"This breathtaking collection by Salvatore Pane forces us to reflect deeply on the Italian American experience." Thanks to Italian Americana for the incredible review of THE NEOREALIST IN WINTER in their Winter issue! Check out the full review here: https://loom.ly/HL2wy1A

I talk about bear consciousness, bear context, bear longing, and bear consequences in I HAVE NOT CONSIDERED CONSEQUENCES with host and producer Kara Holsopple at The Allegheny Front, a great environmental show aired and streamed on WESA - 90.5 🐻 @autumnhouse.org @wesa.fm #booksky #flashfiction

Congratulations to Lauren D. Woods, author of The Great Grown-Up Game of Make Believe, and to Sunni Brown Wilkinson, author of Rodeo--both have been longlisted for PEN America Literary Awards! We’re thrilled to celebrate both of these incredible honors!

Shocked, thrilled, all the things to find my book of stories on this long list. 😳

"You could read this book as a how-to guide for writing forms: sestina, golden shovel, sonnet crown, ghazal, among others." Thanks to The Summerset Review for including GHOST MAN ON SECOND by Erica Reid in their Poetry Review Round-Up 2025!

Be sure to submit this weekend--Monday is the deadline!

"The word Bigger comes from the end of 'Naming My Father,' when I said, 'He wanted my world to be bigger, which is what we want for those we love.'” We adore this interview with AHP author Ren Cedar Fuller and Amy Roost for @northamerreview.bsky.social about Ren's debut collection, BIGGER.

Get your galley of Self-Portrait as the "i" in Florida!

Big thanks to @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social for the lovely video review of I HAVE NOT CONSIDERED CONSEQUENCES 📚 @autumnhousepress.bsky.social #booksky

Congrats to Lauren D. Woods for being featured in Washington City Paper's Holiday Gift Guide! The article describes the collection as the "perfect gift." Thank you to the Washington City Paper and grab a copy of the collection for the holidays at the link in our bio!

It's here! We're so thrilled to share the cover for “Self-Portrait as the 'i' in Florida” by @cunningpscott.bsky.social, out on April 7. Read about how the author worked with designer Gabriel Alcala to create the cover on Electric Literature's website.

Holiday gifts, discounted library supplies, LT shirts... we've got it all! Pins for $3, barcode scanners for $5, shirts for $16. 🎁 #holidaygifts #holidaybargains #💙📚 #Booksky Shop our Holiday sale here: www.librarything.com/more/store

Author Dennis James Sweeney recommends top journals for poets to submit to, as well as ways to participate in the lit mag landscape. “The more you invest yourself in the literary magazine community, the more it will mean to you when your submission finally lands.” at.pw.org/10PoetryMags

A new review for Laura Jackson's "Deep and Wild" points out that it's always a gamble to read a book about your home state. Luckily, picking up Jackson's essays is like "having the winning ticket, plus the multiplier." Thank you to the Southern Literary Review for the wonderful review!

Check out the cover reveal of Grace Spulak's (gspulak.bsky.social) Magdalena Is Brighter Than You Think! Grace spoke with Debutiful (debutiful.bsky.social) about the cover and its representation of the harsh, strange quality of the New Mexico landscape, as well as the beautiful, vibrant life within.

Today and every day, we’re grateful for our authors, readers, and supporters. 🧡 Because of you, AHP can uplift powerful new voices like Laura Jackson, whose debut Deep & Wild won the AHP Nonfiction Prize and was named the 2025 Book of the Year by the Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia.

The December batch of Early Reviewers is live! Enter to win one of 2,392 copies of 198 titles. This month we've got new titles from @autumnhousepress.bsky.social, @revellbooks.bsky.social, @simonandschuster.bsky.social, @typeeighteenbooks.bsky.social, @unvpress.bsky.social & more! #💙📚 #Booksky

This Thursday hear AHP author Grace Spulak read from her forthcoming collection MAGDALENA IS BRIGHTER THAN YOU THINK!

My little big Texas book tour for I HAVE NOT CONSIDERED CONSEQUENCES is done. Austin/San Antonio - yay! Big thanks to @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social and Bookwoman, @ramoreeves.bsky.social for organizing it all, and @andrewporter01.bsky.social for reading with me. 💜 🐻 @autumnhousepress.bsky.social

Check out AHP author Grace Spulak's reading from her collection MAGDALENA IS BRIGHTER THAN YOU THINK! Grace will read alongside other members of the Get the Word Out fiction cohort, a group which works with early-career authors, on Zoom on November 20 at 8:00 PM EST.

We are so excited to share some of our titles with the Free Books Project! Their mission is to bring books to where they’re most needed, fostering positive literary experiences and building connection. Check out their website and donate to support their work here: https://thefreebooksproject.org/

We’re thrilled to share the cover of LES PORTES by Meredith Nnoka, winner of the 2025 CAAPP Book Prize! In her debut collection, Nnoka traces how harm against women and femmes takes root, recurs, and reshapes itself across generations. You can preorder your copy now: https://loom.ly/yHrmUHs ‌

Enter for a chance to win a galley copy of Grace Spulak's debut collection!

Object Lessons Impressions parks in the garage. By Matthew Moore. pghrev.com/garage/

Texas, check it out!

