New Door Books
@newdoorbooks.bsky.social
Micro-publisher of literary books, mostly fiction & creative nonfiction
@sharonw.bsky.social in Cleaver Mag on thinking like an architect while planning a book:
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THINK LIKE AN ARCHITECT: A Writing Tip by Sharon White • Cleaver Magazine
Sharon White THINK LIKE AN ARCHITECT I’ve been thinking about architecture a lot lately. Probably because I’ve been watching Grand Designs on BritBox to wind down after dinner. The houses are amazing ...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
@sharonw.bsky.social in Cleaver Mag on thinking like an architect while planning a book:
www.cleavermagazine.com/think-like-a...
www.cleavermagazine.com/think-like-a...
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Philly, feel strongly about AI? Scared of what technology and unchecked arrogance can do? I wrote an award-winning book about that! Come by the Rittenhouse Barnes and Noble 12/2 and check out all the authors and small presses (also Julian rocks).
2 of 2: The authors include:
Jane-Rebecca Cannarella
Josh Dale @joshdale.co
Stephen St. Francis Decky @stephen-st-francis.bsky.social
Melanie Moyer @melmoy.bsky.social
Kabria Rogers
with kickoff remarks by Blue Stoop's Julian Shendelman.
Books pictured below!
Jane-Rebecca Cannarella
Josh Dale @joshdale.co
Stephen St. Francis Decky @stephen-st-francis.bsky.social
Melanie Moyer @melmoy.bsky.social
Kabria Rogers
with kickoff remarks by Blue Stoop's Julian Shendelman.
Books pictured below!
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Philly, feel strongly about AI? Scared of what technology and unchecked arrogance can do? I wrote an award-winning book about that! Come by the Rittenhouse Barnes and Noble 12/2 and check out all the authors and small presses (also Julian rocks).
"The author comes alive in these pages as self-absorbed, self-aggrandizing, self-mythologizing, and hypersensitive to slight."
@ellenpcampbell.bsky.social reviews the new biography of Muriel Spark by Frances Wilson.
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/e...
#literature #biography
@ellenpcampbell.bsky.social reviews the new biography of Muriel Spark by Frances Wilson.
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/e...
#literature #biography
Electric Spark: The Enigma of Dame Muriel | Washington Independent Review of Books
The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"The author comes alive in these pages as self-absorbed, self-aggrandizing, self-mythologizing, and hypersensitive to slight."
@ellenpcampbell.bsky.social reviews the new biography of Muriel Spark by Frances Wilson.
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/e...
#literature #biography
@ellenpcampbell.bsky.social reviews the new biography of Muriel Spark by Frances Wilson.
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/e...
#literature #biography
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Were you thrilled & motivated by election results on Tuesday and want in on the next one? If you're a published writer, join us! We provide resources, connect each other to collective actions, and support each other!
AABB Author Sign-Up Form
Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors to...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Were you thrilled & motivated by election results on Tuesday and want in on the next one? If you're a published writer, join us! We provide resources, connect each other to collective actions, and support each other!
"A bad night for book banners" is the headline for the @aabbwashington.bsky.social take on the elections. Worth reading!
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#bookbanning
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#bookbanning
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"A bad night for book banners" is the headline for the @aabbwashington.bsky.social take on the elections. Worth reading!
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#bookbanning
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#bookbanning
1 of 2: #Philly #literary folk, mark your calendars now!
The 12/2 Small Press Night at Barnes & Noble, 1708 Chestnut, will feature the local presses shown in the graphic plus 5 great authors presenting their work.
#fiction #poetry #schmoozing
The 12/2 Small Press Night at Barnes & Noble, 1708 Chestnut, will feature the local presses shown in the graphic plus 5 great authors presenting their work.
#fiction #poetry #schmoozing
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
1 of 2: #Philly #literary folk, mark your calendars now!
The 12/2 Small Press Night at Barnes & Noble, 1708 Chestnut, will feature the local presses shown in the graphic plus 5 great authors presenting their work.
#fiction #poetry #schmoozing
The 12/2 Small Press Night at Barnes & Noble, 1708 Chestnut, will feature the local presses shown in the graphic plus 5 great authors presenting their work.
#fiction #poetry #schmoozing
Our latest newsletter reflects on novels that address a cultural or political "tipping point," a moment when an entire society finds itself in crisis or transition (kind of similar to right now?).
www.newdoorbooks.net/so/4ePe8MtJJ...
#fiction #novels
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#fiction #novels
October 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Our latest newsletter reflects on novels that address a cultural or political "tipping point," a moment when an entire society finds itself in crisis or transition (kind of similar to right now?).
www.newdoorbooks.net/so/4ePe8MtJJ...
#fiction #novels
www.newdoorbooks.net/so/4ePe8MtJJ...
#fiction #novels
The new online book club from @spotlightpa.org, called Booklight PA, continues with another great #Philly author, Lorene Cary!
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/10...
#fiction #authorevent
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#fiction #authorevent
Ask Lorene Cary about her book ‘If Sons, Then Heirs’
Author Lorene Cary joins us live on Nov. 18 for a virtual discussion.
www.spotlightpa.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The new online book club from @spotlightpa.org, called Booklight PA, continues with another great #Philly author, Lorene Cary!
