrites.bsky.social, @alansmale.bsky.social, @jamesbluecat.bsky.social, R.A. Moss, and @vaishnawrites.bsky.social! Very excited to see this alternate history award presented at @laworldcon.bsky.social

LRT: probably the scientist in me but I just can't do this whole "let's return to nature/simpler times" thing. Nature wants us dead from infection/poison/etc. and most simpler times also wanted me dead or without agency. (I understand why people do it! Just... it's a very alien concept to me)

Hey y'all. I'm giving away 1 physical copy of the latest issue of Locus Magazine! (US for now). To win, all you need to do is either 1) add my novel THE FIST OF MEMORY as "want to read" on your Goodreads/Storygraph/Any book tracking site, or, 2) subscribe to my new website. Details below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Also going to point out that many places in the world are increasingly hostile to literally anyone they deem different/unlike them. Especially governments in the commercial centers of Anglo publication/readership (US, UK et al). Any serious investment in a global community will keep this in mind.

I believe folks who think virtual events are not useful have no international, disabled, or endangered friends. Wole has the right of it.

They are still useful for those of us who want to feel like we're part of the community but are low on money, transportation options, energy, and time! (Me, that's me we're talking about.) Being tethered to the house is not very exciting. But online events and friends make a big difference!

An engineer and a writer walk into a virtual meeting room for a podcast... [Actually, Robin and I are both engineer-writers and we talk about a whole bunch of cool things. Listen on your commute or something.]

That's the thing with virtual events. I know many people no longer feel they are useful post-pandemic and attendance numbers aren't what they were when we were all trapped at home but I think they are. Especially for right kind of conversations.

So happy that my new fiction collection, RING SHOUT ON SATURN from @thirdmanbooks.bsky.social is in the world. And it recently received a review by novelist & engineer @wtalabi.com in the June 2026 @locusmag.bsky.social 💫🪐🌿. Get both from your fave booksellers 😍 More deets here: l1nq.com/okwechh

I'm sure this is a great boardgame but the Nigerian in me can't take it seriously.

hey friends! tell me the next three books that are on your TBR — like if you had to decide right now your next three, what would you go for?

Damn, there are days I see what people I look up to have said about about my latest novel and I'm just like...

Subterranean Press announced that they'll be winding down their operations in the coming years. I'm sorry to see the news, and I spoke with a handful of authors who published through them, who pointed not only about the quality of the company's books, but of Bill Schafer's character as well.

Damn, there are days I see what people I look up to have said about about my latest novel and I'm just like...

The week that was - www.patreon.com/posts/and-sk... featuring Claire North, @rainewilson.bsky.social, @davegoodman.bsky.social, @mhayinde.bsky.social, @wtalabi.com, @edinburghsff.com and others. song teaser today is sad white reggae

Oh the mighty novella! How much we admire your power - especially when we see Nebula Finalist lists like this one. The writers here have built wonderfully rich worlds in tight, potent packages. How many of these novellas have YOU read during Nebula season? #61stNebulas #SFWA

If climate fiction is your thing, don't miss this. June 10 I'm hosting Vandana Singh, Sheree Renée Thomas & Wole Talabi on how speculative storytelling shapes what futures feel possible. Free on Zoom | 11am ET. RSVP here: luma.com/19l5xgr9 #CliFi #Solarpunk #Climate #Fiction

SAUUTIVERSE SAUUTIVERSE SAUUTIVERSE 🎉🎉🎉

Congratulations finalists. And I'm especially pleased to see @tiatashiro.bsky.social on here.

Congratulations to @wtalabi.com for his Sauútiverse novella, "Descent", published in @clarkesworldmagazine.com, being a finalist in the 2026 @theignyteawards.bsky.social! 🚀💫📚 Read the Full List of Finalists: ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/current-fina...

The #2026IgnyteAwards finalists in Outstanding Novella are: Audition for the Fox – @mcflycahill90.bsky.social Descent – @wtalabi.com Psychopomp & Circumstance – @edenroyce.bsky.social The Iron Below Remembers – @sharangbiswas.bsky.social The River Has Roots – @amalelmohtar.com

Autogas Ferryman is a banger of a story and I'm glad to see the Ignytes recognize it.

Spectacular spec-fic author @wtalabi.com joins us exclusively for #Perthnova! Between short stories, anthologies, and novels, Wole's award-winning works include Africanfuturism: An Anthology, Convergence Problems, and Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon! supa.fans/WTalabi

Well then! My @sauutiverse.bsky.social novella DESCENT is a finalist for the best novella Ignyte Award! The Ignytes mean a lot to me because of what they represent. Community, care, consideration. 🙏🏾 I'm thrilled to share the spotlight with so many excellent authors (hi again @amalelmohtar.com!)

It's always a good time to read a book about the Haitian Revolution!! 👇

Had a fabulous panel at the Nebulas about deconstructing mythology! Thanks to @cjlavigne.com, @ayanagray.bsky.social, and @wtalabi.com for one of the best panel conversations I've had in a long time. And thanks to everybody who watched us online!