Ursula K. Le Guin
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Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author of novels, children’s books, poetry and essays. This account is managed by her estate.
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· Jun 29
We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
Premee Mohamed (@premeemohamed.com) reads from her story collection One Message Remains, which is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
Premee Mohamed reads from One Message Remains
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September 21, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Premee Mohamed (@premeemohamed.com) reads from her story collection One Message Remains, which is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
We'd like your help with something. The one hundredth anniversary of Ursula's birth will take place in 2029. This may seem a long time away, but we’re already starting to think about how to celebrate Ursula’s life and art. We’d love to add your ideas to the mix—there's a brief survey here:
Centenary event planning
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September 18, 2026 at 6:39 PM
We'd like your help with something. The one hundredth anniversary of Ursula's birth will take place in 2029. This may seem a long time away, but we’re already starting to think about how to celebrate Ursula’s life and art. We’d love to add your ideas to the mix—there's a brief survey here:
🌟Shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟
In Sunward, @willalex.bsky.social weaves world-expanding comedy with a vision of parental care that encompasses beings built as well as born. In his future, another way of living is possible—though getting to it is never easy.
In Sunward, @willalex.bsky.social weaves world-expanding comedy with a vision of parental care that encompasses beings built as well as born. In his future, another way of living is possible—though getting to it is never easy.
September 17, 2026 at 8:37 PM
🌟Shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟
In Sunward, @willalex.bsky.social weaves world-expanding comedy with a vision of parental care that encompasses beings built as well as born. In his future, another way of living is possible—though getting to it is never easy.
In Sunward, @willalex.bsky.social weaves world-expanding comedy with a vision of parental care that encompasses beings built as well as born. In his future, another way of living is possible—though getting to it is never easy.
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So deeply honored I got to read an entry of Le Guin's blog. Baby-writer me with a copy of The Lathe of Heaven would be in disbelief (like I am currently)...
This week on In Your Spare Time, @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social reads post 23, "The Middle of What?" from May 2011.
"The middle" of the title is the middle class. "But doesn’t a middle need the stuff it’s the middle of — the above, the below, the left, the right, the front, the back?" Ursula writes.
"The middle" of the title is the middle class. "But doesn’t a middle need the stuff it’s the middle of — the above, the below, the left, the right, the front, the back?" Ursula writes.
In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin: Cadwell Turnbull reads "The Middle of What?"
Cadwell Turnbull reads post 23, "The Middle of What?," from May 25, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: Cadwell Turnbull's website is
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September 16, 2026 at 8:21 PM
So deeply honored I got to read an entry of Le Guin's blog. Baby-writer me with a copy of The Lathe of Heaven would be in disbelief (like I am currently)...
This week on In Your Spare Time, @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social reads post 23, "The Middle of What?" from May 2011.
"The middle" of the title is the middle class. "But doesn’t a middle need the stuff it’s the middle of — the above, the below, the left, the right, the front, the back?" Ursula writes.
"The middle" of the title is the middle class. "But doesn’t a middle need the stuff it’s the middle of — the above, the below, the left, the right, the front, the back?" Ursula writes.
In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin: Cadwell Turnbull reads "The Middle of What?"
Cadwell Turnbull reads post 23, "The Middle of What?," from May 25, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: Cadwell Turnbull's website is
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September 16, 2026 at 7:20 PM
This week on In Your Spare Time, @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social reads post 23, "The Middle of What?" from May 2011.
"The middle" of the title is the middle class. "But doesn’t a middle need the stuff it’s the middle of — the above, the below, the left, the right, the front, the back?" Ursula writes.
"The middle" of the title is the middle class. "But doesn’t a middle need the stuff it’s the middle of — the above, the below, the left, the right, the front, the back?" Ursula writes.
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Whatcha up to in a few hours? I've been looking forward to this one for a bit!
On September 15th, join Nghi Vo, Karen Joy Fowler, and Brian Attebery for an online event celebrating the publication of Library of America's Complete Earthsea!
Exploring Earthsea: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Fantasy Masterpiece
Karen Joy Fowler, Nghi Vo, and Brian Attebery delve into a foundational classic of the fantasy genre.
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September 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Whatcha up to in a few hours? I've been looking forward to this one for a bit!
The new @silver-press.bsky.social edition of Language of the Night—with an introduction by David Mitchell and a foreword from Theo Downes-Le Guin—is now available!
Language of the Night by Ursula K. Le Guin
In this novel by the iconic French feminist theorist, a woman replays her abandonment by her mother, who is sometimes addressed as a male mother-god.
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September 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The new @silver-press.bsky.social edition of Language of the Night—with an introduction by David Mitchell and a foreword from Theo Downes-Le Guin—is now available!
Tashan Mehta (@tashanmehta.bsky.social) reads from her novel Mad Sisters of Esi, which is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
Tashan Mehta reads from Mad Sisters of Esi
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September 14, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Tashan Mehta (@tashanmehta.bsky.social) reads from her novel Mad Sisters of Esi, which is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
Tomorrow!
