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ICMYI: earlier this week we released our our new films showcasing the International Booker Prize 2025 shortlist. Watch them all here ⤵️ thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/rcoatza204

Guadalupe Nettel on Capturing the (Vaguely) Surreal Side of Contemporary Life lithub.com/guadalupe-nett… via Literary Hub

Look forward to this one!

Jemimah Wei on Crafting a Story of Family, Sisterhood, and Singapore - Literary Hub - goo.gl/alerts/xv1yMA #GoogleAlerts

Lit Crawl Sebastopol 2025 jane ciabattari & Grant Faulkner host #FlashFiction readers Ianthe Brautigan, Molly Giles, Kara Vernor, Britta Stromeyer and Georgina Marie Guardado at @ThirdPigBar. litcrawlsebastopol2025.sched.com/event/20DMN/en… Sched

We are SO THRILLED that our own Flash Editor Amy Stuber has been awarded the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection!!! Congratulations, Amy! We are so proud of you!

Karen E. Bender on Channeling Contemporary Anxieties Through Speculative Fiction lithub.com/karen-e-bender… via Literary Hub

I'm doing some research for an upcoming story and from what I can tell there are only 7 "full-time staff" book critics working in the United States today.

We conclude our look back at 30 years of Dublin Literary Award Winners with last year's winner Solenoid by Mircea Cărtărescu (translated from the original Romanian by Sean Cotter). 📚✨ 🧵 1/4 Dublin City Libraries @deepvellum

Hello hello hello we are halfway to our goal of raising $20,000 to replace the funding that we lost during the NEA cuts

First fire weather watch of the season in the Sac Valley Sunday night through Monday evening. Expect these to go red flag and most likely an expansion further west of the watch area. The Press Democrat

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

Could not be more proud of this one!

I'm excited to join Grant Faulkner tomorrow at 5 pm at Third Pig Bar as cohost of End Times? The Clock Is Ticking! A Flash Fiction Collective Reading at Lit Crawl Sebastopol 2025 sched.co/20DMN Sched

“I can’t seem to shake the feeling that I’m always bursting bubbles of creative inflation among those who really should know better…. Here goes anyway. Nettie Jones scooped every last one of you.” —Namwali go.nybooks.com/4dyMJJl

Important Seasonal Announcement 📢⚠️ The City of Santa Rosa Fire Department will officially declare Monday, June 2, 2025, as the start of this year’s wildfire season in Santa Rosa, CA. Read the full article by visiting srcity.org/CivicAlerts.as… #Wildfireseason #santarosastrong

In the New Yorker, I wrote about the eternally fascinating Margaret Fuller--author, journalist, feminist icon, and a lecturer who, in the words of one listener, "opened the book of life and helped us to read it for ourselves." newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

June 2: Carol Shields would have turned 90 today. We are proud to continue her legacy of uplifting women’s writing and stories. Carol Shields, a Canadian American writer, was generous with her time, support, and advice. Read more: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/prizenews/june…

next week Harper's Magazine turns 175 and breaks 175 years of tradition: we’re throwing a party, with some readings too. register below or just show; entry’s free (rsvp-ing encouraged). there will be an afterparty but you have to come to find out where… mcnallyjackson.com/event/175-year…

"If I start with thematic concerns, the writing almost never develops, it stays as inert as if a thousand-ton weight had been dumped on it." Susan Choi on Writing a Cross-Cultural Story of Mystery and Tragedy lithub.com/susan-choi-on-… via Literary Hub