Looking forward to going to the CANREADS awards ceremony in May! SPY’S MATE is a finalist…

I know money is tight for many but please consider pre-ordering THE BIRDS OF POVERTY RIDGE, my forthcoming collection, through the link below. The deadline to pre-order is January 30, so if you’re inclined to buy the book please order ASAP. Thank you!

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The poems [in this book] grapple with themselves—the voices of songbird, family man, victim, caretaker, priest—but together they are a choir; they build a shared “museum of compassion”—Susan Kelly-DeWitt, author of Frangible Operas

As readers of Buchanan know, he is a survivor, a poet who finds beauty even in the darkest times… [his] love for his children, for grace in all its guises, and for the transformative power of language, grant custody of a sustaining light.
—Joshua McKinney, author of Sad Animal

In this powerful, moving collection of seventy-two finely-crafted poems, Brad Buchanan takes us on a journey from an… exploration of cancer and divorce to a Zen-like appreciation of the small, redeeming moments of life.
—Mary Mackey, author of The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams

It’s always a pleasure to be Finishing Line Press’s Book of the Day!

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Chess, Spies & Cold War: Bradley W. Buchanan on His Debut Novel Spy's Mate | On Audio Signals YouTube video by ITSPmagazine

I had the honor of talking to Marco Ciapelli about SPY'S MATE, soccer, writing, and other fun topics on his Audio Signals Podcast. youtu.be/ib36bVcYbmw

I will be reading from SPY'S MATE, my "chesspionage" novel this evening (Saturday Nov. 29) at Beers Books, 712 R Street in Sacramento at 7:00PM. There will be fun merch to give away, and a Q&A with attendees! Be there or be 64 squares...

Nine years ago I came to New York City for a last-ditch clinical trial at Memorial Sloan Kettering to cure my post-transplant lymphoma. I was blind and still very sick. This year I’m in NYC to see the sights, play chess, and promote my new novel. How many blessings can one person count?

Very excited to be doing an event for SPY’S MATE at Chess Forum in NYC!

I have a new book of poems coming out in 2026, and it is now available for preordering. Its title is The Birds of Poverty Ridge, and the cover art (see below) is by my daughter Nora. It would be wonderful if people ordered their copies now. Thank you l!

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I'll be doing a virtual book launch for SPY'S MATE through El Gigante (hosted by Danny Romero) on the 14th of November 2025, 7:00 to 8:30pm Pacific Time (open mic to follow). The door opens at 6:55pm. Link is here:

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Can’t wait to visit this chess Mecca for my SPY’S MATE event tonight at 5:30! It’s the closest I’ve ever been to chess greatness, so far…

I'll be reading from SPY'S MATE, my “chesspionage” novel, followed by a Q&A with the audience, at the Mechanics Institute Library (57 Post Street in San Francisco) on Thursday November 13 at 5:30 PM! Afterwards there will be a rapid chess tournament

I hope to see folks there!

Thank you!

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I'll be reading from SPY'S MATE, my “chesspionage” novel, at Clio's Books (353 Grand Ave. in Oakland) on Sunday November 9 at 11:00AM. There will also be chess games, merchandise giveaways, and a Q & A. Here's the link for tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/brad-bucha...

#ArashsWorld Interview with #BradBuchanan on Cold War, Chess History and KGB Espionage in Spy’s Mate YouTube video by Arash's World Podcast

A very fun video interview about SPY’S MATE with Arash Farzaneh for his podcast and YouTube channel “Arash’s World”! #chess #Spy’sMate #novel #chesspionage

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This piece on SPY’S MATE does a great job of covering the connection between my life and the chess story unfolding in the novel.

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Please allow me to recommend this book about the history and science behind bone marrow/stem cell transplants. By far the best book I have ever read on this topic, not including my own of course ;) #stemcelltransplants @theebmt.bsky.social @nbmtl.bsky.social @nmdp-org.bsky.social

It’s SPY’S MATE publication day! Order your copy now from Amazon.com or Bookshop.org and let’s see if we can make it the #1 book in the “chesspionage” genre! (Spoiler alert: it’s the only one.)

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I’m looking forward to talking to the multi-talented Dr. Andy Jones on KDVS radio today (Wednesday) at 5:30 pm pacific time!

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Holy smokes! GM Daniel Fernandez accepts first prize in the 2025 Ghent Masters Chess Tournament wearing a SPY’S MATE T-shirt!!!

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Just heard from my publisher that pre-orders for SPY’S MATE have now surpassed 1,000 copies! This news, by the way, comes before our official publicity campaign actually gets going later this summer! Word is getting around…
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To draw a line and bracket the past
as necessary and complete
And to make the future clean and white
as if innocent of the new deaths we have bought
By the wordless actions and nameless statements
Of weapons-grade hypocrisy
and paranoid willful ignorance

Or who brought the hottest hell raining down
On a land of unwilling human shields?
To ask the question is to know
The answer is already implied
Like the plume of smoke in the curving mark
That rises above the place on the map
Where we tried to write a period
To frame our aggression