I’m so sad to see the latest report on Children of Blood and Bone and Tomi Adeyemi’s negative experience with the adaptation. I’m assuming she is under an NDA since she’s not providing details. So far, I’m still planning to go and support the work, but I will be looking out for more information:

So Andy Serkis defends an all white cast for the new LOTR film and Tomi Adeyemi wants nothing to do with Children of Blood and Bone, so looks like I’ll be at home reading instead of out at the movies 😢

Reminder that you can and should preorder the FORGED IN FIYAH, the anthology celebrating 10 years of FIYAH. Out in September. www.ldlewiswrites.com/news-updates...

FORGED IN FIYAH: 10-Year Anniversary Anthology from Tordotcom — L D Lewis, Author. Editor. Sea witch apologist

Preorders are now open for FORGED IN FIYAH, the 10-Year Anniversary Anthology for FIYAH Literary Magazine.

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In the last few months, I’ve been asked to write about NK Jemisin multiple times (currently writing a chapter). I don’t know when people started thinking of me as an expert on Jemisin‘s writing, but it feels weird. I console myself with the idea that Jemisin herself would think it’s equally weird 😅

I’ll be traveling soon, but before I leave, I have to celebrate one more fantastic debut that I don’t think is getting enough attention. The Killing Spell by @shaykauwe.bsky.social is a Hawaiian based fantasy with elements of mystery and romance. Loved the setting and cultural aspects!

Today, I appreciate Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity! The setting/main premise of this book are incredible, though I am not fond of the "young woman in service to an 'evil' man finds herself attracted" trope. Read this for the writing and original ideas. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/778530...

Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity: 9780593982570 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

This “darkly romantic and completely absorbing” (The New York Times) slow-burn gothic fantasy romance follows a young woman haunted by the ghosts of her past and a ruthless merchant known as...

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Today, I am finishing the last few pages of the incredibly charming debut City of Others by Jared Poon. Humor, found family, queer relationships, undead ducks, a ghost cat, and endless bureaucracy-- a lot to love!

Today, let's celebrate @domrabrun.bsky.social's Vèvè-Punk: An incredible debut story collection that highlights connections between the real and speculative in Haitian culture. Reading these stories was like listening to great oral storytelling--not an easy feat! www.strandbooks.com/veve-punk-il...

Vèvè-Punk: Illustrated Short Story Collection

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A NEW EVENT with Andrea Hairston and Micaiah Johnson! Rob Cameron is moderating! CHECK IT OUT! 314 Dean StBrooklyn, NY Saturday, June 20 • 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM #solarpunk #hopepunk #brooklyn www.eventbrite.com/e/we-demand-...

We Demand Stories: Dreams Without Boundaries Solarpunk and Hopepunk Futures

In the dragon’s mouth, Solarpunk/Hopepunk writers & artists are not just describing the dragon’s teeth. We’re plotting a way out of no way.

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I doubt anyone will be surprised that my first pick for amazing debut novel goes to @dragons.bsky.social's The Poet Empress. This novel is as beautiful as it is creul. NOT romantasy! If you want to be on the edge of your seat for 400 pages, this book is for you! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!A LibraryReads pick!DELUXE EDITION―featuring gorgeous gilded edges, detailed endpapers, and beautiful case art under the book jacket...

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I am amazed at how many strong debut novels are coming out this year! I know authors have often written many novels before one is accepted for publication, but to knock it out of the park on the first publication is quite the accomplishment! I will spend some time this week celebrating my favorites.

Hey everybody! PREORDERS ARE OPEN for The Speculative Detective Agency! My short, "That Old Black Magic We Call Empire" shares a TOC with such authors as @thelincoln.bsky.social, @ambersparks.bsky.social, @megancheewrites.bsky.social and others! Preorder @ Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Speculative Detective Agency: Case Files of the Supernatural and Fantastic

Case Files of the Supernatural and Fantastic

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I got my hands on an ARC of @jvawrites.bsky.social’s The Demon Star and it is a crazy good debut SFF novel that everyone needs to read and share when it comes out in July!

@nghivo.bsky.social does it again! I need to get back to work on my teaching companion, but how am I going to choose only four of the seven amazing books in this series! 