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/10...
#fiction #authorevent
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/10...
#fiction #authorevent
"The Stained Glass Project is a volunteer run after-school arts program that introduces under-served Philadelphia public high school students to the technically demanding artistic discipline of making stained glass."
A great idea! Please support if you can.
fundrazr.com/stained-glas...
A great idea! Please support if you can.
fundrazr.com/stained-glas...
The Stained Glass Project
Please support us by making a contribution!
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October 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"The Stained Glass Project is a volunteer run after-school arts program that introduces under-served Philadelphia public high school students to the technically demanding artistic discipline of making stained glass."
A great idea! Please support if you can.
fundrazr.com/stained-glas...
A great idea! Please support if you can.
fundrazr.com/stained-glas...
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Alice B. Toklas’s cultish devotion to Gertrude Stein has generated enduring curiosity. “What magnetic force keeps such a union intact?” Judith Thurman writes. “Is the enthrallment mutual? Is the resentment?”
Gertrude Stein’s Love Language
How a self-appointed genius found her ideal helpmate.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Alice B. Toklas’s cultish devotion to Gertrude Stein has generated enduring curiosity. “What magnetic force keeps such a union intact?” Judith Thurman writes. “Is the enthrallment mutual? Is the resentment?”
Books instead of candy from vending machines in DC!
The cynic says, "What, they read books in DC? Why is there no evidence in Congress?"
The author/publisher applauds.
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/g...
#Books #Publishing
The cynic says, "What, they read books in DC? Why is there no evidence in Congress?"
The author/publisher applauds.
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/g...
#Books #Publishing
A book vending machine provides an outlet for D.C.-area authors after funding cuts
Washington, D.C.'s vending machine LitBox distributes books, with a serving of hope as local writers struggle with arts funding cuts.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Books instead of candy from vending machines in DC!
The cynic says, "What, they read books in DC? Why is there no evidence in Congress?"
The author/publisher applauds.
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/g...
#Books #Publishing
The cynic says, "What, they read books in DC? Why is there no evidence in Congress?"
The author/publisher applauds.
www.npr.org/2025/10/16/g...
#Books #Publishing
#Philly's own Stephanie Feldman kicks off @spotlightpa.org's new online book club.
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/09...
#novel #sci-fi #authorreading
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#novel #sci-fi #authorreading
Ask Stephanie Feldman about her hit novel ‘Saturnalia’
Author Stephanie Feldman joins us on Oct. 23 for a live, virtual discussion.
www.spotlightpa.org
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
#Philly's own Stephanie Feldman kicks off @spotlightpa.org's new online book club.
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/09...
#novel #sci-fi #authorreading
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/09...
#novel #sci-fi #authorreading
"In a life beset by loss and illness, she wrote through some dark days and moods in this house. 'All sorrows can be borne, if you put them into a story,' she once said."
@ellenpcampbell.bsky.social visits the Karen Blixen museum.
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/in-...
@ellenpcampbell.bsky.social visits the Karen Blixen museum.
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/in-...
October 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"In a life beset by loss and illness, she wrote through some dark days and moods in this house. 'All sorrows can be borne, if you put them into a story,' she once said."
@ellenpcampbell.bsky.social visits the Karen Blixen museum.
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/in-...
@ellenpcampbell.bsky.social visits the Karen Blixen museum.
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/in-...
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Oh hey! Thank you, so much to the folks at Ignyte! We love this because fighting books really & truly is a practice of inclusion & equity. Really meaningful to be recognized this way. Good work team!
And the Community Award for Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre goes to @authorsabb.bsky.social
#2025IgnyteAwards
#2025IgnyteAwards
October 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Oh hey! Thank you, so much to the folks at Ignyte! We love this because fighting books really & truly is a practice of inclusion & equity. Really meaningful to be recognized this way. Good work team!
"The monster we’re told is just over the horizon is in fact already here, and has been for centuries, disguised as progress and the way things have to be."
@solarshades.club's interview with Lizzie Wade:
www.solarshades.club/p/against-th...
@solarshades.club's interview with Lizzie Wade:
www.solarshades.club/p/against-th...
Against Thermocolonialism, feat. Lizzie Wade
a conversation about making the seasons make sense
www.solarshades.club
October 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"The monster we’re told is just over the horizon is in fact already here, and has been for centuries, disguised as progress and the way things have to be."
@solarshades.club's interview with Lizzie Wade:
www.solarshades.club/p/against-th...
@solarshades.club's interview with Lizzie Wade:
www.solarshades.club/p/against-th...
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Thanks for the boost, and thanks to Lewis Whittington for this great review of Tesla's Opera! Here's the book page at Fomite Press with ordering info: www.fomitepress.com/tesla-s-oper...
"Perhaps I was a little premature" - opening line of @miriamseidel.bsky.social's opera VIOLET FIRE about Nikola Tesla.
Now her volume with the libretto & commentary gets a rave review as "a fascinating, fun book about the world of science, opera and avian love."
culturevulture.net/books-cds/te...
