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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · 19h

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! 🙏

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Aug 29

Post-Con adventures included a dawn hot air balloon ride at Mt. Rainier, hiking in Olympic National Park, swimming in a glacial lake, Chihuly Gallery, bookshops, and meeting my first Giant Sequoia. The last was meaningful as a sequoia appears in THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME!🌳

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Aug 29

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! ❤️

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Aug 11

🚀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

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Jul 18

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...

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Jul 7

It was a great time. Now off to continue writing some mushroompunk fiction of my own for this amazing editor I know! :D

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Jul 7

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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Geraldine Seymour @geraldineseymour.bsky.social · Jun 27

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-...

CRSF 2025

The Current Research in Speculative Fiction conference returns for its 15th annual conference in 2025!

www.eventbrite.com

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Jun 23

💙🕰️ 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⁣. ⭐

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Apr 24

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!

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Apr 19

I’m particularly excited that this article is seeing the light of day because it was a chapter of my PhD. Having this article is out in the world for people helps make that journey even more meaningful for me. Huge thanks to the editors for seeing value in my work. ❤️🙏

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Apr 19

It’s open access and therefore free to read, so if you’re interested in how we tell stories about climate change, and the ways we can reinvent structures of courage, honour, and hope in the age of climate crisis, give it a read right here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 2/3

Radically Hopeful Dystopian Climate Fiction: Exploring Social Dreaming, Temporal Re-Sensitisation, and Katharsis in Jeff VanderMeer’s Borne

This article applies Jonathan Lear’s concept of radical hope to dystopian climate fiction, using Jeff Vandermeer’s weird fiction novel Borne as a vehicle to explore the intra- and extra-textual imp...

www.tandfonline.com

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Apr 19

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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Morgana Bourggraff, Writer @morganabourggraff.com · Mar 18

🎉so excited for this!!!

Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Mar 18

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! ❤️📚

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Mar 18

Thanks for sharing Arthur!! 🥰

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Arthur H. Manners @arthurmanners.bsky.social · Mar 18

Could this sound more like SF heaven? Can’t wait to order my copy of this exciting debut from the awesome @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social!

Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Mar 18

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! ❤️📚

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Mar 18

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

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Mar 18

Thank you for sharing - can't wait for you to meet the Tinys! 🥰🤖

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Eliza Chan @elizachanwrites.bsky.social · Mar 18

Wooo looking forward to reading this debut SF novel! 👀

Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Mar 18

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! ❤️📚

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Mar 18

Oh Marian, thank you! I'm so lucky to have you as an agency sibling - sending big love! xXx

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Marian Womack @maudmarianw.bsky.social · Mar 18

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. ⬇️ 💙

Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Mar 18

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! ❤️📚

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Mar 18

Oh wow, thank you for sharing and saying such lovely things! Really glad you enjoyed reading it. 🥰

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Nicholas Binge @bingewriting.bsky.social · Mar 18

I have read this and can confirm it's absolutely fantastic. A speculative concept that I'm absolutely raging I didn't come up with myself because its so good, and absolutely engrossing writing to boot. Tor have nabbed a really special one here, folks. Add it to your roster for next year!

Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Mar 18

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! ❤️📚

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Mar 18

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! ❤️📚

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Dr Jasmin Kirkbride @jasminkirkbride.bsky.social · Mar 13

Thank you! I was hoping I might catch you - next time!! ❤️

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