Autofocus Books
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A literary publisher of artful autobiographical writing. autofocusbooks.com
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October 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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I genuinely think every writer today should listen to this new episode of @bradlisti.bsky.social's Otherppl—a frank conversation with Jeff Alessandrelli about the often sobering realities of making art today, and why we do it anyway
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What Does It Mean to Be a Minor Writer?
Podcast Episode · Otherppl with Brad Listi · 10/12/2025 · 1h 8m
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October 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I genuinely think every writer today should listen to this new episode of @bradlisti.bsky.social's Otherppl—a frank conversation with Jeff Alessandrelli about the often sobering realities of making art today, and why we do it anyway
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How about a memoir to close ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? Contributor Erin Slaughter’s memoir THE DEAD DAD DIARIES is out now from @autofocusbooks.bsky.social 💗 Get your copy now: buff.ly/gIYuqsL
October 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
How about a memoir to close ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? Contributor Erin Slaughter’s memoir THE DEAD DAD DIARIES is out now from @autofocusbooks.bsky.social 💗 Get your copy now: buff.ly/gIYuqsL
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Last book of '25 is by @lindzmcleod.bsky.social + a cast of collaborators incl The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D. Lee & Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou.
Pre-order now with UK Saver Shipping to save £! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
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October 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Last book of '25 is by @lindzmcleod.bsky.social + a cast of collaborators incl The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D. Lee & Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou.
Pre-order now with UK Saver Shipping to save £! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Pre-order now with UK Saver Shipping to save £! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
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Got a little woo woo for the fine folks at @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social.
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WOO WOO - Farewell Transmission
By Mike Nagel My sister-in-law Molly grew up as a pastor’s daughter but at some point in her mid-thirties she became more of a witch. I thought that being a witch meant you invited the devil into your...
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October 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Got a little woo woo for the fine folks at @farewelltransmiss.bsky.social.
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The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is coming back to DC on April 18, 2026, and we're open for registration! It's $95, and that includes the one-day conference, 1 book, 1 meeting w an editor, and your choice of literary stuff from our partner presses. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
October 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is coming back to DC on April 18, 2026, and we're open for registration! It's $95, and that includes the one-day conference, 1 book, 1 meeting w an editor, and your choice of literary stuff from our partner presses. www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
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'How to Write Autobiographical Fiction' with Hannah Pittard — a new 8-hour intensive course from DeepDive, available now.
Feat. Michael Wheaton, founder of @autofocusbooks.bsky.social.
Hosted by @bradlisti.bsky.social.
Launch sale: 25% off. Limited time.
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Feat. Michael Wheaton, founder of @autofocusbooks.bsky.social.
Hosted by @bradlisti.bsky.social.
Launch sale: 25% off. Limited time.
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October 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
'How to Write Autobiographical Fiction' with Hannah Pittard — a new 8-hour intensive course from DeepDive, available now.
Feat. Michael Wheaton, founder of @autofocusbooks.bsky.social.
Hosted by @bradlisti.bsky.social.
Launch sale: 25% off. Limited time.
👉🏼 courses.deepdive.audio/autofiction
Feat. Michael Wheaton, founder of @autofocusbooks.bsky.social.
Hosted by @bradlisti.bsky.social.
Launch sale: 25% off. Limited time.
👉🏼 courses.deepdive.audio/autofiction
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🎉 Launch Day! Our new DeepDive course, 'How to Write Autobiographical Fiction,' is live!
Learn from novelist Hannah Pittard + publisher Michael Wheaton.
👉 Launch Special: $147 (25% off)
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Learn from novelist Hannah Pittard + publisher Michael Wheaton.
👉 Launch Special: $147 (25% off)
🔗 courses.deepdive.audio/autofiction
October 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🎉 Launch Day! Our new DeepDive course, 'How to Write Autobiographical Fiction,' is live!
Learn from novelist Hannah Pittard + publisher Michael Wheaton.
👉 Launch Special: $147 (25% off)
🔗 courses.deepdive.audio/autofiction
Learn from novelist Hannah Pittard + publisher Michael Wheaton.
👉 Launch Special: $147 (25% off)
🔗 courses.deepdive.audio/autofiction
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XNESS ESSAYS IN A BOOK???????
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
Available for preorders (+ ARC requests) NOW, link in our bio or www.splitlippress.com/march-xness-anthology
September 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
XNESS ESSAYS IN A BOOK???????
