Bethanne Patrick
@thebookmaven.bsky.social
SUBSTACK:
The Book Maven Unbound
https://thebookmavenunbound.substack.com/
Critic @LATimesBooks
LIFE B memoir: https://bookshop.org/p/books/life-b-overcoming-double-depression-bethanne-patrick/1874245
https://linktr.ee/bookmaven
The Book Maven Unbound
https://thebookmavenunbound.substack.com/
Critic @LATimesBooks
LIFE B memoir: https://bookshop.org/p/books/life-b-overcoming-double-depression-bethanne-patrick/1874245
https://linktr.ee/bookmaven
I just sent out a huge change-of-snailmail-address email to my friends in #book PR. LMK if I missed YOU and we'll connect. By week's end my bookshelves and I will be living much closer to the ocean.
October 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I just sent out a huge change-of-snailmail-address email to my friends in #book PR. LMK if I missed YOU and we'll connect. By week's end my bookshelves and I will be living much closer to the ocean.
The day after our younger daughter’s wedding, tired and happy and married for nearly 40 years.
October 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The day after our younger daughter’s wedding, tired and happy and married for nearly 40 years.
A decade or so ago, a friend’s son said of our younger daughter: “Most girls are either pretty, or nice, but E. is pretty AND nice.” Now she’s also a married woman! What an amazing celebration our family just shared.
September 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A decade or so ago, a friend’s son said of our younger daughter: “Most girls are either pretty, or nice, but E. is pretty AND nice.” Now she’s also a married woman! What an amazing celebration our family just shared.
HAPPY MOUNTAIN DAY, SMITH ALUMS!
September 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
HAPPY MOUNTAIN DAY, SMITH ALUMS!
Dancing shoes for our younger daughter's Friday wedding:
September 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Dancing shoes for our younger daughter's Friday wedding:
Best birthday weekend ever—two days in a row at the beach, plus great company, great meals, and great joy.
September 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Best birthday weekend ever—two days in a row at the beach, plus great company, great meals, and great joy.
Catching up on work after a week in which we settled on our new house at the Delaware beaches. . . moving permanently at the end of October. #seachange
August 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Catching up on work after a week in which we settled on our new house at the Delaware beaches. . . moving permanently at the end of October. #seachange
Realizing that I took 2025 as a self-directed sabbatical from self-employment, into self-empowerment. Change is possible. It's never too late. I will emerge stronger.
A friend shared a photo recently of the ugliest pupa you'll ever see, and noted that it changes into a swallow-tail butterfly.
A friend shared a photo recently of the ugliest pupa you'll ever see, and noted that it changes into a swallow-tail butterfly.
July 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Realizing that I took 2025 as a self-directed sabbatical from self-employment, into self-empowerment. Change is possible. It's never too late. I will emerge stronger.
A friend shared a photo recently of the ugliest pupa you'll ever see, and noted that it changes into a swallow-tail butterfly.
A friend shared a photo recently of the ugliest pupa you'll ever see, and noted that it changes into a swallow-tail butterfly.
Always on brand.
April 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Always on brand.
Thrilled to see this news -- @garthgreenwell.bsky.social wins the @penfaulkner.bsky.social 2025 Award for his incredible novel SMALL RAIN. Congrats to Garth and to his fellow finalists; we're looking forward to celebrating you all on May 15th here in DC.
April 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Thrilled to see this news -- @garthgreenwell.bsky.social wins the @penfaulkner.bsky.social 2025 Award for his incredible novel SMALL RAIN. Congrats to Garth and to his fellow finalists; we're looking forward to celebrating you all on May 15th here in DC.
#2, for all who asked. This is Keely. She is 12, and too shy to pose with me. But she did eat pieces of banana from my hand. I am in love.
March 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
#2, for all who asked. This is Keely. She is 12, and too shy to pose with me. But she did eat pieces of banana from my hand. I am in love.
Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline
March 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Post a photo you took with no context to bring some zen to the timeline
This week's newsletter includes a bit of musical inspiration, real talk about what should be adapted from THE LOVELY BONES, and my picks for the week's best new releases.
thebookmavenrevue.substack.com/p/queen-of-t...
thebookmavenrevue.substack.com/p/queen-of-t...
March 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This week's newsletter includes a bit of musical inspiration, real talk about what should be adapted from THE LOVELY BONES, and my picks for the week's best new releases.
thebookmavenrevue.substack.com/p/queen-of-t...
thebookmavenrevue.substack.com/p/queen-of-t...
THE FINALISTS FOR THE 2025 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD!
Ghostroots by ’Pemi Aguda (W. W. Norton & Company)
Behind You Is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj (Harpervia)
James by Percival Everett (Doubleday)
Small Rain by Garth Greenwell (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Colored Television by Danzy Senna (Riverhead)
Ghostroots by ’Pemi Aguda (W. W. Norton & Company)
Behind You Is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj (Harpervia)
James by Percival Everett (Doubleday)
Small Rain by Garth Greenwell (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Colored Television by Danzy Senna (Riverhead)
March 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
THE FINALISTS FOR THE 2025 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD!
Ghostroots by ’Pemi Aguda (W. W. Norton & Company)
Behind You Is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj (Harpervia)
James by Percival Everett (Doubleday)
Small Rain by Garth Greenwell (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Colored Television by Danzy Senna (Riverhead)
Ghostroots by ’Pemi Aguda (W. W. Norton & Company)
Behind You Is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj (Harpervia)
James by Percival Everett (Doubleday)
Small Rain by Garth Greenwell (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Colored Television by Danzy Senna (Riverhead)
I'm participating in the Publish Now conference at The Writer's Center on March 8! Join me to learn the ins and outs of publishing, make connections with other writers, and build your writing career.
Register at writer.org/publish-now »
Register at writer.org/publish-now »
March 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I'm participating in the Publish Now conference at The Writer's Center on March 8! Join me to learn the ins and outs of publishing, make connections with other writers, and build your writing career.
Register at writer.org/publish-now »
Register at writer.org/publish-now »
From today's @theguardian.com (h/t @lorraineberry.bsky.social):
January 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
From today's @theguardian.com (h/t @lorraineberry.bsky.social):
Who could not be happy with a garden full of these sensible in winter, splendid in summer beauties?
January 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Who could not be happy with a garden full of these sensible in winter, splendid in summer beauties?
Their blooms make me feel dreamy
January 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Their blooms make me feel dreamy
I like big hosta and I cannot lie
January 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I like big hosta and I cannot lie
See how excited I was to "meet" @erikaswyler.bsky.social?
January 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
See how excited I was to "meet" @erikaswyler.bsky.social?
Like 35, Thing 35:
Drambuie. The perfect nightcap.
Drambuie. The perfect nightcap.
January 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Like 35, Thing 35:
Drambuie. The perfect nightcap.
Drambuie. The perfect nightcap.
Like 34, Thing 34:
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
January 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Like 34, Thing 34:
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
Like 33, Thing 33:
THE BLOODY CHAMBER by Angela Carter
THE BLOODY CHAMBER by Angela Carter
January 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Like 33, Thing 33:
THE BLOODY CHAMBER by Angela Carter
THE BLOODY CHAMBER by Angela Carter