"In this westward journey, Pocock seeks not fortune, success, or survival, but connection, in all senses of the word: for her own sake but also, more urgently, as a balm for America’s pervasive ills to which her bus ride grants her a front-row seat." —@altajournal.bsky.social buff.ly/XSHMJnR

Exclusive reveal! Check out the newly released cover of NYT-bestelling author Daniel Kraus' forthcoming book PARTIALLY DEVOURED, a deep dive into the cultural impact of the horror classic Night of the Living Dead, via @fangoria.bsky.social. www.fangoria.com/exclusive-co...

"GREYHOUND uses its ecological consciousness to direct readers’ attentions to the natural world, thoughtfully probes the boundaries of its own awareness, and honestly struggles to achieve a comfortable sense of place." — @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social chireviewofbooks.com/2025/08/18/f...

Tonight @booksoupofficial.bsky.social @victorsuth.bsky.social reads from HOLLOW SPACES 📚🎉

🏛️ COVER ANNOUNCEMENT 🏛️ We're excited to share the jacket of Emi Yagi's WHEN THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED (translated by @yukitejima.bsky.social), designed by Suzanne Dean with art direction by @nlcaputo.bsky.social. WHEN THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED hits shelves on 1/27/26 and is available to preorder now!

Tonight in Jackson Heights! Ivonne Lamazares will be celebrating the launch of THE TILTING HOUSE at The World's Borough Bookshop! RSVP now! checkout.square.site/merchant/MLQ...

"Stunning in scale and ensnaring in its lyricism, Byas remains at the top of her game in RESTING BITCH FACE." — @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social chireviewofbooks.com/2025/08/01/1...

Happy paperback pub day to REAP THE WHIRLWIND! 🌴 ⭐ "Meticulous yet utterly spellbinding." — @ala-booklist.bsky.social ⭐ "A propulsive legal thriller with deep insight into Southern California policing history." — @publisherswkly.bsky.social (starred review)

Wishing a happy Father's Day to all of the fathers and father figures out there! We see you and appreciate you 🫶

✨ COVER ANNOUNCEMENT ✨ We're thrilled to share the the cover of Isabel Colegate's STATUES IN A GARDEN—now available for the first time in the U.S.! Along with two gorgeous repackages of her classics THE SHOOTING PARTY and WINTER JOURNEY, designed by ‪@nlcaputo.bsky.social‬ and Victoria Maxfield.

THE WORDS OF DR. L by the brilliant Karen Bender reviewed in The New Yorker 📚❤️🎉 @catapultbooks.bsky.social

Ever wonder how the avocado obsession began? And why avocados have somehow become a symbol of all that’s gone wrong in our culture? 🥑 Read the full excerpt from GREEN GOLD via @literaryhub.bsky.social‬ to find out: lithub.com/why-are-we-s...

Happy publication day to Karen E. Bender's THE WORDS OF DR. L! ✨ ✨ "Highly original." —Kirkus Reviews (starred ⭐ review) ✨ "Meticulously crafted." — @shelf-awareness.com ✨ "An accomplished collection from a seasoned storyteller." — @publisherswkly.bsky.social

Karen E. Bender's THE WORDS OF DR. L is a @latimes.com must-read book of May! "From families in quarantine during the global pandemic to a kidnapped therapist, her characters combine the familiar with the strange in fresh ways." buff.ly/3lhLDf4

"If you didn’t already know that Karen Bender was one of our greatest short story writers working today, let THE WORDS OF DR. L make it perfectly clear." — @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social chireviewofbooks.com/2025/05/01/1...

See you this weekend at The LA Times Festival of Books! 📚 🎉 Come visit @catapultbooks.bsky.social at Booth #283 💪👋

Early copies of the US edition have arrived and are silky and gorgeous. Out June 2025 in the US from Jack and the brilliant team at Counterpoint…

New on our shelves The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse by Vinh Nguyen! An unforgettable memoir about Vietnam, family, grief, and a lost father. Highly recommended! www.islandbooks.com/book/9781640...

