Harare Review of Books
@hararereview.bsky.social
✍🏾 Jacqueline Nyathi, librocubicularist, friendly neighbourhood "You *Must* Read This" person.
https://linktr.ee/hararereviewofbooks
📝📚 @thecontinent.org, @strangehorizons.bsky.social etc
(Incidentally, also @shonatiger.bsky.social)
https://linktr.ee/hararereviewofbooks
📝📚 @thecontinent.org, @strangehorizons.bsky.social etc
(Incidentally, also @shonatiger.bsky.social)
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🎧New Critical Friends! It was a real pleasure to convene this talk with Paul March-Russell of @sffoundation.bsky.social and Jacqueline Nyathi of @hararereview.bsky.social.
On the hopeful imagination: “We should have a much bigger perspective when we’re thinking about how to get to the future.” (JN)
On the hopeful imagination: “We should have a much bigger perspective when we’re thinking about how to get to the future.” (JN)
Critical Friends Episode 17: On Imagining Hopefully
Dan Hartland is joined by Paul March-Russell and Jacqueline Nyathi to discuss speculative fiction’s approach to hope and optimism. Where has it gone? How do writers express it? And what are its pit…
strangehorizons.com
First(ish) time on a (books, definitely) podcast! (I’m really shy and talking is hard). But Dan and Paul were really great to chat with and this is a subject I’m apparently really passionate about 😆
Oh no TIL the US term is "rejigger"
November 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Oh no TIL the US term is "rejigger"
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I've removed the paid tiers on my patreon. It's no longer active but you can read the archives. Stories, poems, reviews, musings. I tried my best and some of it isn't bad.
patreon.com/Thatweirdjay
patreon.com/Thatweirdjay
Get more from Jayaprakash Satyamurthy on Patreon
creating Short stories and poetry
patreon.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I've removed the paid tiers on my patreon. It's no longer active but you can read the archives. Stories, poems, reviews, musings. I tried my best and some of it isn't bad.
patreon.com/Thatweirdjay
patreon.com/Thatweirdjay
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We have just extended our Lend & Mend collection AGAIN so along with our loanable tools and sewing machines we now have a loanable collection of KITCHENWARE. Baking tins, flan dishes, cutters and more. 🍳 #GreenLibraries #LoveLibraries
Find out more at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/kitchenware/
Find out more at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/kitchenware/
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 AM
We have just extended our Lend & Mend collection AGAIN so along with our loanable tools and sewing machines we now have a loanable collection of KITCHENWARE. Baking tins, flan dishes, cutters and more. 🍳 #GreenLibraries #LoveLibraries
Find out more at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/kitchenware/
Find out more at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/kitchenware/
So few spoons 🥺
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
So few spoons 🥺
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Not that I advocate 'adversarial poems' but scrambling LLMs is pretty cool via @lithub.com.web.brid.gy
lithub.com/can-adversar... #poetrysky
lithub.com/can-adversar... #poetrysky
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Not that I advocate 'adversarial poems' but scrambling LLMs is pretty cool via @lithub.com.web.brid.gy
lithub.com/can-adversar... #poetrysky
lithub.com/can-adversar... #poetrysky
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Today I was reading a book in a cafe. I'm part of the performative male problem! You can briefly cancel me.
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Today I was reading a book in a cafe. I'm part of the performative male problem! You can briefly cancel me.
I love reading about the fall of Empire
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I love reading about the fall of Empire
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Capitalism has failed us: radical abundance is the answer.
Get your copy of Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social here: www.plutobooks.com/product/radi...
Get your copy of Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social here: www.plutobooks.com/product/radi...
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Capitalism has failed us: radical abundance is the answer.
Get your copy of Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social here: www.plutobooks.com/product/radi...
Get your copy of Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future by @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social and @bertrussell.bsky.social here: www.plutobooks.com/product/radi...
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Zines from the zine store: interdimensional portals -- robots in faraway xeric ecosystems -- supernatural entities in the dak bungalow
www.blaft.com/collections/...
www.blaft.com/collections/...
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Zines from the zine store: interdimensional portals -- robots in faraway xeric ecosystems -- supernatural entities in the dak bungalow
www.blaft.com/collections/...
www.blaft.com/collections/...
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1/4 We join the national and wider community in mourning the passing of television and film producer, director, and writer Danielle Dieffenthaller.
