Frances Evangelista
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The Dud Avocado is the most gloriously quotable book I have ever read. Here’s one, out of so many other possibilities.
‘To find someone to giggle with I place just below finding someone to flirt with and just above the ability to knit’.
Truly words to live by. #BookSky
‘To find someone to giggle with I place just below finding someone to flirt with and just above the ability to knit’.
Truly words to live by. #BookSky
January 23, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Dud Avocado is the most gloriously quotable book I have ever read. Here’s one, out of so many other possibilities.
‘To find someone to giggle with I place just below finding someone to flirt with and just above the ability to knit’.
Truly words to live by. #BookSky
‘To find someone to giggle with I place just below finding someone to flirt with and just above the ability to knit’.
Truly words to live by. #BookSky
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For fans of absurdity, hijinks, and obsessive novels under 100 pages, galleys of Mark Haber's forthcoming novel, ADA, have arrived! Coming this July, Haber's fourth novel is "an eccentric and visionary work." —Andrea Bajani
January 20, 2026 at 8:34 PM
For fans of absurdity, hijinks, and obsessive novels under 100 pages, galleys of Mark Haber's forthcoming novel, ADA, have arrived! Coming this July, Haber's fourth novel is "an eccentric and visionary work." —Andrea Bajani
Through the mail slot today. So much to love. Especially excited about a US edition of White Nights. @catranslation.org @twolinespress.com @andotherstories.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Through the mail slot today. So much to love. Especially excited about a US edition of White Nights. @catranslation.org @twolinespress.com @andotherstories.bsky.social
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Announcing the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Finalists for the Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize!
January 20, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Announcing the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Finalists for the Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize!
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Delighted to be co-chairing the Leonard Prize with @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social! This list comes from both our general membership & the Board, and the members will vote on the winner. (It’s not too late to join @bookcritics.bsky.social.) Cheers to all of these debut authors!
Announcing the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Finalists for the John Leonard Prize!
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Delighted to be co-chairing the Leonard Prize with @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social! This list comes from both our general membership & the Board, and the members will vote on the winner. (It’s not too late to join @bookcritics.bsky.social.) Cheers to all of these debut authors!
The extra day after a full weekend. Blueberry pancakes, pajamas all day, reading a book about the art of a favorite movie. I have much Wallace and Gromit love.
January 19, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The extra day after a full weekend. Blueberry pancakes, pajamas all day, reading a book about the art of a favorite movie. I have much Wallace and Gromit love.
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Stay tuned for the National Book Critics Circle Award finalists announcement this Tuesday
January 18, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Stay tuned for the National Book Critics Circle Award finalists announcement this Tuesday
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Very excited to announce our Fall 2026 books via our newsletter today. And now here!
BLUE SUNSET by Denise Rose Hansen and WHAT REMAINS by Brais Lamela (trans by Jacob Rogers) will be out Oct 6, 2026!
Read more about these two wonderful new novels at our website: dorothyproject.com/books-gallery/
BLUE SUNSET by Denise Rose Hansen and WHAT REMAINS by Brais Lamela (trans by Jacob Rogers) will be out Oct 6, 2026!
Read more about these two wonderful new novels at our website: dorothyproject.com/books-gallery/
January 17, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Very excited to announce our Fall 2026 books via our newsletter today. And now here!
BLUE SUNSET by Denise Rose Hansen and WHAT REMAINS by Brais Lamela (trans by Jacob Rogers) will be out Oct 6, 2026!
Read more about these two wonderful new novels at our website: dorothyproject.com/books-gallery/
BLUE SUNSET by Denise Rose Hansen and WHAT REMAINS by Brais Lamela (trans by Jacob Rogers) will be out Oct 6, 2026!
Read more about these two wonderful new novels at our website: dorothyproject.com/books-gallery/
If you haven’t already had the pleasure…
What a fab novel about a medieval convent & its singular, spirited nuns spanning decades. Plague, politics, ambition, money, sex, murder - nothing is off limits in this immersive world laced with STW's delicious dry wit. Time passes, nuns come & go, but convent life goes on. I'm bereft it's over!
January 14, 2026 at 9:05 PM
If you haven’t already had the pleasure…
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Elder-statesman Edwin Frank was interviewed for an article on the rise in reissue publishing in @culturedmag.com.web.brid.gy
"There became a historical dimension to people’s awareness and their cultural commitment."
"There became a historical dimension to people’s awareness and their cultural commitment."
6 Small Press Editors Explain Why the Hottest New Thing in Lit Is Out-of-Print Books
As mainstream publishing spirals into sameness, a new wave of reissue presses is resurrecting the strange, the feral, and the intoxicating.
www.culturedmag.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Elder-statesman Edwin Frank was interviewed for an article on the rise in reissue publishing in @culturedmag.com.web.brid.gy
"There became a historical dimension to people’s awareness and their cultural commitment."
"There became a historical dimension to people’s awareness and their cultural commitment."
