We can’t wait to bring Hailey Spencer to Philly to read from & discuss GLASS LABYRINTH. Here’s one of our featured guests… Olivia Zarzycki is a Philadelphia-based writer, editor of Thirty West and author of the chapbook, strained, is available thru Bottlecap Press. See you at Lot 49. Doors at 5

Take an Afterimages break with some bubble tea. Anna Oh's fiction "Brown Sugar Eyes with Tapioca Cores" is chill and ready to consume. thirtywest.substack.com/p/brown-suga...

Now, the woman of the hour. RED DEATH PURPLE DARK author, Thalia Geiger! Her work is featured in New York Quarterly, Allegory Ridge, Coffin Bell, Grim & Gilded, and more. She hails from Philadelphia, where she works in journal publishing. thaliageiger.com @thalierr.bsky.social

TW at AWP! Come through to booth 724 for hot indie books, hand-made chaps, trail packs, andoutdoorsy aesthetics. We're having 3 generations of TW authors signing books @anniejowrites.bsky.social @adamg.bsky.social @keslentz.bsky.social on Thursday & Friday. We're excited to see you in Baltimore!

Final special guest for the RED DEATH, PURPLE DARK launch party! See you Friday! Alexandra Naughton lives in Philadelphia. She edits Be About It Press and produces Bring a Blanket Reading Series and A Writer’s Party. Her latest book is Sick of Being Inside Myself @alexandranaughton.bsky.social

All 2026 chapbook project submissions have reached a decision. Just shy of 600. A small fraction were accepted. While we wish we could’ve taken up more, it’s a fine number for the cohorts we have planned. We thank you all for your enthusiasm & marvelous writing. Can’t wait to make the announcements!

Introducing another feature for RED DEATH, PURPLE DARK's launch this Friday. Amy Jannotti is editor-in-chief of Bleating Thing Magazine and an author of three chapbooks, most recently ANGELS & INSECTS ARE CREATURES WITH WINGS. We can't wait to see you. Show starts at 6:30!

RED DEATH, PURPLE DARK's launch is soon. Let us introduce you to a feature for the evening. Erica Abbott is a poet and writer, author of SELF-PORTRAIT AS A SINKING SHIP, and web editor for Variant Literature. See you this Friday the 13th, 6:30 PM, Neon Clown Dream Lounge!

Chapbook project is nearly complete. The feeling of sending those final acceptances is going to be a big weight off the shoulders of Thirty West.

Good news. We have finished reading all 2026 chapbook project subs! If you’re number has not been called, you are on our shortlist… Formal announcement of both cohorts and each author coming soon.

Good news. We have finished reading all 2026 chapbook project subs! If you’re number has not been called, you are on our shortlist… Formal announcement of both cohorts and each author coming soon.

Whew hundreds of books to order and create

Two Thirty West alumni are part of this. You going?

Short month of February Afterimages but plenty of heart. Returning,Thirty West author of TENTACLES NUMBING, Shome Dasgupta, + Afterimages debutants Meghan Lamb and Anna Oh. Cool newsletter for @thalierr.bsky.social & our latest book fair is coming up soon. Show some love on Substack & everywhere 💜 💚

While you won’t see Thirty West doing any hard pivots into popular fiction that’s getting all the eyes and dollars, just know that any book we publish is uniquely us and fiercely given its limelight; poetry, fiction, and chapbook alike.

Their upcoming PEPPERLEAF is going to be one of the best damn books you’ll ever read.

While you won’t see Thirty West doing any hard pivots into popular fiction that’s getting all the eyes and dollars, just know that any book we publish is uniquely us and fiercely given its limelight; poetry, fiction, and chapbook alike.

507(?) is where we’re at in the chapbook project. There’s no more than 600 ahead of it, and anyone behind this # may have a good chance of being accepted. More info to come as we close this out

Short month of February Afterimages but plenty of heart. Returning,Thirty West author of TENTACLES NUMBING, Shome Dasgupta, + Afterimages debutants Meghan Lamb and Anna Oh. Cool newsletter for @thalierr.bsky.social & our latest book fair is coming up soon. Show some love on Substack & everywhere 💜 💚

A mighty fine meme

I fucking love indie lit. I love what @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @thirtywestph.com @gameoverbooks.bsky.social @malarkeybooks.bsky.social @kithbooks.bsky.social @riotinyourthroat.bsky.social Autofucus and more are doing. And how they are doing it. A god damn inspiration, every single day.

I just finished reading @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social's upcoming book, PEPPERLEAF. It is a literary delight and I still have that happy after-book glow. Out May 22 from @thirtywestph.com www.thirtywestph.com/catalog

Soon, friends. The select few who’ve read it are enjoying it a lot

Want to know how to break that open mic anxiety? Do you have a featured reading and need to break the rust? Look no further than EIC @joshdale.co hybrid essay on Afterimages. Hope that you nail your next reading! open.substack.com/pub/thirtywe...

