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New year, new pinned post!
Here are all my published books so far. Check them out.
patricksamphire.com/books
Of course! Because that's the way this works, right?
Yes, I am truly a paragon.
This bot has emailed me thrice now, getting increasingly pointed each time at my lack of response to their offer to promote my "thought-provoking work [Specific Hook] centred on [Theme]."
"Our community of over 5,700 engaged readers is always eager to discover thought-provoking work centered on [Theme], and your book [Specific Hook] would resonate strongly with them."
Wow, such a great opportunity. Think I should reply? "I just wanted to briefly follow up on my previous message regarding the opportunity to feature [Book Title] with the Glasgow Book Club. I understand how busy things can get, so I simply wanted to bring this back to your attention." He continues:
Thank you.
I have to sit down for this one. Literary titan
@tananarivedue.bsky.social has recommended THE CURSE OF HESTER GARDENS in @peoplemag.bsky.social.
I'm stunned and honored.
Link to her full quote in comments. Preorder link in comments.
@erewhonbooks.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social
You absolutely do need to frame it.
In support of stand up for science here is an image of galaxy M51. Beautiful night. Clear and no moon
I'll be reading at Brooklyn Books & Booze on March 17, and you know I'll be drinking this!
Congratulations!
This is interesting. The coaches are realizing that culture war bullshit is making their lives more difficult! Hard to convince a talented Black kid to come to your school when you've shut down the African American Studies Program:
standforcampusfreedom.org/coaches/
The Federal Book Ban bill uses funding threats to pressure schools to remove books.
Federal control over local policy - and federal control of reading, writing, and publishing - is unacceptable.
Sign the petition to stop it. action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Congratulations!
NEW: We filed a brief asking a Texas appeals court to prevent the state's execution of Cedric Ricks.
Prosecutors in Cedric's case unfairly struck Black jurors, leading to a nearly all white jury in a county that is less than 50% white, in a case strongly influenced by racial bias.
There has never been an official, comprehensive record of Black-owned bookstores across the United States — until now
Right?
😀 Thank you right back.
Today I'm discussing @sgj.bsky.social horror story "The Night Cyclist" with my class. I'm rereading it prior to class. Slow, delightful process bc every paragraph has a lovely use of craft I want to point out to them. What a gorgeously woven piece. reactormag.com/the-night-cy...
The nomination period for the 2026 Aurora Awards is officially open! All CSFFA members can log into the website at www.csffa.ca and submit up to five works in each our ten categories. Please only nominate what you're familiar with. Nominations close 11:59pm EST on April 4th, 2026. #AuroraAwards2026
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It's time! Nominations are now open for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, which will be given to a work of imaginative fiction, published in 2025, that reflects the concepts and ideas that were central to Ursula’s own work.
Today is Patreon story day! And my weird little escapist sf adventures probably aren't for everyone.
But 1,300+ people seem pretty happy they joined.
www.patreon.com/kameronhurley
www.patreon.com/collection/1...
For those who want to start at the beginning: SETTLERS OF THE STORM WORLDS. Weird little witch kids in a wooden RV chasing hurricanes into strange new worlds. Possibly also #sexychickens.
It's been a long time coming. Canadian independent bookstores have banded together to create an online book buying source so you can avoid the behemoth in the room. (Here are the titles published by CMU Press, which I run.)
Spread the word #booksky!
www.booksellers.ca/publisher/cmu-press-18021
Graphics! Tuesday, Brampton area friends. Come hang out at the library. We're going to talk about becoming a writer, the writing process and the shift from writing for yourself to trying to publish. Bring your general writing career questions!
Info in thread. All ages welcome!
This is amazing.
www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com
