Ursula K. Le Guin
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Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author of novels, children’s books, poetry and essays. This account is managed by her estate. https://www.ursulakleguin.com/
Huge congrats to Pip Adam!!! (this is obviously biased coming from me but you should absolutely be reading the Le Guin Prize winners and finalists every year if you want to stay in touch with what's exciting about speculative fiction)
Ursula K. Le Guin@ursulakleguin.com · 3d agoCongratulations to Pip Adam, recipient of the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Audition!
It's absolutely impossible to express how much this means and how unbelievable it seems.
Ursula K. Le Guin@ursulakleguin.com · 3d agoCongratulations to Pip Adam, recipient of the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Audition!
Congratulations to pip adam @pipadam.bsky.social and our friends at @coffeehousepress.bsky.social for winning the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for pip's novel Audition! We are thrilled to announce that Dorothy will be publishing Pip’s next novel, kluge, in the Fall of 2027!
An ENORMOUS congratulations to Pip Adam, this year's winner of the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for her novel AUDITION! 🚀🚀🚀 We couldn't be happier! Pip is a monumental talent and a force of good in the world. Huge thanks to the judges and everyone at @ursulakleguin.com ♥️ @pipadam.bsky.social
Congratulations to Pip Adam, recipient of the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Audition!
The nonpareil @ursulakleguin.com—author of numerous SF masterpieces, a timeless fantasy saga, sublime poetry, and more—was born on this day, October 21, 1929. Explore her fascinating life and luminous work in essays, videos, and interviews on the Library of America website: www.loa.org/writers/655
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On this week's episode of In Your Spare Time—out a day early!—Becky Chambers reads "It Doesn't Have to Be the Way It Is." Becky says, "This post is, for me, one of those pieces of writing that roots yourself in your head the moment you read it and never lets go."
In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin: Becky Chambers reads "It Doesn’t Have To Be the Way It Is"
Becky Chambers reads post 28, "It Doesn’t Have To Be the Way It Is," from June of 2011. You can read the original post here: Becky's website is
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Lidia Yuknavitch joined me at @powells.bsky.social to celebrate the reissue of Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing. We talk about how both our lives and writing lives have intersected with Ursula's & much more Audio🔉: milkweed.org/between-the-... @ursulakleguin.com @lidiamiles.bsky.social
Milkweed Live: Ursula K. Le Guin Conversations on Writing with David Naimon & Lidia Yuknavitch | Milkweed Editions
Ursula K. Le Guin titled her introduction to Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing “Fear and Loathing in the Interview,” and in it she said: “The good interview is like a good badminton rally…
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A full look at The Complete Earthsea box set, available from Library of America now and in bookstores tomorrow! www.loa.org/books/the-co...
On Wednesday, October 21st—Ursula's birthday—please join us as we announce the recipient of the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! The announcement will be on YouTube at 9 am Pacific time. www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...
I've been a longtime reader of Diana Arterian's LitHub column, The Annotated Nightstand, so it was a thrill to be invited to participate. I hope you enjoy it! lithub.com/the-annotate... @literaryhub.bsky.social @ursulakleguin.com @tinhouse.bsky.social
The Annotated Nightstand: What David Naimon Is Reading Now, and Next
If you read this column at, you have caught me referencing the incredible literary podcast Between the Covers. It’s a delight to have its host, the inimitable David Naimon, as a guest to celebrate …
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This week on In Your Spare Time, writer Kelly Sue DeConnick (@kellysue.bsky.social) reads "Exercises," and tells three stories about her encounters with Ursula and her work
In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin: Kelly Sue DeConnick reads "Exercises"
Kelly Sue DeConnick reads post 27, "Exercises," from June 24, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: You can find Kelly Sue online at
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New covers for the Annals of the Western Shore books in the UK, courtesy of Orion! www.orionbooks.co.uk/titles/ursul...
