"The author comes alive in these pages as self-absorbed, self-aggrandizing, self-mythologizing, and hypersensitive to slight." @ellenpcampbell.bsky.social reviews the new biography of Muriel Spark by Frances Wilson. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/e... #literature #biography

Were you thrilled & motivated by election results on Tuesday and want in on the next one? If you're a published writer, join us! We provide resources, connect each other to collective actions, and support each other!

"A bad night for book banners" is the headline for the @aabbwashington.bsky.social take on the elections. Worth reading! mailchi.mp/2b935400fe4a... #bookbanning

1 of 2: #Philly #literary folk, mark your calendars now! The 12/2 Small Press Night at Barnes & Noble, 1708 Chestnut, will feature the local presses shown in the graphic plus 5 great authors presenting their work. #fiction #poetry #schmoozing

Our latest newsletter reflects on novels that address a cultural or political "tipping point," a moment when an entire society finds itself in crisis or transition (kind of similar to right now?). www.newdoorbooks.net/so/4ePe8MtJJ... #fiction #novels

The new online book club from @spotlightpa.org, called Booklight PA, continues with another great #Philly author, Lorene Cary! www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/10... #fiction #authorevent

"The Stained Glass Project is a volunteer run after-school arts program that introduces under-served Philadelphia public high school students to the technically demanding artistic discipline of making stained glass." A great idea! Please support if you can. fundrazr.com/stained-glas...

Alice B. Toklas’s cultish devotion to Gertrude Stein has generated enduring curiosity. “What magnetic force keeps such a union intact?” Judith Thurman writes. “Is the enthrallment mutual? Is the resentment?”

Books instead of candy from vending machines in DC! The cynic says, "What, they read books in DC? Why is there no evidence in Congress?" The author/publisher applauds. www.npr.org/2025/10/16/g... #Books #Publishing

#Philly's own Stephanie Feldman kicks off @spotlightpa.org's new online book club. www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/09... #novel #sci-fi #authorreading

"In a life beset by loss and illness, she wrote through some dark days and moods in this house. 'All sorrows can be borne, if you put them into a story,' she once said." @ellenpcampbell.bsky.social visits the Karen Blixen museum. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/in-...

Oh hey! Thank you, so much to the folks at Ignyte! We love this because fighting books really & truly is a practice of inclusion & equity. Really meaningful to be recognized this way. Good work team!

"The monster we’re told is just over the horizon is in fact already here, and has been for centuries, disguised as progress and the way things have to be." @solarshades.club's interview with Lizzie Wade: www.solarshades.club/p/against-th...

Thanks for the boost, and thanks to Lewis Whittington for this great review of Tesla's Opera! Here's the book page at Fomite Press with ordering info: www.fomitepress.com/tesla-s-oper...

"Perhaps I was a little premature" - opening line of @miriamseidel.bsky.social's opera VIOLET FIRE about Nikola Tesla. Now her volume with the libretto & commentary gets a rave review as "a fascinating, fun book about the world of science, opera and avian love." culturevulture.net/books-cds/te...

A book worth banning is a book worth reading. #BannedBooksWeek

Today is the 2nd anniversary of Hamas's horrific attack on Israel. In the spring we're publishing a novel that treats difficult conversations and conflicting perspectives on the Israel-Palestine question. We hope it will promote genuine discussion and healing.

In @literaryhub.bsky.social, @devintoshea.bsky.social describes how movies are popularizing the classic #Pynchon theme: "The war between the powerful and the powerless." lithub.com/thomas-pynch...

For 2 days, @bookshop.org has an "anti-prime sale" with free shipping.` bookshop.org

Ideas for observing #BannedBooksWeek: mailchi.mp/662135d90e79...

For #BannedBooksWeek an interactive map from @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social showing where the problem is worst: littlefreelibrary.org/about/book-b...

For #BannedBooksWeek, @bookshop.org is offering discounts on selected banned books. bookshop.org/info/banned-...

Just arrived: first package of ARCs for PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN by Nathaniel Popkin! Photographed on the office's official Old Red Chair. How does the cover look for this book we've dubbed the "most provocative novel of spring 2026"? #novel #judaism #israel #palestine

Here it is! Our Monday newsletter formally announced our next book, due in May: PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN by Nathaniel Popkin. We think it'll be the most provocative novel of the spring. Read the newsletter to find out why: newdoorbooks.net/so/17Pc2UIcj... #novel #judaism #israel #Palestine

#Chicago folks: Great lineup for Sunday Salon Chicago on (you guessed it) SUNDAY at @roscoebooks.bsky.social, including our own @janicemdeal.bsky.social. 7 PM, free! sundaysalon-chicago.com

Please join us in congratulating our Best of the Net 2026 Nominees! Good luck everyone!