Next week on 9/15, discover @ursulakleguin.com's magical archipelago of Earthsea with novelists Karen Joy Fowler and @nghivo.bsky.social, along with @brianattebery.bsky.social, editor of LOA's new edition of this foundational fantasy masterpiece. RSVP for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/exploring-...
Exploring Earthsea: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Fantasy Masterpiece
Karen Joy Fowler, Nghi Vo, and Brian Attebery delve into a foundational classic of the fantasy genre.
www.eventbrite.com
September 14, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Tomorrow!
🌟Shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟
Through three rom-com quoting characters, Audition explores carceral politics & the psychology of violence, & what healing from the harm of those systems might require in a world where embodiment & identity have lost all familiar forms.
Through three rom-com quoting characters, Audition explores carceral politics & the psychology of violence, & what healing from the harm of those systems might require in a world where embodiment & identity have lost all familiar forms.
September 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM
🌟Shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟
Through three rom-com quoting characters, Audition explores carceral politics & the psychology of violence, & what healing from the harm of those systems might require in a world where embodiment & identity have lost all familiar forms.
Through three rom-com quoting characters, Audition explores carceral politics & the psychology of violence, & what healing from the harm of those systems might require in a world where embodiment & identity have lost all familiar forms.
For this week's episode of In Your Spare Time, R.B. Lemberg (@rblemberg.bsky.social) reads "First Contact," a story about a rattlesnake, communication, and ingenuity.
As Ursula notes, "The sacred and the comic are not that far apart."
As Ursula notes, "The sacred and the comic are not that far apart."
In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin: R.B. Lemberg reads "First Contact"
R.B. Lemberg reads post 22, "First Contact," from May of 2011. You can read Ursula's original post here: R.B. Lemberg's website is
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September 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
For this week's episode of In Your Spare Time, R.B. Lemberg (@rblemberg.bsky.social) reads "First Contact," a story about a rattlesnake, communication, and ingenuity.
As Ursula notes, "The sacred and the comic are not that far apart."
As Ursula notes, "The sacred and the comic are not that far apart."
Isaac Fellman (@isaac-fellman.bsky.social) introduces and briefly reads from his novel Notes from a Regicide, which is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
Isaac Fellman introduces Notes from a Regicide
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September 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Isaac Fellman (@isaac-fellman.bsky.social) introduces and briefly reads from his novel Notes from a Regicide, which is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
The nifty new Olive Edition of Changing Planes is out now from Harper Perennial
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September 7, 2026 at 5:08 PM
The nifty new Olive Edition of Changing Planes is out now from Harper Perennial
www.harpercollins.com/pages/olivee...
www.harpercollins.com/pages/olivee...
On September 15th, join Nghi Vo, Karen Joy Fowler, and Brian Attebery for an online event celebrating the publication of Library of America's Complete Earthsea!
Exploring Earthsea: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Fantasy Masterpiece
Karen Joy Fowler, Nghi Vo, and Brian Attebery delve into a foundational classic of the fantasy genre.
www.eventbrite.com
September 4, 2026 at 6:35 PM
On September 15th, join Nghi Vo, Karen Joy Fowler, and Brian Attebery for an online event celebrating the publication of Library of America's Complete Earthsea!
🌟Shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟
Full of hard-won, lived-in hope, Christopher Caldwell's generously told tales take seriously the interconnections of class, race, geography, gender, and sexuality—while making striking imaginative leaps through time.
Full of hard-won, lived-in hope, Christopher Caldwell's generously told tales take seriously the interconnections of class, race, geography, gender, and sexuality—while making striking imaginative leaps through time.
September 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
🌟Shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟
Full of hard-won, lived-in hope, Christopher Caldwell's generously told tales take seriously the interconnections of class, race, geography, gender, and sexuality—while making striking imaginative leaps through time.
Full of hard-won, lived-in hope, Christopher Caldwell's generously told tales take seriously the interconnections of class, race, geography, gender, and sexuality—while making striking imaginative leaps through time.
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I chose this one because it turns out we both loved and used the OED. A lot. I’ve always found its entries a great way to think my way into a subject
Nicola Griffith (@nicolaz.bsky.social) reads "Beige" for this week's episode of In Your Spare Time.
"Beige is the only color I can think of that is used as a fashion sneer," begins Ursula's April 2011 post about the color, about fashion, about definitions, and about making statements.
"Beige is the only color I can think of that is used as a fashion sneer," begins Ursula's April 2011 post about the color, about fashion, about definitions, and about making statements.
In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin: Nicola Griffith reads "Beige"
Nicola Griffith reads post 21, "Beige," from April 22, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: Nicola Griffith's website is
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September 2, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I chose this one because it turns out we both loved and used the OED. A lot. I’ve always found its entries a great way to think my way into a subject
Nicola Griffith (@nicolaz.bsky.social) reads "Beige" for this week's episode of In Your Spare Time.
"Beige is the only color I can think of that is used as a fashion sneer," begins Ursula's April 2011 post about the color, about fashion, about definitions, and about making statements.
