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@rarebirdlit.bsky.social
Rare Bird is a LA-based publishing company founded in 2010. We publish 50 books a year. We also release vinyl audiobooks & full-length records with musicians.
Wherever good books are sold.
Co-owner of North Figueroa Bookshop.
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Wherever good books are sold.
Co-owner of North Figueroa Bookshop.
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@rarebirdlit.bsky.social
· Oct 16
Bleeders has arrived and the streets run red once more. Copies are beginning to make their way into the hands of those who pre-ordered.
Unsigned editions are still available—claim yours via the link below before they vanish into the fog. @andybiersack.bsky.social
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Unsigned editions are still available—claim yours via the link below before they vanish into the fog. @andybiersack.bsky.social
rarebirdlit.com/bleeders-by-an…
What happens when a woman takes control of her own gaze?
Camgirl is Isa Mazzei’s brilliantly self-aware chronicle of life at the intersection of art, eroticism, and identity. Wickedly funny and impossible to put down.
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Camgirl is Isa Mazzei’s brilliantly self-aware chronicle of life at the intersection of art, eroticism, and identity. Wickedly funny and impossible to put down.
rarebirdlit.com/camgirl-by-i... @isamazzei.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
What happens when a woman takes control of her own gaze?
Camgirl is Isa Mazzei’s brilliantly self-aware chronicle of life at the intersection of art, eroticism, and identity. Wickedly funny and impossible to put down.
rarebirdlit.com/camgirl-by-i... @isamazzei.bsky.social
Camgirl is Isa Mazzei’s brilliantly self-aware chronicle of life at the intersection of art, eroticism, and identity. Wickedly funny and impossible to put down.
rarebirdlit.com/camgirl-by-i... @isamazzei.bsky.social
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Another in the series of paintings I’m doing to promote the new book. This is one of the main characters. Her name is Ride. (Also seen with book for scale.)
Details on the promo to come.
Pre-order ONCE A MAN here: onceaman.com
@rarebirdlit.bsky.social
Details on the promo to come.
Pre-order ONCE A MAN here: onceaman.com
@rarebirdlit.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Another in the series of paintings I’m doing to promote the new book. This is one of the main characters. Her name is Ride. (Also seen with book for scale.)
Details on the promo to come.
Pre-order ONCE A MAN here: onceaman.com
@rarebirdlit.bsky.social
Details on the promo to come.
Pre-order ONCE A MAN here: onceaman.com
@rarebirdlit.bsky.social
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We’re thrilled to reveal the cover for my upcoming book from @rarebirdlit.bsky.social "Remains of the Day." This book is a spellbinding journey through Washington, DC’s historic cemeteries and the remarkable lives buried within them.
✍️ Signed preorders available now: rarebirdlit.com/remains-of-t...
✍️ Signed preorders available now: rarebirdlit.com/remains-of-t...
Remains of the Day by John Kiriakou
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November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
We’re thrilled to reveal the cover for my upcoming book from @rarebirdlit.bsky.social "Remains of the Day." This book is a spellbinding journey through Washington, DC’s historic cemeteries and the remarkable lives buried within them.
✍️ Signed preorders available now: rarebirdlit.com/remains-of-t...
✍️ Signed preorders available now: rarebirdlit.com/remains-of-t...
A modern love story set in New York, Cooler Heads by Julian Tepper is a piercing exploration of intimacy, ambition, and identity in a (often cursed) city that tempts us to believe we can have it all.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A modern love story set in New York, Cooler Heads by Julian Tepper is a piercing exploration of intimacy, ambition, and identity in a (often cursed) city that tempts us to believe we can have it all.
rarebirdlit.com/cooler-heads...
rarebirdlit.com/cooler-heads...
We’re thrilled to reveal the cover for Remains of the Day by @johnkiriakou.bsky.social. This book is a spellbinding journey through Washington, DC’s historic cemeteries and the remarkable lives buried within them.
Signed preorders available now: rarebirdlit.com/remains-of-t...
Signed preorders available now: rarebirdlit.com/remains-of-t...
