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📚 Fat, bookish community
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Want to win a copy of TRY YOUR WORST by Chatham Greenfield? We're giving away three copies thanks to @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social! Enter to win at the link below!

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September 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Any of my mutuals who don't yet follow this project should check out this really cool opportunity!
fatfwdbooks.bsky.social Fat Forward Books @fatfwdbooks.bsky.social · Aug 21
Join Fat Forward Books founder and award-winning writer and editor @theverbalthing.com for "Read Fat Books," a 90-minute virtual workshop on Wednesday, 8/27 at 7 p.m. ET on anti-fatness in contemporary lit! 💙📚 🌈📚

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Read Fat Books: A Virtual Workshop We need more fat rep in publishing! How do we get there? Let's talk about it. Wednesday, 8/27 7-8:30 p.m. ET Free for $5 Bindery subscribers Sliding scale Free spots available Join Fat Forward Books founder and award-winning writer and editor Samantha Puc (she/they) for a deep dive into fat rep in contemporary lit. We'll discuss how to identify anti-fatness in our reading and critique it in reviews, interviews, and peer-to-peer dialogue, as well as how to push for positive change both on the page and behind the scenes. Pricing - Subscribe to Fat Forward Books for $5 per month via the membership tab to get FREE access to this and future workshops and panels. - Sliding scale tickets for free subscribers and non-subscribers have three tiers: $9, $12, and $15. - Three free spots will be available to non-subscribers on a first-come, first-serve basis. Email fatfwdbooks@gmail.com to claim one, no questions asked. Workshop Details - “Read Fat Books” is a 90-minute virtual workshop on Wednesday, August 27 from 7-8:30 p.m. ET. - The workshop is capped at 20 participants. Everyone who registers will receive a Zoom link via e-mail and a recording afterwards. - Bring your preferred writing or drawing materials! We will do some freewriting and/or drawing. About Samantha Puc Samantha Puc (she/they) is a fat, disabled, lesbian writer and editor whose work focuses primarily on LGBTQ+ and fat representation in pop culture. They are an Eisner Award-winning journalist and Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic with bylines at The Beat, Publishers Weekly, Yes! Magazine, Polygon, and elsewhere. Samantha is the founder of Fat Forward Books, Community Voices Blog Editor at NAAFA, and a contributor to the award-winning Fat and Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives. They graduated in 2025 with a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative nonfiction from The New School. When Samantha is not working or writing, she loves spending time with her cats, reading, and perfecting her grilled cheese recipe. About Fat Forward Books Fat Forward Books is a curated community space that celebrates books by fat authors, about fat experiences, and/or featuring fat characters across every genre and age group. Launched in May 2025 in partnership with tastemaker-led publisher Bindery Books, Fat Forward Books highlights front and backlist titles through reviews; guest essays; themed recommendation lists; author interviews; giveaways; and a monthly, virtual book club. Future plans include virtual panels with authors, creators, and publishing professionals, additional workshops, and more. Puc‘s ultimate goal is to grow Fat Forward Books into a publishing imprint under Bindery Books. The world needs more fat books, and they want to make that happen!
August 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Join Fat Forward Books founder and award-winning writer and editor @theverbalthing.com for "Read Fat Books," a 90-minute virtual workshop on Wednesday, 8/27 at 7 p.m. ET on anti-fatness in contemporary lit! 💙📚 🌈📚

Info & tickets: fatfwdbooks.binderybooks.com/item/Oh3V95u...
Read Fat Books: A Virtual Workshop We need more fat rep in publishing! How do we get there? Let's talk about it. Wednesday, 8/27 7-8:30 p.m. ET Free for $5 Bindery subscribers Sliding scale Free spots available Join Fat Forward Books founder and award-winning writer and editor Samantha Puc (she/they) for a deep dive into fat rep in contemporary lit. We'll discuss how to identify anti-fatness in our reading and critique it in reviews, interviews, and peer-to-peer dialogue, as well as how to push for positive change both on the page and behind the scenes. Pricing - Subscribe to Fat Forward Books for $5 per month via the membership tab to get FREE access to this and future workshops and panels. - Sliding scale tickets for free subscribers and non-subscribers have three tiers: $9, $12, and $15. - Three free spots will be available to non-subscribers on a first-come, first-serve basis. Email fatfwdbooks@gmail.com to claim one, no questions asked. Workshop Details - “Read Fat Books” is a 90-minute virtual workshop on Wednesday, August 27 from 7-8:30 p.m. ET. - The workshop is capped at 20 participants. Everyone who registers will receive a Zoom link via e-mail and a recording afterwards. - Bring your preferred writing or drawing materials! We will do some freewriting and/or drawing. About Samantha Puc Samantha Puc (she/they) is a fat, disabled, lesbian writer and editor whose work focuses primarily on LGBTQ+ and fat representation in pop culture. They are an Eisner Award-winning journalist and Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic with bylines at The Beat, Publishers Weekly, Yes! Magazine, Polygon, and elsewhere. Samantha is the founder of Fat Forward Books, Community Voices Blog Editor at NAAFA, and a contributor to the award-winning Fat and Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives. They graduated in 2025 with a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative nonfiction from The New School. When Samantha is not working or writing, she loves spending time with her cats, reading, and perfecting her grilled cheese recipe. About Fat Forward Books Fat Forward Books is a curated community space that celebrates books by fat authors, about fat experiences, and/or featuring fat characters across every genre and age group. Launched in May 2025 in partnership with tastemaker-led publisher Bindery Books, Fat Forward Books highlights front and backlist titles through reviews; guest essays; themed recommendation lists; author interviews; giveaways; and a monthly, virtual book club. Future plans include virtual panels with authors, creators, and publishing professionals, additional workshops, and more. Puc‘s ultimate goal is to grow Fat Forward Books into a publishing imprint under Bindery Books. The world needs more fat books, and they want to make that happen!
August 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Check out our interview with cartoonist Mollie Cronin about her new graphic novel, FUTURE ME IS FAT, how fat liberation informs her comics, how fat bodies are perceived in sci-fi, and more.

