Autistic Reader Interview: Bogi Takács
Bogi Takács (e/em/eir/emself or they pronouns) is a Hungarian Jewish agender trans person and an immigrant to the US. E is a winner of the Lambda award for...
Autistic Reader Interview: Koda Joie
My name is Koda. I’m Nonbinary (they/them) and have been self-diagnosed autistic since ~2014. A friend introduced me to the idea of me being autistic because...
Friday Chatter: I Did It My Way
As we’re seeing, autistic people have all sorts of different approaches to what they look for, value, & enjoy in fiction. But one thing remains constant -...
Autistic Reader Interview: Michael Helsem
M.H. was born in Dallas in 1958. Shortly afterwards, fish fell from the sky.” (--I usually go with.) Lower-middleclass upbringing, father on the spectrum...
Autistic Reader Interview: Jennifer R. Povey
Born in Nottingham, England, Jennifer R. Povey (she/her) now lives in Northern Virginia, where she writes everything from heroic fantasy to stories for...
Autistic Reader Interview: Jay Edelson
Jay Edelson (he/him) is a queer autist in his mid-twenties still figuring out what he's going to do with his life. He enjoys reading comics and books,...
Autistic Reader Interview: Emmalia Harrington
I have mixed Black, NDN and white ancestry as well as a deep love for speculative works. My short stories have been published in FIYAH, Anathema, Abyss and...
Autistic Reader Interview: Cleoniki Kesidis
I'm a tree hugger and book worm who loves plants, funny children, sappy quotes, and making things difficult. As a late-diagnosed neurodivergent woman, I know...
Autistic Reader Interview: Andi C. Buchanan
Andi C. Buchanan lives and writes just outside Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. Winner of Sir Julius Vogel Awards for From a Shadow Grave (Paper Road Press,...
Autistic Reader Interview: Chelsey Flood
Chelsey Flood is the author of award-winning YA novels Infinite Sky and Nightwanderers, and a senior lecturer in creative writing at UWE. She is currently...
Autistic Reader Interview: Jes Battis
Jes Battis (they/them) is a queer autistic writer and teacher and the author of the Occult Special Investigator series and Parallel Parks series (as Bailey...
Welcome to: AUTISTIC READER MONTH
It’s April! And instead of lighting anything up in any color, I want to celebrate autistim this month by talking to autistic people about the books we love....
Friday Chatter: April
Tomorrow is the start of Autism Month, and while I’m hoping to help brighten the mood with my Autistic Reader Month series, I know this can be a frustrating...
Announcing: TRINITY FUSION
(Normally today would be a paid post, but I just HAD to make this announcement RIGHT NOW. :D ) On March 20, Angry Mob Games (not to be confused with Angry...
Autistic Book Party, Episode 77: Troubleshooting
I’m trying to catch up on my reviews backlog a little before kicking off Autistic Reader Month! This week you can see my review of Selene dePackh’s novel...
Friday Chatter: Spring
It’s almost the spring equinox, and the weather’s changing, although up here in Ontario it’s still being subtle about it. Slush instead of snowstorms, that...
Reality Lately
I keep being frustrated about this Substack for a specific reason, which is that I keep promising you posts about animism and autism, about the nature of...
Friday Chatter: Age Ranges
Some people swear by YA. I’ve usually gravitated to adult fiction, but now that I’m reading more middle grade as well, I’m getting curious. What are some...
Autistic Book Party, Episode 76: Dragon Pearl
Good lord, has it really been five months since we had a Book Party? I’m falling down on the job. Anyway, you can head on over to Wordpress this week for my...
Friday Chatter: Happy Endings
Can you think of a book, or show, that gave a disabled character a satisfying ending to their arc in a way that you didn’t expect? If not, what about other...