"Beige is the only color I can think of that is used as a fashion sneer," begins Ursula's April 2011 post about the color, about fashion, about definitions, and about making statements.
In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin: Nicola Griffith reads "Beige"
Nicola Griffith reads post 21, "Beige," from April 22, 2011. You can read the original blog post here: Nicola Griffith's website is
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September 2, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Nicola Griffith (@nicolaz.bsky.social) reads "Beige" for this week's episode of In Your Spare Time.
"Beige is the only color I can think of that is used as a fashion sneer," begins Ursula's April 2011 post about the color, about fashion, about definitions, and about making statements.
"Beige is the only color I can think of that is used as a fashion sneer," begins Ursula's April 2011 post about the color, about fashion, about definitions, and about making statements.
Hiron Ennes (@hironennes.bsky.social) reads from their second novel, The Works of Vermin, which is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.
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Hiron Ennes reads from "The Works of Vermin"
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August 31, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Hiron Ennes (@hironennes.bsky.social) reads from their second novel, The Works of Vermin, which is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.
youtu.be/zUu572SLO24
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Congratulations to Fred Fordham for receiving the 2026 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic!
Available in English from Clarion Books and Walker UK, and available or forthcoming in Catalan, French, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish.
Available in English from Clarion Books and Walker UK, and available or forthcoming in Catalan, French, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish.
August 31, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Congratulations to Fred Fordham for receiving the 2026 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story or Comic!
Available in English from Clarion Books and Walker UK, and available or forthcoming in Catalan, French, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish.
Available in English from Clarion Books and Walker UK, and available or forthcoming in Catalan, French, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish.
🌟Shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟
Through the perspective of Maw, who was once human but is now something else, Claire North wrestles with capitalism, collective choice, fascism, gender, freedom, art, and the question of how we decide what—and who—matters.
Through the perspective of Maw, who was once human but is now something else, Claire North wrestles with capitalism, collective choice, fascism, gender, freedom, art, and the question of how we decide what—and who—matters.
August 27, 2026 at 5:39 PM
🌟Shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction🌟
Through the perspective of Maw, who was once human but is now something else, Claire North wrestles with capitalism, collective choice, fascism, gender, freedom, art, and the question of how we decide what—and who—matters.
Through the perspective of Maw, who was once human but is now something else, Claire North wrestles with capitalism, collective choice, fascism, gender, freedom, art, and the question of how we decide what—and who—matters.
Ursula's 2011 commentary on the Google Book Settlement continues with this week's episode of In Your Spare Time. Kim Stanley Robinson returns to read and reflect on "Unfacts Concerning the Google (Un)Settlement, Part 2."
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In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin: Kim Stanley Robinson Reads "Unfacts Concerning the Google (Un)Settlement, Part 2"
Kim Stanley Robinson reads post 20, "Unfacts Concerning the Google (Un)Settlement, Part 2," from April 5, 2011. You can read the original blog post here:
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August 26, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Ursula's 2011 commentary on the Google Book Settlement continues with this week's episode of In Your Spare Time. Kim Stanley Robinson returns to read and reflect on "Unfacts Concerning the Google (Un)Settlement, Part 2."
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More about this year's shortlist: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize26
Ursula K. Le Guin — 2026 Prize for Fiction
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August 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
More about this year's shortlist: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize26
Midnight Timetable is published by @algonquinbooks.bsky.social:
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Midnight Timetable
*A FINALIST FOR THE LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST TRANSLATED NOVEL* “Like the objects collected in this deliciously haunting book, Midnight Timetable ...
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August 24, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Midnight Timetable is published by @algonquinbooks.bsky.social:
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bora-...
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Bora Chung's novel-in-stories Midnight Timetable, translated by @antonhur.com, is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. Very few characters in this book are named, and here, Bora speaks about those names and what they mean.
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Bora Chung introduces "Midnight Timetable"
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August 24, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Bora Chung's novel-in-stories Midnight Timetable, translated by @antonhur.com, is shortlisted for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. Very few characters in this book are named, and here, Bora speaks about those names and what they mean.
youtu.be/HE1YM5jBm0U?...
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🌟Shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction: Mad Sisters of Esi🌟
Using myth, fictional scholarship, alchemy, folktales, & animism, @tashanmehta.bsky.social creates a quantum form of storytelling that follows the relationship between two sets of sisters, generations & worlds apart.
Using myth, fictional scholarship, alchemy, folktales, & animism, @tashanmehta.bsky.social creates a quantum form of storytelling that follows the relationship between two sets of sisters, generations & worlds apart.
August 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
🌟Shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction: Mad Sisters of Esi🌟
Using myth, fictional scholarship, alchemy, folktales, & animism, @tashanmehta.bsky.social creates a quantum form of storytelling that follows the relationship between two sets of sisters, generations & worlds apart.
Using myth, fictional scholarship, alchemy, folktales, & animism, @tashanmehta.bsky.social creates a quantum form of storytelling that follows the relationship between two sets of sisters, generations & worlds apart.