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On the Future of Small Presses in the Aftermath of the NEA Grant Chaos On Friday, May 2nd, 2025, DOGE and the National Endowment for the Arts terminated $300,000 worth of grants for 51 publishers. The email, a copy and paste job, trickled into inboxes at odd hours. 5:…

Follow up piece on the NEA grant debacle and the small press response.

@printrunpodcast.bsky.social the saga continues

Same. I’m Scottish so it’s in my DNA. 😂

Being insulted, really needing a nap, and with genes “keeping ya as plump as a Partridge to outrun the murderous bastards.“

Two books I received in the mail. Infinite archive by @mightymur.bsky.social and The City in the Middle of the Night by @charliejane.bsky.social

I took advantage of @bookshop.org’s anti-Prime sale. I ordered @tkingfisher.com’s pre-order books and some other books I’d been meaning to pick up. Quite a boon that even pre-order books got free shipping.

A dramatic urban scene showing a werewolf in torn shorts confronting a tense-looking man and woman in a desolate street. Tall buildings surround them, with graffiti, a streetlight, and a sidewalk billboard bearing a poster of the werewolf. Review quotes praise the series as “a remarkable urban fantasy debut” and “the werewolf-teenage ghost-activism novel you didn’t know you needed.” Cover art is credited to Ilya Royz and cover design to Christine Foltzer.

A promotional postcard for the Wolftown Series by Tim Susman, featuring the book covers of Unfinished Business and Dead Right. The tagline reads “Queer Urban Fantasy,” with the subhead Action, heart, and just the right amount of bite. A synopsis describes paranormal PI Jae Kim’s adventures in walled-off cities where supernatural “extras” live segregated from humans. The Forester Universe logo, a QR code, and book titles are included.

Busy prepping promo postcards for our next con, @baycon.org! Excited to see how a non-furry crowd connects with @kyellgold.com's Wolftown series. Think 'The Maltese Falcon' meets 'Hellboy'. 🕵️‍♂️🐺🔥

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#FurryLit #Baycon25

Laura is one of our artists we've published and worked with.

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Oh yeah, totally!

Today's the day!!!

Unbound authors who are selling your personal stock, please leave your details here. We've got a slot in The Full Lid I'd like to run your links in.

20 best beach reads for summer 2025 New England booksellers recommended these 20 must-read summer books with a beach—so you'll know what to read and where to enjoy it.

Paladin’s Grace by @tkingfisher.com made Boston.com’s list of 20 best beach reads for summer 2025!www.boston.com/culture/book...5/

Good to see you here!

Since this thread found its way to my timeline (and therefore might be going more public than initially imagined), I hope I can point out that the wonderful Missouri-based “Unbound Book Festival” has zero connection to these folks.

UNBOUND AUTHORS: I’m speaking to a solicitor about our fine mess. If you have ANY correspondence with the company (beyond the “Dear Author” letters we all got) in 2024 about nonpayment or about the company’s financial stability, could I see it? I’m opening my DMs for this (don’t make me regret that)

I want to make sure nobody overlooks this last, and most gutting, part of the Boundless/Unbound saga:

THE DEER IS MESSED UP An anthology of horror stories about f*cked up deer. Edited by Theodore Hill and Merc Fenn Wolfmoor.

@tkingfisher.com I found this anthology on Kickstarter and it seems right up your alley: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mer...

Arrival of 4 books on table: A WIZARDS GUIDE TO DEFENSIVE BAKING (with angry dagger wielding gingerbread man on cover) ILLUMINATIONS, THE RAVEN AND THE REINDEER and JACKALOPE WIVES by T.Kingfisher

Simply gorgeous hardcover edition of SWORDHEART with swoony tapestry-esque cover of green leaves, glowing bue sword, a duo of sparrows and red roofed towers AND turquoise blue edged paper

GORGEOUS TREASURE ARRIVES = wo0t @argyllbooks.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com

Guess what, Bluesky? I just became a full-time writer!*

*(because I just got laid off from my day job)

We're okay financially for the short term, though this is probably an appropriate time to mention again that I do have this Patreon...

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Swordheart DELUXE EDITION―a beautiful hardcover edition featuring turquoise sprayed edges, a foil stamp on the casing, and custom endpapers. The delightful charm of The Princess Bride meets the delicious body…

We now have the special editions of Swordheart by @tkingfisher.com in stock along with all of Kingfisher's other books which take place in the World of the White Rat!

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May 6th Statement From Chair and Program Division Head As promised last Friday, I am publishing this statement, in conjunction with a statement below from our Program Division Head, to provide a transparent explanation of our panelist selection process, answer...

May 6th Statement From Chair and Program Division Head: As promised last Friday, I am publishing this statement, in conjunction with a statement below from our Program Division Head, to provide a transparent explanation of our panelist selection process, a… seattlein2025.org?p=3918

Dallas publisher Deep Vellum loses $20,000 grant from National Endowment for the Arts The funding, originally intended to support Deep Vellum's publication of international authors, was abruptly terminated as the NEA shifts focus under new...

Dallas’ iconic independent nonprofit publishing company and bookstore Deep Vellum has lost $20,000 in funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The NEA defunded us. Now what? — Deep Vellum On Friday, May 2, Deep Vellum was one of hundreds of nonprofit arts organizations who received notice that our National Endowment for the Arts grant had been terminated by the Trump administration. ...

Another dictator move in silencing free speech, the arts, and global interaction. Under the Trump agenda the NEA cancelled an approved grant for Deep Vellum, an outstanding literary nonprofit known for translating books into English. NEA is also laying off staff.
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Seven Seas is hiring! We're currently looking for an EDITOR to join our team.

Info at the link:
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The paperback of this new version of Swordheart isn't out yet. The marketing material I've seen from Bramble shows it is similar. The more romance covers of the SoS series were published in the UK and a couple other places. Our versions have the original covers created by the author, see attached.

Swordheart DELUXE EDITION―a beautiful hardcover edition featuring turquoise sprayed edges, a foil stamp on the casing, and custom endpapers. The delightful charm of The Princess Bride meets the delicious body…

We now have the special editions of Swordheart by @tkingfisher.com in stock along with all of Kingfisher's other books which take place in the World of the White Rat!

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How to Write a Comic Script - SFWA THE COMICS PANEL: How to Write a Comic Script. The basics to keep in mind when writing a comic script are collaboration, layout, and dialogue.

And since we #CantStop #WontStop on the Comics train @sfwa.bsky.social, here's Tim Susman's thoughtful primer, "How to Write a Comic Strip", which teaches us a thing or two about cadence in the form. It's part of the new Comics Panel: one of a few series now showcasing our brilliant SFWA committees.

Deep Vellum seeks interns for part-time educational internships for Summer 2025. All internships are remote unless otherwise specified. Interns will work on titles from the catalogs of Deep Vellum and our imprints, including Dalkey Archive, and Open Letter.

Link below

If you believe that, I’ve got a bridge to sell you.

Just had this with my health insurance. Infuriating. I ended up sending an email, which they say they’ll reply to within 3 days. Good thing my health isn’t important. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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