November 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We’re thrilled to reveal the cover for Remains of the Day by @johnkiriakou.bsky.social. This book is a spellbinding journey through Washington, DC’s historic cemeteries and the remarkable lives buried within them.
Signed preorders available now: rarebirdlit.com/remains-of-t...
Signed preorders available now: rarebirdlit.com/remains-of-t...
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Been busy on a series of paintings to promote the new book. This is one of the characters. His name is Blaze. (Also seen with book for scale.)
Details on the promo to come.
Pre-order ONCE A MAN here: onceaman.com
@rarebirdlit.bsky.social
Details on the promo to come.
Pre-order ONCE A MAN here: onceaman.com
@rarebirdlit.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Been busy on a series of paintings to promote the new book. This is one of the characters. His name is Blaze. (Also seen with book for scale.)
Details on the promo to come.
Pre-order ONCE A MAN here: onceaman.com
@rarebirdlit.bsky.social
Details on the promo to come.
Pre-order ONCE A MAN here: onceaman.com
@rarebirdlit.bsky.social
From basement riots to banned stages, Leftöver Crack rewrote the rules and paid the price. This is a punk oral history that’s drenched in blood and brilliance.
The band goes on out this November. The chaos continues.
rarebirdlit.com/architects-of-…
The band goes on out this November. The chaos continues.
rarebirdlit.com/architects-of-…
October 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
From basement riots to banned stages, Leftöver Crack rewrote the rules and paid the price. This is a punk oral history that’s drenched in blood and brilliance.
The band goes on out this November. The chaos continues.
rarebirdlit.com/architects-of-…
The band goes on out this November. The chaos continues.
rarebirdlit.com/architects-of-…
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Been busy on a series of paintings to promote the new book. This is one of the characters. Her name is Kendra. Details on the promo to come.
onceaman.com
@rarebirdlit.bsky.social
onceaman.com
@rarebirdlit.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Been busy on a series of paintings to promote the new book. This is one of the characters. Her name is Kendra. Details on the promo to come.
onceaman.com
@rarebirdlit.bsky.social
onceaman.com
@rarebirdlit.bsky.social
It’s that time again when the veil thins, and art like this feels almost alive. This Halloween, revisit 7:42 P.M. The Art of Chris Mars—a stunning collection of eerie, otherworldly paintings exploring the light within darkness.
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rarebirdlit.com/7-42-p-m-the...
October 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
It’s that time again when the veil thins, and art like this feels almost alive. This Halloween, revisit 7:42 P.M. The Art of Chris Mars—a stunning collection of eerie, otherworldly paintings exploring the light within darkness.
rarebirdlit.com/7-42-p-m-the...
rarebirdlit.com/7-42-p-m-the...
Bleeders has arrived and the streets run red once more. Copies are beginning to make their way into the hands of those who pre-ordered.
Unsigned editions are still available—claim yours via the link below before they vanish into the fog. @andybiersack.bsky.social
rarebirdlit.com/bleeders-by-an…
Unsigned editions are still available—claim yours via the link below before they vanish into the fog. @andybiersack.bsky.social
rarebirdlit.com/bleeders-by-an…
October 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Bleeders has arrived and the streets run red once more. Copies are beginning to make their way into the hands of those who pre-ordered.
