Two local high school students review their bookstore experience with our friends at North Figueroa Bookshop in LA Times’ High School Insider 14 March 2024Review: The best independent bookstores of LA Some of the most incredible independent bookstores lie in the shadows of Los Angeles. HS Insider
Find out more about SOME OF US JUST FALL by Polly Atkin, out March 19, in the WASHINGTON POST: “10 noteworthy books for March” 6 March 2024https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/03/01/what-to-read-march/
“The Internet Archive Provides a Model of Free Knowledge for All”: Check out Bette Adriaanse’s (author of WHAT’S MINE) new piece in JACOBIN! 29 February 2024The Internet Archive Provides a Model of Free Knowledge for All The ongoing legal battle between the Internet Archive, an online library, and the Big Four publishers over licensing and copyright should co jacobin.com
New Essay on Granta! Read more about Allen Bratton’s, author of HENRY HENRY, day trip to a castle with his older boyfriend in “Generational Gap.” 21 February 2024Generation Gap | Granta ‘Now it’s sunny, sweaty midday, and we are visiting a reconstructed motte-and-bailey castle near Stansted Airport.’ Granta
A quiz for the girls, gays, and theys: “What Queer Memoir Could Change Your Life?” ft. R/B Mertz’s BURNING BUTCH is live on Autostraddle. 14 February 2024What Queer Memoir Could Change Your Life? Reading about the lives of others can alter the course of our lives. Autostraddle
Congratulations to STORY OF A POEM author, Matthew Zapruder, on being a finalist for the NBCC award in Autobiography! 7 February 20242024 National Book Critics Circle Awards Finalists Announced Thirty finalists in six categories for this year's National Book Critics Circle Awards, which recognize books from the publishing year 2023, PublishersWeekly.com
Interview: Chelsea G. Summers on the feminist cannibal “nobody ever asked for” 31 January 2024Chelsea G. Summers Interview Chelsea G. Summers discussed the genesis of her first novel, moving between nonfiction and fiction, her response to the virality of her writ PEN America
A new story from Chelsea G. Summers is coming. 👀 Find out more about this gory new adventure from Indie Bookstore Day! 24 January 2024Indie Bookstore Day | IndieBound.org indiebound.org
UPCOUNTRY by Chin-Sun Lee is in good company on Electric Lit’s “15 Small Press Books You Should Be Reading This Winter.” Cozy up with new favorites from indie presses, recommended by Wendy J. Fox… 17 January 202415 Small Press Books You Should Be Reading This Winter - Electric Literature Cozy up with these new indie books Electric Literature
Helene Bukowski’s dystopian novel MILK TEETH is coming to theaters near you (in German)! Watch the trailer below for a sneak peak… 10 January 2024
Find the Unnamed Press cover! 👀 Thank you to the fabulous people at Spine Magazine for including UPCOUNTRY by Chin-Sun Lee (designed by Jaya Nicely) on your favorite covers of 2023 list 🎉 2 January 2024SPINE-2023 Book Covers We Loved! Welcome to 2023 Book Covers We Loved! One particular design trend I’ve noticed this year is what I like to call “new covers with old vibes. SPINE
It’s December, and that means lots of year-end book lists! Words Without Borders’ “The Best Books We Read in 2023—And What We’re Looking Forward to in 2024” ft. UNDER OUR SKIN is up now. 11 December 2023The Best Books We Read in 2023—And What We're Looking Forward to in 2024 - Words Without Borders WWB staff members share their favorite translated books of the year and the titles they're most looking forward to in 2024. Words Without Borders
Get a sneak peak into Joaquim Arena’s nonfiction travelog, UNDER OUR SKIN, in Words Without Borders! 27 November 2023A Majestic Knight Rides Past - Words Without Borders Cape Verdean writer Joaquim Arena paints a picture of the life of Afro-Portuguese nobleman João de Sá Panasco in this excerpt from his memoi Words Without Borders
Out tomorrow, UNDER OUR SKIN by Joaquim Arena is a Foreword Reviews Book of the Day! Check out the full review. 20 November 2023Review of Under Our Skin Under Our Skin: Acclaimed journalist Joaquim Arena traverses the hidden byways of Portugal’s slave trade while reconstructing his own fractu forewordreviews.com
Elle Nash’s interview in FANGORIA is live now! “DELIVER ME Author Elle Nash Delivers Full Blown Body Horror In Third Novel.” 16 November 2023DELIVER ME Author Elle Nash Delivers Full Blown Body Horror In Third Novel "We don't always need poltergeists or demons. Sometimes being a human is scary enough." FANGORIA