Check out these amazing forthcoming titles from @beaconpress.bsky.social! Great reads from Michael Bronski, Maureen Footer, Talitha L. LeFlouria, @lodrinkswater.bsky.social, and Deni Elliott. We can't wait for folks to see them on bookstore shelves!

Congratulations to @beaconpress.bsky.social author Achy Obejas, whose work THE BOY KINGDOM/EL REINO DE LOS VARONES is a finalist for the @publishingtriangle.bsky.social's Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry! publishingtriangle.org/2026/03/fina...

@insidehighered.com did a marvelous Q&A with author Nicole Lynn Lewis about student parents, their challenges, and her book STUDENT PARENT: THE FIGHT FOR FAMILIES, THE COST OF POVERTY, AND THE POWER OF COLLEGE available now from @beaconpress.bsky.social. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

Big congrats to @lewispants.bsky.social and @doctressstory.bsky.social for being finalists for @publishingtriangle.bsky.social's 2026 Amber Hollibaugh Award! We here at @beaconpress.bsky.social are thrilled for you!

Join @beaconpress.bsky.social and the Mass Freedom to Read coalition on March 10th for Mass Freedom to Read Advocacy Day! More info about how you can participate can be found below. Help spread the word! www.instagram.com/p/DVYuU24jb8...

@beaconpress.bsky.social author Nicole Lynn Lewis recently did an interview with Eddrick Jerome on "The Eddrick Show!" discussing her new book STUDENT PARENT: THE FIGHT FOR FAMILIES, THE COST OF POVERTY, AND THE POWER OF COLLEGE. Have a listen! www.youtube.com/watch?v=220E...

So great to see @paulpeartsmith.bsky.social's graphic adaptation of Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' HISTORY on this @slj.com recommendation list! www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/critic...

@beaconpress.bsky.social author Gloria J. Browne-Marshall talks about her path to the law profession and her book A PROTEST HISTORY with KLWN's Lewis at Large. Check it out! soundcloud.com/1320klwn/lew...

@chicagorevbooks.bsky.social calls OUR DIARIES, OURSELVES "a joyful deep dive into this time-honored tradition of preserving who we are." On sale now from @beaconpress.bsky.social! chireviewofbooks.com/2026/01/07/n...

So thrilled that @beaconpress.bsky.social had not 1 but *2* titles as finalists for the 2026 @americanpublish.bsky.social Prose Awards! TELL HER STORY & THE CORONER'S SILENCE join an eclectic range of categories & are on sale now. Congratulations! publishers.org/wp-content/u...

"Fear is contagious but so is courage." @beaconpress.bsky.social author Caroline E. Light discusses the changes in the political climate since her book STAND YOUR GROUND first published in this @bostonglobe.com piece. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/19/a...

@beaconpress.bsky.social author Michael Torres wrote an incredibly powerful piece in @lithub.com.web.brid.gy on what it's like to live outside of Minneapolis right now as an American of Latinx descent. Read and share widely. lithub.com/letter-from-...

@lithub.com.web.brid.gy ran a great excerpt from Monica L. Wang's THE COLLECTIVE CURE today, which is on sale now from @beaconpress.bsky.social. Have a look! lithub.com/the-shared-r...

Happy on sale day to Caroline E. Light! Her book, STAND YOUR GROUND illuminates how the United States ascended to become the world’s foremost stand-your-ground nation and exposes a history in plain sight. Available now from @beaconpress.bsky.social.

So wonderful to see @beaconpress.bsky.social authors like Viktor Frankl, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, @crileysnorton.bsky.social, Darius Bost, and James Baldwin on this Independent Publishers Caucus roundup! Grateful we are able to publish such important books. 🙏

From the trio of @marcusrediker.bsky.social, David Lester, & Paul Buhle comes a compelling new graphic! THE BLACK SCHOONER, published by @beaconpress.bsky.social goes on sale 6/9 & is available for pre-order now from your local indie, @bookshop.org, B&N, & Amazon! youtu.be/iMh38kMW2Ws?...

