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Isaias Hernandez @isaiashernandez.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

It’s official I’m writing my first-ever debut book, Dear Environmentalist. Thank you to my team at @timberpress.bsky.social @clairemharris.bsky.social and @psliterary.bsky.social for believing in this book. I can’t wait to share more details soon.

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Oh hey, new deals announced at Neighborhood this week. Cozy romantasy, anyone? ✨

Emmy Dean’s A Southern Fried Deal with the Fae, in which a frustrated cashier enters the fae marriage auction for a chance at a literal fantasy life, and gets more than she bargained for when she’s paired with Faery’s naughtiest bachelor, to Rebecca Heymab at Amara, in a three book deal, for publication in winter 2027, by Eric smith at neighborhood literary (world).

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 03/06/2025

Get those manuscripts ready ✨ Recommended Reading is opening up for submissions on 06/23! Send us your best short stories before we reach our submissions cap. We can't wait to read your work! 💡⚡

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Cassidy M. Graham @cassidygraham.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Viking Penguin is hiring an Assistant/Associate Marketing Director, with a focus on nonfiction titles published from Penguin Life, The Open Field and Viking imprints! Job posting can be found here: jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com/PRH_US/job/N...

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Assistant/Associate Marketing Director, Viking Penguin Nonfiction - PRH - (Hybrid)

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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

It should not be this hard to find an agent, right??????

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It Should Not Be This Hard to Find an Agent

Except...... (And an Excerpt)

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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

More good book mail: HAPPY PEOPLE DON'T LIVE HERE, the greatly anticipated debut novel from @ambersparks.bsky.social, due out in October! Digging into this one this week.

Happy People Don't Live Here, a novel by Amber Sparks

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

NEW BOOKS TODAY! June 3rd, 2025–Congrats everyone!! @raewilde.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social

Holy Water Hurts
Beast
• The Ghostwriter
Meet Me at the Crossroads
• Strange Houses
• Kill Creatures
• Be Gay Do Crime
I Can Fix Her

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claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

✨SOME NEWS✨ I’ve joined @helmliterary.bsky.social !! This is such an exciting move for me, because Jess Regel (the founder of Helm) has been a role model and friend to me since I first started in publishing. I can’t think of a better home for my clients or for me!

Reads "Helm Literary: Claire Harris is joining the agency. She was previously at P.S. Literary."

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Sam Rebelein @rebelsam94.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

GIVE YOURSELF TO THE FOG 09/16/25

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Sam Rebelein @rebelsam94.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

watch this page for a big ole cover reveal later todayyyy 😶‍🌫️🐷🦇🌿🧐

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P.S. Literary Agency @psliterary.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

This March brings a lineup of must-reads across multiple genres. From thought-provoking nonfiction to spicy romance to diverse stories for younger readers, there’s something for everyone.

Image depicts two white shelves on a neutral colored wall. On the top shelf is YOUR UNCONSCIOUS IS SHOWING by Dr. Courtney Tracy. The cover art is an abstract orange to purple gradient with white titling. In the center of the top shelf is ICARUS by K. Ancrum. The cover art is an etching of a the bottom half of a carved bust with a white figure falling from the sky above it. Also on the top shelf is 13 WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE by Kate Fussner. The cover art is an illustration of a Black girl and a Caucasian girl standing in front of the Seine with the Eiffel Tower in the background and a transparent ghost girl walking away from them.

On the bottom shelf is DRIVE ME HOME by Carly Robyn. The cover art is an illustration of a blonde man with tattooed arms linking pinkies with a brunette woman wearing a pink dress and glucose monitor. In the center of the bottom shelf is THRILL RIDE by Amy Ratcliffe. The cover art is an illustration of a woman in a blue dress tossing a cone of cotton cand

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Katie Collom @strayrhetorist.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

So excited to announce my cover reveal for 🔥PETER MILES HAS TO DIE🔥 out August 12th, 2025! Grief, guilt, revenge, and strong female friendships set against the backdrop of a small Texas town. If sounds like your vibe, pre-order via the link in my bio! 🔥

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claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Y’ALL! This book is so amazing—it needed a cover equally as amazing to match! Check out the cover reveal for @strayrhetorist.bsky.social’s debut, PETER MILES HAS TO DIE, coming out August 12! 👇👇

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Cyndi @savannahpeace.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

More to come —

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claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

✨ 2025 THRILLER #MSWL ✨ I’m really excited to find some new thriller authors this year, so here are some specifics about my favorite kinds of thrillers, including my favorite tropes, books, movies, and shows, as well as some things I’m always looking for across all genres.

