☕🌱 Cover reveal for SMALL TALK by Acie Clark, winner of our New Southern Voices Poetry Book Prize, selected by @paradiselaust.bsky.social! Read "Small Talk" and preorder the book, out 9/22, at hubcity.org/smalltalk

Happy pub day to Lolita Stewart-White's collection, BLACK FRAG/MENTS, out today from @hubcitypress.bsky.social! Learn more about these poems in her interview with @croptopassassin.bsky.social.

black frag/ments by Lolita Stewart-White is out today! This collection is a winner of our Deep Line Poetry Series, selected by Ashley Jones. Lolita's breathtaking collection focuses on fragmentation of the Black body, family, + community by the historic and ongoing racism in the US healthcare system

Belatedly, but with no less excitement, sharing that HOTHOUSE BLOOM by Austyn Wohlers made the longlist for The Republic of Consciousness Prize, an award granted to 10 books from small, independent presses! www.republicofconsciousnessprize-usa.com/news

Thrilled to share that PLUM by @andyanderegg.bsky.social is a winner of the the American Library Association's Alex Awards! Congratulations to Andy and to all fellow winners. Full list americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-sc...

Get ready for Hub City's first big reissue project: acclaimed novelist Nancy Lemann’s only work of nonfiction, The Ritz of the Bayou. @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social is publishing Lives of the Saints & The Oyster Diaries, so we're taking a tandem publication approach and all books are coming out April 7!

The virtual book launch for SINGING FROM THE DEEP END will be hosted by @cavankerrypress.bsky.social on 2/3 at 7pm EDT. So excited to celebrate my book’s release & the beautiful LONG EYE by @kwoyafagin.bsky.social, out from @hubcitypress.bsky.social on 3/10. Hope you can join us! (link in bio).

Any Lee Bains fans over here?! Art direction by me. Cover photo by Matt White (using a sign we dug out of a barn in Arkansas) In his debut poetry collection, Alabama poet and musician Lee Bains draws on his own experience at the intersection of work and food—the daily ritual of a workday lunch.

🥪 Cover reveal for Alabama poet and musician Lee Bains's debut collection, WORK LUNCH, out 10/13! Read this excerpt and preorder it at hubcity.org/worklunch

Thrilled to share that Hothouse Bloom by Austyn Wohlers made the 2025 @usrofc.bsky.social Longlist! Congrats to all the other presses + nominees!

Did you know that we distribute issues of the Southern Foodways Alliance's quarterly magazine, Gravy? The new winter issue just dropped, all about the power and pleasure of shared work and of leisure time spent in community. Snag an issue or subscribe for the year! www.hubcity.org/books/gravy/...

Cover reveal for A CARNIVAL OF CRIME: MURDER, MISCHIEF, AND MALICE IN 1890s SPARTANBURG by Betsy Wakefield Teter! Donate to have your name in the book at hubcity.org/support or preorder at hubcity.org/carnival

‼️Less than a week left to submit‼️ Send your short story collection in by January 4 at 11:59PM—finalists will be read by the one and only Catherine Lacey! Learn more and submit at hubcity.submittable.com.

Need a last minute gift before Christmas? We have SFA's Gravy Quarterly magazine subscriptions that will last the whole year and are the perfect gift for foodies and anyone interested in diverse food cultures of the changing American South. Subscribe over at hubcity.org/gravy

Last day of our 40% off backlist sale on hubcity.org/books! 📚🎁

A Christmas-y exclusive excerpt of forthcoming novel (out May 5, 2026) Hope House by Joe Bond in @people.com today! Read it here people.com/christmas-gr... & preorder your copy at hubcity.org/hopehouse!

@hubcitypress.bsky.social’s Zora photographed today

“Today’s poem looks at the word migrant and its meaning apart from the current political climate," shares host Maggie Smith in today’s encore episode. Read “/’mīgrent/” by Tiana Nobile: bit.ly/4iVCRfg 📖: @hubcitypress.bsky.social

The teeny tiniest interview in PW to close out @hubcitypress.bsky.social 30th anniversary. In the newsletter today and in this week's print issue. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Fresh shirts are printing up now, so place your order before midnight if you were thinking about getting a super fun Hub City shirt (more colors available + a sweatshirt!) www.bonfire.com/hub-city-shi...

Excited to share the new logo I designed for the awesome folks at @hubcitypress.bsky.social I had a great time working with @megireid.bsky.social & @katearden.bsky.social. If you’re into it, you can snag one of their dope new hats featuring the logo on the back. Link to hats in bio.

It's @hubcitypress.bsky.social's biggest sale of the year!!! Now through December 15, 40% (!!) backlist titles, including some of our top-selling titles. You get gifts for all the readers in your life, and we empty our warehouse and end the year on a strong note! www.hubcity.org/books

🌟 We're thrilled to share that LULLABY FOR THE GRIEVING by Ashley M. Jones was selected as one of @shelf-awareness.com's 2025 Best Books of the Year! We're so pleased this standout personal collection of poems made it into this top 10 selection of incredible books. Grab a copy at hubcity.org/lullaby

Our biggest sale of the year starts today! 40% off all backlist titles (books published prior to this year) at hubcity.org/books. Most poetry is only $9.60; paperbacks $10.77; and hardcovers between $10-$17. If you want books to arrive in time for Christmas, place your orders ASAP! 🎄

Grateful to all who have already supported us this year. And! If you make a tax-deductible donation before the end of Dec., we'll send you a gift-wrapped hardcover copy of THAT'S HOW IT WORKS: 30 Years of Fiction from Hub City Press. Here's a pic of us wrapping: www.hubcity.org/support

I try to keep a good disposition, but the reality is we've had over $75,000 in funding cut in the past 18 months. That's true of every literary nonprofit. We also have more recurring monthly donors than ever, which is good for our cash flow and helps us plan our way through....unprecedented times.

