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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 23h

...Adam Rouhana, and Ahmad Zaghmouri.

All royalties from this project will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and The Arab Group for the Protection of Nature (APN).

Use the code AUTUMNPREORDER for 10% off on our site - www.silverpress.org/collections/...

Palestine is everywhere

Edited by Skye Arundhati Thomas. Pre-order: publishing October 2025 ‘Palestine is everywhere because it names a political subject of radical universal emancipation,’ writes teacher and writer Nasser A...

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 23h

Contributors include Alaa Abd El-Fattah, Nasser Abourahme, Amal Al-Nakhala, Muhammad Al-Zaqzouq, Maisara Baroud, Ahmed Bassiouny, Houria Bouteldja, Anees Ghanima, Sahar Khalifeh, Laleh Khalili, Lujayn, Mira Mattar, Lina Meruane, Mohammed Mhawish, Nahil Mohana, Rahul Rao, Nasser Rabah...

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 23h

We are thrilled to announce that it has been selected by the @palfest.bsky.social Bookshelf as one of their October titles.

Subscribe and receive Palestine is everywhere as your first shipment, plus a postcard of Adam Rouhana’s photograph “Blood Memories” (from the book): www.palfest.org/bookshelf

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 23h

Finished copies of Palestine is everywhere (publishing 16 Oct) 🖤 Edited by Skye Arundhati Thomas, this book contains dispatches from Gaza — essays, poems, images and letters from prison — reflecting on resistance, solidarity and the right to self-determination. www.silverpress.org/collections/...

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 2d

🌀 We've also moved our ecommerce distribution to a specialised fulfilment house, meaning a better experience for all our web customers.

To say thank you for your patience, we've extended our 10% off discount code — AUTUMNPREORDER — to ALL the books on our website until the end of October! 💙

Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 2d

Some important web-shop ordering and shipping updates from us!

🌀 We're now delivering directly to customers in the EU

🌀 We've resumed shipping to our readers in the US

🌀 And we've introduced next-day delivery services in the UK!

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 2d

You can also read an early excerpt from the book in Granta - taken from Nahil Mohana's Diaries (translated from the Arabic by Katharine Halls) granta.com/march-2025/

March 2025

‘Ramadan starts at the beginning of March in Gaza, but it’s a different March and a different Ramadan to everyone else’s.’ Nahil Mohana on March 2025 in Gaza, translated by Katharine Halls.

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 2d

Hunger by Muhammad al-Zaqzouq, taken from Palestine is everywhere (out 16 October - edited by Skye Arundhati Thomas) and excerpted in the Paris Review:
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/10...

Hunger by Muhammad al-Zaqzouq

October 3, 2025 – “Hunger came for us in our home, as it did for others. We eat one meal a day now, halfway through the day.”

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 3d

Calverts have done a fantastic job 💙

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 3d

The Word for World is co-published with AA Publications to coincide with a (free) exhibition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s maps at the Architectural Association, London, opening on 10 October 2025: www.aaschool.ac.uk/publicprogra...

AA School

Architectural Association School of Architecture's website homepage is the online entrance into the AA; to its courses from Foundation to PhD for undergraduate and postgraduate students; its open publ...

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 3d

Beautiful advance copies of The Word for World: The Maps of @ursulakleguin.com! Edited by Sarah Shin and @suchmayer.bsky.social. Publishing 21 October. Use the code LEGUIN for 10% off when you pre-order here: www.silverpress.org/collections/...

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 5d

12 October at the Science Gallery, Ldn: Ella Finer and Janna Levin discuss THE COSMIC OVAL and the entanglement of cosmology and culture, exploring how cosmic discoveries influence cultural narratives and the composing of histories

Free to book
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Quantum Storytelling and The Cosmic Oval

Ella Finer and Janna Levin in Conversation: Quantum Storytelling and The Cosmic Oval

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So Mayer @suchmayer.bsky.social · 6d

Ahhhh @newscientist.com have selected THE WORD FOR WORLD: THE MAPS OF URSULA K LE GUIN @silver-press.bsky.social in their best SF for October 2025!

Launch: 10 October at the Architectural Association, check the Silver website for more details & pre-order your copy now!

The best new science fiction books of October 2025

Science fiction legend Ursula K. Le Guin is honoured with a new collection out this month, and sci-fi fans can also look forward to fiction from astronaut Chris Hadfield and award-winning authors Ken ...

