Right? Like, you HAVE to read it once you've read that, lol

Cover of novel Endling by maria reva held up in front of a green wall.

I am very excited to have a copy of Endling by Maria Reva - just shortlisted for the Climate Fiction Prize (and has already won a bunch of prizes). Has anyone read it?? It sounds bonkers in the best way.

Yes! I've been a happy kobo customer since the very first ereader they released.

Backed! Can't wait to get all this Canadian short fiction in front of my eyeballs!

Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume 4 Award winners. Award nominees. Hidden gems. All Canadian. All in one anthology.

It's live! IT'S LIVE! The Kickstarter for Year’s Best Canadian F&SF: Volume Four is now LIVE! Award-winning series, best of 2025, and (with your help) the biggest volume yet. Can you back early enough to land The Canucklehead tier and get to choose the dedication for the book??

Pls SHARE WIDELY!

Yes, this is also my process, lol
Did I read five non-fiction books about memory impairment for my speculative FICTION novel (Adrift) featuring memory wiping? 100% and it was super interesting!

I even wrote a blog post about the rabbit hole I fell down: maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/my-f...

For #Hugo people who like little repair bots who are myopically focused on their one task while the world falls apart around them (not that this is relevant to our current moment at all)....

Autogas Ferryman - Nightmare Magazine Krungthep means “The City of Gods.” A much more charming name than the bawdy Bangkok that foreigners joke about. But to Somsak, it is the city of ghosts. He drives his taxi slowly along through the gl...

I really loved Champ's short story, Autogas Ferryman! www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/auto... @champwongs.bsky.social
(Also - I sold my first ever short story in 2025 so I think that is also eligible? I have no idea how Hugo's work, to be honest but: www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1... )

I don't know how this works since this is the first short story I ever sold(🥳), but for anyone voting for Hugo's - I have an eligible story if you want to back a dark horse, lol. Big thanks to Diabolical Plots for publishing!

www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

That's easy: be unable to say anything in a satisfying way in less than 80k words, as a personality feature. 😂

Have an amazing time!!! Cheering on your book from the other coast!

25 B.C. Books to Read in the Bathtub - BC Living Sit back and soak with one of these books in hand on February 9 for Read in the Bathtub Day

This @bcliving.bsky.social list of BC Books to Read in the Bathtub is amazing! Yes, I'm am 100% biased because they included Adrift, but also there are books by Chevy Stevens + Jen Sookfong Lee + more + very intriguing non-fiction titles, so you should check it out!
bcliving.ca/entertainmen...

This is such a lovely overview and spot on - the place was staggeringly beautiful but the people were even lovelier. ❤️

(Obviously also my award-winning book, Adrift. My film/tv agent is Addison Duffy at United Talent. Just saying. Ideally someone would make it while it is still speculative fiction.)

Susan Juby's Mindful of Murder series - murder mystery, but somehow also calming and amusing? Yes please. make all the books into seasons! www.cbc.ca/radio/thenex...

Lovely surprise to see my first published short story (in Diabolical Plots) recommended here! ❤️

YES! When I shifted my reading tracking from goodreads to a personal spreadsheet, the star column was the first thing I cut. FREEDOM FROM STARS !!! So glorious!! So freeing!! I mark the reads I really adore with hearts and have a few other markers specific to me.

A group photo of five kittens, three black, two grey, all posing prettily. The photographer clearly some kind of wizard who can herd cats.

I took photos of this adorable litter of kittens for a local rescue group (VOKRA) and they were all adopted within a week! I mean, how could you not adopt these cute nuggets? 🥰

Any excuse to shout about awesome books that more people need to know about!! 😁😁

@ninetenpub.bsky.social @longwayhomestead.bsky.social

The True Cost of Wool is about the wool industry in Canada - the harsh realities of the current situation, the potential for change, the barriers. It makes one value local fibre that much more. A slim tome packed with detailed research that tells an important story.
+ a Globe & Mail Bestseller! 2/2

As the year wraps up I'm highlighting a few of the books I read in 2025 that have stuck with me!

Non-fiction -The True Cost of Wool by Anna Hunter! (Paired with a book I featured last year as the two are in such close conversation: Vanishing Fleece by Parkes).
Why has this one stuck with me? 1/2

I paid to have a new battery installed in my writing laptop recently and it is claiming some pretty spectacular longevity lol

For folks who nominate short stories for awards in the sci-fi realms: I published my first ever short story in 2025 at Diabolical Plots! 🥳. So... I hope you'll... consider it?
(I know not how these things work, clearly): diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

Happy award nominating!?

about their stories, I hope that a bookseller will look beyond repetitive best-of lists & become the force that propells an unknown title into the hands of readers.

There are so many amazing books that aren't on a list that deserve spotlight. Thinking of them and their talented authors. ❤️ 3/3

The forces at play that winnow the thousands down to the handful are unseen and frankly still mysterious to me. At this time of year, I want the authors of books that aren't on the lists to know that they are worthy too and I hope they find devoted readers who will talk enthusiastically 2/?

When this time of year rolls around I think a lot about the challenge of book discoverability, how a small number of books get noticed relative to the tens of thousands that will come each year. I think of the awards that nominate the same titles. The best-of lists with mostly the same titles. 1/?

Novel: ADRIFT | Lisa Brideau Debut novel Adrift by Lisa Brideau, launching May 9, 2023 by Sourcebooks Landmark. Suspense, near-future setting, climate fiction, amnesia.

I should probably drop a link here to help you also find a copy of this award-winning, genre-blending mystery/suspense/speculative cli-fi novel written by a nerdy climate policy professional: www.lisabrideau.com/adrift

white woman with dark hair smiling in front of a poster advertising a book entitled Adrift by Lisa Brideau

I don't know what happened, but sales of the paperback version of my book spiked to surprising levels over the past few weeks (very high for a book that came out in 2023!) - so that is a lovely pre-holiday gift to me. Thank you mysterious universe and book-buyers!!! #Adrift