“If we are very lucky, we find that the thing we have picked up is hitched to everything else in the universe.” David Gessner has an essay in @literaryhub.bsky.social about how he came to write THE BOOK OF FLACO. lithub.com/following-fl...

Elaine Neil Orr has 3 great Dancing Woman events this week, starting at @quailridgebooks.bsky.social, then NC State University, and @mcintyres.bsky.social!

🦉Enter our Goodreads giveaway for a chance to win a beautiful final copy of THE BOOK OF FLACO: THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS BIRD by David Gessner. The book includes 32 pages of color photographs of Flaco the owl's year-long journey of freedom and urban wildness. www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Advance reader copies of BEHIND THE WATERLINE by Kionna Walker LeMalle are here! Hitting shelves March 25. “Catastrophes—natural, political, and familial—collide in this deeply moving, inventive, and surprising page-turner.” —Deesha Philyaw, final judge for the Lee Smith Novel Prize

❄️Tonight's event with @elaineneilorr.bsky.social and David Payne at @quailridgebooks.bsky.social has been postponed due to weather.❄️ Stay tuned for the reschedule date to be announced soon!

Come out to @quailridgebooks.bsky.social on Wednesday, 1/22, at 7 pm for the launch of DANCING WOMAN by @elaineneilorr.bsky.social! Elaine will be joined in conversation by David Payne. Be sure to reserve your seat and signed book! RSVP at www.quailridgebooks.com/event/elaineneilorr25

Less than a week until DANCING WOMAN by @elaineneilorr.bsky.social hits shelves! Check out the book tour schedule and mark your calendars for an event near you. More info including special guests at www.elaineneilorr.com/events. Stay tuned for more events to be announced!

Check out this first edition spotlight on LitStack for DANCING WOMAN by Elaine Neil Orr, hitting shelves on 1/21! #litstack #dancingwoman @elaineneilorr.bsky.social www.litstack.com/dancing-woma...

2024 is in the books! We published 13 new titles: 5 novels, a story collection, a poetry collection, and 6 nonfiction books. Happy new year!

🎉Please help us in congratulating the short list for the Bakwin Award!🎉 These four finalists will be read by contest judge Tiya Miles, and a winner will be announced in January 2025.

Catch WAYNE CALDWELL at Blue Ridge Books in Waynesville, NC, this Saturday, 12/7, at 1 pm, for a reading from his new poetry collection River Road. www.themountaineer.com/life/arts_en...

Congratulations @elaineneilorr.bsky.social on your gorgeous forthcoming release from @blairpub.bsky.social !

@stevenleyva.bsky.social has FOUR new poems in the December issue of POETRY magazine! Steven's second poetry collection, THE OPPOSITE OF CRUELTY, is forthcoming from Blair in March 2025. www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/steven...

A huge thanks to @charlesfrazier.bsky.social

Giveaway alert! Enter for a chance to win an advance reader copy of DANCING WOMAN by Elaine Neil Orr, hitting shelves in January 2025. www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

More than ever, we believe in the power and necessity of our mission. As a nonprofit, we rely on donations, grants, & our readership. ❤️ If you're able to donate, please go to blairpub.com/donate. Or shop our fall-winter sale! Use code GIVEBOOKS2024 at checkout for 25% off all books through Dec. 31.

And we're back! Fancy seeing all of you here. Let's grow something kind and literary together. 📚💙

Wishing you all safe travels, good memory making, & tasty meals with those you love this week. We have a lot to be thankful for! As holiday shopping begins, we hope you'll do some "small" shopping. Get 25% off all books on our website with code GIVEBOOKS at checkout.

"I think every parent trying to protect their child wants to be the bulletproof vest." "I Was Watching and You Were Clear": Hilary Nelson Jacobs in conversation with Carolyn Hays about LETTER TO MY TRANSGENDER DAUGHTER. Read the full interview at therumpus.net/2023/11/13/c...

"If you are someone who loves a child – any child, even a cis child – be prepared to have your heart fall out of your chest. Letter to My Transgender Daughter is an absolute read for parents and for trans adults." Love this heartfelt review in Out South Florida. outsfl.com/books/letter...

November is Indigenous Heritage Month, and we hope as part of the (year-round!) honoring and celebrations, you'll enjoy the chorus of Native women's voices in UPON HER SHOULDERS. This anthology includes stories, essays, interviews, poems, and calls to action for justice, spirit, and community.

Sunday at 4 pm! Join Mojgan Ghazirad (The House on Sun Street) & Mona Eltahawy (Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution) for a conversation at RECIRCULATION hosted by Word Up Community Bookshop. $5 suggested donation & 50 person max. withfriends.co/event/167888...

"Mojgan Ghazirad's debut novel is a polished gem for readers across age groups . . . an unforgettable journey through history, the pains of growing up, and the power of storytelling." THE HOUSE ON SUN STREET by Mojgan Ghazirad has a glowing new review up at Shelf Awareness!

Congratulations to Ciera Horton McElroy! Her novel ATOMIC FAMILY is a 2023 Great Group Reads pick by Women's National Book Association. Go to the book's page on our website to download the book club kit, with questions for discussion, an interview with Ciera, retro drink recipes, & more!

