What a fantastic set of finalists alongside us.
Read fanzines. Read them!
Congrats @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org @hugobookclub.bsky.social @galacticjourney.bsky.social @renay.bsky.social @journeyplanet.bsky.social
Congratulations!
Cover of SUBLIMATION by Nebula Award-winning author Isabel J. Kim, showing a black vertical line in the middle with four copies of the same figure walking away on both sides. The figure closest to the line is faded with each one that follows growing more solid, with the last one being the most solid. Additional Cover Text: "One of the best debuts of the year." - John Scalzi
Photo of Isabel J. Kim by Amanda Silberling
"'Writing gender' is an interesting way to talk about 'writing the other,' which is pretty much all writing, especially fantasy and science fiction."
@isabel.kim shares her thought process in "Writing the Other":
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Congratulations! Happy to see this!
Congratulations!!
Congratulations!!!
Congratulations!
Love seeing so many people celebrating their HUGO NOMINATIONS right now! Congratulations to you all!
Congratulations!!!!
Amazing, congratulations!
Cover of SUBLIMATION by Nebula Award-winning author Isabel J. Kim, showing a black vertical line in the middle with four copies of the same figure walking away on both sides. The figure closest to the line is faded with each one that follows growing more solid, with the last one being the most solid. Additional Cover Text: "One of the best debuts of the year." - John Scalzi
Photo of Isabel J. Kim by Amanda Silberling
"'Writing gender' is an interesting way to talk about 'writing the other,' which is pretty much all writing, especially fantasy and science fiction."
@isabel.kim shares her thought process in "Writing the Other":
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi 📚🪐
Cover of SUBLIMATION by Nebula Award-winning author Isabel J. Kim, showing a black vertical line in the middle with four copies of the same figure walking away on both sides. The figure closest to the line is faded with each one that follows growing more solid, with the last one being the most solid. Additional Cover Text: "One of the best debuts of the year." - John Scalzi
Photo of Isabel J. Kim by Amanda Silberling
There's a new Women in SF&F Month guest post today! SUBLIMATION author @isabel.kim discusses creating characters, particularly those of a different gender, in “Writing the Other.”
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...
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Last day to enter to win RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES!
A wonderful guest post from @tesiatsai.bsky.social for @fantasycafe.bsky.social's Women in SF&F Month! www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...
most people in the world are not you. this is how you should write them. if youre me. this is how i write them. if youre not me you can do something different. or maybe how i write you will make you write me better and then they can read what you wrote about me—ok i lost the plot on this bit.
Cover of SUBLIMATION by Nebula Award-winning author Isabel J. Kim, showing a black vertical line in the middle with four copies of the same figure walking away on both sides. The figure closest to the line is faded with each one that follows growing more solid, with the last one being the most solid. Additional Cover Text: "One of the best debuts of the year." - John Scalzi
Photo of Isabel J. Kim by Amanda Silberling
There's a new Women in SF&F Month guest post today! SUBLIMATION author @isabel.kim discusses creating characters, particularly those of a different gender, in “Writing the Other.”
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐
Cover of RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES by Nebula Award-Winner Samantha Mills, author of The Wings Upon Her Back. The text "Rabbit Test" is enlarged to take up most of the cover. "Rabbit" is white with a black rabbit sitting in the bottom center of "A," and "Test" is bright dark pink. The background is black.
Two days left to enter to win one of 2 copies of RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES by Samantha Mills! Print for US, ebook for everywhere else.
Plus, you can read her essay "Epic Worldbuilding in Short Fiction."
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The next week of Women in SF&F Month will feature guest posts by @isabel.kim @nghivo.bsky.social and @soniatagliareni.bsky.social! More info here:
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Cover of RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES by Nebula Award-Winner Samantha Mills, author of The Wings Upon Her Back. The text "Rabbit Test" is enlarged to take up most of the cover. "Rabbit" is white with a black rabbit sitting in the bottom center of "A," and "Test" is bright dark pink. The background is black.
Two days left to enter to win one of 2 copies of RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES by Samantha Mills! Print for US, ebook for everywhere else.
