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VILE LADY VILLAINS (UK: Penguin Michael Joseph, April 2026/ US: Union Square & Co, May 2026) ✨Rep: Lauren Bieker✨Editor: khōréō ✨Assistant Lit. Agent: Tobias Literary Agency✨she/they🏳️🌈🇬🇷
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It’s here: the cover for the UK edition of VILE LADY VILLAINS, coming out April 02 2026 by Penguin Michael Joseph🖤
Something super weird and wonderful to me, is that my book has been living rent free in my head since 2021 and it’s now 2026 and in a little more than 2 months people will be able to read it…
January 24, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Something super weird and wonderful to me, is that my book has been living rent free in my head since 2021 and it’s now 2026 and in a little more than 2 months people will be able to read it…
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🚀 Congratulations to all those longlisted for BSFA Awards!
Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works!
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Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works!
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January 22, 2026 at 6:22 PM
🚀 Congratulations to all those longlisted for BSFA Awards!
Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works!
bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Check out the complete list here 👇and enjoy this celebration of diverse and exciting works!
bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
This. Frigging everywhere. I keep thinking how lucky I was that the usage of GLP1s for weight loss wasn’t a thing when I was growing up because I know so many mothers, mine chief among them, who would force us to take the jab. I really hope the teens of today are not being pressured into this.
i am really disturbed by how much advertising & promotion of GLP1s i'm getting. it feels constant and not just in spaces that are run by an algorithm (i assume i get those because i look at makeup and skincare stuff?). it seems like weight loss drugs are getting pushed EVERYWHERE and it makes me sad
January 23, 2026 at 3:28 PM
This. Frigging everywhere. I keep thinking how lucky I was that the usage of GLP1s for weight loss wasn’t a thing when I was growing up because I know so many mothers, mine chief among them, who would force us to take the jab. I really hope the teens of today are not being pressured into this.
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"These Marbles Were Never White" by Danai Christopoulou (@danaiwrites.bsky.social) is a fantastic essay. 💖 My favourite line:
"We are the sum of our collected ruins and the amalgamation of thousands of years of stories, stories that were neither perceived by nor sanitized for the Western lens."
"We are the sum of our collected ruins and the amalgamation of thousands of years of stories, stories that were neither perceived by nor sanitized for the Western lens."
January 23, 2026 at 10:41 AM
"These Marbles Were Never White" by Danai Christopoulou (@danaiwrites.bsky.social) is a fantastic essay. 💖 My favourite line:
"We are the sum of our collected ruins and the amalgamation of thousands of years of stories, stories that were neither perceived by nor sanitized for the Western lens."
"We are the sum of our collected ruins and the amalgamation of thousands of years of stories, stories that were neither perceived by nor sanitized for the Western lens."
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This is what happens when I write about my experiences with sleep paralysis. Maybe it’s that no one appreciates what she’s trying to do? 😈
Thank you @havenspec.bsky.social for giving my demon a home 🖤
Thank you @havenspec.bsky.social for giving my demon a home 🖤
👀January 2026 Fiction👀
"Demon In Repose" is a short story by @jawmccarthy.bsky.social about the demon projectionist guiding your dreams and nightmare. Read this one for its sleep paralysis and its nightmare vibes.
Subscribers get it Monday!
"Demon In Repose" is a short story by @jawmccarthy.bsky.social about the demon projectionist guiding your dreams and nightmare. Read this one for its sleep paralysis and its nightmare vibes.
Subscribers get it Monday!
January 22, 2026 at 6:45 PM
This is what happens when I write about my experiences with sleep paralysis. Maybe it’s that no one appreciates what she’s trying to do? 😈
Thank you @havenspec.bsky.social for giving my demon a home 🖤
Thank you @havenspec.bsky.social for giving my demon a home 🖤
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In addition to huge, huge congratulations to @danaiwrites.bsky.social for her nomination on BFSA longlist for Greek and BIPOC voices in Greek myth adaptations, I want to say more of this please! More Greek authors, more discussions of Greek mythology but also history and present 🇬🇷!
