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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 29/09/2026

“Wells's Worlds” is Ursula's introduction to Selected Stories of H.G. Wells, published by Modern Library in 2004. The introduction also appears in Words Are My Matter.

"I see art as a community enterprise both in place and time, and believe that art that leads to more art is more valuable than sterile excellent." Ursula K. Le Guin, "Wells' Worlds," 2004

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 28/09/2026

The recipient of this year's prize will be announced on October 21st. Read more about the shortlist here:

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 28/09/2026

Christopher Caldwell (@seraph76.bsky.social) introduces his collection Call and Response: Stories of the Fantastic, which is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.

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Christopher Caldwell introduces Call and Response

YouTube video by Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation

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David Naimon @davidnaimon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tin House is sending me on a mini-regional tour for the gorgeous reissue of Ursula K Le Guin: Conversations on Writing. Portland-Seattle-Bay Area friends I hope to see you. Come say hi and celebrate Ursula's legacy with me! @tinhouse.bsky.social @ursulakleguin.com @ebbooksellers.bsky.social

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 25/09/2026

The Guardian called Revolution in the Heart: Stories Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin "Probably the best original anthology of the year: a must-read." More info: titanbooks.com/72469-revolu...

Revolution in the Heart: Stories Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin, edited by Jonathan Strahan

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 24/09/2026

The recipient of this year's prize will be announced on October 21st. You can read more about the shortlist here:

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 24/09/2026

🌟Shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟 With its haunted shoes and sheep and cats, Bora Chung's novel in ghost stories (translated by @antonhur.com) gently suggests the degree to which humanity’s efforts to control the world are themselves figments and fantasies.

A photo of the book Midnight Timetable, standing on a black shelf next to a glass vase with two pink-orange flowers and some greenery.

"What we can see and hear and touch in this world is very limited. And so perhaps it’s true we don’t know much about the world at all. We like to say there’s nothing new under the sun, but we don’t have the slightest inkling of how many things there are, indeed, under the sun."

from Midnight Timetable by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 22/09/2026

A quick note to say that Pard is doing great, living his best life (though he's had several of those, as appropriate for a cat). He does not look his age, does he?

A black-and-white tuxedo cat sits on a staircase, looking at the camera like he might want to bite it.

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 21/09/2026

The recipient of this year's prize will be announced on October 21st. You can read more about the shortlist here:

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 21/09/2026

Premee Mohamed (@premeemohamed.com) reads from her story collection One Message Remains, which is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

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Premee Mohamed reads from One Message Remains

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 18/09/2026

Sometimes Jotform can be a bit glitchy; you might try again! (Other responses are coming in regularly.)

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 18/09/2026

The survey is available in multiple languages. Thanks for your help!

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 18/09/2026

We'd like your help with something. The one hundredth anniversary of Ursula's birth will take place in 2029. This may seem a long time away, but we’re already starting to think about how to celebrate Ursula’s life and art. We’d love to add your ideas to the mix—there's a brief survey here:

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Centenary event planning

Please click the link to complete this form.

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 17/09/2026

The recipient of this year's prize will be announced on October 21st. You can read more about the shortlist here:

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 17/09/2026

🌟Shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟 In Sunward, @willalex.bsky.social weaves world-expanding comedy with a vision of parental care that encompasses beings built as well as born. In his future, another way of living is possible—though getting to it is never easy.

A copy of Sunward, by William Alexander, stands on a black shelf next to a small glass vase with two orangey-pink flowers.

"Mercury was a messenger god, and you also carry messages across the heavens. That makes this a pilgrimage site for you, too."

'Except I don't worship him. I don't burn offerings of ox entrails in his name. I don't really believe in him.'

You don't need to, Sparkles said. Mercury is still your patron god. Every letter you deliver is an offering."

from Sunward, by William Alexander

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Cadwell Turnbull @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So deeply honored I got to read an entry of Le Guin's blog. Baby-writer me with a copy of The Lathe of Heaven would be in disbelief (like I am currently)...

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 16/09/2026

This week on In Your Spare Time, @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social reads post 23, "The Middle of What?" from May 2011. "The middle" of the title is the middle class. "But doesn’t a middle need the stuff it’s the middle of — the above, the below, the left, the right, the front, the back?" Ursula writes.

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In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin: Cadwell Turnbull reads "The Middle of What?"

Cadwell Turnbull reads post 23, "The Middle of What?," from May 25, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: Cadwell Turnbull's website is

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 15/09/2026

The publisher of this edition preferred it this way; you're welcome to ask them about it!

