Find us at the Twin Cities Book Festival! Exhibit hall table 619 on Nov 8th at Union Depot in St. Paul, MN. Discounts on books all day long, and author signings too: @jamesrgapinski.bsky.social at 1:00pm @rebeccafishow.bsky.social at 2:00pm Hope to see you there! twincitiesbookfestival.com

We’re gonna be at the Twin Cities Book Festival on Nov 8th! Discounts for #tcbf attendees and author signings at the table: twincitiesbookfestival.com We’re also hosting an after party with @paranoidtree.bsky.social. 7pm at Dual Citizen Brewing: dcbc.com/event/shapes...

Chicago! I’ll see you tomorrow at @madstreetbooks.bsky.social. 7pm. Celebrating my new book. In conversation with @mallorysmart.bsky.social, author and editor at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social Be there. It’s gonna be rad. madstreetbooks.com/events/34263...

Want to read my book but don’t want to part with your hard earned cash? You could win a free copy at @thestorygraph.com Enter the giveaway here for a chance to win: app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/97...

🎉🎉🎉 Party Alert! In partnership with @conium.bsky.social, we will be hosting Shapes & Sound, a reading event & book/zine party. Come hang with us at Dual Citizen Brewery on 11/8. Beverages will be available for purchase and we’ll have some snacks for y’all to enjoy! No RSVP and totally free. ❤️

It’s publication day for “How to Love a Black Hole,” by @rebeccafishow.bsky.social Get your copy today. The author will be celebrating this book at @madstreetbooks.bsky.social in Chicago this Thursday! 🎉🎊 www.coniumpress.com/how-to-love-... #books #reading #writing #authorevent #pubday

Hey, Chicago! “How to Love a Black Hole” releases next week! Celebrate the launch at Madison Street Books with the author and special guest Anne Yoder! Thursday, October 9th at 7:00pm. madstreetbooks.com/events/35069... #books #reading #writing

This is a lovely, fun and super quick read especially if you are a cat person. Definitely recommend. @conium.bsky.social

Seems like a good time to remind writers that we do not and will not publish AI works. A strict prohibition against AI is part of the contract our authors sign. It’s even printed on the copyright page of our latest books. We publish fiction written by PEOPLE. Feels like that should be obvious…

Bonus, we just added a couple of books by #ExpoContributor @mspicone.bsky.social to our @bookshop.org! Get them here: bookshop.org/lists/expo-c...! @conium.bsky.social @gameoverbooks.bsky.social ...

"I like to entertain the idea that there are possibilities outside taken-for-granted terms of the real.” @dwhitethewriter.bsky.social's interview with Rebecca Fishow on her new book “How To Love A Black Hole"(@conium.bsky.social) is out now! chireviewofbooks.com/2025/04/07/f...

We’ve got ONE “We Are Still Here” and ONE “Girl & Flame” left! If you want either of these fantastic books, come get ‘em at #AWP25 table T937

Final day at #awp25. Discounts on everything. Don’t make me carry these books back home! Table T937.

Congrats to CONIUM contributor Trista Hurley Waxali on last night’s reading and the launch of her debut short story collection (also featuring editor and professional microphone holder Chiwan Choi). Copies available at Writ Large (literally right next to our table).

Got $30? You could turn that into 3 books! Table T937 at #awp25

Copies of the “How to Love a Black Hole” limited edition hardcover still available at our #awp25 table (T937). We also still have a whopping THREE copies of the limited edition hardcover of “The Butter House” at the table (plus plenty of paperbacks, so take a deep breath if you miss the hardcover).

Also…my #awp25 hotel room had corner windows on the 56th floor. So know that if you don’t buy any CONIUM books at the bookfair, I will literally be looking down on you in judgement all night long.

Table “T937” at #awp25 is Los Angeles. Come buy some books!

CONIUM's @jamesrgapinski.bsky.social will be teaching a class on animal characters next month. In-person in Portland, OR. Learn how to step outside your pink, gangly, fleshy selves and into something more fabulous, feathered, fanged, and ferocious. literary-arts.org/event/wild-t...

It's funny how many AWP-related phishing scams exist (AWP warns exhibitors about this every year). Spam folder has so many faux #AWP25 msgs right now! I almost feel bad for the scammers...even if they get a bite, they're gonna learn *most* book publishers are already broke.

"How to Love a Black Hole," by @rebeccafishow.bsky.social is available now! Join the author for a reading at the Rare Nest Gallery in Chicago this weekend. Part of the Lovers Eye Press reading series. RSVPs required. More details here: www.loverseyepress.com/general-8

The hardcover of @rebeccafishow.bsky.social's "How to Love a Black Hole" drops today! And if you're in Chicago, the author will be reading from the collection at Madison Street Books at 6:00pm tonight. 🎉🍾

March 4th! Learn more and get a copy of @rebeccafishow.bsky.social’s “How to Love a Black Hole” here: www.coniumpress.com/how-to-love-...

