Joanne Leedom-Ackerman
@jleedomackerman.bsky.social
Novelist/Journalist—Burning Distance, The Far Side of the Desert, The Dark Path to the River, No Marble Angels, PEN Journeys; Vice President PEN International
Enjoy February’s Substack with blog “World in Our Minds…Learning from Dogs.” Writer at Risk Narges Mohammadi; Books to Check Out features Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Cellists” and E.M. Forster’s “The Machine Stops.” This monthly Substack is free.
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World in Our Minds…Learning from Dogs
Dear Friends,
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February 2, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Enjoy February’s Substack with blog “World in Our Minds…Learning from Dogs.” Writer at Risk Narges Mohammadi; Books to Check Out features Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Cellists” and E.M. Forster’s “The Machine Stops.” This monthly Substack is free.
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Insightful article by Elliot Ackerman on Venezuela.
Trump Is Risking Another Forever War
The shadow of Iraq looms over Venezuela.
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January 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Insightful article by Elliot Ackerman on Venezuela.
Happy New Year! Enjoy my January Substack, including blog “Message to Tomorrow…” Writer at Risk, Books to Check Out, and more. This monthly Substack “On the Yellow Brick Road” is free. Please sign up if you’re not already a subscriber.
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Message to Tomorrow…
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January 1, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Happy New Year! Enjoy my January Substack, including blog “Message to Tomorrow…” Writer at Risk, Books to Check Out, and more. This monthly Substack “On the Yellow Brick Road” is free. Please sign up if you’re not already a subscriber.
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Enjoy my December Substack, with blog “Changing Latitudes, Chasing the Sun, Voting with Consequence.” The Writer at Risk section highlights the cases of four writers. Books to Check Out features Favorite Five for ’25.
The monthly Substack is free.
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The monthly Substack is free.
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Changing Latitudes, Chasing the Sun, Voting with Consequence
Dear Friends,
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December 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Enjoy my December Substack, with blog “Changing Latitudes, Chasing the Sun, Voting with Consequence.” The Writer at Risk section highlights the cases of four writers. Books to Check Out features Favorite Five for ’25.
The monthly Substack is free.
joanneleedomackerman.substack.com/p/changing-l...
The monthly Substack is free.
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IT TAKES A JOURNALIST!
Celebrating courage and commitment of journalists who find and report facts and uncover truth, DC reporters, friends & supporters gathered at the @icfjorg.bsky.social Awards Dinner.
#freedomofspeech #journalism #icfj #courage
Celebrating courage and commitment of journalists who find and report facts and uncover truth, DC reporters, friends & supporters gathered at the @icfjorg.bsky.social Awards Dinner.
#freedomofspeech #journalism #icfj #courage
November 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
IT TAKES A JOURNALIST!
Celebrating courage and commitment of journalists who find and report facts and uncover truth, DC reporters, friends & supporters gathered at the @icfjorg.bsky.social Awards Dinner.
#freedomofspeech #journalism #icfj #courage
Celebrating courage and commitment of journalists who find and report facts and uncover truth, DC reporters, friends & supporters gathered at the @icfjorg.bsky.social Awards Dinner.
#freedomofspeech #journalism #icfj #courage
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
IT TAKES A JOURNALIST!
Celebrating courage and commitment of journalists who find and report facts and uncover truth, DC reporters, friends & supporters gathered at the @icfjorg.bsky.social Awards Dinner.
#freedomofspeech #journalism #icfj #courage
Celebrating courage and commitment of journalists who find and report facts and uncover truth, DC reporters, friends & supporters gathered at the @icfjorg.bsky.social Awards Dinner.
#freedomofspeech #journalism #icfj #courage
Enjoy my November Substack, with blog “Tunnel of Hope…Past and Present," profile of Turkish publisher Osman Kavala, Books to Check Out with early novels of Graham Greene —THE THIRD MAN and THE CONFIDENTIAL AGENT, and other features. The monthly “On the Yellow Brick Road” Substack is free.
Tunnel of Hope…Past and Present
Dear Friends,
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November 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Enjoy my November Substack, with blog “Tunnel of Hope…Past and Present," profile of Turkish publisher Osman Kavala, Books to Check Out with early novels of Graham Greene —THE THIRD MAN and THE CONFIDENTIAL AGENT, and other features. The monthly “On the Yellow Brick Road” Substack is free.
