The Shipman Agency
@shipmanagency.bsky.social
The Shipman Agency offers complete literary services to writers at all stages of their careers: event booking, independent publicity, mss consultations, The Work Room. she/her https://www.theshipmanagency.com/
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Yes, honey, it's the UK edition of TERRY DACTYL, and doesn't she look lovely... Out now from @cipherpress.bsky.social and available in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and across Europe... My first book with a UK edition, here she comes...💕💋⚡💐
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Yes, honey, it's the UK edition of TERRY DACTYL, and doesn't she look lovely... Out now from @cipherpress.bsky.social and available in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and across Europe... My first book with a UK edition, here she comes...💕💋⚡💐
The Work Room has an amazing lineup of Winter classes with new and returning instructors! There’s something for everyone so check out the full listings on our website. And Happy Turkey Day to all who celebrate! 🦃https://www.theshipmanagency.com/theworkroom
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The Work Room has an amazing lineup of Winter classes with new and returning instructors! There’s something for everyone so check out the full listings on our website. And Happy Turkey Day to all who celebrate! 🦃https://www.theshipmanagency.com/theworkroom
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Meanwhile by Richard Siken
www.divasofverse.com/2019/09/mean...
www.divasofverse.com/2019/09/mean...
Meanwhile by Richard Siken
Meanwhile Driving, dogs barking, how you get used to it, how you make the new streets y...
www.divasofverse.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Meanwhile by Richard Siken
www.divasofverse.com/2019/09/mean...
www.divasofverse.com/2019/09/mean...
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
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Video of the award announcement and my acceptance speech.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV2e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV2e...
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Video of the award announcement and my acceptance speech.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV2e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV2e...
John will get into the challenges of telling a story in a culture that asks, "Is that your story to tell?" When does well-intentioned identity politics come into conflict with an author's informed imagination of characters and settings that they have less personal experience with?
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
John will get into the challenges of telling a story in a culture that asks, "Is that your story to tell?" When does well-intentioned identity politics come into conflict with an author's informed imagination of characters and settings that they have less personal experience with?
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Yes, I'll be in DC to launch TERRY DACTYL at Politics & Prose on December 1, 7 pm, and the previous day I'll be doing this workshop where we write around the art, play with words in and out of context, and see what experiments emerge...💞
We are doing ALL DAY WORKSHOPS!!!
Join us that same day (11/30/25) for an afternoon of strolling and writing with @mbsycamore.bsky.social, 3 pm at the Renwick Gallery! 🖼️
Join us that same day (11/30/25) for an afternoon of strolling and writing with @mbsycamore.bsky.social, 3 pm at the Renwick Gallery! 🖼️
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Yes, I'll be in DC to launch TERRY DACTYL at Politics & Prose on December 1, 7 pm, and the previous day I'll be doing this workshop where we write around the art, play with words in and out of context, and see what experiments emerge...💞
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My favorite photo from the award night. My agent and I at the moment of announcement.
Photo: Beowulf Sheehan
Photo: Beowulf Sheehan
November 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My favorite photo from the award night. My agent and I at the moment of announcement.
Photo: Beowulf Sheehan
Photo: Beowulf Sheehan
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It’s real! It’s real! You can pre-order MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90s AND BEYOND here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hugh-...
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It’s real! It’s real! You can pre-order MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90s AND BEYOND here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hugh-...
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Surprise! One more event before I leave New York, get ready...👠🔥🌠
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Surprise! One more event before I leave New York, get ready...👠🔥🌠
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
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Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V: The Death of the Earl, by Simon François Ravenet, after William Hogarth, 1745, 📸 by @evanvucci
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V: The Death of the Earl, by Simon François Ravenet, after William Hogarth, 1745, 📸 by @evanvucci
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The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
Queens men meet — Queens Daily Eagle
The first man from Queens to be elected president and the first Queens resident to be elected mayor of New York City met for the first time in the Oval Office on Friday.
queenseagle.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The Queens Daily Eagle remains undefeated.
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For the first time, a US politician used the platform of the oval office to call out Israeli genocide and US complicity in that genocide, and centrists are confused about why folks have more grace for him than they do for someone who enthusiastically and materially supported that genocide.
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
For the first time, a US politician used the platform of the oval office to call out Israeli genocide and US complicity in that genocide, and centrists are confused about why folks have more grace for him than they do for someone who enthusiastically and materially supported that genocide.
South Park, do your thing!!
Trump was visibly aroused by Mamdani, spent the entire meeting touching him without consent and calling him a good guy and stating that he likes him, while touching him.
November 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
South Park, do your thing!!
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Bomb is sending out my interview by Kara Walker, one of my favorites
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
BOMB Magazine | Rabih Alameddine by Kara Walker
To write about his existential experiences among Syrian refugees, the author created a boundary-crossing narrator for his new novel, The Wrong End of the…
bombmagazine.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Bomb is sending out my interview by Kara Walker, one of my favorites
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
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So, I won a National Book Award.
