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Scott Solomon @scottsolomonwriter.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

AWP24 panel on autobiographical fiction: Now that you’re older, make inferences about what flummoxed you in the past. @chrisdennis.bsky.social @jeffreydlofton.bsky.social @sashavasilyuk.bsky.social

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Jeffrey Dale Lofton @jeffreydlofton.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

@rasheed.bsky.social enthralled and entertained Robert Gwaltney and me during our conversation for this month’s issue of #WellReadMagazine’s INSIDE VOICES. issuu.com/articles/372... #litearymagazine #mygovernmentmeanstokillme #lgbtq #betweenthepagespodcast #insidevoices #authorinterview

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Kathy Ishizuka @kishizuka.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

"September is “Library Card Sign-Up Month.” It is not widely known or celebrated, but it should be. The tenor of our times requires those of us who understand the power of books to get involved. The children of today need our help." - Alice Faye Duncan

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Local libraries can save democracy, one reader at a time

The American Library Association reports there were more than 1,200 attempted book bans in 2022, compared to 700 in 2021 and 200 in 2020.

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Horror DNA @horrordna.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Audiobook deal! @gabino.bsky.social's THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME is just $4.99 at Chirp Books! #horror #ad #amreading #amreadinghorror shorturl.at/lpJPQ

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Natalia Sylvester @nataliasylv.bsky.social · 15/09/2023

Thrilled to share that BREATHE & COUNT BACK FROM TEN won the Writers' League of Texas Book Award in the YA/MG category! Thank you to the WLT for honoring this book about a disabled Latinx teen with mermaid dreams! Huge congratulations to all the winners & finalists! writersleague.org/programs/ann...

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Mason Jar Press @masonjarpress.bsky.social · 13/09/2023

the good news keeps a'comin! Join us for a fab writing retreat in the mountains of West Virginia! 4 days writing at gorgeous Cacapon State Park 🌲 Apply by November 1st to come along! www.theinnerlooplit.org/cacaponretre...

logos + info: The Inner Loop Retreat at Cacapon, Jan 5-8 2024, in collaboration with Mason Jar Press and The Writer's Center

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Martha Anne Toll @marthaannetoll.bsky.social · 13/09/2023

Thrilled that BuzzFeed News came calling and spoke to the heart of my book. 📚

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Patricia Coral @patriciacoral.bsky.social · 26/08/2023

If you’re in DC hope you can join!

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 01/09/2023

My Shirley Jackson Award is here and it is GORGEOUS.

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

So grateful to the librarians & library staff at Brooklyn Public Library for selecting A Living Remedy for this longlist! It’s an honor to be in the company of many writers I admire, to be recognized by this great library system, to be a writer of library books ♥️ www.bklynlibrary.org/support/bpl-...

2023 Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize Fiction and Nonfiction Longlists – all longlisted titles can be found at https://www.bklynlibrary.org/support/bpl-book-prize

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Kathy Ishizuka @kishizuka.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

Cynthia Graham Hurd Memorial Award 2023, a travel award of $1,500 for library employees to attend the Charleston Library Conference, sponsored by Springer Nature. Applications due Sept. 29. www.springernature.com/gp/librarian...

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