Claire North reads from Slow Gods, which is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
Claire North reads from Slow Gods
YouTube video by Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation
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Had the lucky chance to make a playlist for @largeheartedboy.bsky.social for the release of Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing. Like the book itself, I tried to weave Ursula's musical loves (which will surprise you!) with my own largeheartedboy.com/2026/10/07/d... @ursulakleguin.com
David Naimon’s Book Notes music playlist for his book Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing – Largehearted Boy
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On this week's episode of In Your Spare Time, Amanda Nelson—historian and host of Amanda's Mild Takes—reads Ursula's June 2011 post "Against Eisenhower." "I have felt for a long time that Eisenhower’s election (in 1952, defeating Adlai Stevenson in a landslide) was a cross-roads," Ursula writes.
In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin: Amanda Nelson reads "Against Eisenhower"
Amanda Nelson reads post 26, "Against Eisenhower," from June 12, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: Amanda's website is
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In case you missed it. My chat with @davidnaimon.bsky.social for @therumpus.net. therumpus.net/2026/09/28/n...
Nothing is Too Small to Contain the World: A Conversation with David Naimon - The Rumpus
Conversations on Writing does touch on how these big impossible questions can be found within the smallest choices we make as writers, within syntax, voice, point of view, and narrative. And the gestu...
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Ursula K. Le Guin@ursulakleguin.com · 3w agoThe new edition of Conversations On Writing is out today!
The new edition of Conversations On Writing is out today!
Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing (Hardcover)
A definitive collection of reflections on writing from Ursula K. Le Guin, now available in a refreshed edition. Le Guin discusses her fiction, nonfiction,…
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🌟Shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟 In Notes from a Regicide—a multilayered history of two generations of trans characters in the distant future—Isaac Fellman’s intimate narrative twines around art, revolution, disability, love, history, and change.
Shortlist discussion time! @chloroformtea.bsky.social returns for the 2026 Le Guin Prize list: 9 of the most interesting speculative fiction books from last year. Lots of opinions, comparisons, and thoughts on what constitutes "Le Guin-y-ness". Listen before the winner is announced Oct. 21!
A Meal of Thorns 60- 2026 UKLG List with Roseanna Pendlebury
Only in its 5th year of operation, the Le Guin Fiction prize has already become something of a critical darling, with very interesting shortlists and winners that rarely overlap with other genre aw…
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🌟Shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟 Hiron Ennes's maximalist, visceral story of revolution explores resistance, repression, cycles of violence, and the way art and culture are the materials of social change—but can also be key to the consolidation of power.
Aaaaaa everybody go listen (I am SO happy I got to pick this blog post, this was the one I wanted the MOST and I was on the road and wasn't able to pick mine for several days and it was STILL THERE) I hope the audio is OK, I had FILE SHENANIGANS
Betty Widerski (aka Betty4Cats)@bettywiderski.com · 3w agoIf you are not yet listening to the podcast of authors reading Ursula Le Guin's blog entries, start with this week's episode read by @premeemohamed.com - I especially enjoyed it! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
On this week's episode of In Your Spare Time, @premeemohamed.com reads "Petty Expectations," a two-part blog post in which Ursula discusses "Critical Expectation: Genre and 'Literary' Fiction" and "Reader Expectation and the Young Adult Fantasy."
In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin: Premee Mohamed reads "Petty Expectations"
Premee Mohamed reads post 25, "Petty Expectations," from June 4, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: Premee's website is
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“Wells's Worlds” is Ursula's introduction to Selected Stories of H.G. Wells, published by Modern Library in 2004. The introduction also appears in Words Are My Matter.
Christopher Caldwell (@seraph76.bsky.social) introduces his collection Call and Response: Stories of the Fantastic, which is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.
Christopher Caldwell introduces Call and Response
YouTube video by Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation
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Tin House is sending me on a mini-regional tour for the gorgeous reissue of Ursula K Le Guin: Conversations on Writing. Portland-Seattle-Bay Area friends I hope to see you. Come say hi and celebrate Ursula's legacy with me! @tinhouse.bsky.social @ursulakleguin.com @ebbooksellers.bsky.social