Getting close to 100 subs left in the 2026 chapbook project. This morning, 1 acceptance was given. The end is in sight and there are going to be some awesome chapbooks

Had a nap and dreamt our two new poetry books were back-to-back, wielding pistols, and firing upon a swarm of novels.

Copies of RED DEATH, PURPLE DARK have arrived. Stunning poetry book inside and out. @thalierr.bsky.social has penned a masterpiece that we can't wait to mail you. RSVP for the 2/13 book launch in Philly.

Today is the 9th anniversary of the first Thirty West Presents. While not the start of the press, this show birthed us into the Philly community and public at large in 2017.

Today is the 9th anniversary of the first Thirty West Presents. While not the start of the press, this show birthed us into the Philly community and public at large in 2017.

Notes on our table in Flemington, NJ yesterday. -Art is thriving in small town USA -People enjoyed our outdoorsy aesthetic -People think covers that have “soul” rule. -Truth to power > corporate trends -Magic can be found in small DIY venues

Notes on our table in Flemington, NJ yesterday. -Art is thriving in small town USA -People enjoyed our outdoorsy aesthetic -People think covers that have “soul” rule. -Truth to power > corporate trends -Magic can be found in small DIY venues

First table of 2026 in the freezing cold Flemington, NJ. Warm up with Thirty West books among many other local artisans and creators. Ritual debut display for FACE-TO-FACES! BLIZZARD SALE: all chapbooks are $5; books are $10; Create-a-Bundle (3) titles for $25. Here from 12-5 @keslentz.bsky.social

First table of 2026 in the freezing cold Flemington, NJ. Warm up with Thirty West books among many other local artisans and creators. Ritual debut display for FACE-TO-FACES! BLIZZARD SALE: all chapbooks are $5; books are $10; Create-a-Bundle (3) titles for $25. Here from 12-5 @keslentz.bsky.social

Tomorrow, on the eve of this supposed historic blizzard, we will be tabling for the first time in 2026 at Liminal Space Fest. The Backrooms? A place where we sell 20 copies? Who’s to know? New Jersey can be a magical place.

Thirty West is happy to announce Katie Snyder is our new Spring ‘26 intern! She joins us ay a crucial time. Katie Snyder is a senior at Kutztown University, majoring in Professional Writing. Her favorite genres to read are literary fiction and poetry. She is currently writing her first novel.

HAPPY PUB DAY!

Fiction by Ciaran Cooper. “Kittery” just may be the toughest emotional wreck you’ll read all week. Completely floored at how well the author concludes this story. Read it now on Afterimages. Content warning: animal death. open.substack.com/pub/thirtywe...

Tomorrow, FACE-TO-FACES is officially out. Many of you have received preorders, but here are some more blurbs and candid pics of the book. Thank you! Sandra Simonds and James Diaz for your thoughtful words! @clmporg.bsky.social for including it in your January roundup. @theoriginalison.bsky.social

Check out new #poetry #books from @thirtywestph.com, Madville Publishing, Thirdhand Books, @aaknopf.bsky.social, @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social, Paul Dry Books, University of Arizona Press & @scribnerbooks.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

Great book with binding to boot. Wait until you see the cover

Reminding ya that Valentine’s Day weekend we have two Thirty West book events. The official launch of RED DEATH, PURPLE DARK Friday the 13th & the Philly launch & discussion of GLASS LABYRINTH on the 15th. Break and bleed yr hearts out for poetry.

More chapbook project decisions coming this week.

Publication week is here for @keslentz.bsky.social ! FACE-TO-FACES has, well, been seeing a lot of of new faces for the tour, but don’t forget about the words. Preorders still going until stock is gone, or see Kristine on tour next month. More blurbs coming soon! thirtywestph.com/shop/facetofaces

Thirty West Pookie House

Publication week is here for @keslentz.bsky.social ! FACE-TO-FACES has, well, been seeing a lot of of new faces for the tour, but don’t forget about the words. Preorders still going until stock is gone, or see Kristine on tour next month. More blurbs coming soon! thirtywestph.com/shop/facetofaces

Apologies to arachnophobes, but this Afterimages listicle-format memoir has crawled into your inbox. Nelly Woodhead’s debut with us. Take a read quickly before it scurries into the web 🕸️ open.substack.com/pub/thirtywe...

Recent order; short story lover ♥️

Chapbook update: we’re now at 324. If you’re <324, good chance. >324, please be patient. Hoping to wrap submissions up in February!

Recent order; short story lover ♥️

Apologies to arachnophobes, but this Afterimages listicle-format memoir has crawled into your inbox. Nelly Woodhead’s debut with us. Take a read quickly before it scurries into the web 🕸️ open.substack.com/pub/thirtywe...