Malinda Lo
@malindalo.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author, National Book Award winner. 🏳️🌈 My brand is lesbians. https://www.malindalo.com/
Thanks to the prodigious efforts of @massaabb.bsky.social @aclum.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and the support of key senators there are now SEVERAL amendments that protect authors and strengthen the bill. MA folks please contact your senators: www.massfreedomtoread.org/news/cta-sup...
New Update and Call To Action — Mass Freedom To Read
We are excited to share the news that several senators have filed amendments that, if passed, will significantly strengthen the bill. The Mass Freedom to Read coalition has been working hard to p...
www.massfreedomtoread.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Thanks to the prodigious efforts of @massaabb.bsky.social @aclum.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social and the support of key senators there are now SEVERAL amendments that protect authors and strengthen the bill. MA folks please contact your senators: www.massfreedomtoread.org/news/cta-sup...
Ugh. Sorry to hear that.
November 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Ugh. Sorry to hear that.
But anyone in MA who believes in the freedom of speech and understands that authors deserve a seat at the table can write to their senators. Mass Freedom to Read, the coalition I have been volunteering with, has sample email language here: www.massfreedomtoread.org/news/urgent-...
URGENT Call to Action - Email Your Senators! — Mass Freedom To Read
Mass Freedom To Read learned late on Thursday that An Act Regarding Free Expression (renamed S. 2696) has moved out of the Senate Ways and Means Committee and will be going to a floor vote next Thursd...
www.massfreedomtoread.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
But anyone in MA who believes in the freedom of speech and understands that authors deserve a seat at the table can write to their senators. Mass Freedom to Read, the coalition I have been volunteering with, has sample email language here: www.massfreedomtoread.org/news/urgent-...
@massaabb.bsky.social has been urging fellow MA authors to write to their state senators and copy Julian Cyr, the senator who sponsored this bill, with their concerns and their requests for the bill to provide protections to authors.
November 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
@massaabb.bsky.social has been urging fellow MA authors to write to their state senators and copy Julian Cyr, the senator who sponsored this bill, with their concerns and their requests for the bill to provide protections to authors.
I'm posting here as myself, an author who has had 6 of my 7 books banned in at least 20 states. It's only a matter of time before someone in MA decides to follow the example of SC, FL, or TX and ban my books here, too. The only thing that can stop that is a good freedom to read bill. This isn't it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I'm posting here as myself, an author who has had 6 of my 7 books banned in at least 20 states. It's only a matter of time before someone in MA decides to follow the example of SC, FL, or TX and ban my books here, too. The only thing that can stop that is a good freedom to read bill. This isn't it.
An earlier iteration of the bill DID include protections for creators. WHY has this bill removed these protections? It also has weak first amendment protections, and is silent on who is allowed to challenge books. I've been working on advocacy for this bill for 6 months now. I am so disappointed.
November 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
An earlier iteration of the bill DID include protections for creators. WHY has this bill removed these protections? It also has weak first amendment protections, and is silent on who is allowed to challenge books. I've been working on advocacy for this bill for 6 months now. I am so disappointed.
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I'll go ahead and say it. Texas book banners got their butts kicked in tonight's school board elections. Again.
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I'll go ahead and say it. Texas book banners got their butts kicked in tonight's school board elections. Again.
Thank you! Yes, it first appeared in an anthology. Lightspeed reprinted it online, and then it was anthologized again. I don't think the books are still in print, so I'm happy about Lightspeed!
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Thank you! Yes, it first appeared in an anthology. Lightspeed reprinted it online, and then it was anthologized again. I don't think the books are still in print, so I'm happy about Lightspeed!
Everything olde is new again. If you haven’t read my books that were published as paranormal romance but would now be categorized as romantasy, and are actually fantasy, maybe now’s a good time to check them out! www.malindalo.com/ash
Ash — Malinda Lo
www.malindalo.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Everything olde is new again. If you haven’t read my books that were published as paranormal romance but would now be categorized as romantasy, and are actually fantasy, maybe now’s a good time to check them out! www.malindalo.com/ash
This is the PW article, in which they also report that “First, it was fairies, courtesy of Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses,” to which I have to object: This is Holly Black erasure!! Also I wrote about fairies a long long time ago (2009).
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Lady Knights Are Having a Moment
A spate of new novels featuring strong and sometimes sapphic women warriors could presage the next big thing in fantasy.
www.publishersweekly.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This is the PW article, in which they also report that “First, it was fairies, courtesy of Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses,” to which I have to object: This is Holly Black erasure!! Also I wrote about fairies a long long time ago (2009).
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Great news! I’m so happy for you both.
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Great news! I’m so happy for you both.