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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don’t care where you started out on the political spectrum If your kid comes out as trans & you don’t become a rainbow-clad, parade-cheering ally & rock-solid supportive girl/boy/enby dad/mom? You were never a parent at all You were a doll collector furious they didn’t stay in their packaging.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Ignyte Awards have been announced! Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists!

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I finally got to it and it’s SO GOOD. Episode to come Tuesday, but definitely one of my favorites of the year, and so much of it is specifically right up my alley.

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 30/09/2026

My third novel, HERO COME HOME, officially has a cover! Preorderable from the usual places us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The cover of my third novel, HERO COME HOME. Four human figures centred, the main image being that of a bearded man looking back over his shoulder (that's Oro, the protagonist), with a circle of symbols behind him. We can see a swan and a key. In the foreground are three people: two women, one with a mysterious marking? scar? who knows!? on her cheek and the other carrying a sword, flanking an older, balding man holding up a pistol. The possibly-scarred woman looks ever so slightly amused, and that is certainly very like her. Everybody else is not happy to be here, or indeed, anywhere

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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 · 06/09/2026

My kids fling their socks off as soon as they get home. The living room floor fills up with socks. We call cleaning it up “the sock harvest.” “The crop of socks is coming in well. Could someone do the sock harvest?”

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Just finished The Radiant Dark by Alexandra Oliva. Not sure how I feel about the ending, but the rest was 5 stars for me. Tight focus on 3 generations of a complicated family in a world much like our own, but interstellar communication from aliens was received in 1980.

The cover of The Radiant Dark by Alexandra Oliva. A small house in the woods is lit up at late dusk or early dawn. Above there is a sky full of stars. The one in the canter is especially bright with a line radiating out from it. The way the sky is brighter on one side of the line implies a radar sweep.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Here’s my list from a previous discourse cycle: bsky.app/profile/lisa...

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

A couple of YA fantasy series recently did a great job of subverting the imperialist/monarchy issues. I’m thinking of Jordan Ifueko’s Raybearer duology and Tracy Deonn’s Legendborn trilogy (especially the first one).

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

I picked up the audiobook when it was on sale and plan to give it a shot, because so many SFF folks are talking about it, but I strongly suspect I’ll have the same reaction.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I love this! As someone who frequently ambushes people at cons for interviews, I will file away this idea. 😆

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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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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Frank Herbert went there in Destination: Void, which was not very good, but was a prequel to the (imho excellent) Pandora Sequence.

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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

Sorry you had to beat me to posting this! It was great talking with you and I’m really looking forward to Jenny Will Eat You Now!

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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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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Congratulations on the opening! And that’s a great group of books to open with!

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

How about theory boys? Especially the ones who felt that somehow social theory/philosophy could be understood in a void and not sullied by application to the real world. liznickrenz.bandcamp.com/track/theory...

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Theory Boys, by Liz Nickrenz

from the album Unspeakable Crushes

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

Yay, thank you! It was the most work for one episode all year, so I’m glad the result was enjoyable!!

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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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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz. Yes, we can still have warm fuzzy stories about robots standing in as metaphors for marginalized people and exploring who gets to be a person, even in this world of LLM slop. I believe in us.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I’m in the middle of that now. Slept on it last year, but it’s currently in the lead for Astounding for me.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Audio: Finally getting to The West Passage by Jared Pechaček. Intrigued by the unique world building. Paper: Just finished Foundling Fathers by Meg Elison, which was a lot of fun and a biting social commentary.

The cover of the book Foundling Fathers by Meg Elison. It shows a young man in 1700s clothing, wearing AirPods and modern (possibly Meta?) sunglasses.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Their work is DARK in the most Slavic possible way and has a really unique take on a school of magic. I love it.

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Lisa @ Narrated Podcast @lisajune.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

It was! Thanks so much for joining us!

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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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