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Friends, critics, booksellers: for your consideration, books I have worked on publicity campaigns for this year, as well as what’s to come in the first three months of 2026. If you’re making media lists and need a review copy, DM me. And, as always, thank you for reading. (continued)
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Thank you, @mollsotov.bsky.social , for including The Lives and Deaths of Véronique Bangoura, by Tierno Monénembo, translated by by Ryan Chamberlain for @schaffnerpress.bsky.social , on @crimereads.bsky.social year-end Best International Crime Fiction list! crimereads.com/the-best-int...
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The Best International Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers of 2025
The best crime fiction in translation of 2025 is defined by its variety: speculative, psychological, and political thrillers, plus noir, metafiction, and a classic puzzle mystery. Of particular not…
crimereads.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Thank you, @mollsotov.bsky.social , for including The Lives and Deaths of Véronique Bangoura, by Tierno Monénembo, translated by by Ryan Chamberlain for @schaffnerpress.bsky.social , on @crimereads.bsky.social year-end Best International Crime Fiction list! crimereads.com/the-best-int...
#booksky
#booksky
Thank you, @mollsotov.bsky.social , for including The Lives and Deaths of Véronique Bangoura, by Tierno Monénembo, translated by by Ryan Chamberlain for @schaffnerpress.bsky.social , on @crimereads.bsky.social year-end Best International Crime Fiction list! crimereads.com/the-best-int...
#booksky
#booksky
The Best International Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers of 2025
The best crime fiction in translation of 2025 is defined by its variety: speculative, psychological, and political thrillers, plus noir, metafiction, and a classic puzzle mystery. Of particular not…
crimereads.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Thank you, @mollsotov.bsky.social , for including The Lives and Deaths of Véronique Bangoura, by Tierno Monénembo, translated by by Ryan Chamberlain for @schaffnerpress.bsky.social , on @crimereads.bsky.social year-end Best International Crime Fiction list! crimereads.com/the-best-int...
#booksky
#booksky
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For Lit Hub, I rounded up the best book *reviews* of the year. This time, I focused on great openers.
Criticism is literature! lithub.com/the-10-best-...
Criticism is literature! lithub.com/the-10-best-...
The 10 Best Book Reviews of 2025
While researching the Little Review archives for my book, A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls, I stumbled across an all-time banger of an opening line in Jane Heap’s review of Sherwood Anderson’s …
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December 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
For Lit Hub, I rounded up the best book *reviews* of the year. This time, I focused on great openers.
Criticism is literature! lithub.com/the-10-best-...
Criticism is literature! lithub.com/the-10-best-...
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"Access to translated literature brings light into our lives and enriches our American culture. I am grateful to the people who open these books for us."
marthaannetoll.substack.com/p/thank-you-...
marthaannetoll.substack.com/p/thank-you-...
Thank you translators
It's been a week; it's been a year
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December 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"Access to translated literature brings light into our lives and enriches our American culture. I am grateful to the people who open these books for us."
marthaannetoll.substack.com/p/thank-you-...
marthaannetoll.substack.com/p/thank-you-...
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Pleased to share a positive new review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social for Generator, Rinny Gremaud’s debut novel, to be published by @schaffnerpress.bsky.social next month. DM me or email [email protected] for an early finished copy.
www.publishersweekly.com/9781639640713
www.publishersweekly.com/9781639640713
December 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Pleased to share a positive new review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social for Generator, Rinny Gremaud’s debut novel, to be published by @schaffnerpress.bsky.social next month. DM me or email [email protected] for an early finished copy.
www.publishersweekly.com/9781639640713
www.publishersweekly.com/9781639640713
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Planning an off-site event for #AWP26 in Baltimore? Submit it on our website for inclusion on our #AWP26 off-site schedule! Please be sure to follow all off-site event guidelines and choose venues that are accessible to attendees with disabilities.