The fabulous Sistah SciFi bookstore just posted about Octavia Butler on FB and the first AI generated question underneath the post was “Why is Octavia Butler’s work still in print?” And I’ve never wanted to punch AI more than I do right now 😡. Anyway, here’s a picture of my favorite Butler novel.

I’ve read a couple of reviews so far of my new book Dispelling Fantasies, and I want to talk to younger scholars about these reviews. In any good review, the reviewer is going to tell readers something the author could have done differently and it’s true…

Huge thank you to @aylinwalder.bsky.social for a thorough and thoughtful review of Dispelling Fantasies that will reach a new audience of readers! The review is in German, but I was able to use the translation option on my phone to read it.

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New (in German) in #ZFF / Zeitschrift für Fantastikforschung > Aylin Dilek Walder (@aylinwalder.bsky.social) reviews "Dispelling Fantasies. Authors of Color Reimagine a Genre" by Joy Sanchez-Taylor (@jsanchez-taylor.bsky.social): doi.org/10.16995/zff...

A wonderful review of Dispelling Fantasies by @thehubble101.bsky.social on @strangehorizons.bsky.social! Thank you so much for taking time to not only read and review my work, but to describe it so thoughfully and with such understanding! Here is the review: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Dispelling Fantasies: Authors of Color Reimagine a Genre by Joy Sanchez-Taylor

I struggled to process the full implications of this volume's title even after reading the book.

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Welp. The payment for my utilities didn’t go through so instead of owing 30$ I now owe 90$. None of this would have happened if my freelance client had paid me. Sighs. Help? ko-fi.com/soniasulaiman/

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Sonia is writing speculative fiction inspired by Palestinian folklore. Leave her a tip to support her work!

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Do you all ever have the experience where you’re thinking about giving up on research and academic nonsense in general but then someone says something nice about your work and now you’re thinking, “damn, I have to keep writing and thinking!”?😅

@ancillaryreviewofbooks.org has been so supportive of my scholarship, please support their awesome mission if you can! www.kickstarter.com/projects/anc...

Ancillary Review of Books: Year 7!

Questioning power, imagining possibility: ARB provides thoughtful criticism of speculative fiction. Help us pay our writers and staff!

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Amazing quote from @halalltakeaway.bsky.social's new novel Aicha: "...people who have only ever believed that they are superior merely by existing, that they are owed things they did not earn and can take what they want, they will never admit defeat." Don't miss this read!

I didn’t win a BSFA award, but I was so excited to hear my name and book title read during the ceremony! Thank you to everyone who nominated or voted for Dispelling Fantasies 🩷 m.youtube.com/watch?v=KAeV...

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Just an update that we are slowly but surely inching our way to 50% funded! ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/

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We live in immensely difficult times and hope our supporters are utilizing their discretionary income to prioritize giving to causes which aid in our collective survival and the dismantling of oppress...

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What a lineup!

Karlo Yeager Rodríguez@kjy1066.bsky.social · 4mo ago

FYI in one week I'll be reading my short, "Blanquitos" on @storyhour.bsky.social alongside my friend, the brilliant @thomasha.bsky.social!

Managed to get an advanced copy of @monatewari.com new historical fantasy Burn the Sea, and I am thoroughly enjoying the read. Don’t miss this book when it drops in April!

Just returned from @iafa.bsky.social's annual conference, ICFA. Such a great conference! For anyone who missed because of the location, the IAFA board heard your concerns and year 2028 is going to be in Warsaw, Poland! Also, I will post the CFP for VICFA, our virtual conference, when it is ready.

Huge thanks to @arleysorg.bsky.social for doing the work of spotlighting barriers that authors of color face in publishing and taking the time to collect data and wisdom from some of my favorite authors. Read this! arleysorg.com/by-the-numbe...

Some very good work on this list. And my book! locusmag.com/2026/03/2025...

2025 BSFA Awards Shortlist

The shortlist for the 2025 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards has been announced. Best Novel A Granite Silence, Nina Allan (Riverrun) Project Hanuman, Stewart Hotston (Angry Robot) W…

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There is an awesome and detailed review of Dispelling Fantasies by the great Joan Gordon in Science Fiction Studies! So grateful that she took time to review my work: online.ucpress.edu/sfs/article-...