Congratulations to Dan Leach, author of JUNAH AT THE END OF THE WORLD, for making the Crook's Corner Book Prize longlist! 🎉 crookscornerbookprize.com/crooks-corne...
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Nonprofit press publishing new and extraordinary voices from the American South. Learn more at hubcity.org/publishing. Shop our catalog at hubcity.org/books.
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Washington Independent Review of Books@wirobooks.bsky.social · 4d agoWe came, we read, we gushed. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @hubcitypress.bsky.social @graywolfpress.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social @oxunipress.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @fsgbooks.bsky.social #booksky
THE YOUNGER (out 4.13.27) by Daniel J. O'Malley was selected by a panel of booksellers as one of ten debuts for Indies Introduce! www.bookweb.org/indies-intro...
“One of the best Texas novels to come around in years.” Read @michaelschaub.bsky.social on DAYTONA TEDDY RIGGS by Drew Buxton out now via @hubcitypress.bsky.social 💥 southwestreview.com/a-portrait-o...
A Portrait of a Fuckup as a Young Man
By Michael Schaub
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Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Small Talk by Acie Clark, @hubcitypress.bsky.social & We’re Gonna Get Through This Together by Z. Hanna, @modernartistpress.bsky.social. See alt-text for book details. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #booktok #bookstagram
In the last 24 hours alone, this book has been compared to the work of Joy Williams (who also blurbed it!) Denis Johnson, George Saunders , Brian Evenson (thanks @drewsof.bsky.social!), Ann Beattie, and Haruki Murakami. Out from @hubcitypress.bsky.social in April.
"While this book kept me chuckling, it still lives in the Southern Grit Lit tradition. Themes of escaping the past while struggling with naturalistic determinism, overcoming poverty, & battling classism are layered through the pages." Review of Buxton's DAYTONA TEDDY RIGGS @hubcitypress.bsky.social!
Humor, Humanity, and Southern Grit in “Daytona Teddy Riggs”
A review of Drew Buxton’s new novel, “Daytona Teddy Riggs.”
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Happy happy pub day to our wonderful contributor Drew Buxton. His first novel “Daytona Teddy Riggs” is just out via @hubcitypress.bsky.social. Order your copy today! www.hubcity.org/books/fictio...
Happy pub day to DAYTONA TEDDY RIGGS by Drew Buxton! We have free shipping through next Tues if you order a copy on our website hubcity.org/dtr
Daytona Teddy Riggs | Fiction | Hub City Writers Project
Set in mid-nineties South Texas, Daytona Teddy Riggs follows a has-been high school football star on his quest to become the World’s Strongest Man.
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Read an excerpt selected by intern Rachel for our Summer Reading Series on Substack: “The Road to Houston” from What Luck, This Life by Kathryn Schwille substack.com/@hubcitypres...
Summer Reading: “The Road to Houston” from What Luck, This Life by Kathryn Schwille
An excerpt recommended by intern Rachel
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Catch Hub City authors at these fall book fests! We'll also see you at the Brooklyn Book Fest next month
Cal Biruk reviews Thomas Gannon’s “Birding While Indian” (@ohiostatepress.bsky.social), Vinciane Despret’s “Living as a Bird” (@politybooks.bsky.social), & J. Drew Lanham’s “Joy Is the Justice We Give Ourselves” (@hubcitypress.bsky.social). www.publicbooks.org/birds-beyond...
Birds Beyond Birding - Public Books
“Looking at birds helps us notice connections, imagine better worlds, and build new solidarities across differences, including across species.”
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Texas folks, catch Drew Buxton on tour! Celebrate his launch on Tuesday at Alienated Majesty! If you can't make it in person, order DAYTONA TEDDY RIGGS at hubcity.org/dtr.
“When I feel too close to the work, so close I can’t see it, it’s time we take a break,” writes Kwoya Fagin Maples, author of Long Eye (@hubcitypress.bsky.social). Read more: at.pw.org/WRFaginMaples
Grateful to @thedriftmag.com for letting me write about Nancy Lemann's RITZ OF THE BAYOU and thrilled that I could help bring it back into print thanks to @megireid.bsky.social and @hubcitypress.bsky.social which is doing amazing work. Go read this terrific piece and book.