It's meaningful to me that @hubcitypress.bsky.social has over 500 individual supporters who donate each year to sustain our work. It's extra meaningful to me that 50% come from outside of Spartanburg. We saw our largest spike in non-SC giving ever after the termination of our NEA grant this year.

Make a contribution to the Hub City Writers Project this #givingtuesday at hubcity.org/support and fund the future of Southern lit!

Sale ends tonight! Head over to hubcity.org/books to get books on your wishlist and for the readers in your life

Read a little interview with Hub City's Publisher @megiris.bsky.social in @publisherswkly.bsky.social about celebrating 30 years of the press, the range of our catalog, and what we're looking forward to next: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Shop small this weekend + snap up some Hub City books! This is our biggest sale on 2025 titles, so if you've had your eye on Plum, Hothouse Bloom, World Without End, Lullaby for the Grieving, Junah, Bodock, past is a jean jacket, or That's How It Works (+ any older titles), head to hubcity.org/books

For 30 years, Hub City Press has championed the finest voices of the American South. This year, we formed our first-ever National Advisory Council to help guide our next chapter. Together, we'll continue to shape the future of independent publishing. Learn more at hubcity.org/advisorycouncil

Thrilled about this collection that reads as if Denis Johnson wrote Over the Garden Wall--coming out in 2027!

Thanks @debutiful.bsky.social for include PLUM and THE PAST IS A JEAN JACKET on this best of list!

Finished PLUM days ago & can't stop thinking about it bookshop.org/a/25459/9798... @hubcitypress.bsky.social A novel written entirely in 2nd person🤯🤯 POV underlines a young woman narrator's own numb distance from normalized abuse... Beautifully done, highly recommend (w/ trigger warnings) 💙📚👀

SC and MS short story writers!! We open tomorrow! hubcity.org/shorts

Catch @robertbusbywrites.bsky.social at the @miamibookfair.bsky.social in 10 days (Nov. 23 @ 12:30pm) on the "Struggles on the Periphery: Profundity in the Everyday" panel! www.miamibookfair.com/event/strugg...

“Through personal essays, nuanced reporting, and original illustrations, Martha Park grapples with religious ambivalence and ecological care as she wonders how faith both compels and hinders our love for a planet in peril.” – review by Annelise Jolley @hubcitypress.bsky.social

Listen to Cloud Delfina Cardona reading poems from her debut collection THE PAST IS A JEAN JACKET (@hubcitypress.bsky.social)! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1QgY...

THE RITZ OF THE BAYOU is in many ways the key to understanding contemporary American politics. It's also an eclectic romp through New Orleans which is a complete pleasure. It's finally coming back into print thanks to @hubcitypress.bsky.social. You'll want to pre-order it.

Nancy Lemann fans! We have a cover for our THE RITZ OF THE BAYOU reissue! @hubcitypress.bsky.social is so pleased to be working with our pals at @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social (who are publishing Nancy's new novel, as well as a reprint) for a big combined release day on April 7! Email me to get an ARC!

Grateful to whoever's handling acquisitions at my local library for their small-press taste... Saw @hubcitypress.bsky.social's new novel PLUM by Andy Anderegg (bookshop.org/a/25459/9798...) displayed on a New Releases shelf this weekend & excitedly borrowed it 💙📚👀

Poets! We're rolling the Deep Line Poetry Series deadline through the weekend! Now closing Sunday, Nov 2, 11:59PM. Send us your manuscript! Jennifer Chang is our editor-at-large this year. She can't wait to read your work. Guidelines at hubcity.submittable.com.

Halloween flash sale on hubcity.org/books! All books are 25% off today, no code necessary. Orders $50+ ship free. 🎃

Last call! This one closes tomorrow!

I've said it elsewhere, but if you're a young organization in the South that meets the eligibility criteria for the new literary fund (budget over $50k) but has not yet gained 501(c)(3) status, @hubcitypress.bsky.social might be able to serve as your fiscal sponsor. www.mellon.org/news/coaliti...

flipped through this and I am so excited to get to it! @hubcitypress.bsky.social is amazing and we are quite fortunate to have them right here in Spartanburg :)

Been a weird year to celebrate an anniversary, tho less weird than our 25th in 2020, but I think three decades of hub city--press, bookshop, lit org--is worth celebrating. If a sustainable and vital literary organization can continue to exist in dark red SC, books can truly come from everywhere.

🎉THAT'S HOW IT WORKS: 30 YEARS OF FICTION FROM HUB CITY PRESS is out today! With an intro by @megireid.bsky.social, this anthology is a celebration of 3 decades of publishing from the margins & a testament to the transformative power of community in creating literature. Purchase at hubcity.org/thiw!

i was once dubbed "the das-efx of poetry" for all of my pop culture references, so i fully relate!