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VILE LADY VILLAINS (UK: Penguin Michael Joseph, April 2026/ US: Union Square & Co, May 2026) ✨Rep: Lauren Bieker✨Editor: khōréō ✨Assistant Lit. Agent: Tobias Literary Agency✨she/they🏳️‍🌈🇬🇷
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Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 15d
It’s here: the cover for the UK edition of VILE LADY VILLAINS, coming out April 02 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph🖤
The cover for Danai’s debut novel, VILE VILLAINS illustrated by Audrey Benjaminsen
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Sri Lanka is hit hard by Cyclone Ditwah with severe flooding across the island. Over a hundred and fifty are dead, and tens of thousands are displaced. Some ways you can help:
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How to donate to Sri Lankan flood relief initiatives in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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November 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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My first translation! 🥹 A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST came out in Italian yesterday, published by Fanucci Editore! Such a gorgeous edition, translated by Annarita Guarnieri.
November 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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If you’re looking for Palestinian speculative fiction for #ReadPalestine week, I got you: soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List
The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na…
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November 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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If you're impatient to read Book 2 in the Queens of Villainy, Enchanting the Fae Queen, you can bid now to get a signed ARC and raise money for a good cause: app.galabid.com/creatives4sudan/items/038a7bb8-184d-4f5c-8faa-0130e92ab8c6

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The illustrated cover for Enchanting the Fae Queen, by Stephanie Burgis, shows a mischievously grinning woman with long blonde curls, a moonstone crown, a pink dress and bare feet, sitting perched in a tree teasing the uniformed general who stands before her, his expression determined and one of his hands around her closest leg while she pokes his strong nose with one finger. Vines of leaves sweep magically out from the tree around her to draw him towards her. The tagline reads: All’s fae in love and war. Around and beneath the cover image is this text, connected by arrows to different parts of the cover image: She's a scandalous seductress; he's famously moral, virtuous and chaste; “Yes, I may kill him, but I’ll kill anyone else who tries”; Enemies to lovers; preorder now.
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Authors win discovery ruling in lawsuit against Open AI that could help prove willful copyright infringement (over the use of pirated datasets for AI training)
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Our dreams should never have an expiration date. In December’s Marie Claire Greece, I wrote about my debut novel VILE LADY VILLAINS getting published in 3 countries next year, and about the importance of never giving up.

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November 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Do you like books about liminal spaces, with lyrical prose? Books with heroines determined to rewrite their stories even if they have to throttle the narrative? How about sapphic books with lots of yearning, dark humor and lots of skeletons?

How about ALL the above in one book? 😈
November 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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My CP's awesome book's preorders are on sale!
danaiwrites.bsky.social Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 2d
Are you hungry? There’s a site widesale on the Hachette US website until December 03, and you can get your claws on VILE LADY VILLAINS for 30% off!

As to why I chose this specific picture… I guess you’ll have to read the book 😈

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An image of a hand holding a carved out human heart. Text on the page reads “Wouldst thou like to feast on books” and communicates Hachette’s sitewide sale. Danai’s book, VILE LADY VILLAINS, is featured
November 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Are you hungry? There’s a site widesale on the Hachette US website until December 03, and you can get your claws on VILE LADY VILLAINS for 30% off!

As to why I chose this specific picture… I guess you’ll have to read the book 😈

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/danai...
An image of a hand holding a carved out human heart. Text on the page reads “Wouldst thou like to feast on books” and communicates Hachette’s sitewide sale. Danai’s book, VILE LADY VILLAINS, is featured
November 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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First, favorite and final lines from VILE LADY VILLAINS (along with a few visual clues for context 👀)

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A collage on crinkled beige paper, featuring a skull and a red flower. Text reads “First, Favorite, Final lines in” and an arrow leads to the cover or Danai’s book, VILE LADY VILLAINS A collage featuring crinkled paper, a raven, a dry leaf and a cauldron. Text reads: First “Speak. Demand. We’ll answer.” Vile lady villains by Danai Christopoulou A collage featuring crinkled paper, a dagger, a broken pomegranate and a skull. Text reads: Favorite “I rise from rusty waters, hair dripping with my husband’s blood” Vile lady villains by Danai Christopoulou A collage featuring crinkled paper, an ink pot, a skull, a sealed letter and a quill. Text reads: Final “Yours in friendship, VLV.” Vile lady villains by Danai Christopoulou
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
a cheese grater that, if viewed from the correct angle, appears to have a friendly, stupid face, an example of Pareidolia
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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The Night Ship is fishing up some happy netgalley reviews. Someone called it fun, and Publisher's Weekly called it an "unsettling and immersive sci-fi thriller", and that is everything I wanted.

