Always a pleasure to work with our Luna authors on their new projects, so it is with great joy that we welcome once again Dilman Dila and his new Solarpunk novel, Dreams of a Yellow Balloon, scheduled for release in 2028. 💙@booksfromscotland.bsky.social @africansfs.bsky.social
Writing is hard. Not writing is harder.
I'm so excited to read this when I get my hands on it!
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here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared
Photo of a cuneiform tablet fragment shaped a bit like an irregular diamond. It preserves nearly 20 incomplete lines of text separated by a horizontal ruling
There's a broken cuneiform tablet from the Old Babylonian period, nearly 4,000 years ago, which preserves a tiny portion of a dialogue between two friends.
It feels a bit like the conversations I've been having for the past week, so I wanted to share it.
Some of the books I've read/am reading to research for my current historical fantasy novel. Wouldn't dream of trading the process of finding gems from the past for a paltry AI summary.
Thanks Geoff! Glad you're enjoying it 😄
@madeehahwrites.bsky.social
I am enjoying reading your book, Madeehah, on Madeira ! How's that for wordplay artistry?
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.
Voting closes on the 19th! Vote here⤵️
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World Hijab Day: unapologetically Muslim books
World Hijab Day: Books with Muslim (hijabi) protagonists 🧕🏼📚
'Researchers at SE Ranking, a search engine optimisation platform, found YouTube made up 4.43% of all AI Overview citations. No hospital network, government health portal, medical association or academic institution came close to that number, they said.' 1/2
That's right, REPUBLIC OF MEMORY is also a secret hardboiled detective novel (thanks to the ahem joys of multi-pov). Now ain't that a kick in the head?
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A graphic showing the novella ORPHAN PLANET is nominated for the British Science Fiction Associations 2026 longlist in the Best Shorter Fiction category.
ICYMI 😊 Vote here! ➡️ www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-... @bsfa.bsky.social @lunapress.bsky.social
So thrilled that my novella ORPHAN PLANET is on the BSFA longlist! If you're a member and enjoyed reading my book please consider voting 😊 so happy to be amongst such formidable talent on this list 🤩
In other awards news… omfgcksh!!! A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST has been longlisted for the BSFA award for best novel! Thank you to everyone who nominated my chonky baby, and congratulations to all the other longlisted authors!
🚀 Congratulations to all those longlisted for BSFA Awards!
Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works!
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My little book is on the BSFA longlist!
Thanks Hussain 😄
Well earned @madeehahwrites.bsky.social!
Congratulations to our authors and artists on their @bsfa.bsky.social longlist 2026! @jennicoutts.bsky.social @lyndseycroal.bsky.social @madeehahwrites.bsky.social @deborahldavitt.com Ivano Sassanelli, Jay Johnstone, Payton McCarty-Simas! @publishingscotland.bsky.social 🤩 And to all the nominees!
Please help Hani's family
She couldn't shake the feeling she'd seen that look before. She tried to pull her hand away, but he held it tight, and she was reminded of the Green Man, of his pleas for help. 'Can I help you with anything else?' she asked. I know you, he said, his voice suddenly low. 'We've met before.' In This City, Where it Rains Lyndsey Croal
Pre-order Luna Novella 2026! In This City, Where it rains by
@lyndseycroal.bsky.social In an alternative Edinburgh, Maggie is haunted by ghosts that only appear in the rain - and it always rains in this city. ☔︎
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
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Cover featuring a drawing of a person with long brown hair, wearing a yellow baseball cap that reads "ACE" and a purple t-shirt. Glowing cracks cover their forehead and eyes, and plants with small green leaves and purple flower buds are emerging from the cracks.
👾🌟 Here it is, pals: issue 9! 🌟👾
Includes numerous CREATURES.
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#SFF #SciFi #Horror #Fantasy #SpecFic #ShortFiction #LitMag
I'm not the only author I know who has a huge surfeit of ideas for books that we would love to write and send out into the world if only we had the time to write them.
Go follow @dreadunderarm.bsky.social not just because he liked my story but also because he's a damn good writer (also go read my story)
Most anticipated: The Republic of Memory by
@mahmudelsayed.bsky.social
Best Novella: Ghost Apparent by @jelenawrites.bsky.social
Author to watch: @meljrey.bsky.social
