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Happy publication day to James Queally's SURVIVING THE LIE, the exciting final installment of the Russell Avery trilogy! Grab the latest novel now, along with beautifully repacked paperback editions of the previous two installments 📚 Buy now: buff.ly/VQiTeCg
THE BIRTHING TREE is a September 2026 @americanbookseller.bsky.social Indie Next Pick! Thank you SO much to all of the indie booksellers who nominated us. 🫶 THE BIRTHING TREE hits bookstores officially on 9/1 and is available to preorder now! buff.ly/HdOxDHU
Don't miss THE FLAYED MAN author Chloe Lauter in conversation with Kerry Cullen this Friday at Books Are Magic! And if you can't make it in person, you can always tune in via YouTube live. RSVP here: buff.ly/DNMjcMc
Signed copies of @amandapetersauthor.bsky.social's new novel THE BIRTHING TREE are now available to preorder from @barnesandnoble.com! Head here to grab yours now: buff.ly/SPcNteT
Wishing our beloved author Wendell Berry a happy 92nd birthday! 🥳 We're so grateful to have him as a cornerstone of our list, and we hope you'll check out some of his many celebrated works! 📚
Happy paperback pub day to @victorsuth.bsky.social's HOLLOW SPACES! 🌟 A @nytimes.com Notable Book of the Year & Editors' Choice 🌟 "If Suthammanont’s debut is anything to go by, he is destined for a major career as a novelist." — @nytimes.com buff.ly/Hq2pTD1
4 weeks out from the hotly-anticipated release of @amandapetersauthor.bsky.social's THE BIRTHING TREE! 🌳 Last week, she made her way down from Canada(!) to the PRH warehouse to sign thousands of copies that will soon be available at @barnesandnoble.com, BAM, and select indies near you on 9/1!
✨ COVER ANNOUNCEMENT ✨ We are so thrilled to partner with @debutiful.bsky.social to share the cover of Lara Vergnaud's forthcoming memoir UNTRANSLATABLE. Design by Victoria Maxfield with art direction by @nicolecaputo.bsky.social. Available 2/16/27. Preorder now: buff.ly/vDe5p1S
Happy paperback pub day to THE DANCE AND THE FIRE! 🔥 🔥 "THE DANCE AND THE FIRE is an evocative portrait of sexuality, friendship, and art, amongst a setting of nearby destruction." — @ourculture.bsky.social books.catapult.co/books/the-da...
Buzz for the SHARED LIFE OF EGAN AND LUCIAN is growing! 🐝 Here’s Rose signing some tip ins for her signed first editions, which will be available at select indies on 11/3! Keep your eyes peeled 👀
Congratulations to @pcverrone.com and Emeline Atwood for making the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize longlist! 🥳 Inaugurated in 2006, the First Novel Prize honors the best debut novel of the year and supports emerging voices in fiction. buff.ly/CO9ts7W
Happy pub day to THE FLAYED MAN! This one is for all the readers dying for Halloween in the middle of summer...🧛♀️ "Brutal, horrific, disturbing, yet amazingly heartfelt and touching, THE FLAYED MAN deserves a spot on your summer reading list." — Gruesome Magazine softskull.com/books/the-fl...
If you've been meaning to read @amandapetersauthor.bsky.social's THE BERRY PICKERS, now is the time! For just one day only, grab your ebook copy for $1.99 AND read an exclusive excerpt from Amanda's forthcoming novel THE BIRTHING TREE included for free! The ideal summer read ☀️ 📚
Happy pub day to SISTERS OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN! 🌟 An Amazon Best Book of the Month ✨ "Written with curiosity, empathy, and humility, this is true crime, second-act reinvention, and extreme-landscape immersion in one crystalline package." — Oprah Daily buff.ly/tx1K3FB
THE TILTING HOUSE is now availabe in paperback! Just in time for beach read season ☀️ 🏖️ 📚️ "Lush and lyrical . . . A sweeping exploration of immigration, exile, mother-daughter relationships, loss and home." — @msmagazine.com Read now: buff.ly/9tmnGP6
So thrilled to see A REAL ANIMAL featured as a staff pick Thunder Road Books in Spring Lake, NJ! We love our indies 🫶 “I’m floored . . . unsettling, powerful, and unlike anything I’ve read before.” —Katherine Czyzewski
THE DEBUT OF THE SUMMER IS FINALLY HERE! 🔥 ☀️ 🐚 Happy pub day to A REAL ANIMAL! 🔥 "An astonishing debut with a compelling voice." — @latimes.com 🔥 "Stirs with edgy sex, anger, and transcendence." —TIME 🔥 "Raw and captivating." — @vulture.com Read Now: buff.ly/MuTVFwL
THE FLAYED MAN by Chloe Lauter is an August 2026 @americanbookseller.bsky.social Indie Next Pick! As always, a huge thanks to all of the booksellers who nominated us! ✨ THE FLAYED MAN hits bookstores officially on 7/21 and is available to preorder now! softskull.com/books/the-fl...