It's still on the 'galley, but if that's not your jam let me know!

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The Night Ship
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November 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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ICYMI!
mynachang.bsky.social Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 8d
New interview with Danai Christopoulou about VILE LADY VILLAINS!

"So Klytemnestra and Lady Macbeth had always been favorites of mine, and growing up I started seeing the parallels between their characters, how they were almost an allegory for female ambition and power."
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Author Interview * Danai Christopoulou
Danai Christopoulou’s writing consistently makes me smile and/or cry—often within the same story. Danai’s work features lyrical prose, incisive character choices, and an undercurrent of triumph aga…
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November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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mynachang.bsky.social
Finally added 2025 eligibility to my website, with a couple of flash & short stories at the top & my full 2025 bibliography below. I'd be honored if you consider any of these for your awards noms. ☺️
2025 Eligibility& Bibliography
For awards season, I’d be honored if you’d consider these stories:   Graduated Justice: An Amelia Li Mystery (4054 words), Translunar Travelers Lounge, Issue 12, February 15, 2025. Genre: SF, …
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November 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Thank you so much to @translunartl.bsky.social for giving my oracle a safe space to deliver this message to Herakles. Herakles will forget all about it, but I hope you won’t.
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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On Day 8 of TTL's look back at our legendary 2025 lineup it's 12 Things No One Will Tell You About Being A Demigod by @danaiwrites.bsky.social with a look at the labours, the myths, the pain and the tragedy - and perhaps we'll even learn whose fault this all is.
Being a demigod is very taxing for the psyche. You end up seeing things that aren’t there, killing things that aren’t there. Shh, it’s okay; it wasn’t your fault. Step away from the corpses of your children now; let the oracles sanitize the blood and get you ready for atonement. Your penance will take place in ten steps, and last ten years, although because humans like the number twelve best and kings like free labor most, there might be a few extras thrown in. Most in my line of work believe that this is a process you must embark on blind, for the atonement to matter. I disagree. Here’s what I think you need to know about what’s coming: 12 Things No One Will Tell You About Being A Demigod Danai Christopoulou
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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The old year is dying and the new year struggles to add to your TBR 🍜🛠️THE AH HUAT ENGINEERING COOKBOOK AND ORGANISING MANUAL🍜🛠️is cosy delicious organising against rapacious space landlords @starsandsabers.bsky.social (Until then get CLUB CONTANGO for the hols!)
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November 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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This is a scheduled post for anyone awake at midnight ET (very likely not our co-founders) to check our submissions guidelines. Perhaps a certain Moksha link at the bottom is now active, and perhaps certain Moksha forms are now open to submissions 👀

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Submission Guidelines - OTHERSIDE
Submission guidelines for fiction and poetry submissions to OTHERSIDE, including opening dates and how to submit.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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evavroslin.bsky.social
Danai has helped in so many inestimable ways not only with query letters, developmental edits, and writing coaching, but also helping at a time when I was like "I don't know how to figure things out out anymore" and she helped me hugely. She's patient, organized, and awesome! Hire her!
danaiwrites.bsky.social Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 6d
This autumn has been much tougher than expected so I’m reopening my books. Need eyes on you query package, manuscript, or someone to discuss all things publishing? Reach out!

More info and rates here: chronovoros.com?page_id=279
November 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Danai is the literal BEST at query packages and developmental editing. If in doubt, YES you should work with them!
danaiwrites.bsky.social Danai Christopoulou | Pre-order VILE LADY VILLAINS @danaiwrites.bsky.social · 6d
This autumn has been much tougher than expected so I’m reopening my books. Need eyes on you query package, manuscript, or someone to discuss all things publishing? Reach out!

More info and rates here: chronovoros.com?page_id=279
November 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
danaiwrites.bsky.social
This autumn has been much tougher than expected so I’m reopening my books. Need eyes on you query package, manuscript, or someone to discuss all things publishing? Reach out!

More info and rates here: chronovoros.com?page_id=279
November 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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🌈 Hey Reading Rainbows! It’s time for our recommendation post for next month’s theme!

Here are twenty books that we think also fit the December theme of Run Away With Me! These are a mix of Adult and Young Adult titles. 🧵
Twenty books in four rows: the first and fourth row have six book covers which stretch across the entire width of the graphic. Rows two and three have four books with two on each side. In the middle of these is a diagonal purple-pink ombre background. A Rainbow Crate logo with no text is at the top. Text below reads “December 2025 Run Away With Me Book Recs” in all caps. “Run Away With Me” is in a yellow neon font, while all other text is white.
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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a post about Psychopomp in 2026

please read and share

thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM