Schaffner Press
LightNews LightNews
banner
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
Schaffner Press
@schaffnerpress.bsky.social
310 followers 290 following 58 posts
We publish books. We like fiction, nonfiction, translation, poetry, and topics of social relevance. And you?

https://schaffnerpress.com/
Posts Replies Media Videos
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
Fall news from Schaffner Press (including extra-small editorial assistant Miles). Hope you all enjoy the changing seasons as much as possible and stay kind.

mailchi.mp/7c36980cc502...
Editorial assistant Miles holding out for a peanut butter bribe before heading into the office.
November 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
Happy publication day to "EYES IN THE SOLES OF MY FEET: From Horseshoe Crabs to Sycamores, Exploring Hidden Connections to the Natural World" by Caroline Sutton!

(And now that the finished book is out, one lucky reader will find an ARC in a Little Free Library in an undisclosed location. 🦀)
A hand holds a copy of "Eyes in the Soles of my Feet" in front of a Little Free Library.
October 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
Publishers Weekly reviews "Eyes in the Soles of My Feet: From Horseshoe Crabs to Sycamores, Exploring Hidden Connections to the Natural World" by Caroline Sutton, out next month: www.publishersweekly.com/9781639640812
Cover image for "Eyes in the Soles of My Feet" with the PW logo. Text says "Insightful Revelatory Thought-Provoking.)
September 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
Caroline Sutton, author of “Eyes in the Soles of My Feet: From Horseshoe Crabs to Sycamores, Exploring Hidden Connections to the Natural World" (out in October!), wrote an op ed for @easthamptonstar.bsky.social about protecting horseshoe crabs.

Read it here: www.easthamptonstar.com/guestwords-o...
The newspaper's logo is at the top and beneath it is a crab with "arms" crossed (it is not a horseshoe crab).
August 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
Coming in October 🦀

Cover design: Jordan Wannemacher
A hand holds the ARC of "Eyes on the Soles of My Feet" on a beach. A red bookmark sticks out and the background matches the bookmark.
August 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
Schaffner Press author Gustavo Eduardo Abrevaya was honored by the city of Buenos Aires, who proclaimed his novel THE SANCTUARY as the city's official book of the year in a televised award ceremony that featured authors Ana Maria Shua and Luis Gusmán as presenters.

Congratulations, Gustavo!
A photo of the certificate that Abrevaya received from the legislature of the city of Buenos Aires.
July 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
"New around here?" A Cooper's hawk looks quizzically at the bird atop a sculpture by Anne Maley-Schaffner.
A Cooper's hawk looks quizzically at the bird atop a sculpture by Anne Maley-Schaffner.
July 8, 2025 at 10:08 PM
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
Boman Desai of Chicago, IL is the winner of the 2025 Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature for his novel "Brahms Comes to Dinner," which we will publish in June 2026!

Congrats to Boman and our finalists: Andre Miftaraj, Linda Raven-Woods, Kase Johnstun, and Jim Currie.
Tan background with black text that reads "Congratulations Boman Desai, Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature Winner." Beneath that is a photo of the winner and the award logo.
July 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
"Reading [Arthur Derounian’s] work today feels like a Hollywood prequel script recounting a villain’s origin story."

Michael Bobelian on the relevance of "Under Cover,” the 1943 exposé of the United States’ Nazi underworld, for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social:

lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
The cover image for "Under Cover" by John Roy Carlson. Beneath it is the Los Angeles Review of Books logo.
July 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
Our anthology of Irish women writers is Publishers Lunch official! Coming your way in 2026.
Biddy Jenkinson, Katherine Duffy, Realtan Ni Leannain, Eithne Ni Ghallchobhair, Deirdre Brennan, Roise Ni Bhaoill, Michelle Nic Phaidin, and Majella Ni Dhomhnaill's STEPSISTERS: CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES BY IRISH WOMEN WRITERS, an anthology that showcases the literary prowess of eight talented female writers whose works have been translated into English for the first time, to Tim Schaffner at Schaffner Press, for publication in 2026, by Marc Mikulich at Marc Mikulich Literary Agency, on behalf of Scribhneoir, Aistritheoir, Gniomhaire Liteartha & Cearta Idirnaisiunta (NA). Rights: Marc Mikulich
May 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
Proud to be publishing STEPSISTERS: CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES BY IRISH WOMEN WRITERS in 2026! These stories are translated from the Irish language.
Biddy Jenkinson, Katherine Duffy, Realtan Ni Leannain, Eithne Ni Ghallchobhair, Deirdre Brennan, Roise Ni Bhaoill, Michelle Nic Phaidin, and Majella Ni Dhomhnaill's STEPSISTERS: CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES BY IRISH WOMEN WRITERS, an anthology that showcases the literary prowess of eight talented female writers whose works have been translated into English for the first time, to Tim Schaffner at Schaffner Press, for publication in 2026, by Marc Mikulich at Marc Mikulich Literary Agency, on behalf of Scribhneoir, Aistritheoir, Gniomhaire Liteartha & Cearta Idirnaisiunta (NA). Rights: Marc Mikulich
May 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
We were saddened to learn that Todd Grimson, author of BRAND NEW CHERRY FLAVOR, STAINLESS, and STABS AT HAPPINESS, died January after a fall at his home in Gresham, Oregon, at the age of 73.