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
So, I won a National Book Award.
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Confirmed ICE activity at World Marina Banquet Hall lot in Corona, Queens (4:17pm).
A call is circulating for bikes, drivers for rapid response, with a belief that it is a staging area ahead of kidnappings.
A call is circulating for bikes, drivers for rapid response, with a belief that it is a staging area ahead of kidnappings.
November 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Confirmed ICE activity at World Marina Banquet Hall lot in Corona, Queens (4:17pm).
A call is circulating for bikes, drivers for rapid response, with a belief that it is a staging area ahead of kidnappings.
A call is circulating for bikes, drivers for rapid response, with a belief that it is a staging area ahead of kidnappings.
This master class will pull from a wide range of fictional material including the short stories “When We Were Nearly Young” by Mavis Gallant and “Atomito” by Liliana Colanzi, the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, and the film The Exterminating Angel by Luis Buńuel!
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This master class will pull from a wide range of fictional material including the short stories “When We Were Nearly Young” by Mavis Gallant and “Atomito” by Liliana Colanzi, the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, and the film The Exterminating Angel by Luis Buńuel!
What makes a good narrator? This class will teach you how to pick out the right voice and make it tell a story, exploring the way that narrators tell us much more than they intend to—and why that matters. Read more and register! www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/craf...
November 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
What makes a good narrator? This class will teach you how to pick out the right voice and make it tell a story, exploring the way that narrators tell us much more than they intend to—and why that matters. Read more and register! www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/craf...
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my day job cut my hours 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃 so any boost—a like, reshare, etc—to my pinned post promoting my upcoming workshops would make me ever so grateful!!!!
and for anyone interested in working 1:1, i do offer manuscript consults!: www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/nonf...
and for anyone interested in working 1:1, i do offer manuscript consults!: www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/nonf...
Nonfiction Manuscript Consultation with Greg Mania — The Shipman Agency
“Greg’s approach to teaching and mentorship is representative of who he is as a whole: thoughtful, compassionate, insightful, honest, and humorous. I’ve benefited from one-on-one sessions with him and...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
my day job cut my hours 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃 so any boost—a like, reshare, etc—to my pinned post promoting my upcoming workshops would make me ever so grateful!!!!
and for anyone interested in working 1:1, i do offer manuscript consults!: www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/nonf...
and for anyone interested in working 1:1, i do offer manuscript consults!: www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/nonf...
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Thrilled to see fellow @shipmanagency.bsky.social clients @rabihalameddine.bsky.social and @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social win well-deserved National Book Awards last night
Winners of the 2025 National Book Awards Announced
Winners of the National Book Awards in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature announced at the 76th National Book Awards Ceremony
www.nationalbook.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Thrilled to see fellow @shipmanagency.bsky.social clients @rabihalameddine.bsky.social and @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social win well-deserved National Book Awards last night
Congratulations @rabihalameddine.bsky.social and Patricia Smith🎉, winners of a National Book Award last night! Rabih for his brilliant novel THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJAH THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER), and Patricia Smith for THE INTENTIONS OF THUNDER: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS.
Congrats LEGENDS!
Congrats LEGENDS!
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Congratulations @rabihalameddine.bsky.social and Patricia Smith🎉, winners of a National Book Award last night! Rabih for his brilliant novel THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJAH THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER), and Patricia Smith for THE INTENTIONS OF THUNDER: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS.
Congrats LEGENDS!
Congrats LEGENDS!
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Reminder that I will be in conversation with @ericacbarnett.bsky.social and @mudede.bsky.social on Saturday at Elliott Bay in Seattle. Please come and say hello and listen to us chat alt weeklies and the Freaks Came Out To Write. www.elliottbaybook.com/events/48579...
Tricia Romano w/ Erica C. Barnett & Charles Mudede | Elliott Bay Book Company
Full-service, general bookstore operating since 1973. Frequent author events, cafe, over 150,000 titles
www.elliottbaybook.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Reminder that I will be in conversation with @ericacbarnett.bsky.social and @mudede.bsky.social on Saturday at Elliott Bay in Seattle. Please come and say hello and listen to us chat alt weeklies and the Freaks Came Out To Write. www.elliottbaybook.com/events/48579...
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An "epic of radiant queerness," oh my!! Yes, this interview about TERRY DACTYL is so beautiful it made me cry!!! Thank you so much to Alex Dueben and @electricliterature.com 💕💕💕
The Queer Club Culture Novel We Didn’t Know We Needed - Electric Literature
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s “Terry Dactyl” is an epic of radiant queerness amidst the AIDS crisis and COVID-19 pandemic
electricliterature.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
An "epic of radiant queerness," oh my!! Yes, this interview about TERRY DACTYL is so beautiful it made me cry!!! Thank you so much to Alex Dueben and @electricliterature.com 💕💕💕