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Flyleaf Books @flyleafbooks.bsky.social · 1d

We're selling used book bundles to raise money for World Central Kitchen! Get 5 mystery books for $40, and we'll donate $35 to WCK. Purchase bundles on our website and make sure to put your genre preferences in the order comments. We will hand-select books for you - let us play matchmaker!

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Courtney Floyd @courtney-floyd.com · 1d

It’s book day!!!

HIGHER MAGIC is out in the US today! UK readers, it’s coming your way November 20th. I’m so excited for you all to meet Bartleby, Anne, and the rest of the gang. ✨

Higher Magic propped up against a white gnarly pumpkin and a big orange pumpkin on a bed of fall leaves.

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · 2d

Vaughntober!

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 4d

The apartments acted alone, pulling the adults and children out of them without anyone’s else’s participation

CNN @cnn.com · 5d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · 5d

I’ll be wearing my “Sheridan would be appalled” shirt in her honor

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Keeping Up Appearances actor Patricia Routledge dies aged 96

The actor was best known for her role as the pretentious housewife Hyacinth Bucket, and for the series Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Patricia Routledge, the stage and screen actor best known for starring as Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances and Henrietta “Hetty” Wainthropp in the television series Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, has died at the age of 96. Routledge was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, in 1929 and attended the University of Liverpool and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She began her career in theatre and musical theatre in 1952, later making her Broadway debut in 1966 in How’s the World Treating You. Routledge would go on to win a Tony award and an Olivier for her stage work, and was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for several years, appearing in productions including Richard III, alongside Antony Sher. Continue reading...

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Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 9d

Hey @marchxness.bsky.social fans! It's cover reveal + preorders day for HIT REPEAT UNTIL I HATE MUSIC: THE MARCH XNESS ANTHOLOGY, edited by @angermonsoon.bsky.social and @meganc.bsky.social!

Available for preorders (+ ARC requests) NOW, link in our bio or www.splitlippress.com/march-xness-anthology

Now available for pre-order: Hit Repeat Until I Hate Music: The March Xness Anthology, edited by Ander Monson and Megan Campbell, coming with Split/Lip Press on March 31. Image shows a yellow book cover with a dubbed cassette tape, upon which the title of the book has been written.

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · 10d

the Milwaukee Brewers have never won 97 games before this season. I have never published a book before this season. coincidence? I think not.

Sal Frelick catching a poor photoshopped copy of The Cover Girl in his glove

Pat Murphy holding a poorly photoshopped copy of The Cover Girl

Christian Yelich holding a poorly photoshopped copy of The Cover Girl

Freddy Peralta holding a poorly photoshopped copy of The Cover Girl

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · 11d

my book has been for less than two months, and I am very grateful it is out there, and also wow, this hits hard.

Tajja Isen @tajjaisen.bsky.social · 12d

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus

Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it

thewalrus.ca

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · 19d

I think about McBanjo and “he didn’t know a hammer!” at least once a week

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · 19d

Congratulations!!! They are so amazing to work with and so supportive!!

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · 20d

Asheville folks! I hope you can join me and @pennyzang.bsky.social for a celebration of THE COVER GIRL and her amazing book DOLL PARTS at Malaprop’s Books!

malaprops.com/event/2025-0...

In-Store | Amy Rossi and Penny Zang present The Cover Girl and Doll Parts

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · 21d

Thank you for sharing this!!

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BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 25d

Book 43 of 2025: THE COVER GIRL by @mossyair.bsky.social. Spent half the day in bed finishing this gut-punch of a novel about a teen model in the 1970s and her relationship with a much older rockstar—and her gradual, painful realization that “relationship” is the wrong word. What a debut! 📚👀

The cover of Amy Rossi’s novel THE COVER GIRL, featuring snapshots of a young woman, some circled for keeping and others crossed out, all stop a bright blue background.

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · 25d

ahhhh!!! Becky!! thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️ I appreciate you

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · 25d

i will admit my seeding was rushed, which likely played a part. also starting with 16 meant avoiding a fettuccine vs linguine debate. (our regions were line, tubes, twists, and fun.)

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · 25d

my friends and i did a 16-pasta tournament bracket last night and i am still over the fact that they all hate rigatoni and that a line noodle won (pappardelle, so the best one, but still)

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · 28d

I published my debut novel about that time in the 70s when people looked away from musicians becoming the legal guardians of their teen girlfriends and how it impacts a girl this happens to, and the woman she becomes
www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

The Cover Girl

"Thrilling and glamorous as its runways and backstage parties, The Cover Girl is also heartbreaking and redemptive with an ending that made me cry. Bir...

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · Sep 7

it’s just that I’m already at max capacity for feeling bad about what I look and sound like!

Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · Sep 7

I just don’t want “film a video and hope it goes viral” to be a “reasonable” expectation of authors!! I hate being on video! I am too awkward for video!

A screenshot of Mad Men of Don Draper yelling. The subtitle has been edited to read, “that’s why I write books!”

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · Sep 2

If you need a conversation partner or anything else in NC, I’m happy to help!

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · Sep 2

An ode to Chloe, friend of the band Poison, and all the other girls and women at the footnotes of someone else’s story: booktrib.com/2025/08/21/t...

The Girls in the Background: Why I Write About the Footnotes of Fame | BookTrib.

I can still picture her. Long auburn hair, extremely 90s black velvet hat. The kind of raspy voice that indicates coolness. Her name was Chloe. She was the requisite friend of the band on Poison’s Beh...

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · Sep 1

Boston!! I'll be in conversation with @maura.bsky.social about The Cover Girl at the Brookline Booksmith on Wednesday! Hope to see you there: www.eventbrite.com/e/amy-rossi-...

Amy Rossi: The Cover Girl

Read on for important details for this Brookline Booksmith event.

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · Aug 26

When I left Boston to get my MFA, I wrote a letter to my favorite bookstore and thanked them for helping me find my way back to writing. Maybe I’ll come back and do a reading one day, I added.

It only took 12 years.

If you’re in the area, join me on 9/3!
brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2025-0...

Amy Rossi: The Cover Girl

Amy Rossi received her MFA from Louisiana State University, and she lives in North Carolina, by way of Massachusetts, with her partner and two dogs. The Cover Girl is her first novel.

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · Aug 26

When I left Boston to get my MFA, I wrote a letter to my favorite bookstore and thanked them for helping me find my way back to writing. Maybe I’ll come back and do a reading one day, I added.

It only took 12 years.

If you’re in the area, join me on 9/3!
brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2025-0...

Amy Rossi: The Cover Girl

Amy Rossi received her MFA from Louisiana State University, and she lives in North Carolina, by way of Massachusetts, with her partner and two dogs. The Cover Girl is her first novel.

brooklinebooksmith.com

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Kaye Publicity @kayepublicity.bsky.social · Aug 25

@electricliterature.com hosts @mossyair.bsky.social for a piece on The Power of Withholding a Character's Name:

The Power of Withholding a Character’s Name - Electric Literature

By not naming my novel's predatory rockstar, the attention is on his actions, their impact, and the girl whose story is usually glossed over

electricliterature.com

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Amy Rossi @mossyair.bsky.social · Aug 24

It’s so pretty!

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