Wole Talabi
@wtalabi.com
Engineer | Writer | Editor
Enjoyer of Equations, Ideas & Assorted Nonsenses
Hugo, Nebula, Locus & Caine Prize finalist
My novel Shigidi out now: http://tinyurl.com/Shigidi
Enjoyer of Equations, Ideas & Assorted Nonsenses
Hugo, Nebula, Locus & Caine Prize finalist
My novel Shigidi out now: http://tinyurl.com/Shigidi
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So did I.
And yes.
And yes.
I grew up under a military dictatorship in the 90s and the refrain was always the same: you have to comply because "they can shoot you and nothing will happen". Some of the things I'm seeing on the news and timeline are looking very reminiscent of those bad times.
January 26, 2026 at 12:14 PM
So did I.
And yes.
And yes.
I grew up under a military dictatorship in the 90s and the refrain was always the same: you have to comply because "they can shoot you and nothing will happen". Some of the things I'm seeing on the news and timeline are looking very reminiscent of those bad times.
January 25, 2026 at 10:40 AM
I grew up under a military dictatorship in the 90s and the refrain was always the same: you have to comply because "they can shoot you and nothing will happen". Some of the things I'm seeing on the news and timeline are looking very reminiscent of those bad times.
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Folks, don't listen to the folks that tell you AI will take away your busywork.
Busywork performs a function. While you're doing it, background processes are still working on more complex problems.
You may find yourself 'miraculously' able to solve a knotty problem after some busywork.
Busywork performs a function. While you're doing it, background processes are still working on more complex problems.
You may find yourself 'miraculously' able to solve a knotty problem after some busywork.
January 24, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Folks, don't listen to the folks that tell you AI will take away your busywork.
Busywork performs a function. While you're doing it, background processes are still working on more complex problems.
You may find yourself 'miraculously' able to solve a knotty problem after some busywork.
Busywork performs a function. While you're doing it, background processes are still working on more complex problems.
You may find yourself 'miraculously' able to solve a knotty problem after some busywork.
Very cool to find my novella 'Descent' on the BSFA Award Longlist.
🚀 Congratulations to all those longlisted for BSFA Awards!
Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works!
bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works!
bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Vote for the BSFA Awards
bsfa.co.uk
January 23, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Very cool to find my novella 'Descent' on the BSFA Award Longlist.
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🚀 Congratulations to all those longlisted for BSFA Awards!
Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works!
bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works!
bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Vote for the BSFA Awards
bsfa.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 6:22 PM
🚀 Congratulations to all those longlisted for BSFA Awards!
Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works!
bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works!
bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
I'm starting to think the Academy doesnt know Park Chan Wook exists.
January 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I'm starting to think the Academy doesnt know Park Chan Wook exists.
Despite what looks like increasing global division, I'm still seeing cooperation to resist the worst of our nature. I still believe equity, togetherness and unity will save us.
January 22, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Despite what looks like increasing global division, I'm still seeing cooperation to resist the worst of our nature. I still believe equity, togetherness and unity will save us.
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Also in #Bookpost from me to me my copy of Sauuti Terrors - short stories from the unique universe created by contemporary African writers edited by Eugen Bacon, Cheryl Ntumy & Stephe Embleton
January 22, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Also in #Bookpost from me to me my copy of Sauuti Terrors - short stories from the unique universe created by contemporary African writers edited by Eugen Bacon, Cheryl Ntumy & Stephe Embleton
It would be nice if autocorrect stopped trying to make me "whole"
January 22, 2026 at 3:15 AM
It would be nice if autocorrect stopped trying to make me "whole"
I've been thinking of a one-line pitch for my forthcoming novel THE FIST OF MEMORY and what i have so far is:
"Assassins, Ancestors, and Aliens"
Still working on it.
"Assassins, Ancestors, and Aliens"
Still working on it.
January 22, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I've been thinking of a one-line pitch for my forthcoming novel THE FIST OF MEMORY and what i have so far is:
"Assassins, Ancestors, and Aliens"
Still working on it.
"Assassins, Ancestors, and Aliens"
Still working on it.
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Clarkesworld poll!
You can select up to 6 short stories, 4 novelettes/novellas, 3 covers
My story “Through These Moments, Darkly” is in here and other faves include “Missing Helen” by @tiatashiro.bsky.social and “Descent” by @wtalabi.bsky.social, but so many fantastic stories to choose from!!!
You can select up to 6 short stories, 4 novelettes/novellas, 3 covers
My story “Through These Moments, Darkly” is in here and other faves include “Missing Helen” by @tiatashiro.bsky.social and “Descent” by @wtalabi.bsky.social, but so many fantastic stories to choose from!!!
