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Fat Forward Books
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📚 Fat, bookish community
🪴 Founded by @theverbalthing.com
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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! 💙📚 🌈📚

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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 5:35 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! 💙📚

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May 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Next week for ALL Bindery subscribers: an exclusive interview with JUST OUR LUCK author Denise Williams!

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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!

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May 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Looking for more #FatForwardBooks to add to your TBR? We have a regularly updated list of books by fat authors, by fat experiences, and/or featuring fat characters releasing in 2025 on our Bindery! 💙📚 🌈📚

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The Fat Forward Books logo is to the left of pink text that reads, "Fat Forward Books New Releases 2025" at the top of a stylized graphic with a cream-colored background. Below this text is a smaller, pink header that says "nonfiction." A 3x2 grid of book titles shows Weight and Wisdom edited by Nancy Ellis-Ordway and Tigress Osborn; Dirtbag Queen by Andy Corren; Unshrinking by Kate Manne; Black. Fat. Femme. by Jonathan P. Higgins, Ed.D.; Fat and Furious by Breanne Fahs; and Absolute Pleasure edited by Margot Atwell. Pink squiggly lines frame the top and bottom of the grid. The @fatfwdbooks social media handle is in tiny text on the bottom of the graphic. The Fat Forward Books logo is to the left of pink text that reads, "Fat Forward Books New Releases 2025" at the top of a stylized graphic with a cream-colored background. Below this text is a smaller, pink header that says "adult fiction." A line of four books shows On Her Terms by Amy Spalding; Just Our Luck by Denise Williams; My Best Friend's Honeymoon by Meryl Wilsner; and Ancestors by adrienne maree brown. Another smaller, pink header says "young adult." A line of four books shows A Prayer for Vengeance by L. A. Schwartz; Recommended Reading by Paul Coccia; Of Wolves and Stags by Ria Parisi; and Maeve Mulvaney Has Had Enough by Kelly Mangan. Pink squiggly lines frame the top and bottom of the grid. The @fatfwdbooks social media handle is in tiny text on the bottom of the graphic. The Fat Forward Books logo is to the left of pink text that reads, "Fat Forward Books New Releases 2025" at the top of a stylized graphic with a cream-colored background. Below this text is a smaller, pink header that says "young adult (cont.)." A 3x2 grid shows book covers for Get Real, Chloe Torres by Crystal Maldonado; Let Them Stare by Jonathan Van Ness and Julie Murphy; Amelia, If Only by Becky Albertalli; Climate of Chaos by Cassandra Newbould; Try Your Worst by Chatham Greenfield; and Thick Witch Travels by Lizzy Ives. Pink squiggly lines frame the top and bottom of the grid. The @fatfwdbooks social media handle is in tiny text on the bottom of the graphic.
May 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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✨ FAT FORWARD BOOKS IS LIVE! ✨

Launching today on @binderybooks.bsky.social, FFB celebrates books by fat authors, about fat experiences, and/or featuring fat characters!

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An infographic announcing Samantha Puc’s launch on Bindery Books An infographic with a photo of Samantha Puc in the background. A text box asks, “Why are you excited to join Bindery?” Another text box says, “Fat Forward Books celebrates books by fat authors, about fat experiences across every genre and age group. Members can look forward to a monthly virtual book club and a lively community Discord server, as well as reviews, author interviews, panel discussions, and more.”
May 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Mark your calendars! 👀✨🗓️📚
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May 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM