Porphyry Press
@porphyrypress.bsky.social
An award-winning literary book publisher in off-grid Alaska working across genres and latitudes. Next up: Ghosts of Distant Trees by Erica Watson (Nov 11, 2025) and Raised by Ferns by Maya Jewell Zeller (March 3, 2026).
Evening walk at the tour of the glacier, with views of Mt. Blackburn and the stairway icefall.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Evening walk at the tour of the glacier, with views of Mt. Blackburn and the stairway icefall.
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today and worthwhile in a distant yonder city:
This Saturday we're joining dozens of zine makers at the Anchorage Zine Fair!
Join us at The Nave from 12-6p for a self publishing smorgasbord!
#alaskasky
Join us at The Nave from 12-6p for a self publishing smorgasbord!
#alaskasky
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
today and worthwhile in a distant yonder city:
2 weeks from today we'll gather at Gather Fairbanks (ha.) with author Erica Watson @rickirobin.bsky.social and guest Julianne Warren @coyotetrail.bsky.social for the GHOSTS OF DISTANT TREES launch party! See you? Nov. 19, '25, doors at 5:30, 721 2nd Ave.
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FB event: www.facebook.com/events/13252...
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FB event: www.facebook.com/events/13252...
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
2 weeks from today we'll gather at Gather Fairbanks (ha.) with author Erica Watson @rickirobin.bsky.social and guest Julianne Warren @coyotetrail.bsky.social for the GHOSTS OF DISTANT TREES launch party! See you? Nov. 19, '25, doors at 5:30, 721 2nd Ave.
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FB event: www.facebook.com/events/13252...
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FB event: www.facebook.com/events/13252...
There's no place like Alaska to write, and few residencies that uplift women writers from anywhere like @storyknife.bsky.social does.
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There's a woman who is smashed flat between the demands of her job, caretaking, & the crush of domestic labor, making it almost impossible for her to find the time to write. Will you help her devote one month to writing so that she can tell the story that only she can tell?
storyknife.org/support/
storyknife.org/support/
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
There's no place like Alaska to write, and few residencies that uplift women writers from anywhere like @storyknife.bsky.social does.
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Our latest infrequent newsletter just dropped. Ye non-scriber-yets can view it online: bit.ly/3JKhYq9
November 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Our latest infrequent newsletter just dropped. Ye non-scriber-yets can view it online: bit.ly/3JKhYq9
Epic, actually.
Column: Martha Stewart’s first book, “Entertaining,” is being reissued exactly as it first appeared 43 years ago.
In each copy, a note from Martha will say that nothing has been changed including “some words and phrases that are no longer in use.”
In each copy, a note from Martha will say that nothing has been changed including “some words and phrases that are no longer in use.”
Column | After 101 books, Martha Stewart is re-pitching her first one to Gen Z
Stewart is re-releasing her groundbreaking first book, “Entertaining.” I fell hard for the book in 1982, but I wonder now, does it hold up?
www.washingtonpost.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Epic, actually.
Caught this launch at the Spokane library before it’s time to return to AK… poet Laura Read read from her latest, THE SERIOUS WORLD (Boa Editions) and former WA State Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken read from DRESSING IN THE DARK from Lynx House Press. @auntiesbooks.bsky.social sold lots of books!
November 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Caught this launch at the Spokane library before it’s time to return to AK… poet Laura Read read from her latest, THE SERIOUS WORLD (Boa Editions) and former WA State Poet Laureate Kathleen Flenniken read from DRESSING IN THE DARK from Lynx House Press. @auntiesbooks.bsky.social sold lots of books!
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Happy Alaska Native Heritage Month!
I’m starting a new series today highlighting a different Alaska Native-authored book every day.
#alaskanativeheritagemonth #americanindianheritagemonth #indigenous #nativeamericanheritagemonth #alaskanative #gwichin
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I’m starting a new series today highlighting a different Alaska Native-authored book every day.
#alaskanativeheritagemonth #americanindianheritagemonth #indigenous #nativeamericanheritagemonth #alaskanative #gwichin
verastarbard.com/2025/11/01/t...
Thirty Days of Alaska Native Books: Day 1
With all of the books about/taking place in Alaska out there, it can be hard to identify which are actually written not only by Alaskans, but by Alaska Native authors. So this month I’ll be highlig…
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November 2, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Happy Alaska Native Heritage Month!
I’m starting a new series today highlighting a different Alaska Native-authored book every day.
#alaskanativeheritagemonth #americanindianheritagemonth #indigenous #nativeamericanheritagemonth #alaskanative #gwichin
verastarbard.com/2025/11/01/t...
I’m starting a new series today highlighting a different Alaska Native-authored book every day.
#alaskanativeheritagemonth #americanindianheritagemonth #indigenous #nativeamericanheritagemonth #alaskanative #gwichin
verastarbard.com/2025/11/01/t...
Thrilled to see an essay excerpted from Maya Jewell Zeller's forthcoming RAISED BY FERNS (March 2026, Porphyry Press) published by @cincinnatireview.bsky.social!
"I’m drawn back to these places, these ruins, because they form the imagistic, psychological core of me, but I also don’t want them to become anyone else’s porn. Take your camera elsewhere, part of me whispers"
Now on our site, a craft essay by Maya Jewell Zeller; link in thread
Now on our site, a craft essay by Maya Jewell Zeller; link in thread
November 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Thrilled to see an essay excerpted from Maya Jewell Zeller's forthcoming RAISED BY FERNS (March 2026, Porphyry Press) published by @cincinnatireview.bsky.social!
Join us in Fairbanks, Alaska for the book launch of Ghosts of Distant Trees. Author @rickirobin.bsky.social will be in conversation with @coyotetrail.bsky.social, hosted by publisher @pataky.bsky.social and Solstice Books. November 19, 2025!
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book launch, GHOSTS OF DISTANT TREES · Erica Watson with Julianne Warren — Porphyry Press
Porphyry Press & Solstice Books present: GHOSTS LAUNCH You’re invited to the official Ghosts of Distant Trees book launch , the debut memoir-in-essays by Denali-based author Erica Watson and...
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November 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Join us in Fairbanks, Alaska for the book launch of Ghosts of Distant Trees. Author @rickirobin.bsky.social will be in conversation with @coyotetrail.bsky.social, hosted by publisher @pataky.bsky.social and Solstice Books. November 19, 2025!
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Digging into @rickirobin.bsky.social’s brand new essay collection, Ghosts of Distant Trees, on a train through the boreal forest to Hudson Bay. A gorgeous and thoughtful book. You should get it. #BookSky #AlaskaSky
October 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Digging into @rickirobin.bsky.social’s brand new essay collection, Ghosts of Distant Trees, on a train through the boreal forest to Hudson Bay. A gorgeous and thoughtful book. You should get it. #BookSky #AlaskaSky
Welp, guess this is our cue to post here for the first time! So fun, getting banned from Insta and FB two weeks before a publication date!
I know we all hate M*ta, AND it's still where a lot of stuff happens, including book promotion & sales. Unfortunately, my publisher, Porphyry Press, was just kicked off FB & IG for unknown reasons🤨
So, a reminder: it's a perfect time to order ⬇️ or a local bookstore!
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So, a reminder: it's a perfect time to order ⬇️ or a local bookstore!
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Ghosts of Distant Trees by Erica Watson — Porphyry Press
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November 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Welp, guess this is our cue to post here for the first time! So fun, getting banned from Insta and FB two weeks before a publication date!