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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 20h

Ooh, look! The Ignyte Winners announcements are happening RIGHT NOW! Let’s all tune in!

The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 20h

Oh, hello

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William Alexander @willalex.bsky.social · 1d

This is a lovely and blush-inducing chat about the audiobook of SUNWARD, which was given life and breath by @lindseydorcus.bsky.social.

Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 4d

This week on Narrated: @sullery.bsky.social and I talk about Sunward by @willalex.bsky.social. A lonely job in deep space becomes a way to nurture and grow a chosen family. narratedpodcast.com/episodes/328

328: Sunward — Narrated Podcast

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 4d

This week on Narrated: @sullery.bsky.social and I talk about Sunward by @willalex.bsky.social. A lonely job in deep space becomes a way to nurture and grow a chosen family. narratedpodcast.com/episodes/328

328: Sunward — Narrated Podcast

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 3d

Success! 📚

Christine @klaxoncomms.com · 3d

I’m not even done listening to the episode and I’ve already gone and bought Sunward. It sounds really lovely.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 4d

This week on Narrated: @sullery.bsky.social and I talk about Sunward by @willalex.bsky.social. A lonely job in deep space becomes a way to nurture and grow a chosen family. narratedpodcast.com/episodes/328

328: Sunward — Narrated Podcast

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 4d

I wrote a song for the first time in a couple of years and I’m pretty happy with it 😊. Sometimes working within the constraints of rhyme and meter makes interesting things happen.

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William Alexander @willalex.bsky.social · 10d

In which the great @maryrobinettekowal.com offers the hospitality of her blog for a My Favorite Bit post from moi:

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My Favorite Bit: William Alexander talks about SUNWARD

William Alexander is joining us today to talk about his novel, Sunward. Here’s the publisher’s description: A cozy debut science fiction novel by National Book Award–winning writer William Alexande…

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 11d

My siblings are a huge part of my life, so I LOVED this list from @yumewrites.bsky.social in Reactor this morning. The only thing missing is SALTCROP, Yume's brand-new novel, which is one of the best books about sisters I've ever read.
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Five SFF Books About Searching for a Missing Sibling - Reactor

Yume Kitasei recommends five SFF books about sibling quests

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 12d

That one is definitely on my list! I keep hearing good things.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 12d

I did not even think of it as an Omelas response, but you make an excellent point.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 12d

New on Narrated: @sullery.bsky.social, Mark, and I discuss The Shattering Peace by John Scalzi and the rest of the Old Man’s War series. I’ll be shocked if we aren’t repeating some of this for the Hugo Best Series episode in 2026. narratedpodcast.com/episodes/327

327: The Shattering Peace — Narrated Podcast

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 15d

In the middle of Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky. He’s so good at writing alien minds that both feel truly alien and inspire empathy.

Recently finished Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders, one of my favorite books of the year. She does complex relationships so well here.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 16d

Inspired by current events, I listened to When Prophecy Fails. Researchers in the 1950s embedded in a UFO cult and watched exactly how the group reacted when the aliens didn’t come pick them up. Answer: they believed and justified even harder, at least at first. Fascinating stuff.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 16d

What will be in the next batch of Neon Hemlock novellas? 👀 Can’t wait to see!

Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 18d

whoa october is around the corner!

reminder that we'll be open again for novellas soon.

more info here: www.neonhemlock.com/submissions

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 17d

Yes! People are difficult and messy, and loving other people is difficult and messy and so worth it, and wow does this book get that!

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 17d

Lessons in Magic and Disaster is my favorite work by @charliejane.bsky.social so far, and one is my favorite books of the year. The intimate focus on one family and their relationships reminds me of @sarahpinsker.bsky.social’s We are Satellites. The magic in it feels like a real part of our world.

The cover of Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders. Shows cracked ground, tinted purple, with daisies growing through the cracks. The text is in yellow.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 19d

New on Narrated: @sullery.bsky.social and I add our voices to the chorus of people talking about Katabasis by R.F. Kuang narratedpodcast.com/episodes/326

326: Katabasis — Narrated Podcast

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 19d

It looks to me like it’s out now but exclusively on Audible. I’m in the US, though. Is it different in Canada?

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 19d

New on Narrated: @sullery.bsky.social and I add our voices to the chorus of people talking about Katabasis by R.F. Kuang narratedpodcast.com/episodes/326

326: Katabasis — Narrated Podcast

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 20d

This is exciting news, Boston!

Arisia @arisia.bsky.social · 20d

Arisia 2026 Writer Guest of Honor will be John Wiswell! @wiswell.bsky.social
John Wiswell is a two time Nebula and Locus award winning science fiction and fantasy author. His debut fantasy novel, "Someone You Can Build a Nest In," was released in Spring 2024.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 20d

Some of the examples in these comments sounds like they were expecting the singularity

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 23d

Yes! It looks like you can’t suspend a hold for a specific amount of time anymore? Ugh, I loved that feature.

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.blacksky.app · 23d

nobody told me my debut was on the BOGO list at libro FM - that's two books for one credit! - until I saw it shopping THE LAST DAY OF THE SALE HURRY GO GO GO

(I earned out on that audiobook - every cent of royalties goes straight to meeeee!)

Buy one, get one

Start your Libro.fm membership in support of local bookstores to shop this member-exclusive BOGO sale!

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 25d

Others mentioned many of my favorites, but I wanted to add The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings.

Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 25d

I strongly second Micaiah Johnson’s work (both The Space Between Worlds and Those Beyond the Wall), and The Shamshine Blind!