Here are a few of my favourites from this post! Voyageur sounds and images, on CD! The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man! Edward Gorey toy theatre! Canada’s first speculative fiction novel!

Friends of the Merril Collection@merrilfriends.bsky.social · yesterday

If you'd like to check out some unique items at the Merril but don't know where to begin, try consulting this list: blogs.tpl.ca/local-histor...

Recommended pairing: "We Will Become Silhouettes" by the Postal Service youtu.be/0rKC7ElkTUQ?...

Jason Haslam@jasonhaslam.ca · yesterday

Happy (?) "There Will Come Soft Rains" day to all who celebrate! (Pics are from my Broadview Anthology of SF). broadviewpress.com/product/the-... @broadviewpress.bsky.social

Today, I'm working on an update for Reading with Austen, where you can explore books that Jane Austen had access to in her brother's library. Soon, that highlighted book won't just be a stock image, but a photo, taken centuries later, of the exact book that JA would have seen.

I still think about this series often. The world, the characters, the fascism felt both nuanced and sharp. Recommended, esp if you want sff with art deco architecture and vaguely 1920s vibe.

Nerds of a Feather@nerdsofafeather.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Amberlough Dossier, by Lara Elena Donnelly A clear-eyed, relevant exploration of the tragic humanity of flawed people, flawed countries, and how impotence does not excuse wrongdoing @ergative-abs.bsky.social has our series review: www.nerds-feather.com/2026/07/revi... #booksky #blueskybooks

Only a bit >24 hours left to join CSFFA for 2026 and participate in voting for this year's Aurora Awards! After the membership deadline tomorrow you won't be able to get the voter package. If you D/L the voter package by then you keep the ebooks *forever*! Only $10 at www.csffa.ca/become-a-member/

We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

It’s Indigenous History Month! Here’s a list of some of our favourites speculative fiction writers from the so-called “Canada” portion of Turtle Island:

Only 12 hours left - but still plenty of time for other late-night backers like me, or early bird backers tomorrow morn! and you can support @augursociety.bsky.social at some tiers, too! (I'm especially glad to support a Canadian publication! ✨)

Tales & Feathers Magazine@talesfeathers.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hello friends. WE NEED YOUR HELP ‼️ Our Kickstarter runs until May 31. We've funded T&F Year 5, but here's what else we're aiming for: $13k: T&F Year 6 ✨ $15.5k: T&F Print Edition 📚 Funding 2 years is a HUGE boost to the health & sustainability of the magazine. Back & share to help us get there! 💚

I wish that I was in Toronto for this pulp SFF sale! Alt text: a poster advertising a "Fantastic Pulps Show and Sale" at the Toronto Public Library on Saturday, May 30. The poster shows a skeleton draping a pearl necklace around a woman's neck. More details: tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6a...

Friends of the Merril Collection@merrilfriends.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I'm super proud of this project. It's designed to help, especially, humanities scholars building datasets. It's a style guide, with tips and guidance for all the many little decisions one makes when making data. Em Nordling did an amazing job writing it. Funded by the NEH until twas terminated!

Post45 Data Collective@post45data.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The P45 Data Collective Tabular Data Style Guide is now live! If you are a researcher, student, librarian, or instructor working with cultural data, this style guide is for you. data.post45.org/style-guide....

Bookmarking for teaching next term!

The Pudding@pudding.cool · 3mo ago

Similes are all around us. But, if you haven’t considered this figure of speech since grade school this visual essay is for you: pudding.cool/2026/05/simi...

Hugo shortlist observation: the longest novel last year (Tainted Cup, ~120k words) is still shorter than the shortest novels this year (Shroud and Everlasting, ~121k). The longest novel this year is Raven Scholar, ~210k words. (word estimates from Kobo, ymmv)

Fancy some astronomical play? Alicia Mant’s The Study of the Heavens at Midnight During the Winter Solstice, Arranged as a Game of Astronomy, for the Use of Young Students in that Science (1814) represents one of many attempts by women writers to turn scientific learning into fun and games. (1/3)

We would like to draw your attention to two CSECS fellowships whose deadlines have now been extended to May 15: the Peter Sabor Fellowship and the D.W. Smith Fellowship. We encourage you to share this message with eligible colleagues and students! www.csecs.ca/en/announcem...

