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BIO
Dr Jasmin Kirkbride is an author and academic.
Her debut novel, The Forest on the Edge of Time, is due out February 2026 from Tor, with a second standalone to follow in 2027. Her short speculative fiction has appeared in places including Reactor, Fictive Dream, and Open Pen, and her story ‘Sand’ was featured in Some of the Best from Tor.com 2021. Her eco-poetry has appeared in places including Frogpond and Presence, and she was the 2022 Researcher-in-Residence for the British Haiku Society, investigating haiku in the climate crisis.
An ex-editor and book trade journalist, Jasmin holds an MA in Ancient History from King’s College London, and an MA in Creative Writing and PhD in Creative and Critical Writing from the University of East Anglia (UEA). Her thesis explored radical hope in dystopian climate fiction, and she has published peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on climate fiction, ecopoetry, and fungal literature.
By day, she is a Lecturer, and lives in Norfolk (UK).
For more information, contact me here.
THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME
OUT FEBRUARY 2026
Recruited by the mysterious Project Kairos to change history and save the future from ecological disaster, Echo and Hazel are transported through time to opposite worlds. Echo works as a healer’s assistant in Ancient Athens, embroiled in dangerous politics and wild philosophy. Hazel is the last human alive, in a laboratory on a polluted island with nothing but tiny robots and an untrustworthy AI for company.
Both women suffer from amnesia but when they fall asleep, their consciousnesses transcend time and they meet in their dreams. Together, they start to uncover their past – but soon discover the past threatens humanity’s survival. If Echo and Hazel have a chance of changing the future, they must remember to forget…
The Forest on the Edge of Time is a science fiction novel about family and duty and the worlds we try to save along the way.
Praise for The Forest on the Edge of Time
“I ripped through The Forest on the Edge of Time. Incisive and thoughtful sci-fi packed with emotion, urgency, and hope for a better future. A stellar achievement.”
—Nicholas Binge, author of Ascension and Extremity
“Magical, melancholic, and moving. A wonderful debut, infused with reflection and hope in the face of tragedy”
—Antony Johnston, author of Atomic Blonde
PHOTOS
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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & TOPICS
Available for:
- Panels and roundtables
- Keynotes and guest lectures
- Chairing events
- Writing workshops and retreats
- Readings and Q&As
- TV, radio, and podcast interviews
- Collaborative research projects
Specialty topics:
- Hope and climate fiction (cli-fi)
- Dystopia and genre fiction
- Intergenerational healing in mushroompunk
- Publishing – specialties in editing and industry sustainability
- Writing – from craft (constructing sentences and world-building), to practicalities (how to find an agent and get published)
- Poetry – specialties in haiku and ecopoetry
MEDIA HISTORY
A selection of recorded media – for a full list of events, click here.
Podcast interview for The Wee Sparrow Poetry Podcast (2024)
Podcast host for ASLE-UKI’s PGR and ECR Publishing panel (2022)
Fiction reading at the Story Cities book launch in London (2019)
Interview from London Book Fair (2016)