@jasminkirkbride.bsky.social
Debut THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME out with Tor 2026. Agent Alex Cochran at Greyhound. Lecturer in Creative Writing and Digital Tech at UEA. Research: hope, climate fiction, dystopia, fungus. https://linktr.ee/jasminkirkbride
Beyond delighted to be taking up a post at UEA as a Lecturer in Creative Writing and Digital Technologies! It's amazing returning to the uni where I did my PhD, teaching Creative Writing which I care about deeply. Huge thanks to my new colleagues for being so welcoming! π
10.10.2025 13:34 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Post-Con adventures included a dawn hot air balloon ride at Mt. Rainier, hiking in Olympic National Park, swimming in a glacial lake, Chihuly Gallery, bookshops, and meeting my first Giant Sequoia. The last was meaningful as a sequoia appears in THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME!π³
29.08.2025 20:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Catching up with myself post-
@seattlein2025.org. Such a wonderful, friend-filled time!
Talked about fungi and climate fiction; played Ready Steady Flash (Fiction); dressed up for Hugos; danced at the Scalzi Disco; AND did my first Table Talk!
Big love Worldcon friends! β€οΈ
πOn my way to @seattlein2025.org!
πIβm on 6 panels from cover letters to climate fiction - full schedule below...
πͺIβm also hosting my first ever Table Talk on Sunday - sign up 8am-6pm on Sat: virtual.seattlein2025.org/sign-ups
β€οΈLooking forward to seeing friends old and new!
#SeattleWorldcon2025
I'm truly honoured to be interviewing the acclaimed author Michael Morpurgo as part of this year's Autumn Festival of Norfolk. π
The event will be at University of East Anglia, 1-2.30pm on Saturday 1st November - get your tickets here: www.autumnfestivalofnorfolk.org/event/michae...
It was a great time. Now off to continue writing some mushroompunk fiction of my own for this amazing editor I know! :D
07.07.2025 13:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Had a wonderful time giving the academic keynote about mushroompunk literature at last week's Current Research in Speculative Fiction (CRSF) Conference in Liverpool. Loved everyone's papers & delighted how popular fungal fiction is! Huge thanks to the organisers for a fascinating & fun time βπ
07.07.2025 13:27 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Thereβs still time to get your (free) tickets for the Current Research in Speculative Fiction conference in Liverpool and online, with keynote speakers @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social and @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social itβs going to be great!
www.eventbrite.com/e/crsf-2025-...
ππ°οΈ BOOK COVER REVEAL π°οΈπ
So delighted to share the gorgeous cover for my debut novel #TheForestontheEdgeofTime - it's time-travel climate fiction out Feb 2026 - preorder link in bio!
Huge thanks to the @torbooks team, particularly illustrator Sam Green and designer Shreya Guptaβ£. β
You can now pre-order THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME in the US!
πHardback www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest...
π‘eBook www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest...
πAudiobook www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest...
AND it's part of @barnesandnoble.com's #BNPreorder event - use PREORDER25 for 25% off!
Iβm particularly excited that this article is seeing the light of day because it was a chapter of my PhD. Having this article is out in the world for people helps make that journey even more meaningful for me. Huge thanks to the editors for seeing value in my work. β€οΈπ
19.04.2025 10:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Itβs open access and therefore free to read, so if youβre interested in how we tell stories about climate change, and the ways we can reinvent structures of courage, honour, and hope in the age of climate crisis, give it a read right here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 2/3
19.04.2025 10:29 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Very excitingly, my academic article βRadically Hopeful Dystopian Climate Fiction: Exploring Social Dreaming, Temporal Re-Sensitisation, and Katharsis in Jeff VanderMeerβs Borne' has been published in Wild Possibilities, a special edition of Comparative American Studies! 1/3
19.04.2025 10:27 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0πso excited for this!!!
18.03.2025 15:44 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks for sharing Arthur!! π₯°
18.03.2025 14:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Could this sound more like SF heaven? Canβt wait to order my copy of this exciting debut from the awesome @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social!
18.03.2025 13:04 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Very lovely to have my THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME deal with @torbooks.bsky.social featured as a @bookbrunch.bsky.social top story this morning - what a day! πβ www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
18.03.2025 11:54 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you for sharing - can't wait for you to meet the Tinys! π₯°π€
18.03.2025 11:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wooo looking forward to reading this debut SF novel! π
18.03.2025 09:25 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Oh Marian, thank you! I'm so lucky to have you as an agency sibling - sending big love! xXx
18.03.2025 11:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Jasmin is not only one of the nicest people I have ever met, she also possesses that rare kind of wise intelligence I admire so much and it's so difficult to find in our world!!!
These two novels sound like a dream, and I can't wait to read them. β¬οΈ π
Oh wow, thank you for sharing and saying such lovely things! Really glad you enjoyed reading it. π₯°
18.03.2025 11:37 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I have read this and can confirm it's absolutely fantastic. A speculative concept that I'm absolutely raging I didn't come up with myself because its so good, and absolutely engrossing writing to boot. Tor have nabbed a really special one here, folks. Add it to your roster for next year!
18.03.2025 10:40 β π 9 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0
BOOK DEAL NEWS!
So delighted @torbooks.bsky.social signed my debut sci fi novel THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME, publishing Feb 2026. π³π
Huge gratitude to my agent @acochran.bsky.social at @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social and my editor @leeharris.net at Tor for making my writerly dreams come true! β€οΈπ
Thank you! I was hoping I might catch you - next time!! β€οΈ
13.03.2025 08:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Obligatory annual London Book Fair selfie - I always say this but I really did have the best time at #LBF25! Spent Tuesday afternoon catching up with old publishing friends - so lucky to be part of such a supportive industry. Particular thanks to British Council & BookMachine for the stand parties!
13.03.2025 07:50 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Unsolicited writing advice, no. #55234567:
You donβt have to write for a living to be a writer. You donβt have to be a great writer to be a writer. You donβt have to write full time to be a writer.
All you have to do is write.
Hello :) This place is like a time machine back to early Twitter and honestly I'm here for it so far!
14.01.2025 16:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Some crazy amazing reads in there! Wow!!
14.01.2025 15:58 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Oh y'all know my jam: publishing rants, book chat, sci-fi nerdery, over-enthusiasm for amphibians, mushrooms, and earl grey tea.
Just doing it on here now as well as everywhere else. Social media's making me feel like a froglet searching for a safe lily pad.
