Beth Kephart
@bethkephart.bsky.social
Writer, paper artist, teacher, believer in the good that will one day overcome, National Book Award finalist, and a Substacker (The Hush and the Howl). Due in April 2025, Tomorrow Will Bring Sunday's News, with Tursulowe Press.
What to do with my gratitude? Thank you, The Porch, for honoring my new project, Conversations with Women in Blue, with your 2025 Creative Nonfiction prize. Thank you, John T. Edge, judge, for your deeply thoughtful words. www.porchtn.org/happening/po...
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
What to do with my gratitude? Thank you, The Porch, for honoring my new project, Conversations with Women in Blue, with your 2025 Creative Nonfiction prize. Thank you, John T. Edge, judge, for your deeply thoughtful words. www.porchtn.org/happening/po...
What brings you joy? It is a question perpetually worth asking.
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
What brings you joy? It is a question perpetually worth asking.
We're grateful to be joining the Chester County Guild for this weekend's fine art show. I've made some brand-new marbled cards for the occasion. #ChesterCountyGuild #artshows #marbledpaper #handmadecards #finearts #BindArts
October 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We're grateful to be joining the Chester County Guild for this weekend's fine art show. I've made some brand-new marbled cards for the occasion. #ChesterCountyGuild #artshows #marbledpaper #handmadecards #finearts #BindArts
Beyond grateful for this honor. To #paper. To #DardHunter. To #Philadelphia. And to the #PattisFamilyFoundation. #writingcommunity #Philadelphiawritingcommunity
October 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Beyond grateful for this honor. To #paper. To #DardHunter. To #Philadelphia. And to the #PattisFamilyFoundation. #writingcommunity #Philadelphiawritingcommunity
I'll be talking about my city in my city. I hope to see you there. #Philadelphia #Philadelphiawriters #Philadelphiahistory #SchuylkillRIver #1918Philadelphia #writingcommunity
October 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I'll be talking about my city in my city. I hope to see you there. #Philadelphia #Philadelphiawriters #Philadelphiahistory #SchuylkillRIver #1918Philadelphia #writingcommunity
Brand new and but of course: Thought pockets (giant and regular sized) into which you (or your kids) might tuck some thoughts.
October 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Brand new and but of course: Thought pockets (giant and regular sized) into which you (or your kids) might tuck some thoughts.
How lucky am I to be joining the great paper expert Helen Hiebert for her Paper Year. I’ll be teaching, in a single session, home as memory and literature and prose, and also the ways in which paper and color can help tell our story. This is Helen. #paperart helenhiebertstudio.com/the-paper-ye...
October 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
How lucky am I to be joining the great paper expert Helen Hiebert for her Paper Year. I’ll be teaching, in a single session, home as memory and literature and prose, and also the ways in which paper and color can help tell our story. This is Helen. #paperart helenhiebertstudio.com/the-paper-ye...
Philadelphia area writers and Penn alum — an upcoming event that I'm looking forward to. #writingcommunity #Philadelphiawriters #UniversityofPennsylvania #KellyWritersHouse
October 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Philadelphia area writers and Penn alum — an upcoming event that I'm looking forward to. #writingcommunity #Philadelphiawriters #UniversityofPennsylvania #KellyWritersHouse
Come see us in the 8400 Block of Germantown Avenue. #chestnuthilfallforthearts
October 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Come see us in the 8400 Block of Germantown Avenue. #chestnuthilfallforthearts
Tomorrow: Best Beginnings with CraftTalk. #writingcommunity #writinglife #writingworkshop #beginnings
September 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Tomorrow: Best Beginnings with CraftTalk. #writingcommunity #writinglife #writingworkshop #beginnings
#Philadelphia #Philadelphiastories #SchuylkillRiver @tursulowepress.bsky.social @templeunivpress.bsky.social #novel #memoir #Philadelphiaphotography
September 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A one-woman show at the Gryphon Cafe in Wayne, PA. #originalart #monotypes #collage #paperandthread #artshow
September 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A one-woman show at the Gryphon Cafe in Wayne, PA. #originalart #monotypes #collage #paperandthread #artshow
New in my Etsy shop. Bojagi art, applied to paper, with my handmade prints. A hugely time-consuming and soothing process. www.etsy.com/shop/BINDbyB... #bojagi #originalart #monotypes #papercraft
