Friends, I'm thrilled to announce that my novel The Miniaturist's Assistant has won the 2025 Sir Walter Raleigh Award, North Carolina's highest honor for fiction. I am, to put it very lightly, humbled & to @ncculture.bsky.social for all they do for the artists of NC www.dncr.nc.gov/news/press-r...

I got to be a guest on the podcast History, Books & Wine w/ @elizaknight.bsky.social ! It was a joy. Hope you’ll check out our conversation about historical fiction, Charleston, time travel, art restoration, ancestral memory, & so much more. elizaknight.com/podcasts/his... #podcast #booksky #books

It’s Election Day with critical races in several states. This is the first general election where voters get to tell Donald Trump what they think of him so far. Don’t miss your chance to make your voice heard! Vote like your country depends on it. Because it does.

@parnassusbooks.bsky.social just published their best October reads: parnassusmusing.net/2025/10/08/s... #booksky #amreading #books #parnassusbooks #whattoreadnext

#Asheville folks, come toast October with @madelinemartin.bsky.social & me on 10/2 at Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar! We’ll be celebrating our new historical novels & talking the writing life. Event is free but registration required🥂📚 malaprops.com/event/2025-1... #booksky #asheville

Urban walls, sidewalks, and even utility meters are the unlikely canvases behind this clever collection of genius street art. From an illusion of a zebra being striped to a sidewalk creature with a real rock for a head, these eight works turn... 👇

Creating a playlist is like crafting a spell that captures the essence of a story! I can't wait to dive into The Miniaturist's Assistant. Music and books together create a magical escape. #booksky #books

We’re going to go on a rant for a minute, and yes we’re bringing some history with us. Back in 1755, Benjamin Franklin wrote words that still echo today: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

Mother Earth is watching. Don't be complicit.

Here are some words that turned 100 in 2025: -recycle -group therapy -desktop -slumber party -uh-oh -woke -freebie

Desperately needed a pick-me-up, so I made a playlist for my new historical novel, The Miniaturist's Assistant. Songs inspired by and/or vibe with the novel: time travel, art, soul, early 2000s/early 1800s, Charleston, SC, love across centuries. open.spotify.com/playlist/776... #playlist #booksky

Delighted to see Katherine Scott Crawford's The Miniaturist's Assistant as the Charleston Book Pick in Charleston Women this week!!! Congrats, Katie! @thewritingscott.bsky.social read.charlestonwomen.com/charleston-w...

"The decision to bar the teenage athletes from entering the United States comes as the country prepares to host the FIFA World Cup in 2026 and the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028..." www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Join us at the fabulous McIntyre's Books next Sat at 11am. Val Nieman discusses with Christopher Crosbie her novel, Upon the Corner of the Moon, that separates literary legend from reality, immersing readers in a story about the real rulers who changed the face of Scotland. @mcintyres.bsky.social

“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

Many readers now think of Margaret Wise Brown titles like “The Runaway Bunny” as tranquil introductions to storytelling. But the books, like their author, were radical for their time.

Tickets still available for tonight’s Keynote Authority Event in Asheville, NC! Come support this wonderful mountain town and community. Free parking. greatsmokies.unca.edu/events/liter... #asheville #booktour #elizabethkostova #theminiaturistsassistant #booksky #books #wnc #historicalfiction

Thanks to Mountain Xpress @edwinarnaudin.bsky.social for featuring #ElizabethKostova & me in Smart Bets! We can't wait to be onstage @uncavl.bsky.social for the inaugural Keynote Author lecture w/ Great Smokies Writing Program! !https://greatsmokies.unca.edu/events/literary-events/ #asheville #wnc

Come join us on July 10 at 6pm at the @page158books.bsky.social to celebrate the release of @thewritingscott.bsky.social 's The Miniaturist's Assistant. Katie will be in conversation with Heather Bell Adams! Signed copies at the event! #shoplocal www.page158books.com/event/author...

We hope to see you at Carmichael's Bookstore on July 8 at 7pm to celebrate the release of Nell Joslin's Measure of Devotion! Please #shoplocal & keep this wonderful indie #bookstore thriving! @carmichaels.bsky.social www.carmichaelsbookstore.com/event/nell-j...

We're so excited about the RHP Author's Extravaganza event at Amherst Books on July 10 at 7pm with RHP authors Patrick O'Dowd Roger King, Nancy McCabe , Beth Hahn, and Downing Waugh Please #shoplocal and keep our #indiebookstores thriving! #teamregalhouse

"As violence erupted, his charging document said, he told other rioters who were attacking law enforcement officers, 'Kill ’em! Kill ’em! Kill ’em!' He then raised his arms in celebration after breaching the Capitol in a face mask... and escaped through a window..." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...

