This thread is full of delights.

That staging of Assassins sounds fascinating! I saw a more standard production in summer 2024 in San Jose. They had to postpone opening night because it was the day of the real presidential assassination attempt.

The Transitive Properties of Cheese by Ann LeBlanc — neon hemlock Publication date: September 10, 2024. An 8” x 5” novella. A cheese cave. A sun. A million problems. Millions Wayland was cutting the curds when she learned someone had thrown her cheese cave int...

Chatting with a friend about the clone-fucking in Izzy Wasserstein's These Fragile Graces This Fugitive Heart, and I turn into one of those IF YOU LOVED THIS BOOK, YOU WILL LOVE THIS BOOK infographics for The Transitive Properties of Cheese by Ann LeBlanc.

MARTHA WELLS' The Murderbot Diaries (Subterranean): Limited Edition to be personalized TO YOU | Locus Fundraiser Auction 2026 | Locus Science Fiction Foundation Help Locus Science Fiction Foundation meet their fundraising goal by sharing this campaign.

Two days left on the Locus fundraiser auction for a copy of the illustrated Subterranean edition of The Murderbot Diaries: locus.betterworld.org/auctions/loc...

Psssst 👋🏼👐🏼👋🏼
Want a signed copy of MOTHER TONGUE? Preorder from A Novel Idea in Philly and I'll sign it for you. They ship! Order here: anovelideaphilly.com/book-list/

Flyer promoting sale Preorder Nebula, Locus, and Sturgeon award winner Samantha Mills' debut short-fiction collection RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES and get limited edition chapbook for #FREE Must order direct from Tachyon. March 31-April 7. Supplies are limited. Cover designed by Elizabeth Story

ENDS TOMORROW!

#PREORDER @samtasticbooks.com debut collection RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES and get limited edition chapbook for #FREE

buff.ly/nayA9V1

Must order direct from Tachyon March 31-April 7. Supplies are limited.

@lisarodgers.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social

Paperback book: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. 50th anniversary edition includes a new introduction by David Mitchell and a new afterword by Charlie Jane Anders.

#FridayReads The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin. I read this 20+ years ago, but remembered very little of the story. Fascinating to reread now that I have a lot more familiarity with Le Guin's work.

Vincent holding up a copy of their book YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN NICER TO MY MOM.

anyone looking for a messy latino family mystery thriller tied together with a demonic thread should pick up my newest book--YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN NICER TO MY MOM

I finished knitting my sweater! (Just as the weather started getting hot a few weeks ago, naturally.) I'm really happy with how it turned out. Pattern and yarn details in the earlier thread.

Stack of books on a wooden deck. Text reads: Final Trans Rights Readathon wrap-up Stack of books, from top to bottom: Black Hole Science is Filled with Apologies by Never Angeline Nørth Valerin the Fair by Rien Gray LSBN by Emma Jayne This Book is Full of Filth by Rosalarian dd's Umbrella by Hwang Jungeun Life as a Unicorn by Amrou al-Kadhi Make Room for Love by Darcy Liao A Lady for All Seasons by TJ Alexander All the Hometowns You Can't Stay Away From by Izzy Wasserstein Femmedom Gangbang Erotica by Esmeralda Quick Wound From the Mouth of a Wound by Torrin A. Greathouse Orders of Service by Willie Lee Kinard III Dream the Deep by Clara Ward Trans/Rad/Fem by Talia Bhatt We Want It All: Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo & Ren Graham Kisses for Jet by Joris Bas Backer Stone Fruit by Lee Lai Us by Sara Soler To the right of the bookstack are two images of audiobook "covers": The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman by Niko Stratis Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa

A final wrap-up for my #TransRightsReadathon reading! Twenty-one books is not too shabby (even if it fell far short of my goal).

As in the past, I refuse to pick "favorites," so instead you get a list of superlatives for them all:

March Reading Recap - Recommending The Shamshine Blind, Good People, All the World Can Hold, and Lake Effect: www.lisaeckstein.com/2026/04/marc...

Oh phew, I was so busy with other stuff today that I completely forgot this was happening, and that's just as well for my anxiety levels!

The Supreme Court did not strike down conversion therapy bans today.

