@laurencjohnson.bsky.social
🦉🦜Writer of words, lover of birds 📖THE WEST FAÇADE (SFWP '26) Co-host @babylonsalonsf & @clubchicxulub CA 🌊 & 🐊 FL https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-west-facade-lauren-c-johnson/9b99f65d60de41a1
Are you ready to party? @laurencjohnson.bsky.social will be celebrating the release of her novel, THE WEST FACADE, alongside @taracampbell.bsky.social and @bethwinegarner.bsky.social at @greenapplebooks.bsky.social on 3/11 at 7pm PST! buff.ly/FOZGBBo
Preorder THE WEST FACADE: buff.ly/ZBbqvyB
"The statues on the Notre Dame cathedral are the main characters...It's definitely a fusion of fantasy and historical fiction." Listen (at 19:40) to @laurencjohnson.bsky.social on WWDB Radio's Brian and Lee Show discussing her novel, THE WEST FACADE, due 3/3 from @sfwp.bsky.social: bit.ly/4rvGhJb
21.02.2026 02:33 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1It is going to be a party. Wear your favorite goth, fantastical, or medieval-revival inspired fashion 💅🖤
11.02.2026 21:26 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
With advance praise from @yohanca.bsky.social, @laurencjohnson.bsky.social's forthcoming novel, THE WEST FACADE, will be available from @sfwp.bsky.social on March 3rd. Meanwhile, you can preorder your copy here: buff.ly/zLd0Aui @susanschulman.bsky.social
10.02.2026 03:32 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Thank you so much @kristinaten.bsky.social!!! 💞
And here's my PSA to pick up Kristina's wonderful debut collection, Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine!
I loved this conversation with @charliejstephens.bsky.social! Thanks for the re-share, @sfwp.bsky.social
PSA that Charlie J Stephen's debut story collection is forthcoming on 3/3! Annihilation for Beginners!
Strong Women Strange Worlds presents First Friday QuickReads of Sci Fi, Fantasy, and Horror by Gita Ralleigh Lisa Morton Minerva Cerridwen Melissa Widmaier Rachel Handley Victoria Goddard February 6, 12 noon EST Free On Zoom
Coming soon, but you still have time to sign up and secure your virtual spot! EST, a perfect lunch break distraction! #SWSWQR
www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom...
Baby's first radio interview!! Thanks for sharing, @sfwp.bsky.social!
02.02.2026 03:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It's great to see THE WEST FACADE by @laurencjohnson.bsky.social, THE LAST SUPPER by @wendyjfox.bsky.social, NO HEROIC MEASURES by Jessica Danger, and THE WEDDING by Vandana Nair, included in @lindsaystenico.bsky.social's book list! buff.ly/d2j5QRs
Preorder our 2026 titles: buff.ly/IZPm3xH
Preorder THE WILDCRAFT DRONES, where T.K. Rex imagines the co-evolution of AI, climate collapse and rewilding in fourteen bold stories http://www.stellifor...
20.01.2026 03:00 — 👍 23 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
Calling all poets: Eye to the Telescope is accepting submissions for issue 60, edited by Angela Acosta, on the theme of Paying Tribute.
Find more details and a form to submit here:
eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html
Save the date: At 7pm on 3/11, @laurencjohnson.bsky.social will discuss her novel, THE WEST FACADE, with fellow authors @bethwinegarner.bsky.social and @taracampbell.bsky.social at @booksonthepark.bsky.social, in partnership with The Ruby. More info here: bit.ly/3LhCvmY @sfwp.bsky.social
17.01.2026 02:40 — 👍 5 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Don't miss out on listening to @laurencjohnson.bsky.social read her short story "The Sunshine Skyway" over on the A Small Good Thing Podcast! buff.ly/cp3smSN
Preorder THE WEST FACADE here: buff.ly/mCzjh24
@susanschulman.bsky.social
#booksky
29.12.2025 16:23 — 👍 143 🔁 23 💬 8 📌 4
Discover how @laurencjohnson.bsky.social's My Little Pony collection brought her comfort in this article for @huffpost.com! buff.ly/ZYo63Yc
Preorder Lauren's upcoming novel, THE WEST FACADE, right here: buff.ly/ltCqOSb
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Psst I still want to read your book even if it didn't make any lists. ❤️
19.12.2025 16:13 — 👍 39 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 1
I'm excited to share that I have three new poems in Issue #6 of Recenter Press' poetry journal, and you can read them here:
www.recenterpress.com/issue-six-be...
