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Trans Rights Readathon @trreadathon.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

The Trans Rights Readathon is right around the corner. We've got some exciting new plans this year, and we're compiling some resources for indie authors. Many of them are still in the works and will be announced publicly throughout March. 🤍💗💙 #TRR26 #transrightsreadathon #indieauthors

Rainbow text over a psychedelic background. At the bottom of the image, are two graphics from artist PocketMilo. In one, a brown-skinned person with purple hair and a pink outfit, smiles while holding a potted houseplant. Opposite, a brown-skinned person with green hair and vitiligo gives a haircut to a light-skinned person with red hair and prominent top surgery scars. Text reads: Is Your Book a Good Fit? The Trans Rights Readathon encourages readers to seek out works by and/or about trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender non-conforming authors or main characters.

Rainbow text over a psychedelic background. A graphic by artist PocketMilo appears at the bottom of the slide, and depicts two people embracing. Their faces are partially obscured. They are surrounded by lush vines. A trans pride flag is visible on the back of the nearer figure’s coat. Text reads: If So, You Should Know… We heard you last year when you said that you wanted more resources for the event. Which is why...

Rainbow text over a psychedelic background. At the bottom of the page, a graphic by artist PocketMilo shows two light-skinned people lying side-by-side in bed with their legs intertwined. One has visible top surgery scars, is wearing plaid shorts, and has fallen asleep while holding a book. The other wears baggy pants, socks, and a crop top, and is reading a book. Text reads: We’re Planning Something Big! If you’re interested in learning more, send an email with the subject line “Indie Author” to transreadathon@gmail.com, and we’ll forward the details to help you plan ahead.

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

✅inclusive otherworldly stories ✅Black & Indigenous & queer & disabled stories ✅indie authors ✅having thoughtful & sometimes tough conversations in community ✅FUN & WHIMSY & JOY because reading intentionally and being a caring person is still super fun!

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

HEY! it’s disability pride month. why aren’t you following my Bindery? you can join for free OR $5/month (which is a very small ask ‘cause a coffee costs more). help me publish inclusive books someday! & join a fun community with readathons & book clubs. 🥰 celestial.binderybooks.com #Booksky

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Bindery Books

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

i tried to read 7 books in 7 days … except there’s also two labubu unboxings, a quick cat interview, and a brutal heat wave. youtu.be/_NpY-XTizjg #Booksky

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7 books in 7 days | reading a book a day to catch up to my reading goal!

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

the BEST way i’ve ever broken a reading slump is in community. that little extra bit of accountability and challenge helps me out SO much! i host monthly weekend readathons for my Bindery community - they’re like fun group chats with lots of check ins. 1/2

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

okay, it took me THREE MONTHS to sit down and film this … but i finally did the get to know my book taste tag! (created by Mari and Sam AND they have a playlist so you can watch everyone’s answers and find some new booktubers to follow!) #Booksky www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdfK...

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get to know my book taste tag | will we vibe or FIGHT?

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

BREAKING NEWS: BOOKCON IS RETURNING APRIL 2026!! April 18-19, 2026. Javits Center. Be there or be square! 📚 books mentioned: - How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder - The Isle in the Silver Sea - The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery - Cursed Daughters #Booksky #BookCon #BookCommunity

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

HEY! i want you to join my community for our readathon this weekend :) lovely vibes. intentional readers. text-based reading accountability that’s introvert-friendly. to join, just follow me for free on Bindery and then you’ll get access to ye olde Discord! celestial.binderybooks.com #booksky

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Bindery Books

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

BOOKNET FEST 2025 VLOG JUST DROPPED! featuring all our favorite creators, LOTS of panel clips, and insight into the most special book event i’ve ever been part of!! check it out on youtube now!! youtu.be/JHrLagzkgLo #booksky #booknetfest

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a bookish creator's DREAM | booknet fest 2025 vlog

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Elatsoe with the Celestial book club starts today!! Join us for a fun, forum-based discussion (in a pretty cool group). We read speculative backlisted books. celestial.binderybooks.com

Into the Drowning Deep and Metal From Heaven

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

i don’t want to hear about that booktok man’s publishing deal. i DO want you to take 3 seconds to follow me for free on Bindery (and support all Bindery creators) so we can make the publishing world more ethical & uplift voices that are constantly ignored. 1/2 #Booksky

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

i’m officially engaged to my best friend!!! 🥹💍🥳 we’re going to share ALL the details of Kyle’s proposal-ing in a video very soon, but just know that he crafted the most special moment he possibly could have. 1/4 #Booksky

This is how you lose the time war with a ring inside

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

achillean sci fi & fantasy books that you simply MUST check out!! do it, okay?? 📚 books mentioned: - When Among Crows by Veronica Roth - Ocean’s Godori by Elaine U. Cho - A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow #Booksky #queerbooks

