Excellent. Elizabeth Bear? Machine is my fave

Have you tried him on murderbot?

Very good if joyless

Seconded. @roycerk2.bsky.social

I stole Dyschronia from music criticism for this purpose

Huge thanks to outgoing chair & all-round legend @sophtree.bsky.social, to the entire Board, to our brilliant, hardworking CEO Lucy Hayward and all @asauthors.bsky.social staff for your hard work.

Feeling deeply nourished and fully charged for the work ahead.

Finally, a delight to witness the ASA medal presented to our dear comrade Kirsty Murray. Love and solidarity among writers is a beautiful thing, in these times most of all.

It was a much-needed reminder of the extraordinary public value of writing and of reading. We are all so lucky to have intellectuals of this calibre in our literary ecosystem.

We were treated to a beautiful poetry reading from Nam Le, and then the incredible keynote delivered by @leahjing.bsky.social - a powerful, intimate examination of the work of some of our finest & most urgent poets, incl @evelynaraluen.bsky.social & Hasib Hourani.

Related: journalists, join your union! Solidarity makes us braver

Yeah, there was some filler! Unlike Nebraska