Preorder and ToC

Preorders for Almanac for the Anthropocene: A Compendium of Solarpunk Futures is live! I'm so excited to be getting this book into everyone's hands. When Brontë and I started working on the proposal for this anthology in fall of 2018, we weren't expecting for the bulk of the work to take place during 2020 and…

Cover Reveal!

Hi folks, When we proposed Almanac for the Anthropocene: A Compendium of Solarpunk Futures to West Virginia University Press, we didn't realize a pandemic would happen right in the middle of it all. While it's made the journey longer, we are even more excited about the timeliness of this collection of peer-reviewed nonfiction that thinks…

Brontë’s 2020 Rereads: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, in which I find tangents on nonprofits and the utility of dystopia

I first read Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower in the summer of 2016, and I have vivid memories of Lauren Olamina packing acorn flour into her go-bag (or, as I have started calling my own, a Butler bag), of her and her companions, Harry and Zahra, setting out after their community is destroyed, and…

Brontë’s 2020 Rereads: The Left Hand of Darkness

The Left Hand of Darkness Forty-six years after its original publication date, I first picked up and devoured The Left Hand of Darkness, at age 23. Now here we are, almost a year after the fiftieth anniversary of the book’s release, and I’ve finally gotten around to reading it again. But in the four-and-a-half years…

Brontë’s 2020 Rereads: A Brief Introduction

Throughout 2019, I did my best to read authors that were new to me in order to intentionally broaden my reading. This personal project was a happy success. It felt great to give myself a firm reason to finally visit some authors that I’d been meaning to read for years. In 2020, though, it feels…

New Project: Almanac for the Anthropocene: A Compendium of Solarpunk Futures

Dear Folx, We are pleased to announce we have another book under contract! While Sunvault explored solarpunk through prose, poetry, and art, our new project, Almanac for the Anthropocene, will engage with solarpunk on a practical level. Our goal with this edited collection is to provide an accessible handbook to transform the Anthropocene rather than fear it. Each…

Sunvault drops on Tuesday!

Dear readers, writers, artists, movers & shakers, punks & solarpunks, Well, after a year and a half of living with Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation, the anthology is almost here! It officially comes out on Tuesday (August 29th)! Twitter has alerted us that people are getting their backer copies! Send us some photos of…

The Cover of Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk & Eco-Speculation

Featuring art from the wonderfully talented and Hugo-nominated Likhain, we are proud to present the cover for Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk & Eco-speculation! It's been an amazing journey, you all, and we are so excited to share it with you.

Cover reveal tomorrow!

But until then, a few more of the wonderfully talented and Hugo-nominated Likhain's progress images!

A Little Color

Hi all, We will be revealing the cover for Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk & Eco-Speculation next Wednesday! Until then, check out the first hints of color by the wonderfully talented and Hugo-nominated Likhain!