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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I think my favorite part is the Super Mario Bros duct tape holding up our sign. I think of it as a different sort of professionalism. #KarenJoyFowler delivered her keynote from about where that pile of boxes is in the center. #Booksky #SanJoseBookFestival #Bookselling

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Just found out about this cool event in Stockton: Wordstock209. October 3, 10AM-3PM, at San Joaquin Delta College. We may have a presence... #Booksky #Bookfair #Stockton

On a black background, vibrant lettering say "You're invited to Wordstock209. October 3, 10AM-3PM, at San Joaquin Delta College. Photobooth, food trucks, raffles, Renowned guest speaker, Book readings, sales and signings."

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Mike Karpa @mikekarpa.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Years ago, I sat in the lounge of Taipei’s Mandarin Center practicing characters, specifically, the word “breathe” (呼吸/“hu shee”). Next to me, friends talked about feminism as I repeated hu shee aloud to get it in my brain. A friend says, scandalized, “You don’t know who #GloriaSteinem is?”

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

For my money, that oak tree is the star, but I do love the readings.

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Another Madelon Phillips book that I loved. "A rollicking read." Three young sisters seek justice and fight supernatural evil in the 1952 Ozarks. So funny. Ssatisfying. A one-of-a-kind from an author who's gone but whose words live on. #Booksky #Supernatural #Ozarks www.amazon.com/dp/B00IX2F3UE/

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The Pearls of Snake Hollow

Amazon.com: The Pearls of Snake Hollow eBook : Phillips, Madelon: Kindle Store

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Not a Mumblers books but I loved it: Twig, by Madelon Phillips, sadly no longer with us. An inspiring, compelling story of tragedy and hope of a woman who won't be held back, marries a much older man and leaves Wisconsin in the 1950s for San Francisco. #Booksky www.amazon.com/dp/0692799354

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Twig: Autobiographical Novel

Twig: Autobiographical Novel [Phillips, Madelon] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Twig: Autobiographical Novel

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Congrats to Torrey House Press on their 2026 American Book Award for Indigenous anthology “Beyond the Glittering World"! (THP also published "Mostly White" by Mumblers author Alison Hart ("The In-Between Sky") #Booksky tinyurl.com/Mostly-White tinyurl.com/Glittering-W... tinyurl.com/In-between-Sky

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Mostly White | torrey-house-press

by Alison Hart | Paperback| ISBN 9781937226954 | 182 pages. Spanning four generations of a mixed-race family, Mostly White is a powerful tale of inter-generational trauma and the healing brought by wi...

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Sometimes a single box will even combine multiple color intensities. From the same files! #AlisonHart

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Two-day sale! Tiny press-6 authors/10 books. All Mumblers Press ebooks for a deep 75% off at Smashwords as part of their Annual Summer Sale. Plus an unrelated book involving "mumblers" that I now must read. #Booksky #novels #lgbtq #ov www.smashwords.com/books/search...

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Smashwords – Sitewide Sale

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It was great to be under the solar panels.

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

#Booksky @mumblers.bsky.social was delighted to share a table with these (and other) authors at #BayCon 2026.

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

#Booksky I am rewriting those blurbs in my head. For #RiverOfLight, maybe something like "10-year-old girl takes charge of her life, 'cause no one else is going to." What do you think, @wkschultz25.bsky.social?

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

#Booksky The link here is Amazon, but it's also available via bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Smashwords, Overdrive, Hoopla and so many more places online. It can also be ordered via bookstores that use Ingram for distribution.

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Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

#Bloomsday is almost like the honorary birthday of this book, which delves deep, deeep into Lucia Joyce and her dad, James.

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

#Booksky Mumblers author Mike Karpa has a new story in Mouthful of Salt. It's here: mouthfulofsalt.com/wp-content/u... Scroll to p. 47. Or just read your way there...

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Those roses smelled sweet. Thanks #MelindaMaxwell-Smith!