The accolades are rolling in for Scott Gould's PEACE LIKE A RIVER. Check out this fabulous review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social @ipgbook.bsky.social publishersweekly.com/9781646036066

#fiction #prose #writingcommunity My book IMHOTEP AND THE QUEST TO KUSH releases tomorrow. Buy it or I will come to your house and play drums outside all night. See if I don't!

Duluth, GA & #ATL area folks: We’d love for y’all to join us Tuesday, June 24th at 6 PM at #GwinnettCountyPublicLibrary - Duluth branch! It’s going to be a fun & thoughtful convo about #books, story, #history, #identity, & more. #Libraries are the BEST! events.gwinnettpl.org/event/13517984 #booksky

Congress? You awake?

Take note.

Once upon a time, I was a newspaper columnist. And I wrote a column about the summer solstice. Here's the link to free article. Enjoy! shorturl.at/I843O #summersolstice #newspapercolumn #writersofbluesky #summer #essay #column

Danger and Cold War intrigue in small town Vermont . . . In paperback July 1.

Reposting this piece I wrote for CrimeReads in honor of Elizabeth Bowen's birthday yesterday. Happy Birthday, EB! crimereads.com/elizabeth-bo...

My new novel, THE MINIATURIST’S ASSISTANT, is set in Charleston, SC, & was inspired by the Miniature Portraits exhibit at The Gibbes Museum of Art. What an utter delight to be there on book tour this week! www.katherinescottcrawford.com/blog/a-celeb... #theminiaturistsassistant #booksky #books #art

Dilly Dally, a loggerhead turtle who survived a run-in with a predator that ultimately cost her a flipper, has been rereleased into the wild. 🐢

"It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy” www.wnep.com/article/news...

Today I'm doing a thing: Opening up my secret #pinterest board for The Miniaturist's Assistant, my new historical novel. It's a place rarely share. Basically, my storyboard. If you want a peek into 1804 & 2004 Charleston, SC, and Gamble's life, take a look. www.pinterest.com/thewritingsc...

Anybody, esp the writers, read this in high school English class? From the intro: "All your work will be with the essay, for it is the most useful of all the prose forms for the student of writing." #thelivelyartofwriting #writers #highschool #english #essay #writing #writersofbluesky

Best book tour sound off: Poe & Co. Bookstore in GA w/ @kimberlybrock.bsky.social . Litchfield Books in SC. Quick popover at The Archive in Charleston, & tomorrow GJ Ford at Sweet Luncheonette in St Mary’s, GA w/ #kaiaalderson @madelinemartin.bsky.social & @lauramorelliphd.bsky.social #booksky📚

I love seeing where my book has been. I’m 100% embracing the fully-fledged dorky giddiness of finally having another novel in the world. Readers are the BEST. #booksky #theminiaturistsassistant #books #booktour #authorlife #happy

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

By @alejandrabee.bsky.social The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.

Such a fun Q&A! #authorlife #booksky📚

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Review from Exacting Clam :"The final chapter contains a startling revelation, which will invite the reader to reconsider much of what preceded. Galef is a skilled writer who is highly attuned to the lies we tell each other, and to the lies we tell ourselves." www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-17...

Want to learn about writing, meet other authors, and get a chance to pitch to agents and editors? Join us. atlantawritersclub.org #amwriting #writingtips #WritingCommunity #writinglife #amquerying

Tomorrow I head out for the longest leg of book tour for The Miniaturist's Assistant. Meeting readers & booksellers really makes the years of writing a novel worth it. If you're in any of these areas, I hope you'll come out. Books will save us! #booksky #theminiaturistsassistant #booktour #stories 📚

Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying information comes from the federal government. By @rhersher.bsky.social

📢 Calling all authors writing about Black Women's History 📢 Applications are now open for our Series Incubator! Finalists will have the opportunity to receive feedback on their WIP from series editors & other interlocutors in their field. Learn more and apply 👇 uncpress.org/black-womens...

Join us on May 21 at 5:30pm at Poe & Company Bookstore to celebrate the release of Katherine Scott Crawford's The Miniaturist's Assistant! Katie will be in conversation with Kimberly Brock! #shoplocal @thewritingscott.bsky.social www.poeandcompanybookstore.com/all-events/k...

Astounding.