Jennifer Michelle Herrera is an author and literary agent currently living in Philadelphia. Her first novel, The Hunter, was published in January 2023. Her second, Siren Says, was published on August ...

Werewolf Movie, the latest novella from Stephen St. Francis Decky, follows a group of friends in the local New Jersey music scene during the late 1980s as their musical ambitions cross paths with a pa...

The Philadelphia Bookstore Crawl is back for year four, and it's bigger than ever. This annual summer event started in 2023, with a little over two dozen stores participating. In the crawl’s fourth ye...

In her latest novel, Keeper of Lost Children, Sadeqa Johnson explores a story that stretches across time, geography, and the limitless possibilities of love. Johnson built the lives of her characters ...

Jeannine A. Cook is an author, independent bookshop owner, and multidisciplinary artist based in Philadelphia. Her debut novel, It’s Me They Follow, was published in September of 2025, followed by her...

In her new young adult romance, We’re a Bad Idea, Right?, local Bucks County author K.L. Walther explores the precarity of a creative career and the tenderness of teenage romance through the world of ...

Travis Curtice is a Philadelphia-based political scientist and assistant professor at Drexel University. His work centers on the politics of policing and state repression, and his book, The Repression...

Of all the annoying things that could possibly happen in a group project in high school, getting possessed by a ghost usually isn’t one of them. In her latest YA thriller, The Silenced, Diana Rodrigue...

Kathryn Canavan started her writing career as a news reporter. She combines her journalistic instincts with historical research for her true crime books. Canavan’s latest release, Killer in the House:...

Fat Swim is an electrifying new short-story collection by the author of Housemates, Emma Copley Eisenberg. The stories are told almost entirely in first person, following different character perspecti...

Scott Warnock is Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education in the College of Arts & Sciences at Drexel University. His professional interests include technology and writing instruction, especially onl...

How does our perception of science reflect how we value our fellow human beings? Who is worth defending, why, and how do we go about doing so effectively? In her latest book, The Science of Repair: Ho...

Those well-versed in internet culture understand that most of social media is a facade. They know that the posts of friends, family, and influencers reflect only the best parts of life, and that anyon...

Alex Aster’s storytelling shines in her newest novel Summer in the City, delivering a sweet and heartfelt take on the classic enemies-to-lovers plot. The novel follows twenty-seven-year-old screenwrit...

Kelsey McKinney’s You Didn’t Hear This From Me is a witty and deeply confessional compilation of essays bound to change the minds of gossip-hating readers. Her collection challenges society’s demoniza...

Lisa Sewell is a Philadelphia-based poet and English professor at Villanova University with a background in marine biology. Her poetry often explores themes of species extinction, climate activism, an...

Kathleen Volk Miller is a writer who has been featured on Lit Hub, The New York Times, Oprah Daily, Salon, Huffington Post, Washington Post, Family Circle, Philadelphia Magazine and more. She is the c...

Campfire Stories: The Adirondacks explores 17 captivating tales of the Adirondacks from 14 different authors. This travel-sized compilation edited by Dave and Ilyssa Kyu is from their new Campfire Sto...

If scandalous headlines, trashy motels, and life on the road seem captivating to you, M.L. Rio’s newest novel Hot Wax might appease some of your cravings. In this bloody, tragic, nostalgia-driven tale...

Giovanni’s Room, located in Philadelphia, PA, is currently the oldest gay and feminist bookstore in America. The location on South 12th and Pine Street is a corner building featuring a brick exterior ...

Elise Juska is an award-winning novelist and short story writer from the Philadelphia area. Her novels include Reunion, If We Had Known, and The Blessings, which was a Barnes & Noble Discover pick and...

Located in the heart of Philadelphia, up the street from Rittenhouse on Delancey Street, the Rosenbach Museum & Library brings literature and history to life through its world-class collections and dy...

As recorded by Sheila Sandapen "My dear Miss Austen, I am simply delighted to meet you after all these years. It is a true honor, and I must express my pleasure and admiration for your books—and no, I...

Lori Tharps is an author of nonfiction and fiction, a former college professor, a mother of three, and a literary activist. Firmly believing in the power of storytelling, she currently runs a literary...

Ahmad Almallah is a poet, artist, and educator. He grew up in Bethlehem, Palestine, and is now an artist-in-residence in Creative Writing at the University of Pennsylvania. His poetry collections—Bitt...

Ashton Lattimore is an author, award winning journalist, and former lawyer. Her debut novel, All We Were Promised, follows the lives of three young Black women in pre-Civil War Philadelphia. Lattimore...

God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer by Joseph Earl Thomas is a darkly funny and surprisingly intimate novel. The novel features an honest exploration of class and familial struggles, highlighting at once t...

Emma Copley Eisenberg’s Housemates is a charming and extrospective dissection of what it means to connect with others—through love, through art, through walls. The novel follows Bernie and Leah, a pai...

In Elise Juska’s latest novel, Reunion, three friends converge at their pandemic-postponed twenty-fifth college reunion, where blistering secrets of marriage and parenthood burst over the course of a ...

Shockingly funny and exquisitely tender, More Strange Than True by C.J Spataro is a romance novel perfectly balanced between comedy and magic to create an elixir of compelling emotion. The novel is a ...

Debra K. Every weaponizes the senses in her debut novel, Deena Undone, a cocktail of horror that at once unsettles and ensnares. Set in the early 2010s, our titular character is Deena Bartlett, an act...

Jenny Adams is a librarian and author originally from the Poconos in Northeastern Pennsylvania. She’s had an extensive career in both public and private libraries and holds a Masters in Library and In...

Olivia Campbell’s second book, Sisters in Science, is set to come out December 31, 2024. Her first book, Women in White Coats, was a New York Times bestseller. Campbell's articles have been published ...

Jenny Adams hooks you fast and doesn’t let go with A Deadly Endeavor, her electrifying historical mystery set in Prohibition Philadelphia. The first World War is over and there’s no returning to norma...

Carla Conti is a true-crime journalist, storyteller, and prison reform advocate who previously covered the police beat and criminal courts as a newspaper reporter in the Midwest and Northeast. She is ...

Jaime Grookett’s novel The Invisible Ones is both devastating and inspiring in its exploration of the treatment of women in American history. The story begins in 1928 with 17-year-old Anna Wilson and ...

If you’re a mystery lover, The God of the Woods by Liz Moore will satisfy all your cravings and then some. The novel begins at a summer camp with the story’s climax: Barbara Van Laar is missing from h...

If you’re a mystery lover, The God of the Woods by Liz Moore will satisfy all your cravings and then some. The novel begins at a summer camp with the story’s climax: Barbara Van Laar is missing from h...

Ashton Lattimore’s debut historical-fiction novel, All We Were Promised, tells a tale of injustice, cruelty, and hope. The novel follows three Black women as they try to forge paths for themselves in ...