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Announcing the virtual book launch of our next title, If the Owl Calls: A Novel by @sharonw.bsky.social! ✨
Join us on November 19th at 5:30 PM PST as Sharon will read from her book and speak with author @anitafelicelli.bsky.social of How We Know Our Time Travelers.
Register: bit.ly/42aTqwG
Join us on November 19th at 5:30 PM PST as Sharon will read from her book and speak with author @anitafelicelli.bsky.social of How We Know Our Time Travelers.
Register: bit.ly/42aTqwG
It’s here! ✨
We’re thrilled to announce the publication of If the Owl Calls by @sharonw.bsky.social—a haunting, atmospheric mystery that weaves together landscape, loss, and the pull of ancestral memory.
Get the book here: bit.ly/3JciufZ
We’re thrilled to announce the publication of If the Owl Calls by @sharonw.bsky.social—a haunting, atmospheric mystery that weaves together landscape, loss, and the pull of ancestral memory.
Get the book here: bit.ly/3JciufZ
November 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It’s here! ✨
We’re thrilled to announce the publication of If the Owl Calls by @sharonw.bsky.social—a haunting, atmospheric mystery that weaves together landscape, loss, and the pull of ancestral memory.
Get the book here: bit.ly/3JciufZ
We’re thrilled to announce the publication of If the Owl Calls by @sharonw.bsky.social—a haunting, atmospheric mystery that weaves together landscape, loss, and the pull of ancestral memory.
Get the book here: bit.ly/3JciufZ
Take your book club to the next level by entering our raffle contest and winning books and an author talk with @joannackalbus.bsky.social. If you're curious about memoir writing, immigrant stories or getting published, this event is for you!
Enter by November 30: bit.ly/bettyraffle
Enter by November 30: bit.ly/bettyraffle
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Take your book club to the next level by entering our raffle contest and winning books and an author talk with @joannackalbus.bsky.social. If you're curious about memoir writing, immigrant stories or getting published, this event is for you!
Enter by November 30: bit.ly/bettyraffle
Enter by November 30: bit.ly/bettyraffle
It’s National Novel Writing Month! ✍️
We’re celebrating the storytellers who participated in our Writing the Next Chapter workshop with @janishubschman.bsky.social! Check out what Anne Elliott was inspired to write during our event.
Here’s to your next chapter. 💫
We’re celebrating the storytellers who participated in our Writing the Next Chapter workshop with @janishubschman.bsky.social! Check out what Anne Elliott was inspired to write during our event.
Here’s to your next chapter. 💫
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It’s National Novel Writing Month! ✍️
We’re celebrating the storytellers who participated in our Writing the Next Chapter workshop with @janishubschman.bsky.social! Check out what Anne Elliott was inspired to write during our event.
Here’s to your next chapter. 💫
We’re celebrating the storytellers who participated in our Writing the Next Chapter workshop with @janishubschman.bsky.social! Check out what Anne Elliott was inspired to write during our event.
Here’s to your next chapter. 💫
On November 12th, join Betty author @joannackalbus.bsky.social, The Boat Not Taken, and fellow memoirist Glen Loveland for Serica Storytellers: The Memoirists. This event is a virtual conversation exploring migration, memory, and what it means to find home across borders.
RSVP here: bit.ly/4qNGCqL
RSVP here: bit.ly/4qNGCqL
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
On November 12th, join Betty author @joannackalbus.bsky.social, The Boat Not Taken, and fellow memoirist Glen Loveland for Serica Storytellers: The Memoirists. This event is a virtual conversation exploring migration, memory, and what it means to find home across borders.
RSVP here: bit.ly/4qNGCqL
RSVP here: bit.ly/4qNGCqL
🎉 The Boat Not Taken turns 6 months old!
@joannackalbus.bsky.social’s powerful memoir of escape and resilience has inspired readers worldwide. To celebrate, we’re giving book clubs a chance to win a Betty Books prize pack + live author talk with Joanna!
⏰ Enter by November 30 → bit.ly/bettyraffle
@joannackalbus.bsky.social’s powerful memoir of escape and resilience has inspired readers worldwide. To celebrate, we’re giving book clubs a chance to win a Betty Books prize pack + live author talk with Joanna!
