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Ursula K. Le Guin
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Official account for the celebrated author of novels, short stories, poetry, children’s books and essays.

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This edition uses essentially the same cover as the print book, which has art by Raphael Lacoste and design by Igor Satanovsky.
November 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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When @ursulakleguin.com started writing a new novel, she would begin by drawing a map. The Word for World is the first publication focusing on her maps.

THE WORD FOR WORLD: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin is available in the US from @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social

Here: ptreyesbooks.com/book/9781068...
Photo of a book with three large pebbles on a vivid blue table. The book cover is black with title in the same shade of blue. It was published to accompany the exhibition "The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin" at AA Gallery in London, UK, 2025. The pebbles are etched with map drawings by Ursula. The book was edited by So Mayer and Sarah Shin, and co-published by Spiral House (imprint of Silver Press) and AA Publications, with texts by Ursula K. Le Guin, Theo Downes-Le Guin, David Naimon, and others. When Ursula K Le Guin was writing a new story, she would begin by drawing a map. The Word for World presents a selection of these images by the celebrated author, many of which have never been exhibited before, to consider how her imaginary worlds enable us to re-envision our own. Photo courtesy of Silver Press.
October 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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I urge everyone to seek out RAKESFALL and every other book on the shortlist. You will find each of them worth your time, and each of them a significant, beautiful part of this accursed century's literature. Whatever happens, great art still exists, against all odds, and that is to be celebrated.
ursulakleguin.com Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · Oct 17
On Tuesday, October 21st—Ursula's birthday—we'll announce the recipient of the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction! Join Theo Downes-Le Guin and guest host Ebon Moss-Bachrach on YouTube for a live announcement at 9 am PDT.

The announcement will happen here: www.youtube.com/@ursula.k.le...
The eight books shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction are in a stack, with a note on top that reads "Prize winner announcement 10.21.25 9 am PDT." The books are North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher; Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins; The City in Glass by Nghi Vo; The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy; The West Passage by Jared Pechaček; Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera; Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston; and Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson.
October 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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A huge thank you to everyone who nominated books for the prize, to our selectors, and to Ebon Moss-Bachrach for hosting the announcement!
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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The selectors said: "Rakesfall is an extraordinary achievement in science fiction, and a titanic work of art.”

You can read the panel's full statement and watch Chandrasekera's acceptance speech here: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize25
Ursula K. Le Guin — 2025 Prize for Fiction
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October 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM