Dr Jasmin Kirkbride
@jasminkirkbride.bsky.social
Debut THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME out with Tor 2026. Agent Alex Cochran at Greyhound. Lecturer in Creative Writing and Digital Tech at UEA. Research: hope, climate fiction, dystopia, fungus. https://linktr.ee/jasminkirkbride
Post-Con adventures included a dawn hot air balloon ride at Mt. Rainier, hiking in Olympic National Park, swimming in a glacial lake, Chihuly Gallery, bookshops, and meeting my first Giant Sequoia. The last was meaningful as a sequoia appears in THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME!🌳
August 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Post-Con adventures included a dawn hot air balloon ride at Mt. Rainier, hiking in Olympic National Park, swimming in a glacial lake, Chihuly Gallery, bookshops, and meeting my first Giant Sequoia. The last was meaningful as a sequoia appears in THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME!🌳
It was a great time. Now off to continue writing some mushroompunk fiction of my own for this amazing editor I know! :D
July 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
It was a great time. Now off to continue writing some mushroompunk fiction of my own for this amazing editor I know! :D
I’m particularly excited that this article is seeing the light of day because it was a chapter of my PhD. Having this article is out in the world for people helps make that journey even more meaningful for me. Huge thanks to the editors for seeing value in my work. ❤️🙏
April 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I’m particularly excited that this article is seeing the light of day because it was a chapter of my PhD. Having this article is out in the world for people helps make that journey even more meaningful for me. Huge thanks to the editors for seeing value in my work. ❤️🙏
It’s open access and therefore free to read, so if you’re interested in how we tell stories about climate change, and the ways we can reinvent structures of courage, honour, and hope in the age of climate crisis, give it a read right here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 2/3
Radically Hopeful Dystopian Climate Fiction: Exploring Social Dreaming, Temporal Re-Sensitisation, and Katharsis in Jeff VanderMeer’s Borne
This article applies Jonathan Lear’s concept of radical hope to dystopian climate fiction, using Jeff Vandermeer’s weird fiction novel Borne as a vehicle to explore the intra- and extra-textual imp...
www.tandfonline.com
April 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
It’s open access and therefore free to read, so if you’re interested in how we tell stories about climate change, and the ways we can reinvent structures of courage, honour, and hope in the age of climate crisis, give it a read right here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 2/3
Thanks for sharing Arthur!! 🥰
March 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Thanks for sharing Arthur!! 🥰
Thank you for sharing - can't wait for you to meet the Tinys! 🥰🤖
March 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Thank you for sharing - can't wait for you to meet the Tinys! 🥰🤖
Oh Marian, thank you! I'm so lucky to have you as an agency sibling - sending big love! xXx
March 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Oh Marian, thank you! I'm so lucky to have you as an agency sibling - sending big love! xXx
Oh wow, thank you for sharing and saying such lovely things! Really glad you enjoyed reading it. 🥰
March 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Oh wow, thank you for sharing and saying such lovely things! Really glad you enjoyed reading it. 🥰
Thank you! I was hoping I might catch you - next time!! ❤️
March 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Thank you! I was hoping I might catch you - next time!! ❤️