Join us in October to welcome @adacalhoun.bsky.social to the 2025 Festival! Her latest book, Crush, was published in February. Isaac Fitzgerald writes, "⁣Crush marks Calhoun’s arrival as a novelist, and what an incredibly explosive arrival it is.” #AdaCalhoun #fiction #brattleboroliteraryfestival

Today's #1000wordsofsummer contributing author is the great @adacalhoun.bsky.social! And she's talking to us about having confidence in our work. ❤️https://1000wordsofsummer.substack.com/p/day-6-1000wordsofsummer-2025

I feel like this is going to maybe break me. And I’m only on the introduction. @adacalhoun.bsky.social

Adored @lilitaylor.bsky.social ‘s gorgeous book about birds and life! Get it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743576...

Can you find Crush from the incomparable @adacalhoun.bsky.social on the shelves @lovestruckbooks.bsky.social? Of course! In her debut novel, Calhoun delves into the perils and pleasures of a midlife affair in this whip-smart, funny and fabulously honest look at a rebellious romance.

Firecrackers from @adacalhoun.bsky.social and Aria Aber

Can’t wait to read the new book, @elongreen.bsky.social !

NBCC Co-Vice President/Events Lauren LeBlanc reviewed Ada Calhoun's "Crush" for The Boston Globe:

Today on All Of It: We're celebrating debut novels!📚 - @adacalhoun.bsky.social's Crush - @litmagreject.bsky.social’s Blob -Alejandro Heredia’s Loca -Kaveh Akbar’s debut novel [email protected]'s Junie Live at Noon @wnyc.org!

@booksaremagic.bsky.social @adacalhoun.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social

@adacalhoun.bsky.social argues in praise of the oft-maligned book blurb.

180+ new books today. Featuring three standalone novels: - The Fourth Consort by @edashtonwriting.bsky.social - Crush by Ada Calhoun @adacalhoun.bsky.social - The Younger Woman by Cate Ray Read more about these books and see all 180+ new books releasing today: tinyurl.com/newbfeb25 #booksky

In this Sunday's @bostonglobe.com Books section, a review of Crush by @adacalhoun.bsky.social by @laurenleblanc.bsky.social made us wonder if love and marriage and lust can co-exist www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/19/a...

Got your blurb for the paperback cover right here, @vikingbooks.bsky.social

Love this @washingtonpost.com review by the great book critic @roncharles.bsky.social ! "Calhoun’s cleverest feat is blowing us along in this whirlwind of desire and possibility...." washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0... @vikingbooks.bsky.social There's even a The Awakening joke!

Songs about different phases of the #Crush for #Bustle www.bustle.com/entertainmen...

@readbookpage.bsky.social ! ⭐️“Calhoun captures the giddy high of desire…this romp through a middle-aged crush... invites readers to lose themselves to the possibility of love taking unexpected shapes.”https://www.bookpage.com/books/crush-2/

Essay for #Time about #GenX and #Divorce time.com/7216367/gen-...

#Crush Tour!

Wrote #crush mostly for an excuse to hang out with @taffyakner.bsky.social at @emmastraub.bsky.social ‘s bookstore. Join us! 2/26

First novel out 2/25 from @vikingbooks.bsky.social A most anticipated book of 2025 according to Time, The Washington Post, Vulture, Harper's Bazaar, Bustle, Lit Hub, The Millions, Goodreads. www.adacalhoun.com/crush