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Celebrating literary Pittsburgh since 2015! www.Littsburgh.com
Don't forget to register (for free) to reserve your spot at each workshop, author talk, and panel at the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books on Saturday, May 31! littsburgh.substack.com/p/register-n... #Pittsburgh @carnegielibrary.bsky.social
Register Now for the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books!
Get ready for the novel event of the year.
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May 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Don't forget to register (for free) to reserve your spot at each workshop, author talk, and panel at the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books on Saturday, May 31! littsburgh.substack.com/p/register-n... #Pittsburgh @carnegielibrary.bsky.social
Littsburgh’s founder, @rachelcourage.bsky.social, is back with Murder by Cheesecake: A #GoldenGirls Cozy Mystery and she’s launching it right here at Penguin Bookshop in Sewickley (on Saturday, April 26th at 5pm)… just in time for mother’s day! littsburgh.substack.com/p/stay-golde...
Stay Golden, Pittsburgh!
Meet Littsburgh's Founder, Rachel Ekstrom Courage (author of Murder by Cheesecake: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery)...
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April 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Littsburgh’s founder, @rachelcourage.bsky.social, is back with Murder by Cheesecake: A #GoldenGirls Cozy Mystery and she’s launching it right here at Penguin Bookshop in Sewickley (on Saturday, April 26th at 5pm)… just in time for mother’s day! littsburgh.substack.com/p/stay-golde...
CORRECTION: Our Substack subject line today was supposed to read: "April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers," not "stewing flowers" (but we would share a boiled rose with Edna St. Vincent Millay any day) -ed. littsburgh.substack.com/p/april-come...
April 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
CORRECTION: Our Substack subject line today was supposed to read: "April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers," not "stewing flowers" (but we would share a boiled rose with Edna St. Vincent Millay any day) -ed. littsburgh.substack.com/p/april-come...
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I’m OBSESSEDDDDDD (cc: @rachelcourage.bsky.social)
March 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I’m OBSESSEDDDDDD (cc: @rachelcourage.bsky.social)
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WHAT THE HECK ARE AUTHORS SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THEMSELVES ON PUB DAY? Wrong answers only!!
March 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
WHAT THE HECK ARE AUTHORS SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THEMSELVES ON PUB DAY? Wrong answers only!!
The latest from literary #Pittsburgh!
Conferences, contests, festivals, interviews, events, and more: littsburgh.substack.com/p/its-a-big-...
Conferences, contests, festivals, interviews, events, and more: littsburgh.substack.com/p/its-a-big-...
It's a big year for literary Pittsburgh!
Conferences, contests, festivals, excerpts, interviews, events, and more...
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January 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The latest from literary #Pittsburgh!
Conferences, contests, festivals, interviews, events, and more: littsburgh.substack.com/p/its-a-big-...
Conferences, contests, festivals, interviews, events, and more: littsburgh.substack.com/p/its-a-big-...
Breaking news: Pittsburgh's bid to become a UNESCO City of Literature! 💥 littsburgh.substack.com/p/breaking-n... #Pittsburgh
Breaking News: Pittsburgh's Bid for UNESCO City of Literature Designation...
Plus: Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books 2025, The Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia® Book of the Year Longlist, and more!
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December 3, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Breaking news: Pittsburgh's bid to become a UNESCO City of Literature! 💥 littsburgh.substack.com/p/breaking-n... #Pittsburgh
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Great to see @cityofasylum.bsky.social and others working up an application for Pittsburgh to receive a UNESCO Creative Cities Network Cities of Literature designation. Invitation to become involved is available from @littsburgh.bsky.social.
Call to Action: Pittsburgh Applying for a UNESCO City of Literature Designation!
Pittsburgh has been known as a Steel Town, a Sports Town, and an Eds & Meds Town; we believe it’s time for Pittsburgh to be recognized as a vibrant literary
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December 3, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Great to see @cityofasylum.bsky.social and others working up an application for Pittsburgh to receive a UNESCO Creative Cities Network Cities of Literature designation. Invitation to become involved is available from @littsburgh.bsky.social.
Spring came early and literary Pittsburgh is HAPPENING!
The latest from Littsburgh: littsburgh.substack.com/p/the-latest... 📰🎉
The latest from Littsburgh: littsburgh.substack.com/p/the-latest... 📰🎉
February 8, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Spring came early and literary Pittsburgh is HAPPENING!
The latest from Littsburgh: littsburgh.substack.com/p/the-latest... 📰🎉
The latest from Littsburgh: littsburgh.substack.com/p/the-latest... 📰🎉
ICYMI: our big November issue! littsburgh.substack.com/p/our-big-no...
Our Big November Issue + Voting Reminder!
This is a big one, so we’re gonna keep it short with a “happy fall, y’all” and a “get out the vote!” (today, Nov. 7th - polls in Allegheny County are open until 8 p.m.) and a “scroll dow...
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November 8, 2023 at 12:35 PM
ICYMI: our big November issue! littsburgh.substack.com/p/our-big-no...
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It was a real joy to talk about Millions of Suns in this Q&A for @littsburgh.bsky.social We're so excited to see how people use this book in their own creative practice! Read the interview: www.littsburgh.com/qa-sharon-fa...
Q&A: Sharon Fagan McDermott and M. C. Benner Dixon (Authors of Millions of Suns: On Writing and Life...
“The warmth and humanity of these writers comes through every page as they welcome us into their writing lives. The collaborative nature of this work, with separate essays by both
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November 7, 2023 at 8:08 PM
It was a real joy to talk about Millions of Suns in this Q&A for @littsburgh.bsky.social We're so excited to see how people use this book in their own creative practice! Read the interview: www.littsburgh.com/qa-sharon-fa...
“We must not look at goblin men, / We must not buy their fruits: / Who knows upon what soil they fed / Their hungry thirsty roots?”
Our big Halloween issue! littsburgh.substack.com/p/our-big-ha...
Our big Halloween issue! littsburgh.substack.com/p/our-big-ha...
Our Big Hallowe'en Issue!
We haven’t really been feeling the spooky season yet this year… But we’re trying our best to get into the spirit: this morning we started re-reading “Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti lik...
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October 27, 2023 at 2:02 PM
“We must not look at goblin men, / We must not buy their fruits: / Who knows upon what soil they fed / Their hungry thirsty roots?”
Our big Halloween issue! littsburgh.substack.com/p/our-big-ha...
Our big Halloween issue! littsburgh.substack.com/p/our-big-ha...
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The excellent folks at @littsburgh.bsky.social have published the opening pages of HEADING NORTH, so you can get a little sneak peek before the novel arrives on 11/7:
Start Reading Heading North by Holly M. Wendt (Published by Pittsburgh's Braddock Avenue Books)!
“A ‘tender hockey story’ might sound like a contradiction, but more precisely, it’s a rarity—and a gift. In Holly M. Wendt’s Heading North we follow one athlete whose life has
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October 19, 2023 at 2:46 PM
The excellent folks at @littsburgh.bsky.social have published the opening pages of HEADING NORTH, so you can get a little sneak peek before the novel arrives on 11/7: