Chris Bucci
@cbuccibookman.bsky.social
Literary Agent at Aevitas Creative New York🇨🇦🇺🇲
Being able to stop & not just smell the roses, but to exist among them, quietly perceiving, learning, & reflecting on the world around us... For some 240 beautiful pages, we get to experience life from this perspective. THE TORTOISE’S TALE is an insightful, delightfully unique debut novel.
November 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Being able to stop & not just smell the roses, but to exist among them, quietly perceiving, learning, & reflecting on the world around us... For some 240 beautiful pages, we get to experience life from this perspective. THE TORTOISE’S TALE is an insightful, delightfully unique debut novel.
THE TORTOISE'S TALE
“This quiet but beautifully written debut will resonate particularly with animal lovers and readers . . . Written in an unhurried prose, Magic’s perspective offers meditations on love, nature, beauty, and cruelty."
—Booklist
“This quiet but beautifully written debut will resonate particularly with animal lovers and readers . . . Written in an unhurried prose, Magic’s perspective offers meditations on love, nature, beauty, and cruelty."
—Booklist
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
THE TORTOISE'S TALE
“This quiet but beautifully written debut will resonate particularly with animal lovers and readers . . . Written in an unhurried prose, Magic’s perspective offers meditations on love, nature, beauty, and cruelty."
—Booklist
“This quiet but beautifully written debut will resonate particularly with animal lovers and readers . . . Written in an unhurried prose, Magic’s perspective offers meditations on love, nature, beauty, and cruelty."
—Booklist
"A book to read and reread, and a welcome source of inspiration in this era of diminishing nature.”
—ANDREW WESTOLL, bestselling author of The Jungle South of the Mountain
THE TORTOISE'S TALE
—ANDREW WESTOLL, bestselling author of The Jungle South of the Mountain
THE TORTOISE'S TALE
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"A book to read and reread, and a welcome source of inspiration in this era of diminishing nature.”
—ANDREW WESTOLL, bestselling author of The Jungle South of the Mountain
THE TORTOISE'S TALE
—ANDREW WESTOLL, bestselling author of The Jungle South of the Mountain
THE TORTOISE'S TALE
"Propulsive, moving, and bursting with life, THE TORTOISE'S TALE will break your heart and then heal it again.”
—AMY JONES, author of Pebble & Dove
—AMY JONES, author of Pebble & Dove
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"Propulsive, moving, and bursting with life, THE TORTOISE'S TALE will break your heart and then heal it again.”
—AMY JONES, author of Pebble & Dove
—AMY JONES, author of Pebble & Dove
Billie Walker times three!
THE ITALIAN SECRET
“A richly layered, page-turning post-war mystery that explores, with depth and heart, how long-held secrets shape family and identity.” —Susan Meissner, USA Today bestselling author of A Map to Paradise
THE ITALIAN SECRET
“A richly layered, page-turning post-war mystery that explores, with depth and heart, how long-held secrets shape family and identity.” —Susan Meissner, USA Today bestselling author of A Map to Paradise
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Billie Walker times three!
THE ITALIAN SECRET
“A richly layered, page-turning post-war mystery that explores, with depth and heart, how long-held secrets shape family and identity.” —Susan Meissner, USA Today bestselling author of A Map to Paradise
THE ITALIAN SECRET
“A richly layered, page-turning post-war mystery that explores, with depth and heart, how long-held secrets shape family and identity.” —Susan Meissner, USA Today bestselling author of A Map to Paradise
“A remarkable, unforgettable, wildly imaginative debut. THE TORTOISE'S TALE is at once a powerful meditation on survival and humanity, and a moving life story from an incomparable narrator.”
—LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN,USA Today and nationally bestselling author of Till Death Do Us Part
—LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN,USA Today and nationally bestselling author of Till Death Do Us Part
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
“A remarkable, unforgettable, wildly imaginative debut. THE TORTOISE'S TALE is at once a powerful meditation on survival and humanity, and a moving life story from an incomparable narrator.”
—LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN,USA Today and nationally bestselling author of Till Death Do Us Part
—LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN,USA Today and nationally bestselling author of Till Death Do Us Part
Wow I get to do my own unboxing! THE ITALIAN SECRET publishes in just about couple of wekks!
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Wow I get to do my own unboxing! THE ITALIAN SECRET publishes in just about couple of wekks!
THE TORTOISE'S TALE is "Gorgeous and exactly what weneed. I'd follow this tortoise and this author anywhere." according to author Deb Olin Unferth.
November 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
THE TORTOISE'S TALE is "Gorgeous and exactly what weneed. I'd follow this tortoise and this author anywhere." according to author Deb Olin Unferth.
HOTSHOT is a kirkus best book of the year!!!
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
HOTSHOT is a kirkus best book of the year!!!
Did I mention THE TORTOISE'S TALE has two covers? One for Canada and one for the US.
Which one do you like better?
Which one do you like better?
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Did I mention THE TORTOISE'S TALE has two covers? One for Canada and one for the US.
Which one do you like better?
Which one do you like better?
Some wonderful books come out this week but don't forget these 2 great books that came out last week!
THE TORTOISE'S TALE "Gorgeous, & exactly what we need. I'd follow this tortoise & this author anywhere."—DEB OLIN UNFERTH
IN THE BONES "A shrewd shocker that should win the author new fans”―PW
THE TORTOISE'S TALE "Gorgeous, & exactly what we need. I'd follow this tortoise & this author anywhere."—DEB OLIN UNFERTH
IN THE BONES "A shrewd shocker that should win the author new fans”―PW
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Some wonderful books come out this week but don't forget these 2 great books that came out last week!
