Ok - first, everybody should buy and read this, it’s great. ALSO- if anyone who submitted for this anthology and didn’t make the stacked roster on here but you have a great story, send it our way! www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

Humbled by the breadth and diversity of subs to the anthology we've had so far. We are still OPEN for subs until the end of Feb 2026 as planned! We have a lot of fantasy (but that's ok!) so would love space opera and steampunk. Stories with full character arcs and conflict are standing out! #booksky

Cannot wait to read this! Sharing for reach.

If you did anything creative this year, anything at all, then well-bloody-done.

My niece creating this rather marvellous book that brings together artists from all over the world to write about disability in Fantasy. This was a joyful 2025 moment in art for me. ellatholmes.com/introducing-...

TWO WEEKS IN! We have gotten some incredible submissions across fantasy (yaaaay!), but we're not seeing a lot of scifi. We have asked no hard scifi, but I would adore a space opera or two. If you had considered submitting, please do! :) Sapphics in space! Still open until 28/2/26 #nowsubmitting

The vibe today is brilliantly conceived space opera with characters that leap off the freaking page. @emilytesh.net “Some Desperate Glory” and the energy drink to match. #amreading #spaceopera #speculativefiction #booksky

Aussie folks - @brainjarpress.bsky.social, an indie press with fab fantasy titles, is moving and doesn't want to ship all their books across town! So grab 30% off using code NEWLAB2025 - I just nabbed some short story collections by @angelaslatter.bsky.social and Lisa L Hannett I was lusting after.

Absolutely cannot disagree with anybody including “Among the Burning Flowers” on a best of list. #booksky

Look I’m not much of a cup of tea person, so beer and a book it is. Every day is good day for starting @byzantienne.bsky.social “A Desolation Called Peace”. #booksky #sapphic

This is so awesome and wholesome. Love. ❤️

We are now OPEN for submissions for our first anthology! The vibe is wondrous sapphic specfic, and we want to see diversity. It's taken a lot of effort/fundraising to get to this point, but proud to say we offer professional rates. #booksky #submissions #writingcommunity #sapphic

Always a highlight :) This list feeds our TBR pile for months! #booksky

Just one more sanctuary that was exclusively amplifying queer voices now gone. I hate this. #writinglife #booksky

Ok genuinely THANK YOU for the heads up on that one :)

That’s both heartening and kinda scary.

Can we all have this NOW please?

So excited to have this now live - we have a couple more weeks until submissions open for our first anthology, WHO AM I: Sapphic Speculative Fiction of Identity and Purpose. We all know Sapphics love Specfic - as an emerging publishing house we're committed to amplifying sapphic voices. #booksky

When gleefully buying new, beautiful matched sets of my favourite books (behaviour which I'm sure the authors themselves approve of!), I never stopped to think about the fact that I have limited shelf space. Where do the old beloved, raggedy, stained versions of my books go? Book heaven? #booksky

Still a few days left to get this incredible bundle of 32 books of trans fiction by trans authors. You'll be helping a lot of authors and getting some very good books by supporting this bundle, including my trans dragon tale, Dragon's Soul. itch.io/b/3352/trans...

Bargain! (yes, I think Amazon is evil too, but sometimes this is the only place queer books and indie/self pubbed writers can distribute and they deserve to be read, so...) Metal from Heaven by August Clarke is $1.99 on kindle/kobo in the US and $2.99 in Australia! www.amazon.com/Metal-Heaven...

World Fantasy Awards Winners

The November 2025 issue of Clarkesworld features stories by R.H. Wesley, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Tade Thompson, Ramiro Sanchiz, Chisom Umeh, Brent Baldwin, and Kemi Ashing-Giwa. clarkesworldmagazine.com/issue_230 Subscribe at: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Our Nov 2025 FamPunk issue is now available on our website and via Weightless! Selected by our guest editor Emma Burnett, this issue features spec-fic families of all sorts. Go small and go home! #writingcommunity #flashfiction @slashnburnett.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/product/flas...

@qospress.bsky.social devouring this!! It’s insane in the best way. Highly recommended to anyone who loves queer specfic.

Can I love this enough? Probably not. I never seem to love things a normal amount. One of my fave writers dissects another fave writer on a subject I feel passionate about. Go. Read. reactormag.com/everyones-in...

Too true!! It takes more effort to hunt them down elsewhere but worth it!

The ASA welcomes the Albanese Government’s decision to rule out a Text and Data Mining (TDM) exception to Australian copyright law, which would have allowed for AI training on authors’ work. aapnews.aap.com.au/news/copyrig...

I need lesbian/queer/sapphic fantasy artist (think hyper realistic dragons, mythical figures, monsters) who is open for commissions and has time to do some work for me NOW. Ready to pay good rates, need finished product/s within ~3 months. Recommendations (or handraisers!) please?

How have I gone my whole life only NOW hearing about the idea of giving a book advent calendar to someone as a holiday gift? Genius.

OMG. Counting down 48 hours until @nicolaz.bsky.social re-release of the Aud Torvingen series released in Australia! Pre-ordered since May. Finally a lovely matching set. Good timing too, the cover just fell off my well-read copy of The Blue Place I’ve owned forever.

This is the kind of news I needed today. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

A brilliant character and a plot that's going places are enough for me. I don't need flowery, gorgeous language, and sometimes that's just a distraction - straightforward language and authenticity will connect with me.

Leans HEAVILY towards romance as this site tends to (and I'm good with that!). There's some great titles on this list, and it's nice coverage for indie and lesser known writers.

Truth. I’m off to Maclean’s in my home town of Newcastle NSW. macleansbooks.com.au

Picked up a copy of this on the long weekend. Seriously looking forward to it!