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Happy pub to @kaychronister.bsky.social's THIN PLACES and THE BOG WIFE in paperback! Just in time to add to your spooky season TBR...🎃

✨ “Chronister’s writing is beautiful . . . But there is a clinging dread and mystery in these stories that will stay with you.” — @literaryhub.bsky.social
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New Deal Alert! Congrats to Susan Sherman on her sale of JOY ON THE MOON to Counterpoint Press! An exciting new mystery on an island, JOY ON THE MOON is both funny and surprising, a perfect summer 2027 read!
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Happy publication day to Brenda Lozano's MOTHERS! 💗

⭐ “An unforgettable portrait of maternal envy gone mad." — @publisherswkly.bsky.social (starred review)

⭐ "Another ambitious and original work from a writer who is always worth watching." —Kirkus Reviews
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"In this westward journey, Pocock seeks not fortune, success, or survival, but connection, in all senses of the word: for her own sake but also, more urgently, as a balm for America’s pervasive ills to which her bus ride grants her a front-row seat." —@altajournal.bsky.social

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Travel Westward
In Greyhound, Joanna Pocock traces two bus journeys.
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"GREYHOUND uses its ecological consciousness to direct readers’ attentions to the natural world, thoughtfully probes the boundaries of its own awareness, and honestly struggles to achieve a comfortable sense of place." — @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social

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Finding a Home on the Road: Joanna Pocock’s “Greyhound” - Chicago Review of Books
Our review of Joanna Pocock's new memoir, "Greyhound"
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🏛️ COVER ANNOUNCEMENT 🏛️ We're excited to share the jacket of Emi Yagi's WHEN THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED (translated by @yukitejima.bsky.social), designed by Suzanne Dean with art direction by @nlcaputo.bsky.social.

WHEN THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED hits shelves on 1/27/26 and is available to preorder now!
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Tonight in Jackson Heights! Ivonne Lamazares will be celebrating the launch of THE TILTING HOUSE at The World's Borough Bookshop! RSVP now!

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Happy paperback pub day to REAP THE WHIRLWIND! 🌴

⭐ "Meticulous yet utterly spellbinding." — @ala-booklist.bsky.social

⭐ "A propulsive legal thriller with deep insight into Southern California policing history." — @publisherswkly.bsky.social (starred review)
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Wishing a happy Father's Day to all of the fathers and father figures out there! We see you and appreciate you 🫶
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✨ COVER ANNOUNCEMENT ✨ We're thrilled to share the the cover of Isabel Colegate's STATUES IN A GARDEN—now available for the first time in the U.S.! Along with two gorgeous repackages of her classics THE SHOOTING PARTY and WINTER JOURNEY, designed by ‪@nlcaputo.bsky.social‬ and Victoria Maxfield.
THE WORDS OF DR. L by the brilliant Karen Bender reviewed in The New Yorker 📚❤️🎉
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Happy publication day to Karen E. Bender's THE WORDS OF DR. L! ✨

✨ "Highly original." —Kirkus Reviews (starred ⭐ review)
✨ "Meticulously crafted." — @shelf-awareness.com
✨ "An accomplished collection from a seasoned storyteller." — @publisherswkly.bsky.social
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Karen E. Bender's THE WORDS OF DR. L is a @latimes.com must-read book of May!

"From families in quarantine during the global pandemic to a kidnapped therapist, her characters combine the familiar with the strange in fresh ways."

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10 books to read in May
Promising books for your May reading list include Alison Bechdel's 'Spent,' Ocean Vuong's 'The Emperor of Gladness' and a new Mark Twain biography from Ron Chernow.
www.latimes.com
See you this weekend at The LA Times Festival of Books! 📚 🎉

Come visit @catapultbooks.bsky.social at Booth #283 💪👋
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Early copies of the US edition have arrived and are silky and gorgeous. Out June 2025 in the US from Jack and the brilliant team at Counterpoint…
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New on our shelves The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse by Vinh Nguyen! An unforgettable memoir about Vietnam, family, grief, and a lost father. Highly recommended!
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A Copy of The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse on the counter at Island Books
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Thrilled to share that THE WORDS OF DR. L by @karenebender.bsky.social received a starred ⭐ review from Kirkus! They praise the stories as "highly original" and that they "speak to the challenges of being human in the 21st century."

Read the full review here:
THE WORDS OF DR. L | Kirkus Reviews
A collection of stories that artfully reframe issues including parenting, aging, illness, and life during the Covid-19 pandemic.
www.kirkusreviews.com
Tonight at Book Soup! The Los Angeles launch of SUPERSONIC by Thomas Kohnstamm with @todgoldberg.bsky.social 🎉📚
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