THE TORTOISE'S TALE "Gorgeous, & exactly what we need. I'd follow this tortoise & this author anywhere."—DEB OLIN UNFERTH
IN THE BONES "A shrewd shocker that should win the author new fans”―PW
THE TORTOISE'S TALE "Gorgeous, & exactly what we need. I'd follow this tortoise & this author anywhere."—DEB OLIN UNFERTH
IN THE BONES "A shrewd shocker that should win the author new fans”―PW
The beautiful THE TORTOISE'S TALE is on sale. Go get yourself this magical novel! Congratulations @drkendracoulter.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The beautiful THE TORTOISE'S TALE is on sale. Go get yourself this magical novel! Congratulations @drkendracoulter.bsky.social
Happy publication day Kendra Coulter! I am so excited for the world to read THE TORTOISE'S TALE!
“A charming debut…Readers are in for a treat.”
—Publishers Weekly
"Gorgeous, and exactly what we need. I'd follow this tortoise and this author anywhere."
—DEB OLIN UNFERTH, author of Barn 8
“A charming debut…Readers are in for a treat.”
—Publishers Weekly
"Gorgeous, and exactly what we need. I'd follow this tortoise and this author anywhere."
—DEB OLIN UNFERTH, author of Barn 8
November 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Happy publication day Kendra Coulter! I am so excited for the world to read THE TORTOISE'S TALE!
“A charming debut…Readers are in for a treat.”
—Publishers Weekly
"Gorgeous, and exactly what we need. I'd follow this tortoise and this author anywhere."
—DEB OLIN UNFERTH, author of Barn 8
“A charming debut…Readers are in for a treat.”
—Publishers Weekly
"Gorgeous, and exactly what we need. I'd follow this tortoise and this author anywhere."
—DEB OLIN UNFERTH, author of Barn 8
TOMORROW!
This Magic-al book THE TORTOISE'S TALE hits stores in the US and Canada. You really need to get yourself a copy!
"A remarkable, unforgettable, wildly imaginative debut... it is fitting, because magic is exactly what this book feels like."
—LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN, bestselling author
This Magic-al book THE TORTOISE'S TALE hits stores in the US and Canada. You really need to get yourself a copy!
"A remarkable, unforgettable, wildly imaginative debut... it is fitting, because magic is exactly what this book feels like."
—LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN, bestselling author
November 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
TOMORROW!
This Magic-al book THE TORTOISE'S TALE hits stores in the US and Canada. You really need to get yourself a copy!
"A remarkable, unforgettable, wildly imaginative debut... it is fitting, because magic is exactly what this book feels like."
—LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN, bestselling author
This Magic-al book THE TORTOISE'S TALE hits stores in the US and Canada. You really need to get yourself a copy!
"A remarkable, unforgettable, wildly imaginative debut... it is fitting, because magic is exactly what this book feels like."
—LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN, bestselling author
Coming tomorrow IN THE BONES the latest gripping novel by Tessa Wegert!!!
November 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Coming tomorrow IN THE BONES the latest gripping novel by Tessa Wegert!!!
The Tortoise’s Tale is a goodreads pick this month.
November 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Tortoise’s Tale is a goodreads pick this month.
A play in two acts!
Lets go Jays!
Lets go Jays!
November 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A play in two acts!
Lets go Jays!
Lets go Jays!
My costume is ready.
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
My costume is ready.
THE ITALIAN SECRET is the fiction pick of the week in The Sydney Morning Herald!
North American readers can look forward to it in December!
North American readers can look forward to it in December!
October 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
THE ITALIAN SECRET is the fiction pick of the week in The Sydney Morning Herald!
North American readers can look forward to it in December!
North American readers can look forward to it in December!
I just need everyone to know that this wonderful book THE TORTOISE'S TALE is coming out next week and when you meet this giant Tortoise you will know why she is MAGIC!
October 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I just need everyone to know that this wonderful book THE TORTOISE'S TALE is coming out next week and when you meet this giant Tortoise you will know why she is MAGIC!
“A shrewd shocker that should win the author new fans”―Publishers Weekly
"The piercing family melodrama and all-too-human detective provide deep roots . . . Here’s to the promised sequels"―Kirkus Reviews
"The piercing family melodrama and all-too-human detective provide deep roots . . . Here’s to the promised sequels"―Kirkus Reviews
October 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“A shrewd shocker that should win the author new fans”―Publishers Weekly
"The piercing family melodrama and all-too-human detective provide deep roots . . . Here’s to the promised sequels"―Kirkus Reviews
"The piercing family melodrama and all-too-human detective provide deep roots . . . Here’s to the promised sequels"―Kirkus Reviews
Coming next week to the US and CANADA!
"A remarkable, unforgettable, wildly imaginative debut. THE TORTOISE'S TALE is at once a powerful meditation on survival and humanity, and a moving life story from an incomparable narrator."
—LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN, bestselling author of Till Death Do Us Part
"A remarkable, unforgettable, wildly imaginative debut. THE TORTOISE'S TALE is at once a powerful meditation on survival and humanity, and a moving life story from an incomparable narrator."
—LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN, bestselling author of Till Death Do Us Part
October 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Coming next week to the US and CANADA!
"A remarkable, unforgettable, wildly imaginative debut. THE TORTOISE'S TALE is at once a powerful meditation on survival and humanity, and a moving life story from an incomparable narrator."
—LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN, bestselling author of Till Death Do Us Part
"A remarkable, unforgettable, wildly imaginative debut. THE TORTOISE'S TALE is at once a powerful meditation on survival and humanity, and a moving life story from an incomparable narrator."
—LAURIE ELIZABETH FLYNN, bestselling author of Till Death Do Us Part
