If you missed the first of my 2026 book recommendations events with the Ashland Public Library last night, you can catch the video on Youtube here. While last year’s program focused on both fantasy and science fiction, I’m primarily focusing on fantasy book recommendations this year. (But if you’re looking for more science fiction books this year, Elizabeth Bear has you covered!) For the first book recommendations event of the year, I recommended a couple of epic fantasy books, a […]

If you missed the third quarterly Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Recommendations event with the Ashland Public Library last night, you can catch the video on Youtube here. This included discussion of the following books: Lilith’s Brood by Octavia E. Butler The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks Mirage by Somaiya Daud A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna The Wings Upon Her Back by Samantha Mills Essays Related to the Highlighted Books: “Ideologies of Space” by Somaiya Daud “The WIP […]

If you missed the second quarterly Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Recommendations event with the Ashland Public Library last night, you can catch the video on Youtube here. This included discussion of the following books: Lips Touch: Three Times by Laini Taylor; illustrated by Jim di Bartolo The Reformatory by Tananarive Due The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow Death of the […]

If you missed the first quarterly Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Recommendations event with the Ashland Public Library last night, you can catch the video on Youtube. This included discussion of the following books: The Changeling Sea by Patricia A. McKillip Warchild by Karin Lowachee The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson The Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem Seed to Harvest by Octavia E. Butler These are quarterly half-hour long discussions taking place on Zoom on the third Thursday of the month, and the […]