In addition to an extensive career that included creating groundbreaking television series and music videos for Caribbean artists …/2
In addition to an extensive career that included creating groundbreaking television series and music videos for Caribbean artists …/2
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
1/4 We join the national and wider community in mourning the passing of television and film producer, director, and writer Danielle Dieffenthaller.
In addition to an extensive career that included creating groundbreaking television series and music videos for Caribbean artists …/2
In addition to an extensive career that included creating groundbreaking television series and music videos for Caribbean artists …/2
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The price per kilo is more than $80.
No one has a single dollar in Gaza…
This is ethnic cleansing and the annihilation of all attempts to live.
No one has a single dollar in Gaza…
This is ethnic cleansing and the annihilation of all attempts to live.
Did you know that a cooking gas cylinder in Gaza currently costs $1,000?
April 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The price per kilo is more than $80.
No one has a single dollar in Gaza…
This is ethnic cleansing and the annihilation of all attempts to live.
No one has a single dollar in Gaza…
This is ethnic cleansing and the annihilation of all attempts to live.
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if I had a gazillion dollars, I would create an experience library for writers. do you want to know what something smells like? do you want to know what it was like to use this artifact? do you want to walk around a period-accurate house? we've got it along with specialists to explain.
November 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
if I had a gazillion dollars, I would create an experience library for writers. do you want to know what something smells like? do you want to know what it was like to use this artifact? do you want to walk around a period-accurate house? we've got it along with specialists to explain.
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My endorsement on the back cover of Christopher James' new pamphlet...
‘In The Ice Sonnets, Christopher James tells the story of Shackleton’s expedition via a collage effect of juxtaposing exquisitely drawn pen portraits, drawing out the group dynamics that develop in extreme conditions.’
‘In The Ice Sonnets, Christopher James tells the story of Shackleton’s expedition via a collage effect of juxtaposing exquisitely drawn pen portraits, drawing out the group dynamics that develop in extreme conditions.’
November 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
My endorsement on the back cover of Christopher James' new pamphlet...
‘In The Ice Sonnets, Christopher James tells the story of Shackleton’s expedition via a collage effect of juxtaposing exquisitely drawn pen portraits, drawing out the group dynamics that develop in extreme conditions.’
‘In The Ice Sonnets, Christopher James tells the story of Shackleton’s expedition via a collage effect of juxtaposing exquisitely drawn pen portraits, drawing out the group dynamics that develop in extreme conditions.’
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Call for Papers for 5th World Congress of Scottish Literatures is out:pleased to be giving keynote,'Burns along the New Silk Road' @iassl.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @scroll-scotlit.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @glasgowburns.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social scotlit-iassl.org/2025/11/11/c...
Call for Papers: 5th World Congress of Scottish Literatures: Scotland Along the New Silk Road (17-20 June 2027)
The Fifth World Congress of Scottish Literatures will be held at Nanjing Normal University in Nanjing, China, on 17-20 June 2027. Being China’s first city designated as a “UNESCO City of Literature…
scotlit-iassl.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Call for Papers for 5th World Congress of Scottish Literatures is out:pleased to be giving keynote,'Burns along the New Silk Road' @iassl.bsky.social @asls.org.uk @scroll-scotlit.bsky.social @sahavoice.bsky.social @glasgowburns.bsky.social @paulinemackay.bsky.social scotlit-iassl.org/2025/11/11/c...
Utterly gorgeous
Saving this to read later but just a glimpse at it and WOW that's some web design!
I love everything about this piece by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social, and bonus is also learning about the Alter Magazine. Read it on a bigger screen, if you're able.
altermag.com/articles/the...
altermag.com/articles/the...
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Utterly gorgeous
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Saving this to read later but just a glimpse at it and WOW that's some web design!
I love everything about this piece by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social, and bonus is also learning about the Alter Magazine. Read it on a bigger screen, if you're able.
altermag.com/articles/the...
altermag.com/articles/the...
The Secret History of Indian Science Fiction.
Before Asimov, there was Rokeya.
altermag.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Saving this to read later but just a glimpse at it and WOW that's some web design!
Yes!
“If your culture is an oral culture it can’t be a lecture. Otherwise, nobody’s gonna remember the stories.”
Breathing Life into America’s Indigenous Stories - Electric Literature
Julian Brave NoiseCat uprooted his life to record disappearing native stories about fathers, sons, and Coyote in “We Survived the Night”
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Yes!