I am so beyond emotional right now, because my @khoreo.bsky.social non-fiction essay about the importance of Greek and BIPOC voices in Greek myth adaptations, the angriest thing I’ve ever written, has been longlisted in the Best Short Non Fiction category in the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards.
January 22, 2026 at 6:10 PM
In addition to huge, huge congratulations to @danaiwrites.bsky.social for her nomination on BFSA longlist for Greek and BIPOC voices in Greek myth adaptations, I want to say more of this please! More Greek authors, more discussions of Greek mythology but also history and present 🇬🇷!
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So thrilled to see our editor @danaiwrites.bsky.social's essay on the BSFA Longlist! 🧡
Please vote, if you can, for These Marbles Were Never White. You can read it here: www.khoreomag.com/non-fiction/...
These Marbles Were Never White
The year is 2025. Matt Damon wears a red broom on his head in his first promotional image as the protagonist in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film adaptation of The Odyssey,1 and I’m already too exhaus...
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January 22, 2026 at 6:00 PM
So thrilled to see our editor @danaiwrites.bsky.social's essay on the BSFA Longlist! 🧡
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Art. Is. Resistance.
It feels so strange to keep talking about my book when the world is burning and I wake up every day wondering what fresh hell awaits us. But yesterday someone reminded me that books are our safe spaces. They keep us sane. So I hope that my book will be a safe space for you, stabby sapphics and all.
January 22, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Art. Is. Resistance.
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This was a fabulous essay about the importance of Greek and BIPOC voices in telling Greek myth, and what happens when these voices are shut out. Even if you don't vote, please read it!
Please vote, if you can, for These Marbles Were Never White. You can read it here: www.khoreomag.com/non-fiction/...
These Marbles Were Never White
The year is 2025. Matt Damon wears a red broom on his head in his first promotional image as the protagonist in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film adaptation of The Odyssey,1 and I’m already too exhaus...
www.khoreomag.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:40 PM
This was a fabulous essay about the importance of Greek and BIPOC voices in telling Greek myth, and what happens when these voices are shut out. Even if you don't vote, please read it!
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Grateful & delighted to see The Salt Oracle on the BSFA longlist among so many brilliant friends 🥰🥰🥰
EVEN MORE delighted to see the super talented Sam Gretton @solarisbooks.bsky.social nominated SEVERAL TIMES for his genius covers, including my beauty✨
Congrats all🤩
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EVEN MORE delighted to see the super talented Sam Gretton @solarisbooks.bsky.social nominated SEVERAL TIMES for his genius covers, including my beauty✨
Congrats all🤩
www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Vote for the BSFA Awards
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January 22, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Grateful & delighted to see The Salt Oracle on the BSFA longlist among so many brilliant friends 🥰🥰🥰
EVEN MORE delighted to see the super talented Sam Gretton @solarisbooks.bsky.social nominated SEVERAL TIMES for his genius covers, including my beauty✨
Congrats all🤩
www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
EVEN MORE delighted to see the super talented Sam Gretton @solarisbooks.bsky.social nominated SEVERAL TIMES for his genius covers, including my beauty✨
Congrats all🤩
www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
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Wooo look at all those FFers on the #BSFAAwards2026 longlist! Congrats @thomasha.bsky.social @lindzmcleod.bsky.social @edashtonwriting.bsky.social @drfionamoore.bsky.social @thesuiway.bsky.social @jenniferhudak.bsky.social @angelaliu.bsky.social and....
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January 22, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Wooo look at all those FFers on the #BSFAAwards2026 longlist! Congrats @thomasha.bsky.social @lindzmcleod.bsky.social @edashtonwriting.bsky.social @drfionamoore.bsky.social @thesuiway.bsky.social @jenniferhudak.bsky.social @angelaliu.bsky.social and....
