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Peter Blackstock

@peterblackstock.bsky.social

Deputy Publisher, Grove Atlantic & Publisher, Grove Press UK. British & Punjabi Malaysian heritage but English accent privilege. IG: peterbookstock | he/him

499 Followers  |  85 Following  |  4 Posts  |  Joined: 31.07.2023  |  2.3346

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We're over the moon about Lily King's upcoming novel, HEART THE LOVER! 🌼

Head to the link below to read more about this amazing novel from the author of WRITERS AND LOVERS.

groveatlantic.com/book/heart-t...

24.04.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Author Event with Abraham Verghese/The Covenant of Water Join Anderson’s Bookshop for an author event with Abraham Verghese , to celebrate the paperback release of his newest book, The Covenant of Water , on...

Come celebrate the paperback release of THE COVENANT OF WATER with us and Anderson's Bookshop and see Abraham Verghese in conversation with Luis Alberto Urrea on May 14th at 7 PM! Get your tickets below.

07.05.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of a bouquet of flowers on the counter at the bookstore. In the door hangs a pennant that says, Read More Books.

A picture of a bouquet of flowers on the counter at the bookstore. In the door hangs a pennant that says, Read More Books.

The counter comes alive in the spring.

09.05.2025 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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And the Edgar for Best First Novel goes to Henry Wise for HOLY CITY!!!!! (A GROVE BOOK!!!!!!) @groveatlantic.bsky.social

02.05.2025 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Vanishing World’ Review: A Dream of Fertile Sterility In the novelist Sayaka Murata’s disquieting vision of sanitized family life, sex and reproduction have been fully separated.

"For those who feel haunted by the whole idea of the normal, β€œVanishing World” offers, like all of this writer’s books, something you just can’t find anywhere else." β€” @wsj.com

www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

25.04.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age Selfhood in the Digital Age

It’s gross online and it’s gross outside so why don’t I do some book recommendations? Will give you your own personalized rec if you promise not to buy books at Amazon. I’m loving this one, about how tech has infiltrated all of our stories. bookshop.org/p/books/sear...

12.04.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 154    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 2

New York: see you tonight with @tonytula.com at McNally Jackson Seaport! It's sold out, but I think I have some comp tickets left, so if you didn't get tickets yet and still want to try to attend, let me know. (You can DM me or write to me through my website.) www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/041120...

11.04.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're so excited to share the cover of @rabihalameddine.bsky.social's upcoming novel THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER)!

Coming out 9/2/2025!
Follow the link for more:
groveatlantic.com/book/the-tru...

28.03.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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It was a lot of fun and a real honor to be jointly awarded the @pw.org Editor’s Award, together with my amazing @groveatlantic.bsky.social colleagues Elisabeth Schmitz and Morgan Entrekin. My first and probably only time speaking next to a giant version of myself on screen! Surreal and joyous.

25.03.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Since I have only 155 followers here, can others help amplify this? πŸ™ I'm going on book tour for SEARCHES, with these ~incredible~ conversation partners: @chaykak.bsky.social (DC) @tonytula.com (NYC), @alexhanna.bsky.social (SF), @emilymbender.bsky.social (Seattle) & Julia Marquez-Uppman (FC)!!!!

10.03.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

Hey, everyone, London’s first and phenomenal gay bookstore @gaystheword.bsky.social is now on BlueSky. Give em a follow.

17.02.2025 09:38 β€” πŸ‘ 299    πŸ” 101    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2
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Meet Atlantic Crime | Grove Atlantic We’re so excited to share that Grove Atlantic is launching Atlantic Crime, a new imprint bringing together all our mystery, thriller, and crime titles....

We're so excited to announce our new crime fiction imprint, @atlanticcrime.bsky.social πŸ”Ž

Head to the link to learn more and sign up for our newsletter so you can stay up to date with all its exciting news!
groveatlantic.com/meet-atlanti...

10.02.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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A live zoom literary event for Black women authors was hacked this morning with the confederate flag, porn and N words. Read Lauren Francis-Sharma’s @laurenfsharma.bsky.social’s IG post here. Does anyone know anyone at zoom who should know about this?

01.02.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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20 Books Coming in February

So grateful for this! #casualtiesoftruth coming Feb 11th.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...

31.01.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Congratulations to all of our finalists and winners! www.bookcritics.org/2025/01/23/n...

23.01.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 18

The Akutagawa Prize winners announced earlier this evening are Ando Jose with γ€ŒDTOPIA」 and Suzuki Yui with γ€Œγ‚²γƒΌγƒ†γ―γ™γΉγ¦γ‚’θ¨€γ£γŸγ€.
And the Naoki Prize went to Iyohara Shin for γ€Œθ—γ‚’ηΆ™γζ΅·γ€

15.01.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ok, folks. Far more important things out there, especially right now, but wanted to tell you that β€œCasualties of Truth” drops one month from today! Here are my book tour stops! Bring 3 friends! Make it an event! We’re gonna have a great time!

11.01.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Anyone have a debut book coming out this spring? Tell me about it β€” it’d be nice to hear about something nice! Your first book only happens once, friend!

10.01.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3338    πŸ” 406    πŸ’¬ 225    πŸ“Œ 46
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It’s a literary novel with elements of suspense. It’s a legal drama. It’s a family drama. It’s revenge. But let me tell you what it is notβ€”the same ole story. Here’s another amazing blurb from @xochitltheg. So so grateful to her because this woman is BUSY doing the work!

04.01.2025 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Come one, come all, and gather round for my definitive thread on the MOST COMMON MYTHS ABOUT BOOK PUBLISHING:

31.12.2024 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 178    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 14
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Please join us in holding space for the cover of VANISHING WORLD, Sayaka Murata's newest novel set in a world where sex between married couples is considered taboo and children are born via artificial insemination.

Click here for more:
groveatlantic.com/book/vanishi...

11.12.2024 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s really good! We are publishing it in our Grove UK imprint, will be fun.

07.12.2024 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Oprah’s Book Club: Claire Keegan & Small Things Like These
YouTube video by Oprah Oprah’s Book Club: Claire Keegan & Small Things Like These

In an exciting turn of events, SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE is an Oprah Book Club pick!

Watch the interview with Claire Keegan here:

03.12.2024 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Five of our books ended up on the @nytimes.com 100 Notable Books of 2024 list! Have you read any of them? πŸ‘€

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

02.12.2024 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The 10 Best Books of 2024 The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction.

Drum roll, please β€” here they are, the Book Review's 10 best of the year. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/b...

03.12.2024 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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100 Notable Books of 2024 Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

Times feel truly festive when @nytimesbooks.bsky.social reveals its Notable Books of the Year - especially as @groveatlantic.bsky.social has five this year! Particularly thrilled about Diane Oliver’s NEIGHBORS and Ross Perlin’s LANGUAGE CITY. A list to treasure! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

26.11.2024 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Grove is now here! @groveatlantic.bsky.social

23.11.2024 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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