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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thanks, Carin! Knowing we’ve sold someone on a book is one of my favorite parts of doing the podcast! (My other favorite part is having an excuse to chat with my friends about books every week.)

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

True. Orson Scott Card’s work had a huge positiveimpact on me as a teenager. I reread Speaker for the Dead recently, and all the radical empathy that helped me shape and articulate my worldview is still in there.

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Caitlin Rozakis @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It's the last of my videos asking authors at Worldcon slightly unhinged questions! (For the record - these are all people who already know me. Do not stalk writers around events, please, and ask them nicely if you want to involve them in shenanigans.)

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I read it and recommend it! I got stuck a couple of times when a character was about to make heart wrenchingly poor life choices, and had to put it down for a few days and come back. I think this is a sign of emotionally effective storytelling.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I was just thinking it was time to start making my 2027 TBR in earnest. Lots of great looking stuff in this thread, and just a few that I was already aware of.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

New on Narrated: Scott and I discuss The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass, by Leslye Penelope. Bonus: Hugo Awards reactions with Mark, and my Y2K bug story. #BookSky narratedpodcast.com/episodes/374

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We recorded the Hugo Award reactions last night. @marksiegal.bsky.social and I could have kept babbling on, but @sullery.bsky.social was a killjoy and pointed out that he had to get it edited in time to post this morning.

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374: The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass — Narrated Podcast

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Huge congratulations to our friends at @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social for your Hugo Best Fancast win! ❤️

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Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Me already having Narrated on my Fancast ballot for 2027: *smug*

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If you’ve read some great books or short stories this year that you think should be nominated for awards (or fan writing, SFF reviews, (ahem) SFF podcasts, magazines, etc.), this is a great place to share them. It’s also a great place to look for recommendations to read before award nominations.

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Hugo, Girl! the podcast @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

www.lacon.org/hugos/

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

New on Narrated: Readercon 35 Interviews. Huge thanks to all who chatted with me! #BookSky Part 2 features: Gillian Daniels @gillianlynndaniels.bsky.social Suzanne Palmer @zanzjan.bsky.social Kit Sedia @esedia.bsky.social Jake Casella Brookins @casella.bsky.social narratedpodcast.com/episodes/370

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Now live on Narrated: This year’s Readercon Interviews. Huge thanks to everyone who agreed to chat with me! #BookSky Part 1 features: Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social A. T. Greenblatt @atgreenblatt.bsky.social Ann LeBlanc @robotleblanc.bsky.social narratedpodcast.com/episodes/369

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Casey Aimer @caseyaimer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The Hugo Poetry Award still needs more nominations from you. Just a few days left. Are you a fiction person who needs help judging poetry? I've got just the thing for you: bsky.app/profile/case... The best free outlets to find said poetry listed below

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Great talking with you at @readercon.org, Casella! This is a fun episode, and I especially enjoyed the coverage of @portersqbooks.bsky.social. I was working in Porter Square 20 years ago when they opened, and they’ll always have a special place in my heart!

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

My kitties this morning. We started locking the freezer because Billy by himself can open it with just his weight by sitting right there. Once while we were out of town, the cat sitter found the freezer hanging open and the cats had chewed up a bag of frozen pork chops all over the kitchen floor.

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Renay⁷ @renay.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This was a fun episode!

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Christine D. Baker @klaxoncomms.com · 22/07/2026

I had such a lovely time talking with the folks over at Narrated!

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The conclusion of the Narrated Hugo finalist coverage: We were lucky to have @klaxoncomms.com from Hugo History join us to talk about the Best Series nominees. 39 books in one episode! #BookSky narratedpodcast.com/episodes/363...

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368: 2026 Hugo Finalists - Best Series — Narrated Podcast

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This week on Narrated: Scott and I discuss Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim, one of the books that most sparked my imagination this year. #BookSky narratedpodcast.com/episodes/367

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Smoke sky, Greater Boston area this evening

A red-orange sun in a hazy, yellowish grey sky. In the foreground, the top of a municipal building, a mostly slack American flag, and a red traffic light. Taken approximately 6:45pm July 14, 2026, showing the way the sky looks in Eastern Massachusetts with the effects of Canadian wildfire smoke.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This week on Narrated: Scott and I discuss Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim, one of the books that most sparked my imagination this year. #BookSky narratedpodcast.com/episodes/367

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Thanks to all who chatted with me for the podcast at #Readercon. The interviews will be live in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, enjoy some previous years' chats: 2025 Interviews: @fondalee.bsky.social, @arula-ratnakar.bsky.social, @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social narratedpodcast.com/episodes/318

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318: ReaderCon 34 (2025) — Narrated Podcast

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

#Readercon starts tomorrow and I can’t wait! If you are going to be there and would like to spend 10 minutes talking to me about your creative work, your con experience, and audiobooks/audio fiction for the podcast, let me know.