Help us select the 2025 finalists for our annual Clarkesworld Readers' Poll.
Nominate your favorite Clarkesworld stories and cover art at:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/clarkeswor...
POLL CLOSES THURSDAY, JANUARY 22th at 3PM EST
Nominate your favorite Clarkesworld stories and cover art at:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/clarkeswor...
POLL CLOSES THURSDAY, JANUARY 22th at 3PM EST
2025 Clarkesworld Readers' Poll - Nomination Phase
You have until January 22nd 3pm EST to nominate!
www.surveymonkey.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Clarkesworld poll!
You can select up to 6 short stories, 4 novelettes/novellas, 3 covers
My story “Through These Moments, Darkly” is in here and other faves include “Missing Helen” by @tiatashiro.bsky.social and “Descent” by @wtalabi.bsky.social, but so many fantastic stories to choose from!!!
You can select up to 6 short stories, 4 novelettes/novellas, 3 covers
My story “Through These Moments, Darkly” is in here and other faves include “Missing Helen” by @tiatashiro.bsky.social and “Descent” by @wtalabi.bsky.social, but so many fantastic stories to choose from!!!
A lot of my favorite stories from last year were published in Clarkesworld (they also published my @sauutiverse.bsky.social novella "Descent"!) so its going to be near impossible to select just a few.
But hey, let your faves know you enjoyed their work by voting y'all!
But hey, let your faves know you enjoyed their work by voting y'all!
Help us select the 2025 finalists for our annual Clarkesworld Readers' Poll.
Nominate your favorite Clarkesworld stories and cover art at:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/clarkeswor...
POLL CLOSES THURSDAY, JANUARY 22th at 3PM EST
Nominate your favorite Clarkesworld stories and cover art at:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/clarkeswor...
POLL CLOSES THURSDAY, JANUARY 22th at 3PM EST
2025 Clarkesworld Readers' Poll - Nomination Phase
You have until January 22nd 3pm EST to nominate!
www.surveymonkey.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:57 AM
A lot of my favorite stories from last year were published in Clarkesworld (they also published my @sauutiverse.bsky.social novella "Descent"!) so its going to be near impossible to select just a few.
But hey, let your faves know you enjoyed their work by voting y'all!
But hey, let your faves know you enjoyed their work by voting y'all!
Sauúti Terrors Has Arrived!
Here we go. “Sauúti Terrors”, the second anthology of stories set in the first SFF Shared World created by African and African Diaspora authors which we've been working on as a collective for more than 4 years, has finally been published by Flame Tree Press! So here's…
Here we go. “Sauúti Terrors”, the second anthology of stories set in the first SFF Shared World created by African and African Diaspora authors which we've been working on as a collective for more than 4 years, has finally been published by Flame Tree Press! So here's…
Sauúti Terrors Has Arrived!
Here we go. “Sauúti Terrors”, the second anthology of stories set in the first SFF Shared World created by African and African Diaspora authors which we've been working on as a collective for more than 4 years, has finally been published by Flame Tree Press! So here's wishing a happy book release day to all of us who made this happen, especially those of you who preordered the book or even picked up copies of…
wtalabi.wordpress.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Sauúti Terrors Has Arrived!
Here we go. “Sauúti Terrors”, the second anthology of stories set in the first SFF Shared World created by African and African Diaspora authors which we've been working on as a collective for more than 4 years, has finally been published by Flame Tree Press! So here's…
Here we go. “Sauúti Terrors”, the second anthology of stories set in the first SFF Shared World created by African and African Diaspora authors which we've been working on as a collective for more than 4 years, has finally been published by Flame Tree Press! So here's…
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🎊 !!HAPPY RELEASE DAY!! 🎊
I am so thrilled this deliciously dark, diverse, and dynamic collection of short stories and poems inspired by all things African is now available wherever you buy books:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sauuti...
#booksky @sauutiverse.bsky.social
I am so thrilled this deliciously dark, diverse, and dynamic collection of short stories and poems inspired by all things African is now available wherever you buy books:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sauuti...
#booksky @sauutiverse.bsky.social
Sauúti Terrors Short Stories
A powerful dark science fiction collection in a stunning edition, bringing back the revolutionary Afrocentric Sauútiverse.Co-editors Eugen Bacon, S...
www.simonandschuster.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:04 AM
🎊 !!HAPPY RELEASE DAY!! 🎊
I am so thrilled this deliciously dark, diverse, and dynamic collection of short stories and poems inspired by all things African is now available wherever you buy books:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sauuti...
#booksky @sauutiverse.bsky.social
I am so thrilled this deliciously dark, diverse, and dynamic collection of short stories and poems inspired by all things African is now available wherever you buy books:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sauuti...
