Can’t wait to delve into this haunting read by @tananarivedue.bsky.social!

Enjoying this beguiling, gem of a novel by @kenanorhan.bsky.social

I loved this episode and @hilliardguess.bsky.social’s interview with @onemoorer.bsky.social and Lekethia Dalcoe. Thanks to @victorlavalle.bsky.social for recommending this cool podcast!

546 - GENRE MATTERS

Podcast Episode · Screenwriters' Rant Room · February 9 · 1h 30m

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Discovered a new author this weekend. Above the Fire from @blackstonepub.bsky.social is amazingly good!

It’s #FridayReads on Friday the 13th! Let’s share some books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Sharing a nightmare full of murder, revenge, ghosts, and creatures from beyond the reef… www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...

Wow! Coffin Moon by @keithrosson.bsky.social is a helluva book! I’m so glad I picked this up and I’m so looking forward to reading Rosson’s other novels. What an amazing writer!

Here's how to enter the LitConnect soft launch giveaway: 1. Follow us on Bluesky or X 2. Repost this post 3. Join the waitlist (links in comments below) That's it. All four prizes. All entrants eligible. More details on the prizes this week. #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #AmWriting

We are thrilled to share that Titan Books will be publishing INCARNATE, a terrifying modern reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray for the internet age, by the award winning @almakatsu.bsky.social! 📱🖤 Coming October 2026!

This is stunning writing here by Cristina Rivera Garza. A true work of powerful and magnificent art @feministpress.bsky.social

My article for Ability Central @abilitycentral.bsky.social is featured in USA Today’s @usatoday.com new Disability Empowerment Campaign! www.futureofpersonalhealth.com/disability-e...

When Healthcare Isn’t Hearing You: The Need for Accessibility

This article underscores the urgent need for better accessibility and patient-centered communication. in healthcare facilities

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Your monthly reminder: Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.

Reading The Hunger by @almakatsu.bsky.social and it’s so good, with Ravenous vibes. The kind of novel I wish I could write!

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

WHY I LOVE HORROR takes on StoryFest. Live at Noon today with @claymcleod.bsky.social @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social. Let’s do this!

It's almost October, and @dylanwardwriter.bsky.social's got seven queer writers with experimental horror novels that will definitely unnerve you this Halloween, check 'em out below! chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/29/7...

7 Queer Experimental Horror Novels That Will Unnerve You - Chicago Review of Books

A tour through several spine-tingling queer experimental horror novels to ring in spooky season.

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Next week, Kosoko Jackson (THE MACABRE) and Sam Rebelein (GALLOWAY’S GOSPEL) join me for a magical, dark fantasy filled Fearmongers. Wednesday, September 24th at 8 PM/ET. Register via Zoom: bit.ly/4mMnQ0x @kosokojackson.bsky.social @rebelsam94.bsky.social

Some exciting news! I've been selected to participate in the fall 2025 ALA/Writer's Guild Initiative workshops. I'll have the exclusive opportunity to participate in writing workshops mentored by professional writers. I am so looking forward to this! writersguildinitiative.org #WGI #ALAOF

A Wild Corner of Ireland, Through the Eyes of Dylan Thomas www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/t...

A Wild Corner of Ireland, Through the Eyes of Dylan Thomas

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The National Association of Black Bookstores seeks to “amplify Black voices, and preserve Black culture by increasing the visibility, sustainability, and impact of Black bookstores and booksellers.”

Please welcome the National Association of Black Bookstores.

Today we mark the launch of a new literary institution: the National Association of Black Bookstores. A nonprofit collective and member-based organization, the NAB2 looks to “amplify Black vo…

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Recording tomorrow; if you have a goodbye message for us that you'd like to get on the show, please send it in by tonight (feel free to send in later too... it just won't make the cutoff for recording)

Tom McAllister@tmcallister.bsky.social · last yr.

Recording the final ever ep of Book Fight with @mikeingram.bsky.social's next week. If you want to share any memories of the show, goodbye messages, etc, there's still time to do so tinyurl.com/bookfightfin...

Support the National Park Service and efforts to document and archive our accessible history for all.

Save Our Signs

Save Our Signs: Celebrate All-American History

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Hey, I'm going to be speaking on this awesome panel as part of the @hippocampusmag.bsky.social HippoCamp Online weekend. If you don't sign up for me, at least do it for TBA (it could be ANYONE) hippocampusmagazine.com/event/an-eve...

A local library in Virginia has successfully stopped a takeover by a private equity group.

A Virginia public library is fighting off a takeover by private equity.

Photo from The Samuels Public Library After being targeted by anti-LGBTQ book banners and having their funding pulled, a local library in Virginia successfully stopped a threatened takeover by a pr…

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We have a brilliant essay up on our blog from essayist Margaret Nowaczyk on the joy, and importance, of Slow Reading: www.wolsakandwynn.ca/blog/2025/07...

Slow Reading — Wolsak & Wynn

An antidote to our crazy world

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The open letter and accompanying petition asking publishers "to make a pledge that they will never release books that were created by machines" garnered more than 600 signatures within a few hours.

Authors petition publishers to curtail their use of AI

The open letter and accompanying petition asking publishers "to make a pledge that they will never release books that were created by machines" garnered more than 600 signatures within a few hours.

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Reasons to Love Libraries: 23 Notable Authors and Public Figures Share Their Joy

They are a community’s soul, “cathedrals to who we should be as a society,” and so much more.

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"She tends to the structure, repairing damage, devoting energy to producing both the silk and the pattern for her web. In turn, the web feeds her." @kaseybwriter.bsky.social #writing #self-censorship longreads.com/2025/04/08/w...

I will take my emdash and spear it through the glowing eye of any robot who tries to claim it.

Stacey Burns@wentrogue.bsky.social · last yr.

“Accusations of AI use are concerning, sure, but couldn’t they also result in a grammatical Streisand effect of people learning about or becoming reacquainted with the multipurpose mark?”