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Coming this summer: the second collection of fiction by Derwin Mak, XY-GIRLS AND MORE STORIES! Featuring the interconnected Siren Stone and XY-Girls of Southern Comfort stories, along with two brand-new stories. www.brain-lag.com/s/stories/ne...

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Get ready for a sweet escape! We're returning to the Milton Dessert Fest & Spring Fling Market in just over three weeks. Delicious treats and juicy reads: what could be better? www.facebook.com/share/1A4F1U...

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Booksellers! Check out THE STRAGORI DECEPTION and over 100 other indie titles in the spring 2025 bookstore catalogue from @ibpa.bsky.social. View the catalogue now: bit.ly/IBPAspring25

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It’s worth saying that book sales are down across the board so far in 2025. If you love authors, buy their books and celebrate them loudly online. We really need it.

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Back SKULL X BONES, an #sff #anthology from ZNB on #Kickstarter at tinyurl.com/ZNBSkullXBones NOW! Stories about #pirates by RS Belcher, @alexbledsoe.bsky.social, @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social, & @ccfinlay.bsky.social! Support now! #amreading #amwriting #amreadingfantasy #fantasy #scifi #booksky

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Just had a nice chat with a writer friend about plans for attending a conference. Reminding readers of a great way to support Canadian authors: ask your library to carry their books, and borrow them! So when Public Lending Right looks for their books in libraries, plenty can be found.

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Want to support Brain Lag but your TBR is threatening an avalanche? Buy us a coffee! Any amount will help keep Canadian indie books alive. buymeacoffee.com/brainlagbooks

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All of this! Word of mouth & reviews help us find new audiences! And libraries are awesome. Canadian authors get paid for their books that are in library collections!

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As a reminder: the best way to purchase one of our books is whichever way is best for YOU. You can order our books into any bookstore or find your preferred e-tailer here: books2read.com/rl/BrainLag

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Get ready for REMAINS TO BE SEEN by Arlene F. Marks! A century of muddled history, four unsolved murders, and one ghost whisperer. Can a group of amateur sleuths find answers when a long dead spirit seems to be holding all the cards? Coming this July! #AmReadingMystery #UpcomingBooks #GhostStories

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Canadians! All you need is $10 to become a member and nominate your favourite work. We need the support now more than ever. www.csffa.ca

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If you missed the launch party for THE STRAGORI DECEPTION, you can watch it now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVCH... Enjoy the conversation and look for the book from your favourite bookstore!

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If you enjoyed any of Brain Lag's releases in 2024, please consider nominating or voting for them this awards season. Every vote counts! See our eligibility list: www.brain-lag.com/s/stories/aw...

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AWARDS time! Support your favorite authors, artists, publishers, and more...! SFWA members can vote in the Nebula Awards nebulas.sfwa.org/about-the-ne... Worldcon members can vote in the Hugo Awards seattlein2025.org/wsfs/hugo-aw... Anyone can vote in the Locus Awards locusmag.com/2025/02/2024...

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A mobile bicycle-trailer pop-up library ... with hammocks. Genius.

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Readings! Behind the pages! Prize draws! Join us in ONE HOUR at twitch.tv/brainlagbooks for the launch party for THE STRAGORI DECEPTION. All you need is a free Twitch account for a chance to win a FREE BOOK!

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Looking to support Canadian literature? Don't miss Sharp Words in #HamiltonON on February 15. 20+ local authors and publishers, including our own Stephen B. Pearl and Jen Frankel, free panels, and an evening of literature-themed cabaret. More details/RSVP: supercrawl.ca/2025/01/shar...

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Incandescent with tariff rage all weekend, I’ve decided that I’m slashing the price of Year’s Best Canadian F&SF books IN CANADA for the duration. Let’s read more of our own stories. I recommend getting the ebook via Kobo (a Canadian-founded company now owned by Rakuten in Japan). Pls share widely!

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Next week, catch JD DeLuzio at the Thamesford Public Library for a reading and discussion of his story "Hapax Lizardman", published in Flashpoint SF in 2024. Free to attend! Register: engagedpatrons.org/EventsExtend...

