Dr Amy Borsuk

Now that I feel a semblance of normal in the midst of my grief, it's time to return to the publishing hustle. Hi all, I'm acquiring SFF&horror for Solaris, now part of Profile! We're curating the best across the genres: commercial, punchy with a strong hook, to literary & strange. My sample list:

I've finally read Howl's Moving Castle and I demand fanart of Miyazaki's Howl in his Welsh rugby jersey immediately

Covid sketching time

First 5 RPGs in chrono 1. Fantasy Age 2. Pathfinder 3. 5e 4. Genisys 5. Monster of the Week (Powered by the Apocalypse)

🐿🚨Cover re-reveal!🚨🐿 We're bringing @jarodkanderson.bsky.social /The Cryptonaturalist 's STRANGE ANIMALS to the UK next March with this fabulous cover by Sam Gretton! The heart of TJ Klune meets the eccentricity of WELCOME TO NIGHTVALE in this wonderous urban fantasy. Preorder geni.us/StraAnimals

I have COVID and I am Angry because I got the jab last week and my acting class final day is Tuesday so Of Course I get it Now. Not having my cat to sit on me and help me feel sorry for myself also sucks. [grumbles herself back to sleep]

This is the editor's bat signal

“I don’t know what planet they’re on, but I know about the earrings!” We're talking character & style choices in space opera, and how they relate to empire & identity: critic & editor @random-alex.bsky.social is on the show to discuss Yoon Ha Lee's REVENANT GUN (@solarisbooks.bsky.social)!

Thoroughly browsed a bookstore for the first time in ages

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In 2021, local residents successfully prevented a Home Office raid on Kenmure Street in Glasgow. How will These Are Our Neighbours - a new play by Katharine Williams - tell that story with just three actors? Maddy Costa finds out

Reviewed Golden Boy at the Almeida for Exeunt a few weeks back!

2026 is thus decreed to be year of the tome

Been feeling my grief through art

“Where the first book opened the door to the Aaní world, this follow-up soars.” Thank you to @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org for this wonderful review of Caskey Russell’s THE EAGLE IN THE MOUNTAIN (sequel to THE DOOR ON THE SEA)! Preorder: buff.ly/811a9eA Read the full review:

TOMORROW, join @samkhorton.bsky.social at Waterstones Truro to celebrate the paperback launch of RAGWORT - the highly anticipated sequel to deliciously dark folkloric fantasy GORSE! Perfect for spooky season! #📚️🩵 Book now: buff.ly/pxZYu0P

⚓️👻THE HAUNTING OF AVIS LOVELOCK by @mkhardywrites.com - in this historical supernatural mystery, set on the eve of the Spanish American war, sapphic sparks fly when a professional sceptic and a spiritualist go head to head on a "haunted" Atlantic cruise ship! Buy now: geni.us/avisl

🎉🎂Happy UK Book Birthday to NORDIC NIGHTMARES: a new anthology featuring nightmarish tales of mystery and horror, from the best voices in contemporary Nordic fiction edited by Margarét Helgadóttir! Out today in the UK and 3 November 2026 in North America. Buy/preorder now! geni.us/nordicnigh

I FINISHED WAR AND PEACE

CORRECTION: Turns out we were wrong about everything.

I miss my cat. It's been one month without him

see: moved companies

hi I'm alive, I just moved house, moved companies, and my beloved Pip passed away a few weeks ago and I've been reading War and Peace since April. How is the internet, what are books

But I mean yeah in all seriousness, a second shortlist spot (!!!!) in this incredible company for what I consider to be my PERSONAL most meaningful award in SFF is... is very something! Thank you so so much to @psychopomp.com @ecatherine.com @mkcurry.bsky.social @seanmarkey.bsky.social !

GREAT essay

Holy moly, not only is The Needfire nominated for Best Horror Novel (a dream!!)

The Cymera 2026 Charity Auction is now live! Bid on book bundles, signed copies and special editions; 1-2-1 zoom calls, critiques and beta reads with published authors; query critiques and more! All funds raised will go towards supporting Cymera: www.32auctions.com/cymera2026

Updated our list of labour unions in SFF. The list is now up to 300 (!) stories of science fiction and fantasy where collective worker action is a part of the story. As spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... On the blog: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/orga... 1/2

because you're amazing!!

BEHOLD! Positively buzzing to show you all the great cover Clare Stacey put together for the upcoming NORDIC NIGHTMARES, edited by Margrét Helgadóttir & commissioned by yours truly. The countdown starts now!

🚢👻In August 2026, @mkhardywrites.com 's THE HAUNTING OF AVIS LOVELOCK sets sail! #📚💙 Here's what @kjcharleswriter.com @everinamaxwell.bsky.social @rainewilson.bsky.social @freyamarske.bsky.social @johannavanveen.bsky.social @susanjmorris.bsky.social & more think! Preorder https://geni.us/avisl

Biased but this one is wonderful 😍

Yay my second book review, my first ever short story collection review--it's weeeeiiird~~

🚨ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 We've snapped up @kat-collins-books.bsky.social 's JETSAM: A thrilling cyberpunk mystery for fans of THE MURDERBOT DIARIES! World Eng rights acquired by @bardythoughts.bsky.social from @bradymcagent.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social Learn more👉 https://bit.ly/4tSRJiO

I say the earth did shake when I was born.

Congratulations to all the nominees! We’re so happy to be Hugo finalists again alongside wonderful peers

Ancillary is thrilled to be a finalist for Best Fanzine! A big congrats to all our contributors & co-finalists, and a big thanks to all our readers!

called it, let's gooooooo

Huge congratulations to my friend (and former @solarisbooks.bsky.social colleague) Jenni on being only the fourth ever British editor to be nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Editor, Long Form! Richly deserved, dude.

omg what a wonderful endorsement!