⏰ Enter by November 30 → bit.ly/bettyraffle
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🎉 The Boat Not Taken turns 6 months old!
@joannackalbus.bsky.social’s powerful memoir of escape and resilience has inspired readers worldwide. To celebrate, we’re giving book clubs a chance to win a Betty Books prize pack + live author talk with Joanna!
⏰ Enter by November 30 → bit.ly/bettyraffle
@joannackalbus.bsky.social’s powerful memoir of escape and resilience has inspired readers worldwide. To celebrate, we’re giving book clubs a chance to win a Betty Books prize pack + live author talk with Joanna!
⏰ Enter by November 30 → bit.ly/bettyraffle
Betty author and translator @ilzeduarte.bsky.social will be speaking on the “Visions and Versions” panel at the 48th annual American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) Conference on November 7!
Learn more here: buff.ly/6hHTn8r
Learn more here: buff.ly/6hHTn8r
November 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Betty author and translator @ilzeduarte.bsky.social will be speaking on the “Visions and Versions” panel at the 48th annual American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) Conference on November 7!
Learn more here: buff.ly/6hHTn8r
Learn more here: buff.ly/6hHTn8r
Exciting news! Foreword Reviews has just featured @sharonw.bsky.social's haunting new novel, If the Owl Calls, praising its lyrical prose and atmospheric mystery.
Read the full review and discover why this story is already captivating readers everywhere.
📖 Check it out: bit.ly/4oFC4AC
Read the full review and discover why this story is already captivating readers everywhere.
📖 Check it out: bit.ly/4oFC4AC
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Exciting news! Foreword Reviews has just featured @sharonw.bsky.social's haunting new novel, If the Owl Calls, praising its lyrical prose and atmospheric mystery.
Read the full review and discover why this story is already captivating readers everywhere.
📖 Check it out: bit.ly/4oFC4AC
Read the full review and discover why this story is already captivating readers everywhere.
📖 Check it out: bit.ly/4oFC4AC
@sharonw.bsky.social’s If the Owl Calls draws readers deep into that uneasy space between past and present, myth and truth. When Oslo detective Hans Sorenson returns to the land of his Sámi ancestors, he finds that the land remembers what people try to forget.
Perfect for the spooky season!
Perfect for the spooky season!
October 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
@sharonw.bsky.social’s If the Owl Calls draws readers deep into that uneasy space between past and present, myth and truth. When Oslo detective Hans Sorenson returns to the land of his Sámi ancestors, he finds that the land remembers what people try to forget.
Perfect for the spooky season!
Perfect for the spooky season!
It’s the National Day on Writing — a celebration of the stories that shape who we are. ✍️
Tell us: what inspires you to write? Share your story using #WhyIWrite and tag @bettybooks.bsky.social so we can feature your words and celebrate the voices that keep storytelling alive. 💬📚
Tell us: what inspires you to write? Share your story using #WhyIWrite and tag @bettybooks.bsky.social so we can feature your words and celebrate the voices that keep storytelling alive. 💬📚
October 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It’s the National Day on Writing — a celebration of the stories that shape who we are. ✍️
Tell us: what inspires you to write? Share your story using #WhyIWrite and tag @bettybooks.bsky.social so we can feature your words and celebrate the voices that keep storytelling alive. 💬📚
Tell us: what inspires you to write? Share your story using #WhyIWrite and tag @bettybooks.bsky.social so we can feature your words and celebrate the voices that keep storytelling alive. 💬📚
Happy Dictionary Day! 📖✨ In our latest newsletter, the Bettys share favorite words and phrases from childhood, the language that delighted them, and the word games that still bring them joy. 💬
Read it here: bit.ly/4h1H14p
Read it here: bit.ly/4h1H14p
October 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Happy Dictionary Day! 📖✨ In our latest newsletter, the Bettys share favorite words and phrases from childhood, the language that delighted them, and the word games that still bring them joy. 💬
Read it here: bit.ly/4h1H14p
Read it here: bit.ly/4h1H14p
Check out all the exciting events Betty has coming up!
Tomorrow we'll be having our virtual story writing workshop with Janis Hubschman in celebration of the one-year anniversary of her story collection, Take Me With You Next Time! Will you be joining us?
