I don’t know birds, but I know the Camargue is beautiful! Enjoy.

Only 5 more days left to pledge! bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
Crocodile Dance is a 2D/3D African animated thriller about a cursed musician who must confront a water goddess (Mami Wata) to reclaim her power.

#Kickstarter #animatedfilm #crocodiledance #afrofuturism #africanfuturism #africananimation

Academic authors: are you thinking of joining a writing group or workshop this fall? @kyrafreestar.bsky.social and I have compiled an up-to-date list of options for you!

You'll find free coworking groups, self-paced courses, multi-week Zoom workshops, and more. Check it out!

Just signed up for this! 📚

Checking US sellers for it now . . . I am always on the lookout for good cozy fantasy!

Yes, I would personally not consider CR appropriate for younger kids. The Re-Slayer’s Take is CR’s family-friendly d&d podcast. Would recommend, though the episodes don’t include all the game mechanics, but do give a good sense of what playing feels like.

This needs to ring an alarm bell in all our associations.

Join us for this.

ooh, yay! I was interested in this but unable to attend.

We’re super excited to share with you the authors and poets in the first anthology, Sauúti Terrors: The Dark Side by Flame Tree Publishing, distributed by Simon and Schuster.

sauuti.com/sauuti-terro...

@genni.bsky.social @xanwriter.bsky.social @wtalabi.bsky.social @stephenembleton.bsky.social

interesting, though it sounds a bit too much like effective altruism for me

Rosarium Publishing is open to submissions for their PLANET BLACK JOY anthology. We’re looking for spec-fic stories between 3-7k words about joy and pleasure by women and nonbinary folk who identify as Black, African, or Afro-descendent. Deadline is July 1.
rosariumpublishing.com/planet-black...

The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors by Laura Portwood-Stacer — Manuscript Works A step-by-step guide to crafting a compelling scholarly book proposal—and seeing your book through to successful publication

I’ve made a set of free worksheets for anyone who is working through the steps in THE BOOK PROPOSAL BOOK.

Get them here (scroll down the page a bit to get to the downloads):

manuscriptworks.com/book

Looking for co-panelists! #AfricanStudies #ComicsStudies #AfricanComics

This is amazing! I hope it goes well, it really sounds like it is.

Spotlight On: Dystopia, Uncertainty & Disruption As I write (in the first half of 2023), there are a lot of conversations about how awful everything is right now. This is not new but perhaps the weight of it seems particularly heavy. Or maybe this i

Listening to @jovanevery.bsky.social’s Spotlight On: Dystopia, Uncertainty & Disruption is what is getting me through these times

I get asked to do things for my field relatively infrequently, which makes saying “no” that much harder. Still gotta do it though 😐

That’s lovely! I feel like I had that version. I recognized it immediately.

10+ years here, and it hasn’t for me 😅

If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.

Screenshot from the kickstarter crowdfunding page for the card game Prosper With Dragons. Shows a banner with a green dragon and the words "Coming soon" above. Text below reads: Prosper with dragons: A co-operative, post-apocalyptic, Afrofutures card game (with dragons!)

@nickydrayden.bsky.social & I are gearing up for the Feb 1 (< 2 weeks!) launch of our crowdfund campaign for the card game PROSPER WITH DRAGONS.

Latest newsletter explains how we got here + why this little card game might just be the perfect antidote to our times: suyidavies.com/campaigns/vi...

New year, new faces in our staff starter pack. Keep up with our latest investigations ⤵️

French Studies Starter Pack Join the conversation

Friendly reminder if you're new to Bluesky and want to connect with fellow French/Francophone Studies, there's a starter pack for that:

French Studies Starter Pack:
bsky.app/starter-pack...

#academicsky #frenchstudies #starterpack

Academics finishing the semester: FINALLY I can start working on my work!

This feed is beginning to work, though it does seem somewhat erratic, posts come and go, some stay, some are not picked up, but perhaps its bsky scaling issues, we'll see...

I have an advent challenge for exhausted academics.

Take time each day to rest.

If 5 minutes is a challenge for you, then start there. I challenge you to take 20 minutes. You can work up to it.

Use a timer so you don't worry about how long it's been.

You can do this badly. Please try.

same, really.

🪘🧜🏾‍♀️🛸

Welcome to the African SFF Hype feed! To contribute, use #africansff

We promote reading African speculative fiction by African authors whom you can find in this starter pack: go.bsky.app/TVLxXew

Here's a @thestorygraph.com list of 200+ books: app.thestorygraph.com/tags/6577ca4...

Hi! I’m only *starting* to write a novel (which is I know the same thing as writing it, but really this idea is in its infancy). Makes me happy at least. 😊

back on here after a long break; excited for the increased activity. Can’t wait to chat about books and African studies. Also I might be writing a novel?