Unsigned editions are still available—claim yours via the link below before they vanish into the fog. @andybiersack.bsky.social
rarebirdlit.com/bleeders-by-an…
Unsigned editions are still available—claim yours via the link below before they vanish into the fog. @andybiersack.bsky.social
rarebirdlit.com/bleeders-by-an…
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Last night at #ChevaliersBooks, Tom Lutz had everyone hooked with his stories behind "1925" and "Chagos Archipelago." Great conversation with Albert Litewka! 🙌🏽
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social @rarebirdlit.bsky.social @redhenpress.bsky.social #TomLutz #1925book #ChagosArchipelago #CoriolisClient
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social @rarebirdlit.bsky.social @redhenpress.bsky.social #TomLutz #1925book #ChagosArchipelago #CoriolisClient
October 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Last night at #ChevaliersBooks, Tom Lutz had everyone hooked with his stories behind "1925" and "Chagos Archipelago." Great conversation with Albert Litewka! 🙌🏽
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social @rarebirdlit.bsky.social @redhenpress.bsky.social #TomLutz #1925book #ChagosArchipelago #CoriolisClient
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social @rarebirdlit.bsky.social @redhenpress.bsky.social #TomLutz #1925book #ChagosArchipelago #CoriolisClient
From backstage chaos to quiet hotel rooms, Malia James—bassist for Dum Dum Girls and Marnie Stern—turns the lens on her own story. Girl in a Girl Band is an intimate collage of photographs and handwritten reflections.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
From backstage chaos to quiet hotel rooms, Malia James—bassist for Dum Dum Girls and Marnie Stern—turns the lens on her own story. Girl in a Girl Band is an intimate collage of photographs and handwritten reflections.
rarebirdlit.com/girl-in-a-gi...
rarebirdlit.com/girl-in-a-gi...
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What if AI is everything we fear AND everything we’ve ever hoped for. My latest novel will be released in November by @rarebirdlit.bsky.social ! Pre-order now at: onceaman.com
#newbook #ai #postapocalypse #dystopian
#newbook #ai #postapocalypse #dystopian
October 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
What if AI is everything we fear AND everything we’ve ever hoped for. My latest novel will be released in November by @rarebirdlit.bsky.social ! Pre-order now at: onceaman.com
#newbook #ai #postapocalypse #dystopian
#newbook #ai #postapocalypse #dystopian
Happy birthday to Johnny Ramone.🖤
In Gabba Gabba Hey: A Conversation With the Ramones by Carl Cafarelli, the Ramones tell their own story. Alive again on the page.
Get your copy: www.amazon.com/Gabba-Hey-Co...
In Gabba Gabba Hey: A Conversation With the Ramones by Carl Cafarelli, the Ramones tell their own story. Alive again on the page.
Get your copy: www.amazon.com/Gabba-Hey-Co...
October 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Happy birthday to Johnny Ramone.🖤
In Gabba Gabba Hey: A Conversation With the Ramones by Carl Cafarelli, the Ramones tell their own story. Alive again on the page.
Get your copy: www.amazon.com/Gabba-Hey-Co...
In Gabba Gabba Hey: A Conversation With the Ramones by Carl Cafarelli, the Ramones tell their own story. Alive again on the page.
Get your copy: www.amazon.com/Gabba-Hey-Co...
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📅 10/10, 7 PM – @vromansbookstore.bsky.social, Pasadena, CA | with John Powers
📅 10/14, 7 PM – Chevalier's Books, Los Angeles, CA
📅 10/19, 2 PM PT – @redhenpress.bsky.social, Pasadena, CA
Don't miss your chance!
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social #ChagosArchipelago #1925book #CoriolisClient
(4/4)
📅 10/14, 7 PM – Chevalier's Books, Los Angeles, CA
📅 10/19, 2 PM PT – @redhenpress.bsky.social, Pasadena, CA
Don't miss your chance!
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social #ChagosArchipelago #1925book #CoriolisClient
(4/4)
October 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
📅 10/10, 7 PM – @vromansbookstore.bsky.social, Pasadena, CA | with John Powers
📅 10/14, 7 PM – Chevalier's Books, Los Angeles, CA
📅 10/19, 2 PM PT – @redhenpress.bsky.social, Pasadena, CA
Don't miss your chance!
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social #ChagosArchipelago #1925book #CoriolisClient
(4/4)
📅 10/14, 7 PM – Chevalier's Books, Los Angeles, CA
📅 10/19, 2 PM PT – @redhenpress.bsky.social, Pasadena, CA
Don't miss your chance!
