We just heard “All I Want for Christmas is You” so we’re taking the cue and OFFICIALLY sharing our holiday book recommendations with you all! Stay tuned all season long as we recommend books and gift guides for every reader in your life! Shop here: bookshop.org/shop/redhenp...

🔖 AWARDS SUBMISSIONS REMINDER ⁠ ⁠ There are currently 3 Red Hen Press open submissions for awards.⁠ ⁠ ⭐️ Quill Queer Prose Award: November 30, 2025⁠ ⁠ ⭐️ Cai Emmons Fiction Award: January 15, 2026⁠ ⭐️ Ann Petry Award: March 31, 2026 ⁠ visit the Submission Guidelines here: redhen.org/awards/

USA Today feature of our upcoming book KILL DICK by Luke Goebel www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

Hey writers! Looking for a writing retreat? We got you! Learn about the Studio Luce and Casa Zala writing retreat hosted by Red Hen Press founder Dr. Kate Gale here www.studioluceguatemala.com/writingretre...

9 more days until the Benefit Gala!! We’re so excited to celebrate with you all 🥳 Grab a ticket and attend in person OR virtually - e.givesmart.com/events/J63/?...

Every photo tells a story of compassion, celebration, and a community of literary marvels . Take a look back at the magic of our past benefits! Thinking of attending? Grab a ticket for this year's Benefit or join us virtually by following the link here: e.givesmart.com/events/J63/

Professor #TomLutz is bringing a double-feature masterclass in literature and history to the West Coast. Join him for conversations spanning two worlds: cultural revolutionaries of the Roaring Twenties and the deadly serious world of modern espionage. #BookTour (1/4)

In our latest Substack post, our wonderful intern Belana Beeck reflects on her roots and how books helped her find belonging. Read her heartfelt essay and join the conversation on Latinx identity, language, and literature. open.substack.com/pub/redhenpr...

Congratulations to Susan Rich on Blue Atlas, a stunning collection that troubles all the binaries around abortion. Couldn’t put it down. @susanrich-poet18.bsky.social #poetry #womenpoetry @redhenpress.bsky.social

New #poetry #books from University of Iowa Press, @redhenpress.bsky.social, Tin House Books, Persea, @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social, Nightwood Editions, Coach House Books, @boa-editions.bsky.social, New Directions & more. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

Read PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A BROWN MAN (@redhenpress.bsky.social) this #HispanicHeritageMonth! This collection by Jose Hernandez Diaz “explores surreal prose poetry both in the suburbs and barrios of Los Angeles and the larger American landscape.” redhen.org/book/portrai...

9/12 #SmallPress #books #BookSky #DSPBposts 💙📚 @adriennejs.bsky.social @redhenpress.bsky.social @barbicanpress.bsky.social @teresawong.bsky.social ‬ @arsenalpulp.bsky.social

Newest Substack post just dropped! Follow along and learn more about our table hosts in the article “A Night of Literature & Celebration: Red Hen’s 31st Annual Benefit Gala” Visit the link here to read the post: redhenpress.substack.com/p/a-night-of...

Read FLIGHT PLAN (@redhenpress.bsky.social) this #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth! M. Soledad Caballero’s poetry collection “charts the trajectories of bodies and birds, navigating the dynamic interplay of past, present, and what happens in the in-between.” redhen.org/book/flight-...

Thank you to Wallpaper* USA 400 List for naming Nancy Kricorian as one of the creative activists of the year! Nancy is the author of THE BURNING HEART OF THE WORLD, (April 2025 Red Hen Press), and has been highlighted for her work with young writers in Gaza! www.wallpaper.com/design-inter...

✨Author Spotlight of the day ✨ Don't miss Ruth Irupé Sanabria's prize-winning poetry collection, BEASTS BEHAVE IN FOREIGN LAND, a powerful testament to a family's resilience after genocide and exile.

New beauty from @laraehrlich.bsky.social and @redhenpress.bsky.social: saltwater soup for the rusalka soul.

Thank you Chicago Review of Books for your interview with Lara Ehrlich on all things mermaids and sirens in her latest release BIND ME TIGHTER STILL! 🧜‍♀️ Read the full interview here: chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/09/a...

