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Summer Brennan

@summerbrennan.bsky.social

Award-winning writer and Orion Book Award finalist. American in Paris. Books: THE OYSTER WAR; HIGH HEEL. Next: THE PARISIAN SPHINX, A TRUE TALE OF ART & OBSESSION. Leonard Cohen blew me a kiss one time. Substack: https://www.awritersnotebook.org/

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The Book Supplement,Vol. 1 Anne Fadiman, Mieko Kawakami, Polly Atkin, and Bruce Robbins.

Here is the first issue of The Book Supplement πŸ’—πŸ“š

08.03.2026 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4

If you buy any of these books, please reply with a pic and I'll re-skeet you πŸ’—πŸ“š

08.03.2026 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The prevalence of AI has, for better or worse, trained me to immediately stop reading anything once I get to a sentence that starts "It's not just X...."

08.03.2026 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amazon pulls sponsorship from Paris book festival after booksellers’ association boycott Syndicat de la Librairie FranΓ§aise accused online retailer of trying to β€˜flood the market with fake AI-generated books’

Yes, the French booksellers association forced the Paris Book Festival to drop Amazon sponsorship due to Amazon "seeking to flood the market with fake AI-generated books, promoted by fake reviews, written by fake readers [which rise] to the top of fake rankings"πŸ’₯ MORE OF THIS, PLEASE πŸ’₯

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If there are any friends from Arizona on here, I'll be at the Tucson Festival of Books next weekend, doing panels on Saturday and Sunday at 2:30. I'll be presenting with some amazing authors: Keith O'Brien, Christine Brennan, Mark Kriegel, and SL Price. Come say hi.

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The two best things to do when you are sad:

Learn something.

Make yourself of use.

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Borrowing from the library counts too!

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If you buy any of these books, please reply with a pic and I'll re-skeet you πŸ’—πŸ“š

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I follow your lead immediately and with a song in my heart.

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#BookSky

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I prescribe one FROG by Anne Fadiman followed by a dose of THE COMPANY OF OWLS by @pollyrowena.bsky.social if symptoms persist.

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Which one will heal me, Summer?

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Heal your mind. Read a book.

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So lovely to see this review of #TheCompanyOfOwls by @grousehollow.bsky.social for @summerbrennan.bsky.social's Book Supplement. Owl visitations cannot be guaranteed with every purchase or borrow of TCOO but research shows it is statistically significantly more likely with reading than without. πŸ¦‰πŸ¦‰πŸ¦‰

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@oldstermag.bsky.social in the Sundayprint edition of the @nytimes.com

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/s...

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The Book Supplement,Vol. 1 Anne Fadiman, Mieko Kawakami, Polly Atkin, and Bruce Robbins.

Here is the first issue of The Book Supplement πŸ’—πŸ“š

08.03.2026 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
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The Book Supplement,Vol. 1 Anne Fadiman, Mieko Kawakami, Polly Atkin, and Bruce Robbins.

The first Book Supplement is here!
Courtesy @summerbrennan.bsky.social

#bookreviews

08.03.2026 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The first issue of The Book Supplement is coming tomorrow, March 8th! www.awritersnotebook.org/subscribe

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Currently reading: High Heel by @summerbrennan.bsky.social
@bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
#booksky

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THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

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I mean...wow.

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I knew it was expensive to live in America, I had no idea it was so expensive to die here, too.

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One-On-One Book Mentorship Program β€” Summer Brennan I am currently accepting a small number of writers for a yearlong, one-on-one book guidance mentorship program, available beginning May 2026 . Over the course of the year, we’ll meet individually on...

Hello, want me to help you write and publish a book? I currently have a limited number of spaces available for a yearlong one-on-one book mentorship program www.summer-brennan.com/store/one-on...

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What my husband lovingly calls my "media empire." I call it "Botton, Ink." http://

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One-On-One Book Mentorship Program β€” Summer Brennan I am currently accepting a small number of writers for a yearlong, one-on-one book guidance mentorship program, available beginning May 2026 . Over the course of the year, we’ll meet individually on...

Hello, want me to help you write and publish a book? I currently have a limited number of spaces available for a yearlong one-on-one book mentorship program www.summer-brennan.com/store/one-on...

07.03.2026 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Help our Mother, Victoria Bloom, have a loving green burial, organized by Lea Ritter My mother, Victoria Bloom, is an extraordinary human being. She… Lea Ritter needs your support for Help our Mother, Victoria Bloom, have a loving green burial

Dear friends, I'm sorry to have to share this. My sister has made this to help us with end-of-life expenses for our mother. We had not anticipated financially covering burying both our parents in such close succession. Thank you.

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This is excellent news right here!

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Lol Mike you are outing me!

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Also, it's looking likely that we'll have another issue in two weeks!

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Right now I'm able to assign reviews based on finding a good fit with an available reviewer. Very grateful to everyone who has helped work on this.

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