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Shreya Ila Anasuya - THE POISON PALACE@thresholdrose.bsky.social · 7h ago

Cover reveal for the @littlebrown.bsky.social edition of THE POISON PALACE, about Eka, a poison maiden who is sent to kill Alexander when he invades ancient India. Cover art by the brilliant @micaelaalcaino.bsky.social. Pre-orders: linktr.ee/shreyaila Out January 2027!

My blurb: unfolds the era of Alexander the Great's conquering rampage across Eurasia with a graceful, fiery verisimilitude both intimate & mythic, starting from the Indian subcontinent and stretching all the way to ancient Babylon--it resounds in time, and sings to the present with a singular voice.

Shreya Ila Anasuya - THE POISON PALACE@thresholdrose.bsky.social · 7h ago

Cover reveal for the @littlebrown.bsky.social edition of THE POISON PALACE, about Eka, a poison maiden who is sent to kill Alexander when he invades ancient India. Cover art by the brilliant @micaelaalcaino.bsky.social. Pre-orders: linktr.ee/shreyaila Out January 2027!

Cover reveal for the @littlebrown.bsky.social edition of THE POISON PALACE, about Eka, a poison maiden who is sent to kill Alexander when he invades ancient India. Cover art by the brilliant @micaelaalcaino.bsky.social. Pre-orders: linktr.ee/shreyaila Out January 2027!

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Fellow academics: I know a Haitian PhD student who due to TPS termination needs another institutional affiliation not in the USA. Do you or someone you know have an avenue for them? If so, DM me.

Hard to believe it's only two weeks until MERCUTIO comes out in Canada. A 13th century novel about the imagined origins of Shakespeare's Mercutio. This is the time to pre-order if you'd like it when it releases (PB, HC or ebook all on the same day in Canada) or request from your library. Thanks 💜

Mercutio

Coming soon from HarperVoyager UK. May 7, 2026: UK hardcover edition and ebook. Worldwide audiobook. August 18, 2026: Canada paperback, hardcover and ebook. June 2027: US paperback edition (this will ...

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I have so many thoughts about these recent plagiarism allegations & the way that these white institutions platform aka tokenize people of color who are willing to perform in certain ways just to then use them as exemplars and tear them down, generalizing to the race in the process...

Congratulations to all the World Fantasy Award finalists! Great ballot this year.

2026 World Fantasy Awards Finalists

The World Fantasy Awards ballot for works published in 2025 has been announced. The awards will be presented during the 2026 World Fantasy Convention, scheduled for October 22-25, 2026 in Oakland C…

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"Girls are coming out of the woods, wrapped in cloaks and hoods, carrying iron bars and candles and a multitude of scars, collected on acres of premature grass and city buses, in temples and bars." Tishani Doshi www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/152744...

Thinking with anger and pain about the schoolteacher in India, gone now because her stalker stabbed her at her place of work. When will this cycle of violence stop?

Abdul is a father of two in Gaza. Food is running out and rent is due. Donations are slower but things continue to be extremely difficult. Please contribute and/or boost Erin's fundraiser for his family: chuffed.org/project/1545...

Help Abdul's Family Survive in Gaza

Help Abdul's Family Survive in Gaza

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Alaa is a young man in his 20s, and the wellbeing of his entire family depends on him securing donations for food, rent, medication and other necessities. Donations are really slow. Please boost: chuffed.org/project/1686...

We drive darkening, ghosted roads. In these last minutes of solar alchemy, every turn is towards folklore. We become one with the land's long memory. One with a hodology where every traveller is another time's temporal shade. We become high strangeness. – #DAKilroy, 1982

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“We live in a world where Palestinians are treated as creatures without rights, as beings to whom anything can be done and against whom any harm can be inflicted,” Chokr said. “Simply, in the eyes of such a system, we are not fully human.”

Ordinary Notes@hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 2d ago

www.arabnews.com/node/2653252... Genocidal logics. Disgusting.

The moon is currently above the horizon. It will set at 12:21 tomorrow.

Re-watched Bombay Talkies (2013) and got teary-eyed again at Zoya Akhtar's sweet little film about Vicky, who is forced to play football but dreams of becoming a dancer

I can vouch for Archita, who recently lost her father to cancer & is the sole caregiver for her mother who's also suffering from cancer & needs extensive and very costly treatment. She's all alone and struggling to bear the costs. Please share widely & donate if you can:

Archita Mittra@architamittra.bsky.social · last wk.

