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☆ otherworldly stories from galaxy-wide voices ☆ books. theatre. chaotic community. 📍 nyc ☆ [email protected] 💌 beacons.ai/starrysteph

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · Nov 18

some things about me:

📚 i read & recommend books very intentionally.
🎭 i talk about theatre, too!
🐇 🐈‍⬛ i have the two cutest pets in the world.
🌎 i run a community through Bindery to help disrupt publishing & uplift marginalized voices. we have an awesome Discord & readathon together twice a month!

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 11d

🚫pretending anything in life isn’t political
🚫AI
🚫ignoring or speaking over marginalized voices
🚫HP-related anything

If this is your vibe, join me for free or support me for $5 a month to disrupt publishing for the better: celestial.binderybooks.com

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · 11d

✅inclusive otherworldly stories
✅Black & Indigenous & queer & disabled stories
✅indie authors
✅having thoughtful & sometimes tough conversations in community
✅FUN & WHIMSY & JOY because reading intentionally and being a caring person is still super fun!

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · Jul 7

HEY! it’s disability pride month.

why aren’t you following my Bindery?

you can join for free OR $5/month (which is a very small ask ‘cause a coffee costs more).

help me publish inclusive books someday! & join a fun community with readathons & book clubs. 🥰

celestial.binderybooks.com #Booksky

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · Jul 6

i tried to read 7 books in 7 days … except there’s also two labubu unboxings, a quick cat interview, and a brutal heat wave.

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7 books in 7 days | reading a book a day to catch up to my reading goal!

YouTube video by Steph

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · Jul 4

our next readathon is THIS WEEKEND! Saturday through Monday! you can join for as little or as much of the readathon as you can. :)

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · Jul 4

the BEST way i’ve ever broken a reading slump is in community. that little extra bit of accountability and challenge helps me out SO much!

i host monthly weekend readathons for my Bindery community - they’re like fun group chats with lots of check ins.

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · Jun 22

okay, it took me THREE MONTHS to sit down and film this … but i finally did the get to know my book taste tag!

(created by Mari and Sam AND they have a playlist so you can watch everyone’s answers and find some new booktubers to follow!) #Booksky

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get to know my book taste tag | will we vibe or FIGHT?

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · Jun 18

BREAKING NEWS: BOOKCON IS RETURNING APRIL 2026!!

April 18-19, 2026. Javits Center. Be there or be square!

📚 books mentioned:
- How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder
- The Isle in the Silver Sea
- The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery
- Cursed Daughters

#Booksky #BookCon #BookCommunity

steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · Jun 4

HEY! i want you to join my community for our readathon this weekend :)

lovely vibes. intentional readers. text-based reading accountability that’s introvert-friendly.

to join, just follow me for free on Bindery and then you’ll get access to ye olde Discord!

celestial.binderybooks.com #booksky

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · Jun 2

BOOKNET FEST 2025 VLOG JUST DROPPED! featuring all our favorite creators, LOTS of panel clips, and insight into the most special book event i’ve ever been part of!! check it out on youtube now!!

youtu.be/JHrLagzkgLo #booksky #booknetfest

a bookish creator's DREAM | booknet fest 2025 vlog

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · Jun 1

Elatsoe with the Celestial book club starts today!! Join us for a fun, forum-based discussion (in a pretty cool group). We read speculative backlisted books.

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Into the Drowning Deep and Metal From Heaven

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · May 26

Bindery’s disruption of the publishing industry also takes marketing pressure away from the authors. nobody should have to post on social media to survive. they only need to write!

subscribe for FREE or for $5/mo for extra support ⬇️

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · May 26

i don’t want to hear about that booktok man’s publishing deal.

i DO want you to take 3 seconds to follow me for free on Bindery (and support all Bindery creators) so we can make the publishing world more ethical & uplift voices that are constantly ignored.

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · May 11

love this!! we’re definitely going to keep it in some way, but we might just end up, taking out the first page and putting it in a scrapbook of some kind. but we’re also brainstorming ways to have a very bookish guest book!

steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · May 10

thank you to everyone following along on the reading road to rings for your love and support and the sweetest comments!!

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · May 10

🤭 engagement book haul video also coming soon and i’m not even kidding because i got some VERY VERY exciting books 😂.

i’m excited to share the whole story with you all, but for today we’re just focused on celebrating.

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · May 10

and the BIGGEST shoutout to Savannah at Saga Press (lots of you already know and adore her) who had a hand in his clever trickery!!

Kyle proposed in her adorably cozy office, and I left with so many books that we needed to use multiple bags to cart them out of there.

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · May 10

i’m officially engaged to my best friend!!! 🥹💍🥳

we’re going to share ALL the details of Kyle’s proposal-ing in a video very soon, but just know that he crafted the most special moment he possibly could have.

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This is how you lose the time war with a ring inside

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · May 9

achillean sci fi & fantasy books that you simply MUST check out!! do it, okay??

📚 books mentioned:
- When Among Crows by Veronica Roth
- Ocean’s Godori by Elaine U. Cho
- A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow

#Booksky #queerbooks

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · May 7

two book events that are gonna ROCK your SOCKS off!!

📍Booknet Fest
May 23-24, 2025
Drury Plaza Hotel in Orlando, Florida

📍Imaginarium Book Festival
June 6-7 2025
University of the District of Columbia in Washington, DC

#bookevents #booksky

steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · May 5

read, support, and uplift books by marginalized authors today & every day.

📚 books mentioned:
- Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
- The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass
- Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

(sorry the mic revolted today lol)

#Booksky #readbannedbooks

steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · May 3

if you could force more specific kinds of fantasy books to appear in the world … what would you want to read about?
 (please be as specific as you want. i dig it)

#fantasybooks #magicalbooks #horrorbooks #bookishopinions #booksky

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · May 1

The Seep by Chana Porter, An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon, and The Stars Undying by Emery Robin! OH and very different vibe, but since I didn’t mention nonfic initially, I’ll throw in Heavyweight by Solomon Brager for an interesting graphic memoir.

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steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · May 1

my book club just started Dragonfruit AND announced our summer reading lineup (the votes were soooo close)!

we chat casually in Discord forums (so you can share spoilers once you finish each segment).

love to have you with us! it’s free to join the community: celestial.binderybooks.com
#Booksky

Book covers: Elatsoe, Into the Drowning Deep, Metal From Heaven

steph @starrysteph.bsky.social · May 1

hey! I talk about a lot of Jewish SFF and horror (and mostly read queer books) if that’s your vibe! :)

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