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claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

✨ 2025 MYSTERY #MSWL ✨ I’m really excited to find some new mystery authors this year, so here are some specifics about my favorite kinds of mysteries, including my favorite tropes, books, movies, and shows, as well as some things I’m always looking for across all genres.

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claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

✨ 2025 ROMANCE #MSWL ✨ I’m really excited to find some new romance authors this year, so here are some specifics about my favorite kinds of romance/rom coms, including my favorite tropes, books, movies, shows, and songs, as well as some things I’m always looking for across all genres.

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claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

✨ 2025 HORROR #MSWL ✨ I’m really excited to find some new horror authors this year, so here are some specifics about my favorite kinds of horror, including my favorite tropes, books, movies, and shows, as well as some things I’m always looking for across all genres.

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Manuscript Wish List® @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Good news! You can search Bluesky #MSWL just as well as Twitter Advanced Search. We recommend searching #MSWL with: * Your genre * Possible comp titles * Date range (if you do frequent searches) * Keywords related to your book Demo here! youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE

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How To Search #MSWL On Bluesky: Genre, Comps, Date, Keywords

YouTube video by The Manuscript Academy, LLC

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claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

So excited for #MSWL day today! I'll post separate threads with specifics for each genre, but here's a big picture look at what I'm acquiring: - horror - romance - mysteries - thrillers - cultural criticisms / narrative nonfiction / true crime - lifestyle guides / gift books Can't wait! 💖💖

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

On the Wrong Side was featured in Nature! We chatted about how sexual violence became an infuriatingly predictable and ordinary part of women's college experiences, as well as how the tenets of victim advocacy can inform high quality, rigorous research on trauma. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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I spent a year studying campus sexual violence. Here’s what I found out

Institutions that don’t respond to sexual-assault allegations are failing to protect people who could be targeted in future, says Nicole Bedera.

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P.S. Literary Agency @psliterary.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Congrats to @rebelsam94.bsky.social! 🎂🎉 It's pub day for THE POORLY MADE AND OTHER THINGS: STORIES FROM THE BRAM STOKER AWARD-NOMINATED WORLD OF EDENVILLE! Return to Edenville in this creepy collection of literary horror stories set in the Renfield universe.

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Sam Rebelein @rebelsam94.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

🩸OUT TODAY🩸 in the US & UK Return to Renfield. Embrace what makes you poorly made. Addiction, depression, loneliness, grief. Give yourself to the Giant and let Him turn you into something better. Don’t forget! I’m chattin with @drewsof.bsky.social tonight at 7 pm EST. There’ll be champagne 🥂

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claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

🚨PUB DAY ALERT! 🚨 The happiest of pub days to THE POORLY MADE AND OTHER THINGS by @rebelsam94.bsky.social! This collection has truly been the most fun to work on. I can't recommend it highly enough. But you don’t have to trust me to tell you how great it is—check out these reader reviews instead 👇

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Sam Rebelein @rebelsam94.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

😱LESS THAN 3 WEEKS😱 I’m insanely humbled and grateful to be able to share this wildly wonderful blurb from @inkwellmonster🥹 Sarah, thank you so much for reading this brutal lil book and for offering your kind words! I cannot wait to share this one with the world🩸

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Lindsay Maple - Romcom Author @lindsaymapleauthor.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

HOLLY JOLLY JULY - the bi 4 bi revenge prank romcom you never knew you needed… until now 😏 Two women working on a Christmas movie set discover their boyfriends are cheating and team up for revenge, only to fall for each other instead. #booksky

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Isaias Hernandez @isaiashernandez.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Proud to announce my 6th episode from my indepdent web series is out now interviewing Leah Thomas, founder of Intersectional Environmentalist. As DEI, environmental initiatives are being hidden, as an environmental figure that has built an independent platform, please consider sharing. 🌎✨

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Intersectional Environmentalism: The People & Planet Ft. Leah Thomas

YouTube video by Isaias Hernandez

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Sam Rebelein @rebelsam94.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Feb 22 at Stanza Books in Beacon, NY! @claymcleod.bsky.social & I will be launchin books and takin names Sign up: www.stanzabooks.com/events/sam-c...

