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William Alexander
@willalex.bsky.social
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National Book Award-winning author of unrealisms—mostly for young readers. SUNWARD, my first novel for grownups, is out now from Saga Press. He/him.

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Twin citizens, this is happening TODAY!
sequoian.bsky.social Sequoia Nagamatsu @sequoian.bsky.social · 3d
Twin Cities folks! Reminder that its one of the big book events of the year tomorrow and this conversation in particular looks like fire 🔥 . . . already armed with both of these books for some fresh author ink.
willalex.bsky.social William Alexander @willalex.bsky.social · 7d
People of Minneapolis and Saint Paul!

Join us at the Twin Cities Book Festival on Saturday, where the great @ambersparks.bsky.social and myself will chat about finding family in speculative fiction:

twincitiesbookfestival.com/william-alex...
November 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
willalex.bsky.social
TOMORROW
November 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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sequoian.bsky.social
Twin Cities folks! Reminder that its one of the big book events of the year tomorrow and this conversation in particular looks like fire 🔥 . . . already armed with both of these books for some fresh author ink.
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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schwartzwords.bsky.social
WHAT IF WE JUST INVESTED IN ARTISTS AND AUTHORS LIKE MANY OTHER COUNTRIES
unusualwhales.bsky.social Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 5d
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
willalex.bsky.social
Haaaaaaaaappy BOOOOOOOOOOOK DAAAAAAAAAY dear @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social and @marthabee.bsky.social haaaaaaaaaappy boooooooook daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay tooooooooooooooooooooooooo YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU
katemessner.com Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 7d
MRS. Z'S CLASS is growing!!

Happy book birthday to @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social & @marthabee.bsky.social whose new books THEO CHANG IS NOT A CAT and THUNDER NELSON DOES THE IMPOSSUMBLE are out today from @littlebrownyr.bsky.social, both illustrated by the inimitable @katfcomix.bsky.social!
Book cover THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS: THEO CHANG IS NOT A CAT by Mike Jung has a yellow background with orange and white title graphics and shows an Asian American third grade boy in a green sweatshirt holding a surly wiggly brown and black cat as two other boys look on. Book cover THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS: THUNDER NELSON DOES THE IMPOSSUMBLE by Martha Brockenbrought has an orange background with wine-red and white title graphics and shows a third grade girl with wild reddish brown hair and a green tee shirt holding a cardboard box with a baby possum inside as two of her classmates look on.
November 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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katemessner.com
This makes TEN books for THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS - with two more on the way in March! How many have you read so far?
Blue graphic with yellow font reads: "Buy the book and the series. Kids need access to this diverse classroom of students who face everyday crises with their supportive friends, and this gentle read shows the goodness in the world without being overly sappy."--SLJ -- and shows twelve tiny colorful book covers for THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS
November 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
willalex.bsky.social
People of Minneapolis and Saint Paul!

Join us at the Twin Cities Book Festival on Saturday, where the great @ambersparks.bsky.social and myself will chat about finding family in speculative fiction:

twincitiesbookfestival.com/william-alex...
William Alexander and Amber Sparks
Finding Family in Speculative Fiction Saturday, November 8, 20252:30pm, Veterans Gallery (located upstairs from the Book Fair) ★ This event is ASL interpreted! Two lauded masters in their respective f...
twincitiesbookfestival.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
willalex.bsky.social
Centrists peddle Diet Coke while the right sells cocaine.

You can’t ween folks away from the rush of uncut fascism with sips of carbonated, sugar-free betrayal.

Both kinds of coke are bad.
erininthemorning.com Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10d
9. The only way forward is to stand unapologetically on principle—as Andy Beshear did in Kentucky, citing it as the very reason for his success—not to chase the approval of consultants who mistake cowardice for strategy and appeasement for leadership.
Opinion | I’m the Governor of Kentucky. Here’s How Democrats Can Win Again.
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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heykellyjensen.bsky.social
A hallmark of this year's Banned Books Week? The censoring of Banned Books Week.

That, plus this week's extensive roundup of book censorship news: bookriot.com/banning-bann...
The Banning of Banned Books Week: Book Censorship News, October 31, 2025
Banned Books Week is being quietly banned in public libraries across the US. This is a political choice in an era where libraries continue to claim being "not political."
bookriot.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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georgiadipirro.bsky.social
2,400 year-old skeleton mosaic reads:

“Be cheerful, enjoy your life”

