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In my latest for @publisherswkly.bsky.social, I spoke with CHICKEN HEART author/illustrator Morgan Boecher about standup comedy as a tool for transformation, the role of absurdity in a story about identity, and more.
📣 Nightshade is here! 📣
Happy pub day to the amazing @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social and Nightshade—we love this novel, and we hope you will too!
Get a copy from your favourite bookstore or library branch today! 📚
Happy Publication Day, @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social! 🌱
Independent publishers gathered at the Warren Bar & Burrow to celebrate Consortium president Julie Schaper (second from l.), who is retiring in June after more than 30 years with the distributor. Schaper’s husband, Steve Horwitz (l.), joined her at the event, where she was presented with a trophy.
THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER longlisted for 2026 International Booker Prize. The announcement @thebookerprizes.com
quotes the judges: "The big question at the heart of THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER (a ‘superb novel’) is: ‘how far will humans go in order to love?’"
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
🎉 Happy Publication Day to HOW TO DISAPPEAR AND WHY by Kyle Minor 🥳 Chosen by LitHub (@lithub.com.web.brid.gy) as one of their most anticipated books this year and received a Starred Review from Kirkus!
🔗 Buy your copy today! www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
We are excited to announce that ON EARTH AS IT IS BENEATH by Ana Paula Maia (tr. Padma Viswanathan) has been longlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize! Congratulations to all the longlisted authors, translators and publishers.
Available at bookshops or here: charcopress.com/bookstore/on...
📣Booksellers: Next week we'll be at Winter Institute (along with US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze!) Find us to chat books, grab galleys, and learn about new titles from our publishers @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, @littlepuss.net, @coffeehousepress.bsky.social, @haymarketbooks.org, and others!
Pick up free ARC of MY DREADFUL BODY by Egana Djabbarova @americanbookseller.bsky.social Winter Institute in Pittsburgh in galley room @consortiumbooks.bsky.social David Lawrence Convention Center (DLCC) 301-305, Level 3, Tues, Wed, + Thurs.
newvesselpress.com/books/my-dre...
📣Booksellers: Next week we'll be at Winter Institute (along with US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze!) Find us to chat books, grab galleys, and learn about new titles from our publishers @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, @littlepuss.net, @coffeehousepress.bsky.social, @haymarketbooks.org, and others!
Attention booksellers! We’re thrilled to share that U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE will be at this year’s Winter Institute Conference to give you a preview of his Laureate project, TRANSIENT WORLDS: ON TRANSLATING POETRY—your passport into 1,500 years of global poetry.
Celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth with these incredible books and more @ coffeehousepress.org/collections/...
"Let This Trans Horror Novel Ruin Your Day as Soon as Possible"
take a bow @ravineangel.bsky.social (thank you @autostraddle.bsky.social and @nicanstett.bsky.social !)
Stop it all now. Buy PERSONA today ➡️ www.littlepuss.net/shop/p/perso...
We're beyond delighted that the wonderful My Name is Samim is included in this year's Read for Empathy Collection!
Buy throughout February with #ReaditForward on uk.bookshop.org/shop/empathy... and 10% of sales goes to Empathy Lab / @booktrust.org.uk / @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social!
MY DREADFUL BODY by Egana Djabbarova is "a potent portrait of illness and gender oppression," says @publisherswkly.bsky.social. "This passionate and lyrical work packs a stinging punch." Translated from the Russian by Lisa C. Hayden.
www.publishersweekly.com/9781954404410
“Political organizer @jbethiejean.bsky.social connects her Appalachian upbringing to her career in social justice, in this deeply felt debut... A refreshing, clear-eyed chronicle of a political awakening.”
SONGS FOR A HARD-HIT PEOPLE coming in April
Congratulations to U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE, whose collection INTO THE HUSH was named a finalist for the PEN / Jean Stein Book Award!
This prestigious award from honors a groundbreaking work of any genre for its originality, merit, and impact. A winner will be announced on March 31st!
Hurray! Rio Muerto is on the list! Congratulations @furiousleeper.bsky.social and Ricardo Silva Romero! 🥂🥂🥂
Big congratulations to Okwudili Nebeolisa! His debut collection, TERMINAL MALADIES, is a finalist for the 2026 Minnesota Book Award in Poetry.
Thank you to the committee, and congrats to the other finalists.
@okwudilin.bsky.social
#poetry #mnbookawards #award #debut
THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER, by Anjet Daanje in David McKay's translation, is a finalist for the 2026 @penamerica.bsky.social Translation Prize. The winner will be announced at a ceremony on March 31.
pen.org/2026-pen-ame...
🎉The reviews are IN and the book is OUT🎉
Today marks the official pub date of @ravineangel.bsky.social's debut horror novel Persona!
You can buy the book right NOW on our website or at your local indie bookstore!
Comedian, actor, and producer John Mulaney @mulaney.bsky.social recommends THE REMEMBERED SOLDIER by Anjet Daanje for his book club Mulaney Reads, calling the novel "brilliant . . . It's a knockout."
newvesselpress.com/books/the-re...
We are delighted to share that SOLO by @grainneobrien.bsky.social and GIANT by @judithmcquoid.bsky.social are on the 2026 @usbby.bsky.social Oustanding International Books list!
Outstanding! There are just 41 books on this list so this is a terrific achievement.
www.usbby.org/2026oib.html
Dua Lipa's Service95 has Gustavo Rodríguez's, ONE HUNDRED GUINEA PIGS on their list of this year's 21 Must-Read books!
service95.com/best-books-2...
Out in July and can be pre-ordered in our 2026 bundle: charcopress.com/bookstore/20...
"Ah, a muse. You don’t get to pick what/who it is, how, or why. It’s just: Here we go. Start writing."
Great interview with Sherrie Flick about her newest short story collection!
"I pre-ordered [Persona] a few months ago after stumbling on LittlePuss’s excellent social media campaign. What’s the deal with this weird company? How does it tie into the travails of a trans woman who discovers porn of herself that she doesn’t remember making?" 😈 Ty @literaryhub.bsky.social !
Now published for the first time outside of Australia, Gerald Murnane’s LANDSCAPE WITH LANDSCAPE arrives in bookshops across the UK, Europe and North America today.
‘…a major work by any measure.’
Times Literary Supplement
www.andotherstories.org/landscape-wi...
