Dr Jasmin Kirkbride
@jasminkirkbride.bsky.social
Debut THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME out with Tor 2026. Agent Alex Cochran at Greyhound. Lecturer in Creative Writing and Digital Tech at UEA. Research: hope, climate fiction, dystopia, fungus. https://linktr.ee/jasminkirkbride
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📘❤️ IT'S PUBLICATION DAY! ❤️📘
The Forest on the Edge of Time published with Tor Books! It's an absolute dream come true, and I'm enormously grateful to everyone at Tor who's supported my book. 🌟
The Forest on the Edge of Time published with Tor Books! It's an absolute dream come true, and I'm enormously grateful to everyone at Tor who's supported my book. 🌟
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Everyone say happy book birthday to @brandonsanderson.com, @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social, and @kellinthewoods.bsky.social!! ✨📖🎂
February 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Everyone say happy book birthday to @brandonsanderson.com, @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social, and @kellinthewoods.bsky.social!! ✨📖🎂
📘❤️ IT'S PUBLICATION DAY! ❤️📘
The Forest on the Edge of Time published with Tor Books! It's an absolute dream come true, and I'm enormously grateful to everyone at Tor who's supported my book. 🌟
The Forest on the Edge of Time published with Tor Books! It's an absolute dream come true, and I'm enormously grateful to everyone at Tor who's supported my book. 🌟
February 3, 2026 at 1:37 PM
📘❤️ IT'S PUBLICATION DAY! ❤️📘
The Forest on the Edge of Time published with Tor Books! It's an absolute dream come true, and I'm enormously grateful to everyone at Tor who's supported my book. 🌟
The Forest on the Edge of Time published with Tor Books! It's an absolute dream come true, and I'm enormously grateful to everyone at Tor who's supported my book. 🌟
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Books by @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social , @matthewkressel.net , @makana-yama.bsky.social
and new to me.... @thesuiway.bsky.social, whose books looks GOLD.
Books by @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social , @matthewkressel.net , @makana-yama.bsky.social
and new to me.... @thesuiway.bsky.social, whose books looks GOLD.
Mars Rainfall, Death Monks, and Frankenstein Summer: February’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books
As we slog through the end of winter, with an extra-nasty flu season and subzero temperatures, at least there are some stellar tales to keep us entertained until the first whispers of spring. Trave…
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February 2, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Books by @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social , @matthewkressel.net , @makana-yama.bsky.social
and new to me.... @thesuiway.bsky.social, whose books looks GOLD.
Books by @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social , @matthewkressel.net , @makana-yama.bsky.social
and new to me.... @thesuiway.bsky.social, whose books looks GOLD.
📘🌳❤️ Making bookmarks ahead of the launch of THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME - less than one week until publication on Tuesday 3rd February! Unbelievably excited! ❤️🌳📘
January 28, 2026 at 11:01 AM
📘🌳❤️ Making bookmarks ahead of the launch of THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME - less than one week until publication on Tuesday 3rd February! Unbelievably excited! ❤️🌳📘
Feels amazing and surreal that Book Riot (zurl.co/Nat2f ) and New Scientist (zurl.co/SZEZB ) have recommended THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME as one of the best, most exciting new science fiction reads in 2026! 😍
January 15, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Feels amazing and surreal that Book Riot (zurl.co/Nat2f ) and New Scientist (zurl.co/SZEZB ) have recommended THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME as one of the best, most exciting new science fiction reads in 2026! 😍
Curious what my debut novel THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME is about?
Here's a handy reader's guide...!
Here's a handy reader's guide...!
January 12, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Curious what my debut novel THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME is about?
Here's a handy reader's guide...!
Here's a handy reader's guide...!
I thought 2025 summaries were bunkum, then social media peer pressure's made me reflect on my year, and actually it's helped me appreciate everything!
Too many highlights for a BlueSky post - suffice to say, massive thanks to all who helped make 2025 such an incredible journey. Here's to 2026! ❤️
Too many highlights for a BlueSky post - suffice to say, massive thanks to all who helped make 2025 such an incredible journey. Here's to 2026! ❤️
January 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM
I thought 2025 summaries were bunkum, then social media peer pressure's made me reflect on my year, and actually it's helped me appreciate everything!
Too many highlights for a BlueSky post - suffice to say, massive thanks to all who helped make 2025 such an incredible journey. Here's to 2026! ❤️
Too many highlights for a BlueSky post - suffice to say, massive thanks to all who helped make 2025 such an incredible journey. Here's to 2026! ❤️
Can't wait to read the latest short story from my agency sib @arthurmanners.bsky.social - and in one of my favourite sci-fi columns @futurenatures.bsky.social! ✨
5-min distraction incoming: my sci-fi comedy flash-fiction "A Troubleshooting Guide to Your Flat-Pack Planet" is now out in Nature Futures. media.nature.com/original/mag...
