It was the melding of the magical and the everyday that was most affecting to me as a reader, for the world I lived in seemed much the same. ✨ . ahoffmanwriter.substack.com

Happy Halloween Witches! ☂️

Spotted Sally & Gillian at the @salemwitchmuseum 🎃

With two of my favorite people, author, @laurazigman and @lovestruckbooksandcafe Rachel Kanter. 💕

When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank before the Diary was nominated by teen readers and voted as a finalist in the Middle Grade Fiction category for this year’s Teen Readers’ Choice Awards! Voting is now open and ends on December 1st. www.storycon.org/vote

If you love dogs, you will love this book. 💛 It will break your heart and mend it again. This is true love.

Tickets for our @earfull_series show are almost sold out! Hope to see you on October 29th. . buff.ly/VcVs9aw

The Writer's Page: In the Time of Daily Magic, out now on Substack. . ahoffmanwriter.substack.com

Advice From My Grandmother, available on Substack. 💜 . ahoffmanwriter.substack.com

It's happening! 💕 💕 💕 . Thanks to @deadline for sharing the news: ift.tt/0feNLkG

I'm happy to share my new short story on substack, available exclusively for subscribers. . ahoffmanwriter.substack.com

Check out my recent interview with Sheila Hodges, where I reflect on my experience at @harvarddivinity. . ahoffmanwriter.substack.org

We are just a week away from the 25th Anniversary of PINK Pages: An Evening with Alice Hoffman and your Favorite Authors! Join us on Monday, June 9 at the American Repertory Theater to hear from beloved authors. Learn more and purchase your tickets today! @mountauburnhospital.

Wow! The Bookstore Keepers is on a billboard in NYC! 💕 Check out my story here: www.Amazon.com/TheBookstoreKeepers

Wow! The Bookstore Keepers is on the @amazonbooks billboard in NYC! 💕

Joey King will join Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in 'Practical Magic 2.' Learn more in the @hollywoodreporter. . 📸: @hollywoodreporter

I'm grateful that When We Flew Away was included in Read with Jenna Junior's 2025 Summer Reading List. 🕊️ @readwithjenna 💕

Dream big…and go home. 💕 The Bookstore Family is available now! Read and listen for free with Prime and Kindle Unlimited. buff.ly/SMBpIHz

It's an honor to see When We Flew Away included on the @masscenterforbook Middle Grade/Young Adult Longlist. 🕊️ . 📸: @lflhunter_rva

"If we could somehow time-travel and meet our mothers when they were 8-year-olds who were afraid of thunder storms, or college students in love with the wrong man, or young mothers-to-be awaiting our births, all that we believe that we know would likely replaced by a different vision."

The Bookstore Family is now available for pre-order 💕 www.amazon.com/gp/product/B... . New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman takes her sweet bookshop series to Paris with an emotional short story about chasing your dreams—and finding your passion where you least expect it.

"Being haunted is not what you think it is. The air does not become chill, there’s no need to hide under a shawl or behind a locked door, there’s nothing frightening about it. As it turns out, it’s a great comfort when the dead come back to you." . ahoffmanwriter.substack.com

Thrilled my story “City Girl” was chosen by Edward P Jones, as an O. Henry prize winner. Pre-order the anthology now, available September 9th. 📖

My deep gratitude to Sandra Holten for the beautiful portrait of Shelby. It’s a treasure. ❤️

I lost my baby Shelby today 💔 2014-2025 I will miss you forever.

"Often the people who succeed in spite of the difficulties they face have one thing in common. They read." 📚 . https://buff.ly/43gNTpA

Thank you for reading The Bookstore Keepers 💕 . 📸: @anushreenande

Happily ever after is never the end of the story. 💕 The Bookstore Keepers is available now! Read and listen for free with Prime and Kindle Unlimited! https://buff.ly/42ojXYc

Are you more like Sally or Gillian this Valentine's Day? 💕

You don’t have to rewrite your whole story. Sometimes you just need a new chapter... 📚 Pre-order The Bookstore Keepers now! . The Once Upon a Time Bookshop stories follow the Gibson sisters as they navigate the intertwining roads of their past and the unexpected love that opens a path forward.

It was a great honor to meet so many of you at the @centerforjewishhistory to discuss When We Flew Away and the Anne Frank in History & Memory exhibit. 🕊️

The Bookstore Keepers is now available for pre-order 💕 https://buff.ly/4hnfuK3

The Bookstore Keepers is officially yours on February 18th! 💕 Pre-order now: https://buff.ly/42ojXYc . 📸: @bookish.starry.skies

Thank you @PBS.org 🕊️ . 🌍 Remembering and Reflecting on International Holocaust Memorial Day 🕯️ For this day of remembrance, we have a book recommendation for our community: When We Flew Away by Alice Hoffman.

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The Wolf Moon 🌕 January 13, 2025

Thank you @Pulpwoodqueen for naming The Invisible Hour as your 2024 book of the year! #BookBookLove . 📸: @decorating.reader

Words for the new year. 🕊️

When We Flew Away is back on the @nytimes Bestseller List this week and next week. That’s 9 weeks total, all because of you. 💜 . 📸: @lorislittlelibrary

8 Writing Exercises for fun or to get started on a new project. ✍️ @substack . ahoffmanwriter.substack.com

Happy Birthday sweet Shelby! 🐶

I’m grateful to be among the list of best World War II books. @bookbub https://buff.ly/40f1z2p

Happy New Year 💜 . “May it come today? Then New Year the sweetest, and long life the merriest, and the Heaven highest - by and by!” -Emily Dickinson

My favorite person happens to be a dog named Shelby. 🐶

When We Flew Away is back on the @nytimes Bestseller List for the 7th week! Thank you for buying this book, checking it out at your local library and telling your loved ones about it. 🕊️ . 📸: @victorianblue

Fall in love in Cambridge 💕 @lovestruckbooksandcafe https://buff.ly/3VTOuJo

Grab a copy of The Invisible Hour at @Target 🎯 Buy 1, Get 1 50% off All Books with a @Target Circle Membership through 12/21. . 📸: @book.empress

Writing Magic on @substack 🥀 . ahoffmanwriter.substack.com

Welcome to Writing Magic 🥀 A monthly @substack for stories and magic. . ahoffmanwriter.substack.com

On the @nytimes Bestseller List for the sixth week! Thank you dear readers. 🩷