Anuja Varghese
@anuja-v.bsky.social
Author of CHRYSALIS (2023) and A KISS OF CRIMSON ASH (coming May 2026)
Canadian ARCs of AKOCA are starting to go out and I am so excited to welcome y’all to this epic swoony medieval India-inspired world! 🔥💋🔥
(I’ve been living here alone for YEARS.. it’s ok, it DEFINITELY hasn’t made me weird.. 😂😂😳😳)
Anyway.. you can preorder it now! ☺️
(I’ve been living here alone for YEARS.. it’s ok, it DEFINITELY hasn’t made me weird.. 😂😂😳😳)
Anyway.. you can preorder it now! ☺️
November 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Canadian ARCs of AKOCA are starting to go out and I am so excited to welcome y’all to this epic swoony medieval India-inspired world! 🔥💋🔥
(I’ve been living here alone for YEARS.. it’s ok, it DEFINITELY hasn’t made me weird.. 😂😂😳😳)
Anyway.. you can preorder it now! ☺️
(I’ve been living here alone for YEARS.. it’s ok, it DEFINITELY hasn’t made me weird.. 😂😂😳😳)
Anyway.. you can preorder it now! ☺️
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Hamilton: I'm hosting the #HamOnt launch of Veena Gokhale's Annapurna's Bounty this Tues, Sep 30, 6:30pm at Epic Books. Veena will be joined by 2 contributors of the @dundurnpress.bsky.social Devouring Tomorrow anthology @anuja-v.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social. There will be snacks! #CanLit
September 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Hamilton: I'm hosting the #HamOnt launch of Veena Gokhale's Annapurna's Bounty this Tues, Sep 30, 6:30pm at Epic Books. Veena will be joined by 2 contributors of the @dundurnpress.bsky.social Devouring Tomorrow anthology @anuja-v.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social. There will be snacks! #CanLit
Thrilled to reveal the EPIC USA/UK cover of A KISS OF CRIMSON ASH - my debut medieval India inspired D&D x Bollywood romantasy out with @orbitbooks.bsky.social May 2026!
September 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Thrilled to reveal the EPIC USA/UK cover of A KISS OF CRIMSON ASH - my debut medieval India inspired D&D x Bollywood romantasy out with @orbitbooks.bsky.social May 2026!
Enter!! I wanna read your work!!
Our 2025 Fiction Contest is now open for submissions! This year's contest is being judged by Anuja Varghese.
Prize: $2000 + Publication
Deadline: September 2, 2025
Guidelines: thefiddlehead.ca/contests/fic...
#callforauthors #submissionsopen #canlit #fiction #callforfiction #litmag
Prize: $2000 + Publication
Deadline: September 2, 2025
Guidelines: thefiddlehead.ca/contests/fic...
#callforauthors #submissionsopen #canlit #fiction #callforfiction #litmag
July 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Enter!! I wanna read your work!!
WHO’S READY FOR @gritlitfestival.bsky.social 📚📚📚 We’re taking over downtown #hamont with tons of authors, panels, events, workshops, prizes + books for sale! I’m there Friday chatting about DEVOURING TOMORROW + Saturday hosting the MAIN CHARACTER ENERGY panel. Stop by and say hi!
April 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
WHO’S READY FOR @gritlitfestival.bsky.social 📚📚📚 We’re taking over downtown #hamont with tons of authors, panels, events, workshops, prizes + books for sale! I’m there Friday chatting about DEVOURING TOMORROW + Saturday hosting the MAIN CHARACTER ENERGY panel. Stop by and say hi!
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This week, Dave and I chat with the incredible @anuja-v.bsky.social about winning awards, writing and rejection, and where Brent learns about a new literature genre: #romantasy Available wherever you pod! @daveparkie.bsky.social
rejectedcentral.com
rejectedcentral.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This week, Dave and I chat with the incredible @anuja-v.bsky.social about winning awards, writing and rejection, and where Brent learns about a new literature genre: #romantasy Available wherever you pod! @daveparkie.bsky.social
rejectedcentral.com
rejectedcentral.com
Turns out having writers shun your writing prize is bad!
