Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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It's the most wonderful time of the year: the Ursula K Le Guin Prize for Fiction 2025 shortlist has been announced, and there are some amazing authors on the list! Join us today as Ross runs down the eight books that made the shortlist, and gives his thoughts on the five books he read from last year's shortlist.

00:00 Introduction
01:14 Ross’s thoughts on last year's books
04:01 Last year's winner
04:57 This year's award
06:54 Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera
08:29 Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston
09:35 Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson
10:51 The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy
12:31 The West Passage by Jared Pechaćek
13:40 Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins
14:36 The City in Glass by Nghi Vo
15:47 North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher
17:03 Final thoughts

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