Thanks to Bargain Booksy for featuring Burning Distance: www.bargainbooksy.com/featured-books
October 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thanks to Bargain Booksy for featuring Burning Distance: www.bargainbooksy.com/featured-books
Crisis Group celebrated its 30th year in Sarajevo with a board meeting, including four of its former CEOs, researchers, board members current & some past in the cauldron where the conflict negotiation organization was born.
October 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Crisis Group celebrated its 30th year in Sarajevo with a board meeting, including four of its former CEOs, researchers, board members current & some past in the cauldron where the conflict negotiation organization was born.
Writers approve gender diversity justice resolution windycitytimes.com/2025/09/30/w...
Writers approve gender diversity justice resolution - Windy City Times
PEN International, the largest worldwide organization of writers, endorsed a resolution “Gender Diversity Justice” at the 91st World Congress in September, Kraków, Poland. The resolution was ratified ...
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October 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Writers approve gender diversity justice resolution windycitytimes.com/2025/09/30/w...
Enjoy my October Substack, with blog “You Are What You Think…And Eat," Indian Writer at Risk Hany Babu, Books to Check Out section with John le Carré’s classic A PERFECT SPY and a television series—WHITE COLLAR. “On the Yellow Brick Road" is always free.
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We Are What We Think…and Eat
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October 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Enjoy my October Substack, with blog “You Are What You Think…And Eat," Indian Writer at Risk Hany Babu, Books to Check Out section with John le Carré’s classic A PERFECT SPY and a television series—WHITE COLLAR. “On the Yellow Brick Road" is always free.
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Enjoy the “Books to Check Out” section of my September Substack featuring a new memoir WOMAN OF FIRSTS by Kimberly Heckler and the English classic MIDDLEMARCH, a novel by George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans). Both books are about women coming into their own, written centuries apart. tinyurl.com/44uj6fkn
September 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Enjoy the “Books to Check Out” section of my September Substack featuring a new memoir WOMAN OF FIRSTS by Kimberly Heckler and the English classic MIDDLEMARCH, a novel by George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans). Both books are about women coming into their own, written centuries apart. tinyurl.com/44uj6fkn
Weekend celebrating publication of Elliot Ackerman’s SHEEPDOGS at Academy Art Museum in Easton, MD for Shore Lit and in Washington DC at Politics & Prose along with novelist Michael Jerome Plunkett’s new novel Zone Rouge.
#sheepdogs #zonerouge #fiction #authorevent #booksigning #fallreads
#sheepdogs #zonerouge #fiction #authorevent #booksigning #fallreads
September 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Weekend celebrating publication of Elliot Ackerman’s SHEEPDOGS at Academy Art Museum in Easton, MD for Shore Lit and in Washington DC at Politics & Prose along with novelist Michael Jerome Plunkett’s new novel Zone Rouge.
#sheepdogs #zonerouge #fiction #authorevent #booksigning #fallreads
#sheepdogs #zonerouge #fiction #authorevent #booksigning #fallreads
Bouchercon Conference 2025 for Thriller and Mystery writers in the Big Easy. Enjoyed participating on panel “Creating a Diverse Cast of Characters” and listening to other writers & panels.
#bouchercon2025 #authorevent #thriller #suspense #mystery #bigeasy #neworleans
#bouchercon2025 #authorevent #thriller #suspense #mystery #bigeasy #neworleans
September 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Bouchercon Conference 2025 for Thriller and Mystery writers in the Big Easy. Enjoyed participating on panel “Creating a Diverse Cast of Characters” and listening to other writers & panels.
#bouchercon2025 #authorevent #thriller #suspense #mystery #bigeasy #neworleans
#bouchercon2025 #authorevent #thriller #suspense #mystery #bigeasy #neworleans
@peninternational.bsky.social 90th Congress in Krakow Poland “Freedom of Words, Words of the Free.” Panels on literature, climate, global conflicts, poetry reading & for me friends of a lifetime and new from around the world.
#freedomofwords #wordsofthefree #pencongress #krakow #freedomofexpression
#freedomofwords #wordsofthefree #pencongress #krakow #freedomofexpression
September 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
@peninternational.bsky.social 90th Congress in Krakow Poland “Freedom of Words, Words of the Free.” Panels on literature, climate, global conflicts, poetry reading & for me friends of a lifetime and new from around the world.