"I wanted to create a world...where the performers would stay in character, and behind the scenes, they could come out of character." Out now: Elisa Shoenberger's interview w/ @laraehrlich.bsky.social on “Bind Me Tighter Still” (@redhenpress.bsky.social). chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/09/a...

Happy Pub Week to instructor Lara Ehrlich whose new novel Bind Me Tighter Still published this Tues. with @redhenpress.bsky.social. Get your copy now, and grab your spot in Lara's upcoming class, Fairy Tales Gone Wrong: Twisting the Familiar into the Haunting, in person on 10/8

To our literary community…YOU’RE INVITED The Red Hen Press Annual Gala is happening October 26th Mingle with authors and learn more about the literary industry over dinner at The Grand Venue in LA 🍷 tickets here: e.givesmart.com/events/J63/

Red Hen Press’s 31st Annual Benefit Dinner is on 10/26! 🍷 We are pleased to announce Kim Dower, Katie Ford, Lily Hoang, and Ron Koertge as one of our Silver Table Hosts this year! For more information, visit the link here for available tables and tickets! e.givesmart.com/events/J63/

ONE WEEK AWAY! Tickets are still available for our literary salon at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco featuring Maxine Hong Kingston, Aimee Liu, Pete Hsu, and Lily Hoang! Get your livestream or in-person tickets now! www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...

Thank you Chicago Review of Books for featuring BIND ME TIGHTER STILL in your MUST-READ book list for September, labeling it as a "perfect reimagining of The Little Mermaid for the modern age." 🌊 🔗 Read the full feature and list here: chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/02/1...

Check out new #poetry #books for the week of 8/19 from Black Square Editions, Cardboard House Press, Flood Editions, @blacklawrence.bsky.social, @milkweededitions.bsky.social, Etruscan Press & @redhenpress.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...

(2/2) Forthcoming from @redhenpress.bsky.social, this book is a taut, international thriller set in the Indian Ocean, where assassins, soldiers, and shadowy operatives cross paths with deadly consequences. #RedHenPress #BornSlippy #ThrillerReads #CurrentlyPromoting #CoriolisClient

Featuring poet Vincent Antonio Rendoni in our summer issue tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/a... Vincent is the author of A Grito Contest in the Afterlife ( @catamaranlit.bsky.social‬, 2022) and the forthcoming poetry collection Dead Chicano Mixtape @redhenpress.bsky.social, 2027).

"The Armenian Diaspora Quartet is a testament to how we carried on over generations and in far-flung communities around the globe in spite of an effort to erase us from the earth and from the annals of history and literature." -- Nancy Kricorian @redhenpress.bsky.social @nancykric.bsky.social

Lorna Knowles Blake reviews Blood Wolf Moon by Elise Paschen @redhenpress.bsky.social: 1/2 The desire for a name that connects to ancestry is a central preoccupation…[The final three] poems are written in a form of Paschen’s devising: three columns of Osage, phonetic translation and English.

Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Naomi's Houses by Rosalie I. Tennison (@heritagehouse.bsky.social) & A Professional Lola and Other Stories by E. P. Tuazon (@redhenpress.bsky.social). Details = alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky

Thank you, Washington Independent, for interviewing Nancy Kricorian on her latest book THE BURNING HEART OF THE WORLD Read about THE BURNING HEART OF THE WORLD: indiepubs.com/products/the... Read the full EXCLUSIVE interview: www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-...

Newest Substack post just dropped! Red Hen Press Returns with a Gala to Remember, and you’re invited! Read what you can expect at this year’s annual Benefit. Celebrate 31 years of literary excellence with the biggest little press on the West ☀️ Read here: open.substack.com/pub/redhenpr...

Have you ever seen a Red Hen in a tux before? Well, you will at the Red Hen Press 31st Annual Benefit Gala on October 26th 🤵🐔 Visit redhen.org/benefit/ for more information on available tables and tickets!

You are delightfully invited to the 31st Annual Red Hen Press Benefit 🍷 Join us for a special dinner on Sunday, October 26, 2025 to celebrate 31 years of literary excellence with the press that brought you your favorite books. Tickets and tables are available here: redhen.org/events/benef...