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

two book events that are gonna ROCK your SOCKS off!! 📍Booknet Fest May 23-24, 2025 Drury Plaza Hotel in Orlando, Florida 📍Imaginarium Book Festival June 6-7 2025 University of the District of Columbia in Washington, DC #bookevents #booksky

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

read, support, and uplift books by marginalized authors today & every day. 📚 books mentioned: - Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley - The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass - Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson (sorry the mic revolted today lol) #Booksky #readbannedbooks

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

if you could force more specific kinds of fantasy books to appear in the world … what would you want to read about?  (please be as specific as you want. i dig it) #fantasybooks #magicalbooks #horrorbooks #bookishopinions #booksky

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

my book club just started Dragonfruit AND announced our summer reading lineup (the votes were soooo close)! we chat casually in Discord forums (so you can share spoilers once you finish each segment). love to have you with us! it’s free to join the community: celestial.binderybooks.com #Booksky

Book covers: Elatsoe, Into the Drowning Deep, Metal From Heaven

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

huge news … Kyle did it!! the reading road to rings has been completed!! (now give him all the praise and amazing book recs so he doesn’t stop reading!) (and stay tuned for future news 👀) 📚 books mentioned: - The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova #Booksky #readingroadtorings

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

magical & mystical sapphic books hit every time! 📚 books mentioned: - The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King - Lucha of the Night Forest by Tehlor Kay Mejia - But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo thank you to William Morrow, Get Underlined, and Tordotcom for the gifted copies! #Booksky

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

book recs that give me black mirror vibes!! 📚 books mentioned: - Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase - The Shamshine Blind by Paz Pardo - Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo thank you to Atria and Tor for the gifted copies! #Booksky

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

anywayyyyyy support a Jewish book creator by following me on Bindery (for free)! maybe we can publish books someday. and along the way, it’s a lovely community with a book club, readathons, and more. ⬇️

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

at this rate mein kampf is about to start showing up on bookstagram rec tables because what do you mean ANOTHER bookstagrammer included it in ANOTHER aesthetic photo post? 😭

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

this was a deeply emotional read that i want to place in everyone’s hands right now. 📚 books mentioned: - Detained: A Boy’s Story of Survival and Resilience by D. Esperanza and Gerardo Iván Morales thank you to Atria/Primero Sueño Press for gifting me this copy. #booksky

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

🌲 i’m always delighted to see a really big tree, what can i say?? but seriously, this was a touching story involving love, loss, and nature. thank you so much to Redwood & Relay Influence for inviting me! 🎭 show mentioned: Redwood #redwoodmusical #booksky

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

the joy that screaming about this series gives me is unmatched tbh N.K. Jemisin deserves all the praise, always #Booksky

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

bookish brand trip - the sequel?! everyone’s asking for more shelves and the city vlogs, so i’m here to deliver! come along with me to LA for a wildly fun weekend with 115 book creators. (also pls watch bc it took me 15 years to edit & then exporting failed 3 TIMES) youtu.be/594LI-JqI0w #Booksky

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bookish brand trip?!? | shelves and the city los angeles 2025 vlog!

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

⬇️ what do you love about your library? please join me in the fight to save our libraries. here are four things you can do RIGHT NOW! EveryLibrary works to support and defend public and school libraries, and they put together a simple website that helps you take immediate action. 1/2 #Booksky

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

i forgot how much i adored the dedication of Raybearer. (this month’s book club pick!! come read with us!! 💕 📖 ☀️) #Booksky

For the kid scanning fairy tales for a hero with a face like theirs.

And for the girls whose stories we compressed into pities and wonders, triumphs and cautions, without asking, even once, for their names.

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

!! CALL TO ACTION !! #Booksky please join me in the fight to save our libraries. EveryLibrary is working hard to save the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is the federal agency charged with distributing Congressionally approved funds to state libraries and grant recipients.

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

i’m 6 free Bindery followers away from 500!! if you also love championing marginalized authors & stories, if you want a supportive community, and/or if you just want to support me, it would mean the world to me if you followed. PLUS we have a readathon this weekend! ✨ celestial.binderybooks.com

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

the Celestial April book club (Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko) has officially begin! ALSO, our next weekend readathon starts on Fri! you join for as much as you can and read as much as you can. it’s fun and casual and text-based. #booksky

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Fareeha @fawfal.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Some recommendations for the trans rights readathon by trans Palestinian authors. You can check out @trreadathon.bsky.social for info on how to join. #readpalestinianlit #transrightsreadathon #TRR25

blue background with green text in the center that reads: add trans Palestinian books to your trans rights readathon list. Here are some recommendations & upcoming releases. There are two flags in the top right and bottom left corner next to a simple graphic of some leaves. The flags are the trans flag and the Palestinian flag.