Writing is a powerful tool for processing and living with grief, and in addition to helping me cope, I share my experience as an offering for anyone else facing down a profound loss.
14.12.2025 18:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0When my dad started getting really sick two years ago, I read as many essays as I could get my hands on by people who’d been through it. These stories helped guide me through what was was the most gut wrenching and bewildering period of my life to date.
14.12.2025 18:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I became obsessed with collecting vintage My Little Ponies after my dad died of leptomeningeal disease. I wrote an essay about it and it’s up on the HuffPost Personal essays section. 🦄🐎
www.huffpost.com/entry/dad-dy...
Nnedi - My daughter dragged me ... I'm a lower limb amputee with a bad back from a fall that broke my other hip, and I am beyond being a woman of a certain a... Nnedi Okorafor ...
I posted on Facebook about my daughter dragging me to the mall two days ago. Look what Google's AI turned the post into for click bait.
WTF is happening to the Internet, man? Seriously. And my post had NOTHING to do with my disability (I'm also NOT a "lower limb amputee).
We'll be back at it again on March 14!
12.12.2025 19:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Group photo from left to right: Kevin Smokler, Aimee Phan, Susie Hara, Lori Ostlund
The literary world doesn't just exist at fancy ticketed-only events, residencies, workshops, and galas. Sometimes you'll find the literary world at your favorite neighborhood bar. ✨🍻
The biggest thanks to our beloved Sycamore Bar for hosting our Babylon Salon Winter 25 performance!
IMMENSE gratitude to the 4 authors who wowed us at Babylon on Saturday night!
⭐ Susie Hara [Earthquake Shack]
⭐ Aimee Phan/@aimeephan.bsky.social {The Lost Queen]
⭐ Kevin Smokler/@weegee.bsky.social [Break the Frame]
⭐ Lori Ostlund/@loriostlund.bsky.social [Are You Happy?]
#writers #books #authors
We love the Skinhorse! 👏👏👏
06.12.2025 23:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
💥 Film & TV-lovers rejoice! We're thrilled to welcome @weegee.bsky.social/Kevin Smokler to Babylon tonite! 🎥🎞️ Kevin's author of Break the Frame: Conversations with Women Filmmakers & director of the films VINYL NATION and MIDDLE GROUNDS.🎬
Join us @ The Sycamore for drinks at 5pm, reading's at 5:30!
🐉 🔥 We are so excited to hear Aimee Phan /@aimeephan.bsky.social Phan read from her soaring novel THE LOST QUEEN at this Sat's Babylon! If you love coming of age stories, dragon myths & books about girls w/ "too much fire & will," you'll love THE LOST QUEEN! Show's @5:30pm. And free! (Info above) ❤️
05.12.2025 22:14 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A dancer holds another who’s in a rabbit costume. The rabbit holds a bouquet of carrots.
Just saw a performance of The Velveteen Rabbit that was SO lovely (and delightfully anti-AI in theme.)
Turns out that love makes you real!
I saw it in 2023 and loved it so much! ❤️ Here here for the anti-AI themes and aesthetics too!
06.12.2025 22:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
✴️ Lori Ostlund/@loriostlund.bsky.social is an absolute rock #star! We cannot wait to hear her share from her new #book "Are You Happy?" at Babylon Salon this Saturday, 12/6 @5:30pm! (Info above)
⭐⭐ Here's the starred review from Publishers Weekly
www.publishersweekly.com/978166260302....
#writer