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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Jasmin Attia, author of "The Oud Player of Cairo," will be reading at the Barnes & Noble at University of Rochester on October 2nd.
Book jacket for "The Oud Player of Cairo" next to image of Jasmin Attia.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
More news in our end-of-summer newsletter: mailchi.mp/4c402d26e948... Here's to a terrific season of cool temps, falling leaves, and plenty of apple and pumkin pie for dessert!
An array of Schaffner Press books with the words "connecting worlds with words."
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Surprise! The summer's almost over! This little guy was certainly taken aback at the news the other day when discovered foraging on our windowsill. And with the end of summer comes the start of our favorite season, as we ramp up for some fantastic new titles to share with you.
A squirrel stands on their hind legs and looks directly at the camera.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Monifa Love is the winner of the 2026 Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature! As a result, we will publish her poetry collection "After the Rain" in 2027.
Author photo of Monifa Love.Award logo with cat sitting on a pile of books next to a gramophone.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
We celebrate this summer solstice with an image taken just after a deluge heralded an early start of the monsoon season this year! While no pots of gold have turned up, we are viewing the rainbow as a sign of hope and good fortune for all in the coming months.
A rainbow appears in the sky behind several trees.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Happy publication day to "Brahms Comes to Dinner" by Boman Desai! This novel won the Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature and we're pleased to introduce it to the world. Tonight at 7 PM CT, Boman launches the book at Secret World Books (owned by author @gaylebrandeis.bsky.social).
Cover image of "Brahms Comes to Dinner," which includes depictions of Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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. schaffnerpress.com/books/the-wa...
Book jacket image for "The Watch Woman of Calvary Hill."
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
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. Read more: mailchi.mp/9de6277fe603...
A plethora of recent Schaffner Press book covers. In the middle it says: "Connecting worlds with words..."
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
👀 Our new colophon, designed by Victoria Brenman. What do you see first? An anemone, a starfish, a flower, an "S," or something else? ⭐ 🌸
Schaffner Press new colophon.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
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.
The words "Schaffner Press" appear beneath the new logo.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
👀 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
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.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature is accepting submissions for book-length manuscripts about music and its influence: www.schaffnerawards.com
Design for the Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature with a logo of a cat sitting on books listening to a gramophone.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Nicholas Schaffner Award submissions are open: www.schaffnerawards.com
Coral background with music notes. Header reads: Open for submissions. Below that is the Nicholas Schaffner Award logo and additional submission details from this website: www.schaffnerawards.com
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Out today: GENERATOR, the debut novel by Korean/Swiss journalist Rinny Gremaud. This book was translated by Holly James and designed by Hollis Duncan. schaffnerpress.com/books/genera...
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Fall news from Schaffner Press (including extra-small editorial assistant Miles). Hope you all enjoy the changing seasons as much as possible and stay kind. mailchi.mp/7c36980cc502...
Editorial assistant Miles holding out for a peanut butter bribe before heading into the office.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Happy publication day to "EYES IN THE SOLES OF MY FEET: From Horseshoe Crabs to Sycamores, Exploring Hidden Connections to the Natural World" by Caroline Sutton! (And now that the finished book is out, one lucky reader will find an ARC in a Little Free Library in an undisclosed location. 🦀)
A hand holds a copy of "Eyes in the Soles of my Feet" in front of a Little Free Library.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Publishers Weekly reviews "Eyes in the Soles of My Feet: From Horseshoe Crabs to Sycamores, Exploring Hidden Connections to the Natural World" by Caroline Sutton, out next month: www.publishersweekly.com/9781639640812
Cover image for "Eyes in the Soles of My Feet" with the PW logo. Text says "Insightful Revelatory Thought-Provoking.)
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Caroline Sutton, author of “Eyes in the Soles of My Feet: From Horseshoe Crabs to Sycamores, Exploring Hidden Connections to the Natural World" (out in October!), wrote an op ed for @easthamptonstar.bsky.social about protecting horseshoe crabs. Read it here: www.easthamptonstar.com/guestwords-o...
The newspaper's logo is at the top and beneath it is a crab with "arms" crossed (it is not a horseshoe crab).
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Coming in October 🦀 Cover design: Jordan Wannemacher
A hand holds the ARC of "Eyes on the Soles of My Feet" on a beach. A red bookmark sticks out and the background matches the bookmark.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Schaffner Press author Gustavo Eduardo Abrevaya was honored by the city of Buenos Aires, who proclaimed his novel THE SANCTUARY as the city's official book of the year in a televised award ceremony that featured authors Ana Maria Shua and Luis Gusmán as presenters. Congratulations, Gustavo!
A photo of the certificate that Abrevaya received from the legislature of the city of Buenos Aires.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
"New around here?" A Cooper's hawk looks quizzically at the bird atop a sculpture by Anne Maley-Schaffner.
A Cooper's hawk looks quizzically at the bird atop a sculpture by Anne Maley-Schaffner.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Boman Desai of Chicago, IL is the winner of the 2025 Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature for his novel "Brahms Comes to Dinner," which we will publish in June 2026! Congrats to Boman and our finalists: Andre Miftaraj, Linda Raven-Woods, Kase Johnstun, and Jim Currie.
Tan background with black text that reads "Congratulations Boman Desai, Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature Winner." Beneath that is a photo of the winner and the award logo.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
"Reading [Arthur Derounian’s] work today feels like a Hollywood prequel script recounting a villain’s origin story." Michael Bobelian on the relevance of "Under Cover,” the 1943 exposé of the United States’ Nazi underworld, for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social: lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
The cover image for "Under Cover" by John Roy Carlson. Beneath it is the Los Angeles Review of Books logo.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Our anthology of Irish women writers is Publishers Lunch official! Coming your way in 2026.