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Brandon O’Brien @therisingtithes.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Hugo Awards voting is still open until August 8th! Whether you're already deep in the voter packet or haven't even glanced at the nominees yet, please read and vote for the works in the Best Poem category and support speculative poetry as a core element of genre! www.lacon.org/hugofinalists/

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It was the time a friend heard me play a set of original music and said, “Have you ever considered just playing covers?” And he was so confused that I had an emotional reaction. “What? You have a nice voice. Why not sing songs people already know?”

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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com · 26/06/2026

Hey THE FEYWILD JOB is out in less than a week but if you haven't preordered this is a great time to do it no matter where you like to shop for books. I hear B&N is having a sale, I think that's cool, and it's hardcover so a discount could be nice there is also an audiobook release too! VICO ORTIZ!

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Okay, wow. I’m about halfway through Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim and I’m OBSESSED. When you leave home a part of you stays behind. This book is about a world where that is literally, scientifically true.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Sometimes a book comes along with an SFF mechanic (technology, magic, whatever) that sends my daydreams into overdrive spinning off plotlines in my own life and/or my favorite media. This is one of those books. What has hit you that way recently? #BookSky

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

This sounds fun, and for a good cause. Do I know any Boston area book people going to this? Maybe some #Readercon folks? #BookSky

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Hugo, Girl! the podcast @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I had fun talking Best Novella on Narrated!

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

New on Narrated: the first episode of our annual Hugo Awards coverage! @sullery.bsky.social, Mark, and I discuss Best Novella nominees with special guest Lori from @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social. #BookSky narratedpodcast.com/episodes/359

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Story Hour @storyhour.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Hey, would you like to hear two of this year’s Hugo-nominated stories—read by their authors? Samantha Mills and Thomas Ha are bringing us just that! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! @samtasticbooks.com @thomasha.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

Head-and-shoulders color photo of writer Samantha Mills, a fair-skinned woman with brown hair parted on one side, worn long and in loose curls and waves. She wears a black embroidered top and teardrop-shaped pendant on a black cord. She pose before a blurred interior of bookshelves and looks directly into the camera, smiling warmly.

Head-and-shoulders color photo of writer Thomas Ha, a man of mixed Korean/Irish ancestry who has fair skin, brown eyes, a five-o’clock shadow, and thick black hair worn short and swept back from his forehead. He wears a heathered charcoal tee and gold-tone wire-rimmed glasses. He stands in front of a tree and a building sided with unfinished wood; the building appears to be in near-darkness, although the light on him is bright and casts only soft shadows. He looks directly into the camera, smiling faintly.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Bluesky is the primary place I hear buzz about new books. I also have a podcast about audiobooks, so when I l love a book I spread the word. When I decided to leave Twitter, I came here because it seemed to have the highest percentage of authors and book enthusiasts I wanted to interact with.

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Randee Dawn @randeedawn.com · 01/05/2026

The word is out! My next "Tune"-iverse funny fantasy "We Interrupt This Program" from @solarisbooks.bsky.social is worth interrupting your reading schedule for! BELIEVE IT! Get your hopeful, silly, magical summer read set up here today: geni.us/weinterrupt We got: 👵 🧚‍♂️ 🍞❓ 💔 👦👩🏾 👸 🪄 🖨️ + MORE!

We Interrupt this Program book cover with quote from Netgalley Reviewer

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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 25/04/2026

Probably the best novella you will read this year. Get it.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Congratulations to all the Hugo Award finalists! Looking forward to diving into the works I haven’t experienced yet. Also, this is where I was when the shortlist was announced this year. Didn’t plan it that way, but it seems appropriate. www.lacon.org/hugofinalists/

The Space Shuttle Discovery on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the National Air and Space Museum.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

New on Narrated: This week, Scott and I discuss The Language of Liars, by @slhuang.com. It’s not just a feast of language nerdery, linguistics is essential to to the plot and to solving the mystery. narratedpodcast.com/episodes/354...

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

On the edge of my seat for the shortlist today. Also, these are good reminders of award etiquette:

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

I'm assured by writer friends that one good thing you can do to support them is to buy not just new releases but explore their backlists. Read SF/fantasy? Like queer stuff? I am part way through a project looking at great queer SFF from the 2020s. 2021 is here, and... 1/2

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The Queersar Not An Award 2021

For excellence in queer SFF and SFF with queers released in 2021

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Dancing Star Press @dancingstarpress.com · 07/04/2026

Happy publishing day to @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app! Year of the Mer, her first full-length novel, is out today!

Three books on a wooden deck. All are by L.D. Lewis.

The books, clockwise from left:
Year of the Mer
The Dead Withheld
A Ruin of Shadows

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