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Animals and euphemisms: Why are turkeys "dispatched"... #writing #animals #euphemisms writingforanimals.com/2026/04/anim...

Have you visited our list of literary outlets for environmental writing lately? It keeps growing! Subscribe to our newsletter for monthly (or so) updates. #writing #writers. ecolitbooks.com/resources/li...

DEVILS ISLAND (which I wrote with @jyunker.bsky.social) is on sale in the Kindle Store for the month of April … get your copy for only $.99 until April 30! 🎉 www.amazon.com/Devils-Islan...

As animal species continue to decline the extinction genre continues to grow. Here is our review of the latest addition: Ghosts Behind Glass. Review by @jyunker.bsky.social #boosky #review #extinction #animals ecolitbooks.com/2026/03/22/e...

Excited for what I think will be a great conversation this Friday, 1 pm EDT: Multispecies Connections sponsored by #ASLE. Info & registration here: bit.ly|ASLEspotlight26 @jyunker.bsky.social @midgeraymond.bsky.social

Living near forests means accepting that we are all neighbors! Check out @jyunker.bsky.social 's letter in @ashland-news.bsky.social : ashland.news/letter-what-...

12 Environmental Commentaries That Defined Our Year in 2025 -- by @jyunker.bsky.social @oceanhoptimism.org @authorhenderson.bsky.social @federicoholm.bsky.social & many others: therevelator.org/environmenta...

It’s also on Spotify. open.spotify.com/track/6rfw7Q...

I wrote a song. Hope you enjoy it. #song #pennies More Pennies Than Luck (Video) youtu.be/8nI7FNO_YkU.

We loved our chat about writing, publishing, and ANIMAL WRITES with @ourhenhouse.org! Check out the podcast here... www.ourhenhouse.org/ep881 @jyunker.bsky.social

In DEVILS ISLAND, Kerry is a naturalist-turned-tour-guide trapped on a remote island with six strangers … none of whom are what they seem. Check out DEVILS ISLAND for a locked-room mystery, as well as to learn all about the endangered Tasmanian devils! #BookSky midgeandjohn.com

The secret habits of missing cats may surprise you...read on to learn how best to find a lost kitty: ashland.news/catty-corner... #cats @ashland-news.bsky.social

We're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Molly at checkout. One of the books we have in stock is The Tourist Trail by @jyunker.bsky.social. carpelibrumbaltimore.com/products/the...

"We spend so much time focused on distant birds that we don’t always see the birds closest to us. Like the birds on our plates." -- @jyunker.bsky.social today on @therevelator.org #birding #birds #animalwelfare therevelator.org/birding-blin...

Happy World Vegan Day!

The author scam epidemic continues ... there are almost too many to keep up with, but @jyunker.bsky.social is sharing on EcoLit to help protect us all: ecolitbooks.com/2025/10/30/w...

Writers! It's almost Halloween ... the perfect time to dive into a mystery novel! And DEVILS ISLAND is only 99 cents on the Kindle until October 31! @jyunker.bsky.social #BookSky #suspense www.amazon.com/Devils-Islan...

#Lablit from the author of My Last Continent, @midgeraymond.bsky.social & co-author @jyunker.bsky.social ! #booksky 💙📚@jennyrohn.bsky.social

John's essay "A walk with the devils" is on Forty South! Learn about the story behind DEVILS ISLAND ... www.fortysouth.com.au/a-walk-with-... #booksky @jyunker.bsky.social

Happy October, readers! It's the best time of year for mysteries and thrillers ... and DEVILS ISLAND is only .99 in the Kindle store this month! #BookSky @jyunker.bsky.social www.amazon.com/Devils-Islan...

In my novel FLOREANA and Ron Howard's new film EDEN, we reimagine the real-life events of the Galápagos Affair and seek resolution for the still-unsolved mysteries of what happened on Floreana Island in the 1930s.

Calling all Kindle readers!

Floreana Island itself is among the stars of Ron Howard’s new film EDEN … like FLOREANA, it also imagines a fictional ending to the mysterious events in the Galápagos in the 1930s. #Floreana #truecrime

In today's interview, @midgeraymond.bsky.social and @jyunker.bsky.social discuss their new book Animal Rights! #booksky #animalrights #writing

Here is a follow up to @jyunker.bsky.social 's review of Sarat Colling's ANIMAL RESISTANCE, from @ecolit.bsky.social : www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3pF...