Tomorrow night in DC. I’m tempted. politics-prose.com/karl-ove-kna...
January 13, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Tomorrow night in DC. I’m tempted. politics-prose.com/karl-ove-kna...
Looking for a Knausgaard entry point? www.nytimes.com/article/karl...
The Essential Karl Ove Knausgaard
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Looking for a Knausgaard entry point? www.nytimes.com/article/karl...
Through the mail slot today. Death and the Gardener by Georgi Gospodinov; translated from the Bulgarian by Angela Rodel.
January 13, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Through the mail slot today. Death and the Gardener by Georgi Gospodinov; translated from the Bulgarian by Angela Rodel.
Fascinating thread.
Sylvia Townsend Warner's aunt Purefoy was married to Arthur Machen, accounting for the Machen mood in Lolly Willowes & some of W's wonderful short stories, inc 'A Spirit Rises', with its curious rocking horse. On visits to Winterton AM would sit on Valentine Ackland's rocking horse while declaiming.
January 12, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Fascinating thread.
Two years ago. Still haven’t found one that makes my picky self happy.
January 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Two years ago. Still haven’t found one that makes my picky self happy.
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Exciting news: We’ll be starting the next phase of #AContinuation on February 1 & all are welcome to join! Page guide to come soon! @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Exciting news: We’ll be starting the next phase of #AContinuation on February 1 & all are welcome to join! Page guide to come soon! @ofbooksandbikes.bsky.social
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Reading the Phantom Tollbooth to my kiddo and this passage jumped out today. We are facing down the demons trying to protect Ignorance.
January 10, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Reading the Phantom Tollbooth to my kiddo and this passage jumped out today. We are facing down the demons trying to protect Ignorance.
Started a funeral for my Twitter account. Not active there for some time, but I have been checking in every once in a while to witness the fire. Now deleting tweets one at a time after reading, saving some, buying books from old reminders. Saying the last goodbyes but loving all the fun it once was.
January 10, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Started a funeral for my Twitter account. Not active there for some time, but I have been checking in every once in a while to witness the fire. Now deleting tweets one at a time after reading, saving some, buying books from old reminders. Saying the last goodbyes but loving all the fun it once was.
A little escapism, please. As I hide away on a Friday night.
January 9, 2026 at 10:29 PM
A little escapism, please. As I hide away on a Friday night.
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"For all men are alike; if one asks a direct question they reply with a treatise."
- THE CORNER THAT HELD THEM, Sylvia Townsend Warner
- THE CORNER THAT HELD THEM, Sylvia Townsend Warner
January 7, 2026 at 6:16 AM
"For all men are alike; if one asks a direct question they reply with a treatise."
- THE CORNER THAT HELD THEM, Sylvia Townsend Warner
- THE CORNER THAT HELD THEM, Sylvia Townsend Warner
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🖼️🇫🇮 NEW EXHIBIT
Helsinki Art Museum will open a new permanent Tove Jansson exhibit spanning across 3 halls, from February 13th 2026.
Helsinki Art Museum will open a new permanent Tove Jansson exhibit spanning across 3 halls, from February 13th 2026.
January 7, 2026 at 6:35 PM
🖼️🇫🇮 NEW EXHIBIT
Helsinki Art Museum will open a new permanent Tove Jansson exhibit spanning across 3 halls, from February 13th 2026.
Helsinki Art Museum will open a new permanent Tove Jansson exhibit spanning across 3 halls, from February 13th 2026.
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In this episode, we talk about upcoming releases we’re excited for, and then share some longer reading plans for the year ahead, including big novels, rereads, and ongoing projects we’re hoping to live with slowly. We talk about why reading, conversation and community matter.
@mookse.bsky.social
@mookse.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 10:55 PM
In this episode, we talk about upcoming releases we’re excited for, and then share some longer reading plans for the year ahead, including big novels, rereads, and ongoing projects we’re hoping to live with slowly. We talk about why reading, conversation and community matter.
@mookse.bsky.social
@mookse.bsky.social
Well that was pretty spectacular. Find some people to read out loud to this year. I promise it will make things better for a moment.
January 8, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Well that was pretty spectacular. Find some people to read out loud to this year. I promise it will make things better for a moment.
Through the mail slot today. Okay, not really. A large box. Parked on my porch looking up lovingly at that mail slot. Maybe this is my Pilgrimage year. Get your own set at asterismbooks.com/product/pilg.... They are lovely. @neglectedbooks.com @asterismbooks.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Through the mail slot today. Okay, not really. A large box. Parked on my porch looking up lovingly at that mail slot. Maybe this is my Pilgrimage year. Get your own set at asterismbooks.com/product/pilg.... They are lovely. @neglectedbooks.com @asterismbooks.bsky.social
My daughter sent me this from an IG post she liked. I feel so seen!
January 5, 2026 at 9:46 PM
My daughter sent me this from an IG post she liked. I feel so seen!