Submit Your 2026 Off-Site Event
Off-site events are a popular and culturally vibrant addition to the AWP Conference & Bookfair. Each year AWP posts hundreds of off-site events taking place during the dates of our conference in the…
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December 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Thank you to @norahvawter.bsky.social of Washington Unbound for adding Duet for One to the winter book list!
www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...
www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...
December 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Thank you to @norahvawter.bsky.social of Washington Unbound for adding Duet for One to the winter book list!
www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...
www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...
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A column that Anna Mathias, editor of her mother, Judy Montagu’s new book, The Greyhound Diary, has written with gatherings at this time of year in mind, @writersdigest.bsky.social: www.writersdigest.com/how-to-manag...
Meet Anna in New York at Chartwell Booksellers on Monday, Jan. 12, from 1-2pm.
Meet Anna in New York at Chartwell Booksellers on Monday, Jan. 12, from 1-2pm.
How to Manage a Family Archive
Anna Mathias discusses how to manage a family archive of photographs, diaries, and other documents, including how to present materials.
www.writersdigest.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A column that Anna Mathias, editor of her mother, Judy Montagu’s new book, The Greyhound Diary, has written with gatherings at this time of year in mind, @writersdigest.bsky.social: www.writersdigest.com/how-to-manag...
Meet Anna in New York at Chartwell Booksellers on Monday, Jan. 12, from 1-2pm.
Meet Anna in New York at Chartwell Booksellers on Monday, Jan. 12, from 1-2pm.
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What 2026 books are you looking forward to? I'm putting together my annual most-anticipated list for Esquire.
(2026 pub dates only, please — no exceptions.)
(2026 pub dates only, please — no exceptions.)
December 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
What 2026 books are you looking forward to? I'm putting together my annual most-anticipated list for Esquire.
(2026 pub dates only, please — no exceptions.)
(2026 pub dates only, please — no exceptions.)
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“You love poetry and baseball--are they like one another?
They both get you used to something--and then comes a surprise. You love it.”
Read three new poems by Canada’s first Poet Laureate, George Bowering:
www.relegationbooks.com/article/thre...
They both get you used to something--and then comes a surprise. You love it.”
Read three new poems by Canada’s first Poet Laureate, George Bowering:
www.relegationbooks.com/article/thre...
Three Poems
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
December 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“You love poetry and baseball--are they like one another?
They both get you used to something--and then comes a surprise. You love it.”
Read three new poems by Canada’s first Poet Laureate, George Bowering:
www.relegationbooks.com/article/thre...
They both get you used to something--and then comes a surprise. You love it.”
Read three new poems by Canada’s first Poet Laureate, George Bowering:
www.relegationbooks.com/article/thre...
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I have two titles from Schaffner Press on my PR list for early 2026: in January, Generator, a debut novel by Rinny Gremaud, translated by Holly James; and in February, Hostages: A Counter-History of Colonial Plunder by journalist & Jan Michalski Prizewinner Taina Tervonen, trans. by Sara Hanaburgh.
December 8, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I have two titles from Schaffner Press on my PR list for early 2026: in January, Generator, a debut novel by Rinny Gremaud, translated by Holly James; and in February, Hostages: A Counter-History of Colonial Plunder by journalist & Jan Michalski Prizewinner Taina Tervonen, trans. by Sara Hanaburgh.
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Grateful to the Reading the West, the magazine of Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Assn, for an insightful review of the Lives & Deaths of Véronique Bangoura, by Tierno Monénembo and trans. by Ryan Chamberlain for Tucson-based @schaffnerpress.bsky.social readingthewest.com/the-lives-an...
The Lives and Deaths of Veronique Bangoura by Tierno Mononembo - Reading the West
readingthewest.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Grateful to the Reading the West, the magazine of Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Assn, for an insightful review of the Lives & Deaths of Véronique Bangoura, by Tierno Monénembo and trans. by Ryan Chamberlain for Tucson-based @schaffnerpress.bsky.social readingthewest.com/the-lives-an...
