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Voracious reader, Central Asian history, history, fibre arts, gardening, tomato breeding, cats, dogs, blues, and hockey. Canadian. I don't like doomers or fascists.
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Hey y'all. Reminder that you can now listen to this novella as narrated by the excellent Kate Baker for the Clarkesworld podcast. clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_05_25c/

We've hit 7K followers, so how about a book bundle giveaway to celebrate?! Open to US, CAN, UK & IE. Follow, like & repost to enter! Closes 9th June. Feat: @natania.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social‬ @emmanewman.bsky.social‬ @premeemohamed.com‬ & more! Inc. an early ARC of THE DOOR ON THE SEA!

We are thrilled to finally share some artwork for House of Chains by Steven Erikson! 😍🎉 This is the first book in our upcoming special edition set for Malazan Book of the Fallen; Books 4-6.

It's Sunday - chill and relax with your coffee, and enjoy a review in the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social Don't know where to start? Check out my piece on premodern Chinese Literature! #chineseliterature #reviews lareviewofbooks.org/article/prem...

Our Kids Poetry Studio in Odesa is in second year and kids, many of whom are refugees of war, are writing poems. If you read Ukrainian, here is the article: vo.od.ua/rubrics/kult... If you read English, here is a link: poemsnotbombs.org. Please consider support this work.

Found this book recently and it’s a stunning read. Highly recommend.

Canadian SFF authors: I'm putting together an itch bundle to run the week of Canada Day (June 30 - July 6). Please fill out this form if interested! 📚📦🇨🇦https://forms.gle/VCgpewTdQuTVKRKQ8

Since @torbooks.bsky.social isn't here to do it themselves... I just want to say that the cover for Cameron Sullivan's debut THE RED WINTER looks rad and it's gay and it's one of my most anticipated books of the year for 2026! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Tomorrow (June 7) at 7 pm EDT: Join The World's Borough Bookshop in welcoming @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social‬ for the paperback launch of Puerto Rico: A National History. He will be in conversation with @santiaaurora.bsky.social‬. RSVP required: www.theworldsboroughbookshop.com/event/author...

Some relations are just so messy, but also so much fun. Today, read "In Crimson, In Moonlight" by Stefan Alcalá Slater and don't forget to look up at the moon tonight. She's been missing you: smallwondersmag.com/...

What's good for indigestion? When the rich eat themselves ofc! I made this beanie to practice working with 2 colors. I used Blue Knight & Elegant Eggshell. The pattern is free l, generously created by Lanja Khon-Engheim. 🧶 #showmeyourknits #knitsky #handdyedyarn #yarnsky

It’s publication day for The Penguin Book of Polish Short Stories. It took 39 authors 100 years to write, and me about 4 years to compile and translate, with the help of 11 other translators. It aims to show the variety and brilliance of modern Polish literature.

This PDF of Les Sogdiens en Chine (2005) might be useful to someone. journeytothewestresearch.com/wp-content/u...

The first novel I read in Ukraine, Pidmohyl’nyi’s “The City” now available in English translation. More important work from HURI. books.huri.harvard.edu/books/the-city

Awesome little interview with @thomasha.bsky.social about UNCERTAIN SONS. I want to read the book all over again. Check out the interview. I'm sure it'll pique your interest in the book. Which you can pre-order here: undertowpublications.com/shop/uncerta...

It's publication day! 🙌 U.S. link: amazon.com/India-000-Ye... UK link: amazon.co.uk/India-000-Ye... India link: amazon.in/India-000-Ye... (*releases June 17)

Maybe this is an odd question but does anyone have a link to buy lesbian maxi dresses?

House of Bone and Rain: for readers who hate James Frey.

I've just spent hours gathering photos of all the paintings I've finished between 2014-2025. To view the gallery, head here: shadowartfinds.com/art/gallery-... ... For art tribute tonight, 'Soul Eternity'

The @newyorker.com's "Book Currents" has a conversation with me about three cephalopod-centered novels, in different styles: Ray Naylor's "The Mountain in the Sea," @aptshadow.bsky.social‬'s "Children of Ruin," and China Mieville's "Kraken." 1/ www.newyorker.com/books/book-c...

might have to mute " Canada" for the day, because suddenly every American is an expert on all things Canada

Bookmail! Hope to start this one soon.

I can hear whispers of rivers rushing over a desert & a gentle wind shifting grains of sand. Can you? Learn the art of seeing the unseen through my new 📚 The Whispers of Rock: Stories from the Earth, out 4 September. Pre-order now at www.anjanakhatwa.com/writing #naturewriting #WhispersOfRock

Super excited to see this strong pre-release review of my new book by Publishers Weekly. "Weaving a staggering amount of history into a propulsive narrative that recasts the 20th century as a long struggle for liberation, this is a towering achievement." www.publishersweekly.com/9781324092452

Went out to two of my favourite used book stores and came home with loot.

Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction by moi (aka Professor Little Shark) is ready to land with a roar! 🦈 Grateful to roarsome David Olusoga, Helen Macdonald, and Olivette Otele for their kind words. 💚 🐯 💙 More info here. www.penguin.co.uk/books/309254... #BookSky #Extinction #HistSci

Found some new books. A little poetry, non fiction, fiction

A list of books for Caribbean Heritage month @mswocreader.bsky.social alerted me to!🖤🙏 Contains many Caribbean writers including fellow Trinis! @trinielf.bsky.social (Dating Countdown!!!) and @rsagarcia.bsky.social (The Nightward) and me (Skin Thief!) caribbeanamericanmonth.com/wp-content/u...