Listen to this interview about The House on Sun Street, writing fiction based on real experiences, and more with Mojgan Ghazirad and Megan at The Nerd Cantina. And come out to The Ivy Bookshop TONIGHT for a conversation with Mojgan and Lauren Cerand! www.podbean.com/ew/pb-b68rz-...

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, October 24, and come out to Farmville Public Library at 11 am ET for an event with Tim Hatcher, author of Time and Tide: The Vanishing Culture of the North Carolina Coast. Books will be available to buy from Page 158 Books. www.facebook.com/events/27331...

This Thursday at 6 pm at The Ivy Bookshop! Join Mojgan Ghazirad in conversation about her debut novel THE HOUSE ON SUN STREET with writer Lauren Cerand. www.eventbrite.com/e/mojgan-gha...

Saturday, 10/14, at 2 pm PT! Join Cindy Fazzi and @mayleechai.bsky.social at San Francisco Public Library for a conversation celebrating their books, Multo (Fazzi) & Tomorrow in Shanghai (Chai). More info at sfpl.org/events/2023/...

I'm grateful to Shepherd.com for inviting me to pick 5 of my favorite books* to "Root, Root, Root for the Home Team.” * Other than ‘Fight Songs,’** of course. ** Oh, who am I kidding, I like these better ‘Fight Songs.’ https://shepherd.com/best-books/to-root-root-root-for-the-home-team

Get a peek behind the curtain of how KEY WEST SKETCHES came together in this interview with editor Carey Winfrey on Speaking of Travel w/ Marilyn Ball. "Key West’s Literary Heritage Highlighted In Collection By Journalist Carey Winfrey" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...

THE HOUSE ON SUN STREET, Mojgan Ghazirad's "stellar debut novel" is featured on October's Reads for the Rest of Us at Ms. Magazine! Check out the rest of this great list of new books at the link below. @msmagazine.bsky.social msmagazine.com/2023/10/03/b...

Yesterday was publication day for THE HOUSE ON SUN STREET by Mojgan Ghazirad!

Enter for one more chance to win an advance copy of THE HOUSE ON SUN STREET by Mojgan Ghazirad before publication day! Want a sure chance of getting a copy? Preorder from your local indie bookstore, Blair's website, or wherever y'all buy books! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

This weekend! Reclaiming the Black Past: An Artifactual Journey. Philip J. Merrill, historian, appraiser, & author of the forthcoming book ARTIFACTUAL JOURNEY THROUGH BLACK NORTH CAROLINA, will discuss historical & cultural artifacts on 9/30 at Johnston County Agricultural Center.

Head to Bishop & Wilde in Portland, OR, this Thursday, 9/28, for "Writing Non-Human Animals," a reading with Caitlin Scarano (The Necessity of Wildfire), Erica Berry, Becky Mandelbaum, and Elizabeth Weinberg. RSVP not required but encouraged! www.bishopandwilde.com/events/writi...

Neal Brower, author of The Essential Mayberry: Behind the Scenes of The Andy Griffith Show, was interviewed on WXII-12 NEWS this morning about the book and his appearance at this year's Mayberry Days happening September 18-24 in Mt. Airy, NC. www.wxii12.com/article/tria...

Next week on 9/20 at Busboys and Poets Takoma! Join Mary Kay Zuravleff and Louis Bayard for a reading and conversation about AMERICAN ENDING. 6 pm cocktails and mingling, program to start at 7 pm. Register (for free) here: www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-ev...

It's publication day for The Essential Mayberry: Behind the Scenes of the Andy Griffith Show by Neal Brower! Join Neal Brower at Mayberry Days, an annual celebration of all things Andy Griffith happening in Surry County from September 18-23.

We're thrilled to share that THE NECESSITY OF WILDFIRE by Caitlin Scarano is a finalist for the 2023 Washington State Book Awards! See the full list of talented writers and their books here: www.washingtoncenterforthebook.org/2023-wsba-fi...

Catch @edsouthern.bsky.social on his NC book tour and get your new paperbacks of Fight Songs signed!

It's publication day for the paperback of Fight Songs: A Story of Love and Sports in a Complicated South by @edsouthern.bsky.social! Fight Songs is a wry and witty commentary on college sports and identity in the complicated social landscape of the South. blairpub.com/shop/p/fight...

Check out the interview with Carolyn Hays, author of Letter to My Transgender Daughter in the September issue of PFLAG Northern Illinois 's Open Doors. Link to the full, gorgeous issue: pflagillinois.org/wp-content/u... The paperback of Letter to My Transgender Daughter hits shelves in October!

I really enjoyed American Ending by Mary Kay Zuravleff, a historical novel based on the author’s family history. Set in the early 20th century, the book follows the American-born daughter of Russian immigrants as she tries to escape the working class coal mining community she was raised in.

Here we go, Blue Sky! We're glad to be on this new platform and hope to connect with our writing and reading communities here. Blair is a nonprofit independent publisher based in Durham, NC, with a focus on historically neglected voices from the South and beyond. Check us out at blairpub.com!