Harare Review of Books
@hararereview.bsky.social
✍🏾 Jacqueline Nyathi, librocubicularist, friendly neighbourhood "You *Must* Read This" person.
https://linktr.ee/hararereviewofbooks
📝📚 @thecontinent.org, @strangehorizons.bsky.social etc
(Incidentally, also @shonatiger.bsky.social)
https://linktr.ee/hararereviewofbooks
📝📚 @thecontinent.org, @strangehorizons.bsky.social etc
(Incidentally, also @shonatiger.bsky.social)
Pinned
🎧New Critical Friends! It was a real pleasure to convene this talk with Paul March-Russell of @sffoundation.bsky.social and Jacqueline Nyathi of @hararereview.bsky.social.
On the hopeful imagination: “We should have a much bigger perspective when we’re thinking about how to get to the future.” (JN)
On the hopeful imagination: “We should have a much bigger perspective when we’re thinking about how to get to the future.” (JN)
Critical Friends Episode 17: On Imagining Hopefully
Dan Hartland is joined by Paul March-Russell and Jacqueline Nyathi to discuss speculative fiction’s approach to hope and optimism. Where has it gone? How do writers express it? And what are its pit…
strangehorizons.com
First(ish) time on a (books, definitely) podcast! (I’m really shy and talking is hard). But Dan and Paul were really great to chat with and this is a subject I’m apparently really passionate about 😆
Department of War is like very bad Orwell
December 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Department of War is like very bad Orwell
Reposted by Harare Review of Books
India has been a testing ground for this kind of shit... it's been rampant in children's book sections around the country for a while now. This includes science and history books for older kids full of hallucinated "facts"
December 7, 2025 at 5:52 AM
India has been a testing ground for this kind of shit... it's been rampant in children's book sections around the country for a while now. This includes science and history books for older kids full of hallucinated "facts"
AI is coming for your toddler's bedtime story www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
AI is coming for your toddler's bedtime story
Artificial intelligence poses an increasingly real threat to children’s literature—and children’s learning.
www.motherjones.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:42 AM
AI is coming for your toddler's bedtime story www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The best science and nature books of 2025 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
The best science and nature books of 2025
From the threat of superintelligent AI to the dangers of overdiagnosis; plus the evolution of language and the restless genius of Francis Crick
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:19 AM
The best science and nature books of 2025 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
The best memoirs and biographies of 2025 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
The best memoirs and biographies of 2025
Anthony Hopkins and Kathy Burke on acting, Jacinda Ardern and Nicola Sturgeon on politics, plus Margaret Atwood on a life well lived
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:07 AM
The best memoirs and biographies of 2025 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
Lit Hub’s 43 Favorite Books of 2025
Lit Hub’s 43 Favorite Books of 2025
It’s been another hard year for so many people, and in so many ways, but best-of lists are for remembering the good times, and reading is always good (at least the way we do it). Here are the…
lithub.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Lit Hub’s 43 Favorite Books of 2025
Reposted by Harare Review of Books
A critique of David Graeber's work & its lasting influence on contemporary left politics.
The Utopia of Refusal: David Graeber, Debt & the Left Monetary Imagination
by Will Beaman & Scott Ferguson Note: David Graeber leaves behind a rich and complex body of work that remains influential for leftist thought and practice. Since his passing in 2020, however, …
moneyontheleft.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A critique of David Graeber's work & its lasting influence on contemporary left politics.
Reposted by Harare Review of Books
can't wait to hear who won the FIFA prize in literature
December 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
can't wait to hear who won the FIFA prize in literature
Reposted by Harare Review of Books
Some rare good news: Journalists at the PEN Guild won their arbitration case against Politico, which deployed two separate faulty AI products (a "report builder" and a headline and summary generator on the homepage) without their knowledge or input.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
Journalists win a key battle over AI in the newsroom
PLUS: Artists fight for an AI transparency law in the belly of the beast, a Spotify mass deletion event, and an interview with a top video games journalist about AI and labor.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Some rare good news: Journalists at the PEN Guild won their arbitration case against Politico, which deployed two separate faulty AI products (a "report builder" and a headline and summary generator on the homepage) without their knowledge or input.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
Reposted by Harare Review of Books
I swear I have other books too 😁 This Indonesian poetry book by Hendri Yulius Wijaya and English-language anthology from Anamot Press depict Indonesian queer experiences. One of the poets in the anthology is actually from the same province as me.
Postcards are from Queer Indonesia Archive. #Booksky
Postcards are from Queer Indonesia Archive. #Booksky
December 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I swear I have other books too 😁 This Indonesian poetry book by Hendri Yulius Wijaya and English-language anthology from Anamot Press depict Indonesian queer experiences. One of the poets in the anthology is actually from the same province as me.