Come out to @thewriterscenter.bsky.social Thursday next week in Bethesda to chat with @tomnavratil.bsky.social, Dine Watson, Elizabeth Bruce, and me to talk about unique paths to books and nurturing a writing life that works for you. writer.org/event/carvin...

Thank you to The Daily Texan for the wonderful interview with AHP author and UT Austin alumna Lauren D. Woods! Lauren talks about the importance of the humanities, the short story form, and the experience of publishing a book. #utaustin #publishing #shortstory

"Fuller ... draws upon her deep love for her family to craft delicate stories that simultaneously reveal and protect their subjects." Thank you to Hippocampus Magazine for this thoughtful review of Ren Cedar Fuller's BIGGER! We loved reading about how this reviewer connected with Ren's essays.

"Fuller is whimsical and self-deprecating . . . This openhearted memoir models how to explore and integrate with one's family history." Thank you to Shelf Awareness (@shelf-awareness.com) for the starred review of Ren Cedar Fuller's BIGGER!

The 2026 CAAPP Book Prize is now open! The submission deadline is December 15th, 2025, and the winning manuscript will be published by AHP & receive a $3,000 prize. As always, submissions are free. This year's final judge is Ladan Osman.

I’m heading to Texas in November! At Bookwoman 11/14, Austin and The Twig Book Shop 11/15, San Antonio - in conversation with Ramona Reeves and reading with Andrew Porter 🐻 Would love to see you there! 📕 @autumnhousepress.bsky.social

Interested in learning more about indie publishing in the South? Check out CLMP's fabulous list of books, publishers, fairs, awards, and more in the American South, including AHP poet Jennifer Conlon's TAKING TO WATER! Thank you to CLMP for featuring Jennifer's debut collection!

"When we love someone, we want their world to be bigger. And by loving people who are different from us, it really expands our world." Ren Cedar Fuller, author of the essay collection BIGGER, was just on Parley Lit's "Totally Biased Reviews" with Asha Dore. Thanks to Parley Lit!

Our charity for November in the Studio is the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank; and because of the urgent need with SNAP expiring, I kicked things off with a $500 donation yesterday. Please join me in donating!

Happy pub day to self-driving by Betsy Fagin! (@betsyfagin.bsky.social) Winner of the 2024 AHP Poetry Prize, selected by Kazim Ali: “Feminist and humanist . . . passionate and compassionate.” Through incisive, playful verse, Fagin reclaims the road trip for Black, queer, feminist futures. 💙

"Bear of loss. Bear of reckoning. I turned to face it, offering a hunger that required no mouth." Thank you to Poetry Daily (poetrydaily.bsky.social) for featuring AHP author Amie Whittemore's (amiewhittemore.bsky.social) "The Bear" from her collection NEST OF MATCHES!

Today's Featured Poem: "The Bear" by @amiewhittemore.bsky.social from Nest of Matches published by @autumnhousepress.bsky.social Read here: poems.com/poem/the-bear/

As the holiday season approaches, we have just the gift for your book-loving someone! Our book subscriptions are a fantastic way to support our independent press, and we love sending books to our subscribers each month. Find more information on the ‘Subscriptions’ tab of our website!

Happy happiest of pub days to @ladiwoods.bsky.social and this absolutely wonderful book!

Pub day for The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe by Lauren D. Woods (@ladiwoods.bsky.social)! So proud to share this stunning debut collection with the world. 💖 #shortstory #fiction #indiepress

Thank you to Necessary Fiction (@necessaryfiction.com) and reviewer Emily Hall for the wonderful review of Lauren D. Woods's (@ladiwoods.bsky.social) THE GREAT GROWN-UP GAME OF MAKE-BELIEVE!

Loved these questions from The Nerd Daily; and now I need to do a reread of Little, Big thenerddaily.com/amber-sparks...

"The collection’s freshness stems from its remarkable playfulness." Thanks to Necessary Fiction and Emily Hall for this lovely review of Lauren D. Woods' (@ladiwoods.bsky.social) debut short story collection!

Need a snack for the mind? AHP author Lauren Woods launched a book vending machine for local authors in D.C., and it's helping people find independent books from the city's own creatives. https://loom.ly/G65M978

"How do we care for each other when we live in institutions of violence?'" BITTERING THE WOUND by Jacqui Germain is at the top of Electric Lit's list "7 Poetry Books Written From Activism’s Front Lines!" Read the full list here: https://loom.ly/yl1LsOU

We hope to see you tonight at 7.p.m. for the book launch of Jasmine Reid's INTERLOCUTOR GODDESS! RSVP here: https://loom.ly/15WY32w Jasmine will also lead a Writers’ Café on writing radical futures at the Pitt Writing Center TODAY from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

"The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe" and "Bigger" made The Millions' 2025 Great Fall Book Preview, just in time for peak leaf season! We couldn't be prouder of Lauren D. Woods and Ren Cedar Fuller! Read the full list here: https://loom.ly/X65v-SY

Autumn House is excited to announce the winner of our 2025 Poetry Prize: REDWORK by Laurie Ann Guerrero, selected by Matthew Olzmann! We're honored to share this book with the world in October 2026. #poetry #publishing #prize #winner

Reminder that AHP poet Jasmine Reid, winner of the 2024 CAAPP Book Prize, is launching her book INTERLOCUTOR GODDESS this Friday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m. at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty! RSVP here: https://loom.ly/15WY32w