Lisa Borders
@lisaborders.bsky.social
Massachusetts-based writer, cat lover, alt rock fanatic. New novel, Last Night at the Disco, coming from Regal House in October 2025. Humor in McSweeney’s & more. I run the Novel Reactor workshops. Pro-science, anti-fascist. https://www.lisaborders.com/
Had a blast of a disco brunch at Thunder Road Books this morning. Saw friends and family and my beloved fifth grade teacher. Met new friends and readers! Profoundly grateful for the support and love I’ve felt on this whole trip. Indie bookstores and libraries are the best places in the world. ❤️
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Had a blast of a disco brunch at Thunder Road Books this morning. Saw friends and family and my beloved fifth grade teacher. Met new friends and readers! Profoundly grateful for the support and love I’ve felt on this whole trip. Indie bookstores and libraries are the best places in the world. ❤️
Giving the sequins a rest today, then two events this weekend in Philly and Spring Lake, NJ for Last Night at the Disco. Can’t stop the dance!
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Giving the sequins a rest today, then two events this weekend in Philly and Spring Lake, NJ for Last Night at the Disco. Can’t stop the dance!
South Jersey! I’ll be dressed in my disco finery at the Millville Public Library tonight as part of the NJ Authors Series, 6:30 pm. Come for the fun 70s slide show, stay for a discussion of my new novel, LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO. 🪩 💃🪩
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
South Jersey! I’ll be dressed in my disco finery at the Millville Public Library tonight as part of the NJ Authors Series, 6:30 pm. Come for the fun 70s slide show, stay for a discussion of my new novel, LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO. 🪩 💃🪩
Fabulous night with @emilyflake.bsky.social and Elly Lonon at the amazing Words bookstore in Maplewood, NJ. Next stop: Millville NJ, Thursday night!
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Fabulous night with @emilyflake.bsky.social and Elly Lonon at the amazing Words bookstore in Maplewood, NJ. Next stop: Millville NJ, Thursday night!
Hitting the road with my 70s slide show and some awesome conversation partners for LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO book events in the motherland of NJ! First up: Words in Maplewood NJ this Tuesday, 11/11 at 7:30 pm, with the amazing @emilyflake.bsky.social and Elly Lonon!
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Hitting the road with my 70s slide show and some awesome conversation partners for LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO book events in the motherland of NJ! First up: Words in Maplewood NJ this Tuesday, 11/11 at 7:30 pm, with the amazing @emilyflake.bsky.social and Elly Lonon!
This Monday night at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social. Cone join us!
October 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This Monday night at @harvardbookstore.bsky.social. Cone join us!
Lots of events coming up for Last Night at the Disco, including three in the next week! For more info, visit my website, lisaborders.com. #bookthreads
October 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Lots of events coming up for Last Night at the Disco, including three in the next week! For more info, visit my website, lisaborders.com. #bookthreads
Had a wonderful event last night at Lofty Pigeon Books for my novel LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO! So much fun hanging with my NYC pals.
October 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Had a wonderful event last night at Lofty Pigeon Books for my novel LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO! So much fun hanging with my NYC pals.
My book launch last night was a beautiful dream. Could not have been more wonderful! Thanks to @newtonvillebooks.bsky.social and so many others for helping to bring LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO into the world!
October 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My book launch last night was a beautiful dream. Could not have been more wonderful! Thanks to @newtonvillebooks.bsky.social and so many others for helping to bring LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO into the world!
LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO has the power to bend space and time! See what happened when I unboxed my books. #booksky #unboxingvideo
September 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO has the power to bend space and time! See what happened when I unboxed my books. #booksky #unboxingvideo
Transport yourself out of 2025! Preorder at your favorite bookstore. #booksky #lastnightatthedisco
September 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Transport yourself out of 2025! Preorder at your favorite bookstore. #booksky #lastnightatthedisco
Me too, but you can’t have Quisp without Quake!
September 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Me too, but you can’t have Quisp without Quake!
