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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats to Naomi Cohn on The Braille Encyclopedia being a finalist in the Last Syllable book awards! And to cofounder @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social as well on her novel making the list!

Last Syllable: A Longform Literary Journal @lastsyllablelit.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations to our Book Award finalists!!

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social · 2d

FIT INTO ME: A Novel: A Memoir by Molly Gaudry is now available for preordering! The book releases on 12/9. Reserve your copy now with free shipping with the code here: icont.ac/518tw

FIT INTO ME by Molly Gaudry Now Available for Preorder

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social · 5d

Tonight at 6:30 pm ET, RMP publisher & cofounder Abby Beckel will be on Instagram Live with @therumpus.net talking about RMP & small press publishing! Follow The Rumpus on Instagram & watch for the LIVE broadcast on the top ribbon, & join! See you there!

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 6d

if you're in south jersey and looking to pass the time before the Phils game, come by the Collingswood Book Festival today and say hello. I'll be on a memoir panel at 2 PM in the suggestively named Adult Tent by the library

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 9d

Up next on the Small Press Sunday roster is @rosemetalpress.bsky.social on Sunday, October 5! Join [email protected] and one of Rose Metal Press's cofounders Abigail Beckel at 3:30 PT / 6:30 ET to peek behind the curtain of one of your favorite small presses. See you there on Insta Live!

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social · 23d

Totally agree! It's so awesome to see it get awards love!

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social · 23d

Thank you!!

Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social · 23d

Sneak peek of the cover of FIT INTO ME by Molly Gaudry, releasing in December; Naomi Cohn's The Braille Encyclopedia wins 3 awards; Sheila O'Connor's Evidence of V chosen for statewide book club & her author event is TONIGHT; Upcoming @tmcallister.bsky.social events! All the RMP news: icont.ac/517z2

Sneak Peek of FIT INTO ME Cover; Braille Encyclopedia Awards; Events This Week

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Kevin Lichty @kclichty.bsky.social · 25d

I loved this book. Everyone should read!

Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social · 25d

EVIDENCE OF V by Sheila O'Connor is the current One Book | One Minnesota selection, which gives free access to the e-book to all Minnesotans as part of a statewide book club! Sheila is giving an author talk as part of the program and that is open to everyone. Register: thefriends.org/minnesota-ce...

One Book One Minnesota - The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library

One Book | One Minnesota is a statewide book club that invites Minnesotans of all ages to read a common title and come together virtually to enjoy, reflect,

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social · 25d

EVIDENCE OF V by Sheila O'Connor is the current One Book | One Minnesota selection, which gives free access to the e-book to all Minnesotans as part of a statewide book club! Sheila is giving an author talk as part of the program and that is open to everyone. Register: thefriends.org/minnesota-ce...

One Book One Minnesota - The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library

One Book | One Minnesota is a statewide book club that invites Minnesotans of all ages to read a common title and come together virtually to enjoy, reflect,

thefriends.org

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James Yates @jamesyates.bsky.social · 28d

I started reading IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE by @tmcallister.bsky.social last week, and it jump-started a new project for me. I wrote over 2,000 words today in a flurry. I haven't felt this focused in a long time.

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 26d

BTW if you're in Cleveland, Loganberry Books has 4 signed copies of IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE in stock as of last night

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 27d

Having a great day so far at the Inkubator Conference run by @literarycleveland.bsky.social. Free to the public, tons of people, well organized, and great energy. Huge turnout for my memoir session yoo

Beautiful old room full of 60ish people while I present on rethinking time in NF

More of the same. They're all writing here

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · Sep 10

Next week we kick off the 10 year anniversary celebrate of the Rutgers-Camden Writers House with a reading by me & Lauren Grodstein. Event is free, but we're also offering lots of cool extras to donors who support the Writers House. Full details

writershouse.camden.rutgers.edu/10th-anniver...

flyer promoting the event. Key details: Me & Lauren G on Sept 18, 7 PM in the Campus Center Multipurpose Room (click the link if you want all the details).