Reminder: CSECS Awards CSECS | Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies

We would like to draw your attention to two fellowships whose deadlines are approaching, and to provide an update on a third award. We encourage you to share this message with eligible colleagues and ...

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You can also get Vols 1-3 for a reduced price, if you want even more Canadian sff on your bookshelf!

Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦@ourmankoto.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It's live! IT'S LIVE! The Kickstarter for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF: Volume Four is now LIVE! Award-winning series, best of 2025, and (with your help) the biggest volume yet. Can you back early enough to land The Canucklehead tier and get to choose the dedication for the book?? Pls SHARE WIDELY!

At under $20, the NEW Broadview Edition of Defoe's vivid, first-person pandemic novel is now out for adoption in your 18th century British Literature courses. 📕Journal of the Plague Year, edited by Celia Barnes & Jack Lynch buff.ly/3YC7tXj

Journal of the Plague Year - Broadview Press

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Yeah that’s cool

Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman)@drspacejunk.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is taking Indigenous culture past the Moon: his mission patch was designed by Henry Guimond, an Anishinaabe artist, incorporating one Indigenous perspective about the seven sacred laws, which are represented by animals. 🧪 #ArtemisII

I can't wait for my pre-order to come in to my local bookstore!

Jo Walton@bluejo.eurosky.social · 5mo ago

Tomorrow, actually tomorrow, Trace Elements will be released! And here's one of the essays in it, one Ada and I wrote together. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...

@phdhurtbrain.bsky.social Have you read "The Concert Party" by Mavis Gallant? Some William Morris content! "I said to myself, O.K., imagine your name is Harry Lapwing. Harry Lapwing. You are a prairie Socialist, a William Morris scholar. All your life this will make you appear boring and dull."

I hope science fiction folks pay attention to Solari, the new podcast from @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social! Their previous long-form fantasy series was excellent. SF scholars, authors, readers...I'll read your hot takes and Discourse! worlds-beyond-number.simplecast.com/episodes/sol...

Solari: Episode 1 - Paarlor Games | Worlds Beyond Number

The era of seclusion is over. The 40 Suns reconnect and reunite and find themselves valuable. As borders are drawn across occupied space, the great powers of the galaxy begin their sweep of its dusty ...

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Catherine Nygren@broomgrass.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Glad to see @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social on this list - it's doing some of the best fantasy storytelling of the past few years, imo. "54 episodes of pure gold," indeed. Excited for their upcoming turn to SF!

I finally went to the History is Painted by the Victors exhibit, and if you have the chance to see Monkman's work - do it! The most moving painting for me was "Going Away Song," a large piece putting the viewer in the direct gaze of Indigenous children during the 1885 hangings at Battleford.

The nomination period for the 2026 Aurora Awards is officially open! All CSFFA members can log into the website at www.csffa.ca and submit up to five works in each our ten categories. Please only nominate what you're familiar with. Nominations close 11:59pm EST on April 4th, 2026. #AuroraAwards2026

It's time! Nominations are now open for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, which will be given to a work of imaginative fiction, published in 2025, that reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula’s own work.

Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

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Recommended reading: "Readymade Bodhisattva", the short story by Park Seongwhan, translated in the Kaya Anthology of South Korean Science Fiction.

Chris Paxton@cpaxton.bsky.social · 5mo ago

All those graduates looking for high-paying monk jobs better look out

I just got my annual Public Lending Right cheque for Because Internet from the Canada Council for the Arts, so permit me a thread about what the public lending right is and why you should request books you love from public libraries!

Thinking about an Indigenous colleague's observation that starting a resolution in the depths of winter is counterintuitive. Wait until nature wakes up, friends; it's okay to rest and reflect while the nights are still long.

Bienvenue à Montréal

💥Alex.W💪🏾💥@jokeb0i.bsky.social · 8mo ago

if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄

Very happy to introduce a new tool, BookReconciler! You can take spreadsheets with book data and add subject headings, descriptions, ISBNs, HathiTrust IDs, & more. You can also cluster editions & variations of the same "Work." Led by @thisismattmiller.com and supported by @post45data.bsky.social.

Beware: your to-read list shall grow, quite a lot!

Kate Heartfield@kateheartfield.com · 8mo ago

If you like science fiction and fantasy, and you're not already a listener of the Coode Street Podcast (could such a thing be possible), this is a good time to start. I've really been enjoying their advent calendar interviews this year.