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Independent publisher of exceedingly good books. Founded in 1917. We can’t go on, we’ll go on.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Don't miss this fascinating @literaryhub.bsky.social article by @tracyborman.bsky.social about the succession crisis of Queen Elizabeth I!
The Succession Crisis of Queen Elizabeth I
On October 10, 1562, Queen Elizabeth I was staying at Hampton Court when she was taken suddenly and dangerously ill. “She is in great danger,” the Spanish ambassador Bishop Álvaro de la Quadra repo...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Don't miss this fascinating @literaryhub.bsky.social article by @tracyborman.bsky.social about the succession crisis of Queen Elizabeth I!
"[THE STOLEN CROWN] serves as a fascinating look at Tudor history."
A great review in Town and Country Mag's best books of November!
A great review in Town and Country Mag's best books of November!
The 21 Best Books to Read This November
Our picks for the top new releases of the month.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"[THE STOLEN CROWN] serves as a fascinating look at Tudor history."
A great review in Town and Country Mag's best books of November!
A great review in Town and Country Mag's best books of November!
THE STOLEN CROWN author @tracyborman.bsky.social goes on Noble Blood Podcast to discuss the bombshell new discoveries that reveal that the Stuart Dynasty was built on a lie. Give it a listen here:
King James VI's Stolen Crown (with Tracy Borman) - Noble Blood
On her deathbed, the unmarried "Virgin Queen" Elizabeth I declared that her successor would be King James VI of Scotland. Or at least, that's the story that we've been told. In her new book THE STOLEN CROWN, historian Tracy Borman, Chief Curator of Hist...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
THE STOLEN CROWN author @tracyborman.bsky.social goes on Noble Blood Podcast to discuss the bombshell new discoveries that reveal that the Stuart Dynasty was built on a lie. Give it a listen here:
THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER) is on the 2026 Aspen Words Literary Prize longlist! Congrats @rabihalameddine.bsky.social 🥳
Literary Prize - Aspen Words
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November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER) is on the 2026 Aspen Words Literary Prize longlist! Congrats @rabihalameddine.bsky.social 🥳
Learn about the world of lexicography and Merriam-Webster in this Cultured Mag interview with UNABRIDGED author @stefanfatsis.bsky.social.
What One Author Learned About How We Talk to Each Other, From Spending Three Years Cosplaying as a Worker at Merriam-Webster
Despite print going out of style, sometimes, a lexicographer’s work can still be a matter of life and death.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Learn about the world of lexicography and Merriam-Webster in this Cultured Mag interview with UNABRIDGED author @stefanfatsis.bsky.social.
If you love royal history and aren't listening to @tracyborman.bsky.social's THE STOLEN CROWN series for the @hrp-palaces.bsky.social podcast, what are you doing?? Listen to it now:
Historic Royal Palaces Podcast: The Stolen Tudor Crown with Tracy Borman
What is the story we think we know about the Elizabethan succession? Was it a smooth transition to the Stuarts, or was it a stolen Tudor crown? In this first episode of our four-part series, Chief Historian Tracy Borman will talk us through why E...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If you love royal history and aren't listening to @tracyborman.bsky.social's THE STOLEN CROWN series for the @hrp-palaces.bsky.social podcast, what are you doing?? Listen to it now:
Evanthia Bromiley discusses her haunting debut novel CROWN on @writersvoice.bsky.social. Listen to the podcast here:
Lives on the Margin: Evanthia Bromiley’s CROWN and Judy Karofsky’s DISELDERLY CONDUCT
Writer’s Voice: compelling conversations with authors who challenge, inspire, and inform. In this episode of Writer’s Voice, we hear from two authors illuminating the human cost of broken systems —…
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November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Evanthia Bromiley discusses her haunting debut novel CROWN on @writersvoice.bsky.social. Listen to the podcast here:
In case you need another reason to read HEART THE LOVER by Lily King, Zadie Smith recently recommended it in this Elle Shelf Life article.
The 2025 Novel Zadie Smith Says Surprised Her Most
Plus, more reading recommendations from the Dead and Alive author.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
In case you need another reason to read HEART THE LOVER by Lily King, Zadie Smith recently recommended it in this Elle Shelf Life article.
WINTER by Val McDermid is "a satisfying collection of literary amuse-bouches" according to @publisherswkly.bsky.social.
Winter: The Story of a Season by Val McDermid
Tartan noir master McDermid (Past Lying) flexes her talent for evocative description in this appealing collection about “memorie...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
WINTER by Val McDermid is "a satisfying collection of literary amuse-bouches" according to @publisherswkly.bsky.social.