A column that Anna Mathias, editor of her mother, Judy Montagu’s new book, The Greyhound Diary, has written with gatherings at this time of year in mind, @writersdigest.bsky.social: www.writersdigest.com/how-to-manag...
Meet Anna in New York at Chartwell Booksellers on Monday, Jan. 12, from 1-2pm.
Meet Anna in New York at Chartwell Booksellers on Monday, Jan. 12, from 1-2pm.
How to Manage a Family Archive
Anna Mathias discusses how to manage a family archive of photographs, diaries, and other documents, including how to present materials.
www.writersdigest.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A column that Anna Mathias, editor of her mother, Judy Montagu’s new book, The Greyhound Diary, has written with gatherings at this time of year in mind, @writersdigest.bsky.social: www.writersdigest.com/how-to-manag...
Meet Anna in New York at Chartwell Booksellers on Monday, Jan. 12, from 1-2pm.
Meet Anna in New York at Chartwell Booksellers on Monday, Jan. 12, from 1-2pm.
Pleased to share a positive new review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social for Generator, Rinny Gremaud’s debut novel, to be published by @schaffnerpress.bsky.social next month. DM me or email [email protected] for an early finished copy.
www.publishersweekly.com/9781639640713
www.publishersweekly.com/9781639640713
December 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Pleased to share a positive new review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social for Generator, Rinny Gremaud’s debut novel, to be published by @schaffnerpress.bsky.social next month. DM me or email [email protected] for an early finished copy.
www.publishersweekly.com/9781639640713
www.publishersweekly.com/9781639640713
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Five poems up today via R&R.
Many thanks to the brilliant editor, @josephgrantham.bsky.social!
Many thanks to the brilliant editor, @josephgrantham.bsky.social!
“Tree tips are silvery pricking
clouds with flat bottoms.
I'm all cut up by the blinds
and by the sconce light.
There is a dog on the baseball field.”
Read five new poems by Ty Holter:
www.relegationbooks.com/article/five...
Read five new poems by Ty Holter:
www.relegationbooks.com/article/five...
Five Poems
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
December 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Five poems up today via R&R.
Many thanks to the brilliant editor, @josephgrantham.bsky.social!
Many thanks to the brilliant editor, @josephgrantham.bsky.social!
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“Someone cleared their throat. I looked southwest toward the promise of a never-ending day, then we all grimaced up at the sky that now seemed to be pressing down on us like the stubborn lid of some overfilled thing.”
Read new fiction by Corey Lof on R&R:
www.relegationbooks.com/article/a-ro...
Read new fiction by Corey Lof on R&R:
www.relegationbooks.com/article/a-ro...
A Robbery
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
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“Someone cleared their throat. I looked southwest toward the promise of a never-ending day, then we all grimaced up at the sky that now seemed to be pressing down on us like the stubborn lid of some overfilled thing.”
Read new fiction by Corey Lof on R&R:
www.relegationbooks.com/article/a-ro...
Read new fiction by Corey Lof on R&R:
www.relegationbooks.com/article/a-ro...
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For the Books of the Year issue at the WSJ, I've written about a trend that struck me in a lot of 2025 fiction--a revived interest in the art of the story. I sense that novelists are tired of ceding the role of the storyteller to advertisers and podcasters. (Gift link.) www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Fiction: The Year Novelists Reclaimed the Narrative
A lively plot in a literary novel? The worthy works of 2025 revel in storytelling.
www.wsj.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
For the Books of the Year issue at the WSJ, I've written about a trend that struck me in a lot of 2025 fiction--a revived interest in the art of the story. I sense that novelists are tired of ceding the role of the storyteller to advertisers and podcasters. (Gift link.) www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
A truly fab list. I would add The Lives and Deaths of Véronique Bangoura by Tierno Monénembo, trans. by Ryan Chamberlain for @schaffnerpress.bsky.social (March): bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
December 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A truly fab list. I would add The Lives and Deaths of Véronique Bangoura by Tierno Monénembo, trans. by Ryan Chamberlain for @schaffnerpress.bsky.social (March): bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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“sitting among the old men
each singular at his own table
separated by empty chairs
unwrapping Burger King Whoppers
my Burger is Impossible”
Read four new poems by Bob Rosenthal:
www.relegationbooks.com/article/four...
each singular at his own table
separated by empty chairs
unwrapping Burger King Whoppers
my Burger is Impossible”
Read four new poems by Bob Rosenthal:
www.relegationbooks.com/article/four...