Discovered in Turkey
May 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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adaspota.bsky.social
Halloween parade for the children of Uncanny Valley, Pennsylvania, 1918
#Halloween
October 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
willalex.bsky.social
“Supernatural horror is a technique for restoring the right kind of emotion to the horrifying things that people do or that are done to people. You’re reestablishing that a terrifying thing is, in fact, terrifying.”
- @kellylink.bsky.social
orionmagazine.bsky.social Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 12d
If stories are like magic tricks, then Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link are magicians. The two masters of fiction and horror talk shop in this conversation from our fairy-tale issue (a.k.a., perfect mood reading for this spooky week).
People Behaving Badly
Carmen Maria Machado and Kelly Link on fairy tales and horror
orionmagazine.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
willalex.bsky.social
ICYMI: The bookish conversation between Claire, Carlos, and myself at the wondrous @kewandwillow.bsky.social has been archived below!
csecooney.bsky.social C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 17d
That was super fun. Archived video of @willalex.bsky.social at @kewandwillow.bsky.social here:
www.instagram.com/reel/DQK9L8A...
csecooney.bsky.social C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 18d
Tonight tonight!
7 PM at Kew and Willow Books
8163 Lefferts Blvd
Kew Gardens, NY
Do come and hang out with us! We LOVED @willalex.bsky.social‘s SUNWARD, and we want to share it with the world! Thank you, @kewandwillow.bsky.social, for hosting us!
October 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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csecooney.bsky.social
That was super fun. Archived video of @willalex.bsky.social at @kewandwillow.bsky.social here:
www.instagram.com/reel/DQK9L8A...
csecooney.bsky.social C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 18d
Tonight tonight!
7 PM at Kew and Willow Books
8163 Lefferts Blvd
Kew Gardens, NY
Do come and hang out with us! We LOVED @willalex.bsky.social‘s SUNWARD, and we want to share it with the world! Thank you, @kewandwillow.bsky.social, for hosting us!
csecooney.bsky.social C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 19d
Oh my goodness, happening tomorrow! Carlos and I get to be in conversation with @willalex.bsky.social at the great @kewandwillow.bsky.social!

kewandwillow.com/event/2025-1...
October 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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csecooney.bsky.social
Carlos & I had a really great game day yesterday. We playtested an iteration of @willalex.bsky.social’s
slumber party RPG & our own RPG from @outlandent.bsky.social, NEGOCIOS INFERNALES. We played DICE MINER, a press-your-luck dice-drafting game. YAY! outlandentertainment.com/collections/...
Left to right: William Alexander, C. S. E. Cooney, and Carlos Hernandez, at a table laid out with the TTRPG Negocios Infernales. William Alexander at a table role playing in the TTRPG Negocios Infernales. Carlos Hernandez at a table, roleplaying in the TTRPG Negocios Infernales. A table laid out with some of the cards and character sheets and other elements of the TTRPG Negocios Infernales.
October 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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willalex.bsky.social
People of Brooklyn! I’ll be at the King’s Bay Public Library at 2pm today (Saturday) to chat with the great Carlos Hernandez, and there will be sushi. Details below…
October 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
willalex.bsky.social
People of Brooklyn! I’ll be at the King’s Bay Public Library at 2pm today (Saturday) to chat with the great Carlos Hernandez, and there will be sushi. Details below…
October 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
willalex.bsky.social
There will be words TONIGHT!
csecooney.bsky.social C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 18d
Tonight tonight!
7 PM at Kew and Willow Books
8163 Lefferts Blvd
Kew Gardens, NY
Do come and hang out with us! We LOVED @willalex.bsky.social‘s SUNWARD, and we want to share it with the world! Thank you, @kewandwillow.bsky.social, for hosting us!
csecooney.bsky.social C. S. E. Cooney @csecooney.bsky.social · 19d
Oh my goodness, happening tomorrow! Carlos and I get to be in conversation with @willalex.bsky.social at the great @kewandwillow.bsky.social!

kewandwillow.com/event/2025-1...
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
willalex.bsky.social
“SUNWARD manages to broach some of the thornier questions about the nature of personhood while also cozily insisting on the importance of good coffee to human comfort, now and forever.”
☕️ 🚀

www.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...
Book Review: Science Fiction ‘Sunward,’ William Alexander
The National Book Award-winning author’s new “cozy science fiction” novel takes place in the far future and pivots on the personhood of AI.
www.sevendaysvt.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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csecooney.bsky.social
Oh my goodness, happening tomorrow! Carlos and I get to be in conversation with @willalex.bsky.social at the great @kewandwillow.bsky.social!

kewandwillow.com/event/2025-1...
In Conversation: William Alexander with C. S. E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez
kewandwillow.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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I am delighted and honoured to say that my second novel RAKESFALL has won the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! vajra.me/2025/10/21/r...
RAKESFALL wins the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
RAKESFALL wins the Le Guin Prize!
vajra.me
October 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
willalex.bsky.social
A list of bookish things I'll be doing THIS WEEK in NYC:
October 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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ursulakleguin.com
The selectors said: "Rakesfall is an extraordinary achievement in science fiction, and a titanic work of art.”

You can read the panel's full statement and watch Chandrasekera's acceptance speech here: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize25
Ursula K. Le Guin — 2025 Prize for Fiction
www.ursulakleguin.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Congratulations to Vajra Chandrasekera (@vajra.me), recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Rakesfall!

Chandrasekera's book was chosen by authors Matt Bell, Indra Das, Kelly Link, Sequoia Nagamatsu, and Rebecca Roanhorse.
Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera, with the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction sticker on the cover Vajra Chandrasekera, photo by Sanjeewa Weerasinghe. The author sits at a white table, arms resting in front of him, wearing a tan jacket and a white shirt.
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM