Jes Battis
@jesbattis.bsky.social
Writer/Prof/Other. They/Them. Fantasy, queer medievalism, 18thc shenanigans, YA lit, disability and neurodiversity. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸
https://linktr.ee/jbattis
https://linktr.ee/jbattis
Available for preorder from @ecwpress Was Labyrinth your queer awakening? Do you love Jim Henson and The Muppets? Are you ready for goblin mode? I hope you like my odd little book about #labyrinth
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October 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Available for preorder from @ecwpress Was Labyrinth your queer awakening? Do you love Jim Henson and The Muppets? Are you ready for goblin mode? I hope you like my odd little book about #labyrinth
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AI asking me if I want a summarized copy of a liteary journal--in which my friend's poem appears--because it's "quite long." It's 30 pages, including images. You actually have to clear the AI screen before you can read anything. AI is poison for our sense of attention. Also, Lilac Journal rocks!
September 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
AI asking me if I want a summarized copy of a liteary journal--in which my friend's poem appears--because it's "quite long." It's 30 pages, including images. You actually have to clear the AI screen before you can read anything. AI is poison for our sense of attention. Also, Lilac Journal rocks!
I Hate Parties is a Lammy Finalist! The virtual ceremony is Oct 4th at 5pm ET. If I win, our cat will be a bona fide supermodel.
September 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I Hate Parties is a Lammy Finalist! The virtual ceremony is Oct 4th at 5pm ET. If I win, our cat will be a bona fide supermodel.
Very proud of this translation of my favorite passage in Marie de France's Lanval with a maritime flavorL
September 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Very proud of this translation of my favorite passage in Marie de France's Lanval with a maritime flavorL
We also discovered a foundation issue that means we have to lift up the whole house LIKE BABA YAGA
July 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
We also discovered a foundation issue that means we have to lift up the whole house LIKE BABA YAGA
June 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Today! Swing by with all your ghosts!
June 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Today! Swing by with all your ghosts!
Wednesday at 6pm! Swing by @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social to hear some queer poems!
June 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Wednesday at 6pm! Swing by @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social to hear some queer poems!
June 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
June 11 at Little Ghosts! Swing by and bring a friend!
May 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
June 11 at Little Ghosts! Swing by and bring a friend!
Still time left to submit to CSECS2025! We’re also open to creative abstracts/panels!
Submit: [email protected]
@csecsscedhs.bsky.social @chawtonhouse.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @ecfjournal.bsky.social
Submit: [email protected]
@csecsscedhs.bsky.social @chawtonhouse.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @ecfjournal.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Still time left to submit to CSECS2025! We’re also open to creative abstracts/panels!
Submit: [email protected]
@csecsscedhs.bsky.social @chawtonhouse.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @ecfjournal.bsky.social
Submit: [email protected]
@csecsscedhs.bsky.social @chawtonhouse.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @ecfjournal.bsky.social
My sexuality includes:
queer
nonbinary
panromantic
trans sapphic
touch of ace
autistic (i.e., you’re gonna have to use visuals if you want me to know that you’re flirting)
I think my flag would literally just display the credits from DS9?
queer
nonbinary
panromantic
trans sapphic
touch of ace
autistic (i.e., you’re gonna have to use visuals if you want me to know that you’re flirting)
I think my flag would literally just display the credits from DS9?
May 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
My sexuality includes:
queer
nonbinary
panromantic
trans sapphic
touch of ace
autistic (i.e., you’re gonna have to use visuals if you want me to know that you’re flirting)
I think my flag would literally just display the credits from DS9?
queer
nonbinary
panromantic
trans sapphic
touch of ace
autistic (i.e., you’re gonna have to use visuals if you want me to know that you’re flirting)
I think my flag would literally just display the credits from DS9?
Still time to submit an academic or creative abstract to the Canadian Society for 18thc Studies! @csecsscedhs.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social @isecs-sieds.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Still time to submit an academic or creative abstract to the Canadian Society for 18thc Studies! @csecsscedhs.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social @isecs-sieds.bsky.social
All queued up and ready to go for our joint reading at @russellbooks.bsky.social tonight, 7:30pm! This is also a dumb Latin joke! Come join us or we’ll definitely trans a cat. Then ALL the cats. 🐈⬛ 🏳️⚧️ @canadianpoets.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
All queued up and ready to go for our joint reading at @russellbooks.bsky.social tonight, 7:30pm! This is also a dumb Latin joke! Come join us or we’ll definitely trans a cat. Then ALL the cats. 🐈⬛ 🏳️⚧️ @canadianpoets.bsky.social
Honoured to be a reader for the CBC poetry prize this year!
May 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Honoured to be a reader for the CBC poetry prize this year!
Join @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social and me for a double reading at Cross & Crows Books on the 18th! Please post widely!
@sfupublishing.bsky.social @ubcpress.bsky.social @douglascollege.bsky.social @kwantlenu.bsky.social @langaracollege.bsky.social @capilanou.bsky.social
@sfupublishing.bsky.social @ubcpress.bsky.social @douglascollege.bsky.social @kwantlenu.bsky.social @langaracollege.bsky.social @capilanou.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Join @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social and me for a double reading at Cross & Crows Books on the 18th! Please post widely!
@sfupublishing.bsky.social @ubcpress.bsky.social @douglascollege.bsky.social @kwantlenu.bsky.social @langaracollege.bsky.social @capilanou.bsky.social
@sfupublishing.bsky.social @ubcpress.bsky.social @douglascollege.bsky.social @kwantlenu.bsky.social @langaracollege.bsky.social @capilanou.bsky.social
Join us at @russellbooks.bsky.social on the 16th. Sponsored by @canadianpoets.bsky.social. Please post widely!
May 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Join us at @russellbooks.bsky.social on the 16th. Sponsored by @canadianpoets.bsky.social. Please post widely!
Still chuffed and kind of in disbelief about this!
May 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Still chuffed and kind of in disbelief about this!
Thanks to @skbooks.com for an amazing gala, and for awarding I Hate Parties! I was floored. And thanks to SK Arts for sponsoring the award!
May 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Thanks to @skbooks.com for an amazing gala, and for awarding I Hate Parties! I was floored. And thanks to SK Arts for sponsoring the award!
Extended deadline: still time to send your proposals to the Canadian Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Conference 2025! You have until May 31st —open topic proposals are welcome! #eighteenthcentury
@csecsscedhs.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @isecs-sieds.bsky.social
@csecsscedhs.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @isecs-sieds.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Extended deadline: still time to send your proposals to the Canadian Society for Eighteenth Century Studies Conference 2025! You have until May 31st —open topic proposals are welcome! #eighteenthcentury
@csecsscedhs.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @isecs-sieds.bsky.social
@csecsscedhs.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social @isecs-sieds.bsky.social
If you’re looking for some summer poetry on the west coast—swing by this joint reading with @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social and me! Thanks to @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social for hosting!
May 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
If you’re looking for some summer poetry on the west coast—swing by this joint reading with @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social and me! Thanks to @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social for hosting!
Swing by @russellbooks.bsky.social if you’re in Victoria for this reading!
May 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Swing by @russellbooks.bsky.social if you’re in Victoria for this reading!
Wanna join a workshop based on queer gaming and world-building?
May 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Wanna join a workshop based on queer gaming and world-building?
Excited to teach my queer and trans 18thc course in the winter at @uregina.bsky.social!
May 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Excited to teach my queer and trans 18thc course in the winter at @uregina.bsky.social!
If you're in Victoria on May 16th, swing by my reading @russellbooks.bsky.social! Sponsored by @canadianpoets.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If you're in Victoria on May 16th, swing by my reading @russellbooks.bsky.social! Sponsored by @canadianpoets.bsky.social