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Bindery Books | In Conversation with Mollie Cronin
Cartoonist Mollie Cronin talks about her new graphic no...
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August 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Check out our interview with author #MasonDeaver about their adult debut, THE BUILD-A-BOYFRIEND PROJECT, why they want more soft men in romance, and what their next book is about! Here’s a hint: 🚢😳😤😏❤️‍🔥

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Bindery Books | In Conversation with Mason Deaver
Author Mason Deaver talks about their adult debut, The ...
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August 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Happy Fat Liberation Month! We'll be celebrating throughout August with author interviews, community events, giveaways, and more. Subscribe for FREE so you don't miss a second!

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August 1, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Congratulations to @verabrosgol.bsky.social! #EisnerAwards
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#SDCC25 The Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids goes to PLAIN JANE AND THE MERMAID by @verabrosgol.bsky.social, published by First Second/Macmillan
July 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Introducing Bindery Tastemaker Page Fat Forward Books
Fat Forward Books Launches on Bindery Books — Samantha Puc | The Verbal Thing
Samantha Puc has launched Fat Forward Books in partnership with Bindery Books, highlighting books by fat authors, about fat experiences, and featuring fat characters.
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July 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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The Fat Forward Book Club July pick is Zami by Audre Lorde!

Join us Friday, July 18 at 8 p.m. ET to discuss. 💙📚 🌈📚 #FatForwardBooks

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Bindery Books | ✨ Our Fat Forward Book Club July Pick ✨
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June 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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🎉 BOOK GIVEAWAY 🎉

Enter to win a @binderybooks.bsky.social Exclusive hardcover edition of The Unmapping by Denise S. Robbins! 💙📚

Open until Friday, 6/20 at 12 p.m. PT. Rules for entry at the link below. Please share! ✨
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June 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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THANK YOU for helping us reach 50 subscribers! June 1 is still days away… think we can double that number? 👀

Please share this post and if you haven’t, take a second to subscribe (for FREE) to the #FatForwardBooks page on @binderybooks.bsky.social! 💙📚 🌈📚
theverbalthing.com Samantha Puc 🍉 @theverbalthing.com · May 27
For my 35th, I launched @fatfwdbooks.bsky.social with @binderybooks.bsky.social and I have big, big plans! If you want to know more about #FatForwardBooks, check out this post and subscribe to the page (for FREE).

I'd love to hit 50 subs my June 1. Please share to help make it happen! 💙📚 🌈📚
Bindery Books | Why I Created Fat Forward Books
We need more fat books. I want to make that happen.
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May 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Y’all showed up and showed OUT for @fatfwdbooks.bsky.social! 50 of you are subscribed to the page and I’m so, so grateful. 💛💛💛

Please keep sharing! The more people who back this project, the more it can grow! #FatForwardBooks 💙📚 🌈📚
theverbalthing.com Samantha Puc 🍉 @theverbalthing.com · May 27
For my 35th, I launched @fatfwdbooks.bsky.social with @binderybooks.bsky.social and I have big, big plans! If you want to know more about #FatForwardBooks, check out this post and subscribe to the page (for FREE).

