Wole Talabi

Wole Talabi

@wtalabi.bsky.social

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Engineer | Writer | Editor

Enjoyer of Equations, Ideas & Assorted Nonsenses

Hugo, Nebula, Locus & Caine Prize finalist

My novel Shigidi out now: http://tinyurl.com/Shigidi

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Hi everyone, kindly consider supporting the Kickstarter for Spacefunk! A collection of science fiction stories and poems by authors of African/African Diaspora Descent. Edited by Milton Davis Space is the place. #BlackScifi www.kickstarter.com/projects/mvm...

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What Wole said. If you'd like to listen to 4 African writers of science fiction and fantasy, flung all over the world, discuss what it's like to dream up the Afrocentric worlds we do, come join us on Saturday! Registration link is here: macmillan-publishers.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Hey y'all. Join me, @suyidavies.com, Tlotlo and Ivana for a discussion on Afrocentric futurisms. We'll talk African speculative fiction, thematic resonances in our recent books, class, climate and African philosophies in SF, plus more! Register here: macmillan-publishers.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Tordotcom Publishing Presents: A Roundtable on Afrocentric Futurisms. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.macmillan-publishers.zoom.us Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Tordotcom Publishing Presents: A Roundtable on Afrocentric Futurisms. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Hey y'all. Join me, @suyidavies.com, Tlotlo and Ivana for a discussion on Afrocentric futurisms. We'll talk African speculative fiction, thematic resonances in our recent books, class, climate and African philosophies in SF, plus more! Register here: macmillan-publishers.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Back to the grind

The "reasonable person standard" isn't even standard at all.

Sold out yesterday at Supanova comic con

The Writing Pilgrim's Progress, Analog Anlab Win, An Infinite Nomination Cycle, And More Mid-Year Updates. wtalabi.wordpress.com/2024/06/28/p...

The Writing Pilgrim’s Progress, Analog Anlab Win, An Infinite Nomination Cycle, And More Mid-Year Updateswtalabi.wordpress.com Hey everyone. I'm still hard at work on my second novel and so far, I'm enjoying writing it. Its going a bit slower than I'd like but what matters is, its going. This is a story I've been thinking abo...

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Payseur's review mentions my subterranean Press e-short IMMORTAL, INVISIBLE "[T]he story aptly avoids the pitfalls of many incarceration narratives that focus on a feeling of slowing time to give a sense of scale, instead providing a rather brisk and satisfying tale of cooperation and action."

Charles Payseur Reviews Short Fiction: Subterranean, Worlds of Possibility, Flash Fiction Online, and Zooscapelocusmag.com Subterranean 8/27/23, 4/21/24 Worlds of Possibility 4/24 Flash Fiction Online 4/24 Zooscape 4/15/24 Subterranean has been releasing individual short stories for a while now, and I recently had the …

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💙📚 Hey Booksky, Talabi's work is downpriced right now, check your favorite ebook retailers. 👇 Shigidi and The Brass Head Of Obalufon and the short-story collection Convergence Problems are on my TBR pile.

Still one of the best recommendations I've ever gotten for my novel.

Hey people travelling for summer, Brittlepaper recommends my collection CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS for your beach read. brittlepaper.com/2024/06/35-a... Unsurprisingly, I agree. You can take breaks between each story and go into the water. Then come out and read a new one in the sun. Fun! 🏖️ ☀️ 📖

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Buy it

Oh hey! The ebook of my BSFA, Nebula, Locus, Crawford, and Nommo award nominated novel is on sale for just $2.99. Grab it if you like a spicy, character-driven, postcolonial, anticapitalist, African fantasy heist adventure with gods, magic and monsters.😉📗🌍 astrapublishinghouse.com/product/shig...

Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon - Astra Publishing Houseastrapublishinghouse.com A Washington Post top 10 best science fiction and fantasy book of 2023 “A heist caper with sex, violence, and superpowers popping off every technicolor page.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Defi...