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social #ChagosArchipelago #1925book #CoriolisClient
(4/4)
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Upcoming Chances to Hear Tom:
📅 10/6, 7 PM – @skylightbooks.bsky.social, Los Angeles, CA | with Lisa Teasley
📅 10/7, 10 AM – The Town Club, Pasadena, CA
📅 10/9, 6:30 PM – @dieselbookstore.com, Santa Monica, CA
#MeetTheAuthor #BookTour
(3/4)
📅 10/6, 7 PM – @skylightbooks.bsky.social, Los Angeles, CA | with Lisa Teasley
📅 10/7, 10 AM – The Town Club, Pasadena, CA
📅 10/9, 6:30 PM – @dieselbookstore.com, Santa Monica, CA
#MeetTheAuthor #BookTour
(3/4)
October 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Upcoming Chances to Hear Tom:
📅 10/6, 7 PM – @skylightbooks.bsky.social, Los Angeles, CA | with Lisa Teasley
📅 10/7, 10 AM – The Town Club, Pasadena, CA
📅 10/9, 6:30 PM – @dieselbookstore.com, Santa Monica, CA
#MeetTheAuthor #BookTour
(3/4)
📅 10/6, 7 PM – @skylightbooks.bsky.social, Los Angeles, CA | with Lisa Teasley
📅 10/7, 10 AM – The Town Club, Pasadena, CA
📅 10/9, 6:30 PM – @dieselbookstore.com, Santa Monica, CA
#MeetTheAuthor #BookTour
(3/4)
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You'll engage with his extensive book about the Roaring Twenties, "1925: A Literary Encyclopedia," and his international thriller, "Chagos Archipelago" (which follows up on the awesome "Born Slippy").
@rarebirdlit.bsky.social @redhenpress.bsky.social #TomLutz #LiteraryFiction
(2/4)
@rarebirdlit.bsky.social @redhenpress.bsky.social #TomLutz #LiteraryFiction
(2/4)
October 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
You'll engage with his extensive book about the Roaring Twenties, "1925: A Literary Encyclopedia," and his international thriller, "Chagos Archipelago" (which follows up on the awesome "Born Slippy").
@rarebirdlit.bsky.social @redhenpress.bsky.social #TomLutz #LiteraryFiction
(2/4)
@rarebirdlit.bsky.social @redhenpress.bsky.social #TomLutz #LiteraryFiction
(2/4)
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Huge congratulations to Chip Jacobs. Later Days is officially a @usatoday.com bestseller!
Want to celebrate with Chip in person? He’ll be at Arvida Book Co. this Saturday, October 4th at 2pm for a reading and conversation with @gustavoarellano.bsky.social
rarebirdlit.com/later-days-b...
Want to celebrate with Chip in person? He’ll be at Arvida Book Co. this Saturday, October 4th at 2pm for a reading and conversation with @gustavoarellano.bsky.social
rarebirdlit.com/later-days-b...
October 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Huge congratulations to Chip Jacobs. Later Days is officially a @usatoday.com bestseller!
Want to celebrate with Chip in person? He’ll be at Arvida Book Co. this Saturday, October 4th at 2pm for a reading and conversation with @gustavoarellano.bsky.social
rarebirdlit.com/later-days-b...
Want to celebrate with Chip in person? He’ll be at Arvida Book Co. this Saturday, October 4th at 2pm for a reading and conversation with @gustavoarellano.bsky.social
rarebirdlit.com/later-days-b...
What happens when the search for identity collides with mystery, myth, and the uncanny?
John C. Hampsey’s Soda Lake opens with a haunting image—a man vanishing into a lake of white salt—hits bookshelves October 21st!
www.amazon.com/Soda-Lake-No...
John C. Hampsey’s Soda Lake opens with a haunting image—a man vanishing into a lake of white salt—hits bookshelves October 21st!
www.amazon.com/Soda-Lake-No...
September 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
What happens when the search for identity collides with mystery, myth, and the uncanny?
John C. Hampsey’s Soda Lake opens with a haunting image—a man vanishing into a lake of white salt—hits bookshelves October 21st!
www.amazon.com/Soda-Lake-No...
John C. Hampsey’s Soda Lake opens with a haunting image—a man vanishing into a lake of white salt—hits bookshelves October 21st!
www.amazon.com/Soda-Lake-No...