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4pp9ZPd
Tomorrow we'll be having our virtual story writing workshop with Janis Hubschman in celebration of the one-year anniversary of her story collection, Take Me With You Next Time! Will you be joining us?
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4pp9ZPd
October 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Check out all the exciting events Betty has coming up!
Tomorrow we'll be having our virtual story writing workshop with Janis Hubschman in celebration of the one-year anniversary of her story collection, Take Me With You Next Time! Will you be joining us?
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4pp9ZPd
Tomorrow we'll be having our virtual story writing workshop with Janis Hubschman in celebration of the one-year anniversary of her story collection, Take Me With You Next Time! Will you be joining us?
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4pp9ZPd
Announcing the virtual book launch of our next title, If the Owl Calls: A Novel by @sharonw.bsky.social! ✨
Join us on November 19th at 5:30 PM PST as Sharon will read from her book and speak with author @anitafelicelli.bsky.social of How We Know Our Time Travelers.
Register: bit.ly/42aTqwG
Join us on November 19th at 5:30 PM PST as Sharon will read from her book and speak with author @anitafelicelli.bsky.social of How We Know Our Time Travelers.
Register: bit.ly/42aTqwG
October 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Announcing the virtual book launch of our next title, If the Owl Calls: A Novel by @sharonw.bsky.social! ✨
Join us on November 19th at 5:30 PM PST as Sharon will read from her book and speak with author @anitafelicelli.bsky.social of How We Know Our Time Travelers.
Register: bit.ly/42aTqwG
Join us on November 19th at 5:30 PM PST as Sharon will read from her book and speak with author @anitafelicelli.bsky.social of How We Know Our Time Travelers.
Register: bit.ly/42aTqwG
October is National Book Month! 📚✨ At Betty, we’re proud to celebrate stories written by women—stories that move us, challenge us, and stay with us long after the last page. This month (and every month), we honor the power of women’s voices in shaping literature and culture.
October 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
October is National Book Month! 📚✨ At Betty, we’re proud to celebrate stories written by women—stories that move us, challenge us, and stay with us long after the last page. This month (and every month), we honor the power of women’s voices in shaping literature and culture.
Discover the Sámi, the Indigenous people of Norway, Sweden, Finland and parts of Russia with a deep bond to the land. In @sharonw.bsky.social’s If The Owl Calls, Oslo detective Hans Sorenson returns to his Sámi roots to investigate sabotage and a shocking murder.
Preorder here: bit.ly/3JciufZ
Preorder here: bit.ly/3JciufZ
September 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Discover the Sámi, the Indigenous people of Norway, Sweden, Finland and parts of Russia with a deep bond to the land. In @sharonw.bsky.social’s If The Owl Calls, Oslo detective Hans Sorenson returns to his Sámi roots to investigate sabotage and a shocking murder.
Preorder here: bit.ly/3JciufZ
Preorder here: bit.ly/3JciufZ
📣 Reminder! Don’t miss Writing the Next Chapter, a virtual story writing workshop with @janishubschman.bsky.social, author of Take Me With You Next Time.
We're celebrating the 1-year anniversary of her powerful debut short story collection—and you’re invited! 💫
📅 Register here: bit.ly/4pp9ZPd
We're celebrating the 1-year anniversary of her powerful debut short story collection—and you’re invited! 💫
📅 Register here: bit.ly/4pp9ZPd
September 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
📣 Reminder! Don’t miss Writing the Next Chapter, a virtual story writing workshop with @janishubschman.bsky.social, author of Take Me With You Next Time.
We're celebrating the 1-year anniversary of her powerful debut short story collection—and you’re invited! 💫
📅 Register here: bit.ly/4pp9ZPd
We're celebrating the 1-year anniversary of her powerful debut short story collection—and you’re invited! 💫
📅 Register here: bit.ly/4pp9ZPd
Reposted by Betty Books
⏳ Just one month until Willingness: A Writers's Meditations on Crossing the Flood by Kevin McIlvoy with Christine Hale is released!
✨ Release date: October 21st
🔗 Preorder link in bio!
#WTAWPress #BookLaunch #NewRelease #OneMonthCountdown #IndependentPress #LiteraryCommunity
✨ Release date: October 21st
🔗 Preorder link in bio!