Estranged BFFs, a remote island, wild animals, an inexperienced guide ... what could possibly go wrong? For a few more days, you can get DEVILS ISLAND for $1.99 on the Kindle! www.amazon.com/Devils-Islan... @jyunker.bsky.social

Happy Typewriter Day! Our vintage typewriter collection provides the cats with ribbons to chew on … moving pieces to chase … a nice place to have a nap ... #TypewriterDay #typewriters #vintagetypewriter #writers #writing #history @jyunker.bsky.social

Revisiting some of my favourite multisited #multispecies ethnographies, this time for inspiration in narrative non-fiction. What a joy to return to this one by Kathryn Gillespie! #reading

Make Love, Not War: Rethinking Our Relationship with ‘Invasive’ Species #booksky #plants #weeds #ecology #kudzu ecolitbooks.com/2025/05/29/m...

What if animals could advise writers who write about animals? Join Midge Raymond tomorrow at 9:25am on JPR. #animals #writing #publicradio #jeffersonexchange www.ijpr.org/show/the-jef...

So much fun at Eugene VeganFest last weekend! What an amazing crowd of compassionate people. It was a perfect place for the almost-launch of ANIMAL WRITES. www.ashlandcreekpress.com/books/animal...

Writers & animal lovers: ANIMAL WRITES is available for preorder! @ecolit.bsky.social will also be at #EugeneVeganFest on May 4 where you can get an early copy. www.ashlandcreekpress.com/books/animal...

Writers! Join me & @jyunker.bsky.social at Wordcrafters in Eugene this weekend for a workshop on how to successfully publish your book, from what path is best to how to avoid common pitfalls. Details & registration: wordcrafters.org/paths-to-pub...

Readers & mystery lovers: DEVILS ISLAND is only $1.99 on the Kindle today! Learn all about an endangered species as hikers on a glamping trip at the end of the world turn on each other after one of them disappears… www.amazon.com/Devils-Islan... @jyunker.bsky.social

Leave it to Japan to show us the future of bookselling... #booksky #books #drugs

A day in cat surgery. Not for the squemish. "It’s 7:30 a.m. on a foggy, 32-degree February Friday, and the FOTAS Community Spay & Neuter Clinic at 3265 Biddle Road in Medford is checking in cats for the day’s surgeries." Yes, they've had some work done. #cats

Learn about the story behind FLOREANA - one of “four standout releases in rich, evocative new historical fiction” (New York Times) - in this interview in Postcards & Places! www.postcardsandplaces.com/stories/inte...

I am thrilled that FLOREANA is on this short list of "rich, immersive historical novels" in the NYT! nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...

I’m so grateful to the amazing laurienotaro.bsky.social for her beautiful words about FLOREANA. And, if you haven’t yet read Laurie’s latest novel, THE MURDERESS, run don’t walk…

Oh hai, you had me at Galápagos Islands: bit.ly/4ht0Dxt #booksky

What a great conversation @jyunker.bsky.social and I had with the fantastic Carter Wilson of the Making-It-Up podcast! Check it out & learn about DEVILS ISLAND ... and don’t miss Carter’s brand-new book, TELL ME WHAT YOU DID. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzbw...

It’s Penguin Awareness Day! 🐧 A few facts about Galápagos penguins ... - the only penguins found north of the equator - the world’s rarest penguin (estimates range from 1,200 to 4,000) - Galápagos penguins mate for life 💚

For writers and readers alike, climate change has created the ultimate eco-mystery. #mystery #writing #eco-fiction #animals #climatechange crimespreemag.com/behind-the-b....

Writing for Animals can take many forms. Here's one from awhile back... in memory of a deer that we lost recently. #deer #animaladvocacy #w4a #writingforanimals #ashlandoregon

Calling all writers! Submissions for a theme issue on “Animalia: What Animals Can Teach Us About Being Human” are open until December 31 @blreview.bsky.social #animals #literature #writing #writingopportunity

Writer Beware is getting a growing number of reports from authors who paid publishing scammers for services and subsequently found unauthorized charges on their credit cards. Some suggestions for precautions to take when you realize you've been ripped off writerbeware.blog/2024/12/21/a...

This is cool: Devils Island made the bestseller list at Warwick's Books in San Diego. Next stop... New York Times. #books #bestseller #booksky #mystery #bookstore

Our favorite environmental books from 2024... #ecofiction #environmental #writing #books #booksky #bookreview #poetry ecolitbooks.com/2024/12/18/t...

‘Do we exist?’ A robot news site shadows a Northwest town | The Seattle Times “What they’re doing is they’re polluting the information space,” Etling said. “They’re making people trust newspapers less.” #journalism #ainews #realnews #localnews www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...