Early praise for The Age of Migration from Joan Silber 🌊📚 ✨ Launching in ONE MONTH on July 21 — stay tuned for more previews, praise, and behind-the-scenes looks as we count down to publication. Preorder THE AGE OF MIGRATION with the link in our bio! www.wtawpress.org/product-page...

This Pride Month, we’re celebrating stories that expand the world — books that explore identity, love, belonging, grief, joy, and everything in between. 🌈📚 Which one have you read — or which are you adding to your TBR? 👀

Early praise for The Age of Migration from Nina McConigley 🌊📚 ✨ Launching July 21 — stay tuned for more previews, praise, and behind-the-scenes looks as we count down to publication. Preorder THE AGE OF MIGRATION with the link in our bio! www.wtawpress.org/product-page...

Join us for the virtual launch of The Age of Migration by Kai Maristed, in conversation with Steve Yarbrough! 📚 Virtual Book Launch 📅 July 23 🕣 8:30 p.m. ET 💻 Use the link in our bio or join the Zoom at tinyurl.com/tAoM-launch

Author’s first looks 💙📚 Kai Maristed is holding the very first copies of The Age of Migration — and now the countdown is officially on! The book arrives in just 2 months, out July 21st! Preorder THE AGE OF MIGRATION with the link in our bio! www.wtawpress.org/product-page...

Two years since the publication of LIFE SPAN by Molly Giles from WTAW Press. If you haven't picked up this book, now's the time! Visit www.wtawpress.org/product-page... or use the link in our bio to purchase LIFE SPAN by Molly Giles

Early praise for The Age of Migration from Peter Turchi 🌊📚 ✨ Launching July 21 — stay tuned for more previews, praise, and behind-the-scenes looks as we count down to publication. Preorder THE AGE OF MIGRATION with the link in our bio! www.wtawpress.org/product-page...

Writer’s block? You’re in luck ✍️✨ Today, we're featuring Stephanie Austin, author of SOMETHING I MIGHT SAY and BURN. Purchase SOMETHING I MIGHT SAY with the link in our bio or at www.wtawpress.org/product-page...

We’ve got four books that will take you somewhere unexpected—whether it’s a surreal journey through time, a literary mystery, a memoir of survival, or a fierce, philosophical novel about art and power. 🔗 Link in bio or go to www.wtawpress.org/shop to pick up one of these titles for your next read!

Early praise for THE AGE OF MIGRATION from DeWitt Henry 🌊📚 ✨ Launching July 21 — stay tuned for more previews, praise, and behind-the-scenes looks as we count down to publication. Preorder THE AGE OF MIGRATION with the link in our bio! www.wtawpress.org/product-page...

We’re thrilled to share part one of a special Author Q&A with Kai Maristed, diving into her upcoming book The Age of Migration—a timely, powerful collection of stories you won’t want to miss! ✨ The Age of Migration by Kai Maristed, the winner of the Kevin McIlvoy Book Award, launches July 21.

We’re thrilled to share part one of a special Author Q&A with Kai Maristed, diving into her upcoming book The Age of Migration—a timely, powerful collection of stories you won’t want to miss! ✨ The Age of Migration by Kai Maristed, the winner of the Kevin McIlvoy Book Award, launches July 21.

First Line Friday 📖 From The Age of Migration, a stunning new collection of short stories by Kai Maristed—now available for preorder. Preorder now for 20% off with the link in our bio or at www.wtawpress.org/product-page...

Early praise for The Age of Migration from Tom Sleigh 🌊📚 ✨ Launching July 21 — stay tuned for more previews, praise, and behind-the-scenes looks as we count down to publication. Preorder THE AGE OF MIGRATION with the link in our bio! www.wtawpress.org/product-page...

Writer’s block? You’re in luck ✍️✨ Today, we're featuring Olga Zilborbourg, author of LIKE WATER. Purchase LIKE WATER with the link in our bio: www.wtawpress.org/product-page...