Meg Reid 🦦@megireid.bsky.social · 3w agoGrateful to Mesha Maren for this piece in LARB telling the origin story of our RITZ OF THE BAYOU reissue. (hint: it started on twitter and then here! If you are aware of an out of print southern gem, lmk!) lareviewofbooks.org/article/mesh...
ICYMI: Drew Buxton on @npr.org's Weekend Edition for Daytona Teddy Riggs! www.npr.org/2026/08/16/n...
Drew Buxton discusses his tragicomic novel 'Daytona Teddy Riggs'
A former Texas high school Texas star is determined to become the World's Strongest Man. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben talks with Drew Buxton about his tragicomic novel, "Daytona Teddy Riggs."
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The 100th issue of SFA's Gravy is here! This issue is the "greatest hits" of the last 10 years with some new pieces (and recipes!) and is over 200 pages. Subscribers will receive this issue at no extra cost. Grab your copy or subscribe today at hubcity.org/books/gravy
A recap of the books we’ve spotlighted in the past few days. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/our... @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @doubledaybooks.bsky.social @graywolfpress.bsky.social @hubcitypress.bsky.social #booksky #bookreview
Our Week in Reviews: 8/15/26 | Washington Independent Review of Books
The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.
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Squeeze in some summer reading with short stories! Our intern Savannah recommends "Primitive" from Let Me Out Here; you can read the story in full over here: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Summer Reading: "Primitive" from Let Me Out Here by Emily W. Pease
An excerpt recommended by intern Savannah
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Hothouse Bloom by Austyn Wohlers is now out in paperback! It includes an interview Austyn did for Interlocutor Magazine. Free shipping till next Tuesday here: www.hubcity.org/books/fictio...
Troubled teens in a group home learn how to become men. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/h... @hubcitypress.bsky.social #hopehouse #booksky
Hope House: A Novel | Washington Independent Review of Books
The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.
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Booksellers, we're headed to NVNR in Baltimore! Come find us tomorrow in the exhibitor room!
Congratulations to Joe Bond for HOPE HOUSE being longlisted for The Center for Fiction's 2026 First Novel Prize! centerforfiction.org/book-recs/20...
Announcing The Center for Fiction 2026 First Novel Prize Longlist | The Center for Fiction
We are pleased to announce The Center for Fiction 2026 First Novel Prize Longlist. This year, we received over 180 submitted titles with U.S. publication dates between January 1 and December 31, 2026....
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Curious about self-publishing? Join Hub City Press publisher Meg Reid and associate publisher Kate McMullen for our Self-Publishing Workshop! They'll go over go over the ins and outs of self-publishing & share tips from the publishing industry. www.eventbrite.com/e/self-publi...
Gravy 100 is coming!! Subscribers will get this "best of" the last decade issue at no extra cost. Head over to hubcity.org/books/gravy to subscribe today or preorder the individual issue. Reply with your favorite emoji below to entered to win a free copy of the issue!
“To receive general operating funds that we can use over five years is just a real gift for us because we can do slower, deeper work, which is really important. [It's a] huge recognition and affirmation of the national profile we have now.” —Meg Reid, executive director of @hubcitypress.bsky.social
As some arts funding dries up, 2 Upstate groups get boost from new $50M effort
Amid other support pulling back, the national $50 million Literary Arts Fund chose Hub City Press and The Watering Hole Poetry Organization for its first round of grants.
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I’ve started reading Nancy Lemann’s newly-reissued account of the mid-1980s trial of Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards. @hubcitypress.bsky.social has done us a favour by returning it to print: Lemann’s prose & “sense of place” are excellent.
HOPE HOUSE by Joe Bond and LONG EYE by Kwoya Fagin Maples are on @wabe.org's 2026 Summer Reading List! www.wabe.org/summer-readi...
Summer Reading List 2026
WABE's Summer Reading List focuses on fiction and nonfiction from Georgia authors, as well as stories set in the South.
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Congrats to Joe Bond for HOPE HOUSE, featured in @pw.org's July/August issue First Fiction 2026! See him online later this month!
Poets & Writers@pw.org · 2mo ago** SAVE THE DATE ** On 7/23, meet the debut novelists featured in Poets & Writers' First Fiction 2026! It's a FREE evening of readings and convo's w/ this year's featured authors as they discuss their debut books and the writers' journeys. 📅 July 23 @ 7PM Register @ www.pw.org/live/events/...