#WTAWPress #BookLaunch #NewRelease #OneMonthCountdown #IndependentPress #LiteraryCommunity
September 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
⏳ Just one month until Willingness: A Writers's Meditations on Crossing the Flood by Kevin McIlvoy with Christine Hale is released!
✨ Release date: October 21st
🔗 Preorder link in bio!
#WTAWPress #BookLaunch #NewRelease #OneMonthCountdown #IndependentPress #LiteraryCommunity
✨ Release date: October 21st
🔗 Preorder link in bio!
#WTAWPress #BookLaunch #NewRelease #OneMonthCountdown #IndependentPress #LiteraryCommunity
Reposted by Betty Books
A fun event to hone your skills or simply enjoy writing and sharing with other writers. Join us for this workshop led by @janishubschman.bsky.social in celebration of her book anniversary! Free to attend. Please register at the link in the original post.
#writingworkshop #BettyBooks #fictionwriters
#writingworkshop #BettyBooks #fictionwriters
📚✨ Celebrate 1 year of @janishubschman.bsky.social’s "Take Me With You Next Time" with a special virtual event! Join us for Writing the Next Chapter, a free story writing workshop where you can refine your craft & connect with writers, on October 15th at 8 pm ET.
Register here: bit.ly/4pp9ZPd
Register here: bit.ly/4pp9ZPd
September 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A fun event to hone your skills or simply enjoy writing and sharing with other writers. Join us for this workshop led by @janishubschman.bsky.social in celebration of her book anniversary! Free to attend. Please register at the link in the original post.
#writingworkshop #BettyBooks #fictionwriters
#writingworkshop #BettyBooks #fictionwriters
Reposted by Betty Books
Just 2 months until IF THE OWL CALLS takes flight! A literary mystery set in 1979 Norway, full of secrets, resistance, and questions about identity. Out Nov 18—preorder today!
@bettybooks.bsky.social #IftheOwlCalls #BookLaunch #PreorderNow #LiteraryMystery
@bettybooks.bsky.social #IftheOwlCalls #BookLaunch #PreorderNow #LiteraryMystery
September 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Just 2 months until IF THE OWL CALLS takes flight! A literary mystery set in 1979 Norway, full of secrets, resistance, and questions about identity. Out Nov 18—preorder today!
@bettybooks.bsky.social #IftheOwlCalls #BookLaunch #PreorderNow #LiteraryMystery
@bettybooks.bsky.social #IftheOwlCalls #BookLaunch #PreorderNow #LiteraryMystery
Reposted by Betty Books
It was the summer of 1950 in Seoul, Korea. My friend, Myung Ja, who lived on the same street, would come early and knock on my door. Seventy-five years later, I knocked on her door of her house in California. We didn't recognize each other. I introduced myself: "Myung Ja, yah...Nah, Woon Hee yah."
September 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
It was the summer of 1950 in Seoul, Korea. My friend, Myung Ja, who lived on the same street, would come early and knock on my door. Seventy-five years later, I knocked on her door of her house in California. We didn't recognize each other. I introduced myself: "Myung Ja, yah...Nah, Woon Hee yah."
A mother’s voice, a daughter’s journey. 💬✨ Watch author @joannackalbus.bsky.social read from The Boat Not Taken at her first ever reading at the 2024 Sonoma State Writers Conference. Her powerful memoir explores her journey from occupied North Korea to the U.S.
Get the book here: bit.ly/4lAtbXH
Get the book here: bit.ly/4lAtbXH
September 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A mother’s voice, a daughter’s journey. 💬✨ Watch author @joannackalbus.bsky.social read from The Boat Not Taken at her first ever reading at the 2024 Sonoma State Writers Conference. Her powerful memoir explores her journey from occupied North Korea to the U.S.
Get the book here: bit.ly/4lAtbXH
Get the book here: bit.ly/4lAtbXH
📚 Just 2 months to go!
If the Owl Calls, the newest novel from Betty author @sharonw.bsky.social, comes out Nov. 18th! Known for her evocative storytelling, White takes us to 1979 Norway—where mystery, memory, and cultural resistance converge in a haunting tale.