Plus, you can read her essay "Epic Worldbuilding in Short Fiction."
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐
The next week of Women in SF&F Month will feature guest posts by @isabel.kim @nghivo.bsky.social and @soniatagliareni.bsky.social! More info here:
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...
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I read this ARC and it was so good!
Cover of DEATHLY FATES by Tesia Tsai, showing a woman in a flowing midnight blue robe with white flower outlines holding a staff in one hand. She's holding her other hand out toward a man in a dark robe, and the two are surrounded by white swirls. Text at the top: "Rich and wholeheartedly poignant." - Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights Additional text: Bound by death. Marked by love.
Photo of Tesia Tsai by Stephen Bentley
"I write women I deeply relate to—ones who really are trying their best but who too easily burn themselves out doing what they’ve been taught is the right, or only, way."
@tesiatsai.bsky.social on eldest daughters:
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#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐
Cover of DEATHLY FATES by Tesia Tsai, showing a woman in a flowing midnight blue robe with white flower outlines holding a staff in one hand. She's holding her other hand out toward a man in a dark robe, and the two are surrounded by white swirls. Text at the top: "Rich and wholeheartedly poignant." - Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights Additional text: Bound by death. Marked by love.
Photo of Tesia Tsai by Stephen Bentley
"I write women I deeply relate to—ones who really are trying their best but who too easily burn themselves out doing what they’ve been taught is the right, or only, way."
@tesiatsai.bsky.social on eldest daughters:
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐
Cover of DEATHLY FATES by Tesia Tsai, showing a woman in a flowing midnight blue robe with white flower outlines holding a staff in one hand. She's holding her other hand out toward a man in a dark robe, and the two are surrounded by white swirls. Text at the top: "Rich and wholeheartedly poignant." - Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights Additional text: Bound by death. Marked by love.
Photo of Tesia Tsai
DEATHLY FATES author @tesiatsai.bsky.social shares about the women she writes in today's Women in SF&F Month guest post, 'The Fate of the Eldest Daughter."
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The new issue of Intergalactic Mixtape is live and full of recs in a variety of formats: straight lists, author forward, monthly faves, and of course, award related. :D
Cover of DEATHLY FATES by Tesia Tsai, showing a woman in a flowing midnight blue robe with white flower outlines holding a staff in one hand. She's holding her other hand out toward a man in a dark robe, and the two are surrounded by white swirls. Text at the top: "Rich and wholeheartedly poignant." - Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights Additional text: Bound by death. Marked by love.
Photo of Tesia Tsai
DEATHLY FATES author @tesiatsai.bsky.social shares about the women she writes in today's Women in SF&F Month guest post, 'The Fate of the Eldest Daughter."
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐
Cover of WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN by E. J. Swift, author of The Coral Bones. It shows the figures of thin trees in light greens, blues, and pinks with their bases meeting a wolf in a variety of shades similar to those in the trees but slightly darker.
Cover of THE CORAL BONES by E. J. Swift, showing coral in a variety of bright colors (oranges, yellows, blues, greens, and purples) against a dark purple/black background.
Photo of E. J. Swift by Ella Kemp
"[‘What if’ scenarios] can also offer us a way to imagine more positive futures, and perhaps to bring them closer to our grasp."
@catamaroon.bsky.social on reclaiming space in the great outdoors and her 2 latest novels:
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Plus a third way to win!
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Cover of WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN by E. J. Swift, author of The Coral Bones. It shows the figures of thin trees in light greens, blues, and pinks with their bases meeting a wolf in a variety of shades similar to those in the trees but slightly darker.
Cover of THE CORAL BONES by E. J. Swift, showing coral in a variety of bright colors (oranges, yellows, blues, greens, and purples) against a dark purple/black background.
Photo of E. J. Swift by Ella Kemp
"[‘What if’ scenarios] can also offer us a way to imagine more positive futures, and perhaps to bring them closer to our grasp."
@catamaroon.bsky.social on reclaiming space in the great outdoors and her 2 latest novels:
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...
#Books #BookSky 📚💙 #SciFi #SpecFic 📚🪐