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Some people have the Superbowl, we have the Locus Awards! Voting is about to open to YOU, so show some love to your favorite authors and support the world of genre fiction by visiting poll.voting.locusmag... on February 1st!

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Happy #BookBirthday to THE STRAGORI DECEPTION! Order this exciting new space opera/spy thriller from your favourite bookstore now through books2read.com/STS-1 and join us for the launch party next Thursday on twitch.tv/brainlagbooks

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Uhhh, hi! It's me, Bookshop.org, a place to buy books online where every purchase financially supports indie bookstores instead of some billionaire.

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Book pre-orders are an indication of reader interest in a title. They demonstrate to publishers and booksellers that working with the author and stocking their books is a wise choice. So, if you love an author's work, consider pre-ordering and/or asking your local library to shelve the book.

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Reposting our Eligibility Lists for this awards season. So much has been added over the last few months, we're really happy to see so many Canadians active in the field. We can't highlight particular works, but you can! Share what's stood out with you & what others should consider nominating!

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One week until the release of THE STRAGORI DECEPTION! Preorder this "formidable addition to Arlene Marks’s growing list of adventure tales" (Sally McBride, Aurora Award-winning author) in paperback and ebook at: books2read.com/STS-1

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Congrats to @arleysorg.bsky.social and Shingai Njeri Kagunda on relaunching @fantasymagazine.bsky.social! I see that subscriptions are now open. psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...

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Thank you to all the new followers for the support! And apologies for the radio silence of late. It’s been an… interesting start of the year. But we have more books in the works and hope to start sharing more fun stuff soon.

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Thread on why you should buy books in a series, even if the series isn't done (and even if some other author has not completed their own series). It comes down to: 99.9% of the time, supporting the author at publication GREATLY increases the chance of getting to see the entire series published.

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Library purchases are purchases. They pay the press. The press counts them towards advances and royalties. And (gasp) the book is in a library!! It’s wonderful and no one should ever feel bad about getting a book through a library instead of buying it.

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Happy holidays and season's readings. May this time of year bring you everything you've earned.

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A friendly reminder that 13-ish days remain to submit to SILENT NIGHTMARES by @chuckpalahniuk.bsky.social and yours truly. End of the year is the cut-off for haunting stories to be told on the longest night of the year.

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Today is the first day of the tax holiday on paperback books in Canada. From December 14 to February 15, no GST/HST will be charged on any paperback book sold in Canada. Now is the perfect time to support Canadian writers #writingcommunity

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Come out to SYNONYM to meet Stephen B. Pearl until 6:00!

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I have 214.6K followers, and I figure at least some of them are looking to gift books this holiday season, so: HEY AUTHORS OF BLUESKY: In the comments to this post, tell us (briefly!) about your most recent book, and put in a link to where people can learn more and/or buy the book in question. Go!

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WANTED: Cover artist for Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume Three! PAYING GIG. Book pubs in Fall 2025. See images for what we've done so far. Would love art with a more sci-fi look/feel. Can be non-exclusive licence or reuse. Bonus points if you're Canadian! Reply with samples/portfolio links! Thx!

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Only three days until the launch party for ARMING FREEDOM! Join us Sunday from 4-6 at SYNONYM in #HamiltonOntario to meet the author, get signed books, and immerse yourself in the vast universe of the Freedom Saga. See you soon! www.facebook.com/events/11002...

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Psst! Canadians! The Sunburst Awards are back this year and jurors are considering novel length work originally published in 2024. Submission deadline is 1/31/25. submissions.sunburstaward.org

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Congratulations to @sallymcbride.bsky.social and thank you to @ourmankoto.bsky.social for naming "The Faraway Club" a year's best novella for 2023! Buy THE PRICE OF MEMORY AND MORE STORIES now: books2read.com/tpom

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ARMING FREEDOM is now out! Get your copy from your favourite bookstore and join us for the launch party in less than 2 weeks at SYNONYM in Hamilton. books2read.com/b/arming-fre...

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