Dear Family and Friends, I will be attending LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention, in Anaheim, California, August 27 through August 31, 2026. I am looking forward to stories, speculation, old friends, and new possibilities. Andrea

This August, I will be teaching speculative fiction at @lambdaliterary’s 2026 Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices. For eight days, writers will gather online for workshops, conversations, readings, and the work of imagining what comes next. I am glad to be part of it. Andrea

Brooklyn Jam brought readers and writers together with books in hand and stories still unfolding. I am grateful for the community that keeps making room for imagination. Andrea

Dear Family and Friends, Tonight I will be reading at Brooklyn Books & Booze with Meg Elison, Lara Elena Donnelly, and Randee Dawn. 7:00 PM Barrow’s Intense Tasting Room 86 34th Street, Brooklyn Free admission Andrea

Dear Family and Friends, I found this picture from Capricon and it made me smile all over again. That's me with LaShawn Wanack and L.P. Kindred. That whole weekend I was Guest of Honor, which meant panels back to back and hallway conversations that turned into real ones. Andrea

A friend told me to be realistic about the AI, the wars, the climate. I told him about Harriet Tubman. Wasn't realistic either. Got free anyway. Wrote about five books that refuse to be realistic too for Reactor, tied to my new novel THE REDEMPTION CENTER IS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS. History is fantastic

Master of Poisons is epic fantasy about decolonizing the mind. Griot storytellers, floating cities, pirate queens, and a world where poison desert eats good farmland. On Kirkus Best SFF of 2020.

Three weeks ago I stood on the Octavia E. Butler Stage at the Schomburg Centennial LitFest in Harlem. I keep coming back to it. The Schomburg Center has been keeping our stories for one hundred years. Thank you to everyone who showed up. Thank you to the Schomburg for a hundred years of holding us.

Readercon has been part of my life for longer than I care to count. I show up every year, talk too much about books I love and books I have strong feelings about, and come away with a sore voice and more to read. This year is Readercon 35. July 9 through 12. I will be attending. With love, Andrea

The future is not made alone. We are smarter together. The genius is in the collection. Grateful for the conversation at the Schomburg Centennial LitFest. ✨

Dear Family and Friends, someone said THE REDEMPTION CENTER IS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS reads like Wednesday meets The Good Place. I can see it. Out now from Tor Books.

My grandmother's neighbor had a St. Bernard who knew things I did not. I was thinking of him the whole time I wrote Oona. THE REDEMPTION CENTER IS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS is out now.

Hey friends and family, the paperback is on its way. Barnes & Noble has the paperback pre-order 25% off for members and 35% off for Premium, today through Friday, June 26. If you've been meaning to pick up THE REDEMPTION CENTER IS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS, this is a good week to do it.

"I don't want to be realistic. I want to be fantastic." Something I said at the Schomburg, and meant all the way down. Realism keeps handing us the same walls. I would rather go looking for the door.

Five Books That Make History Fantastic. A shout out to @djolder.bsky.social, @pat-murphy.bsky.social, @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, @tananarivedue.bsky.social & BALLAD AND DAGGER; THE ADVENTURES OF MARY DARLING; RING SHOUT; THE WORLD THAT WE KNEW; THE REFORMATORY! reactormag.com/five-books-t...

Five novels I sent out into the world, and here you are holding them. I write these stories and then they leave home. They go places I never will, into hands I'll never shake. You read them, you pass them on, you put them in front of somebody who needed them. Thank you for carrying these worlds.

✨ A starred review from Publishers Weekly for The Redemption Center Is Closed on Sundays. The book is out now. 📚 Find it at your favorite bookstore or ask your library to order a copy.

📚 Big June coming up. Schomburg Centennial, Bronx Book Festival, Porter Square Books with Daniel José Older, and more. NYC to Massachusetts. Details in bio. 🤎 #AndreaHairston #BlackSpeculativeFiction #BookTour

📚 I blurbed this book because I loved every word of it. The Tongue I Dream In is poems, stories, and essays by Sheree Renée Thomas. The wisdom, the humor, the dreaming forward. You read it and something in you shifts. Preorder is open. Out August 25 from PM Press.

📚 I'll be at Readercon July 9–12 in Burlington, MA. July 9 is my birthday so I'm showing up ready. The Redemption Center Is Closed on Sundays comes with me. Come find me. readercon.org #Readercon #SFF #BlackSpeculativeFiction

📖 The Redemption Center Is Closed on Sundays is out now. Oona is ready for you. The reviews are in and I'm genuinely moved. Grab it and let me know what you think. 🐾 #AndreaHairston #BlackSpeculativeFiction #SistahScifi

Pub day! The Redemption Center Is Closed on Sundays is out today. A dog who knows too much, a murder, and a community that refuses to fall apart. Link in bio. 🤎 #PubDay #SpeculativeFiction #NewRelease

Oona, a next door neighbor dog, who'd peek from behind a shack, daring me to come get whatever she'd snatched. Oona is inspiration for the detective dog in THE REDEMPTION CENTER IS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS out May 26! Oona now lives in California. I miss her. But she's still running through my mind.

📚 The Redemption Center Is Closed On Sundays. May 26. Preorder now at Sistah Scifi, Broadside Bookshop, Kindred Stories, Porter Square Books, & Bindery Books🐾 #PreorderNow #AndreaHairston #IndieBookstore

This Purple Way is dwarf irises that have taken over the raggedy non-lawn in the shade of the house and the hemlock tree. The ferns join in the spring bliss I hold this beauty as I hold everything else.

🎙️ Throwback to April 2025. Full house at Fantastic Fiction at KGB in New York City. Got to read alongside Ursula Witcher that night, and the room was everything. Sharing this now because The Redemption Center Is Closed On Sundays drops May 26. Feels right to look back before the next chapter lands.

Another cold rainy gray day! Perfect for reading. Thanks to Broadside Bookshop for book haul! Mojorhythm @shereereneethomas.bsky.social Platform Decay @marthawells.com The Future is Peace by Aziz Abu Sarah & Maoz Inon Picked my spirits up off the wet pavement. ! Serious word conjure going on!

WisCon 48 is online May 21-25. 🌌 This year's Guests of Honor are Darcie Little Badger and Premee Mohamed. Last year that was me. Honored to be part of that lineage. 👉🏾 wiscon.net #WisCon48 #FeministSFF

📚 Two weeks to pub day. The Redemption Center is Closed on Sundays drops May 26. I'm going on tour this summer. WisCon, ReaderCon, Brooklyn and more. 👉🏾 andreahairston.com/schedule/ #AndreaHairston #BlackSpeculativeFiction #BookTour

Huge thanks to @tattooedbibliophile for the love! 🐾✨ Hoodoo. Physics. Extra-dimensional chaos. Dogs who refuse to stay. Preorder now—@sistahscifi! Published by @tordotcompub Drops May 26!