#booksky @sauutiverse.bsky.social
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Mythic fantasy. Complex Relationships. A story that spans centuries and continents. Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon will have you captivated from the first page to the last, craving for more stories told by Wole Talabi.
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January 19, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Mythic fantasy. Complex Relationships. A story that spans centuries and continents. Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon will have you captivated from the first page to the last, craving for more stories told by Wole Talabi.
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Incisive post by Cory Doctorow on AI. Worth reading and sharing imo
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Incisive post by Cory Doctorow on AI. Worth reading and sharing imo
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
So many people recommended Severance to me that I was sure i would like it. 5 episodes in and I'm surprised to find that I do not. I like things about it (the acting, the cinematography) But I hate the "mystery box"-style plot and the lack of narrative focus. It just isn't for me.
January 18, 2026 at 10:22 PM
So many people recommended Severance to me that I was sure i would like it. 5 episodes in and I'm surprised to find that I do not. I like things about it (the acting, the cinematography) But I hate the "mystery box"-style plot and the lack of narrative focus. It just isn't for me.
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It’s really hard to hold on to hope right now. Trying, I’ll keep trying because a better world has to be possible.
January 8, 2026 at 4:23 PM
It’s really hard to hold on to hope right now. Trying, I’ll keep trying because a better world has to be possible.
Grateful to see my forthcoming SF thriller THE FIST OF MEMORY on this list of excellent African fiction in 2026. 🙏🏾
Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2026
Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2026
It’s going to be another banner year (in the words of lying African governments, a “bumper harvest”) for books from authors on the Continent and in its Diaspora! Here’s your list, sorted by month, with all kinds of genres included (including children’s books, at the end of the post). There’s no way I could list every book that’s coming, but here’s what I think is notable—as always, a work in progress, subject to updates.
hararereview.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Grateful to see my forthcoming SF thriller THE FIST OF MEMORY on this list of excellent African fiction in 2026. 🙏🏾
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By chance, I just finished reading @wtalabi.bsky.social's "Descent" in Clarkesworld (one of the free Sauútiverse stories listed here): very vivid, with impressive world-building. It's long, but well worth your time.
Time for me to dive into the "Mothersound" Sauútiverse anthology, I think …
Time for me to dive into the "Mothersound" Sauútiverse anthology, I think …
Heard about the Sauútiverse? Curious but want to sample first? Check out these free-to-read Sauútiverse stories online.
With the @sauutiverse.bsky.social about to hit Glasgow to launch the new Flame Tree anthology Sauúti Terrors, @genni.bsky.social whets our appetite with some links to free work from the Afrocentric speculative universe.
britishfantasysociety.org/sauutiverse-...
britishfantasysociety.org/sauutiverse-...
January 15, 2026 at 2:16 PM
By chance, I just finished reading @wtalabi.bsky.social's "Descent" in Clarkesworld (one of the free Sauútiverse stories listed here): very vivid, with impressive world-building. It's long, but well worth your time.
Time for me to dive into the "Mothersound" Sauútiverse anthology, I think …
Time for me to dive into the "Mothersound" Sauútiverse anthology, I think …
Heard about the Sauútiverse? Curious but want to sample first? Check out these free-to-read Sauútiverse stories online.
With the @sauutiverse.bsky.social about to hit Glasgow to launch the new Flame Tree anthology Sauúti Terrors, @genni.bsky.social whets our appetite with some links to free work from the Afrocentric speculative universe.
britishfantasysociety.org/sauutiverse-...
britishfantasysociety.org/sauutiverse-...
January 15, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Heard about the Sauútiverse? Curious but want to sample first? Check out these free-to-read Sauútiverse stories online.
This was entirely predictable. 🤦🏾♂️
Paramilitary forces reportedly on Venezuela's streets, as the US State Dept tells Americans to leave the country.
Not regime change, not democratization, not a US-friendly coup, not even successful resource theft. Regime decapitation with no follow-on plan, creating instability and nothing else.
Not regime change, not democratization, not a US-friendly coup, not even successful resource theft. Regime decapitation with no follow-on plan, creating instability and nothing else.
In Venezuela, armed ‘colectivos’ are said to be setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for Americans
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
January 15, 2026 at 4:43 AM
This was entirely predictable. 🤦🏾♂️
I said this when we first launched the Sauutiverse and I still think its true. Check out this excellent review and if you can, get a copy of the book! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sauuti...
January 15, 2026 at 4:15 AM
I said this when we first launched the Sauutiverse and I still think its true. Check out this excellent review and if you can, get a copy of the book! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sauuti...