January 7, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Can't wait to read the latest short story from my agency sib @arthurmanners.bsky.social - and in one of my favourite sci-fi columns @futurenatures.bsky.social! ✨
The Forest on the Edge of Time hardbacks arrived - total magic - I'm SO lucky to have such a fab team behind this book at Tor, thank you!! 🌟
The Forest on the Edge of Time launches in the US on 3/2, and in the UK on 12/3 - you can pre-order this gorgeous HB edition now in all good bookstores! 📘
The Forest on the Edge of Time launches in the US on 3/2, and in the UK on 12/3 - you can pre-order this gorgeous HB edition now in all good bookstores! 📘
January 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
The Forest on the Edge of Time hardbacks arrived - total magic - I'm SO lucky to have such a fab team behind this book at Tor, thank you!! 🌟
The Forest on the Edge of Time launches in the US on 3/2, and in the UK on 12/3 - you can pre-order this gorgeous HB edition now in all good bookstores! 📘
The Forest on the Edge of Time launches in the US on 3/2, and in the UK on 12/3 - you can pre-order this gorgeous HB edition now in all good bookstores! 📘
Today at 4.30pm GMT, I'm participating in an ONLINE roundtable on ecopedagogy with Laura Albertini (St Andrews), Hugh Dunkerley (Chichester) & Petra Hansson (Uppsala), for the ASLE-UKI online seminar series. Tickets are free, grab them here: zurl.co/lLmfA
December 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today at 4.30pm GMT, I'm participating in an ONLINE roundtable on ecopedagogy with Laura Albertini (St Andrews), Hugh Dunkerley (Chichester) & Petra Hansson (Uppsala), for the ASLE-UKI online seminar series. Tickets are free, grab them here: zurl.co/lLmfA
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Join us on 29th Nov at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, for our Autumn Open Meeting. Hear from Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social - University of East Anglia - lecturer in Creative Writing & Digital Technologies, writer on the topic of ‘mushroompunk’ ➡️ www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/aom_2025.html
November 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Join us on 29th Nov at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, for our Autumn Open Meeting. Hear from Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social - University of East Anglia - lecturer in Creative Writing & Digital Technologies, writer on the topic of ‘mushroompunk’ ➡️ www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/aom_2025.html
Beyond delighted to be taking up a post at UEA as a Lecturer in Creative Writing and Digital Technologies! It's amazing returning to the uni where I did my PhD, teaching Creative Writing which I care about deeply. Huge thanks to my new colleagues for being so welcoming! 🙏
October 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Beyond delighted to be taking up a post at UEA as a Lecturer in Creative Writing and Digital Technologies! It's amazing returning to the uni where I did my PhD, teaching Creative Writing which I care about deeply. Huge thanks to my new colleagues for being so welcoming! 🙏
Catching up with myself post-
@seattlein2025.org. Such a wonderful, friend-filled time!
Talked about fungi and climate fiction; played Ready Steady Flash (Fiction); dressed up for Hugos; danced at the Scalzi Disco; AND did my first Table Talk!
Big love Worldcon friends! ❤️
@seattlein2025.org. Such a wonderful, friend-filled time!
Talked about fungi and climate fiction; played Ready Steady Flash (Fiction); dressed up for Hugos; danced at the Scalzi Disco; AND did my first Table Talk!
Big love Worldcon friends! ❤️
August 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Catching up with myself post-
@seattlein2025.org. Such a wonderful, friend-filled time!
Talked about fungi and climate fiction; played Ready Steady Flash (Fiction); dressed up for Hugos; danced at the Scalzi Disco; AND did my first Table Talk!
Big love Worldcon friends! ❤️
@seattlein2025.org. Such a wonderful, friend-filled time!
Talked about fungi and climate fiction; played Ready Steady Flash (Fiction); dressed up for Hugos; danced at the Scalzi Disco; AND did my first Table Talk!
Big love Worldcon friends! ❤️
🚀On my way to @seattlein2025.org!
📚I’m on 6 panels from cover letters to climate fiction - full schedule below...
🪐I’m also hosting my first ever Table Talk on Sunday - sign up 8am-6pm on Sat: virtual.seattlein2025.org/sign-ups
❤️Looking forward to seeing friends old and new!
#SeattleWorldcon2025
📚I’m on 6 panels from cover letters to climate fiction - full schedule below...
🪐I’m also hosting my first ever Table Talk on Sunday - sign up 8am-6pm on Sat: virtual.seattlein2025.org/sign-ups
❤️Looking forward to seeing friends old and new!
