Read your way into some of the best LGBTQ+ literature with this year's Lambda Literary Award shortlists in 26 categories.
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An online LGBTQ+ science fiction and fantasy convention that's free to participants and convention-goers. More info (including videos from past years) at www.rainbowspacemagic.org.
Read your way into some of the best LGBTQ+ literature with this year's Lambda Literary Award shortlists in 26 categories.
bookriot.com/2025-la...
Calling you out!
A reminder that this year's Rainbow Space Magic is October 4th & 5th. Registration is now open at rainbowspacemagic.org (check out previous years' recordings while you're there).
The bestselling author looks back on the success, and timeliness, of the novel in a new foreword, excerpted here.
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In the world of science fiction and fantasy publishing, Uncanny Magazine is both an anomaly and beacon. It offers a space where queer and disabled voices, neurodiverse narrators, and unapologetically political stories are not just included but celebrated.
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The editor of βAmplitudesβ discusses gathering diverse queer and trans voices to upend publishing trends and reimagine community ].
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What typo in one of your stories are you still mad at?
A reminder that this year's Rainbow Space Magic is October 4th & 5th. Registration is now open at rainbowspacemagic.org (check out previous years' recordings while you're there)
io9 co-founders Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders both have new releases coming this month.
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New Summer Reads from Annalee Newitz, Louis Sachar, Charlie Jane Anders, and More.
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βI must not pick up my phone. Distraction is the creative project killer. Checking socials is the little-death that derails all focus. I will remain on task. I will keep my pencil to paper and allow the urge to pass over me and through me. When the urge has gone, only the project will remain.β
Stay focused, peeps!
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Which have you seen?
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The winners of the 2024 Shirley Jackson Awards for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction have been announced.
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The bestselling author looks back on the success, and timeliness, of the novel in a new foreword.
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a starry night with a mountain in the shadows. The RSM logo is on the bottom left. Text reads 'writing with resistance, imagining a better future. October 4 - 5, 2025.'
Rainbow Space Magic is a free virtual con for writers & readers of queer speculative fiction! Our 6th edition will be on October 4th & 5th. Registration is now open at rainbowspacemagic.org (check out previous years' recordings while you're there)
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Challenging what is considered middle grade fiction, Cheryl Skory Suma's Habitan is a fantasy novel rich with Canadian settings, Indigenous values, and a throwback to the paperbacks of C. S. Lewis.
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βThereβs all these barriers and resistance that people put up if itβs non-fictionβ¦ in fiction, you can be so much more confronted with ideas because it really gets into the messiness of human experience.β
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For you Ohioans (or those willing to travel):
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From Book Riot: Here are all the SFF links you should know about, including a ranking of the best sci-fi universes and the next book from Matt Dinniman.
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Rainbow Space Magic is a free virtual con for writers & readers of queer speculative fiction! Our 6th edition will be on October 4th & 5th. Registration is now open at rainbowspacemagic.org (check out previous years' recordings while you're there)
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The world's bestselling fantasy writer visits the Celsius 232 Festival in AvilΓ©s, acclaimed by thousands of readers. "Reading a fantasy novel, which expands the imagination, is as good and necessary as going to the gym to lift weights"
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Rainbow Space Magic is a free virtual con for writers & readers of queer speculative fiction! Our 6th edition will be on October 4th & 5th. Registration is now open at rainbowspacemagic.org (check out previous years' recordings while you're there)
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Agree? Disagree?
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Who's a fan of Chuck Tingle?
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a starry night with a mountain in the shadows. The RSM logo is on the bottom left. Text reads 'writing with resistance, imagining a better future. October 4 - 5, 2025.'
Rainbow Space Magic is a free virtual con for writers & readers of queer speculative fiction! Our 6th edition will be on October 4th & 5th. Registration is now open at rainbowspacemagic.org (check out previous years' recordings while you're there)
20.07.2025 21:00 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0The region is far from talentless though, especially when it comes to LGBTQ+ authors.
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Here are some of the most exciting new books by nonbinary authors out this year, including romance, sci-fi, memoir, and more.
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Agree? Disagree?
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Tired of the status quo? Try these books featuring revolutionary governments some communal weirdos...
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a starry night with a mountain in the shadows. The RSM logo is on the bottom left. Text reads 'writing with resistance, imagining a better future. October 4 - 5, 2025.'
Rainbow Space Magic is a free virtual con for writers & readers of queer speculative fiction! Our 6th edition will be on October 4th & 5th. Registration is now open at rainbowspacemagic.org (check out previous years' recordings while you're there)
What Pratchett have you read?
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a starry night with a mountain in the shadows. The RSM logo is on the bottom left. Text reads 'writing with resistance, imagining a better future. October 4 - 5, 2025.'
Rainbow Space Magic is a free virtual con for writers & readers of queer speculative fiction! Our 6th edition will be on October 4th & 5th. Registration is now open at rainbowspacemagic.org (check out previous yearsβ recordings while youβre there)
#LGBT #writing #ScienceFiction #fantasy