My ConFusion schedule
As you might have seen, Bogi is the Fan GoH at ConFusion this year (hurray!), so all three of us are going to ConFusion as a family. Mati is also coming. If you are at ConFusion, please come say hi!!...
View Article“To Balance the Weight of Khalem” in Beneath Ceaseless Skies
I have a new story for you – it is a fantasy novelette unconnected to Birdverse (for a change), titled “To Balance the Weight of Khalem“. You can read it for free online, and if you are so inclined,...
View ArticleReddit AMA at r/Fantasy Today!
Some fine folks invited me to do a Reddit AMA on r/fantasy – I have been answering questions about Birdverse, my upcoming novella The Four Profound Weaves, worldbuilding, linguistics, recipes, and...
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TWO starred reviews for the Four Profound Weaves
My upcoming Birdverse debut The Four Profound Weaves has received not one, but two starred reviews from trade journals: The Publishers Weekly, and the Library Journal. I couldn’t be happier.Publishers...
View ArticleThe Four Profound Weaves is going to be an audiobook!
I am very pleased to announce that my new agent, Mary C. Moore of Kimberley Cameron, has sold audio rights to my Birdverse debut, the Four Profound Weaves, to Tantor Media. I’m so happy there’s going...
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Upcoming events: NASFiC and The Raven
I have two upcoming events which I would like to share with you. First, spouseperson Bogi Takács and myself will be doing a reading at NASFiC this Sunday, August 23, 2020. The reading will be held at...
View ArticleThe Four Profound Weaves pre-Launch Happenings
Just a few days left before the official launch of The Four Profound Weaves on September 1st, 2020. It’s an exciting time!Here is a short list of everything going on right now:Charles Payseur asked me...
View ArticleBirdverse website, new poem, Le Guin
Dear readers – I have made a new website for Birdverse, located at birdverse.net. I have replaced the previous Birdverse page on this website with a link to the new website, which has a lot more info...
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Cover reveal and ToC for Climbing Lightly Through Forests
Lisa M. Bradley and I are happy to announce the lineup and cover of Climbing Lightly Through Forests, a poetry anthology honoring Ursula K. Le Guin. Forests includes our introduction, work by many...
View ArticleLe Guin Feminist SF Fellowship
This is finally public – I have been awarded the 2020 Le Guin Feminist SF Fellowship sponsored by the University of Oregon Libraries Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA). The fellowship...
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Audiobook of The Four Profound Weaves is now available!
The audiobook of The Four Profound Weaves is out on the world! Enjoy the amazing cover and narration by Paul Boehmer. 🙂An audiobook cover for the Four Profound Weaves, featuring a birdOriginally...
View ArticleAward Eligibility 2020
Dear readers – I have not done an Award Eligibility post for a few years, but I am doing it this year. This has been an incredibly rough year, but an amazing one for speculative fiction. I hope that...
View ArticleTrans & Nonbinary Book Club: The Four Profound Weaves, with R.B. Lemberg
I am going to be discussing The Four Profound Weaves at the wonderful ARGO Bookshop tomorrow, December 10, 2020, at 7pm Eastern – more details at this link! There is also a Facebook event page. Hope to...
View ArticleClimbing Lightly Through Forests is launching on February 1st!
Climbing Lightly through Forests: A Poetry Anthology Honoring Ursula K. Le Guin, edited by Lisa M. Bradley and myself, is launching on February 1st, 2021! Here is a link to the book on our publisher’s...
View ArticleClimbing Lightly Through Forests is OUT today!
Today, the long-awaited poetry anthology I co-edited with Lisa M. Bradley is out from Aqueduct Press: Climbing Lightly through Forests: A Poetry Anthology Honoring Ursula K. Le Guin. It contains the...
View ArticleThe Four Profound Weaves is a finalist for the Nebula Award!
Great news – my Birdverse novella The Four Profound Weaves is a finalist for the Nebula. The book is in astounding company – this is the strongest novella ballot I’ve ever seen – and it is a great...
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Reprint in We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020
I am very happy to share that “To Balance the Weight of Khalem,” my novelette about a magical onion and migration, will be reprinted in We’re Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2020 edited by...
View ArticleEverything Thaws is coming in 2022
I signed the contract and can finally announce that my poetry memoir EVERYTHING THAWS, about Soviet Jews and permafrost and climate change and stories of the Vorkuta GULAG will be forthcoming from Ben...
View ArticleFAQ questions!
This post is a placeholder for all your questions about the Birdverse. Please comment with your question, and I’ll respond as soon as I can!Originally published at R.B. Lemberg. You can comment here or...
View ArticleThe Four Profound Weaves – Launch events and Blog Tour
The Four Profound Weaves is out in the world! My wonderful publisher, Tachyon, collected all the blog tour stops for the novella in one place: R.B. Lemberg’s The Four Profound Weaves took flight with a...
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The Audiobook of the Four Profound Weaves is now available!
</p> The audiobook of The Four Profound Weaves is out on the world! Enjoy the amazing cover and narration by Paul Boehmer. Originally published at R.B. Lemberg. You can comment here or there.
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The Unbalancing is coming in Winter 2022!
Dear Birdverse readers: I am very happy to announce that a new Birdverse book, The Unbalancing, is headed your way in Winter 2022, again from the fine people at Tachyon! This is a short novel about a...
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The Four Profound Weaves is a Nebula Finalist!
Great news – my Birdverse novella The Four Profound Weaves is a finalist for the Nebula. The book is in astounding company – this is the strongest novella ballot I’ve ever seen – and it is a great...
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My first Birdverse novel THE UNBALANCING is out!!
You can buy it from Tachyon https://tachyonpublications.com/product/the-unbalancing/ or other retailers.“In this first full-length novel from the acclaimed Birdverse, new love blossoms between an...
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New poetry book EVERYTHING THAWS is out! + Locus poll
My poetry memoir, EVERYTHING THAWS, is now available from Ben Yehuda Press! This book has been a long time coming, and it contains some of the most personal work I have ever written. It has migrations,...
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