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Juan Martinez @fulmerford.com · 12h

So #AWP26 in Baltimore is now officially the best AWP in AWP history.

awpwriter.bsky.social @awpwriter.bsky.social · 13h

We’re thrilled to announce our #AWP26 Conference & Bookfair keynote speaker, Baltimore’s own John Waters! Read more about the filmmaker, actor, author, and Charm City legend on our website. A heartfelt thanks to our premier sponsor, @jhu.edu, for making this address possible.

#AWP26 Keynote Address by John Waters, Sponsored by Johns Hopkins University

View the full line-up of amazing featured events from the 2026 AWP Conference & Bookfair literary partners!

conference.awpwriter.org

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Lauren Cerand Public Relations @laurencerand.com · 1d

Very happy to boost the signal for another freelance literary publicist in Baltimore— check out gabyiori.com

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Lauren Cerand Public Relations @laurencerand.com · 2d

Wow!!! Thank you for this close read, care and attention.

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Harare Review of Books @hararereview.bsky.social · 2d

For @thesundaylongread.bsky.social recently:

The Lives and Deaths of Véronique Bangoura
By Tierno Monénembo & Translated by Ryan
Chamberlain

From @schaffnerpress.bsky.social

The Lives and Deaths of Véronique Bangoura
By Tierno Monénembo & Translated by Ryan
Chamberlain
Véronique Bangoura, we learn, goes on daily jaunts in Paris
with her wheelchair-using husband, and on one of those
meets Madame Corre. It turns out Corre recognized the
language she heard Véronique speak on the phone as
originating from Guinea, and she wants Véronique to tell her
story-why she's in Paris, and how she came to be (as
Madame Corre mistakenly believes) a personal care
assistant to the man in the wheelchair. Madame Corre has
her own painful history to share, and suspects Véronique
does too. And it is indeed from this shared place of pain that
the women begin to bond--and even to understand one
another across their seeming divide.
The Lives and Deaths of Véronique Bangoura tells of the
atrocities that happened in Guinea under dictator Sékou
Touré from 1956 to 1982. After my initial struggles with
style, I began to enjoy the rhythm of this work and
Véronique's singular voice. She's the survivor of a
complicated past, who through a series of unlikely events
has escaped to that place in exile where she encounters
Madame Corre-a woman whose own past shares unlikely
parallels with Véronique's.
All stories of political turmoil make more sense to us on a
human level, and in this emotional and moving retelling of
the brutality of Touré through the lives (and many deaths) of
Véronique and Madame Corre, Tierno Monénembo brings
what would otherwise be a distant news story and past
history to the present experience of the reader. Excellent
and memorable

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Fall for the Book @fallforthebook.bsky.social · 2d

2/3 Wednesday is jammed packed with events at #fallforthebook festival. Check out the schedule: fallforthebook.org/oct8schedule/

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R&R @rnrmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

“Once you get them back to your place, you pet him and he curls up on your lap and then you see it: that sparkle in their eyes, the tenderness. Suddenly, they like you more just for petting a cat.”

Read fiction by Marta Jiménez Serrano:

www.relegationbooks.com/article/buddy/

Buddy

Founded in 2012 by Dallas Hudgens, Relegation Books works to connect readers and writers on a smaller, more intimate scale, understanding that success isn't always measured by sales numbers.

www.relegationbooks.com

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 3d

Fairfax, VA, come see me this Wednesday! fallforthebook.org/oct8schedule/

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 3d

The Italian edition of my first novel, translated by the wonderful Chiara Buffa, is available later this week, 10/10/25, from NN Editore in Milan. And this cover makes my old teen witch heart glad.

www.nneditore.it/libro/979125...

An illustration of a fox dressed in the ribcage of a human, the eyes white with death or transfiguration, surrounded by red and blue-green leaves. The image has a large San serif bold N superimposed, with the image clear inside the letter and faintly colored by a rust orange fade otherwise, the trademark of the house, NN Editore.

The text in white reads ALEXANDER CHEE
Edimburgo
NNE

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The Librarians Film @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social · 3d

Kim A Snyder's @nytimes.com Critics Pick documentary THE LIBRARIANS is now playing at @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, opens this Thursday Oct 9th at Laemmle Royal in LA plus many additional cities around the US. Join us in the fight for the freedom to read and see the film in theaters. Get tickets now!