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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Whatcha up to in a few hours? I've been looking forward to this one for a bit!

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 14/09/2026

The recipient of this year's prize will be announced on October 21st. You can read more about the shortlist here:

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 14/09/2026

Tashan Mehta (@tashanmehta.bsky.social) reads from her novel Mad Sisters of Esi, which is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

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Tashan Mehta reads from Mad Sisters of Esi

YouTube video by Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 10/09/2026

The recipient of this year's prize will be announced on October 21st. You can read more about the shortlist here:

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 10/09/2026

🌟Shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟 Through three rom-com quoting characters, Audition explores carceral politics & the psychology of violence, & what healing from the harm of those systems might require in a world where embodiment & identity have lost all familiar forms.

A copy of Audition by Pip Adam stands on a black shelf next to a small glass vase holding a pinkish-yellow flower and some greenery with yellowy berries.

A quote from Audition: "It was a seamless balancing act between not wanting to be hurt anymore and being told nothing was hurting them. No one asked questions. But also, after a while there didn't seem to be a right question to ask. What was a question anyway? Everything felt off but that was the nature of things."

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 09/09/2026

For this week's episode of In Your Spare Time, R.B. Lemberg (@rblemberg.bsky.social) reads "First Contact," a story about a rattlesnake, communication, and ingenuity. As Ursula notes, "The sacred and the comic are not that far apart."

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In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin: R.B. Lemberg reads "First Contact"

R.B. Lemberg reads post 22, "First Contact," from May of 2011. You can read Ursula's original post here: R.B. Lemberg's website is

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 08/09/2026

The recipient of this year's prize will be announced on October 21st. You can read more about the shortlist here:

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 08/09/2026

Isaac Fellman (@isaac-fellman.bsky.social) introduces and briefly reads from his novel Notes from a Regicide, which is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

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Isaac Fellman introduces Notes from a Regicide

YouTube video by Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 07/09/2026

The nifty new Olive Edition of Changing Planes is out now from Harper Perennial www.harpercollins.com/pages/olivee...

The new edition of Changing Planes has a cover that suggests the view out of an airplane window. Outside, a mountain peak glows against a sunset (or sunrise). Small stars give the impression of zooming about the cover.

The quote on the back cover of Changing Planes reads, "Some dreams tell us what we wish to believe ... The rarest dream is the dream that tells us what we have not known."

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 04/09/2026

On September 15th, join Nghi Vo, Karen Joy Fowler, and Brian Attebery for an online event celebrating the publication of Library of America's Complete Earthsea!

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Exploring Earthsea: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Fantasy Masterpiece

Karen Joy Fowler, Nghi Vo, and Brian Attebery delve into a foundational classic of the fantasy genre.

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 03/09/2026

(We should have tagged @seraph76.bsky.social in that first post; apologies!)

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 03/09/2026

The recipient of this year's prize will be announced on October 21st. You can read more about the shortlist here:

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 03/09/2026

🌟Shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟 Full of hard-won, lived-in hope, Christopher Caldwell's generously told tales take seriously the interconnections of class, race, geography, gender, and sexuality—while making striking imaginative leaps through time.

A small glass vase holding a peachy rose stands next to a copy of Christopher Caldwell's Call and Response: Stories of the Fantastic

“Does that heart’s stone remain as hard? Will the Mother and the brides stand atop high Necropolis’s hill and reunite once more? Does he come? I search the darkening heavens for swallows and their golden throats, else the starling numbers descending down like feathered smoke. But my eyes are old. And does he come? What means always to the dead?” —from Christopher Caldwell's Call and Response (specifically the story "The Calcified Heart of Saint Ignace Battiste")

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Nicola Griffith SHE IS HERE out now! @nicolaz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I chose this one because it turns out we both loved and used the OED. A lot. I’ve always found its entries a great way to think my way into a subject

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 02/09/2026

Nicola Griffith (@nicolaz.bsky.social) reads "Beige" for this week's episode of In Your Spare Time. "Beige is the only color I can think of that is used as a fashion sneer," begins Ursula's April 2011 post about the color, about fashion, about definitions, and about making statements.

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In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin: Nicola Griffith reads "Beige"

Nicola Griffith reads post 21, "Beige," from April 22, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: Nicola Griffith's website is    

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 01/09/2026

(That would be 2026, of course!)

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 01/09/2026

There is, indeed, a typo. Thanks for pointing it out!

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