M H Ayinde 🍉 A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST out NOW!
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She/Her. Blerd. Sunday Times bestselling author of A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST (Orbit UK/ @sagapressbooks.bsky.social) Fiction in @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social & more. Winner: Future Worlds Prize 2021. Rep: @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social
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HI HELLO I HAVE A MINOR BOOKISH UPDATE!!!!
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
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.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Small business Saturday, you say? Consider supporting FIYAH as we approach year ten of publishing Black SFF stories and poetry! Back issues, art, gift subscriptions, merch, and more! Tell a friend, you never know who is missing out 🔥🔥🔥 fiyahlitmag.com/shop/
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I know this petition has much more support than it currently has. Please share far and wide. Petition to require generative AI to carry a watermark and to make it illegal to use a person’s likeness in generative AI without permission.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Require generative AI watermarks & ban using people’s likeness without consent
As AI generated content becomes increasingly realistic, we think laws should be put in place to prevent misuse. All such media should carry a permanent watermark or disclosure, alongside a blanket ban...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I know this petition has much more support than it currently has. Please share far and wide. Petition to require generative AI to carry a watermark and to make it illegal to use a person’s likeness in generative AI without permission.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Using the belief that creators are the "petite bourgeoisie" to justify pirating books/stealing art is EXACTLY what makes it so hard for anyone who isn't rich to pursue their creative dreams
If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers
If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Using the belief that creators are the "petite bourgeoisie" to justify pirating books/stealing art is EXACTLY what makes it so hard for anyone who isn't rich to pursue their creative dreams
If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers
If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers
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All of which illustrates how infuriating it is when dipshits say that AI can 'help me to brainstorm ideas'. It can't do that. It can plaster a deepfake smile onto the corpse of zombie capitalism as it shambles towards the precipice of climate catastrophe, but it can't create meaningful literature.
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
All of which illustrates how infuriating it is when dipshits say that AI can 'help me to brainstorm ideas'. It can't do that. It can plaster a deepfake smile onto the corpse of zombie capitalism as it shambles towards the precipice of climate catastrophe, but it can't create meaningful literature.
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I'm not the only author I know who has a huge surfeit of ideas for books that we would love to write and send out into the world if only we had the time to write them.
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not the only author I know who has a huge surfeit of ideas for books that we would love to write and send out into the world if only we had the time to write them.
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If you haven't checked out this amazing SFF series, get to it! Such a complex world and story. I just ate it up! Can't wait for the next one.
Here it is! The gorgeous cover of Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
If you haven't checked out this amazing SFF series, get to it! Such a complex world and story. I just ate it up! Can't wait for the next one.
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BEHOLD! Here's the fabulous cover of Being Aro, a multi-genre anthology of aromantic fiction edited by @rosieethor.bsky.social and @madelinetheauthor.bsky.social. Sam Prentice-Jones was the illustrator, and Rosie Stewart was the designer!
Exclusive Cover Reveal: Being Aro ed. by Madeline Dyer and Rosiee Thor
Today on the site I'm delighted to reveal the cover of Being Aro: A Collection of Aromantic Fiction About Love, Connection, and Empowerment ed. by Madeline Dyer and Rosiee Thor, a YA anthology releasing May 26, 2026 from Page…
Today on the site I'm delighted to reveal the cover of Being Aro: A Collection of Aromantic Fiction About Love, Connection, and Empowerment ed. by Madeline Dyer and Rosiee Thor, a YA anthology releasing May 26, 2026 from Page…
Exclusive Cover Reveal: Being Aro ed. by Madeline Dyer and Rosiee Thor
Today on the site I'm delighted to reveal the cover of Being Aro: A Collection of Aromantic Fiction About Love, Connection, and Empowerment ed. by Madeline Dyer and Rosiee Thor, a YA anthology releasing May 26, 2026 from Page Street YA! Here's the gist: Explore expansive aromantic love and connection in stories across genres These twelve stories showcase aromantic people breaking generational curses, finding acceptance, and protecting the vulnerable while highlighting the infinite ways people find connection and love without romance.
lgbtqreads.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
BEHOLD! Here's the fabulous cover of Being Aro, a multi-genre anthology of aromantic fiction edited by @rosieethor.bsky.social and @madelinetheauthor.bsky.social. Sam Prentice-Jones was the illustrator, and Rosie Stewart was the designer!
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Here we go
Here it is! The gorgeous cover of Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Here we go
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First book is a banger, and look at book 2 cover!
Here it is! The gorgeous cover of Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
First book is a banger, and look at book 2 cover!
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A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
Ok Laurence Fishburne is here you have my attention Season 4
I have started Season 4 of The Witcher I have no idea what’s going on this entire episode feels like a trailer or like it’s missing every second scene I am confusion
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Ok Laurence Fishburne is here you have my attention Season 4
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Absolute gorgeous.