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also @slharris.bsky.social @danaiwrites.bsky.social @aijiang.bsky.social and @jordankurella.com. Well deserved recognition for great pieces across the Best Collection, Best Novel, Best Short Fiction, Best Shorter Fiction, and Best Short Non-Fiction categories!
January 22, 2026 at 4:13 PM
also @slharris.bsky.social @danaiwrites.bsky.social @aijiang.bsky.social and @jordankurella.com. Well deserved recognition for great pieces across the Best Collection, Best Novel, Best Short Fiction, Best Shorter Fiction, and Best Short Non-Fiction categories!
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oooo I missed this when it came out, pls read and vote for it
I minored in classics and a *very big thing* that came up is that you do not learn the modern history of Greece. You get this crystallized box of myths and you're never taught that the descendants of those people have been through shit
I minored in classics and a *very big thing* that came up is that you do not learn the modern history of Greece. You get this crystallized box of myths and you're never taught that the descendants of those people have been through shit
Please vote, if you can, for These Marbles Were Never White. You can read it here: www.khoreomag.com/non-fiction/...
These Marbles Were Never White
The year is 2025. Matt Damon wears a red broom on his head in his first promotional image as the protagonist in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film adaptation of The Odyssey,1 and I’m already too exhaus...
www.khoreomag.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:22 PM
oooo I missed this when it came out, pls read and vote for it
I minored in classics and a *very big thing* that came up is that you do not learn the modern history of Greece. You get this crystallized box of myths and you're never taught that the descendants of those people have been through shit
I minored in classics and a *very big thing* that came up is that you do not learn the modern history of Greece. You get this crystallized box of myths and you're never taught that the descendants of those people have been through shit
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I'm shocked lol 🎉🎉🎉 #BSFAAwards2026
Find the whole list and so many amazing stories and authors to discover or read again at www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Find the whole list and so many amazing stories and authors to discover or read again at www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
January 22, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I'm shocked lol 🎉🎉🎉 #BSFAAwards2026
Find the whole list and so many amazing stories and authors to discover or read again at www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Find the whole list and so many amazing stories and authors to discover or read again at www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
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OMG OMG I'm on the BSFA longlist several times, under both Jendia Gammon and J. Dianne Dotson (they misspelled Dianne fyi) and @starsandsabers.bsky.social is on there several times! I'm on there as author AND illustrator too! OMG!! www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
Vote for the BSFA Awards
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January 22, 2026 at 2:16 PM
OMG OMG I'm on the BSFA longlist several times, under both Jendia Gammon and J. Dianne Dotson (they misspelled Dianne fyi) and @starsandsabers.bsky.social is on there several times! I'm on there as author AND illustrator too! OMG!! www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-...
I am so beyond emotional right now, because my @khoreo.bsky.social non-fiction essay about the importance of Greek and BIPOC voices in Greek myth adaptations, the angriest thing I’ve ever written, has been longlisted in the Best Short Non Fiction category in the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards.
January 22, 2026 at 1:44 PM
I am so beyond emotional right now, because my @khoreo.bsky.social non-fiction essay about the importance of Greek and BIPOC voices in Greek myth adaptations, the angriest thing I’ve ever written, has been longlisted in the Best Short Non Fiction category in the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards.
Roses are red
Ravens can fly
Ravens can fly
January 22, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Roses are red
Ravens can fly
Ravens can fly
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hey all me and my partner are going through a lot, I've lost a lot of money from to get time off to take care of them and our place we need the help desperately, any amount counts please !
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January 20, 2026 at 3:41 AM
hey all me and my partner are going through a lot, I've lost a lot of money from to get time off to take care of them and our place we need the help desperately, any amount counts please !
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It feels so strange to keep talking about my book when the world is burning and I wake up every day wondering what fresh hell awaits us. But yesterday someone reminded me that books are our safe spaces. They keep us sane. So I hope that my book will be a safe space for you, stabby sapphics and all.
