
Dan Smetanka
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SVP, Editorial Director, Catapult Book Group
Editor in Chief @CounterpointLLC Press
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"Humor is about paying attention, and also about claiming power." Karen E. Bender chats with Rachel Lyon about her latest story collection, THE WORDS OF DR. L, via Chicago Review of Books chireviewofbooks.com/2025/05/06/as-…



Congratulations to debut Palestinian novelist Yasmin Zaher, who has won the world’s largest & most prestigious literary prize for young writers – the Swansea University dylanthomprize – for her debut novel, The Coin, marking twenty years of this global accolade. Chosen in a unanimous


Congratulations to Yasmin Zaher who has woken up to a bright spring morning here in Swansea as the 2025 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize WINNER 🏆. Her debut novel, 'The Coin' was the judges unanimous pick in an incredibly strong shortlist of titles by 6 amazing authors. #SUDTP25




It’s here!!! Our editor Molly Odintz has rounded up 80 titles we can’t wait for, this summer! crimereads.com/the-most-antic…


🖤 COVER ANNOUNCEMENT 🖤 Big news for fans of THE BOG WIFE! If you loved Kay Chronister's last book, you'll love her new collection of gothic short fiction, THIN PLACES, arriving this Fall! Cover design by the fabulous @nlcaputo 📚 Preorder now: counterpointpress.com/books/thin-pla…




Review of Karen Bender's THE WORDS OF MR. L in Briefly Noted of The New Yorker! Congrats, Karen! Pick up this stellar collection of short stories. "These often speculative stories take place in worlds in which troubling features of our own are amplified." newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…



Milo Todd’s THE LILAC PEOPLE is about a trans man who must relinquish the freedoms of prewar Berlin to survive first the Nazis and then the Allies while protecting the ones he loves. Counterpoint Press Learn more in our review! bookreporter.com/reviews/the-li…


Thanks to all who came out to Sarah and Monique's GREEN GOLD launch event Omnivore Books last week! 🥑 We loved celebrating with you!


A beautiful The New York Times profile of Counterpoint author Lynn Freed, who sadly passed away last month. "The author of seven novels, dozens of essays and a collection of short stories, Ms. Freed was praised by critics for her spare, wry and unsentimental style."