Jennifer Sklias-Gahan’s The House in the Middle of the Street is a spellbinding debut of inheritance, haunting, and the creatures we dare let in. Think Brothers Grimm by way of a fever dream, steeped in shadow and bound by blood.
rarebirdlit.com/the-house-in...
rarebirdlit.com/the-house-in...
September 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Jennifer Sklias-Gahan’s The House in the Middle of the Street is a spellbinding debut of inheritance, haunting, and the creatures we dare let in. Think Brothers Grimm by way of a fever dream, steeped in shadow and bound by blood.
rarebirdlit.com/the-house-in...
rarebirdlit.com/the-house-in...
Thank you to Vroman’s for hosting, Sandra Tsing Loh for being an incredible conversation partner, and to everyone who joined us in Pasadena last night to celebrate the release of Chip Jacob’s’ new novel, Later Days.
@vromansbookstore.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/Later-Days-C...
@vromansbookstore.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/Later-Days-C...
September 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Thank you to Vroman’s for hosting, Sandra Tsing Loh for being an incredible conversation partner, and to everyone who joined us in Pasadena last night to celebrate the release of Chip Jacob’s’ new novel, Later Days.
@vromansbookstore.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/Later-Days-C...
@vromansbookstore.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/Later-Days-C...
🔥 COVER REVEAL🔥
What happens when gods outlive their worshippers?
In Andrew Rubin’s Hell or High Winter, Hermes, Messenger of the Gods, walks the streets of the 21st century—witty, restless, and desperate for relevance in an age where no one is listening.
@andrewrubin7.bsky.social
What happens when gods outlive their worshippers?
In Andrew Rubin’s Hell or High Winter, Hermes, Messenger of the Gods, walks the streets of the 21st century—witty, restless, and desperate for relevance in an age where no one is listening.
@andrewrubin7.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
🔥 COVER REVEAL🔥
What happens when gods outlive their worshippers?
In Andrew Rubin’s Hell or High Winter, Hermes, Messenger of the Gods, walks the streets of the 21st century—witty, restless, and desperate for relevance in an age where no one is listening.
@andrewrubin7.bsky.social
What happens when gods outlive their worshippers?
In Andrew Rubin’s Hell or High Winter, Hermes, Messenger of the Gods, walks the streets of the 21st century—witty, restless, and desperate for relevance in an age where no one is listening.
@andrewrubin7.bsky.social
📚✨ Five new worlds open today.
History. Exile. Music. Memory. Desire.
Available now via the link in our bio or wherever good books are sold!
www.rarebirdlit.com
History. Exile. Music. Memory. Desire.
Available now via the link in our bio or wherever good books are sold!
www.rarebirdlit.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
📚✨ Five new worlds open today.
History. Exile. Music. Memory. Desire.
Available now via the link in our bio or wherever good books are sold!
www.rarebirdlit.com
History. Exile. Music. Memory. Desire.
Available now via the link in our bio or wherever good books are sold!
www.rarebirdlit.com
Later Days hits bookshelves this Tuesday!
A gripping tale of brotherhood, recklessness, and footloose souls in late-seventies Southern California, Chip Jacobs’ evocative follow-up to Arroyo captures the ties that bind & break us.
@vromansbookstore.bsky.social
vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-0...
A gripping tale of brotherhood, recklessness, and footloose souls in late-seventies Southern California, Chip Jacobs’ evocative follow-up to Arroyo captures the ties that bind & break us.
@vromansbookstore.bsky.social
vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-0...
September 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Later Days hits bookshelves this Tuesday!
A gripping tale of brotherhood, recklessness, and footloose souls in late-seventies Southern California, Chip Jacobs’ evocative follow-up to Arroyo captures the ties that bind & break us.
@vromansbookstore.bsky.social
vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-0...
A gripping tale of brotherhood, recklessness, and footloose souls in late-seventies Southern California, Chip Jacobs’ evocative follow-up to Arroyo captures the ties that bind & break us.
@vromansbookstore.bsky.social
vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-0...