#SeattleWorldcon2025
August 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🚀On my way to @seattlein2025.org!
📚I’m on 6 panels from cover letters to climate fiction - full schedule below...
🪐I’m also hosting my first ever Table Talk on Sunday - sign up 8am-6pm on Sat: virtual.seattlein2025.org/sign-ups
❤️Looking forward to seeing friends old and new!
#SeattleWorldcon2025
📚I’m on 6 panels from cover letters to climate fiction - full schedule below...
🪐I’m also hosting my first ever Table Talk on Sunday - sign up 8am-6pm on Sat: virtual.seattlein2025.org/sign-ups
❤️Looking forward to seeing friends old and new!
#SeattleWorldcon2025
I'm truly honoured to be interviewing the acclaimed author Michael Morpurgo as part of this year's Autumn Festival of Norfolk. 🍂
The event will be at University of East Anglia, 1-2.30pm on Saturday 1st November - get your tickets here: www.autumnfestivalofnorfolk.org/event/michae...
The event will be at University of East Anglia, 1-2.30pm on Saturday 1st November - get your tickets here: www.autumnfestivalofnorfolk.org/event/michae...
July 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I'm truly honoured to be interviewing the acclaimed author Michael Morpurgo as part of this year's Autumn Festival of Norfolk. 🍂
The event will be at University of East Anglia, 1-2.30pm on Saturday 1st November - get your tickets here: www.autumnfestivalofnorfolk.org/event/michae...
The event will be at University of East Anglia, 1-2.30pm on Saturday 1st November - get your tickets here: www.autumnfestivalofnorfolk.org/event/michae...
Had a wonderful time giving the academic keynote about mushroompunk literature at last week's Current Research in Speculative Fiction (CRSF) Conference in Liverpool. Loved everyone's papers & delighted how popular fungal fiction is! Huge thanks to the organisers for a fascinating & fun time ⭐🍄
July 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Had a wonderful time giving the academic keynote about mushroompunk literature at last week's Current Research in Speculative Fiction (CRSF) Conference in Liverpool. Loved everyone's papers & delighted how popular fungal fiction is! Huge thanks to the organisers for a fascinating & fun time ⭐🍄
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There’s still time to get your (free) tickets for the Current Research in Speculative Fiction conference in Liverpool and online, with keynote speakers @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social and @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social it’s going to be great!
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CRSF 2025
The Current Research in Speculative Fiction conference returns for its 15th annual conference in 2025!
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June 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
There’s still time to get your (free) tickets for the Current Research in Speculative Fiction conference in Liverpool and online, with keynote speakers @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social and @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social it’s going to be great!
www.eventbrite.com/e/crsf-2025-...
www.eventbrite.com/e/crsf-2025-...
💙🕰️ BOOK COVER REVEAL 🕰️💙
So delighted to share the gorgeous cover for my debut novel #TheForestontheEdgeofTime - it's time-travel climate fiction out Feb 2026 - preorder link in bio!
Huge thanks to the @torbooks team, particularly illustrator Sam Green and designer Shreya Gupta. ⭐
So delighted to share the gorgeous cover for my debut novel #TheForestontheEdgeofTime - it's time-travel climate fiction out Feb 2026 - preorder link in bio!
Huge thanks to the @torbooks team, particularly illustrator Sam Green and designer Shreya Gupta. ⭐
June 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
💙🕰️ BOOK COVER REVEAL 🕰️💙
So delighted to share the gorgeous cover for my debut novel #TheForestontheEdgeofTime - it's time-travel climate fiction out Feb 2026 - preorder link in bio!
Huge thanks to the @torbooks team, particularly illustrator Sam Green and designer Shreya Gupta. ⭐
So delighted to share the gorgeous cover for my debut novel #TheForestontheEdgeofTime - it's time-travel climate fiction out Feb 2026 - preorder link in bio!
Huge thanks to the @torbooks team, particularly illustrator Sam Green and designer Shreya Gupta. ⭐
You can now pre-order THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME in the US!
📖Hardback www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest...
💡eBook www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest...
🎙Audiobook www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest...
AND it's part of @barnesandnoble.com's #BNPreorder event - use PREORDER25 for 25% off!
📖Hardback www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest...
💡eBook www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest...
🎙Audiobook www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest...
AND it's part of @barnesandnoble.com's #BNPreorder event - use PREORDER25 for 25% off!
April 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
You can now pre-order THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME in the US!
📖Hardback www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest...
💡eBook www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest...
🎙Audiobook www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest...
AND it's part of @barnesandnoble.com's #BNPreorder event - use PREORDER25 for 25% off!
📖Hardback www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest...
💡eBook www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest...
🎙Audiobook www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest...