"This isn’t simply a story of oppression. It’s equally a history of resistance. [...] [It] should be on every library’s shelves. Now more than ever." Wonderful review for @paulpeartsmith.bsky.social's IPHUS graphic in @brokenfrontier.bsky.social! www.brokenfrontier.com/roxanne-dunb...

In case you missed Gloria Browne-Marshall discussing A PROTEST HISTORY OF THE US with @rootsaction.org Education Fund Book Club last night you can find the video here, starting at the 5 minute mark: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLVR... The audience was quite enthusiastic!

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall was quoted in this great @theguardian.com piece about the current ICE protests and other attempts to stifle protest across the country throughout history. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

@beaconpress.bsky.social author Gloria J. Browne-Marshall will be with @rootsaction.org's online book club on Feb. 4th at 8 p.m. Folks can sign up to view her session here: teachinnetwork.org/bookclubs/ Many thanks to @davidcnswanson.bsky.social for selecting Gloria's PROTEST HISTORY OF THE US!

It's such a thrill to see four @beaconpress.bsky.social books (CORREGIDORA; FREEDOM DREAMS; RACE MATTERS; and SILENCING THE PAST) on this wonderful list by the New York Public Library! www.nypl.org/books-more/r...

@embodiedwunc.bsky.social aired a great interview with @beaconpress.bsky.social authors Alix Dick and @anterobot.bsky.social this morning about their book THE COST OF BEING UNDOCUMENTED. Check it out! play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...

Happy on sale week to FOREVER FOR THE CULTURE by @beaconpress.bsky.social author @blaqueword.bsky.social! Check out his interview with Solomon Jones on Philadelphia's WURD Radio! soundcloud.com/onwurd/steve...

@thewire.in published another very thoughtful review of Gloria J. Browne-Marshall's PROTEST HISTORY OF THE US, stating "Browne-Marshall’s history affirms protest’s indispensability as an inspiring call to action." Full text here: thewire.in/world/a-brie...

@brittanyepage.bsky.social interviewed @beaconpress.bsky.social author @wralpheubanks.bsky.social about his new book WHEN IT'S DARKNESS ON THE DELTA, calling it beautifully written. Listen to him discuss his research and connection to the Mississippi Delta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ogx...

On MLK Day @beaconpress.bsky.social author Gloria Browne-Marshall discussed protest on @wnyc.org's @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social. Have a listen! www.wnyc.org/story/mlk-da...

@chicagorevbooks.bsky.social has named @crileysnorton.bsky.social and Darius Bost's A BLACK QUEER HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES as one of their most anticipated books of 2026! Preorder your copy now! @beaconpress.bsky.social chireviewofbooks.com/2026/01/06/o...

@beaconpress.bsky.social author Nora Neus was in conversation with Timothy Heaphy at last night's packed P&T Knitwear event. Listen to their discussion about Nora's book 24 HOURS AT THE CAPITOL and the January 6th attack here: open.spotify.com/episode/6mHv...

Starting 2026 off nicely with a great @gothamist.com feature for Marc Meyer's VOICES FROM THE KITCHEN. @beaconpress.bsky.social gothamist.com/news/dark-mo...

Someone on @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social's writing staff really seems to love this author since this answer was on last night's episode! We here @beaconpress.bsky.social also love having that author on our backlist, can you guess who it is?

"In New York, I fully realized what I had done—how far away I was from my family...I spend weeks and months crying every night." Read Luis' story from Marc Meyer's VOICES FROM THE KITCHEN in La Cuenta. lacuenta.substack.com/p/year-after...

@dinagw.bsky.social gives an excellent interview on Native identity on the latest episode of We the Unhoused's podcast. Her latest book with @beaconpress.bsky.social WHO GETS TO BE INDIAN? is on sale now. www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...

@beaconpress.bsky.social author Gloria J. Browne-Marshall recently sat down with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to discuss her book, A PROTEST HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Have a listen! newbooksnetwork.com/a-protest-hi...