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Eric Palicki @ericpalicki.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

THE meme of 2025 for me.

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claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Q&A and excerpt from DESIRE by Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy and Dr. Jennifer A. Vencill 👇👇

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

THE SUBSTANCE nomination is a game changer. I’m long on record as someone saying the Academy doesn’t need to recognize horror, but every company who makes horror is asking for their THE SUBSTANCE, their short hand for “meaningful but unflinching horror film” and things are gonna get real interesting

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Blue Fox Moon @bluefoxmoon.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

• Get a library card • Use your library card • Support indie booksellers • Read banned books • Read diverse authors • Resist • Repeat #booksky #resist

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

If the trees in my yard can enter dormancy and sleep for months why can’t I?

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claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Happy UK pub day to Desire by Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy and Dr. Jennifer A. Vencill!!! I love this amazing book, and I’m so glad our UK friends can now get copies for themselves. What a day for desire! ❤️❤️

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Emily Forney @emilykaitlin.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I’ve worked in publishing for nearly 10 years and I can definitively say TikTok has helped save this industry, whether you like certain subsets or not. Free markets need participants and we are at an all time literacy crisis. But I can explain its effects in the past few years

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claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Can't wait!! Keep an eye on Bluesky (and the #MSWL hashtag specifically) on Feb 12 to see what agents are looking for! I'm already thinking about my posts and how to best describe what I want to see in my inbox this year... 👀

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Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

My astrological belief is that your personality is determined by the solitaire deck you always picked.

Card decks in the old Windows Solitaire game

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Guess who got hired by Reader's Digest and immediately started using their position to push small press and books by marginalized authors? www.rd.com/list/the-bes...

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40 Best Fantasy Books Readers Can't Put Down

To add a little magic in your everyday life, try these best fantasy books to transport you to another world.

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claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Writers! I'm going to be in Raleigh (March 8) and Chicago (June 21) taking pitches this year, and I'd love to hear yours. Let me know if you've signed up!! For anyone not in those areas, there are tons of other options for in-person and virtual pitches: www.writingdayworkshops.com/event-locati...

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

It was such an honor to do an interview with @kylietcheung.bsky.social about On the Wrong Side—especially since I loved Survivor Injustice so much. Our conversation got to the core issue in sexual violence: perpetrators are protected and survivors are punished for seeking help and safety.

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 26/12/2024

Now that the holiday shopping season is coming to an end, indie bookstores could really really use your help. Your local independent bookstore is a treasure and a crucial part of the neighborhood. And you KNOW you need some good reading during this cold winter season as you digest all that turkey.

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claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

A great list to follow if you’re looking for literary agents on here! 👇👇

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 18/12/2024

This morning I saw a post from an author talking about their book I am already aware of their book and when I see them post about it I'm usually like "I should pick that up." But THIS time their post caught me at the right moment and I bought the book. PLEASE YELL ABOUT YOUR BOOKS. Thank you.

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The most effective editing move is still the one I stole from George Saunders: read your draft over and over and over again, out loud, until you have to fix the bad parts because you will literally die if you have to read them more time

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Remember: When you read a book, write a book, buy a book, hold a book, smell a book, get a book from the library, look at books, or talk about books, your body releases booxytocin, which makes you feel better and live longer. Get more books. They’re good for you. It’s science.

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Libraries are so cute. Please get the Libby and Hoopla app on your phone and the Kanopy app for your TV. It makes the libraries so happy and you can access books, movies, magazines, audiobooks, tv shows, and joy. YOU GET FREE JOY

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claire harris | literary agent @clairemharris.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Just a reminder, the PS Literary query inbox is closed through January 5th. I’m working hard to get caught up on the queries you sent in the last few months, so if you’re waiting to hear from me, hang tight a little longer! If you have something new to send me, see you January 6th! #amquerying

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 12/12/2024

And, conversely, sex scenes are not required if you, as the artist, don't want one. Eating scenes, landscape descriptions, anything at all--none of it is required, all of it is necessary to the extent you, as the artist, feel it belongs. For any reason at all.

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Indie author of SEEKING IN THE DARKNESS @emmysteinwriter.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Hey #writingcommunity! Be sure to check out this starterpack and follow these accounts to keep up to date on pitch events! go.bsky.app/UzNMwUV

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