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Since we're all talking about how book review culture is dying - I'd love to get a couple of younger/newer reviewers on at Zona Motel. Are you looking for a place to develop your review chops and engage with small press lit in front of an enthusiastic readership? Reach out.
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Zona Motel | Substack
Zona Motel is a web space and Brotherhood that exists to support good literature. Click to read Zona Motel, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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September 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Since we're all talking about how book review culture is dying - I'd love to get a couple of younger/newer reviewers on at Zona Motel. Are you looking for a place to develop your review chops and engage with small press lit in front of an enthusiastic readership? Reach out.
zonamotel.substack.com
zonamotel.substack.com
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Good mail day.
@autofocusbooks.bsky.social
@autofocusbooks.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Good mail day.
@autofocusbooks.bsky.social
@autofocusbooks.bsky.social
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Tomorrow on the Otherppl show, a special sneak preview of 'How to Write Autobiographical Fiction,' the new course from @deepdive.audio, avail 10/1 & taught by author Hannah Pittard, whose most recent novel is called 'If You Love It, Let It Kill You.'
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
September 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Tomorrow on the Otherppl show, a special sneak preview of 'How to Write Autobiographical Fiction,' the new course from @deepdive.audio, avail 10/1 & taught by author Hannah Pittard, whose most recent novel is called 'If You Love It, Let It Kill You.'
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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Hello, are you a Literary Person in Philadelphia? Perhaps a Music Person? Come see me and @olgamikolaivna.bsky.social yap about both at @alinapleskova.bsky.social's reading series
✨️💿 Track Changes 💿 ✨️
on Oct 7. www.eventbrite.com/e/track-chan...
✨️💿 Track Changes 💿 ✨️
on Oct 7. www.eventbrite.com/e/track-chan...
Track Changes: Niina Pollari & Olga Mikolaivna
Track Changes is a listening, reading, and conversation series where writers discuss their favorite records.
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September 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hello, are you a Literary Person in Philadelphia? Perhaps a Music Person? Come see me and @olgamikolaivna.bsky.social yap about both at @alinapleskova.bsky.social's reading series
✨️💿 Track Changes 💿 ✨️
on Oct 7. www.eventbrite.com/e/track-chan...
✨️💿 Track Changes 💿 ✨️
on Oct 7. www.eventbrite.com/e/track-chan...
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Always appreciate it when people connect with my work. This particular essay was written in a time of intense parenting and intense self-interrogation. It’s maybe the most straight forward and no BS essay in the whole book.
The Body Is A Temporary Gathering Place @autofocusbooks.bsky.social
The Body Is A Temporary Gathering Place @autofocusbooks.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Always appreciate it when people connect with my work. This particular essay was written in a time of intense parenting and intense self-interrogation. It’s maybe the most straight forward and no BS essay in the whole book.
The Body Is A Temporary Gathering Place @autofocusbooks.bsky.social
The Body Is A Temporary Gathering Place @autofocusbooks.bsky.social
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Taking a train to NYC to read from my essay, On Trains, about various trains of thought.
September 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Taking a train to NYC to read from my essay, On Trains, about various trains of thought.
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🚨 Coming soon from DeepDive 🚨
'How to Write Autobiographical Fiction' — an intensive new course taught by acclaimed author Hannah Pittard ('If You Love It, Let It Kill You').
📱 Streaming soon on the DeepDive app + online. Stay tuned.
'How to Write Autobiographical Fiction' — an intensive new course taught by acclaimed author Hannah Pittard ('If You Love It, Let It Kill You').
📱 Streaming soon on the DeepDive app + online. Stay tuned.
September 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🚨 Coming soon from DeepDive 🚨
'How to Write Autobiographical Fiction' — an intensive new course taught by acclaimed author Hannah Pittard ('If You Love It, Let It Kill You').
📱 Streaming soon on the DeepDive app + online. Stay tuned.
'How to Write Autobiographical Fiction' — an intensive new course taught by acclaimed author Hannah Pittard ('If You Love It, Let It Kill You').
📱 Streaming soon on the DeepDive app + online. Stay tuned.
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5 novels, 3 books of poetry, 1 book of essays, & 1 hybrid assemblage
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September 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
5 novels, 3 books of poetry, 1 book of essays, & 1 hybrid assemblage
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#books #recommendations #novels
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#books #recommendations #novels
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From our new book review: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/navigating...