Now her volume with the libretto & commentary gets a rave review as "a fascinating, fun book about the world of science, opera and avian love."
culturevulture.net/books-cds/te...
Tesla’s Opera~ The real, stranger-than-fiction Nikola Tesla
Arts Journalist and novelist Miriam Seidel conceived her opera ‘Violet Fire’ in 2006 to commemorate the 150th birthyear of Croatian inventor Nikola Tesla. S
culturevulture.net
October 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Thanks for the boost, and thanks to Lewis Whittington for this great review of Tesla's Opera! Here's the book page at Fomite Press with ordering info: www.fomitepress.com/tesla-s-oper...
"Perhaps I was a little premature" - opening line of @miriamseidel.bsky.social's opera VIOLET FIRE about Nikola Tesla.
Now her volume with the libretto & commentary gets a rave review as "a fascinating, fun book about the world of science, opera and avian love."
culturevulture.net/books-cds/te...
Now her volume with the libretto & commentary gets a rave review as "a fascinating, fun book about the world of science, opera and avian love."
culturevulture.net/books-cds/te...
Tesla’s Opera~ The real, stranger-than-fiction Nikola Tesla
Arts Journalist and novelist Miriam Seidel conceived her opera ‘Violet Fire’ in 2006 to commemorate the 150th birthyear of Croatian inventor Nikola Tesla. S
culturevulture.net
October 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"Perhaps I was a little premature" - opening line of @miriamseidel.bsky.social's opera VIOLET FIRE about Nikola Tesla.
Now her volume with the libretto & commentary gets a rave review as "a fascinating, fun book about the world of science, opera and avian love."
culturevulture.net/books-cds/te...
Now her volume with the libretto & commentary gets a rave review as "a fascinating, fun book about the world of science, opera and avian love."
culturevulture.net/books-cds/te...
A book worth banning is a book worth reading.
#BannedBooksWeek
#BannedBooksWeek
October 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A book worth banning is a book worth reading.
#BannedBooksWeek
#BannedBooksWeek
Today is the 2nd anniversary of Hamas's horrific attack on Israel.
In the spring we're publishing a novel that treats difficult conversations and conflicting perspectives on the Israel-Palestine question. We hope it will promote genuine discussion and healing.
In the spring we're publishing a novel that treats difficult conversations and conflicting perspectives on the Israel-Palestine question. We hope it will promote genuine discussion and healing.
October 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Today is the 2nd anniversary of Hamas's horrific attack on Israel.
In the spring we're publishing a novel that treats difficult conversations and conflicting perspectives on the Israel-Palestine question. We hope it will promote genuine discussion and healing.
In the spring we're publishing a novel that treats difficult conversations and conflicting perspectives on the Israel-Palestine question. We hope it will promote genuine discussion and healing.
In @literaryhub.bsky.social, @devintoshea.bsky.social describes how movies are popularizing the classic #Pynchon theme: "The war between the powerful and the powerless."
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Thomas Pynchon Has Been Warning Us About American Fascism the Whole Time
Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptations of Thomas Pynchon’s novels—first Inherent Vice in 2014, and now One Battle After Another in 2025—may be tipping the scales, with more first-time Pynchon readers f…
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October 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
In @literaryhub.bsky.social, @devintoshea.bsky.social describes how movies are popularizing the classic #Pynchon theme: "The war between the powerful and the powerless."
lithub.com/thomas-pynch...
lithub.com/thomas-pynch...
October 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
For #BannedBooksWeek an interactive map from @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social showing where the problem is worst:
littlefreelibrary.org/about/book-b...
littlefreelibrary.org/about/book-b...
Book Ban Map - Little Free Library
Find the areas hit hardest by book bans and the nearest Little Free Library book-sharing box locations! We developed this map in collaboration with PEN America and the American Library Association’s… ...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
For #BannedBooksWeek an interactive map from @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social showing where the problem is worst:
littlefreelibrary.org/about/book-b...
littlefreelibrary.org/about/book-b...
For #BannedBooksWeek, @bookshop.org is offering discounts on selected banned books.
bookshop.org/info/banned-...
bookshop.org/info/banned-...
October 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
For #BannedBooksWeek, @bookshop.org is offering discounts on selected banned books.
bookshop.org/info/banned-...
bookshop.org/info/banned-...
Just arrived: first package of ARCs for PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN by Nathaniel Popkin!
Photographed on the office's official Old Red Chair.
How does the cover look for this book we've dubbed the "most provocative novel of spring 2026"?
#novel #judaism #israel #palestine
Photographed on the office's official Old Red Chair.
How does the cover look for this book we've dubbed the "most provocative novel of spring 2026"?
#novel #judaism #israel #palestine
October 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Just arrived: first package of ARCs for PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN by Nathaniel Popkin!
Photographed on the office's official Old Red Chair.
How does the cover look for this book we've dubbed the "most provocative novel of spring 2026"?
#novel #judaism #israel #palestine
Photographed on the office's official Old Red Chair.
How does the cover look for this book we've dubbed the "most provocative novel of spring 2026"?
#novel #judaism #israel #palestine