Thank you for reading!

Don't miss out on seeing @egjames.bsky.social and @finleary.bsky.social reading at @portersqbooks.bsky.social next Friday at 7pm EST! buff.ly/IoNY4rM

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Save the Date! On 2/6, @egjames.bsky.social and @finleary.bsky.social will be reading at @portersqbooks.bsky.social for the 2026 Writers in Residence Welcome Reading, starting at 7pm EST!

Learn more and how to register here: buff.ly/IoNY4rM
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Readers of the World! Announcing our 2026 Writers in Residence!

Our Writer in Residence for Young Readers is @finleary.bsky.social

Our Writer in Residence for Adults is @egjames.bsky.social

Their terms start February 2026 but you can congratulate them now!

Bloody Book Bash Are you feeling spooky? Join PSB: Boston Edition for our second annual Halloween Party!

Tonight! It's the Bloody Book Bash you've all been waiting for! Tickets are still available for our Halloween party with @scumbelievable.bsky.social @nickygee.bsky.social
@cgolden.bsky.social @finleary.bsky.social & @catmscully.bsky.social Tarot readings! Dracula! Costume contest!

Do I know anyone who has gotten their MA in Biography and Memoir at CUNY (City University of New York)? A friend of mine is considering applying for the program and I'm looking for current students, recent graduates, or faculty members who'd be willing to talk to her!

Thank you in advance.

Poster for the LIT CRAWL BOSTON event at Hub Comics: 6.12.25 • FREE Presented by Boston Book Festival in partnership with CBH Thursday June 12th 6pm panel: COMICS FOR TROUBLED TIMES with Michael Anthony and Damian Alexander Moderator: Fin Leary Featuring: JUST ANOTHER MEAT-EATING DIRTBAG A MEMOIR BY MICHAEL ANTHONY WITH ART BY CHAI SIMONE OTHER BOYS by DAMIAN ALEXANDER

THIS THURSDAY:

Hub Comics
‪@hubcomics.bsky.social‬
6.12.25 • FREE

LIT CRAWL BOSTON comes to HUB COMICS!

Thursday June 12th 6pm panel:

COMICS FOR TROUBLED TIMES
with Michael Anthony and Damian Alexander

Moderator:
Fin Leary

@damianimated.bsky.social

@finleary.bsky.social

Poster for the LIT CRAWL BOSTON event at Hub Comics: 6.12.25 • FREE Presented by Boston Book Festival in partnership with CBH Thursday June 12th 6pm panel: COMICS FOR TROUBLED TIMES with Michael Anthony and Damian Alexander Moderator: Fin Leary Featuring: JUST ANOTHER MEAT-EATING DIRTBAG A MEMOIR BY MICHAEL ANTHONY WITH ART BY CHAI SIMONE OTHER BOYS by DAMIAN ALEXANDER

6.12.25 • FREE

LIT CRAWL BOSTON comes to HUB COMICS!

Thursday June 12th 6pm panel:

COMICS FOR TROUBLED TIMES
with Michael Anthony and Damian Alexander

Moderator:
Fin Leary

@damianimated.bsky.social
@finleary.bsky.social

Presented by Boston Book Festival in partnership with CBH

Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors...

Being silent won't protect you.

Please please ALT TEXT YOUR IMAGES.

I'm seeing so many cool things lately that I can't share because they don't have alt text.

If you want your art, your screenshots, your message to get to a wider audience on here, the simple action of writing alt text for it will help.

Book giveaway for Come As You Are by Dahlia Adler Mar 04-Mar 18, 2025 Enter to win one of 25 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Mar 04-Mar 18, 2025. Hot on the heels of a broken heart, Everett “Evie” Riley arrives a...

25 more chances to win an ARC of COME AS YOU ARE from Goodreads if you've got an address in the US or Canada! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Why I don't tell people I know I write...

Them: oh, you're a writer? What do you write?

Me: *stares in horror as I remember I write monster romance* ...Nothing really

A navy blue cover reads For the Rest of Us down the middle in a center-justified all-lowercase sans serif font in a subtle pink-purple ombre. Small colorful graphics rest in front of or wrap around letters, such as a dragon, a kinara, a shofar, a Juneteenth flag, and a crescent moon and star. Between the words of the title lie the words 13 Festive Holiday Stories to Celebrate all Seasons, edited by Dahlia Adler.

FOR THE REST OF US has a cover! I love the way this art by Meryl Rowin and design by Jenna Stempell-Lobel showcases the 13+ holidays featured within this YA holiday anthology, which releases September 2, 2025 from Quill Tree Books! www.dahliaadler.com/for-the-rest...

Severance is incredible sci-fi because it’s not afraid to ask the big questions, like: what if every woman in the world desperately wanted to fuck Adam Scott no matter how bad his haircut was

Some writers I know put together a “Rejection Club” where once a month we meet on zoom and share our latest rejections and chat about our new submissions. And that’s one of the things I’m most excited about in 2025

Trump's Latest Anti-Trans Actions and How We Can Fight Back The message should be clear among all people of conscience: We will not cooperate with the fascist, anti-trans agenda.

If you're reeling from Trump's ongoing attacks, please check out my latest piece about what trans people are up against and how we (as in, all of us, including doctors and clinicians) can resist these assaults. Includes commentary from @dreanyc123.bsky.social and @deanspade.bsky.social.

remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards

Disability Zine Microgrants Wild Ramp Publishing offers four $250 grants to disabled zinesters to cover printing costs for zines with a disability justice focus. Our grants support zine production and distribution, focusing on m...

Wild Ramp Publishing @wildramppublishing.bsky.social offers four $250 grants to disabled zinesters to cover printing costs for zines with a disability justice focus.

Application Deadlines April 18, September 12

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Don’t use ChatGPT, and especially don’t use it instead of your brain

For those who might be unaware or just getting a library card: libraries are for more than just books! Many have a Library of Things with a variety of tools & equipment you can check out. Bike pumps, sewing machines, yard games, even power drills, for hobbies & home needs. #booksky

Buy the books.
Buy the movies.
Buy the games.
Physical media is more important now than ever.

Time to post this again

hey friends! it’s sad but true — due to MANY reasons, some in part my health, i need to bump back the pub date of “Cemetery Boys: Espíritu” to september 2026.

mini 🧵
@fiercereads.bsky.social
(thanks to @wordsiren.bsky.social for the meme!)

It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.

If you don't want a diverse workforce, you shouldn't be allowed to eat our food. Period. Stick to mayo and wonder bread.

I understand that ChatGPT is down and fortunately this is not a problem for me as I have spent considerable time developing a local language model that I am able to run autonomously, fueled by Coke Zero and snacks

Yes, for this!

A fellow writer and journalist is seeking to interview LGBTQIA+ couples where at least one person in the couple is disabled and on benefits (such as Medicaid, SSI/SSDI, etc.).

If you’d be willing to chat with her, please DM me and I’ll share her contact information with you.