GPB has two new classes on offer in early 2025! First up is READING JOY WILLIAMS co-taught by @adremily.bsky.social and @alexhigley.bsky.social Register here: greatplacebooks.com/joy

Need to pad out your 2024 books read pile? Here are four great (and very short) translated novels I enjoyed this year countercraft.substack.com/p/four-trans...

GPB has two new classes on offer in early 2025! First up is READING JOY WILLIAMS co-taught by @adremily.bsky.social and @alexhigley.bsky.social Register here: greatplacebooks.com/joy

Happy pub day to EUPHORIA DAYS by Pilar Fraile and translated by @lizziedavis.bsky.social Buy it from us or Bookshop! greatplacebooks.com/books/p/euphor… bookshop.org/p/books/euphor 

My man @wilmes.bsky.social is going to turn me into a Tubi freak bc of this (really excellent) piece, I just know it www.theringer.com/tv/2024/4/17...

CASCADE by Julia Hannafin is out now! GPB: greatplacebooks.com/books Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/cascad… B&N: barnesandnoble.com/w/cascade-juli 

Begins April 23rd! If you are looking for a workshop, here it is: greatplacebooks.com/fiction

I've always loved when my students watch film adaptations of what we studying and share their insights in class. Decided to make a new seminar out of it! Join us for lots of close-reading, discussion, and feedback on your own WIP! greatplacebooks.com/film

New April workshop with @alexhigley.bsky.social!

New @greatplacebooks.bsky.social class starting in April! Inspired by a student's request 😍 We'll read Munro, Dubus, Eugenides, and Ishiguro and determine what film reveals about form—especially that of the short story! tinyurl.com/y4cnkkva

Today on the blog: a review of former editor Emma Catherine Perry's extraordinary BLOCKS WORLD, her debut poetry collection, from @greatplacebooks.bsky.social. "Should we look to our own creations to examine ourselves?" www.epochliterary.com/blog/review-...

Teaching another fiction workshop in April, please share with potentially interested parties or broadly: greatplacebooks.com/fiction

How does a ten-page short story lend itself to a two-hour movie? How can we make sure our own work is equally complex, rich, and open to interpretation?

Cover reveal for Pilar Fraile’s English language debut EUPHORIA DAYS, translated by National Book Award Nominee and finalist for the PEN Translation Prize @lizziedavis.bsky.social

ONE SPOT LEFT in Building a Memoir with the brilliant @johncotter.bsky.social

BUILDING A MEMOIR with @johncotter.bsky.social starts in one week! Register now and join GPB's cohort of memoirists. greatplacebooks.com/memoir

Few spots left! Study memoir with @johncotter.bsky.social!

Two spots left in this seminar I’m leading for @greatplacebooks.bsky.social Join us! greatplacebooks.com/setting

Happy New Year! We are OPEN for electronic submissions, through January. Send us your fiction, poetry, essay, comics, and translations. We pay between $100 and $500 depending on length. epoch.submittable.com/submit

Diving into some old favorites for my upcoming @greatplacebooks.bsky.social class on setting. Two spots remain if you'd like to join us! We'll read Erdrich, Baldwin, Proulx, James Joyce, Sally Rooney, Ling Ma, and Willa Cather. 😍 greatplacebooks.com/setting

In today's newsletter, Emily Adrian and Alex Higley interview each other about why they love teaching for GPB and the courses they've got coming up in 2024! tinyurl.com/3f26zyfk

🤩 winter classes at Great Place Books! Perfect holiday gift for yourself or another writer in your life 🎁 greatplacebooks.com/classes

John’s book LOSING MUSIC is featured on Vulture today! vulture.com/article/best-books-of-2023.html

Building a Memoir with @johncotter.bsky.social has been rescheduled! The class now runs from Jan. 29-March 4. More info and registration: greatplacebooks.com/memoir

Come workshop your writing with me in Feb @greatplacebooks.bsky.social We'll read Cárdenas, Adamczyk, Erdrich, July, Galchen, and more. Our focus through these readings, and in revision will be openings, transitions, clarity, and specificity. learn more: greatplacebooks.com/fiction

BUILDING A MEMOIR with John Cotter has been rescheduled! This class now runs from Jan 29 - March 4. Register today! www.greatplacebooks.com/memoir

CASCADE, the propulsive debut by Julia Hannafin, is available for preorder! Coming April 16, 2024. greatplacebooks.com/books

Wrapped up my @greatplacebooks.bsky.social seminar on Alice Munro last night. I loved talking through Munro's stories with such an engaged, thoughtful group of writers. Next up is my open-genre workshop starting in two weeks. A few spots remain. Join us!? greatplacebooks.com/open-genre

Enrollment has doubled this week but we still have a few spots! This is a reading based course designed to reconnect you with your writing practice. greatplacebooks.com/startingagain

still spots left! starts Oct. 7/for writers trying to reconnect with their writing! We (Monika Woods, @lizziedavis.bsky.social , me) each teaching two classes about texts that help us get back into our work. V excited to talk about some of my favorite books: Antrim, Ma, Robert Adams and MORE

no personal/professional connection at all, but I love the unique approach of this, from @greatplacebooks.bsky.social!

BLOCKS WORLD by Emma Catherine Perry is out today! It’s the first book we acquired for the press and we are so proud to publish this collection from this talented debut poet. Buy it today straight from GPB: greatplacebooks.com/books

Folks, we've got LOSING MUSIC author @johncotter.bsky.social teaching memoir! Register today! greatplacebooks.com/memoir

Thrilled to be interviewed in BOMB. Thank you to Jasmine Dreame Wagner!

upcoming class post over on IG: instagram.com/p/CxGjuOdOz2b/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Folks, we've got LOSING MUSIC author @johncotter.bsky.social teaching memoir! Register today! greatplacebooks.com/memoir

Great day to dig into the inaugural release from @greatplacebooks.bsky.social - Blocks World by Emma Catherine Perry!

Two weeks until BLOCKS WORLD by Emma Catherine Perry! Online launch event hosted by Thank You Books: Emma in conversation with Elisa Gabbert! Thursday, September 21st @ 7PM central Register below! thankyoubookshop.com/events/28221

Have you registered for the virtual launch of BLOCKS WORLD? Emma Catherine Perry will be in conversation with Elisa Gabbert! Register here: bit.ly/tybgpb

20 days until BLOCKS WORLD by Emma Catherine Perry and 22 days until our launch event hosted by Thank You Books! Elisa Gabbert in conversation with Emma! Details below:

hadn’t taught in a year or two (longer?) until last month. I’d forgotten how much I love talking fiction and thinking out loud with other writers. “Thinking out loud with other writers” is a better description of what I do in class than “teaching.” Anyway, running a class in early October…

Interested in subverting your reader's expectations? In pushing the boundaries of tropes and genre? Have you seen this class led by A TOUCH OF JEN author Beth Morgan?? www.greatplacebooks.com/comfort

Struggling to start or dive back into a project? Get inspired with @alexhigley.bsky.social, Monika Woods, and Lizzie Davis! This online course runs in October. greatplacebooks.com/startingagain

One spot left!

Meet Sammy.

Struggling to start or dive back into a project? Get inspired with @alexhigley.bsky.social, Monika Woods, and Lizzie Davis! This online course runs in October. greatplacebooks.com/startingagain

https://thankyoubookshop.com/events/28221 Celebrate BLOCKS WORLD w/ us V I R T U A L L Y! Emma Catherine Perry in convo w/ Elisa Gabbert! Sept 21 7pm Click link above for info and to preorder through Thank You Books!