@beaconpress.bsky.social author @doctressstory.bsky.social's great interview with @lgbtqnation.com went live on Friday. Check out her thoughts on how cis white gay people can and should show up for trans and queer people of color: www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/rest...

We at @beaconpress.bsky.social are so excited about the advance copies of @crileysnorton.bsky.social and Darius Bost's A BLACK QUEER HISTORY OF THE US. Don't they look great?! BLACK QUEER HISTORY will be on sale 1/20/2026 but can be preordered now wherever books are sold!

@theguardian.com did a great piece about @beaconpress.bsky.social author Marc Meyer and the people who inspired his book VOICES FROM THE KITCHEN. A wonderful way to give human faces to these workers during these troubling times. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

How cool is it that Spotify has created Wrapped for Authors?! Here's one they did for @beaconpress.bsky.social author Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz with some neat stats for INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' HISTORY! wrappedforauthors.byspotify.com?id=19e1cc82e...

@publisherswkly.bsky.social calls VOICES FROM THE KITCHEN: PERSONAL NARRATIVE FROM NEW YORK'S RESTAURANT WORKERS by Marc Meyer "a loving spotlight on ordinary people who have become political targets.” On sale now from @beaconpress.bsky.social! www.publishersweekly.com/9780807020647

@beaconpress.bsky.social author @dinagw.bsky.social knows that it’s complicated to talk about Native American identity. Here, she has an in depth conversation about it with WUNC North Carolina Public Radio. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjAi...

@beaconpress.bsky.social author Gloria J. Browne-Marshall was on WRKF's "Talk Louisiana" this week discussing her book, A PROTEST HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Have a listen! bit.ly/4pdHbbP

@beaconpress.bsky.social author Mirta Ojito's HUNTING SEASON: IMMIGRATION AND MURDER IN AN ALL-AMERICAN TOWN is now available as an audiobook! Have a listen to a brief narration from the prologue!

"Protest is very American." Catch @beaconpress.bsky.social author Gloria J. Browne-Marshall on the @eddrickshow.bsky.social as she discusses A PROTEST HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjBM...

"Had I written about my life in Persian, I would have softened the edges." A beautiful @literaryhub.bsky.social piece by @beaconpress.bsky.social author Atash Yaghmaian about how sharing her story in English allowed her to stop hiding and thrive. lithub.com/a-different-...

@beaconpress.bsky.social author Gloria Browne-Marshall briefly weighs in on the trend of inflatable costumes at "No Kings" marches, noting how their whimsy counter the images and the propaganda put out about protestors. spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/ne...

@beaconpress.bsky.social author Gloria J. Browne-Marshall sat down with @ilpublicmedia.bsky.social's "The 21st Show" to discuss this past weekend's national NO KINGS protests and her book PROTEST HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. will.illinois.edu/21stshow/sto...

Pod Save the People posted an excellent interview yesterday with @madameclair08.bsky.social. Have a listen! Her book TELL HER STORY: ELEANOR BUMPURS & THE POLICE KILLING THAT GALVANIZED NEW YORK CITY is out now from @beaconpress.bsky.social. crooked.com/podcast/demo...

@beaconpress.bsky.social author Ilan Pappe recently sat down with @ruwithsonali.bsky.social to discuss his latest book ISRAEL ON THE BRINK and its imagining of a more hopeful future in the Middle East. risingupwithsonali.com/how-to-end-i...

@todayshow.com how ran a wonderful excerpt from @beaconpress.bsky.social author Marc Meyer's VOICES FROM THE KITCHEN featuring Ernesto, a NYC sous chef. Marc's book will be on sale on November 18th. www.today.com/food/people/...

@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social did a great interview with @beaconpress.bsky.social author @rebeccakelliher.bsky.social about her book JUST PILLS, discussing the science behind the medication, attempts at banning it, and her research while writing JUST PILLS. lareviewofbooks.org/article/pill...

UNC College of Arts and Sciences did a great profile about @beaconpress.bsky.social author @sgriest.bsky.social and her latest book ART ABOVE EVERYTHING. Learn more about this "art monk" and her quest to find community below! college.unc.edu/2025/09/grie...