@publisherswkly.bsky.social summarizes the critical court cases on #bookbanning. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Next week, the great and talented students at the Rutgers-Camden MFA program are doing a reading at Tattooed Mom on South Street. I'll be there too. Come on out and hear from the future of Philly's lit scene. Also have some tots.

Virginia Woolf fans, already celebrating the 100th birthday of MRS. D., will appreciate this new scholarly edition, inexpensive at full price and currently on sale. www.nyrb.com/products/mrs...

#Chicago area folks: Coming on 9/28, Sunday Salon Chicago at @roscoebooks.bsky.social. Our author @janicemdeal.bsky.social will be part of a great lineup! www.sundaysalon-chicago.com #fiction #poetry #memoir

Our book STRANGE ATTRACTORS by @janicemdeal.bsky.social is featured in @clmporg.bsky.social's Regional Spotlight for the Great Lakes area. This is the linked-story collection that's been compared to Sherwood Anderson, Chekhov, & Flannery O'Connor. Its sequel, THE BLUE DOOR, is available now.

Do Americans think gerrymandering is fair? No. Most recognize it as cheating. That's true in both parties, in all states, across the US. And increasingly true among younger voters. Majorities think all gerrymandering should be illegal. today.yougov.com/politics/art...

More Than Just a Walk. A review of “The Blue Door" My guy, @AJSabatini reviews Janet Deal's book pubbed by @newdoorbooks.bsky.social @thirtywestph.com open.substack.com/pub/thirtywe... #Writingcommunity #Books

Closing out August of Afterimages with an indie press book review! Arthur J. Sabatini reviews THE BLUE DOOR by Janice Deal, out now through @newdoorbooks.bsky.social Read it soon and consider purchasing a copy 💙📘 open.substack.com/pub/thirtywe...

Yeah, well, we knew this, but now the media are catching up. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

The Afterimages litmag/newsletter from 30 West reviews THE BLUE DOOR by @janicemdeal.bsky.social, calling it "both realistic and a quasi-allegory of wandering through borderline states of mind and experience." thirtywest.substack.com/p/more-than-...

Really loved Tom’s book, IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE, and we had a great chat about it earlier this summer. Excited the convo is out and for you all to read it (and his book!)!

Our latest newsletter just went out, with penetrating remarks on the climate crisis by Nathaniel Popkin, marking the 5th anniversary of his book TO REACH THE SPRING. newdoorbooks.net/so/7ePZYrLf_... #climatecrisis

"For many, walking is not only an artistic practice, but also a deeply political act." walklistencreate.org/walkingevent...

@solarshades.club connects #climate denial to the surge of reality denial we are all experiencing. www.solarshades.club/p/how-climat...

"Protecting children doesn’t mean shielding them from reality." www.freedomtoreadproject.org/debunking_th... #bookbanning

Excerpt from IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE is in the new issue of @thesunmagazine.bsky.social , if that's the sort of information you find interesting

Another article on the decline of reading: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... It focuses on books, of course. I wonder what the statistics would be if we counted reading one's phones. Would this post, for instance, earn you credit for reading 0.0005 books?

Believe it or not, I actually WAS assigned 2 of these books in high school. This was back in the stone age, though (1970s) so maybe times have changed. Or maybe books have been banned? Anyhow, take a look at this list...I now have a whole slew of books I want to read! #BookSky

One more (big) source of #bookreviews bites the dust. Are there replacements? bookriot.com/associated-p...

What the crisis in public transportation funding means to #Philly: hiddencityphila.org/2025/08/sept...

“None Of These Books Are Obscene”: Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida’s Book Ban Bill This is a big win for intellectual freedom and will have big implications in other ongoing lawsuits and future laws aiming to ban books. bookriot.com/penguin-rand...

#FF It’s Digital Nomad Day. To celebrate, give some ❤️ and a follow to these members in the lit community that begin with “N”: @necksnapmag.bsky.social @newdoorbooks.bsky.social @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social @newfeathers.bsky.social @newversenews.bsky.social @newwelshreview.bsky.social Cont ⬇️

Praise for TESLA'S OPERA by @miriamseidel.bsky.social. Preorder here: bookshop.org/p/books/tesl... #Tesla #opera

Thanks for the mention! The story of Nikola Tesla and his love for a pigeon is what convinced me that only an opera could do justice to him. #NikolaTesla