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The Librarians Film @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social · 4d

The 2025 #BannedBooksWeek starts today! See THE LIBRARIANS in nearly 30 cities around the country for a special @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social screening plus Q&A's with grassroots #FreadomFighters and librarians near you.
Get tickets now: TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings

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The Librarians Film @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social · 6d

Our 7pm prime time Q&A’s at Film Forum have SOLD OUT! 🎉🎉

Be sure to grab tickets to one of the other screenings during our two week run in NYC- filmforum.org/film/the-lib...

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Lauren Cerand Public Relations @laurencerand.com · 7d

I’ll be in New York for the Deborah Pease Prize, honoring Ed Park at a benefit party for A Public Space, on October 20— will I see you there? apublicspace.org/store/produc...

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Lauren Cerand Public Relations @laurencerand.com · 7d

I’ll be in New York for the Deborah Pease Prize, honoring Ed Park at a benefit party for A Public Space, on October 20— will I see you there? apublicspace.org/store/produc...

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The Librarians Film @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social · Sep 5

As book banning sweeps across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate, brave librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy. A film by Kim A. Snyder.

Opens UK 9/26 @berthadochouse.bsky.social, US 10/03 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, rollout to follow.

Tix: TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings

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Lauren Cerand Public Relations @laurencerand.com · 8d

A pleasure to read!

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Martha Anne Toll @marthaannetoll.bsky.social · 9d

Join us at the kickoff to PEN/Faulkner's new series THE BIG IDEA with a discussion about how music can both heal mourners and capture the profoundness of grief.

Doors at 5:45. RSVP required.

www.eventbrite.com/e/the-big-id...

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R&R @rnrmagazine.bsky.social · 9d

“He memorized pi to nine decimal places—3.141592654—and then he squared that. Another trick he did was he typed in this number that, when he turned the calculator upside-down, it spelled BOOBIES.”

Read six new stories by Paul Maliszewski on R&R:

www.relegationbooks.com/article/six-...

Six Stories

Founded in 2012 by Dallas Hudgens, Relegation Books works to connect readers and writers on a smaller, more intimate scale, understanding that success isn't always measured by sales numbers.

www.relegationbooks.com

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Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 11d

I’m curating an exhibition of the Two Roberts at Charleston in Lewes. It opens Oct 15 and will be very gorgeous and very gay and very Scottish and that’s for starters. I’ve got a nice wee discount for my newsletter subscribers:

www.damianbarr.com/subscribe

Subscribe — Damian Barr

www.damianbarr.com

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Tajja Isen @tajjaisen.bsky.social · 13d

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus

Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it

thewalrus.ca

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DC Writers Room @dcwritersroom.bsky.social · 13d

🎭Calling all playwrights! If you’re looking for a space to pen your next (or first!) script, The DC Writers Room is the place for you. Quiet, organized, and convenient, our studio offers a distraction-free escape from the busy theater scene.

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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 20d

TWO WEEKS from today is @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social US theatrical opening at Film Forum NYC! Join us opening weekend (7pm, Oct 3rd and 4th) for Q&A's with director Kim A Snyder and special guests filmforum.org/film/the-lib...

Poster for The Librarians documentary. Opens Oct 3 at Film Forum NYC. Tickets https://filmforum.org/film/the-librarians

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Lauren Cerand Public Relations @laurencerand.com · 15d

Very much looking forward to speaking the University of Kentucky in person next month, and my first visit to Kentucky! At this stage of my career, sharing my unique perspective with deep insight into the value of independent publishing and multiple markets, outside of New York, is especially vital.

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Lauren Cerand Public Relations @laurencerand.com · 15d

Very much looking forward to speaking the University of Kentucky in person next month, and my first visit to Kentucky! At this stage of my career, sharing my unique perspective with deep insight into the value of independent publishing and multiple markets, outside of New York, is especially vital.

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R&R @rnrmagazine.bsky.social · 16d

“I didn’t have anything, really, besides this harrowing anti-life and lightweight clerical job that I escaped to five days a week, smiling and befuddled, in order to escape my cramped, depressing apartment.”

Read new fiction by David Nutt on R&R:

www.relegationbooks.com/article/slat...

Slathingering

Founded in 2012 by Dallas Hudgens, Relegation Books works to connect readers and writers on a smaller, more intimate scale, understanding that success isn't always measured by sales numbers.

www.relegationbooks.com

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