Thrilled to share that THE WORDS OF DR. L by @karenebender.bsky.social received a starred ⭐ review from Kirkus! They praise the stories as "highly original" and that they "speak to the challenges of being human in the 21st century." Read the full review here:

Tonight at Book Soup! The Los Angeles launch of SUPERSONIC by Thomas Kohnstamm with @todgoldberg.bsky.social 🎉📚 @catapultbooks.bsky.social

ECONOMIC BLACKOUT Feb. 28 Spend NO MONEY for 24 hours Tell corporations WE hold power ECONOMIC BLACKOUT

PW (@publisherswkly.bsky.social) highlighted CODE NOIR in their round-up of books to read during Black History Month! "[Canisia Lubrin's] gorgeous and innovative style shines on nearly every page. . . It’s a monumental achievement."

#boycott 👇👇

A beautiful event for SNAPSHOTS with @dinahlenney.bsky.social @todgoldberg.bsky.social and so many others!

Excited to see THEORY & PRACTICE highlighted in the current issue of @people.com - now on stands! They call it a "complex, lyrical story of relationships, feminism, and academic pressure." 💛

Early praise is rolling in for THE MIGRANT RAIN FALLS IN REVERSE! Publishers Weekly calls it "Inventive. . . [Nguyen] nimbly transports readers to a blurry past and immerses them in the biographical ambiguities of life as a refugee."

“I don’t want to call it a history of Seattle, I wanted to do more of an updated creation myth for the city.” — @thomas-kohnstamm.bsky.social on his forthcoming novel SUPERSONIC via @theseattletimes.bsky.social

Only 3 more weeks until SUPERSONIC hits bookstores! Join @thomas-kohnstamm.bsky.social for these upcoming launch events to celebrate 🥳

"I'LL COME TO YOU is a beautiful meditation on family, grief, love and the tiny moments that make up a life." —PureWow

"Although I left the Capitol Police force, I remain haunted by that day." @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social , author of AMERICAN SHEILD, shares his experience as a Capitol police officer on January 6th via @nytimes.com.

Closing out the year with a fabulous starred ⭐ review from PW for @thomas-kohnstamm.bsky.social 's SUPERSONIC! "A splendid, centuries-spanning tale of Indigenous and colonial history in the Pacific Northwest. . . Readers shouldn’t miss Kohnstamm’s heartbreaking saga."

Last month, I spoke with @lytagold.bsky.social at @printbookstore.bsky.social about her book, Dangerous Fictions. An excerpt of that conversation is up on Substack today. referential.substack.com/p/itll-chang... @catapultbooks.bsky.social

Thrilled to death about this rave PW review for Lynne Tillman's forthcoming collection! ⭐️ "This shimmering, career-spanning collection captures Tillman at her most beguiling, playful, and inventive." ⭐️

Fascinating profile of the amazing @jamieharrisonmt.bsky.social in the Winter 2025 issue of the Mountain Outlaw! www.mtoutlaw.com/culture-jami...

"Jamie Harrison’s newest book, THE RIVER VIEW, is packed with all the rural Montana mystery, generational conflict, and chilling one-liners that the series has been known for." Read more about Jamie's critically-acclaimed Jules Clement mystery series via Mountain Outlaw:

this book by Lyta Gold is extremely good and smart btw

🚨 NEW Book Alert 🚨 The brilliant @jasonkirk.fyi writing on the twin forces of college football and Christianity. Coming from @catapultbooks.bsky.social 🏈📚🎉

So thrilled to welcome Hafeez Lakhani to the Counterpoint list with this amazing new novel! @catapultbooks.bsky.social

Friday

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"But as they got closer, one of them, a young Ojibwe man, disappeared like candle smoke. His body became a thin, snaking wisp of fog. Others faded in and out of view. Some twitched and convulsed like spiders who’d cruelly had several legs removed by wayward children."

Blue sky TG 🏃🏻‍♂️

THE FUTURE WAS COLOR is a best LGBTQ+ Book of 2024 according to Them! Patrick Nathan "wields language the way a Cirque du Soleil performer uses their body: insanely, beautifully, elastically." 🩵 www.them.us/story/best-b...

Rough night for Homer

Domestic thriller + social commentary + an homage to Highsmith. So excited for this stunning debut novel. 📚📚

Enjoying all your posts at Bluesky ☀️

What are you reading this weekend? 📚📚 Two of my favorites, coming in May from Counterpoint Press.

Carol Mithers on Rethinking Rescue (Counterpoint Press) Thomas MacNamee on The Inner Life Of Cats (Hachette Books) Info wp.me/p38QA8-47v Listen Sunday 25 at 10am ET on wnrm.com & 12pm ET on The Source HD3 wmnf.org/listen/hd-3/ #TalkShow #Pets #dogs #cats #books