The top text reads: Tran and Non Binary poetry and collections
There are 7 book covers in a row of 4 and 3.
Top row: Thyme Travellers edited by Sonia Sulaiman, Blood Orange by Yaffa, The Specimen’s Apology by George Abraham, Desecrated Poppies by Yaffa.
Bottom Row: Rock Flight by Hasib Hourani (Available: UK, Australia U.S. release: April 8), Who is Owed Springtime by Rasha Abdulhadi, Letters from a Living Utopia by Yaffa (Pub Date: Aug 2025)

The top text reads: Tran and Non Binary Speculative Fiction & Comics
There are 6 book covers in rows of 3 and 3.
Top row: Everything for Everyone by Eman Abdelhadi & M.E. O’Brien, Inara Light to Utopia editing by Yaffa, Nayra and the Djinn by Iasmin Omar Ata
Bottom Row: Where Black Stars Rise by Nadia Shammas, Legend in the Heights (pub date: spring 2026), The Hookah Girl & other stories by Marguerite Dabaie

blue background with green text in the center that reads: Trans liberation and Palestinian liberation are intertwined. Add these books to your reading list. Rate and review them. Donate to queer & trans Palestinian organizations and organizers.
There are two flags in the top right and bottom left corner next to a simple graphic of some leaves. The flags are the trans flag and the Palestinian flag.

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO! i thought you were all maybe a little sick of hearing trans book recs from me … so i asked the bookish community! thank you SO much to the wonderful creators who helped fill this video with books to help us all prep for the 2025 @trreadathon.bsky.social! youtu.be/AJILpnexf10

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trans books you need to read (from the bookish community) | trans rights readathon 2025!

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I’ve read a handful of these already, and will probably read Model Home during this year’s readathon! #TRR25 #transrightsreadathon #booksky

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

i’m clearly still figuring out the youtube algorithm, because somehow this has attracted some hateful folks. i’m blocking and deleting as i see so others don’t have to view anything cruel. we will never shut up about queer books!!!! 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

looking for trans & nonbinary book recs for the 2025 trans rights readathon? 🏳️‍⚧️ i’ve got you covered with my latest youtube video - i chatted about some of my all-time favorite trans books for 40 minutes! don’t forget to sign up for the @trreadathon.bsky.social! #Booksky youtu.be/ZcxqDWcMSGg

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30+ trans & nonbinary book recs | trans rights readathon 2025 prep!

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

✨🩸community event!! 🩸✨ you’re all officially invited to celebrate Women in Horror month with me, Aubrei, and Naomi @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social #Booksky

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

who is ready to join me for a celestial readathon this weekend? 👀 this week has been exhausting. i’m ready to burn through some books. text based!! (like a fun group chat but lowkey for us introverts). hold each other accountable AND send pet pics!! don’t sweat it if you can only join for a bit!

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

announcing the Celestial spring book club picks! the voting is always so tight (but that’s just because the choices are SO good. fire nominations every single time). i’d love to have you join our book club & reading community. and our February book (starting today) is Mexican Gothic!! #Booksky

Spring book club announcement graphic.
We read otherwordly, backlisted books by marginalized authors.
March: Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase
April: Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
May: Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier

Celestial book club reading now! Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

still processing this bookstagram post (the longer you stare at it, the worse it gets) (anyway pls support Jewish bookish content creators lol) 🫠 #booksky

aesthetic bookstagram flat lay with a copy of Mein Kampf with flowers, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, and Holocaust Remembrance Day

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I’m honored to be featured in Lauren Puckett-Pope’s latest ELLE piece alongside 20 fellow bookish content creators & friends. SO fascinating to read about everyone’s reflections & predictions for 2025! #booksky www.elle.com/culture/book...

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Can Influencers Predict the Next Big Thing in Books?

Content creators have become an essential part of the publishing ecosystem. But as they undergo significant upheaval, they’re reassessing what comes next.

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Bookish checkpoint: 📚 💙 Last: ✨ Lucha of the Night Forest - Tehlor Kay Mejia Current: ✨ The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim Next: Probably either … ✨ Death of the Author - Nnedi Okorafor ✨ The Reformatory - Tananarive Due Last Book Added to TBR: ✨ Vanishing World - Sayaka Murata #Booksky

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

my reading community's next readathon is Jan 31 - Feb 2! catch up on your TBR and read in community (big ole text chat). and so many pet photos, duh. if you want a comforting, welcoming, and discerning space to lean on each other, vent, and find some joy - I'd love to have you there. ✨ #booksky

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

so many of the booktok ‘hot takes’ on here & threads & youtube make me want to roll my eyes out of my head just shut the fuck up :) about a community you were not a part of :)

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