mailchi.mp/1e04ac025f21...
A Harris's hawk glides over the Sonoran desert.
April 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
got so excited about the PW review that we made a li'l graphic
Words say "An alluring account of two lives swept up in history" –– Publishers Weekly. Below is an image of the book jacket. The background is orangey red with white and blue accents.
April 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
Schaffner Press author Bill Carter (FOOLS RUSH IN) spoke on a panel at the Tucson Festival of Books with novelists Ed Burns (A KID FROM MARLBORO ROAD) and Ramona Emerson (SHUTTER) about taking books to film.

They packed the Student Union Ballroom with 400+ people!
Ramona Emerson, Ed Burns, and Bill Carter against a purple background. You can see the back of some audience members' heads.
March 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
This Saturday! We're co-hosting a screening of KISS THE FUTURE, the documentary film inspired by Bill Carter's memoir FOOLS RUSH IN. See you at Pidgin Palace Arts Gallery.
Pidgin Palace Arts and Schaffner Press present an exclusive one-night screening of KISS THE FUTURE, the award-winning documentary film produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Written by Bill Carter inspired by his memoir, FOOLS RUSH IN. Sat. March 15th 5-7 PM at Pidgin Palace Arts Gallery, 1110 S. Sixth Ave., Tucson, AZ 85701 Author Q&A and book sales/signing with author Bill Carter. Writer, WGA Nominee for Best Documentary Screenplay, and author of the memoir FOOLS RUSH IN that inspired the documentary KISS THE FUTURE. Produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. "After reading FOOLS RUSH IN, you may find yourselves giving much greater consideration to what in life is important and what is merely trivial." - Jon Krakauer, author of INTO THE WILD
March 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
On Sunday, March 16th at the Tucson Festival of Books, you have two chances to see our author Bill Carter (memoir FOOLS RUSH IN --> documentary KISS THE FUTURE):

- 10 a.m. "From Memoir to the Silver Screen"
- 2:30 p.m. "Lights! Camera! Publish!"

tucsonfestivalofbooks.org?action=displ...
A collage of book covers, including "Fools Rush In: A Memoir" by Bill Carter in the lower lefthand corner.
March 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
Today is the publication date for "The Lives and Deaths of Véronique Bangoura," a novel by Tierno Monénembo and translated by Ryan Chamberlain!

We're proud to introduce this important book into the world. schaffnerpress.com/books/the-li...
A hand holds up a copy of the book "The Lives and Deaths of Véronique Bangoura" in front of a green wall.
March 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
Eugene friends, save the date: on April 16, Dianne Dugaw and @amandawpowell.bsky.social will read for the Windfall Reading Series, in person at the Downtown Eugene Public Library. Hope to see you there!
Flyer with photos of Amanda Powell and Dianne Dugaw along with their bios. This event will take place at the Downtown Eugene Public Library on Wednesday, April 16 at 6 PM, and is presented by Emerald Literary Guild and Eugene Public Library.
February 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
"Adams chronicles the case with a compelling blend of academic rigor, reportorial legwork and engaging prose."

Michael Bobelian ("Battle for the Marble Palace") reviewed "The Containment" by Michelle Adams (@fsgbooks.bsky.social) for @washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
Children pose in 1941 next to a wall in Detroit that separated Black and White neighborhoods. (John Vachon/Library of Congress)
January 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
schaffnerpress.bsky.social
From all of us at Schaffner Press, here's wishing you a peaceful holiday season and a joyful New Year!

We look forward to bringing you more good tidings and good books as the year begins.
Moonrise over Tucson. Picture of a bird figurine. Caption: Keep your chin up and head out of the sand for 2025!
December 23, 2024 at 5:08 PM