I’m going on tour! If you’ll be in MA, NYC, or VA in the next few months, please come check me and my book out.

More about my whole book tour soon, but I hope my New York pals will pop into the Strand on June 8! Reserve a ticket here: www.strandbooks.com/hannah-selin...

For a long time, I’ve been sitting on how to talk about what’s eating me when it comes to Boston. I’m saying it here. tomatotomato.xyz/magazine/on-...

My news of the day cc: @littlebrown.bsky.social @vivianlee.bsky.social

Today, along with Kenji Lopez-Alt, I was a guest on All Things Considered, to discuss the toxic culture of restaurants. If you didn't catch us this afternoon, I hope you'll listen here! www.npr.org/2026/03/14/n...

The @barnesandnoble pre-order sale starts today! Grab my book at a 25 percent discount between now and January 1st (use the code PREORDER25 at checkout). Go here to order my book: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/valley-of-...

In April, my family and I traveled to the Chiriquí Province of Panama, which is roughly 300 miles southwest of Panama City. Our trip, facilitated by @blacktomatotravel, incredible. I’m thrilled that I can share it here, in @cntraveler.com.web.brid.gy www.cntraveler.com/story/the-be...

CELLAR RAT is an award-nominated book! Thanks so much to @thereadablefeastawards for recognizing this New England writer. You can buy my award-nominated, critically acclaimed debut wherever books are sold! #amwriting #memoir #snacks #restaurant #writer www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hanna...

Ugly secrets. Parental politics. A body in the Ipswich River. VALLEY OF THE MOMS is out 6.16.26, and it's available to pre-order now. Pick up my debut novel here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hanna...

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

uk.news.yahoo.com/meghan-markl... I'm in this article with Meghan Markle and only one of us comes across as redeemable.

I’ve been firmly planted in book territory of late (with some updates to come that I’m not *quite* ready to share), but here’s my latest for T+L, in the Culinary Issue. I’m just in love with the photography on this piece.

Thank you to Charlotte Druckman and WSJ Off Duty for keeping the momentum going on CELLAR RAT! www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

Breaking: New York's Polo Bar hit with a major sexual harassment suit in federal court this morning by a former employee.

This is… 🔥 substack.com/inbox/post/1...

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Some recent things from me! --I was featured on A Song Called Life's podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... --Cellar Rat got a lovely mention in Elle Italia! www.elle.com/it/cucina/a6... --The Week featured Cellar Rat in its wrap-up of culinary books! www.pressreader.com/usa/the-week...

A very different byline for me. This shared byline, by 18 former members of the Columbia Daily Spectator, where I served as writer and editor between 1999 and 2002, now appears as an open letter to my university. I hope you’ll read it. www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...

Reminder! If you’re in the Boston area, I have two upcoming events: 4/30, at the Boston Public Library, in conversation w Kara Baskin, at 6pm, followed by signing (books for sale from Trident). RSVP for this *free* event: bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/67eed... + 5/1, at Andover Bookstore, 6:30pm!

And you know I framed it.

“In the room so cool that my breath took on the condensed look of smoke, I stood statue-still as Johnny grabbed me from behind.” @hannahselinger.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social

Reminder: there’s still space available to come hear me chat with Kara Baskin from @bostonglobe.com next Wednesday at 6pm at The Boston Public Library! I’ll also be hosting a small get-together at the Lenox afterwards. DM me for details! bpl.libcal.com/event/13806078

I took a column-writing class with Jeffrey Seglin between 2003 and 2005, when I was an MFA candidate at Emerson. That was… a long time ago, but he still writes his syndicated ethics column, The Right Thing—and this week, he (ethically!) included CELLAR RAT. www.charlotteobserver.com/living/artic...

When Graydon Carter hand-picks your work for Air Mail 🥹 Excerpt below, frens airmail.news/issues/2025-...

Byline brag! The May issue of T+L is out, and I got to write about gigantic hotel rooms, one of my specialties (if you know me, you know my predilections). Grab your copy, on newsstands now.

Come see me and Kara Baskin @bpl.boston.gov on 4/30, with books sold through @tridenthalifax.bsky.social! Register here: bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/67eed...

Listen to me talking about all things hospitality with John Coyle on Drinking on the Job: open.spotify.com/episode/7HYS...

This Passover I’m thinking hard about the holiday’s history of resistance to tyrannical leaders, and the imperative for Jewish people to stand with all oppressed peoples of the world.

More good news for CELLAR RAT today! Read this great review in @hippocampusmag.bsky.social: hippocampusmagazine.com/2025/04/revi...

Made the cover, baby. Read the book The New York Times just cannot stop talking about. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hanna...

Thank you, WSJ, for always being exactly who we expect!! Love this spot-on review!!!

Amazing what happens when you sit with female rage—and listen to it. Thanks to @washingtonpost.com for really listening. www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

Heading to DC, friends! Come see me at the next stops on my book tour if you’re local! TONIGHT, 4/4: Italian Bar, 8 pm italianbardc.com/parties-%26-... TOMORROW, 4/5: Politics & Prose, Union Market, 6 pm politics-prose.com/hannah-selin...

CELLAR RAT is an Amazon Editor's Pick for Best Cookbooks and Food & Wine Books for the month of April! Tell your friends! Buy the book! Tell your friends to buy the book! At the risk of repeating myself, buy this book! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hanna...

Thanks to @peoplemag.bsky.social for including CELLAR RAT as one of the best books of March! people.com/peoples-best...

Behind a paywall, so here’s a pull-quote. Thanks to @bloomberglp.bsky.social for covering CELLAR RAT!

Reminder: buy my book, in stores now! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hanna...

These seven books will have you seeing food, and how it intertwines with women’s lives, differently (@hannahselinger.bsky.social)

I have new work up today, about women, food, and the stories we tell, in Electric Literature. Check it out here! electricliterature.com/7-books-abou...

Thank you to @peoplemag.bsky.social for selecting CELLAR RAT as the April 7 issue BOOK OF THE WEEK! Buy yours now wherever books are sold! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hanna...

North Shore denizens: I finally made the Daily News of Newburyport (well, beyond the police log, at least). Read about CELLAR RAT and catch me at Jabberwocky Books on Saturday from 5-7, where I'll be reading from my just-released book! www.newburyportnews.com/news/local_n...

See the whole spread in tomorrow’s New York Post, complete with a BIG LIE from Johnny Iuzzini (would you expect any less?). Tell your truths! This book is available now. nypost.com/2025/03/26/l...

“I am talking, of course, about #Scandoval, a word that I, a lowly lifestyle journalist and nascent author, invented on Saturday, March 4, 2023.” @hannahselinger.bsky.social on coining the perfect portmanteau.

Literary Hub let me write an essay that mixed my passion for Vanderpump Rules with the craft of writing a book. Peep it here: lithub.com/life-after-o...

"I think when I say I was hated, I also mean that other people like me were hated, or women were hated. I think that there was a strong distaste [in the industry] for women who had opinions.” @hannahselinger.bsky.social @bettina.bsky.social

Anger is not a four-letter-word. Thanks to Eater for this incredible interview! www.eater.com/24387870/han...

Read this now: a review from @hannahbae.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com that really GETS the book (you should GET the book, too, by the way): datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/cellar...