January 21, 2026 at 11:47 AM
It feels so strange to keep talking about my book when the world is burning and I wake up every day wondering what fresh hell awaits us. But yesterday someone reminded me that books are our safe spaces. They keep us sane. So I hope that my book will be a safe space for you, stabby sapphics and all.
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🔥💀Announcing the Shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol 4💀🔥
Congrats to everyone on this list: you're officially a BNW-nominated author! And thank you to the hundreds who submitted, as always this was excruciating to narrow down.
Weird is strong🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/yc6t5fj8
Congrats to everyone on this list: you're officially a BNW-nominated author! And thank you to the hundreds who submitted, as always this was excruciating to narrow down.
Weird is strong🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/yc6t5fj8
Announcing the Shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More, Vol. 4 — tenebrous press
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January 14, 2026 at 3:31 PM
🔥💀Announcing the Shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD: The Best New Weird Horror + More Vol 4💀🔥
Congrats to everyone on this list: you're officially a BNW-nominated author! And thank you to the hundreds who submitted, as always this was excruciating to narrow down.
Weird is strong🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/yc6t5fj8
Congrats to everyone on this list: you're officially a BNW-nominated author! And thank you to the hundreds who submitted, as always this was excruciating to narrow down.
Weird is strong🖤☠️
tinyurl.com/yc6t5fj8
Currently doing a challenge called “Fry January”.
It’s where I wake up every morning, read the news, and the news fries my brain.
It’s where I wake up every morning, read the news, and the news fries my brain.
January 19, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Currently doing a challenge called “Fry January”.
It’s where I wake up every morning, read the news, and the news fries my brain.
It’s where I wake up every morning, read the news, and the news fries my brain.
“What fresh hell is this?”
Dorothy Parker, waking up and reading the news every day in 2026, presumably.
Dorothy Parker, waking up and reading the news every day in 2026, presumably.
January 19, 2026 at 10:36 AM
“What fresh hell is this?”
Dorothy Parker, waking up and reading the news every day in 2026, presumably.
Dorothy Parker, waking up and reading the news every day in 2026, presumably.
Have you subscribed to my newsletter? I’m sending it out later today, and rumor has it that there will be a giveaway of a Vile Lady Villains copy happening soon, so you might want to subscribe: danai-writes.beehiiv.com/subscribe
January 18, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Have you subscribed to my newsletter? I’m sending it out later today, and rumor has it that there will be a giveaway of a Vile Lady Villains copy happening soon, so you might want to subscribe: danai-writes.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Mother: “So what is this new book you’re working on?”
I tell her.
Mother: “Ugh. Couldn’t you write something…”
Me: “…Something?”
Mother: “Something more pleasant.”
Me: “I don’t write pleasant books, Mother.”
(And whose fault is that, I wonder.)
I tell her.
Mother: “Ugh. Couldn’t you write something…”
Me: “…Something?”
Mother: “Something more pleasant.”
Me: “I don’t write pleasant books, Mother.”
(And whose fault is that, I wonder.)
January 17, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Mother: “So what is this new book you’re working on?”
I tell her.
Mother: “Ugh. Couldn’t you write something…”
Me: “…Something?”
Mother: “Something more pleasant.”
Me: “I don’t write pleasant books, Mother.”
(And whose fault is that, I wonder.)
I tell her.
Mother: “Ugh. Couldn’t you write something…”
Me: “…Something?”
Mother: “Something more pleasant.”
Me: “I don’t write pleasant books, Mother.”
(And whose fault is that, I wonder.)
I would just like some outlet to review Vile Lady Villains.
I mean, hopefully to like it too, but reviews bring visibility regardless.
I mean, hopefully to like it too, but reviews bring visibility regardless.
what is the biggest writerly goal you are willing to cop to publicly? I would like to be nominated for a Lammy
January 17, 2026 at 12:24 AM
I would just like some outlet to review Vile Lady Villains.
I mean, hopefully to like it too, but reviews bring visibility regardless.
I mean, hopefully to like it too, but reviews bring visibility regardless.