Listen to Samuel Ashworth on どこかにいる書店員📕 discussing his debut novel, THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AUGUST SWEENEY, as well as Julian Barnes's memoir about death and dying, Nothing to Be Frightened Of. bit.ly/4kKTqKl SFWP

Book Review: ‘The Payback,’ by Kashana Cauley ift.tt/ufhlWde

We had a blast at Monday's Franklin Park Reading Series event! Huge thanks to our phenomenal readers, Edwidge Danticat, Megan Giddings, Wendy C. Ortiz, Justin Haynes, Isabelle Baafi, and Martha Anne Toll and lots of ❤️to our super enthusiastic audience! 🗓️Next event is August 11.

Submissions for WANTED [whatiwanted (dot) org] are now open exclusively to writers seeking their 1st publication

Huge congrats to Franklin Park Reading Series stars Justin Haynes and Jaquira Diaz and all the The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize longlisters!

MONDAY: An exciting edition of World Transsexual Forum Open Mic, hosted by Jeanne Thornton Anton and featuring an open mic for trans & nonbinary writers + a discussion panel with Picnic Magazine’s editors! Open mic sign-up 7:30, program at 8. Attendance open to all. #Free #crownheights

💐Congratulations Ledia Xhoga! Misinterpretation is Longlisted for The #BookerPrize2025! The Booker Prizes Daunt Books Read more: thebookerprizes.com

Austin writer Emily Hunt Kivel crafts haunting housing fable in debut novel dallasnews.com/arts-entertain…

Listen to Katie Yee read a short excerpt from her debut novel MAGGIE, on Debutiful's First Taste Reading Series Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fir… Spotify: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fir…

Great recap of July's Franklin Park Reading Series event from Khaholi at Zona Motel: zonamotel.substack.com/p/dispatch-the…

“My whole aesthetic practice is predicated on if something is too much, you do more of it.” Writer Garth Greenwell talks to Jordan Kisner on art, annihilation, and ruthless devotion. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/gart…

The next Franklin Park Reading Series event is on Monday, August 11--join us for readings by stellar authors Kashana Cauley, katie yee, Emily Hunt Kivel, Samuel Ashworth, Duncan B. Barlow, and Quincy Scott Jones, drink specials, and a #free book raffle! facebook.com/share/16kPCSew…

Bronwen Maddox The other week - I spoke with katie yee about her debut novel. It’s about a woman who finds out she has cancer right after she finds out her husband is having an affair! Sounds like a downer, but it’s actually such a witty and insightful read! wbur.org/hereandnow/202…

"It's the story of the rise and fall of a celebrity chef as told through his autopsy at the hands of this doctor he mysteriously hand-picked for the job." Listen to Samuel Ashworth's interview about THE DEATH AND LIFE OF AUGUST SWEENEY on Salt Lake Dirt: bit.ly/3H5DYdT

ONE WEEK AWAY--MONDAY, AUGUST 11: Can't wait to host outstanding authors Kashana Cauley, katie yee, Emily Hunt Kivel, Samuel Ashworth, Duncan B. Barlow, and Quincy Scott Jones at the Franklin Park Reading Series! #FreeAdmission facebook.com/share/1FuiniXm…

Check out this rave NY Times review for Dwelling, August 11 Franklin Park Reading Series star Emily Hunt Kivel's debut novel! nytimes.com/2025/08/03/boo…

"Ultimately I wanted to make something that, like my favorite works of fiction, changes form and shape while in the reader’s hands." Emily Hunt Kivel shared a playlist for her debut novel Dwelling at David Gutowski largeheartedboy.com/2025/08/05/emi… Farrar,Straus&Giroux

Emily Hunt Kivel’s début novel, “Dwelling,” is among a crop of novels this year about lonely young women who channel their disaffection into long, unusual quests. nyer.cm/hHcQpsd

THIS MONDAY, 8PM: Can’t wait for the Franklin Park Reading Series, with superstars Kashana Cauley, katie yee, Emily Hunt Kivel, Samuel Ashworth, Duncan B. Barlow & Quincy Scott Jones! #Free! facebook.com/events/s/frank…

TONIGHT, 8PM, at Franklin Park Reading Series: Excited to celebrate outstanding authors Kashana Cauley, Katie Yee, Emily Hunt Kivel, Samuel Ashworth, Duncan B. Barlow & Quincy Scott Jones & their acclaimed new work! 📚raffle, 🍺specials, #freeadmission! facebook.com/share/1KHhkNHc…