Not nationwide. Not in Colorado. Not anywhere.

Here's what actually happened in Chiles v. Salazar—and why the coverage you're seeing serves the conservative legal movement more than it serves you.

WOODWORKING is great! Wonderful narrative voices and a page-turning plot!

One of the first people known to change their gender was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh NPR art director and illustrator Jackie Lay tells the story of Hatshepsut, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest pharaohs in Egypt's history — but whose legacy was erased for over 3,000 years.

NPR art director and illustrator Jackie Lay tells the story of Hatshepsut, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest pharaohs in Egypt's history — but whose legacy was erased for over 3,000 years. n.pr/4s4KBOO

another rad thing you can do on this trans day of visibility is read my latest story in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, which is 100% trans-written

Promo graphic: preorder Rabbit Test and Other Stories and receive the chapbook edition of the short story "Rabbit Test." March 31 to April 7. While supplies last. Order directly from tachyon publications dot com

Heyooo, if you preorder RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES directly from @tachyonpub.bsky.social in the next week, you'll also get a signed, limited edition chapbook of "Rabbit Test" with intro essay and sources! 😎

tachyonpublications.com/product/rabbit-test-and-other-stories

Very excited for this one. Live and direct, and on Zoom :)

I was like "whatever, AI, the Book of Mormon musical would like to disagree with you", but then I realized the AI isn't even answering the right question ("mock" vs "mocked")

I've actually really liked him in more dramatic/less comedic roles!

Photos: 'No Kings' Protests Across the Country People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today.

People gathered for pro-democracy protests across the country today. n.pr/4dQN4Jf

Seconding the recommendation for Jaroslav Kalfař's Spaceman of Bohemia! It was also made into a decent movie (Spaceman, starring Adam Sandler), but the script inevitably removed some of the novel's story.

NO KINGS Kansas City · No Kings **We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.** What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading fr...

It's No Kings Day!

Peacefully protest
Or go to a virtual protest like www.mobilize.us/nokings/even... at 4:30 PST
Or call your electeds
Or donate to a mutual aid fund
Or volunteer for a voter registration drive
Or make & share political art

You have so many options for resistance!

Book cover of All the World Can Hold by Jung Yun. The title and author name are in large white text across a busy background. Upon closer inspection, the illustration is an upside down image of a tropical landscape, with a cruise ship out on the ocean.

#FridayReads All the World Can Hold by Jung Yun is the compelling story of passengers on a cruise ship right after 9/11. At first the characters feel conflicted about trying to enjoy themselves in such a terrible time, but then personal dramas keep them from enjoying themselves anyway.

Cover of Witch is Mine, with a whimsical but fairly realistic art style showing a man and a woman eyeing each other across a stack of books.

The cover of The Subtle Art of Folding Space, with an illustration showing hands holding chopsticks and reaching for layers of a multi-tiered steamer including both normal-looking dumplings/buns and mysterious shapes including planets.

Promo image for Panguan, in an illustrative art style, showing a man in traditional Chinese robes leading a man dressed in a modern dark t-shirt and pants through an ink-painting-style landscape

Here's what's in my B&N pre-order sale cart right now:
WITCH IS MINE by @liaamador.bsky.social (shh, that's @valerievaldes.bsky.social)
THE SUBTLE ART OF FOLDING SPACE by @johnchu.bsky.social
PANGUAN: THE TWELFTH GATE 1 & 2 by Musuli (no cover art yet)

Congrats to @silviapark.bsky.social for this well-deserved award for Luminous!

@kith51.bsky.social and @wordweaverlynn.bsky.social, I am so sorry to hear of your loss. You are in my thoughts.

ALSO authors, yell about your books AT MULTIPLE TIMES OF DAY! remember there is no algorithm here and people are in all different time zones, smash that repost button without shame, the three of us who are always online will forgive you

Two library books on a wooden deck: Stone Fruit by Lee Lai Trans/Rad/Fem by Talia Bhatt

Today's #TransRightsReadathon report is brought to you by taking pictures of books at weird angles to try to get around the glare on dark glossy covers!

I loved Stone Fruit! I have the author's new book, Cannon, out from the library now but haven't opened it yet.