Lily King (HEART THE LOVER) recently wrote the perfect article if you've ever wondered how to write a love story. Read it now on @electricliterature.com:
How to Write a Love Story - Electric Literature
In “Heart the Lover”, Lily King transforms the campus novel into a complicated triangle of love, loss, and friendship
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November 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Lily King (HEART THE LOVER) recently wrote the perfect article if you've ever wondered how to write a love story. Read it now on @electricliterature.com:
We're absolutely thrilled to see HEART THE LOVER and THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE on Time's list of 100 must-read books of 2025!
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Discover the novels, memoirs, biographies, and more that entertained and enlightened us
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November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We're absolutely thrilled to see HEART THE LOVER and THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE on Time's list of 100 must-read books of 2025!
In case you missed it, RACEBOOK by @tochitruestory.bsky.social was @npr.org's Book of the Day yesterday!
Tochi Onyebuchi’s 'Racebook' is a 'personal history' of a less serious time online : NPR's Book of the Day
Tochi Onyebuchi remembers when the internet was fun. The science fiction and fantasy author says he initially existed online as a “skinless, raceless entity” until he experienced a shift around 2012. ...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In case you missed it, RACEBOOK by @tochitruestory.bsky.social was @npr.org's Book of the Day yesterday!
THE IMPOSSIBLE THING is now available for only $5.99 across all e-retailers until 11/14! Snag a copy on and start reading now:
https://www.bookbub.com/books/the-impossible-thing-by-belinda-bauer-2025-03-15?ebook_deal
https://www.bookbub.com/books/the-impossible-thing-by-belinda-bauer-2025-03-15?ebook_deal
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
THE IMPOSSIBLE THING is now available for only $5.99 across all e-retailers until 11/14! Snag a copy on and start reading now:
https://www.bookbub.com/books/the-impossible-thing-by-belinda-bauer-2025-03-15?ebook_deal
https://www.bookbub.com/books/the-impossible-thing-by-belinda-bauer-2025-03-15?ebook_deal
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What happens when a new discovery changes everything you thought you knew about a well known historical event? I explore that very question in this free-to-view article for @washingtonpost.com 👉 wapo.st/4oqWM7Q @groveatlantic.bsky.social #thestolencrown
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
What happens when a new discovery changes everything you thought you knew about a well known historical event? I explore that very question in this free-to-view article for @washingtonpost.com 👉 wapo.st/4oqWM7Q @groveatlantic.bsky.social #thestolencrown
Andrew Smith, author of DEVIL IN THE STACK, reveals the actual man behind the machine (the world’s first digital electronic computer, that is) in this article in @theguardian.com.
Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn't see in the movies
The Oxbridge-educated boffin is feted as the codebreaking genius who helped Britain win the war. But should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers be seen as the real father of computing?
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November 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Andrew Smith, author of DEVIL IN THE STACK, reveals the actual man behind the machine (the world’s first digital electronic computer, that is) in this article in @theguardian.com.
You may think you know about the American Revolution, but do you know this?
Read Andrew Lawler's article in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social about the morning Virginia’s port of Norfolk was set ablaze.
Read Andrew Lawler's article in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social about the morning Virginia’s port of Norfolk was set ablaze.
In January 1776, Virginia's Port City of Norfolk Was Set Ablaze, Galvanizing the Revolution. But Who Really Lit the Match?
Blaming the British for the destruction helped persuade some wavering colonists to back the fight for independence. But the source of the inferno was not what it seemed
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November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
You may think you know about the American Revolution, but do you know this?
Read Andrew Lawler's article in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social about the morning Virginia’s port of Norfolk was set ablaze.
Read Andrew Lawler's article in @smithsonianmag.bsky.social about the morning Virginia’s port of Norfolk was set ablaze.
Want to know why DNUYZ calls THE UNVEILING "a novel that's equal parts 'White Lotus' and 'Get Out'"? Read the article here:
A Novel That’s Equal Parts ‘White Lotus’ and ‘Get Out’
THE UNVEILING, by Quan Barry Dear Mike White and Jordan Peele, have you met? If not, you should, ideally right
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November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Want to know why DNUYZ calls THE UNVEILING "a novel that's equal parts 'White Lotus' and 'Get Out'"? Read the article here:
"An unsettling and sometimes gruesome thriller, The Unveiling combines horror and polar exploration vibes with insights into racial identity in a post-Black Lives Matter world"
A great review of THE UNVEILING in @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org!
A great review of THE UNVEILING in @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org!
Discomfort and Unreliability In Antarctica: Review of Quan Barry's The Unveiling
Christine D. Baker Under Review:Under Review: The Unveiling. Quan Barry. Grove, October 2025. Quan Barry's The Unveiling is not a book with easy answers. Not even to basic questions like “Wait, wha...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"An unsettling and sometimes gruesome thriller, The Unveiling combines horror and polar exploration vibes with insights into racial identity in a post-Black Lives Matter world"
A great review of THE UNVEILING in @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org!