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Brandon Taylor joins the #LARBRadioHour to talk about his latest novel, “Minor Black Figures," the white gaze, and how to write a good sex scene. Listen now on LARB's site, or wherever you find podcasts: https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/brandon-taylor-minor-black-figures/
November 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Brandon Taylor joins the #LARBRadioHour to talk about his latest novel, “Minor Black Figures," the white gaze, and how to write a good sex scene. Listen now on LARB's site, or wherever you find podcasts: https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/brandon-taylor-minor-black-figures/
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On my Patreon, a post about the
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
podcast, my
@thedeadlands.com
poem, and queer(ing) Soviet Yiddish theatre
www.patreon.com/posts/144219...
Also, I published a poem for my patrons yesterday.
You can access all that for $1 a month
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
podcast, my
@thedeadlands.com
poem, and queer(ing) Soviet Yiddish theatre
www.patreon.com/posts/144219...
Also, I published a poem for my patrons yesterday.
You can access all that for $1 a month
Diaspora podcast, Old Marketplace, and Queering History | R.B. Lemberg
Get more from R.B. Lemberg on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
On my Patreon, a post about the
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
podcast, my
@thedeadlands.com
poem, and queer(ing) Soviet Yiddish theatre
www.patreon.com/posts/144219...
Also, I published a poem for my patrons yesterday.
You can access all that for $1 a month
@strangehorizons.bsky.social
podcast, my
@thedeadlands.com
poem, and queer(ing) Soviet Yiddish theatre
www.patreon.com/posts/144219...
Also, I published a poem for my patrons yesterday.
You can access all that for $1 a month
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Here’s a brilliant auction raising funds for #Sudan. There’s a massive range of cool arty things you can bid on!
Are you looking for a christmas present for a creative person? Hoo boy do we have the auction for you. Hundreds of creatives from 20 countries are raising funds for people fleeing Genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Huge names, huge items! Bid here! app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Art by @raafaye, insta
Art by @raafaye, insta
November 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Here’s a brilliant auction raising funds for #Sudan. There’s a massive range of cool arty things you can bid on!
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“The unread pile of books shouldn’t be guilt-inducing but reassuring; proof that we have access to thoughts and stories we might love. Bookshelves show what subjects and ideas spark our curiosity. Owning a book can be as emotionally satisfying as reading it.” www.vogue.in/content/in-d...
In defence of buying books you may never read
If we’re going to be materialistic, it might as well be about books
www.vogue.in
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“The unread pile of books shouldn’t be guilt-inducing but reassuring; proof that we have access to thoughts and stories we might love. Bookshelves show what subjects and ideas spark our curiosity. Owning a book can be as emotionally satisfying as reading it.” www.vogue.in/content/in-d...
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at the height of globalization it was important to emphasize localism or particularism but now that we’re entering an era of fragmentation characterized by spheres of influence maybe it’s time again for universalisms
November 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
at the height of globalization it was important to emphasize localism or particularism but now that we’re entering an era of fragmentation characterized by spheres of influence maybe it’s time again for universalisms
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“Celestial Eyes” by John Uche and Francis Goodluck won the 2025 Nommo Award for Best Graphic Novel.
🔗 globalcomix.com/read/0f31164...
🔗 globalcomix.com/read/0f31164...
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“Celestial Eyes” by John Uche and Francis Goodluck won the 2025 Nommo Award for Best Graphic Novel.
🔗 globalcomix.com/read/0f31164...
🔗 globalcomix.com/read/0f31164...
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"From Across Time” by @izom-chisom.bsky.social won the 2025 Nommo Award for Best Short Story.
🔗 clarkesworldmagazine.com/umeh_12_24/
🔗 clarkesworldmagazine.com/umeh_12_24/
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"From Across Time” by @izom-chisom.bsky.social won the 2025 Nommo Award for Best Short Story.
🔗 clarkesworldmagazine.com/umeh_12_24/
🔗 clarkesworldmagazine.com/umeh_12_24/
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“Lost Ark Dreaming” by @suyidavies.com won the 2025 Nommo Award for Best Novella.
🔗 torpublishinggroup.com/lost-ark-dre...
🔗 torpublishinggroup.com/lost-ark-dre...
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“Lost Ark Dreaming” by @suyidavies.com won the 2025 Nommo Award for Best Novella.
🔗 torpublishinggroup.com/lost-ark-dre...
🔗 torpublishinggroup.com/lost-ark-dre...