New and old friends like Mychal Threets, Daniel Kraus, @kameronhurley.com, @jimchines.com, @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, @dianapho.bsky.social @lamargiles.bsky.social, @maxgladstone.bsky.social, @jasonsanford.bsky.social

THE LOOM TREE is now available! Here's pub day art from my son & champagne from PTA prez Katie! Please admire the Amazing Greys poppies I grew from seed & flowers from my husband. Book's interior art by Samira Iravani & Leah Marsh! Thank you Sarah Bedingfield & editor @dianapho.bsky.social!

Cheers for the reposts, folks! If you're not subscribed, and would like to read this interview anyway, here you go: mailchi.mp/a58965b996b6... @dianapho.bsky.social

Does Longevity Matter?

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Jackson Ford@realjacksonford.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Really excited for the newsletter tomorrow. Big conversation with editor @dianapho.bsky.social about how important author longevity is - and how you measure it. Sign up now. Link in my bio, because Bsky hates external links.

Really excited for the newsletter tomorrow. Big conversation with editor @dianapho.bsky.social about how important author longevity is - and how you measure it. Sign up now. Link in my bio, because Bsky hates external links.

Sitting here at the Nebulas while the Stokers are happening make me ne feel like I'm looking at parallel universes. Good luck to all the finalists tonight!

Starred Review for THE LOOM TREE, from Library Journal! First trade review for this book, my third novel. My very first Starred Review, so I will cherish it! e-ARCs on NetGalley/ Edelweiss Pre-orders appreciated! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/818135... My Editor: @dianapho.bsky.social !

For English readers: THE LOOM TREE Pub date: June 30. Editor @dianapho.bsky.social from @erewhonbooks.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social eARCs on NetGalley/ Edelweiss. Print ARCs avail to book critics. Preorders appreciated. My only booked event so far: Career Day at my son's kindergarten.

Print ARCs of THE LOOM TREE have arrived! I'll be pitching bookstores around Stockholm... Published by @erewhonbooks.bsky.social & @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social. Edited by @dianapho.bsky.social.

This week's video is an interview with @dianapho.bsky.social She just got nominated for a THIRD Hugo. youtu.be/N-2OHd0S1TY

CaFae Convos: Diana Pho

YouTube video by C. M. Alongi

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We might reach 90% funded today. I’m truly so grateful for each and every one of you who has shared and supported this book of Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

Update 4: 89% there! Time to talk stretch goals… · Thyme Travellers 2

Your support means a lot to me. The story for this project, and the small community of Palestinian writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror… truly, this series would be much harder to put toget...

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Happy Hugo Nom Day! Many warmest congrats to all of the finalists! It's a truly stunning group of people & works this year! 🚀✨📚😍 www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history...

2026 Hugo Awards

Presented at: LAcon V, Anaheim, California, USA, August 30, 2026 Hosts: Base design: Lodestar Award trophy design: Awards Administration: Tammy Coxen, Warren Buff, Linda Deneroff, Emily January, Ro…

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Also major kudos to my fellow editors on the short form side as well for this much-deserved honor: Lee, @scott-h-andrews.bsky.social @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social @clarkesworldmagazine.com @michaeldthomas.bsky.social sky.social and @sheilawilliams.bsky.social Congrats! 🌟🚀

Los Angeles Worldcon@laworldcon.bsky.social · 4mo ago

(27/55) Best Editor, Short Form 🚀 Scott H. Andrews @scott-h-andrews.bsky.social Jennifer Brozek @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social Neil Clarke clarkesworldmagazine.com Lee Harris leeharris.net Michael Damian Thomas @michaeldthomas.bsky.social Sheila Williams @sheilawilliams.bsky.social

I'LL SEE YOU IN LA! 🚀 Thrilled to be nominated again this year!! Warmest congrats to my fellow nominees @englelaird.bsky.social, Lee Harris, @jennihill.bsky.social @joemts.bsky.social and a truly special shout-out to my steampunk bestie @jhameia.bsky.social on her first nomination!! #AuntieEditor

Los Angeles Worldcon@laworldcon.bsky.social · 4mo ago

(28/55) Best Editor, Long Form 🚀 Carl Engle-Laird @englelaird.bsky.social Jaymee Goh @jhameia.bsky.social Lee Harris leeharris.net Jenni Hill @jennihill.bsky.social Joe Monti @joemts.bsky.social Diana M. Pho @dianapho.bsky.social

We’ll be revealing the finalists for the 2026 Hugo Awards right here in just one hour! If you want to vote on the Hugo Awards this year, information about registration is available at lacon.org/register.