Thrilled to share that SISTERS OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN has been chosen as an Amazon best book of July in the Biography & Memoir category! 📚 ✨ This one will hit shelves on July 14th—preorder your copy now! buff.ly/ORnXNtO
Happy pub day to Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain's BONE HORN! 🦴 "This eloquently written mystery is both thoughtful and compelling, and a win for a poet seemingly at the height of her artistic powers.” — @bayareareporter.bsky.social
Happy publication day to MENDO! 🍃 "A freewheeling history of the grassroots marijuana industry in California’s rural Mendocino County . . . a raucous look at the renegades that built the Emerald Triangle " — @publisherswkly.bsky.social (starred 🌟 review) www.counterpointpress.com/books/mendo/
✨ COVER ANNOUNCEMENT ✨ Anika Jade Levy's FLAT EARTH got a makeover for the paperback edition, arriving this November! Design by the fabulous @nlcaputo. ⭐ "Funny and sharp." — @nytimes.com ⭐ "Not to be missed if you want to keep up with the literary zeitgeist." — @gqmagazine.bsky.social
Happy pub day to TJ Martinson's BLOOD RIVER WITCH! 🩸🧙 🩸"A poetic, slow-burning descent into darkness." — Gruesome Mag 🩸 "Full of satisfying twists and turns.” — @publisherswkly.bsky.social "A lyrical, deeply moving experience." —S. A. Cosby, author of KING OF ASHES
✨ COVER ANNOUNCEMENT ✨ We're thrilled to share the cover of Aatish Taseer's forthcoming book THE ROOTLESS ELYSIUM, designed by Victoria Maxfield with art direction by @nlcaputo! THE ROOTLESS ELYSIUM goes on sale 11/24 and is available to preorder now 📚 buff.ly/eOomPYQ
Happy pub day to WHAT I MADE FOR DINNER! 🍽️ 🍅 🥖 🫑 🥔 🥕 🍽️ "Belc is a thoroughly charming narrator of everything from finding meaning in the work of Deb Perelman and Ina Garten to parenting as a trans man to the maddening and joyful mundanity of running a household." — @literaryhub.bsky.social
Congratulations to Susan Straight for making the @marktwainhouse.bsky.social American Voice in Literature Award longlist with her book SACRAMENT! 🎖️ Check out the full list here: buff.ly/hmAZ58F
Congratulations to @taylorbyas.bsky.social for being named a finalist in the Ohio Book Awards for her poetry collection RESTING BITCH FACE! Check out the full list of finalists: buff.ly/vQ9Zmtp
Catapult is heartbroken at the news that poet, philosopher, and author Lieke Marsman has passed away at the age of 35. Our thoughts are with her loved ones. The english translation of Lieke's memoir ON ANOTHER PLANET THEY CAN SAVE ME will be published this October.
A REAL ANIMAL by Emeline Atwood is a July 2026 @americanbookseller.bsky.social Indie Next Pick!!! As always, a huge thanks to all of the booksellers who nominated us! 🫶 A REAL ANIMAL hits bookstores officially on 7/7 and is available to preorder now! books.catapult.co/books/a-real...
SONGS OF NO PROVENANCE by @lydiconklin.bsky.social is on sale now in paperback! 📚 Don't miss Lydi's launch event tonight P&T Knitwear in NYC at 7pm! www.ptknitwear.com/events