Something I just thought of that's gone.
The thrill of waiting & hearing a song you selected coming on the jukebox or the radio after you phoned in a request. A song you had on tape & could listen to anytime but were excited to hear played for others on the presumption they would absolutely love it
Today’s Submittable Deadlines: COMEDY Stage Play. 1pg Screenplay & Stories. ROMANCE Short Story. HORROR Novel.
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#submittable #novel #shortstory #novelfestival
Fans of Schaffner Press photography book "66 on 66" by Terrence Moore should know that USPS is releasing Route 66 stamps on May 5!
A perfect pairing:
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Book jacket image for "The Watch Woman of Calvary Hill."
New Lyonel Trouillot novel out tomorrow!
"The Old Woman of Calvary Hill" completes his trilogy with this magical realism narrative, as told by the “old woman” of the title. Translated by Lena Taub Robles.
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Boman Desai, whose novel, Brahms Comes to Dinner, will be published by @schaffnerpress.bsky.social this June (print and digital ARCs available now), remembers his first editor, the famed Diana Athill:
bomandesai.com/diana-athill...
Hotch Potch Literature & Art (Fiction; non-paying) opened to fiction submissions. https://duotrope.com #amwriting
Meet Jasmin Attia, author of The Oud Player of Cairo ( @schaffnerpress.bsky.social), at the Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach this spring: fourarts.org/event/the-ou...
“Already one of my favourite reads of 2026, and a great start to the year.” — @hararereview.com on GENERATOR ( @schaffnerpress.bsky.social). Review copies are available #booksky
I highly recommend this week’s coverage of the London Book Fair by Ed Nawotka @publisherswkly.bsky.social, like this fascinating article on the French Publishers Agency, which @schaffnerpress.bsky.social acquires many of its French language titles from: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
You're smart. The trick is always to add weirdness.
Gabriel García Márquez (with scenes from the Francesco Rosi film adaptation of his novella "Chronicle of a Death Foretold") - BOTD
New publisher listing for: The Bulb Region @bulbregion.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction Art; non-paying). #WritingCommunity
I wrote about Ruth Asawa, the relationship between art & life, & why we can't do without the idea of "genius." Free post, no paywall. garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/how-small-...
a gigantic hound with long fangs is petted on the leg by a tiny woman in pink
BTD - Terence Fisher - 1959 - The Hound of the Baskervilles - 1959 - East German re-release poster - Art by Thomas Schleusing
The Mersey Review @themerseyreview.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction Art; non-paying) opened to submissions https://duotrope.com #amwriting
Schaffner Press author Michael Bobelian reviews "Fear and Fury" by Heather Ann Thompson and "Five Bullets" by Elliot Williams, in his last book review for the Washington Post:
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2026/0...
A plethora of recent Schaffner Press book covers. In the middle it says: "Connecting worlds with words..."
We're looking forward to a banner year with fascinating new titles, a new company logo, and a move to a different distributor: our old colleagues @ipgbook.bsky.social, who will be taking up sales of our list as of March 1st.
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Schaffner Press new colophon.
👀 Our new colophon, designed by Victoria Brenman.
What do you see first? An anemone, a starfish, a flower, an "S," or something else? ⭐ 🌸
The words "Schaffner Press" appear beneath the new logo.
Coming soon to a book spine near you: our new logo, designed by Victoria Brenman.
It has a living quality to it like a starfish or anemone. It's also comprised of the letter S.
Black and white image of fanged, pop-eyed, horned, winged, skeletal demon holding a Friday 13 sign. Headed The Only Official and Accurate Picture of the "Friday Thirteenth" Jinx
Happy #FridaytheThirteenth ! The only official and accurate picture of the Friday Thirteenth Jinx.
( #PhantomsFriday for good measure.)
A purple image with the big words "DEADLINE EXTENDED" at the top and a bunch of music notes. All award information can be found at the link.
👀 Did you mean to submit your manuscript about music for the Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature, but you ran out of time?
If so, good news for you: we're extending this year's submission deadline until February 14th.
Please share and send us your work! schaffnerawards.com #booksky
Two more days to submit for the Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature: www.schaffnerawards.com #booksky
A fantastic piece by @karenattiah.bsky.social to read before or after you read Hostages: A Counter-History of Colonial Plunder by Taina Tervonen, translated by Sara Hanaburgh and out this month from @schaffnerpress.bsky.social: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-return...
New on our database joining great books set in #CAIRO #EGYPT
www.tripfiction.com/books/the-ou...
The Oud Player of Cairo by Jasmin Attia
"Vibrantly descriptive and evocative of the waning colonial world in Egypt.."
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#blueskybooks #booksky
OUT NOW: "Hostages: A Counter-History of Colonial Plunder" by Taina Tervonen, translated by Sara Hanaburgh.
Tervonen, a Finnish journalist and filmmaker, investigates stolen artifacts and unravels a historic mystery.
bearded man with owl. Photo (c) S. Avdeyuk
owl that looks like a bowling pin. Photo (c) S. Gafitsky
it's #SuperbOwl Sunday! Best day of the year. For your consideration, the Blakiston's fish owl. Largest owls in the world (six-foot wingspans, weigh close to a bald eagle), salmon eaters, live year-round in remote forests of northeast Asia. 🦉
Thank you! 📖
Happy publication day to Hostages: A Counter-History of Colonial Plunder by #TainaTervonen, translated by Sara Hanaburgh for @schaffnerpress.bsky.social! Tervonen continues her work of excavating silent histories, after The Bone Whisperers (2024), which garnered her the Jan Michalski Prize…
Fantastic to see Hostages: A Counter-History of Colonial Plunder, out in February from @schaffnerpress.bsky.social, here! schaffnerpress.com/books/hostag...
@harryskeeler.bsky.social Thank you––much appreciated!