The 2023 Locus Awards Top Ten Finalists list is here! SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL SWEEP OF STARS: AN ASTRA BLACK NOVEL BY MAURICE BROADDUS 2 starred reviews! “Broaddus…draws a direct line in global Black history from the kingdoms of precolonial Africa, through the American civil rights movement and into an imagined future, making this a hugely […]
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Genre Friday: Sci Fi/Fantasy (3/11/22)
We’re going into the weekend with some fantasy and sci fi recommendations including an epic space opera following an African-inspired empire, a historical sci fi thriller told by the women who sacrifice everything for progress, the second in a genre-bending series where no one is safe, and a post-grad world of magic with six powerful […]
Starred Review Round-Up (3/1/22)
We’re seeing stars! These titles all received multiple starred reviews: SWEEP OF STARS by Maurice BroaddusISBN 9781250264930 | on sale 3/29/22 “The first of this Afrofuturist trilogy takes off with an epic array of characters and plotlines that will enmesh readers in the politics and power struggles set across the stars.”–Library Journal, starred review “[A] […]
Winter 2022 Librarian Preview Recap (10/5/21)
We hope you got some good recommendations in today’s Winter 2022 Librarian Preview! In case you missed it or want a recap, take a look at all the titles we presented below, and click here to view to watch all the fun with special guest authors Xochitl Gonzalez and Dana Schwartz! Adult NOT THE WITCH […]
New Edelweiss E-galleys (9/13/21)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: THE RESTING PLACE by Camilla StenISBN 9781250249272 | on sale 3/29/22 The medical term is prosopagnosia. The average person calls it face blindness—the inability to recognize a familiar person’s face, even the faces of those […]