(also way to go and one up me by setting your blades on fire!)
(also way to go and one up me by setting your blades on fire!)
Here it is! The gorgeous cover of Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Absolute gorgeous.
(also way to go and one up me by setting your blades on fire!)
(also way to go and one up me by setting your blades on fire!)
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I am bitter that we're going to have to wait for it longer here in Canada, but I know the Brits often have to wait for books, so I shouldn't be. But I am.
Anyway get ready by reading A Song of Legends Lost. It's good! You'll like it!
Anyway get ready by reading A Song of Legends Lost. It's good! You'll like it!
Here it is! The gorgeous cover of Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I am bitter that we're going to have to wait for it longer here in Canada, but I know the Brits often have to wait for books, so I shouldn't be. But I am.
Anyway get ready by reading A Song of Legends Lost. It's good! You'll like it!
Anyway get ready by reading A Song of Legends Lost. It's good! You'll like it!
Here it is! The gorgeous cover of Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Here it is! The gorgeous cover of Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
Out 7th April 2026 (UK)
June 9th 2026 (US/Can)
Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior.
Preorders open now!
I am only a decade and a bit into adulthood. I am basically a young adult.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Four pivotal ages in your brain's development revealed in new scientific study
Brain scans on thousands of people reveal the dramatic shifts the brain goes through between birth and death.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I am only a decade and a bit into adulthood. I am basically a young adult.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Ugh, I didn't know about this one. Of course it has all my books. Not only is that money I could use, but every sale helps those of us hanging on in the midlist keep publishing at all. Love to see hundreds of downloads on series that people complain haven't continued with more books. Yeah guess why.
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Ugh, I didn't know about this one. Of course it has all my books. Not only is that money I could use, but every sale helps those of us hanging on in the midlist keep publishing at all. Love to see hundreds of downloads on series that people complain haven't continued with more books. Yeah guess why.
A movie that takes place where you’re from
November 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from
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UK folk, please vote in local elections whenever possible. Hereabouts, a Tory (formerly UKIP) County Councillor, elected with a 19 vote majority on a 42.7% turn-out, has been sharing quotes from Enoch Powell on social media, seemingly as valid points for discussion.
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
UK folk, please vote in local elections whenever possible. Hereabouts, a Tory (formerly UKIP) County Councillor, elected with a 19 vote majority on a 42.7% turn-out, has been sharing quotes from Enoch Powell on social media, seemingly as valid points for discussion.
Ok I think I’ve figured out the big Book 3 twist and it’s a corker! Feeling very smug (and also relieved that it’s finally come to me!)
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Ok I think I’ve figured out the big Book 3 twist and it’s a corker! Feeling very smug (and also relieved that it’s finally come to me!)
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Massive congrats winners of the 2025 Nommo Awards!
Best Novel: Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social
Best Novella: Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
@suyidavies.com
Best Short Story: From Across Time by Chisom Umeh
@izom-chisom.bsky.social
#AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙 #booksky
Best Novel: Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social
Best Novella: Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
@suyidavies.com
Best Short Story: From Across Time by Chisom Umeh
@izom-chisom.bsky.social
#AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙 #booksky
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Massive congrats winners of the 2025 Nommo Awards!
Best Novel: Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social
Best Novella: Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
@suyidavies.com
Best Short Story: From Across Time by Chisom Umeh
@izom-chisom.bsky.social
#AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙 #booksky
Best Novel: Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase @tlotlotsamaase.bsky.social
Best Novella: Lost Ark Dreaming by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
@suyidavies.com
Best Short Story: From Across Time by Chisom Umeh
@izom-chisom.bsky.social
#AfricanSFF 🪐📚💙 #booksky
Instagram, wdym I can only add three hashtags per post? Why you always copying TikTok, huh?
Now where am I supposed to go to indulge my penchant for writing paragraph-long mashed-together phrases that tenuously link to whatever I’m currently yapping about (plus accompanying picture) huh? Kmt
Now where am I supposed to go to indulge my penchant for writing paragraph-long mashed-together phrases that tenuously link to whatever I’m currently yapping about (plus accompanying picture) huh? Kmt
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Instagram, wdym I can only add three hashtags per post? Why you always copying TikTok, huh?
Now where am I supposed to go to indulge my penchant for writing paragraph-long mashed-together phrases that tenuously link to whatever I’m currently yapping about (plus accompanying picture) huh? Kmt
Now where am I supposed to go to indulge my penchant for writing paragraph-long mashed-together phrases that tenuously link to whatever I’m currently yapping about (plus accompanying picture) huh? Kmt
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every author in the class action, please file the claim.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
every author in the class action, please file the claim.