1/2: incredibly grateful for these thoughtful blurbs for PEACH PIT by some of my personal favourite authors whose work I admire so much 🥺😭
cover reveal + preorder details coming very soon!!🍑✨
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#ClipOfTheDay: “I try my hand at remembering. An origin story is what you make of it. It can be a culture, a treasured heirloom, or a history, reduced.” reads from The Black Period & speaks with in this event. at.pw.org/Geter
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THE FARAWAY WORLD book tour! 💫
Catch at a local, indie bookstore near you! 😍
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We're honored to announce the longlist for the 2023 PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD, which is awarded to an exceptional book-length work of any literary genre by an author of color: pen.org/literary-award #PENLitAwards
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Today is ’s pub day for THE SENSE OF WONDER and I am just so dang excited to have had a small part in this fantastically smart, funny, bold novel.
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Extremely grateful (& stunned & THRILLED) to learn that What the Fireflies Knew was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work by a Debut Author. A dream. 🖤
Thank you & my team & everyone who has supported this book. What a journey! 🙏🏽
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What a treat to be able to read one of the fantastic stories from The Faraway World by !
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Patricia Engel's Short Story “Libélula,” from Her Collection “The Faraway World” trib.al/gILKJIT
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The happiest of US and UK publication days to Deena Mohamed and her prize-winning graphic novel, YOUR WISH IS MY COMMAND - the story of a Cairene kiosk owner who sells three first class wishes, and the effects they have….
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🎉Giveaway 🎉
is giving away twenty advanced reader copies of The Next New Syrian Girl by ! Don't miss your chance to get an early copy of this book!
The giveaway closes February 3rd and more information can be found here:
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Thank you for choosing THE SENSE OF WONDER by as a January staff pick! You can pre-order now over ! littlebrown.com/titles/matthew
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Let me be clear: my grandmother, GRAND mother, Harriet Thorpe, was born enslaved: Harriet b. 1861 (maybe 1860) my FATHER was born in 1898, and I was born in 1963 when my dad was 65. Slavery is 2 generations away for me. Unusual, but the fact that it is even possible is the point
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My tweet from like 3 years ago, a photo of my grandmother and her sisters, has also been flagged as insensitive. My appeal to remove the warning has been denied.
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AALA Survey: Agents Express “Robust Support” for Harper Collins Strike
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Congratulations to Praveen Herat for winning the 2022 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing! His novel, Between This World and the Next, is forthcoming from Restless Books in 2024.
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2023 Festival Author Announcement: Matthew Salesses is the author of The Sense of Wonder, national bestseller Craft in the Real World, the 2021 finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Disappear Doppelgänger Disappear, and two other novels.
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Very happy to see Ladee Hubbard’s brilliant short story collection THE LAST SUSPICIOUS HOLDOUT on this list!
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14 works of fiction comprise the 2023 @AspenWords Literary Prize longlist! 9 novels, 5 short story collections, 7 debut voices, and a number of small and large presses are in the running for the $35,000 prize. #AspenLitPrize
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honored to see my Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop on ’s list of Fave Books of 2022 🔆 special thanks to 🔆 whole list is epic datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/the-chro
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Happy publication to Sabrina Imbler for their wonderful, superbly original MY LIFE IN SEA CREATURES! Out now from . 🦑💙🦐🥳🦀
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For I wrote about some really amazing books coming in 2023 w/ 🥹 The list includes new books from , , , , & debut authors , & so many more!
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floored by this beautiful review of How Far the Light Reaches, by for 😭
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So honored and thrilled to see this gorgeous homage to Queens and the eighties out in the world!
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This book is stunning and absolutely everybody should read it.
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cowabunga! it’s my pub day! my book, HOW FAR THE LIGHT REACHES, is out now. I can’t believe it! this thing took me four freaking years to write!
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Next Monday, 8pm: Join us for the Reading Series Season Finale, featuring outstanding authors @lynnstegerstrong, , , , , and ! #Free Admission, drink specials + book raffle! Details: fb.me/e/2lRiiWym0
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So exciting to see this beautiful essay by from HOW FAR THE LIGHT REACHES in
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honored to have an essay from HFTLR excerpted in @TheAtlantic today, about a deep-sea octopus and my experiences with disordered eating 
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thank you for such a lovely chat about strange creatures in How Far the Light Reaches for ⛓️ 🐠
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“ fully immerses readers in Razia’s world, but she writes with contemporary edge. The narrative [feels] like the account of a warrior describing her journey.” Love to see ROSES here! 😍🌹🦁cc:
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Another APL twofer! Congrats to and for having their books picked as Best of the Month by Amazon!
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We love to see TWO APL clients' books picked by as Best New Books! Congrats to and !!!
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Cece Rios and the King of Fears by made 's #BestOfTheYear list! Listen to the story and discover all the top picks:
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I'm officially closed to queries! Our website wasn't updated so there was some extra time to submit. Any queries received after 11/28 will not be considered. Check here or the APL website for updates in the new year!
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Thank you, again, for supporting our mission and helping us start & sustain publishing careers.
If you would like to make a donation to future #LAoCFellowship and #LAoCMentorship programs, please visit GiveButter.com/2023Campaign (linked in our bio).
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