Four Poems
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
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“sitting among the old men
each singular at his own table
separated by empty chairs
unwrapping Burger King Whoppers
my Burger is Impossible”
Read four new poems by Bob Rosenthal:
www.relegationbooks.com/article/four...
each singular at his own table
separated by empty chairs
unwrapping Burger King Whoppers
my Burger is Impossible”
Read four new poems by Bob Rosenthal:
www.relegationbooks.com/article/four...
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Are you in a book club? What are some of the best book club books you read this year?
December 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Are you in a book club? What are some of the best book club books you read this year?
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If you're in need of some holiday-themed listening, there's a new edition of my podcast Framed & Bound up now in which Lauren Cerand and I discuss Bell, Book and Candle - which is both a Christmas movie and a publishing movie. Really! framedandbound.libsyn.com/episode-003-...
Framed & Bound: Episode 003: "Bell, Book and Candle" (with Lauren Cerand)
Bell, Book and Candle has it all: a high-powered book publisher! New York's magical underground! Jack Lemmon playing the bongos! And it's (kind of) a Christmas movie! Publicist joins host Tobias Carr...
framedandbound.libsyn.com
December 23, 2023 at 9:31 PM
If you're in need of some holiday-themed listening, there's a new edition of my podcast Framed & Bound up now in which Lauren Cerand and I discuss Bell, Book and Candle - which is both a Christmas movie and a publishing movie. Really! framedandbound.libsyn.com/episode-003-...
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Hey, if you’re a Seattle/WA author with a book coming out next year and you have a firm pub date, please let me know for potential inclusion in the Seattle Times’s 2026 book preview. (Space is limited but I’ll do my best.)
Drop a link either in replies or at my email: [email protected].
Drop a link either in replies or at my email: [email protected].
December 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Hey, if you’re a Seattle/WA author with a book coming out next year and you have a firm pub date, please let me know for potential inclusion in the Seattle Times’s 2026 book preview. (Space is limited but I’ll do my best.)
Drop a link either in replies or at my email: [email protected].
Drop a link either in replies or at my email: [email protected].
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Q&A with Margaret Hutton about her new novel, IF YOU LEAVE.
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@margarethutton.bsky.social
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@margarethutton.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Q&A with Margaret Hutton about her new novel, IF YOU LEAVE.
tinyurl.com/y6d9tjx8
@margarethutton.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/y6d9tjx8
@margarethutton.bsky.social
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I’m adding four more slots for next week. Email [email protected] for details & to reserve.
I’m offering some additional slots for one-hour consultations in the first half of December. DM me or email [email protected] for details.
In the past, I’ve offered them only by request or word-of-mouth.
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In the past, I’ve offered them only by request or word-of-mouth.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I’m adding four more slots for next week. Email [email protected] for details & to reserve.
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Wonderful to see @marthaannetoll.bsky.social’s novel, Duet for One, on this stellar list, right where it belongs!
Looking for the perfect gift for a bookworm? Columnist Hannah Grieco put together a guide of standout books from local authors—all available at your neighborhood indie bookstore.
Spot LIT: Shop Small, Read Big With City Paper’s Holiday Book Gift Guide
A gripping thriller, poetry on America’s pastime, and more books from local authors that’ll make great gifts for all the readers in your life.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Wonderful to see @marthaannetoll.bsky.social’s novel, Duet for One, on this stellar list, right where it belongs!