Postcards are from Queer Indonesia Archive. #Booksky
Postcards are from Queer Indonesia Archive. #Booksky
Reposted by Harare Review of Books
Join me & author Jamila Minicks at Sankofa books in DC in just 2 weeks for the first event discussing my novella FES IS A MIRROR! It’s guaranteed to be popping, lit, & woke & we’d love to share this moment with you! Register here, it’s free or by donation or you can get a ticket including the book!
Book Event - Fes Is a Mirror: A Novella with Author Chantal James | sankofa-dc
Join us for an evening with acclaimed Washington, DC–based author Chantal James, as she presents her latest novella, published October 28, 2025.
Be part of the discussion, meet the author, and explor...
www.sankofa.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Join me & author Jamila Minicks at Sankofa books in DC in just 2 weeks for the first event discussing my novella FES IS A MIRROR! It’s guaranteed to be popping, lit, & woke & we’d love to share this moment with you! Register here, it’s free or by donation or you can get a ticket including the book!
Reposted by Harare Review of Books
No spider but "middle-aged woman assumes powers are side effect of perimenopause" is the plot of THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU by Mindy Hung, just fyi
December 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
No spider but "middle-aged woman assumes powers are side effect of perimenopause" is the plot of THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU by Mindy Hung, just fyi
Reposted by Harare Review of Books
Memory Rehab and Future History: December’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
Memory Rehab and Future History: December’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
The mornings are brisker, the evenings are darker—the year is winding down. You may, like me, be reevaluating your TBR from the past year and recalling books you had meant to read when you got them…
lithub.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Memory Rehab and Future History: December’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
The best books of 2025 www.theguardian.com/culture/ng-i...
The best books of 2025
New novels from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Ian McEwan, plus the return of Slow Horses and Margaret Atwood looks back … Guardian critics pick the must-read titles of 2025
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The best books of 2025 www.theguardian.com/culture/ng-i...
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library www.404media.co/the-last-vid...
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
www.404media.co
December 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library www.404media.co/the-last-vid...
Palestine Book Awards 2025: Winners Announced in London Ceremony - Palestine Book Awards www.palestinebookawards.com/news/item/pa...
Palestine Book Awards 2025: Winners Announced in London Ceremony - Palestine Book Awards
Middle East Monitor is proud to host the annual award ceremony to celebrate the best books written in English on the subject of Palestine.
www.palestinebookawards.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Palestine Book Awards 2025: Winners Announced in London Ceremony - Palestine Book Awards www.palestinebookawards.com/news/item/pa...
Inside Seattle's silent book clubs www.axios.com/local/seattl...
Inside Seattle's silent book clubs
The clubs offer calm, no‑pressure ways to get out, read what you love and still feel part of a community.
www.axios.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Inside Seattle's silent book clubs www.axios.com/local/seattl...
Weekly Dispatches From the Frontlines of World Literature - Asymptote Blog www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/12...
Weekly Dispatches From the Frontlines of World Literature - Asymptote Blog
The latest from Nigeria and Palestine!
www.asymptotejournal.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Weekly Dispatches From the Frontlines of World Literature - Asymptote Blog www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/12...
The US will reinstate library grants canceled by Trump. lithub.com/the-us-will-...
The US will reinstate library grants canceled by Trump.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services issued a short and sweet update on Wednesday announcing the restoration of all grants supporting libraries and museums: Upon further review, the Institu…
lithub.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The US will reinstate library grants canceled by Trump. lithub.com/the-us-will-...
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025 lithub.com/100-notable-...
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025
The idea of 100 Notable Small Press Books was born November 2024, after The New York Times’s annual 100 Notable Books list featured eighty-two books from the Big Five publishing houses (Pengu…
lithub.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025 lithub.com/100-notable-...
Reposted by Harare Review of Books
Incredible to talk to @svenbeckert.bsky.social about his important new book, CAPITALISM
NEW EPISODE: Pulitzer Prize finalist Sven Beckert joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about his new book, Capitalism: A Global History.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/sven-beckert...
@literaryhub.bsky.social
lithub.com/sven-beckert...
Sven Beckert on the Global History of Capitalism
Pulitzer Prize finalist Sven Beckert joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about his new book, Capitalism: A Global History. Beckert describes capitalism as an ongoing proc…
lithub.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Incredible to talk to @svenbeckert.bsky.social about his important new book, CAPITALISM
Reposted by Harare Review of Books
Yay my History of Utopian Literature course got approved! Now I have to…design it…
Anyone who has taught on the subject before, I’d love to get your recs on articles etc
#litsky #booksky #utopia #solarpunk #teaching
Anyone who has taught on the subject before, I’d love to get your recs on articles etc
#litsky #booksky #utopia #solarpunk #teaching
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Yay my History of Utopian Literature course got approved! Now I have to…design it…
Anyone who has taught on the subject before, I’d love to get your recs on articles etc
#litsky #booksky #utopia #solarpunk #teaching
Anyone who has taught on the subject before, I’d love to get your recs on articles etc
#litsky #booksky #utopia #solarpunk #teaching