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Covering so much, watch this excellent interview with Sauúti Collective member and editor of our first anthology, Wole Talabi 🪐🚀🔥💫

Ah. In case you missed it, I did a BSFA Interview with the excellent Gareth Worthington about my motivations, the intersections of engineering and creative writing, my novel SHIGIDI, the new collection CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS, the @sauutiverse.bsky.social and more! youtu.be/GA0QA9o9B_4?...

The BSFA Interview: Gareth Worthington Interviews Wole Talabiyoutu.be As part of the content for the BSFA and Science Fiction Foundation's AGM day in 2023, Gareth Worthington interviews science fiction author, Wole Talabi. This...

Ah. In case you missed it, I did a BSFA Interview with the excellent Gareth Worthington about my motivations, the intersections of engineering and creative writing, my novel SHIGIDI, the new collection CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS, the @sauutiverse.bsky.social and more! youtu.be/GA0QA9o9B_4?...

The BSFA Interview: Gareth Worthington Interviews Wole Talabiyoutu.be As part of the content for the BSFA and Science Fiction Foundation's AGM day in 2023, Gareth Worthington interviews science fiction author, Wole Talabi. This...

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This book is one of my top 3 reads of the year, and if you haven’t read it yet, not taking advantage of this opportunity to do so could be construed by those who love you as self-harm. Be good to yourself, you deserve this.

Oh hey! The ebook of my BSFA, Nebula, Locus, Crawford, and Nommo award nominated novel is on sale for just $2.99. Grab it if you like a spicy, character-driven, postcolonial, anticapitalist, African fantasy heist adventure with gods, magic and monsters.😉📗🌍 astrapublishinghouse.com/product/shig...

Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon - Astra Publishing Houseastrapublishinghouse.com A Washington Post top 10 best science fiction and fantasy book of 2023 “A heist caper with sex, violence, and superpowers popping off every technicolor page.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Defi...

"self-hating nightmare gods are indeed the best protagonists" - William Shakespeare (2022)

I'm only 50 pages in and it's already one of my favourite books 🙌 Who doesn't want a self-hating nightmare god as a protagonist?!

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I'm only 50 pages in and it's already one of my favourite books 🙌 Who doesn't want a self-hating nightmare god as a protagonist?!

Oh hey! The ebook of my BSFA, Nebula, Locus, Crawford, and Nommo award nominated novel is on sale for just $2.99. Grab it if you like a spicy, character-driven, postcolonial, anticapitalist, African fantasy heist adventure with gods, magic and monsters.😉📗🌍 astrapublishinghouse.com/product/shig...

Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon - Astra Publishing Houseastrapublishinghouse.com A Washington Post top 10 best science fiction and fantasy book of 2023 “A heist caper with sex, violence, and superpowers popping off every technicolor page.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Defi...

Vespertine (My Crimson Bride) is such a great song. Probably one of my favorite Kamelot songs, maybe even top 3 (and thats saying a lot because I love a lot of Kamelot's songs). Of course its on my official SHIGIDI soundtrack. I was listening to a lot when I wrote that book.

The more I listen to it, the more I like Kamelot's "The Awakening". Heard it last year and it sounded like basic Kamelot doing the same old stuff, but on repeated listening, its actually got a bunch of bangers.

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📚💙 Already in my #TBR pile, tagging for BookSky Pro authors are waaaaay better writers than I am, so I'll just let the author's description do the work here. 👇

Oh hey! The ebook of my BSFA, Nebula, Locus, Crawford, and Nommo award nominated novel is on sale for just $2.99. Grab it if you like a spicy, character-driven, postcolonial, anticapitalist, African fantasy heist adventure with gods, magic and monsters.😉📗🌍 astrapublishinghouse.com/product/shig...

Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon - Astra Publishing Houseastrapublishinghouse.com A Washington Post top 10 best science fiction and fantasy book of 2023 “A heist caper with sex, violence, and superpowers popping off every technicolor page.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Defi...