I'd love to hit 50 subs my June 1. Please share to help make it happen! 💙📚 🌈📚
Bindery Books | Why I Created Fat Forward Books
We need more fat books. I want to make that happen.
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May 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Hey mutuals, sign up for this so we can be book buddies!!! 🥰
theverbalthing.com Samantha Puc 🍉 @theverbalthing.com · May 28
Thank y'all for showing up and showing OUT! I'm so close to my goal of 50 subscribers. Please continue sharing, and if you haven't signed up, I hope you will! 💙📚 🌈📚 #FatForwardBooks
theverbalthing.com Samantha Puc 🍉 @theverbalthing.com · May 27
For my 35th, I launched @fatfwdbooks.bsky.social with @binderybooks.bsky.social and I have big, big plans! If you want to know more about #FatForwardBooks, check out this post and subscribe to the page (for FREE).

I'd love to hit 50 subs my June 1. Please share to help make it happen! 💙📚 🌈📚
May 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Thank y'all for showing up and showing OUT! I'm so close to my goal of 50 subscribers. Please continue sharing, and if you haven't signed up, I hope you will! 💙📚 🌈📚 #FatForwardBooks
theverbalthing.com Samantha Puc 🍉 @theverbalthing.com · May 27
For my 35th, I launched @fatfwdbooks.bsky.social with @binderybooks.bsky.social and I have big, big plans! If you want to know more about #FatForwardBooks, check out this post and subscribe to the page (for FREE).

I'd love to hit 50 subs my June 1. Please share to help make it happen! 💙📚 🌈📚
Bindery Books | Why I Created Fat Forward Books
We need more fat books. I want to make that happen.
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May 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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For my 35th, I launched @fatfwdbooks.bsky.social with @binderybooks.bsky.social and I have big, big plans! If you want to know more about #FatForwardBooks, check out this post and subscribe to the page (for FREE).

I'd love to hit 50 subs my June 1. Please share to help make it happen! 💙📚 🌈📚
Bindery Books | Why I Created Fat Forward Books
We need more fat books. I want to make that happen.
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May 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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JUST OUR LUCK author @nicwillwrites.bsky.social reveals details about her next book, THE RE-DO LIST, arriving in 2026! 💙📚

Watch the full interview by subscribing to #FatForwardBooks for FREE via @binderybooks.bsky.social!

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May 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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I'm putting together some short, social media friendly clips of my @fatfwdbooks.bsky.social interview with author Denise Williams, but if you want to see the whole thing, make sure to subscribe (for FREE) to the page on @binderybooks.bsky.social!

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May 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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There’s an author currently calling Black people “KKK leftists” to sell books.

Im sick of this. Let’s flip the script. Instead of racists getting rich, help my Black publishing imprint thrive to spite them. Go subscribe. We’re out pandering racists today.

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May 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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✏️ New comic by Nicole Testa LaLiberty: Growing up in a fatphobic culture, I got the message that my body was never good enough. www.crucialcomix.com/comic/never-...
Never Enough
Growing up in a fatphobic culture, I got the message that my body was never good enough.
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January 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Every Monday, we share a #FatForwardBooks news round-up over on @binderybooks.bsky.social highlighting acquisitions/deals, events, crowdfunding campaigns, pre-order campaigns, new releases, and more! If you have an announcement you'd like featured, you can submit via this form. Please share! 💙📚 🌈📚
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Thank you for your interest in submitting to the weekly Fat Forward Books news round-up! Each week, we share events, new releases, pre-order links/campaigns, acquisitions news, and more as it pertains...
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May 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Ahhhh, so exciting!!! One of my favorites 🥰
fatfwdbooks.bsky.social Fat Forward Books @fatfwdbooks.bsky.social · May 16
Next week for ALL Bindery subscribers: an exclusive interview with JUST OUR LUCK author Denise Williams!

Following #FatForwardBooks on @binderybooks.bsky.social is FREE and takes just a few seconds. What are you waiting for?

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A graphic advertising "Fat Forward Books in conversation with Denise Williams," including Williams's author photo and the book covers for The Fastest Way to Fall and Just Our Luck
May 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Next week for ALL Bindery subscribers: an exclusive interview with JUST OUR LUCK author Denise Williams!

Following #FatForwardBooks on @binderybooks.bsky.social is FREE and takes just a few seconds. What are you waiting for?

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A graphic advertising "Fat Forward Books in conversation with Denise Williams," including Williams's author photo and the book covers for The Fastest Way to Fall and Just Our Luck
May 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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📣 Fat Forward Book Club Launches in June! 📣

Join us Friday, June 20 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT to discuss BLACK. FAT. FEMME. by @doctorjonpaul.blue!

Details: fatfwdbooks.binderybooks.com/item/ZMzAoCA...
Information for the June 2025 Fat Forward Book Club meeting surrounds the cover image to Black. Fat. Femme. by John Paul Higgins, Ed.D.
May 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Big news from @fatfwdbooks.bsky.social tomorrow! Subscribe via @binderybooks.bsky.social so you don't miss it!

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