#freedomofwords #wordsofthefree #pencongress #krakow #freedomofexpression
#freedomofwords #wordsofthefree #pencongress #krakow #freedomofexpression
@peninternational.bsky.social 90th Congress in Krakow, Poland celebrated Polish Pen’s centenary with 200 participants from 80 countries. “Freedom of Words, Words of the Free” discussed freedom of expression in a world in conflict. #freedomofwords #peninternational #krakow #freedomofexpression
September 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
@peninternational.bsky.social 90th Congress in Krakow, Poland celebrated Polish Pen’s centenary with 200 participants from 80 countries. “Freedom of Words, Words of the Free” discussed freedom of expression in a world in conflict. #freedomofwords #peninternational #krakow #freedomofexpression
Enjoy my September Substack, “Detecting the Counterfeit: Lies, Flimflam and the Real Deal," Cuban Writer at Risk, Kimberly Heckler’s A WOMAN OF FIRSTS and George Elliot’s MIDDLEMARCH, with other features. Hope you’ll join “On the Yellow Brick Road.” joanneleedomackerman.substack.com/p/detecting-...
Detecting the Counterfeit: Lies, Flimflam and the Real Deal
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September 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Enjoy my September Substack, “Detecting the Counterfeit: Lies, Flimflam and the Real Deal," Cuban Writer at Risk, Kimberly Heckler’s A WOMAN OF FIRSTS and George Elliot’s MIDDLEMARCH, with other features. Hope you’ll join “On the Yellow Brick Road.” joanneleedomackerman.substack.com/p/detecting-...
Dispatches From Afghanistan Show How the U.S. Lost Its Way — and the War www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/b...
Dispatches From Afghanistan Show How the U.S. Lost Its Way — and the War
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September 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Dispatches From Afghanistan Show How the U.S. Lost Its Way — and the War www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/b...
New Thriller Blurs Lines Between Good Guys and Villains now.tufts.edu/2025/08/25/n...
New Thriller Blurs Lines Between Good Guys and Villains
Tufts Arts and Sciences and Fletcher alum Elliot Ackerman has published a new spy thriller and buddy comedy heist novel that will soon be an Apple TV show
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August 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
New Thriller Blurs Lines Between Good Guys and Villains now.tufts.edu/2025/08/25/n...
I hope you’ll enjoy The Books to Check Out section of my August Substack featuring THE RED HOUSE MYSTERY by A.A. Milne and THE COUNTRY GIRLS by Edna O’ Brien, both novels from times past, rooted in the United Kingdom.
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August 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I hope you’ll enjoy The Books to Check Out section of my August Substack featuring THE RED HOUSE MYSTERY by A.A. Milne and THE COUNTRY GIRLS by Edna O’ Brien, both novels from times past, rooted in the United Kingdom.
Subscribe to my free Substack:
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Subscribe to my free Substack:
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Excellent interview and profile of @elliot.ackerman in the @nytimes. Hope you enjoy it and his new novel SHEEPDOGS.
For complete piece visit: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/b...
#sheepdogs #fiction #nytimes
For complete piece visit: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/b...
#sheepdogs #fiction #nytimes
‘War Is Too Serious to Take Seriously All the Time,’ So He Wrote a Comic Novel
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August 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Excellent interview and profile of @elliot.ackerman in the @nytimes. Hope you enjoy it and his new novel SHEEPDOGS.
For complete piece visit: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/b...
#sheepdogs #fiction #nytimes
For complete piece visit: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/b...
#sheepdogs #fiction #nytimes
Happy Pub Day to Elliot Ackerman & SHEEPDOGS!
“Raw and real and beautifully told, Sheepdogs isn’t just a page-turner, it’s a mind-bender.”—David Ignatius
“A riotous entertainment.”—Publishers Weekly (starred)
#fiction #summerreads #fallreads @aaknopf.bsky.social
“Raw and real and beautifully told, Sheepdogs isn’t just a page-turner, it’s a mind-bender.”—David Ignatius
“A riotous entertainment.”—Publishers Weekly (starred)
#fiction #summerreads #fallreads @aaknopf.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Happy Pub Day to Elliot Ackerman & SHEEPDOGS!
“Raw and real and beautifully told, Sheepdogs isn’t just a page-turner, it’s a mind-bender.”—David Ignatius
“A riotous entertainment.”—Publishers Weekly (starred)
#fiction #summerreads #fallreads @aaknopf.bsky.social
“Raw and real and beautifully told, Sheepdogs isn’t just a page-turner, it’s a mind-bender.”—David Ignatius
“A riotous entertainment.”—Publishers Weekly (starred)
#fiction #summerreads #fallreads @aaknopf.bsky.social