Organic Matter paints a luminous portrait of the rural ecosystem that feeds the city and explores one perceptive young woman’s relationship with faith, labor, love, family, the body, and the ground. @autofocusbooks.bsky.social
Organic Matter paints a luminous portrait of the rural ecosystem that feeds the city and explores one perceptive young woman’s relationship with faith, labor, love, family, the body, and the ground. @autofocusbooks.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
From our new book review: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/navigating...
Organic Matter paints a luminous portrait of the rural ecosystem that feeds the city and explores one perceptive young woman’s relationship with faith, labor, love, family, the body, and the ground. @autofocusbooks.bsky.social
Organic Matter paints a luminous portrait of the rural ecosystem that feeds the city and explores one perceptive young woman’s relationship with faith, labor, love, family, the body, and the ground. @autofocusbooks.bsky.social
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Read our new book review: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/navigating...
Organic Matter paints a luminous portrait of the rural ecosystem that feeds the city and explores one perceptive young woman’s relationship with faith, labor, love, family, the body, and the ground. @autofocusbooks.bsky.social
Organic Matter paints a luminous portrait of the rural ecosystem that feeds the city and explores one perceptive young woman’s relationship with faith, labor, love, family, the body, and the ground. @autofocusbooks.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Read our new book review: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/navigating...
Organic Matter paints a luminous portrait of the rural ecosystem that feeds the city and explores one perceptive young woman’s relationship with faith, labor, love, family, the body, and the ground. @autofocusbooks.bsky.social
Organic Matter paints a luminous portrait of the rural ecosystem that feeds the city and explores one perceptive young woman’s relationship with faith, labor, love, family, the body, and the ground. @autofocusbooks.bsky.social
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By the way, some news! I have a book coming out with the wonderful @autofocusbooks.bsky.social. I'm incredibly excited to join the list -- I so admire the work they've been putting out.
September 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
By the way, some news! I have a book coming out with the wonderful @autofocusbooks.bsky.social. I'm incredibly excited to join the list -- I so admire the work they've been putting out.
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Contributor @ilanaslightly.bsky.social interviewed @ferrifrigida.bsky.social about her new book OUT THERE IN THE DARK for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social! And you can read it all right here: buff.ly/8aebBZq
September 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Contributor @ilanaslightly.bsky.social interviewed @ferrifrigida.bsky.social about her new book OUT THERE IN THE DARK for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social! And you can read it all right here: buff.ly/8aebBZq
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This book is fantastic! I'm not much of a film buff even & I still loved this. So sharp, well crafted, absolutely fascinating. I want to shove it into everyone's hands & shout "Read this! Read this!" So yeah, read this.
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@ferrifrigida.bsky.social
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September 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This book is fantastic! I'm not much of a film buff even & I still loved this. So sharp, well crafted, absolutely fascinating. I want to shove it into everyone's hands & shout "Read this! Read this!" So yeah, read this.
@autofocusbooks.bsky.social
@ferrifrigida.bsky.social
#smallpressseptember
@autofocusbooks.bsky.social
@ferrifrigida.bsky.social
#smallpressseptember
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📚📚 ANNOUNCING: POOL PARTY BOOKS!!! 📚📚
Pool Party is open for book submissions!!! We will have two reading periods and publish two books/year. The first reading period runs from now until December 15th, 2025. Visit our website for details 🔥
Pool Party is open for book submissions!!! We will have two reading periods and publish two books/year. The first reading period runs from now until December 15th, 2025. Visit our website for details 🔥
Pool Party - Book Submissions
Pool Party is open for book submissions!!! We will have two reading periods and publish two books/year. The first reading period runs from now until December 15th, 2025.
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September 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
📚📚 ANNOUNCING: POOL PARTY BOOKS!!! 📚📚
Pool Party is open for book submissions!!! We will have two reading periods and publish two books/year. The first reading period runs from now until December 15th, 2025. Visit our website for details 🔥
Pool Party is open for book submissions!!! We will have two reading periods and publish two books/year. The first reading period runs from now until December 15th, 2025. Visit our website for details 🔥
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Naomi Washer crafted a whole book out of her personal marginalia (out next week from @autofocusbooks.bsky.social), and I had a blast talking to her about it!
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Naomi Washer: On Writing in Books, Psychoanalysis, the Fiction of the Fixed Self, and Her New Autobiography ‘Marginalia’ — Write or Die Magazine
Abigail Oswald interviews Naomi Washer about her new book, Marginalia.
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September 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Naomi Washer crafted a whole book out of her personal marginalia (out next week from @autofocusbooks.bsky.social), and I had a blast talking to her about it!
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