August 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
New in my Etsy shop. Bojagi art, applied to paper, with my handmade prints. A hugely time-consuming and soothing process. www.etsy.com/shop/BINDbyB... #bojagi #originalart #monotypes #papercraft
August 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Getting ready for the Gryphon Cafe (Wayne, PA) show, beginning September 7, ending October 4. #artshow #paperart #coffeeshopart #onewomanshow
August 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Getting ready for the Gryphon Cafe (Wayne, PA) show, beginning September 7, ending October 4. #artshow #paperart #coffeeshopart #onewomanshow
New in the Etsy shop—a new kind of print—shadows and shades—and a color I mixed out of the most unexpected hues. www.etsy.com/shop/BINDbyB... #monotype #summherhues #originalprints
August 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
New in the Etsy shop—a new kind of print—shadows and shades—and a color I mixed out of the most unexpected hues. www.etsy.com/shop/BINDbyB... #monotype #summherhues #originalprints
I've added a number of original, stitched-into cyanotype prints and collages to my Etsy shop. www.etsy.com/shop/BINDbyB... #cyanotypes #originalart #papercraft #wallart
August 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I've added a number of original, stitched-into cyanotype prints and collages to my Etsy shop. www.etsy.com/shop/BINDbyB... #cyanotypes #originalart #papercraft #wallart
Sometimes one of your small books shows up among the mighty books, and you are, in the early morning hours, grateful.
August 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Sometimes one of your small books shows up among the mighty books, and you are, in the early morning hours, grateful.
Making new things for the Etsy shop and upcoming artisan/farmers markets shows. #cyanotypes
July 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Making new things for the Etsy shop and upcoming artisan/farmers markets shows. #cyanotypes
Climate change is real. Paper art collage. The summer of 2025. #climatechange #globalwarming #collage
July 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Climate change is real. Paper art collage. The summer of 2025. #climatechange #globalwarming #collage
With so many prices rising, I am lowering most prices in my Etsy shop, where I sell #handmadejournals, #booklets, #paperart, and #bookmarks. Here, at
www.etsy.com/shop/BINDbyB...
www.etsy.com/shop/BINDbyB...
July 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
With so many prices rising, I am lowering most prices in my Etsy shop, where I sell #handmadejournals, #booklets, #paperart, and #bookmarks. Here, at
www.etsy.com/shop/BINDbyB...
www.etsy.com/shop/BINDbyB...
A page from the forthcoming "The Land of Faraway," illustrated by Olga Dugina, written by me, published by Creative Editions. #picturebooks #agelesspicturebooks #OlgaDugina #Creative Editions
July 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A page from the forthcoming "The Land of Faraway," illustrated by Olga Dugina, written by me, published by Creative Editions. #picturebooks #agelesspicturebooks #OlgaDugina #Creative Editions
Kephart Keepers in the making. It's like being a fashion designer, but with paper. #paperart #WinterthurMuseumArtisanFair #KephartKeepers
July 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Kephart Keepers in the making. It's like being a fashion designer, but with paper. #paperart #WinterthurMuseumArtisanFair #KephartKeepers
The exquisitely talented Michael Wheaton of @autofocusbooks has produced an anthology of selected pieces from his beautiful magazine. IF I CAN BE HONEST is out now. I'm so lucky to have a piece within. Congratulations, Michael! @wheaton3000
July 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The exquisitely talented Michael Wheaton of @autofocusbooks has produced an anthology of selected pieces from his beautiful magazine. IF I CAN BE HONEST is out now. I'm so lucky to have a piece within. Congratulations, Michael! @wheaton3000
How do we write through this now? What do we learn from the past? How do we turn a lived moment into a polished flash essay through iterative revisions? .https://cleavermagazine.submittable.com/submit/327475/beth-kephart-transcending-the-tumult-write-right-now-july-27-2025
July 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
How do we write through this now? What do we learn from the past? How do we turn a lived moment into a polished flash essay through iterative revisions? .https://cleavermagazine.submittable.com/submit/327475/beth-kephart-transcending-the-tumult-write-right-now-july-27-2025