Biddy Jenkinson, Katherine Duffy, Realtan Ni Leannain, Eithne Ni Ghallchobhair, Deirdre Brennan, Roise Ni Bhaoill, Michelle Nic Phaidin, and Majella Ni Dhomhnaill's STEPSISTERS: CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES BY IRISH WOMEN WRITERS, an anthology that showcases the literary prowess of eight talented female writers whose works have been translated into English for the first time, to Tim Schaffner at Schaffner Press, for publication in 2026, by Marc Mikulich at Marc Mikulich Literary Agency, on behalf of Scribhneoir, Aistritheoir, Gniomhaire Liteartha & Cearta Idirnaisiunta (NA). Rights: Marc Mikulich
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Proud to be publishing STEPSISTERS: CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES BY IRISH WOMEN WRITERS in 2026! These stories are translated from the Irish language.
Biddy Jenkinson, Katherine Duffy, Realtan Ni Leannain, Eithne Ni Ghallchobhair, Deirdre Brennan, Roise Ni Bhaoill, Michelle Nic Phaidin, and Majella Ni Dhomhnaill's STEPSISTERS: CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES BY IRISH WOMEN WRITERS, an anthology that showcases the literary prowess of eight talented female writers whose works have been translated into English for the first time, to Tim Schaffner at Schaffner Press, for publication in 2026, by Marc Mikulich at Marc Mikulich Literary Agency, on behalf of Scribhneoir, Aistritheoir, Gniomhaire Liteartha & Cearta Idirnaisiunta (NA). Rights: Marc Mikulich
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
We were saddened to learn that Todd Grimson, author of BRAND NEW CHERRY FLAVOR, STAINLESS, and STABS AT HAPPINESS, died January after a fall at his home in Gresham, Oregon, at the age of 73. mailchi.mp/1e04ac025f21...
A Harris's hawk glides over the Sonoran desert.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
got so excited about the PW review that we made a li'l graphic
Words say "An alluring account of two lives swept up in history" –– Publishers Weekly. Below is an image of the book jacket. The background is orangey red with white and blue accents.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Schaffner Press author Bill Carter (FOOLS RUSH IN) spoke on a panel at the Tucson Festival of Books with novelists Ed Burns (A KID FROM MARLBORO ROAD) and Ramona Emerson (SHUTTER) about taking books to film. They packed the Student Union Ballroom with 400+ people!
Ramona Emerson, Ed Burns, and Bill Carter against a purple background. You can see the back of some audience members' heads.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
This Saturday! We're co-hosting a screening of KISS THE FUTURE, the documentary film inspired by Bill Carter's memoir FOOLS RUSH IN. See you at Pidgin Palace Arts Gallery.
Pidgin Palace Arts and Schaffner Press present an exclusive one-night screening of KISS THE FUTURE, the award-winning documentary film produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Written by Bill Carter inspired by his memoir, FOOLS RUSH IN. 

Sat. March 15th 5-7 PM at Pidgin Palace Arts Gallery, 1110 S. Sixth Ave., Tucson, AZ 85701Author Q&A and book sales/signing with author Bill Carter. Writer, WGA Nominee for Best Documentary Screenplay, and author of the memoir FOOLS RUSH IN that inspired the documentary KISS THE FUTURE. Produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.

"After reading FOOLS RUSH IN, you may find yourselves giving much greater consideration to what in life is important and what is merely trivial." - Jon Krakauer, author of INTO THE WILD
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
On Sunday, March 16th at the Tucson Festival of Books, you have two chances to see our author Bill Carter (memoir FOOLS RUSH IN --> documentary KISS THE FUTURE): - 10 a.m. "From Memoir to the Silver Screen" - 2:30 p.m. "Lights! Camera! Publish!" tucsonfestivalofbooks.org?action=displ...
A collage of book covers, including "Fools Rush In: A Memoir" by Bill Carter in the lower lefthand corner.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Today is the publication date for "The Lives and Deaths of Véronique Bangoura," a novel by Tierno Monénembo and translated by Ryan Chamberlain! We're proud to introduce this important book into the world. schaffnerpress.com/books/the-li...
A hand holds up a copy of the book "The Lives and Deaths of Véronique Bangoura" in front of a green wall.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Eugene friends, save the date: on April 16, Dianne Dugaw and @amandawpowell.bsky.social will read for the Windfall Reading Series, in person at the Downtown Eugene Public Library. Hope to see you there!
Flyer with photos of Amanda Powell and Dianne Dugaw along with their bios. This event will take place at the Downtown Eugene Public Library on Wednesday, April 16 at 6 PM, and is presented by Emerald Literary Guild and Eugene Public Library.
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
"Adams chronicles the case with a compelling blend of academic rigor, reportorial legwork and engaging prose." Michael Bobelian ("Battle for the Marble Palace") reviewed "The Containment" by Michelle Adams (@fsgbooks.bsky.social) for @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...
Children pose in 1941 next to a wall in Detroit that separated Black and White neighborhoods. (John Vachon/Library of Congress)
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Schaffner Press @schaffnerpress.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
From all of us at Schaffner Press, here's wishing you a peaceful holiday season and a joyful New Year! We look forward to bringing you more good tidings and good books as the year begins.
Moonrise over Tucson.Picture of a bird figurine. Caption: Keep your chin up and head out of the sand for 2025!
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