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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I had a wonderful time being interviewed for @thefantasyhive.bsky.social by @jonathanthornton.bsky.social about THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME! ✨

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Nature Futures @naturefutures.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Is the real world getting you down? Then why not adopt a virtual existence and head into cyberspace! Your body will be cared for while your mind roams a world beyond your dreams. Sign up today! What more could you possibly need? #scifi by @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Hands press against a glowing digital grid, with a mirroring humanoid figure on the other side of the grid in virtual space

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Tor Books @torbooks.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Everyone say happy book birthday to @brandonsanderson.com, @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social, and @kellinthewoods.bsky.social!! ✨📖🎂

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The book is Isles of Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson

Text that says: this would catch a lot of you with a book in a mouse trap.
The book is The Forest on the Edge of Time by Jasmin Kirkbride

Text that says: this would catch a lot of you with a book in a mouse trap.
The book is Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

📘❤️ IT'S PUBLICATION DAY! ❤️📘 The Forest on the Edge of Time published with Tor Books! It's an absolute dream come true, and I'm enormously grateful to everyone at Tor who's supported my book. 🌟

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

📘🌳❤️ Making bookmarks ahead of the launch of THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME - less than one week until publication on Tuesday 3rd February! Unbelievably excited! ❤️🌳📘

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Feels amazing and surreal that Book Riot (zurl.co/Nat2f ) and New Scientist (zurl.co/SZEZB ) have recommended THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME as one of the best, most exciting new science fiction reads in 2026! 😍

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Curious what my debut novel THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME is about? Here's a handy reader's guide...!

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I thought 2025 summaries were bunkum, then social media peer pressure's made me reflect on my year, and actually it's helped me appreciate everything! Too many highlights for a BlueSky post - suffice to say, massive thanks to all who helped make 2025 such an incredible journey. Here's to 2026! ❤️

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Can't wait to read the latest short story from my agency sib @arthurmanners.bsky.social - and in one of my favourite sci-fi columns @futurenatures.bsky.social! ✨

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The Forest on the Edge of Time hardbacks arrived - total magic - I'm SO lucky to have such a fab team behind this book at Tor, thank you!! 🌟 The Forest on the Edge of Time launches in the US on 3/2, and in the UK on 12/3 - you can pre-order this gorgeous HB edition now in all good bookstores! 📘

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Today at 4.30pm GMT, I'm participating in an ONLINE roundtable on ecopedagogy with Laura Albertini (St Andrews), Hugh Dunkerley (Chichester) & Petra Hansson (Uppsala), for the ASLE-UKI online seminar series. Tickets are free, grab them here: zurl.co/lLmfA

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British Mycological Society @britmycolsoc.org.uk · 03/11/2025

Join us on 29th Nov at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, for our Autumn Open Meeting. Hear from Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social - University of East Anglia - lecturer in Creative Writing & Digital Technologies, writer on the topic of ‘mushroompunk’ ➡️ www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/aom_2025.html

Photo of Jasmine Kirkbride, sitting in front of shelves of books.

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Beyond delighted to be taking up a post at UEA as a Lecturer in Creative Writing and Digital Technologies! It's amazing returning to the uni where I did my PhD, teaching Creative Writing which I care about deeply. Huge thanks to my new colleagues for being so welcoming! 🙏

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Catching up with myself post- @seattlein2025.org. Such a wonderful, friend-filled time! Talked about fungi and climate fiction; played Ready Steady Flash (Fiction); dressed up for Hugos; danced at the Scalzi Disco; AND did my first Table Talk! Big love Worldcon friends! ❤️

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

🚀On my way to @seattlein2025.org! 📚I’m on 6 panels from cover letters to climate fiction - full schedule below... 🪐I’m also hosting my first ever Table Talk on Sunday - sign up 8am-6pm on Sat: virtual.seattlein2025.org/sign-ups ❤️Looking forward to seeing friends old and new! #SeattleWorldcon2025

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I'm truly honoured to be interviewing the acclaimed author Michael Morpurgo as part of this year's Autumn Festival of Norfolk. 🍂 The event will be at University of East Anglia, 1-2.30pm on Saturday 1st November - get your tickets here: www.autumnfestivalofnorfolk.org/event/michae...

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Had a wonderful time giving the academic keynote about mushroompunk literature at last week's Current Research in Speculative Fiction (CRSF) Conference in Liverpool. Loved everyone's papers & delighted how popular fungal fiction is! Huge thanks to the organisers for a fascinating & fun time ⭐🍄

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Geraldine Seymour @geraldineseymour.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

There’s still time to get your (free) tickets for the Current Research in Speculative Fiction conference in Liverpool and online, with keynote speakers @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social and @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social it’s going to be great! www.eventbrite.com/e/crsf-2025-...

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CRSF 2025

The Current Research in Speculative Fiction conference returns for its 15th annual conference in 2025!

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

💙🕰️ BOOK COVER REVEAL 🕰️💙 So delighted to share the gorgeous cover for my debut novel #TheForestontheEdgeofTime - it's time-travel climate fiction out Feb 2026 - preorder link in bio! Huge thanks to the @torbooks team, particularly illustrator Sam Green and designer Shreya Gupta⁣. ⭐

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

You can now pre-order THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME in the US! 📖Hardback www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest... 💡eBook www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest... 🎙Audiobook www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest... AND it's part of @barnesandnoble.com's #BNPreorder event - use PREORDER25 for 25% off!

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Very excitingly, my academic article ‘Radically Hopeful Dystopian Climate Fiction: Exploring Social Dreaming, Temporal Re-Sensitisation, and Katharsis in Jeff VanderMeer’s Borne' has been published in Wild Possibilities, a special edition of Comparative American Studies! 1/3

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Morgana Bourggraff, Writer @morganabourggraff.com · 18/03/2025

🎉so excited for this!!!

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Could this sound more like SF heaven? Can’t wait to order my copy of this exciting debut from the awesome @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social!

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Eliza Chan @elizachanwrites.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Wooo looking forward to reading this debut SF novel! 👀

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Nicholas Binge @bingewriting.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I have read this and can confirm it's absolutely fantastic. A speculative concept that I'm absolutely raging I didn't come up with myself because its so good, and absolutely engrossing writing to boot. Tor have nabbed a really special one here, folks. Add it to your roster for next year!

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

BOOK DEAL NEWS! So delighted @torbooks.bsky.social signed my debut sci fi novel THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME, publishing Feb 2026. 🌳🌟 Huge gratitude to my agent @acochran.bsky.social at @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social and my editor @leeharris.net at Tor for making my writerly dreams come true! ❤️📚

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Obligatory annual London Book Fair selfie - I always say this but I really did have the best time at #LBF25! Spent Tuesday afternoon catching up with old publishing friends - so lucky to be part of such a supportive industry. Particular thanks to British Council & BookMachine for the stand parties!

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Unsolicited writing advice, no. #55234567: You don’t have to write for a living to be a writer. You don’t have to be a great writer to be a writer. You don’t have to write full time to be a writer. All you have to do is write.

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Oh y'all know my jam: publishing rants, book chat, sci-fi nerdery, over-enthusiasm for amphibians, mushrooms, and earl grey tea. Just doing it on here now as well as everywhere else. Social media's making me feel like a froglet searching for a safe lily pad.

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