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Print more, and soon, because #BayCon is coming up, July 3-6 at the Santa Clara Marriott. Find us with Small Publishing Big Universe. baycon.org

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BayCon 42 / Westercon 78

The Answer

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

#Booksky #BABF #bookfair Books boxed for tomorrow's Bay Area Book Festival, signs printed, tent in trunk. Find Mumblers on "Small Press Alley," Allston east of Shattuck in downtown Berkeley CA. 11am-5pm. Four authors will be stopping by.

Oak book shelves with books from Mumblers Press, including one largely empty.

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

#BABF #Booksky We're in! Mumblers Press is out of the waitlist and into the streets! Specifically, Booth 112 on Allston Way between Shattuck and Oxford, Berkeley CA. Come find us at the Bay Area Book Festival on May 31, 2026, 11-5.

Bookworm Block Party, Sunday May 31, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Allston Way between Shattuck and Oxford, Downtown Berkeley.

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

We came early and enjoyed the poetry reading that preceded the Mumblers reading quite a lot. #booksky

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

It really was fun hanging out with the Stockton crowd. So many connections, such great energy. #booksky

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

#booksky Forgive me if I've already reposted this...

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Great day for sales! Thank you, readers! Enjoy! #booksky

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

And it was a Best of 2022, according to Kirkus Reviews.

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

A record day for getting books into readers' hands! Hope they enjoy every word!

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Proud of these Mumblers readers and authors!

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

#booksky #MumblersPress Mumblers readers #AlisonHart, #MelindaMaxwell-Smith, #RaudseppaJaan kept the crowd happy at Stockton Miracle Mile Literary Crawl, with #MikeKarpa standing in for #JanStites. The after-party was so much fun.

Publisher Mike Karpa arranges books on a table for sale. Books include River of Light, In the Pocket of Dreams, The In-between Sky, and Becoming Felicity.

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

#booksky Kirkus snippets about tinyurl.com/3vcpj4vm: Susie Hara's tale of Haight Ashbury events reverberating decades later. "Engrossing ... Each character’s recollection assists in reconstructing an extremely fateful day. A compelling story of young woman finding out new facts about her identity."

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

#booksky #queerYA #dogs I'm posting this cause it's fun to get a shout out. Get Squirrels Fall From Trees here (and in many non-zon places): www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZYMGZYJ

News roundup from Foglifter magazine including Squirrels Fall From Trees winning Best YA at the SF Book Festival.

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

#Booksky #JoanOfArc PW review of Lombardi's #JehanneDarc: "Readers of historical fiction that captures not just what happened in the past but how it felt to live it will relish this exploration of the well-known story.” PW's comps: #NicolaGriffith Hild, #HilaryMantel. www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVH5GM65

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Jehanne Darc, Book One: From Domrémy to Orléans

Amazon.com: Jehanne Darc, Book One: From Domrémy to Orléans eBook : Lombardi, Chris: Kindle Store

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

#Booksky #MixedRace #AfricanAmericanHistory Cíara Emmanuel interviews Alison Hart. “It's a way for me to almost build a cosmology.” Starry-eyed and visionary, Alison Hart still keeps both feet on the ground. Read the interview here tinyurl.com/4873zy9v Buy book here www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3QXP6XT

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African American Irish Diaspora Network

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

#Booksky "Librarians seeking rural settings, stories of friendships and enemies, and lives alongside animals will relish the dovetailing of perspectives. Readers seeking stories about mustering one’s courage will love how Cass steps up." D. Donovan, Midwest Book Review www.amazon.com/dp/1963221095

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Becoming Felicity

Becoming Felicity [Stites, Jan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Becoming Felicity

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

#Booksky Review from Mountain Democrat: "River of Light" shines bright #WendySchultz "takes readers on [Fresno Bakersfield's] journey through [the turmoil of] her formative years to young adulthood." More at mumblerspress dot com www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSXL5KRL

Image of Mountain Democrat review of "River of Light" including book cover showing two carp swimming in a yin/yang pattern.