Neither my physical nor mental health is great, but I'm NOT giving up. I urgently need funds for our healthcare, so please circulate/donate if you can, and if you're able to help out in any other way, pls DM. You can donate via Gpay/UPI QR code (if you're in India) or ko-fi: Ko-fi.com/architamittra

"Why can't you just appreciate how revolutionary the job-taking, environment-degrading, information-shredding, technology-hoarding, economy-swamping machine is?" My brother in Christ, there may indeed be a revolution in part because of "AI," but it might not be the one you wanted.

'Rami & I have been busy trying to move to a safer place for for our children...I feel deeply sad & exhausted, & with the donations stopping during such a hard time, my pain & worries have only grown. I am trying to stay strong for my children, but these days have been incredibly heavy on my heart.'

Support Naser’s Treatment and Escape from Gaza

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Indrapramit Das@indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 2d ago

No donations for 5 days. Lubna is repeatedly deleted even when she doesn't tag anyone or do anything but post her fundraiser. She is an exceedingly loving and kind mother, who dotes on the people who reach out to her like they're family. Please help her son Naser survive, they're in urgent need:

Alaa is a young man in his 20s, and the wellbeing of his entire family depends on him securing donations for food, rent, medication and other necessities. Donations are really slow. Please boost: chuffed.org/project/1686...

A hero whose heroism consists of killing people is uninteresting to me, and I detest the hormonal war orgies of our visual media, the mechanical slaughter of endless battalions of black-clad, yellow-toothed, red-eyed demons.

I just saw pictures of the bound proofs of my first novel and I'm going to have to pause Monday (oh, Monday) to have a little cry.

'In the garden, egrets are doing their stalking dance, and it’s easy to see how they are really feathered dinosaurs flown in through a hole from the past. Somewhere, a city under siege remains sleepless.' Tishani Doshi, 'Egrets, While War'

Behind the bewildering transformation of British universities, are management consultants being paid millions Really proud to have this vital piece on our unis are being gutted from the inside by @jheathershaw.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale. Do read democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-bri...

Inside Britain's university crisis

As teaching staff face job loss, their bosses have netted pay rises and bought advice from a “vampiric” management consultancy, writes Prof. John Heathershaw of the University of Exeter

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British band Massive Attack have called being banned from Singapore a “surreal experience” after displaying a Palestinian flag during their show.

Massive Attack speak about ‘surreal experience’ of being banned from Singapore over Palestinian flag

British band say they are ‘proud to have made this impromptu expression with our fans in Singapore’, where open display of all foreign flags is banned

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Nigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him

"From the very beginning, the entire establishment—the government and the system—has been working to protect Brij Bhushan," Vinesh Phogat, the star athlete treated like dirt by the govt of her own country m.thewire.in/article/righ...

Entire Establishment Has Been Working to Protect Brij Bhushan: Vinesh Phogat Reacts to BJP Ex-MPs Acquittal - The Wire

The wrestler said that an appeal will be filed soon, adding, We have not lost hope, and the wrestlers will continue their fight.

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Indrapramit Das@indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 2d ago

Another protest movement that the regime weaselled its way out of--they removed the accused rapist from his post (after brutalising and smearing the protesting wrestlers who were his victims), but their courts have ensured he's fine.

Please help Mohammed get his son treatment for his vision loss. His family's gone through the ordeal of nearly losing Elias to Israel's ongoing genocidal famine, & you all helped him survive. He needs your help again, Elias is running out of time to save his vision:

Help Mohammed and his famile.

Father's call from under the rubble: Save Elias's life

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Ahmad & Samar got married in defiance of Israel's genocide, and are expecting a child. They're still trapped in their home of Gaza, now turned to rubble and desolation by Israel's genocide. Please share & give to help them ensure a future for their child. They're not getting enough support:

Our Baby Deserves Safety: Help Ahmad& Samar to Start Again

Hi, I'm helping my dear friends Ahmad and Samar who are seeking your support to build a secure and stable future for themselves and their growing family. Please read their story and consider supportin...

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AHMAD_JOHAR🕊𓂆🇵🇸@ahmadjohary16.bsky.social · 3d ago

I’ve carried the weight of Gaza on my shoulders, along with the silence that followed. All I dream of is a new beginning and a safe life for my wife, our baby girl arriving in two months, and me.♥️ Please help us reach that dream. Your donation is the light we hold on to for our daughter's future.🕊