One year of THE BOAT NOT TAKEN: A NORTH KOREAN MOTHER AND HER DAUGHTER, a memoir by Joanna Choi Kalbus published by our imprint, Betty. Special thanks to award-winning author Jimin Han, whose conversation with Kalbus brought new insights on grief, language, and memory.

Last week at the Concord Art Independent Press Prose Reading Series, we were proud to see the spotlight on WTAW Press. Kai Maristed and Genanne Walsh read from their books. Preorder THE AGE OF MIGRATION today with the link in our bio and get your copy of EGGS IN PURGATORY

@wtawpress.bsky.social and Betty Books Publisher and Editor-in-Chief @pegalfordpursell.bsky.social was recently interviewed for @blacklawrence.bsky.social's Sapling newsletter! Learn more about how Peg navigates the world of publishing. Subscribe here to read this issue: bit.ly/4bIrF2m

Writer’s block? You’re in luck ✍️✨ Today, we're featuring Genanne Walsh, author of EGGS IN PURGATORY. Get your copy of EGGS IN PURGATORY today with the link in our bio or at www.wtawpress.org/product-page...

The painting Evening Lights is from French-American painter Vicky Colombet's Monet series. ✨ The Age of Migration by Kai Maristed, the winner of the Kevin McIlvoy Book Award, launches July 21. Preorder now for 20% off with the link in our bio or at www.wtawpress.org/product-page...

This Independent Bookstore Day, we’re proud to celebrate with Big Red Books and Janis Hubschman, author of TAKE ME WITH YOU NEXT TIME from our Betty imprint. 🗓 April 25 ⏰ 12–2 PM 📍120 Main Street, Nyack, NY

Writer’s block? You’re in luck ✍️✨ Today, we're featuring Julian Mithra, author of PROMISCUOUS RUIN. Purchase PROMISCUOUS RUIN now with the link in our bio! www.wtawpress.org/product-page...

The Age of Migration by Kai Maristed—winner of the Kevin McIlvoy Book Prize—follows characters on the move, across borders and deep into their interior lives. 🌍📚Now available for preorder! www.wtawpress.org/product-page...

Writer’s block? You’re in luck ✍️✨ Our authors are sharing thoughtful, hard-earned writing advice they turn to when the words won’t come. Today, we're featuring Henry Hoke, author of THE GROUNDHOG FOREVER and OPEN THROAT.

We’re excited to share that WTAW Press authors will be featured in Concord Art’s Independent Press Prose Reading Series on April 30! This series, created by Tracy Winn, was modeled after Peg Alford Pursell's WTAW national reading series. Peg will be on hand to discuss WTAW and Betty.

#TBT the publication of EGGS IN PURGATORY and MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM! Grateful for the words, the writers, and their journey with WTAW Press. Here’s to stories that keep traveling, changing us, and finding new readers. 💫⭐️ #WTAWPress #BookAnniversary #IndiePress #LitLove #ThreeYearsStrong

Check out Sapling Issue 851 from Black Lawrence Press for an interview with Peg Alford Pursell, founder and director of WTAW Press! March is Small Press Month, and we are excited to celebrate the phenomenal work small presses contribute to the literary community.

This Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating extraordinary writers and shining a light on Betty, WTAW Press’s all-female imprint. 💜 Betty champions bold, literary work from self-identified women, including trans women, nonbinary, intersex, and gender-nonconforming authors.

Happy One-Year Anniversary to Marisolandia by Michelle Cruz Gonzales 🎉📚 Published by WTAW Press, Marisolandia has spent the past year finding its way into readers’ hands and hearts—offering a powerful, vibrant exploration of music, identity, and becoming.

Spring is finally here 🌸📚 Longer days. Brighter light. Fresh beginnings. Spring into reading with a WTAW Press title. Something I Might Say by Stephanie Austin is always inspiring to readers. Use the link in our bio to start browsing.🌷✨

📚 PREORDERS ARE LIVE 📚 The Age of Migration: A Novella and Stories by Kai Maristed is now available for preorder. First annual Kevin McIlvoy Book Prize winner, this collection offers remarkable global stories for our time. 📅 Publication date: July 21, 2026

One year of The Haunt 🕯️✨ Still grateful for the readers, conversations, and quiet hauntings this book has found since its release. Thank you for carrying these stories of loss, longing, and renewal with you—and for letting them linger.