AND it's part of @barnesandnoble.com's #BNPreorder event - use PREORDER25 for 25% off!
Very excitingly, my academic article ‘Radically Hopeful Dystopian Climate Fiction: Exploring Social Dreaming, Temporal Re-Sensitisation, and Katharsis in Jeff VanderMeer’s Borne' has been published in Wild Possibilities, a special edition of Comparative American Studies! 1/3
April 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Very excitingly, my academic article ‘Radically Hopeful Dystopian Climate Fiction: Exploring Social Dreaming, Temporal Re-Sensitisation, and Katharsis in Jeff VanderMeer’s Borne' has been published in Wild Possibilities, a special edition of Comparative American Studies! 1/3
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🎉so excited for this!!!
BOOK DEAL NEWS!
So delighted @torbooks.bsky.social signed my debut sci fi novel THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME, publishing Feb 2026. 🌳🌟
Huge gratitude to my agent @acochran.bsky.social at @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social and my editor @leeharris.net at Tor for making my writerly dreams come true! ❤️📚
So delighted @torbooks.bsky.social signed my debut sci fi novel THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME, publishing Feb 2026. 🌳🌟
Huge gratitude to my agent @acochran.bsky.social at @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social and my editor @leeharris.net at Tor for making my writerly dreams come true! ❤️📚
March 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🎉so excited for this!!!
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Could this sound more like SF heaven? Can’t wait to order my copy of this exciting debut from the awesome @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social!
BOOK DEAL NEWS!
So delighted @torbooks.bsky.social signed my debut sci fi novel THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME, publishing Feb 2026. 🌳🌟
Huge gratitude to my agent @acochran.bsky.social at @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social and my editor @leeharris.net at Tor for making my writerly dreams come true! ❤️📚
So delighted @torbooks.bsky.social signed my debut sci fi novel THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME, publishing Feb 2026. 🌳🌟
Huge gratitude to my agent @acochran.bsky.social at @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social and my editor @leeharris.net at Tor for making my writerly dreams come true! ❤️📚
March 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Could this sound more like SF heaven? Can’t wait to order my copy of this exciting debut from the awesome @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social!
Very lovely to have my THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME deal with @torbooks.bsky.social featured as a @bookbrunch.bsky.social top story this morning - what a day! 📚⭐ www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
Tor US buys ex BookBrunch reporter's 'terrific' debut
Lee Harris at Tor US has signed ex-BookBrunch reporter Jasmin Kirkbride’s debut novel in a two-book deal brokered by Alexander Cochran at Greyhound Literary Agency
www.bookbrunch.co.uk
March 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Very lovely to have my THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME deal with @torbooks.bsky.social featured as a @bookbrunch.bsky.social top story this morning - what a day! 📚⭐ www.bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article...
Reposted by Dr Jasmin Kirkbride
Wooo looking forward to reading this debut SF novel! 👀
BOOK DEAL NEWS!
So delighted @torbooks.bsky.social signed my debut sci fi novel THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME, publishing Feb 2026. 🌳🌟
Huge gratitude to my agent @acochran.bsky.social at @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social and my editor @leeharris.net at Tor for making my writerly dreams come true! ❤️📚
So delighted @torbooks.bsky.social signed my debut sci fi novel THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME, publishing Feb 2026. 🌳🌟
Huge gratitude to my agent @acochran.bsky.social at @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social and my editor @leeharris.net at Tor for making my writerly dreams come true! ❤️📚
March 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Wooo looking forward to reading this debut SF novel! 👀
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Jasmin is not only one of the nicest people I have ever met, she also possesses that rare kind of wise intelligence I admire so much and it's so difficult to find in our world!!!
These two novels sound like a dream, and I can't wait to read them. ⬇️ 💙
These two novels sound like a dream, and I can't wait to read them. ⬇️ 💙
BOOK DEAL NEWS!
So delighted @torbooks.bsky.social signed my debut sci fi novel THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME, publishing Feb 2026. 🌳🌟
Huge gratitude to my agent @acochran.bsky.social at @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social and my editor @leeharris.net at Tor for making my writerly dreams come true! ❤️📚
So delighted @torbooks.bsky.social signed my debut sci fi novel THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME, publishing Feb 2026. 🌳🌟
Huge gratitude to my agent @acochran.bsky.social at @greyhoundliterary.bsky.social and my editor @leeharris.net at Tor for making my writerly dreams come true! ❤️📚
March 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Jasmin is not only one of the nicest people I have ever met, she also possesses that rare kind of wise intelligence I admire so much and it's so difficult to find in our world!!!
These two novels sound like a dream, and I can't wait to read them. ⬇️ 💙
These two novels sound like a dream, and I can't wait to read them. ⬇️ 💙