Kudos to the Gillers for (being pushed and petitioned and protested and publicly shamed into) doing the right thing.
And so much love to every #CanLit writer who had a hand (or a voice or a pen) in this fight. ✍🏾🍉❤️
Kudos to the Gillers for (being pushed and petitioned and protested and publicly shamed into) doing the right thing.
And so much love to every #CanLit writer who had a hand (or a voice or a pen) in this fight. ✍🏾🍉❤️
NEW: The Giller Prize is cutting ties with main sponsor Scotiabank today, months before their contract is set to end
This comes after more than a year of pushback from CanLit and beyond over Scotia's ties to Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems
www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/a...
This comes after more than a year of pushback from CanLit and beyond over Scotia's ties to Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems
www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/a...
Giller Foundation cuts ties with lead sponsor Scotiabank
The foundation that administers the Giller Prize didn’t say why it ended the partnership, but the sponsorship has recently come under fire over a Scotiabank subsidiary’s investment in an Israeli arms ...
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Turns out having writers shun your writing prize is bad!
Kudos to the Gillers for (being pushed and petitioned and protested and publicly shamed into) doing the right thing.
And so much love to every #CanLit writer who had a hand (or a voice or a pen) in this fight. ✍🏾🍉❤️
Kudos to the Gillers for (being pushed and petitioned and protested and publicly shamed into) doing the right thing.
And so much love to every #CanLit writer who had a hand (or a voice or a pen) in this fight. ✍🏾🍉❤️
Come hang out in #hamont for the long weekend! I’m recording LIVE with @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social about “what happened next” and lemme tell you.. SOME THINGS HAPPENED!
I have two things happening at the Feb 15 Sharp Words Book Fair in #hamont:
1pm - Doing the first live WHAT HAPPENED NEXT recording, with @anuja-v.bsky.social ...
sharpwords.ca
1pm - Doing the first live WHAT HAPPENED NEXT recording, with @anuja-v.bsky.social ...
sharpwords.ca
January 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Come hang out in #hamont for the long weekend! I’m recording LIVE with @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social about “what happened next” and lemme tell you.. SOME THINGS HAPPENED!
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WOW! Apply to @banffcentre.bsky.social's SCIENCE FICTION residency w/ mentorship from @aijiang.bsky.social,
@premeemohamed.com & @amalelmohtar.com : www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
Att'n @locusmag.bsky.social @theignyteawards.bsky.social @thehugoawards.bsky.social @worldfantasy2024.bsky.social
@premeemohamed.com & @amalelmohtar.com : www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
Att'n @locusmag.bsky.social @theignyteawards.bsky.social @thehugoawards.bsky.social @worldfantasy2024.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
WOW! Apply to @banffcentre.bsky.social's SCIENCE FICTION residency w/ mentorship from @aijiang.bsky.social,
@premeemohamed.com & @amalelmohtar.com : www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
Att'n @locusmag.bsky.social @theignyteawards.bsky.social @thehugoawards.bsky.social @worldfantasy2024.bsky.social
@premeemohamed.com & @amalelmohtar.com : www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
Att'n @locusmag.bsky.social @theignyteawards.bsky.social @thehugoawards.bsky.social @worldfantasy2024.bsky.social
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It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.
January 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.
So @je2fs.bsky.social is making me watch #TwinPeaks which I’ve never actually seen.. and I realize that I’m.. 35 years late to this party.. but what. the. actual. fuck.
January 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
So @je2fs.bsky.social is making me watch #TwinPeaks which I’ve never actually seen.. and I realize that I’m.. 35 years late to this party.. but what. the. actual. fuck.
