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50 Trans SFF books for the Trans Rights Readathon 2024

50 Trans SFF books for the Trans Rights Readathon

The Trans Rights Readathon 2024 has begun! It's running from 22 to 29 March. The readathon aims to encourage people to read and uplift books by trans authors and books with trans main characters in the lead up to Trans Day of Visibility on 31 March. Find out more about how to get involved on the organiser’s website. (link opens in a new tab)

One really fun aspect of the readathon is the bingo card! I set myself the challenge of finding not just any book, but a science fiction, fantasy or horror book for every single square. So, if you’re looking for some reading inspiration, this post is packed with 50 trans SFF books—enough to fill the entire board twice over! I’ve chosen a mix of books that I’ve read before and books on my TBR that I’m itching to read soon.

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List of Twitter pitch events 2024

Twitter Pitch Events 2024 (Future Worlds Editing)

Last updated: 8 November 2024

Hello! Welcome to this list of Twitter pitch events coming up in 2024.

Pitch events (also called pitch contests or pitch parties) are usually one-day events on social media during which writers use a particular hashtag to get eyes on their manuscript pitches. This is often in the hope of grabbing the attention of agents and publishers, but there are also community-only events for cheering each other on.

With Twitter being in a turbulent state at the moment, there is uncertainty around the future of pitch events on the platform. Many have been discontinued, others have moved elsewhere. The list below gathers all the information I could find about what is happening and where. I will update it as more information becomes available throughout the year.

If you’re planning to take part in any of these events, please double-check the details beforehand on the organisers’ social media/websites, since schedules can easily change.

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“It was a giant puzzle, and making the pieces fit was delightful.” Q&A with Bethany Jacobs, author of These Burning Stars

Q&A with Bethany Jacobs. Editing, revisions and the journey to publication.

Hello and welcome to this very special blog post: a conversation with Bethany Jacobs, author of the newly released queer space opera These Burning Stars. We’ll be talking all about the editing process that These Burning Stars went through, from first draft to finished publication.

Bethany and I worked together during the 2020 session of Pitch Wars, after which Bethany went on to sign with an agent and land a three-book deal with the publisher Orbit. These Burning Stars, the gripping first instalment of the Kindom trilogy, comes out this week (17 October in the US; 19 October in the UK) and I’m so excited for everyone to read it!

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