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Anuja Varghese @anuja-v.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

LOOK AT THIS STUNNING CHARACTER ART FROM A KISS OF CRIMSON ASH by the insanely talented @morganemgl.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️👀👀👀 Meet Taara and Payal. Their swoony (and spicy!) love story unfolds against the backdrop of a lush, magical medieval India-inspired world in AKOCA, coming May 2026!

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Anuja Varghese @anuja-v.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Canadian ARCs of AKOCA are starting to go out and I am so excited to welcome y’all to this epic swoony medieval India-inspired world! 🔥💋🔥 (I’ve been living here alone for YEARS.. it’s ok, it DEFINITELY hasn’t made me weird.. 😂😂😳😳) Anyway.. you can preorder it now! ☺️

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Heather J. “Lives in a city on Lake Ontario” Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Hamilton: I'm hosting the #HamOnt launch of Veena Gokhale's Annapurna's Bounty this Tues, Sep 30, 6:30pm at Epic Books. Veena will be joined by 2 contributors of the @dundurnpress.bsky.social Devouring Tomorrow anthology @anuja-v.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social. There will be snacks! #CanLit

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Anuja Varghese @anuja-v.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Thrilled to reveal the EPIC USA/UK cover of A KISS OF CRIMSON ASH - my debut medieval India inspired D&D x Bollywood romantasy out with @orbitbooks.bsky.social May 2026!

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Anuja Varghese @anuja-v.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Enter!! I wanna read your work!!

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Anuja Varghese @anuja-v.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

WHO’S READY FOR @gritlitfestival.bsky.social 📚📚📚 We’re taking over downtown #hamont with tons of authors, panels, events, workshops, prizes + books for sale! I’m there Friday chatting about DEVOURING TOMORROW + Saturday hosting the MAIN CHARACTER ENERGY panel. Stop by and say hi!

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Rejected Central: a Human Podcast (www.rejectedcentral.com) @rejectedcentral.com · 09/04/2025

This week, Dave and I chat with the incredible @anuja-v.bsky.social about winning awards, writing and rejection, and where Brent learns about a new literature genre: #romantasy Available wherever you pod! @daveparkie.bsky.social rejectedcentral.com

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Anuja Varghese @anuja-v.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Turns out having writers shun your writing prize is bad! Kudos to the Gillers for (being pushed and petitioned and protested and publicly shamed into) doing the right thing. And so much love to every #CanLit writer who had a hand (or a voice or a pen) in this fight. ✍🏾🍉❤️

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Anuja Varghese @anuja-v.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Come hang out in #hamont for the long weekend! I’m recording LIVE with @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social about “what happened next” and lemme tell you.. SOME THINGS HAPPENED!

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

WOW! Apply to @banffcentre.bsky.social's SCIENCE FICTION residency w/ mentorship from @aijiang.bsky.social, @premeemohamed.com & @amalelmohtar.com : www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit... Att'n @locusmag.bsky.social @theignyteawards.bsky.social @thehugoawards.bsky.social @worldfantasy2024.bsky.social

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 23/01/2025

It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.

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Anuja Varghese @anuja-v.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

So @je2fs.bsky.social is making me watch #TwinPeaks which I’ve never actually seen.. and I realize that I’m.. 35 years late to this party.. but what. the. actual. fuck.

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Anuja Varghese @anuja-v.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

New DOUBLE ISSUE of the Ex-Puritan out now! Six new fiction pieces + contest winners + poetry, essays, interviews, reviews and more. Check it out! ex-puritan.ca

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Anuja Varghese @anuja-v.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

My first fortune of 2025 and this is the energy I’m taking into all my writing this year. On the bulletin board it goes! 📌

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Anuja Varghese @anuja-v.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Such a good conversation b/w Noor Naga and @elamin.bsky.social about why so many Canadian authors are boycotting the Gillers.. and why our actions make a difference. Interview starts at 10:40 - give it a listen! www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7415081

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Can CanLit move forward from the Giller Prize controversy?

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Anuja Varghese @anuja-v.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I hope the United Healthcare hitman goes back for the receptionist’s number. “I know I’m the subject of an international manhunt right now but.. I just had to see you again.” Someone’s writing this script already, right? It’s already in production at the W network.

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Rati Mehrotra @rati.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Over 1k followers! So as promised, here is a #giveaway to win signed copies of my post-apocalyptic #fantasy duology: Markswoman and Mahimata. To enter, just like, repost, and follow. ✨Runs 11 Nov - 18 Nov. ✨ Winner announced on 19 Nov. ✨US and Canada only #Booksky #Giveaways #SFF

Blue book cover of Markswoman depicting an inverted blade.

Book cover of Mahimata depicting an inverted blade hanging over a desert and three wolves.

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Anuja Varghese @anuja-v.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Hi Blue Sky! 👋🏾 This is me and this is my book. Other fun facts: I write lit fic, SFF, and romance/erotica that centre brown girls + queer folks ✍🏾🏳️‍🌈✍🏾 I’m the Fiction Editor at the Ex-Puritan magazine 📖 I live in Canada with my partner, 2 kids and 2 cats 😸😸

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