We're still holding onto the Valentine's Day blush, but we’re interested in all kinds of love—messy, quiet, obsessive, unexpected. How We Know Our Time Travels by Anita Felicelli encompasses them all. 💖🧡 What kind of love do you like to read about? Comment down below! ⬇️

This Valentine’s Day, we’re celebrating love in all its forms--the love of books, the love of language, the love that happens when independent presses make space for daring, thoughtful work. ❤️📚 Share the love. Support independent literature. 🔗 Donate via the link in our bio.

February is Black History Month. We’re honoring the writers whose work continues to shape how we read, write, and understand the world. Comment below an inspirational black author who everyone should be reading! ⤵️

It’s Groundhog Day and WTAW Press has the perfect book to read again and again! Henry Hoke's The Groundhog Forever leans into cycles, returns, and the strange comfort (and unease) of living a moment again and again.❄️📖

Winter reading season is here ❄️📖 If you’re curled up with a WTAW Press book, we’d love to hear what you think. Reviews—on Instagram, Goodreads, Amazon, Bookshop—make a real difference for small presses and the writers we publish.

📚✨ Dive into the archive! WTAW Press’s YouTube channel features panels, salons, and hundreds of readings from incredible authors over the years—voices that will move, challenge, and inspire you. Subscribe and start exploring the collection today. Link in bio!

📚✨ Looking to adopt a new book for your course? WTAW titles are classroom-ready and work beautifully across literature seminars, creative writing workshops, gender studies, and more. Learn more at wtawpress.org or with the link in our bio! #WTawPress #SmallPressLove #LiteraryCommunity

That feeling when a package from WTAW Press arrives 📦📚 Unboxing joy, literary edition.

Reading is better together 📚💬 WTAW Press offers free discussion guides for many of our books—perfect for book clubs, classrooms, and curious readers who love to go deeper. Thoughtful questions, rich context, and new ways into the text, all on our website.

A year in books. 📖 We’re proud to share the titles WTAW Press published in 2025—each one the result of trust, risk, revision, and care. Congratulations to our authors, and thank you to the readers who made space for these stories. #WTawPress #SmallPressLove #LiteraryCommunity #BooksOfInstagram

#TBT to And There Was Evening And There Was Morning by Mike Smith! We’re so grateful for the continued support from our community of readers. Here’s to what’s next! 📖 Purchase this book and others with the link in our bio #ThrowbackThursday #WTAWPress #LiteraryPress

As we start a new year, we want to extend our deepest thanks to our end-of-year donors. Your generosity helps WTAW Press continue working toward a more equitable, representative publishing world—one that listens to, uplifts, and honors a diverse array of writers.

✨ Happy New Year from WTAW Press! ✨ As we welcome 2026, we’re making one final call for end-of-year support. Thank you for being part of our literary community. Donate now with the link in our bio.

⏰ FINAL DAY! Our 2025 Open Submission Call and End-of-Year Fundraiser close tonight at midnight. Don’t miss your chance to submit your work or support WTAW Press's mission. Let’s finish strong! ✨

⏰ FINAL CALL! Only two days left to submit to WTAW Press’s 2025 Open Call. If you’ve been waiting for a sign… this is it. Your book could be next to join our shelf! Submit by December 31st. ✍️

✨ One-Year Anniversary ✨ Read how Anita Felicelli begins her collection of stories, HOW WE KNOW OUR TIME TRAVELERS, a finalist for the 2025 Northern California Book Awards and the 2024 Foreword Indies Book Awards. WTAW Press is open for Submissions until December 31st!

Happy holidays from all of us at WTAW Press! 🎁 A special thank you to everyone who has supported our authors and us this giving season. 🙏 Our end-of-year fundraiser comes to a close in one week. Donate today with the link in our bio!

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