New DOUBLE ISSUE of the Ex-Puritan out now! Six new fiction pieces + contest winners + poetry, essays, interviews, reviews and more. Check it out! ex-puritan.ca
January 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
New DOUBLE ISSUE of the Ex-Puritan out now! Six new fiction pieces + contest winners + poetry, essays, interviews, reviews and more. Check it out! ex-puritan.ca
My first fortune of 2025 and this is the energy I’m taking into all my writing this year. On the bulletin board it goes! 📌
January 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
My first fortune of 2025 and this is the energy I’m taking into all my writing this year. On the bulletin board it goes! 📌
Such a good conversation b/w Noor Naga and @elamin.bsky.social about why so many Canadian authors are boycotting the Gillers.. and why our actions make a difference.
Interview starts at 10:40 - give it a listen!
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7415081
Interview starts at 10:40 - give it a listen!
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7415081
Can CanLit move forward from the Giller Prize controversy?
www.cbc.ca
December 21, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Such a good conversation b/w Noor Naga and @elamin.bsky.social about why so many Canadian authors are boycotting the Gillers.. and why our actions make a difference.
Interview starts at 10:40 - give it a listen!
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7415081
Interview starts at 10:40 - give it a listen!
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7415081
I hope the United Healthcare hitman goes back for the receptionist’s number. “I know I’m the subject of an international manhunt right now but.. I just had to see you again.”
Someone’s writing this script already, right? It’s already in production at the W network.
Someone’s writing this script already, right? It’s already in production at the W network.
December 6, 2024 at 3:50 PM
I hope the United Healthcare hitman goes back for the receptionist’s number. “I know I’m the subject of an international manhunt right now but.. I just had to see you again.”
Someone’s writing this script already, right? It’s already in production at the W network.
Someone’s writing this script already, right? It’s already in production at the W network.
Not me over here crying at the Christmas episode of IS IT CAKE
a woman in a plaid shirt is crying and says why am i crying ?
ALT: a woman in a plaid shirt is crying and says why am i crying ?
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Not me over here crying at the Christmas episode of IS IT CAKE
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Over 1k followers! So as promised, here is a #giveaway to win signed copies of my post-apocalyptic #fantasy duology: Markswoman and Mahimata. To enter, just like, repost, and follow.
✨Runs 11 Nov - 18 Nov.
✨ Winner announced on 19 Nov.
✨US and Canada only
#Booksky #Giveaways #SFF
✨Runs 11 Nov - 18 Nov.
✨ Winner announced on 19 Nov.
✨US and Canada only
#Booksky #Giveaways #SFF
November 11, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Over 1k followers! So as promised, here is a #giveaway to win signed copies of my post-apocalyptic #fantasy duology: Markswoman and Mahimata. To enter, just like, repost, and follow.
✨Runs 11 Nov - 18 Nov.
✨ Winner announced on 19 Nov.
✨US and Canada only
#Booksky #Giveaways #SFF
✨Runs 11 Nov - 18 Nov.
✨ Winner announced on 19 Nov.
✨US and Canada only
#Booksky #Giveaways #SFF
Hi Blue Sky! 👋🏾 This is me and this is my book. Other fun facts:
I write lit fic, SFF, and romance/erotica that centre brown girls + queer folks ✍🏾🏳️🌈✍🏾
I’m the Fiction Editor at the Ex-Puritan magazine 📖
I live in Canada with my partner, 2 kids and 2 cats 😸😸
I write lit fic, SFF, and romance/erotica that centre brown girls + queer folks ✍🏾🏳️🌈✍🏾
I’m the Fiction Editor at the Ex-Puritan magazine 📖
I live in Canada with my partner, 2 kids and 2 cats 😸😸
November 17, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Hi Blue Sky! 👋🏾 This is me and this is my book. Other fun facts:
I write lit fic, SFF, and romance/erotica that centre brown girls + queer folks ✍🏾🏳️🌈✍🏾
I’m the Fiction Editor at the Ex-Puritan magazine 📖
I live in Canada with my partner, 2 kids and 2 cats 😸😸
I write lit fic, SFF, and romance/erotica that centre brown girls + queer folks ✍🏾🏳️🌈✍🏾
I’m the Fiction Editor at the Ex-Puritan magazine 📖
I live in Canada with my partner, 2 kids and 2 cats 😸😸