New year, new reading period! CONIUM is open through the end of Feb., 2025. Fiction only. We lean toward strange, unusual writing. Length is highly flexible, but we lean toward shorter works. Sliding scale reading fee (starting at zero dollars). Full guidelines here: www.coniumpress.com/guidelines

Pre-orders on sale now for the limited-edition hardcover of Rebecca Fishow's "How to Love a Black Hole." Reserve your copy at most major retailers: bookshop.org/a/88673/9781... www.amazon.com/dp/1942387229 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/how-to-lov...

Just in time for rampant consumerism season, pre-orders of Rebecca Fishow's "How to Love a Black Hole" are now available (releases March 4th, 2025): amazon.com/dp/1942387229 bookshop.org/a/88673/9781... www.barnesandnoble.com/w/how-to-lov...

Official release dates for "How to Love a Black Hole," by Rebecca Fishow, with two editions! Hardcover March 4th, 2025 with launch party at #AWP25. Paperback on October 7th, 2025. Pre-orders for the limited-edition hardcover will be available soon! www.coniumpress.com/how-to-love-...

Heads-up. Almost done reading the last few manuscripts from last reading period. That means anyone still waiting for a reply will get one any day now. It also means I'll probably re-open the queue and start reading new stuff in November!

You know how those Publishers Marketplace “deal reports” use oddly coded language about money like how it was “a nice deal” or a “good deal” and whatnot? Just once, I wanna see one that declares proudly that it was a “shit deal.”

In dark times such as these (Verizon network down), I'd like to post a friendly reminder that physical books still work off-grid. Get one here: bookshop.org/shop/conium

One week until Sarah Gerard's "Carrie Carolyn Coco" hits shelves! Get your copy: bookshop.org/a/88673/9781...

Twenty percent of the U.S. population voted for Trump in the last two elections. This is a white supremacist country, and it's going to produce a lot of white supremacists.

In 2025, our first title will be "houses we die in," by Morghen Tidd. Three stories on grief and loss from the author of "girl thing" (Long Day Press, 2023). More details here: coniumpress.com/houses-we-di...

Conium does/did not use Small Press Distribution (SPD). But A LOT of presses did. The abrupt closure is devastating. Books in limbo. Unpaid invoices that'll likely be referred to bankruptcy court. Small presses operate on tiny budgets. This can sink them. Now is the time to donate and/or buy direct.

I wish more authors knew that publishers pay for Submittable and pricing is tied to quantity of submissions. When you notice some typos, withdraw, and resubmit, it counts as two subs! Contact the publisher, and most will "open for editing" so you can update the file.

Last day to submit to the current open call. Fiction only (hybrid/experimental falls under that umbrella, but no full-on poetry or essays). Flexible word count (though shorter is often better). Sliding scale reading fees (starting at FREE / $0). Guidelines here: www.coniumpress.com/guidelines

Still open for submissions through 3/15/24! Full guidelines here (and should be obvious, but please read the guidelines...seems like a higher-than-usual ratio of writers who barely glanced at the guidelines this time around). www.coniumpress.com/guidelines

The core elements of our new website are up and running now! Still working on creating some more detailed pages to showcase books in the backlist, and those will come online in a day or two. www.coniumpress.com

The CONIUM website is currently undergoing maintenance. While we're upgrading, the most essential stuff for any small press (buying books and submitting manuscripts) is still possible and we've got those links posted on our landing page: www.coniumpress.com

Heads-up, the website is currently wonky. Firefox and Chrome work best. Edge is hit or miss. Our web host decided to be like "We're migrating your website to a different server! Yay!" Not even a courtesy "We're moving in X number of days," just literally "this is happening now."

Maria S. Picone's "This Tenuous Atmosphere" got a starred review at Foreword Reviews. Is "starred review" a pun? The book does involve space, so maybe... Book releases on Tuesday, February 27th (still taking pre-orders). Check out the review here: www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/this...

Re-opened submissions during the AWP conference earlier this month. Keeping submissions open through at least March 15th. Send me your weirdest, strangest work. No word count cap (but shorter is often better). Fiction only. Sliding scale (starts at $0) reading fee coniumreview.submittable.com/submit

And that’s a wrap! See you all in LA next year for #awp25

Final hours of the #awp24 bookfair! All titles $10.00 each. Don’t make me carry all these books back home. Table T1637. Get ‘em while they’re hot.

Day two and Emily Koon’s “We Are Still Here” is sold out at #AWP24 (can still order online, though). Thanks for keeping the backlist titles alive in Kansas City!

Two hours until Maria S. Picone signs copies of “This Tenuous Atmosphere.” Come get yours and meet the author. 2:00pm today at #AWP24 table T1637.

Tomorrow! 2:00pm. Maria S. Picone signing copies of “This Tenuous Atmosphere.” AWP table T1637.

All set up at AWP table T1637. Come say hello!

Latest newsletter updates: find us at AWP 2024, including an author signing for Maria S. Picone's new chapbook, "This Tenuous Atmosphere." Plus the announcement of our new title from Rebecca Fishow slated for October 2024! mailchi.mp/e6c39ea0161d...

Maria S. Picone's "This Tenuous Atmosphere" releases on February 27th, but you can get a copy next week at #AWP24! Bookfair table T1637. The author will be signing copies on Friday, February 9th at 2:00pm. For those not attending AWP, pre-order links available here coniumreview.com/publications...