Trapped on a Boat With the Ex I Still Had Feelings For My boyfriend booked a yacht before he'd found enough people to fill the berths. We were facing a financially ruinous holiday. Did I mind if he asked my ex to come along?

Imagine being trapped on a boat with your ex. (Yikes!) Stephanie Sy-Quia, author of A PRIVATE MAN, didn't have to imagine. Read about her experience in Vogue:

10 Short Books for Spring These single-serving satires, family dramas and romances can be read cover-to-cover in one sun-dappled afternoon.

It's time for spring reading! We've spotted FOSTER, CONVENIENCE STORE WOMAN, and ROOM TEMPERATURE in this fantastic list in @nytimes.com🌷

Today is the last day to get 25% off your pre-orders at @barnesandnoble.com! Stock up on your most anticipated spring titles now 🏃

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THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER) is currently available for $6.99 across all e-retailers!

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Will Self fans, don't miss the chance to see him discuss his newest novel, THE QUANTITY THEORY OF MORALITY, on April 23rd at Special Rider Books & Records in London!

RSVP here:
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/107993

The Boleyns have made it across the Atlantic! So excited to receive the US proof of my new novel 🇺🇸🎉 It’s out in the States on 4 August and the UK on 23 April @groveatlantic.bsky.social @hodderbooks.bsky.social

We're absolutely thrilled to see QUEER ENLIGHTENMENTS as a finalist!

Ed Meek on British writer Will Self's whip-sharp social satire "The Quantity Theory of Morality" (@groveatlantic.bsky.social): if you love good writing and enjoy raucous invention and scathing lampooning, you will thoroughly enjoy this novel.

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BOOK COVER REVEAL 😭 My Book Is Actually Being Published! My book will be out September 15, 2026! Pre-order here: Grove Atlantic (publisher): https://groveatlantic.com/book/desperate-bodies/ Amazon: https://a.co/d/03bty5lK Barnes & Noble: bit.ly/40sM8mK Bookshop: https://bit.ly/47vkxFb Socials: Tiktok: ly...

Hear about DESPERATE BODIES from the author herself!

Introducing DESPERATE BODIES by Lydia Mathis ☁️

With surprising turns and a touch of the supernatural, DESPERATE BODIES shines a light on what we’re willing to do to ourselves and to others in service of our desires.

Out 9/15!

https://groveatlantic.com/book/desperate-bodies/

Quan Barry fans, mark your calendars now for Saturday, April 18 at 5:30 PM! She's attending Sun Library Foundation's Love Your Library Gala ❤️

RSVP here:
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Dennis Cooper's award-winning cult classic, CLOSER, now has a gorgeous new cover and an introduction by cultural critic Lynne Tillman!

This reissue comes out 5/26.

More info here: https://groveatlantic.com/book/closer-dennis-cooper/

Proud! Lauren Francis-Sharma’s brilliant CASUALTIES OF TRUTH makes the list! 🎉🎉🎉 @laurenfsharma.bsky.social @groveatlantic.bsky.social

293: How Do Words Get into the Dictionary?

@stefanfatsis.bsky.social, author of ‘Unabridged,' shares with Bob Garfield a little-known, rigorous process — that has no guarantee of success.

🎧 Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexic...

#lexiconvalley #podcast @groveatlantic.bsky.social

Green promotional graphic for event with Terry Tempest Williams, scheduled for April 9 at 7:30 PM. A headshot of Terry (with fair skin, long grey hair) is included alongside the book cover of "The Glorians: Visitations From the Holy Ordinary."

4/9 at 7:30 PM | In her latest book, environmental journalist Terry Tempest Williams introduces readers to The Glorians – overlooked bits of nature that teach us about the importance of wonder in the seemingly ordinary.

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🎟️ Get tickets: buff.ly/NyNpYlo

10 new books we can't wait to read in March Spring arrives with a heavy-hitting literary lineup: delve into haunting Japanese fiction, a propulsive debut mystery and essential new dispatches on authoritarianism and forest ecology.

"After reading this, you’ll look for more Glorians.” @latimes.com on Terry Tempest Williams new book, THE GLORIANS.

Prepare to be thoroughly entertained by this amazing Q&A with Terry Tempest Williams, author of THE GLORIANS, in @orionmagazine.bsky.social!

We are absolutely thrilled that HEART THE LOVER has been selected as a finalist for the 2026 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction!

‘The Hitch' Review: The Boy Who Cried Corgi Rose has been taking care of her beloved nephew. Now, he insists she'll also be looking after a canine guest sharing his body.

"[A] big-hearted, off-center novel . . . Despite the screwball setup, The Hitch is, as much as anything, a moving meditation on loneliness, longing and familial short leashes." @wsj.com

Book review of The Glorians by Terry Tempest Williams In The Glorians, Terry Tempest Williams takes snapshots of the natural and human-made world, exposing the miraculous elements of the mundane.

THE GLORIANS (out now) is "a guide for how to live in today’s tumultuous times" in this BookPage review.

Come see @oliverradclyffe.bsky.social on an LGBTQIA Life Panel with Komail Aijazuddin, Lester Fabian Brathwaite, Chloé Caldwell, and Jerry Portwood for @opensecretsmag.bsky.social Live!

May 2nd at 11:10am.

Tickets below:
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António Lobo Antunes, One of Europe's Most Revered Writers, Dies at 83 In a career studded with literary awards, he was the author of dozens of books that grappled with his nation's legacy of dictatorship and colonialism.

We are deeply saddened by the death of António Lobo Antunes, a brilliant author whose innovative and experimental work often reflected the internal rot of Portuguese colonialism and the ruling class.

Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle - Chautauqua Institution Reading together since 1878, the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle has remained a leader in adult education through quality programming.

Book lovers and wordsmiths, mark your calendars! @stefanfatsis.bsky.social, author of UNABRIDGED, is lecturing for the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle on July 10th at 2pm.

Get your tickets now!

New Novels to Read This Spring New novels from Tana French, Emma Straub, Ben Lerner, Solvej Balle, Shannon Chakraborty, Tom Perrotta, Elizabeth Strout -- and plenty more.

JOHN OF JOHN is included in @nytimes.com list of spring books they're excited about! We love to see it ❤️

292: Look It Up! The Story of the Dictionary

‘Unabridged’ author @StefanFatsis.bsky.social and Bob Garfield on lexicography and the heiress with history’s best collection of dictionaries.

🎧Listen: lexiconvalley.supportingcast.fm/listen/lexic...

#lexiconvalley #podcast @groveatlantic.bsky.social

Keep your eyes peeled for this recently acquired debut novel 👀 THIS IS MY IDEA OF FUN by Georgia Elander explores obsession, shame, and chosen family!

33 PLACE BRUGMANN is a finalist for the National Jewish Book Awards in the Book Club Award category! 🥳

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One Aladdin Two Lamps | Washington Independent Review of Books The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.

"Winterson uses her imagination to offer us a world better than our own."

Read the full review of Jeanette Winterson's ONE ALADDIN TWO LAMPS in @wirobooks.bsky.social here:

Rebel English Academy by Mohammed Hanif review – a sure-fire Booker contender This funny and subversive novel reckons with life under martial law in late-70s Pakistan

"Crackling with incendiary themes and theses, this account of life under authoritarian siege is fiercely local and incontestably universal, harrowing and mutinously entertaining: a sure-fire Booker contender."

@theguardian.com on REBEL ENGLISH ACADEMY!

The Best New Books to Read in February From Tayari Jones' Kin to Gisele Pelicot's memoir, here are the best books to read this month

REBEL ENGLISH ACADEMY (out this week) is a @time.com best book of February!