Preorder: bit.ly/3JciufZ
If the Owl Calls, the newest novel from Betty author @sharonw.bsky.social, comes out Nov. 18th! Known for her evocative storytelling, White takes us to 1979 Norway—where mystery, memory, and cultural resistance converge in a haunting tale.
Preorder: bit.ly/3JciufZ
September 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
📚 Just 2 months to go!
If the Owl Calls, the newest novel from Betty author @sharonw.bsky.social, comes out Nov. 18th! Known for her evocative storytelling, White takes us to 1979 Norway—where mystery, memory, and cultural resistance converge in a haunting tale.
Preorder: bit.ly/3JciufZ
If the Owl Calls, the newest novel from Betty author @sharonw.bsky.social, comes out Nov. 18th! Known for her evocative storytelling, White takes us to 1979 Norway—where mystery, memory, and cultural resistance converge in a haunting tale.
Preorder: bit.ly/3JciufZ
📚✨ Celebrate 1 year of @janishubschman.bsky.social’s "Take Me With You Next Time" with a special virtual event! Join us for Writing the Next Chapter, a free story writing workshop where you can refine your craft & connect with writers, on October 15th at 8 pm ET.
Register here: bit.ly/4pp9ZPd
Register here: bit.ly/4pp9ZPd
September 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
📚✨ Celebrate 1 year of @janishubschman.bsky.social’s "Take Me With You Next Time" with a special virtual event! Join us for Writing the Next Chapter, a free story writing workshop where you can refine your craft & connect with writers, on October 15th at 8 pm ET.
Register here: bit.ly/4pp9ZPd
Register here: bit.ly/4pp9ZPd
🔎✨ @sharonw.bsky.social’s upcoming novel If the Owl Calls is more than just a mystery—it’s a haunting literary journey into 1979 Norway, where cultural identity, environmental resistance, and a detective’s search for truth collide.
🦉 On shelves November 18, 2025
📖 Preorder here: bit.ly/3JciufZ
🦉 On shelves November 18, 2025
📖 Preorder here: bit.ly/3JciufZ
September 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🔎✨ @sharonw.bsky.social’s upcoming novel If the Owl Calls is more than just a mystery—it’s a haunting literary journey into 1979 Norway, where cultural identity, environmental resistance, and a detective’s search for truth collide.
🦉 On shelves November 18, 2025
📖 Preorder here: bit.ly/3JciufZ
🦉 On shelves November 18, 2025
📖 Preorder here: bit.ly/3JciufZ
📚✨ Back-to-school season has us thinking about the stories that shaped us. Was there a book that sparked your love for reading, writing, or dreaming a little bigger?
In our latest newsletter, Betty authors reflect on the books that influenced them most.
Find it here: bit.ly/4mc0AaW
In our latest newsletter, Betty authors reflect on the books that influenced them most.
Find it here: bit.ly/4mc0AaW
September 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
📚✨ Back-to-school season has us thinking about the stories that shaped us. Was there a book that sparked your love for reading, writing, or dreaming a little bigger?
In our latest newsletter, Betty authors reflect on the books that influenced them most.
Find it here: bit.ly/4mc0AaW
In our latest newsletter, Betty authors reflect on the books that influenced them most.
Find it here: bit.ly/4mc0AaW
Ever wonder how writers use direct address to pull readers in?
Betty author @ldeforest.bsky.social sits down with novelist @hayneswrites.com to talk about his new book "Martha’s Daughter" and the power of this narrative technique in a new interview for CRAFT Literary.
Read it here: bit.ly/4n2WL9z
Betty author @ldeforest.bsky.social sits down with novelist @hayneswrites.com to talk about his new book "Martha’s Daughter" and the power of this narrative technique in a new interview for CRAFT Literary.
Read it here: bit.ly/4n2WL9z
September 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Ever wonder how writers use direct address to pull readers in?
Betty author @ldeforest.bsky.social sits down with novelist @hayneswrites.com to talk about his new book "Martha’s Daughter" and the power of this narrative technique in a new interview for CRAFT Literary.
Read it here: bit.ly/4n2WL9z
Betty author @ldeforest.bsky.social sits down with novelist @hayneswrites.com to talk about his new book "Martha’s Daughter" and the power of this narrative technique in a new interview for CRAFT Literary.
Read it here: bit.ly/4n2WL9z