LAcon V Registration – LAcon V

Important Links:

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Kaleidotrope is now open to fiction and poetry submissions.

a sign that says sorry we 're closed hangs on a glass door

Alt: a sign that says sorry we're open hangs on a glass door

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Positively delighted to see that Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity is a Locus Award Finalist! Thanks and congrats as always to the contributors without whom this book wouldnt exist, to @dianapho.bsky.social, and to @erewhonbooks.bsky.social for publishing it.

Locus Magazine@locusmag.bsky.social · 4mo ago

2026 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists locusmag.com/2026/04...

Yay!! Congratulations to Lee and all the contributors!!🎉🤩🌈🎆

Lee Mandelo@leemandelo.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Positively delighted to see that Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity is a Locus Award Finalist! Thanks and congrats as always to the contributors without whom this book wouldnt exist, to @dianapho.bsky.social, and to @erewhonbooks.bsky.social for publishing it.

BREAKING: Delta is suspending its special service desk for members of Congress until TSA is fully funded, per @ajc.com. Delta says members of Congress will now be treated like all other flying customers. www.ajc.com/politics/202...

The airport perks for Congress may be drying up, not a minute too soon

Delta Airlines suspends its special congressional service, while a Senate bill could end the line-skipping perk for members of Congress.

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So wonderful to be with folx at #Sirens26. Faculty brought #justice and #resilience into all the talks... Including @dianapho.bsky.social 's keynote on editing.

Sirens@sirensconference.org · 5mo ago

Give into moments of wonder and awe. -- @dianapho.bsky.social giving advice on becoming a great editor, but it sure seems like pretty good life advice for us all! #Sirens26

Give into moments of wonder and awe. -- @dianapho.bsky.social giving advice on becoming a great editor, but it sure seems like pretty good life advice for us all! #Sirens26

@dianapho.bsky.social on developing a critical reading mindset: "Learn to read both within and outside yourself. Even as I'm sitting in discomfort, what does the text say? If I'm feeling great joy, why am I joyous? If I'm confused, what don't I fully understand? #Sirens26

As we reimagined what Sirens could be, we dreamed a place of respite and community, of learning and growth, of transformative magic. --Amy Tenbrink, Conference Chair, kicking off #Sirens26

In order to change the world, one must first change one's dreams. -- Jewelle Gomez at #Sirens26

Can’t WAIT for @sirensconference.org this week! Getting to talk about mechanical beings and race AND GETTING TO HAVE A CONVO ABOUT JUSTICE IN PUBLISHING?? IS IT MY BIRTHDAY??

This essay about being an ACLU Legal Observer during the 2020 protests -- and the aftermath -- is the best thing I've read this week. www.thewesternedge.media/p/a-life-of-...

A Life of Observing, or How the Goon Squad Got Me to Quit Smoking

An ACLU legal observer reflects on how years of Portland protests changed him.

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Liam Ramos, the boy in the blue bunny hat, was used as bait by ICE. He was kidnapped & thrown in the Dilley camp where his health immediately declined. Public pressure got him released. He became a symbol of resistance. So the regime stripped his asylum status. They’re quashing all hope:

Judge ends asylum claims for Liam Conejo Ramos and his family, orders family's removal

The family’s lawyers plan to appeal the judge’s decision to deport the family to Ecuador.

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Penguin Random House decided to shut down Dial Books for Young Readers and fire my editor, who shepharded "Too Bright To See" and "I'm Sorry You Got Mad" into the world. Devastated and gutted isn't half of what I'm feeling.

Maybe you've thought about joining us next week for #Sirens26, our reader conference for #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and #horror. It's not too late to join us! A few full registrations are still available at sirensconference.org/attend, and we have some single day registrations available now as well

Hadn't made one of these "yay, I'm here" posts in awhile: hey 👋 I'm at @sirensconference.org this week! Anyone else stopping through?

If you haven't secured your tickets yet, online or in-person, for our 61st Nebula Awards Conference this June 3-7, we look forward to seeing you out! sfwa.org/nebula-conference And SFWAns! Keep a sharp look-out for the start of our Final Nebula Ballot at 7pm PDT. #SFWA #Nebulas #61stNebulaAwards