Excited to share book events this fall for Last Night at the Disco, starting with my launch at @newtonvillebooks.bsky.social on October 7. I hope to see you on the road! #booksky
August 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Excited to share book events this fall for Last Night at the Disco, starting with my launch at @newtonvillebooks.bsky.social on October 7. I hope to see you on the road! #booksky
Over the moon to share this glowing review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social, describing Last Night at the Disco as a “hilarious novel” with a “deliciously unlikable antihero” and adding, “Readers will be hooked by this tragicomic romp.” Link to full review below. #booksky #lastnightatthedisco
August 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Over the moon to share this glowing review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social, describing Last Night at the Disco as a “hilarious novel” with a “deliciously unlikable antihero” and adding, “Readers will be hooked by this tragicomic romp.” Link to full review below. #booksky #lastnightatthedisco
I have page proofs for Last Night at the Disco to motor through this weekend, but Clarence thinks I’m missing the beauty right in front of me.
June 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I have page proofs for Last Night at the Disco to motor through this weekend, but Clarence thinks I’m missing the beauty right in front of me.
Fun day at the Massachusetts State House for a celebration of this year’s @masscultural.bsky.social fellows! Such an honor to meet other artists and hear impassioned speeches about the importance of the arts. Grateful to live in MA, and to those who support the MCC. #powerofculture #mcc #novelist
May 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Fun day at the Massachusetts State House for a celebration of this year’s @masscultural.bsky.social fellows! Such an honor to meet other artists and hear impassioned speeches about the importance of the arts. Grateful to live in MA, and to those who support the MCC. #powerofculture #mcc #novelist
Happy publication week to @janicemdeal.bsky.social and @newdoorbooks.bsky.social !This gorgeous novel is next up in my TBR pile. Clarence approves.
April 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Happy publication week to @janicemdeal.bsky.social and @newdoorbooks.bsky.social !This gorgeous novel is next up in my TBR pile. Clarence approves.
Last year, they wrote me a poem. This year, they left me an Easter card. Those #%*!+¥<!! spiders. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-...
April 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Last year, they wrote me a poem. This year, they left me an Easter card. Those #%*!+¥<!! spiders. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-...
It’s impossible to convey the magnitude of this crowd in Boston, especially being only 5’2. So heartening to see such a huge turnout.
April 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It’s impossible to convey the magnitude of this crowd in Boston, especially being only 5’2. So heartening to see such a huge turnout.
I’m sorry, is this a joke? With democracy being dismantled, THIS is what the Obama Foundation e-mails me about?
March 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I’m sorry, is this a joke? With democracy being dismantled, THIS is what the Obama Foundation e-mails me about?
Thrilled to share the cover of my third novel, LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO, coming in October from @regalhouse.bsky.social. I can’t wait for you to visit Studio 54 in its heyday and meet my outrageous narrator, Lynda Boyle, as she breaks hearts — and commits a crime or two. Preorder: www.lisaborders.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Thrilled to share the cover of my third novel, LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO, coming in October from @regalhouse.bsky.social. I can’t wait for you to visit Studio 54 in its heyday and meet my outrageous narrator, Lynda Boyle, as she breaks hearts — and commits a crime or two. Preorder: www.lisaborders.com
Very unusual for both cats to line up for a photo op with the latest #bookmail! So excited to read Colwill Brown’s WE PRETTY PIECES OF FLESH. Guess the cats are too.
March 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Very unusual for both cats to line up for a photo op with the latest #bookmail! So excited to read Colwill Brown’s WE PRETTY PIECES OF FLESH. Guess the cats are too.
Stunned and so grateful to receive a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant in literature this year! I’ve been applying for this grant since, um, 1998? Never give up! Many thanks to @masscultural.bsky.social for this opportunity.
February 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Stunned and so grateful to receive a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant in literature this year! I’ve been applying for this grant since, um, 1998? Never give up! Many thanks to @masscultural.bsky.social for this opportunity.