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 8d

Out now! Ursula K. Le Guin's final poems, reflecting on the soul, mortality and the mysteries beyond 🌀🌊🌙

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 14d

We're hiring! Sales & Marketing Executive - fully remote - 3 days per week.

If you have any questions about the role, reach out to us at [email protected]

Application deadline: 17 October. Full job information here:
www.silverpress.org/pages/jobs-o...

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 14d

We're hiring! Sales & Marketing Executive - fully remote - 3 days per week.

If you have any questions about the role, reach out to us at [email protected]

Application deadline: 17 October. Full job information here:
www.silverpress.org/pages/jobs-o...

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 14d

Out today! So Far So Good by Ursula K. Le Guin 🌀

This elegiac collection of poems, completed shortly before her death in 2018, reflects on the soul, mortality and the mysteries beyond.

Get 10% off with the code LEGUIN when you order alongside our other books 🌀🌀 www.silverpress.org/collections/...

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 14d

The Site of Memory is one of three new books in our Portals series this Autumn, alongside Annie Dillard & Ella Finer: 𝑝𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡-𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 🧿

Other Portals include Anne Carson's Gender of Sound & Pauline Oliveros' Quantum Listening www.silverpress.org/collections/...

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · 14d

Publishing 13 November, The Site of Memory by Toni Morrison 🌊

A work of literary archaeology; Morrison explores how she arrives at a text through the act of imagination bound up with memory. Ancestral presence, emotion and imagination converge. www.silverpress.org/collections/...

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So Mayer @suchmayer.bsky.social · 28d

Glasgow, we're bringing the forest to you! 🍃

4 Nov: celebrate @silver-press.bsky.social Ursula K. Le Guin titles THE WORD FOR WORLD & SPACE CRONE w @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social, Phil Crockett-Thomas (Abolition Science Fiction!), Matthew Sangster & me in convo.

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A Celebration of Ursula K. Le Guin | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones

Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about A Celebration of Ursula K. Le Guin today.

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · Sep 9

It seems to be working here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-word-f...

The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K Le Guin

An afternoon of conversations and readings to celebrate the launch of 'The Word for World'

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · Sep 8

Contributors Federico Campagna, Bhanu Kapil, @unamccormack.bsky.social, Nisha Ramayya and Marilyn Strathern will join editors @suchmayer.bsky.social and Sarah Shin on 10 October.

Book free tix for the book launch, 4-6pm at the Architectural Association: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-word-f...

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · Aug 18

You can now pre-order The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin, edited by @suchmayer.bsky.social and Sarah Shin, directly from our site - use the code AUTUMNPREORDER at check-out for 10% off (applies to all our forthcoming books) www.silverpress.org/collections/...

The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin

Edited by So Mayer and Sarah Shin Pre-order: publishing October 2025 When Ursula K. Le Guin started writing a new story, she would begin by drawing a map. The Word for World presents a selection of t...

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · Aug 27

Publishing 13 November, The Cosmic Oval by Ella Finer 💫

A nocturnal entrance into an exploration of feminist cosmologies, storytelling and ways of knowing. Ella Finer enters history and imagination from the sleep side, taking her cue from Anne Carson's work. www.silverpress.org/collections/...

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · Aug 21

Anne Carson's The Gender of Sound continues to remain in the bestsellers at @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk! thank you to everyone who has bought a copy, and all the booksellers at the shop who have made it a success 🧡🍊🧡 www.silverpress.org/collections/...

LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · Aug 19

Our current bestsellers 🥁⁣ lrb.me/6jh

A pile of the following books:

1. L.A. BABY by Tim Key⁣
2. PERFECTION by Vincenzo Latronico, tr. Sophie Hughes⁣
3. I DON'T CARE by Ágota Kristóf, tr. Chris Andrews⁣
4. THE GENDER OF SOUND by Anne Carson⁣
5. HEART LAMP by Banu Mushtaq, tr. Deepa Bhasthi⁣
6. THE EMPIRE OF FORGETTING by John Burnside⁣
7. FRENCH COOKING FOR ONE by Michèle Roberts⁣
8. THE SAFEKEEP by Yael van der Wouden⁣
9. MISINTERPRETATION by Ledia Xhoga⁣
10. ENGAGEMENT by Gun-Britt Sundström, tr. Kathy Saranpa⁣

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