A great review of THE UNVEILING in @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org!
The real truth about the Tudor succession comes to light in THE STOLEN CROWN. Read author @tracyborman.bsky.social's article in @washingtonpost.com to learn more about it!
Opinion | The real truth about the Tudor succession comes to light. Literally.
The transition to the Stuart dynasty after Elizabeth I’s death was neither smooth nor peaceful.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The real truth about the Tudor succession comes to light in THE STOLEN CROWN. Read author @tracyborman.bsky.social's article in @washingtonpost.com to learn more about it!
"The real pleasure of Unabridged lies in its descriptions of the scrupulous deliberations of Merriam’s lexicographers as they weigh the sense of words."
UNABRIDGED by @stefanfatsis.bsky.social receives a great review in @washingtonpost.com!
UNABRIDGED by @stefanfatsis.bsky.social receives a great review in @washingtonpost.com!
Review | Can the dictionary stay relevant in the digital age?
In “Unabridged,” Stefan Fatsis explores how words become enshrined in the dictionary and whether the book maker can keep up with the evolution of language.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"The real pleasure of Unabridged lies in its descriptions of the scrupulous deliberations of Merriam’s lexicographers as they weigh the sense of words."
UNABRIDGED by @stefanfatsis.bsky.social receives a great review in @washingtonpost.com!
UNABRIDGED by @stefanfatsis.bsky.social receives a great review in @washingtonpost.com!
"One of the most compelling of recent memoirs, a story that shows both the pain and the joy that follow when you decide to become fully yourself."
Read the rest of this fantastic review of FRIGHTEN THE HORSES in Cleaver Magazine here!
Read the rest of this fantastic review of FRIGHTEN THE HORSES in Cleaver Magazine here!
FRIGHTEN THE HORSES by Oliver Radclyffe reviewed by Beth Johnston • Cleaver Magazine
Nonfiction by Oliver Radclyffe, reviewed by Beth Johnston FRIGHTEN THE HORSES: A MEMOIR (Roxane Gay Books) Frighten the Horses, Oliver Radclyffe's poised and witty memoir of gender transition, opens in a Manhattan barbershop, as he gets a shave and bask...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"One of the most compelling of recent memoirs, a story that shows both the pain and the joy that follow when you decide to become fully yourself."
Read the rest of this fantastic review of FRIGHTEN THE HORSES in Cleaver Magazine here!
Read the rest of this fantastic review of FRIGHTEN THE HORSES in Cleaver Magazine here!
With Veteran's Day coming up, it's a good time to revisit this fascinating article by Andrew Lawler (author of A PERFECT FRENZY) about what was known as the Ethiopian Regiment during the American Revolution.
The Black Loyalists
Thousands of African Americans fought for the British—then fled the United States to avoid a return to enslavement.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
With Veteran's Day coming up, it's a good time to revisit this fascinating article by Andrew Lawler (author of A PERFECT FRENZY) about what was known as the Ethiopian Regiment during the American Revolution.
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I interrupt this wonderful election news to announce a new novel by the great Stewart O'Nan. What a chameleon he is--he can write about anything, with empathy and understanding. Here's my review of "Evensong," for the @bostonglobe.com @groveatlantic.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/a...
Stewart O’Nan’s ‘Evensong’ is a little miracle of a novel - The Boston Globe
How does Stewart O’Nan understand so deeply what it feels like to be an elderly woman?
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November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I interrupt this wonderful election news to announce a new novel by the great Stewart O'Nan. What a chameleon he is--he can write about anything, with empathy and understanding. Here's my review of "Evensong," for the @bostonglobe.com @groveatlantic.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/a...
Quan Barry, author of THE UNVEILING, is attending the Portland Book Festival @literary-arts.org this Saturday (11/8)! Don't miss her in conversation with Daniel H. Wilson at 12pm.
Get your tickets here:
https://aftontickets.com/event/buyticket/3px8ep61x1/portland-book-festival-2025
Get your tickets here:
https://aftontickets.com/event/buyticket/3px8ep61x1/portland-book-festival-2025
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Quan Barry, author of THE UNVEILING, is attending the Portland Book Festival @literary-arts.org this Saturday (11/8)! Don't miss her in conversation with Daniel H. Wilson at 12pm.
Get your tickets here:
https://aftontickets.com/event/buyticket/3px8ep61x1/portland-book-festival-2025
Get your tickets here:
https://aftontickets.com/event/buyticket/3px8ep61x1/portland-book-festival-2025