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Great Place Books @greatplacebooks.bsky.social · Nov 21

GPB has two new classes on offer in early 2025! First up is READING JOY WILLIAMS co-taught by @adremily.bsky.social and @alexhigley.bsky.social

Register here:
greatplacebooks.com/joy

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · Dec 1

Need to pad out your 2024 books read pile? Here are four great (and very short) translated novels I enjoyed this year
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Four Translated Novels I Enjoyed This Year

Recommending some lovely and strange translated novels published in the last couple years.

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Great Place Books @greatplacebooks.bsky.social · Nov 21

In February, Monika Woods will lead a workshop on three-act structures, using novels by Han Kang and Lisa Halliday as inspiration.

Register here:
greatplacebooks.com/3acts

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Great Place Books @greatplacebooks.bsky.social · Nov 21

GPB has two new classes on offer in early 2025! First up is READING JOY WILLIAMS co-taught by @adremily.bsky.social and @alexhigley.bsky.social

Register here:
greatplacebooks.com/joy

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Great Place Books @greatplacebooks.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Great Place Books @greatplacebooks.bsky.social · Aug 20

Happy pub day to EUPHORIA DAYS by Pilar Fraile and translated by @lizziedavis.bsky.social

Buy it from us or Bookshop!

greatplacebooks.com/books/p/euphor…

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Willie Fitzgerald @williefitz.bsky.social · Apr 17

My man @wilmes.bsky.social is going to turn me into a Tubi freak bc of this (really excellent) piece, I just know it

www.theringer.com/tv/2024/4/17...

Into the Tubi-Verse

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Great Place Books @greatplacebooks.bsky.social · Apr 17

CASCADE by Julia Hannafin is out now!

GPB: greatplacebooks.com/books

Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/cascad…

B&N: barnesandnoble.com/w/cascade-juli

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Great Place Books @greatplacebooks.bsky.social · Apr 1

Begins April 23rd! If you are looking for a workshop, here it is:
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Alex Higley @alexhigley.bsky.social · Mar 6

Running another fiction workshop @greatplacebooks.bsky.social in late April. I love being a part of these classes and have been lucky to work with such engaged and passionate writers. Join us! Info at link below:

greatplacebooks.com/fiction

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Emily Adrian @adremily.bsky.social · Mar 12

I've always loved when my students watch film adaptations of what we studying and share their insights in class. Decided to make a new seminar out of it! Join us for lots of close-reading, discussion, and feedback on your own WIP!

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Fiction to Film — Great Place Books

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Great Place Books @greatplacebooks.bsky.social · Mar 6

New April workshop with @alexhigley.bsky.social!

Alex Higley @alexhigley.bsky.social · Mar 6

Running another fiction workshop @greatplacebooks.bsky.social in late April. I love being a part of these classes and have been lucky to work with such engaged and passionate writers. Join us! Info at link below:

greatplacebooks.com/fiction

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Emily Adrian @adremily.bsky.social · Feb 6

New
@greatplacebooks.bsky.social class starting in April! Inspired by a student's request 😍 We'll read Munro, Dubus, Eugenides, and Ishiguro and determine what film reveals about form—especially that of the short story!
tinyurl.com/y4cnkkva

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EPOCH @epochliterary.com · Feb 19

Today on the blog: a review of former editor Emma Catherine Perry's extraordinary BLOCKS WORLD, her debut poetry collection, from @greatplacebooks.bsky.social. "Should we look to our own creations to examine ourselves?" www.epochliterary.com/blog/review-...

BLOCKS WORLD, by Emma Catherine Perry, from Great Place Books

Emma Catherine Perry, straight chillin by the lake

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Alex Higley @alexhigley.bsky.social · Feb 17

Teaching another fiction workshop in April, please share with potentially interested parties or broadly:

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Emily Adrian @adremily.bsky.social · Feb 16

How does a ten-page short story lend itself to a two-hour movie? How can we make sure our own work is equally complex, rich, and open to interpretation?

Emily Adrian @adremily.bsky.social · Feb 6

New
@greatplacebooks.bsky.social class starting in April! Inspired by a student's request 😍 We'll read Munro, Dubus, Eugenides, and Ishiguro and determine what film reveals about form—especially that of the short story!
tinyurl.com/y4cnkkva

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Great Place Books @greatplacebooks.bsky.social · Jan 29

Cover reveal for Pilar Fraile’s English language debut EUPHORIA DAYS, translated by National Book Award Nominee and finalist for the PEN Translation Prize @lizziedavis.bsky.social

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Great Place Books @greatplacebooks.bsky.social · Jan 26

ONE SPOT LEFT in Building a Memoir with the brilliant @johncotter.bsky.social

Great Place Books @greatplacebooks.bsky.social · Jan 22

BUILDING A MEMOIR with @johncotter.bsky.social starts in one week! Register now and join GPB's cohort of memoirists.
greatplacebooks.com/memoir

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Great Place Books @greatplacebooks.bsky.social · Jan 22

BUILDING A MEMOIR with @johncotter.bsky.social starts in one week! Register now and join GPB's cohort of memoirists.
greatplacebooks.com/memoir

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Great Place Books @greatplacebooks.bsky.social · Jan 16

Few spots left! Study memoir with @johncotter.bsky.social!

Great Place Books @greatplacebooks.bsky.social · Nov 13

Building a Memoir with @johncotter.bsky.social has been rescheduled! The class now runs from Jan. 29-March 4.

More info and registration:
greatplacebooks.com/memoir

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Emily Adrian @adremily.bsky.social · Dec 30

Two spots left in this seminar I’m leading for @greatplacebooks.bsky.social
Join us!
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Why Setting Matters in Fiction — Great Place Books

Fiction can introduce us to foreign cities, complicate our relationship to our own hometown, or make us long for places we’ve never seen. Why does it matter where a story takes place? Could Kazuo ...

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EPOCH @epochliterary.com · Jan 1

Happy New Year! We are OPEN for electronic submissions, through January. Send us your fiction, poetry, essay, comics, and translations. We pay between $100 and $500 depending on length. epoch.submittable.com/submit

The bird of thanks, appreciating your submission

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Emily Adrian @adremily.bsky.social · Dec 19

Diving into some old favorites for my upcoming @greatplacebooks.bsky.social class on setting. Two spots remain if you'd like to join us! We'll read Erdrich, Baldwin, Proulx, James Joyce, Sally Rooney, Ling Ma, and Willa Cather. 😍 greatplacebooks.com/setting

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Great Place Books @greatplacebooks.bsky.social · Nov 28

In today's newsletter, Emily Adrian and Alex Higley interview each other about why they love teaching for GPB and the courses they've got coming up in 2024!
tinyurl.com/3f26zyfk

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Great Place Books @greatplacebooks.bsky.social · Nov 24

🤩 winter classes at Great Place Books! Perfect holiday gift for yourself or another writer in your life 🎁
greatplacebooks.com/classes

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