So excited to have this now live - we have a couple more weeks until submissions open for our first anthology, WHO AM I: Sapphic Speculative Fiction of Identity and Purpose. We all know Sapphics love Specfic - as an emerging publishing house we're committed to amplifying sapphic voices. #booksky

When gleefully buying new, beautiful matched sets of my favourite books (behaviour which I'm sure the authors themselves approve of!), I never stopped to think about the fact that I have limited shelf space. Where do the old beloved, raggedy, stained versions of my books go? Book heaven? #booksky

Still a few days left to get this incredible bundle of 32 books of trans fiction by trans authors. You'll be helping a lot of authors and getting some very good books by supporting this bundle, including my trans dragon tale, Dragon's Soul.

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Bargain! (yes, I think Amazon is evil too, but sometimes this is the only place queer books and indie/self pubbed writers can distribute and they deserve to be read, so...) Metal from Heaven by August Clarke is $1.99 on kindle/kobo in the US and $2.99 in Australia! www.amazon.com/Metal-Heaven...

World Fantasy Awards Winners

The November 2025 issue of Clarkesworld features stories by R.H. Wesley, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Tade Thompson, Ramiro Sanchiz, Chisom Umeh, Brent Baldwin, and Kemi Ashing-Giwa.
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Our Nov 2025 FamPunk issue is now available on our website and via Weightless! Selected by our guest editor Emma Burnett, this issue features spec-fic families of all sorts. Go small and go home!
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@qospress.bsky.social devouring this!! It’s insane in the best way. Highly recommended to anyone who loves queer specfic.

Can I love this enough? Probably not. I never seem to love things a normal amount. One of my fave writers dissects another fave writer on a subject I feel passionate about. Go. Read. reactormag.com/everyones-in...

Too true!! It takes more effort to hunt them down elsewhere but worth it!

The ASA welcomes the Albanese Government’s decision to rule out a Text and Data Mining (TDM) exception to Australian copyright law, which would have allowed for AI training on authors’ work.

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I need lesbian/queer/sapphic fantasy artist (think hyper realistic dragons, mythical figures, monsters) who is open for commissions and has time to do some work for me NOW. Ready to pay good rates, need finished product/s within ~3 months. Recommendations (or handraisers!) please?

How have I gone my whole life only NOW hearing about the idea of giving a book advent calendar to someone as a holiday gift? Genius.

OMG. Counting down 48 hours until @nicolaz.bsky.social re-release of the Aud Torvingen series released in Australia! Pre-ordered since May. Finally a lovely matching set. Good timing too, the cover just fell off my well-read copy of The Blue Place I’ve owned forever.

This is the kind of news I needed today. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

A brilliant character and a plot that's going places are enough for me. I don't need flowery, gorgeous language, and sometimes that's just a distraction - straightforward language and authenticity will connect with me.

Leans HEAVILY towards romance as this site tends to (and I'm good with that!). There's some great titles on this list, and it's nice coverage for indie and lesser known writers.

Truth. I’m off to Maclean’s in my home town of Newcastle NSW. macleansbooks.com.au

Picked up a copy of this on the long weekend. Seriously looking forward to it!