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

#booksky #queerscifi A thoughtful, positive review from C0smic Occurrence! This month...I found myself lost in the life of an artist with severe imposter syndrome...A contender for my favorite book of the year so far. Full review: www.reddit.com/r/QueerSFF/c... Get at: www.amazon.com/dp/B09GR7PH2B

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From the QueerSFF community on Reddit: Gay Artists with Imposter Syndrome: Red Dot by Mike Karpa

Explore this post and more from the QueerSFF community

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

#booksky #womensfiction Mumblers is thrilled: our first ever review from Foreword: "A woman gathers her courage to invite a bestselling author to visit her struggling town in Jan Stites’s gentle novel Becoming Felicity....Cass is an endearing heroine with deep emotions." www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBKP6L24

Holiday cover of Foreword Reviews magazine shows a girl in a yellow raincoat under an umbrella amidst a crowd of umbrellas in a rainy city.

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

It's always worth listening to Timothy Snyder.

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

#Booksky #MixedRace #HistoricalFiction Interview with Alison Hart: mixedauntie.substack.com/.../alison-h.... A taste: "When Alison Hart’s Ancestors speak, she doesn’t just listen. She weaves their messages into lushly evocative fiction that honors lineage and history." www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3QXP6XT

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

#booksky #JoanOfArc PW review gems: '[A] fascinating,...harrowing look at the life of the epochal seer and soldier [that] interrogates and illuminates the mind of this girl...facing uncertainty over whether “the jammed voices filling her ears” are “not madness but God.”' www.amazon.com/dp/B0DVH5GM65

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

#booksky #WendySchultz “[Young Fresno represses an unusual gift] until an urgent need invites her to own her powers. An original, charming, memorable page-turner that will leave you feeling tender-hearted and full of hope.” —Tarn Wilson, In Praise of Inadequate Gifts www.amazon.com/dp/1963221001

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River of Light

Amazon.com: River of Light: 9781963221008: Schultz, Wendy: Books

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Dropping today on Militantly Mixed! www.militantlymixed.com/the-in-betwe... "I’m joined by brilliant OG Mixed Cousin Alison Hart, who shares her stunning new novel and dives into creativity, identity and writing from a Mixed-race perspective." bookshop.org/a/56052/9781... amzn.to/3XgnR1j #booksky

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The In-Between Sky with Alison Hart

This week on Militantly Mixed I’m joined by the brilliant Alison Hart, an OG Mixed Cousin who first appeared on Episode 24 back in 2018 with the release of her debu…

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

#booksky Another strong Goodreads review "I was delighted by this positive novel... It had a surprising depth and I couldn’t put it down wanting to find out what happened... Stites is great at making you care and empathize with [characters] and their predicaments."—Tom www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBKP6L24

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Becoming Felicity

Amazon.com: Becoming Felicity eBook : Stites, Jan: Kindle Store

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

#booksky #WendySchultz Praise for a recent Mumblers Press book: "River of Light is the extraordinary story of Clare, a girl born with a unique gift the ones she loves most have always suppressed.” —Tim Reaume, author of Jade Jaguar www.amazon.com/dp/1963221001 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/river-of-l...

Two carp swirl in a blue river, creating a yin-yang sign.

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

#booksky #bookbirthday "Becoming Felicity" is Jan Stites' tale of a kennel owner, a young immigrant and a dog. Of books, libraries, and an endangered small town. And trouble–a whole lot of trouble. Order at bookstore or bookshop.org/.../becoming... www.amazon.com/dp/1963221095

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mumblers.bsky.social @mumblers.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

#Booksky Pub date is fast approaching, but it's not to late for you to claim a FREE ARC of Becoming Felicity in exchange for an honest review. booksirens.com/book/XL4RD6A... Kirkus: A heartwarming portrait of small-town life. Foreword: A woman’s confidence grows from the unlikeliest of places

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Becoming Felicity by Jan Stites - Review Copy | BookSirens

Join the review team for Becoming Felicity. Read it for free before the rest of the world does. Share your honest review. Discover hundreds of other books in your favorite genres.

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