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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 2d

How about a memoir to close ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? Contributor Erin Slaughter’s memoir THE DEAD DAD DIARIES is out now from @autofocusbooks.bsky.social 💗 Get your copy now: buff.ly/gIYuqsL

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brad listi @bradlisti.bsky.social · 3d

▶️ NOW PLAYING

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 5d

Last book of '25 is by @lindzmcleod.bsky.social + a cast of collaborators incl The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D. Lee & Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou.

Pre-order now with UK Saver Shipping to save £! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

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Mike Nagel @misternagel.bsky.social · 5d

Got a little woo woo for the fine folks at @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social.

farewelltransmission.net/2025/10/woo-...

WOO WOO - Farewell Transmission

By Mike Nagel My sister-in-law Molly grew up as a pastor’s daughter but at some point in her mid-thirties she became more of a witch. I thought that being a witch meant you invited the devil into your...

farewelltransmission.net

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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 9d

The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is coming back to DC on April 18, 2026, and we're open for registration! It's $95, and that includes the one-day conference, 1 book, 1 meeting w an editor, and your choice of literary stuff from our partner presses. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference

The Barrelhouse conference, Conversations and Connections, is coming back to DC on April 18, 2026.

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DeepDive @deepdive.audio · 12d

'How to Write Autobiographical Fiction' with Hannah Pittard — a new 8-hour intensive course from DeepDive, available now.

Feat. Michael Wheaton, founder of @autofocusbooks.bsky.social.

Hosted by @bradlisti.bsky.social.

Launch sale: 25% off. Limited time.

👉🏼 courses.deepdive.audio/autofiction

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DeepDive @deepdive.audio · 14d

🎉 Launch Day! Our new DeepDive course, 'How to Write Autobiographical Fiction,' is live!

Learn from novelist Hannah Pittard + publisher Michael Wheaton.

👉 Launch Special: $147 (25% off)

🔗 courses.deepdive.audio/autofiction

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Ander Monson @angermonsoon.bsky.social · 15d

XNESS ESSAYS IN A BOOK???????

Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 16d

Hey @marchxness.bsky.social fans! It's cover reveal + preorders day for HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY, edited by @angermonsoon.bsky.social and @meganc.bsky.social!

Available for preorders (+ ARC requests) NOW, link in our bio or www.splitlippress.com/march-xness-anthology

Now available for pre-order: Hit Repeat Until I Hate Music: The March Xness Anthology, edited by Ander Monson and Megan Campbell, coming with Split/Lip Press on March 31. Image shows a yellow book cover with a dubbed cassette tape, upon which the title of the book has been written.

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niina pollari @niina.bsky.social · 16d

Since we're all talking about how book review culture is dying - I'd love to get a couple of younger/newer reviewers on at Zona Motel. Are you looking for a place to develop your review chops and engage with small press lit in front of an enthusiastic readership? Reach out.

zonamotel.substack.com

Zona Motel | Substack

Zona Motel is a web space and Brotherhood that exists to support good literature. Click to read Zona Motel, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Zonamotel.substack.com

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Autofocus Books @autofocusbooks.bsky.social · 16d

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Sara Rauch @sara-rauch.bsky.social · 16d

Good mail day.
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Autofocus Books @autofocusbooks.bsky.social · 16d

Congrats, Lexi!!!!

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brad listi @bradlisti.bsky.social · 18d

Tomorrow on the Otherppl show, a special sneak preview of 'How to Write Autobiographical Fiction,' the new course from @deepdive.audio, avail 10/1 & taught by author Hannah Pittard, whose most recent novel is called 'If You Love It, Let It Kill You.'

🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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niina pollari @niina.bsky.social · 19d

Hello, are you a Literary Person in Philadelphia? Perhaps a Music Person? Come see me and @olgamikolaivna.bsky.social yap about both at @alinapleskova.bsky.social's reading series

✨️💿 Track Changes 💿 ✨️

on Oct 7. www.eventbrite.com/e/track-chan...

Track Changes: Niina Pollari & Olga Mikolaivna

Track Changes is a listening, reading, and conversation series where writers discuss their favorite records.

www.eventbrite.com

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Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 19d

Always appreciate it when people connect with my work. This particular essay was written in a time of intense parenting and intense self-interrogation. It’s maybe the most straight forward and no BS essay in the whole book.

The Body Is A Temporary Gathering Place @autofocusbooks.bsky.social

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Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 25d

Taking a train to NYC to read from my essay, On Trains, about various trains of thought.

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DeepDive @deepdive.audio · 26d

🚨 Coming soon from DeepDive 🚨

'How to Write Autobiographical Fiction' — an intensive new course taught by acclaimed author Hannah Pittard ('If You Love It, Let It Kill You').

📱 Streaming soon on the DeepDive app + online. Stay tuned.

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · Sep 15

5 novels, 3 books of poetry, 1 book of essays, & 1 hybrid assemblage

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#books #recommendations #novels

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Wild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social · Sep 15

From our new book review: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/navigating...
Organic Matter paints a luminous portrait of the rural ecosystem that feeds the city and explores one perceptive young woman’s relationship with faith, labor, love, family, the body, and the ground. @autofocusbooks.bsky.social

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Wild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social · Sep 12

Read our new book review: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/navigating...
Organic Matter paints a luminous portrait of the rural ecosystem that feeds the city and explores one perceptive young woman’s relationship with faith, labor, love, family, the body, and the ground. @autofocusbooks.bsky.social

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niina pollari @niina.bsky.social · Sep 11

By the way, some news! I have a book coming out with the wonderful @autofocusbooks.bsky.social. I'm incredibly excited to join the list -- I so admire the work they've been putting out.

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · Sep 10

Contributor @ilanaslightly.bsky.social interviewed @ferrifrigida.bsky.social about her new book OUT THERE IN THE DARK for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social! And you can read it all right here: buff.ly/8aebBZq

Out There in the Dark, Katharine Coldiron.

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Claire Taylor @clairemtaylor.com · Sep 10

This book is fantastic! I'm not much of a film buff even & I still loved this. So sharp, well crafted, absolutely fascinating. I want to shove it into everyone's hands & shout "Read this! Read this!" So yeah, read this.

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#smallpressseptember

Photo of book Out There in the Dark by Katharine Coldiron

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Pool Party @poolpartymag.com · Sep 9

📚📚 ANNOUNCING: POOL PARTY BOOKS!!! 📚📚

Pool Party is open for book submissions!!! We will have two reading periods and publish two books/year. The first reading period runs from now until December 15th, 2025. Visit our website for details 🔥

Pool Party - Book Submissions

Pool Party is open for book submissions!!! We will have two reading periods and publish two books/year. The first reading period runs from now until December 15th, 2025.

poolpartymag.com

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Abigail Oswald @abigailoswald.bsky.social · Sep 9

Naomi Washer crafted a whole book out of her personal marginalia (out next week from @autofocusbooks.bsky.social), and I had a blast talking to her about it!

writeordiemag.com/author-inter...

Naomi Washer: On Writing in Books, Psychoanalysis, the Fiction of the Fixed Self, and Her New Autobiography ‘Marginalia’ — Write or Die Magazine

Abigail Oswald interviews Naomi Washer about her new book, Marginalia.

writeordiemag.com

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