Oh hey! The ebook of my BSFA, Nebula, Locus, Crawford, and Nommo award nominated novel is on sale for just $2.99. Grab it if you like a spicy, character-driven, postcolonial, anticapitalist, African fantasy heist adventure with gods, magic and monsters.😉📗🌍 astrapublishinghouse.com/product/shig...

A mythic tale of disgruntled gods, revenge, & a heist across two worlds, SHIGIDI AND THE BRASS HEAD OF OBALFUON by @wtalabi.bsky.social is ideal for fans of Nnedi Okorafor, Neil Gaiman, Marlon James, & Karen Lord. Snag it in ebook this month for only $2.99. astrapublishinghouse.com/product/shig...

Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon - Astra Publishing Houseastrapublishinghouse.com A Washington Post top 10 best science fiction and fantasy book of 2023 “A heist caper with sex, violence, and superpowers popping off every technicolor page.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Defi...

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A mythic tale of disgruntled gods, revenge, & a heist across two worlds, SHIGIDI AND THE BRASS HEAD OF OBALFUON by @wtalabi.bsky.social is ideal for fans of Nnedi Okorafor, Neil Gaiman, Marlon James, & Karen Lord. Snag it in ebook this month for only $2.99. astrapublishinghouse.com/product/shig...

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I started the audiobook today and I’m only about 2 hours in, but so far this book is pure delight!

Still one of the best recommendations I've ever gotten for my novel.

In case you missed it, I talked with the awesome @mightymur.bsky.social about my motivations, existing in a state of constant state of simultaneous success + disappointment, my collection CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS, improving as a writer, general craft and more: www.youtube.com/live/0Vy7zPa...

ISBW S20 Ep13 Wole talabi is back!www.youtube.com With two nebula nominations!

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Please help boost an indie sff press. Also an old 2016-17 werewolf space opera. If you want to get the Starfang books... Go direct to my publisher: www.foxspirit.co.uk/books/novell...

StarFang -www.foxspirit.co.uk StarFang : Rise of the Clan by Joyce Chng Cover Art by Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein Is a clan captain going to sacrifice everything for her clan? Tasked to kill Yeung Leung by her parents, power...

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Shigidi was a damn delight! If you can vote, do consider it!

Voting is open for the BFS awards. My supernatural-heist-at-the-British-museum novel SHIGIDI AND THE BRASS HEAD OF OBALUFON is on the suggestions list, as is my novelette SATURDAYS SONG. If you are a member of the BFS, kindly consider voting for them. Thanks y'all!

Voting is open for the BFS awards. My supernatural-heist-at-the-British-museum novel SHIGIDI AND THE BRASS HEAD OF OBALUFON is on the suggestions list, as is my novelette SATURDAYS SONG. If you are a member of the BFS, kindly consider voting for them. Thanks y'all!

Voting for the British Fantasy Awards is open! Cast your votes here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... by Saturday, June 29th. Would you like to be a juror? Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Vote for the British Fantasy Awards 2024docs.google.com You can vote for the BFAs if you are any of the following: - A member of the British Fantasy Society - An attendee at FantasyCon 2023 (Birmingham) - A ticket-holder for FantasyCon 2024 (Chester) For ...

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This does sound absolutely awesome and it's only £2.99 on ebook, so I grabbed myself a copy!

Still one of the best recommendations I've ever gotten for my novel.

For what it worth, I've not yet met any literary fiction writer who is actually *good* that blindly looks down on genre fiction as a whole. But then again most of the lit fic authors I know are African and genre elements have always been a feature of literature in many parts of the continent.

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Oooh and it’s three bucks on Kindle right now! How could I not buy it? Link for anyone else interested: a.co/d/09GLdJ1a

Amazon.com: Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon eBook : Talabi, Wole: Kindle Storea.co Amazon.com: Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon eBook : Talabi, Wole: Kindle Store

Few things annoy me more than when companies list the places they operate in or people mention a bunch of places they are travelling to, and then after mentioning a bunch of countries, just throw in "and Africa"