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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · Sep 4

Great essay by @tmcallister.bsky.social at The Metropolitan Review about his experience with large and small presses, with a clear-eyed, experienced idea of the pluses and minuses. Also a nice confirmation that querying agents is awful for nearly everybody. www.metropolitanreview.org/p/to-go-big-...

To Go Big or Come Home?

On the Writing Life With Major and Indie Publishers

www.metropolitanreview.org

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · Sep 8

Reading in NYC next Friday, in case anyone on this app lives in New York City and is over 30 and has a graduate degree and likes to mill around in a room with other people like that

flyer advertising the reading: me, Aida Zilelian, Wendy Wisner. Sept 19, 6-8 PM at a place called Otto's Shrunken Head

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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · Aug 27

Really loved Tom’s book, IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE, and we had a great chat about it earlier this summer. Excited the convo is out and for you all to read it (and his book!)!

Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · Aug 27

Really enjoyed this conversation with @aaronburch.bsky.social about IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE, nostalgia, making discoveries about yourself through the memoir writing process, and a lot of other stuff
www.craftliterary.com/2025/08/27/c...

Conversations Between Friends: Tom McAllister and Aaron Burch - CRAFT

Tom McAllister’s It All Felt Impossible is exactly what its subtitle promises: “42 Years in 42 Essays.” Of course, what makes it literary; what makes it a hypnotic, engaging, magical read; what makes ...

www.craftliterary.com

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · Sep 2

Still time to register for this and hang with me in Cleveland

Literary Cleveland @literarycleveland.bsky.social · Aug 1

Free registration for our Inkubator Writing Conference is now open!

Sign up for virtual and/or in-person events September 8-13!

#CleInk25

www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-inkub...

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Steve Himmer @shimmer.bsky.social · Sep 5

This has been getting shared all over, as it should be, but I'm grateful for @tmcallister.bsky.social's openness about what is a more typical experience for writers than the rare instant blockbuster career. It is certainly a whole lot closer to mine.

To Go Big or Come Home?

On the Writing Life With Major and Indie Publishers

www.metropolitanreview.org

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tortoisebooks.bsky.social @tortoisebooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

Whoops, here's the link: www.metropolitanreview.org/p/to-go-big-...

To Go Big or Come Home?

On the Writing Life With Major and Indie Publishers

www.metropolitanreview.org

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tortoisebooks.bsky.social @tortoisebooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

"My grad students typically leave these meetings having processed the message that whatever you’re working on is wrong...I tell them to make the thing they believe in." Wonderful
@tmcallister.bsky.social piece about @rosemetalpress.bsky.social

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Tom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · Sep 3

Wrote for The Metropolitan Review about the pros & cons of working w/ small indie presses vs. big presses, the journey from almost being a big fancy author to being a medium unfancy author, and mid-career re-evaluation of what I want out of the writing life
www.metropolitanreview.org/p/to-go-big-...

To Go Big or Come Home?

On the Writing Life With Major and Indie Publishers

www.metropolitanreview.org

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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social · Sep 3

"Many accomplished writer friends — people with two or more large press books — have found themselves at a similar crossroads in recent years." IT ALL FELT IMPOSSIBLE author @tmcallister.bsky.social muses on major & indie publishers at Metropolitan Review! www.metropolitanreview.org/p/to-go-big-...

To Go Big or Come Home?

On the Writing Life With Major and Indie Publishers

www.metropolitanreview.org

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Kathleen Rooney @kathleenmrooney.bsky.social · Sep 2

This Friday night at the Whistler! Organized by @neonpajamas.bsky.social! Come hear @rosemetalpress.bsky.social author Chris Bower and many, many other great small press writers at the Printers Row Lit Fest Offsite Reading!

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · Aug 28

Hey friends, I'm gathering flash fiction that uses poetic forms for a project. Any you know of and can link here would be hugely appreciated. I am doing my own research! But I know I must be missing some. Thanks so much. 💙

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