While in the moment, being awakened by cat at 3:30 AM for a lil crunchies is annoying, there will be a day that head boop won’t arrive and you awaken with tears stained on your pillow.

2nd time Thirty West tables at Montgomery County, PA Book Festival on June 13th from 11-4. Just saw the exhibitor list and WOW! Come through for some great indie books and walk up and down Skippack, PA for small town Americana vibes. See you then!

This was really hard to make but this is our reality 🖥️ 🤓

First printrun for the Spring ‘26 cohort is done. 2 poets below; 2 fiction authors below. 4 chapbooks is part chaotic, beautiful, & fulfilling. Mailing this week & some copies remain. Goodreads listings & blurbs soon. Celebrate these authors on 4/24! thirtywestph.com/shop

Would love to see this chapbook get thru to a 3rd printing so I could print covers on white

It is 10:18PM, and I'm folding chapbooks

My local Goodwill is thriving with niche indie lit books frankly you should be jealous

Dropped a dollar on the scratch off machine and now I’m up to 2 dollars. It’s been 10 minutes. Should I cash out chat

On May 2nd, Thirty West will be attending the Bucks County Book Fest for the 3rd time. Stop by our booth outside (and this year, with a tent) from 10-4 for some popular indie books from a 10+ year catalog. Maybe guest visits?? Find out in Doylestown Picture was from 2025; great day!

Proof of publication: FAREWELL TO EMPTINESS, flash fiction debut by @lizdebeerwriter.bsky.social Out on 4/24 Bonus pic of another spring chapbook

Proof of publication: POEM OF THANKS: SWORDS AND THE DEVIL by @lowghost.bsky.social Out on 4/24 Bonus pic with another spring chapbook

Teaching my cat the basics of saddle stitching

1,000,000 steps walked as of 4/16. I should be able to triple it by end of 2026

Halfway through #nationalpoetrymonth and here are the first 5 contributors of our Poetry Blitz. All 15 poems are available for free on Afterimages right now. Pairs well with coffee and sunshine or blackout blinds and pitter-patter of rain. thirtywest.substack.com

Sprinkled cumin instead of cinnamon on my banana. Whoops!

Had a silly dream. Hosted a poetry reading, and one of the features got into an argument with another. He meekly read his set before the show even began, then fell down the stairs on his way out. Strange! Don't let that happen to u

As a book publisher, you must grieve the books/chapbooks that’ll never come from people you solicit and then move on. Same with those you said no to that got picked up soon after.

Someone who was “unfortunately laid off due to __” is much different than “oh my __boss shit-canned me and I __ hate them!”

Love it how directors make their crew and cast go all the way to New Zealand to shoot a scene depicted in Cincinnati, Ohio

Caught up just now lol

Wawa and Sheetz will destroy each other so that Royal Farms will be the king of the ashes

Feeling rebellious when I donate a hot indie lit book that the internet gushes over

I’m behind on poetry. It flew out of my chest; a bird from a cage

“My logo was made by AI!” “My logo was hand-designed using Fortune 500 branding tactics!” “My logo is corporate minimalism but in lowercase to show we’re chill!” “My logo was drawn by my 5 year old and I love it very much…”

Well, something’s happening 🖨️

I ain’t mclovin it

So thrilled to work for these talented authors!

Howl at the moon

Fighting tooth and nail here 🐺 🦷

Me if not within 10 square miles of a state park

Every singe item listed on Facebook marketplace falls between Free-you pickup to $69 everything else is a scam

Final day to save some bread, cabbage, currency, dolla dolla billz, et al.

The perfect home: single story, rancher style.

Was a big day for the start of this project. Good things are coming soon for these 4 authors. Then in 6-ish months, we do it again for the fall cohort. If these do well, it’ll be an easy decision to do it again. Handmade is how we started & how we shall grow.

I reached a pivotal moment in my novel manuscript’s 2nd draft last night: a title change.

Today is the day. The Spring Cohort is available for preorder. 4 chapbooks, 2 debutants, 1 cover artist. Standard or limited edition (numbered to 20) bindings available. Bundle all 4 for $19.99. Let us celebrate the beginning of something marvelous. Congratulations all! thirtywestph.com/shop

Fond memories

Hiked a good bit for this shot

Would love to be a book publisher full time but alas, (insert all the terrible things happening) make it nigh impossible.

It’s been quiet over here with TW chapbooks…but for good reason. Spring chapbook cohort of 4 authors is coming soon, like maybe this weekend soon. These patient poets & prose writers are going to blow the doors off the Thirty West HQ. We can’t wait to show you.

U can learn about someone’s reading preferences by whom they promote on the World Wide Web

I like finding the artist name in a big painting it’s where’s Waldo for people with MFA’s

Bot or human, this line is insane

Ad for upcoming event.

1.5 mile round trip to get Wawa on my lunch I hate suburbia.

Very shocked no one has been brave enough to write the first Simish novel smh

One of my favorite Thirty West authors

More ad-libs at poetry readings

Galleys have arrived. 📸 DM us for one (limited numbers) PEPPERLEAF looks so good and the story will twist you into knots. 🎈 Our first yellow book 📒 by @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social is out on 5/22/26.