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If you do Amazon, my novel Blackheart Man is a Kindle Daily Deal today, for $1.99USD

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So great to have a Caribbean perspective on Blackheart Man. Thanks, Page Turners; "Page Turners Plus "Reflections" on Nalo Hopkinson's novel Blackheart Man www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NXP...

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Cover reveal! Thrilled to share the gorgeous US cover of my London law firm romance #BehindFrenemyLines, coming from Bramble (US) + Pan (UK) this summer. Stunning art by Bo Feng Lin! Preorder now ⬇️

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THE NIGHTWARD IS ON THE LONG LIST FOR THE BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION AWARDS!! AAAHHH!!! Congratulations to all my fellow nominees & friends like MY GIRLS @sillysyntax.bsky.social & @rachaelkjones.bsky.social! Also, @wiswell.bsky.social @premeemohamed.com! www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...

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www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-dow... I’m sure I’ve posted this before, but here we go again – The Best of All Possible Worlds. Out of all my books, it’s the one I go back to most, my personal cosy comfort-read. I never imagined it being on a publisher’s ‘Best of All Time’ list.

submitted 29 days ago • 7 comments

Here's my interview with Page Turners. If you live in St. Vincent and the Grenadines you will see it broadcast on IKTV. It's also up on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYkB...

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Farewell, CSZ! It has been four years now since it went on hiatus, so this formal announcement will probably surprise no one, though it’s taken me a while to face up to the fact that we won’t be resuming publication. aqueductpress.blogspot.com/2025/01/fare...

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A review like this is a gift. He gets it. skiffyandfanty.com/blog/on-kare...

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Avast mateys let us drink STET together and celebrate our bounty

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To inspire your holiday letter writing: here's a fun piece of science fiction history - a note from Octavia E. Butler to Locus in 1985. It's a scrEam! Help us keep our archives up and running by donating to our 2024 Year End Giving campaign at locus.betterworld.or...

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Erin K. Wagner contributes pt. 7 in Aqueduct's 2024 Pleasures series, recommending work by Samuel R. Delany, Karen Lord, Susanna Clarke, Ann Leckie, and others.https://aqueductpress.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-pleasures-of-reading-viewing-and_0305786191.html

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Sometimes reviewers just get it, and Locus Magazine really, really got #TheNightward. "Garcia writes with deft vigour, creating compelling characters and a clear sense of a world bursting with history and possibility, drama and threat." Read the rest at the link! locusmag.com/2024/12/the-...

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ICYMI! Our annual holiday blowout of new episodes is in full swing. Listen to Karen Lord!

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On About the Authors TV: "Nalo Hopkinson on Blackheart Man and Jamaica Ginger & Other Concoctions" www.youtube.com/watch?v=y32q...

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My poem "Plumeria", selected by Rajiv Mohabir and published in MANOA Journal, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. In many ways, it's not an easy poem to take. I'm so grateful it found a home here.

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The Nightward by R.S.A. Garcia: Review by Liz Bourke locusmag.com/2024/12...

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If you're looking for a soothing, magical read this afternoon, my short story "Year of Shrines" from @morningtransport.bsky.social is available for free here: www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/year-of-sh...

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It's #podcast time, y'all! Career moments, horrific truths, + non-violence, oh my! @shaunduke.net & @therisingtithes.bsky.social interview @drkarenlord.bsky.social about new releases + her career! Podcast: skiffyandfanty.com/p... YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=... We hope you enjoy the episode!

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

THE MERCY MAKERS, June 17 2025, the first in a trilogy, is a queer fantasy about rebellion against empire, taboo magic, the power of sex and love, following a criminal, genius magician with the skills to be anyone or anything. Cover reveal on Tuesday!

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I'm thrilled to be one of the 2025 instructors for the iconic Clarion Workshop for aspiring scifi and fantasy writers! Spend six weeks honing your craft and learning from amazing folks (as well as me). Workshop is from June 29 to Aug 9. Deadline to apply is Feb. 15. clarion.ucsd.edu/how-to-apply/

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A reminder for those in the later time zones. $1.99 for today only!

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For today only!

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Posting this a day early. The ebook edition of Unraveling is on sale for $1.99 for readers in the US. One day only – 4 December 2024. Don’t miss out!

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For the last 2 years, we ran HUGE Indiegogo campaigns w/oodles of rewards, but it took way too much time away & the mag suffered. Now we are trying an end-of-year giving campaign & we hope you will still choose to support LOCUS with a donation today. 🚀 tinyurl.com/locusdon...

submitted 90 days ago • 5 comments

From now til the end of November, each day I'll share a Caribbean book that's made me. Palace of the Peacock by Wilson Harris taught me how to read without borders. How to obey no prescription or directive but the hinterland. When I need to account myself wild and unknowable, I come here again. 🇬🇾

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For the last 2 years, we ran SUPER Indiegogo campaigns w/tons of rewards, but lost a HUGE amount of time from the mag & what we do. Now we are trying an end-of-year giving campaign & we hope you will still choose to support LOCUS with a donation today. 🚀 tinyurl.com/locusdon...

submitted 93 days ago • 2 comments

This thread is all about worldbuilding: i.e. understand the world we live in so you can construct a complex, richly textured fictional world without falling back on mere stereotype.

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From now til the end of November, each day I'll share a Caribbean book that's made me. The Best of All Possible Worlds by @drkarenlord.bsky.social is visionary work, asking the largest of questions through the most intricate, devoted means. Lord is a true weaver of myths, realities, imaginings. 🇧🇧

submitted 93 days ago • 2 comments

I got so incredibly lucky with this cover from Taj Francis for #TheNightward didn't I? If you like the idea of THE WITCHER meets Caribbean mythology, my book is on sale right now at Harper Collins and the audiobook SLAPS! www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

submitted 94 days ago • 3 comments

Alex Brown on Blackheart Man, for NPR apps.npr.org/best-books/#... (thanks for the pointer, @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social )

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