ATTENTION READERS 📣 Goodreads is giving away 100 copies of BIND ME TIGHTER STILL by Lara Ehrlich! The contest closes on Aug 31 at 11:59 PM PST. Good luck to all who enter! Click the link here to enter: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Thank you, Bostonia, for featuring BIND ME TIGHTER STILL in your recommended reading list this month! 📖 Read more about BIND ME TIGHTER STILL by Lara Ehrlich here: indiepubs.com/products/bin... 🔗 Read the full feature and an EXCLUSIVE excerpt here: www.bu.edu/articles/202...

🔖 There are 3 Red Hen Press open submissions for awards. Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award: October 31, 2025 Award $3,000 + publication Quill Queer Prose Award: November 30, 2025 Award $1,000 + publication Cai Emmons Fiction Award: January 15, 2026 Award $5,000 + publication redhen.org/submission-g...

April Ossmann and Tim Mayo will be doing a reading and signing at Brooks Memorial Library August 27th!📖🖊️ 🗓️August 27, 2025 (Wednesday) 7pm 📍Brooks Memorial Library 224 Main Street Brattleboro, VT 05301 🔗Info: brookslibraryvt.org/events/month...

Happy National Dog Month! 🐾 We're celebrating all August with books that honor our best friends. Fast into the Night Pretzel, Houdini, & Olive A Punishing Breed What are you reading this month? 👇

Thank You Kirkus For Their Review of RE IN REFUGE by Adrianne Kalfopoulou! 🔗Read the full review here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... 📖Read more about RE IN REFUGE by Adrianne Kalfopoulou Here: indiepubs.com/products/the...

Happy Paperback Book Day! 📖🌟 Below are a list of our best-selling paperbacks: Bad Stories by Steve Almond Subduction by Kristen Millares Young Cursebreakers by Madeline Nakamura The Sea Gives up the Dead by Molly Olguin Sonnets for a Missing Key by Percival Everett ⁠ indiepubs.com

✨️SUBMISSIONS OPEN✨️⁠ ⁠ The Cai Emmons Fiction Award is open for submissions! This award is in honor of the life and enduring legacy of novelist Cai Emmons. ⁠ 📗 $5,000 + Book publication by Red Hen Press⁠ 📘 Submissions Open: 7-15-25⁠ Submissions Close: 1-15-26⁠ ⁠ redhen.org/awards/cai-e...

Don't miss out on your chance to preorder BIND ME TIGHTER STILL for this exclusive bundle from Red Hen Press 🔖 ✨ 1 exclusive postcard ✨ 1 elegant bookmark ✨ 1 signed sticker bookplate ✨ 1 limited edition Siren art card ✨ plus a copy of BIND ME TIGHTER STILL redhenpress.myshopify.com/products/bin...

Guys! I'm heading to Sirenland on 9/9 to see the renowned Siren Show! I heard that everything is siren themed, from the boardwalk gift shops to the drinks sold at the restaurants. The tickets are selling out fast! Get your pre-order bundle here: inyurl.com/bindemetighterpreorder

Congratulations to author Helen Benedict for being named a finalist for the 2025 Dayton Literary Peace Prize! THE GOOD DEED was selected as a finalist in the fiction category for this year's award selection. www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/2025-awards/

We're so 🥺🥺 ???? Thank you so much to Indie Pubs for highlighting our titles and the titles of so many deserving small presses who lost federal funding from the NEA. This was the sweetest surprise! indiepubs.com

CONGRATS for the 2024 Quill Prose Award! The Quill Prose Award, established by Red Hen Deputy Director Tobi Harper-Petrie, is dedicated to empowering authors who identify as queer. Submissions to the 2025 Quill Prose Award is officially open. redhen.org/awards/quill...

Thanks KRBX Radio Boise for having Kim Dower on Writer to Writer! 🔗Listen to the episode here: soundcloud.com/radioboise/w... 📖Read more about What She Wants by Kim Dower Here: indiepubs.com/products/wha...

ANGEL EYE by Madeleine Nakamura Featured in Book Riot’s List of The 6 Best Dark Academia Books for Romance Readers 🔗Read here: bookriot.com/dark-academi... 📖Read more about ANGEL EYE by Madeleine Nakamura Here: indiepubs.com/products/ang...

Thank you, Massachusetts Review, for this great shout out for Elise Paschen’s latest collection! 🔗Read here: themassachusettsreview.substack.com/p/aprilmayju... 📖Read more about BLOOD WOLF MOON by Elise Paschen Here: indiepubs.com/products/blo...