It's #pubday for PLAYTIME MAKES ME HAPPY! by Eleanor Bowmer! Playtime makes me happy! Hide-and-seek, dressing up, playing with stuffed animals. But do you know what really makes me happy? You! On sale now! www.bloomsbury.com/us/playtime-...

Happy #pubday to CHRISTMAS MAKES ME HAPPY! by Eleanor Bowmer! Christmas makes me happy! Decorating the tree, delicious gingerbread, Santa with his elves and reindeer. But do you know what really makes me happy? You! On sale now! www.bloomsbury.com/us/christmas...

It's #pubday for CALIFORNIA DREAMS by @miriampawel.bsky.social! "Essential reading."— KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR On sale now! geni.us/californiadr...

Pulitzer Prize winner Miriam Pawel's epic history of one of the world's elite public universities, its sweeping social impact, and hopeful lessons about endurance in troubled times.

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Happy #pubday to WITHER by @warnerdan.bsky.social! "Wither is superb. Absolutely captivating and brutally clear-eyed. What a horribly crisp mirror of a book. I loved it." — @sarahgailey.bsky.social On sale now! geni.us/wither

We were obsessed with technology. Now, technology is obsessed with us.

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It's #pubday for HOLIDAYS AT THE CASTLE by @jessdaygeorge.bsky.social ! In a special holiday addition to New York Times bestselling author Jessica Day George's magical series, Celie celebrates winter in her beloved Castle! On sale now! www.bloomsbury.com/us/holidays-at-the-castle-9781547620067/

Happy #pubday to CHRISTMAS IN AUSTENLAND by @shannonhale.bsky.social "An utter delight." —Jodi Picoult Return to Austenland at Christmastime in this delightfully charming romance by bestselling author Shannon Hale. On sale now! shannonhale.com/books/austen...

It's #pubday for BROUGHT TO YOU BY by @amywestervelt.bsky.social ! "Vital." — @ghostpanther.bsky.social On sale now! geni.us/broughttoyouby

Amy Westervelt, investigative reporter and host of Drilled, shows how the tentacles of corporate propaganda infiltrated our media ecosystem, undermined democracy, and now threaten the very nature of t...

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Happy paperback #pubday to TIME OF THE CHILD by Niall Williams! "Made me laugh out loud and remember how to love." — Margaret Renkl On sale now in paperback! geni.us/timeofthechi...

From the author of the November 2025 Late Show with Stephen Colbert Book Club Pick, This Is Happiness, a compassionate, life-affirming novel about the Christmas season that transforms the small Irish ...

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I have been censored by mainstream media* So have published the piece they silenced on my own site. drilled.ghost.io/the-unbearab... Please buy the book The New York Times doesn’t want you to read! geni.us/broughttoyouby *this is a bit

Amy Westervelt, investigative reporter and host of Drilled, shows how the tentacles of corporate propaganda infiltrated our media ecosystem, undermined democracy, and now threaten the very nature of t...

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Mark Kurlansky’s 2002 best-seller is back on the list, all thanks to a young TikToker who’s never had a latke. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The Return of “Salt”

Mark Kurlansky’s 2002 best-seller is back on the list, all thanks to a young TikToker who’s never had a latke.

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Celebrate the publication of Amy Westervelt's @amywestervelt.bsky.social newest book, "Brought to You By," (published @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social) tonight at the Bell House. Copies are available for purchase one day early this evening! #newpublication #authorsigning #newbookalert

Joseph Osmundson's SPAWNING SEASON has been longlisted for the 2026 National Book Award in Nonfiction! www.nationalbook.org/longlist-for...

Longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Nonfiction - National Book Foundation

The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Nonfiction The National Book Foundation today announced the Longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Nonfiction with The New Yorker. The Finalists in all five categories will be revealed on Tuesday, October 6 with the New York Times; Winners will be announced live at the 77th National Book Awards Ceremony & Benefit Dinner on Wednesday, November 18, 2026. For more information and to register to watch the livestream, please visit nationalbook.org/awards. The 2026 Nonfiction Longlist includes emerging and established writers, and features works of criticism, reportage, memoir, science writing, and more. Nine of the authors on the 2026 Nonfiction Longlist are first-time National Book Award honorees, and one has been previously honored: Camonghne Felix, a Longlister for the 2019 National Book Award for Poetry for her collection Build Yourself a Boat. This year’s Longlist includes Fellows from the Guggenheim Foundation, the … Continue reading "Longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Nonfiction"

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Review for THE VANISHING EARTH in today’s @theobserveruk.bsky.social “Requiem for a ravaged planet… Despite its gritty subject matter The Vanishing Earth is poetically written and it ends in hope” @scribeuk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social

Experience Bourdain the writer for yourself through his celebrated works, including the bestselling memoir Kitchen Confidential (geni.us/kitchenconfidential25) and his early Three Crime Novels (now available as one volume: geni.us/threecrimenovels).

A24’s ‘Tony’ Shines a Spotlight on Bourdain the Writer

The new film has reignited interest in Anthony Bourdain’s debut memoir, Kitchen Confidential, on which it is (very) loosely based. The late chef’s longtime editor Karen Rinaldi hopes readers will redi...

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Friends, I’m immensely happy to announce my second book, The Land of Tears and Hope: The Ukrainian Story. Pre-order here: bloomsbury.com/us/land-of-t... Many of you know me as a defense reporter who spent years breaking bread with Ukrainian soldiers in trenches....

We are SAT (in Times Square). 💖🤩💚 Check out the ACOTAR billboard in NYC (47th and Broadway) through tomorrow (8/19) and the billboards in Los Angeles (outside Madame Tussaud's) and Denver (14th and Champa) through Sunday (8/23)! #acosh #acofm #valkyriecycle #acotar

It's official: the new books from Sarah J. Maas are A COURT OF SPLINTERED HARMONY and A COURT OF FORGOTTEN MELODY. Welcome to the Valkyrie Cycle ⚔️✨ Cover artist: happypetsink

Happy #pubday to A BEAR BELONGS: A Wildlife Rescue Story by @catherinebarrbooks.bsky.social! The inspiring true story of how three endangered sun bears were rescued, rehabilitated, and released back into the rainforest where they belong. On sale now! www.bloomsbury.com/us/bear-belo...

Happy #pubday to ARE THEY DEAD YET? The Art of the Obit! by Sam Roberts! "Mordantly wonderful." —Carl Hiaasen "I almost died laughing." —Roz Chast "My own departure would not be so bad if only Mr. Roberts could write the obit!" —Kai Bird On sale now! geni.us/aretheydeadyet

From celebrated New York Times obituarist Sam Roberts, the art of the obit: Who we remember, how we forget, and where we find the true meaning in a life.

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Happy #pubday to CAT'S HALLOWEEN by @alisonmurray.bsky.social! The world’s most loveable grumpy cat learns to love Halloween in this quirky story! On sale now! www.bloomsbury.com/us/cats-hall...

"Obituaries are a reminder that when you die, someone else gets the last word on your legacy—or, at least, the first of the last words." Read an excerpt from Sam Roberts's "Are They Dead Yet?," out today via @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social longreads.com/2026/08/11/o...

Speaking for the Dead - Longreads

A New York Times veteran considers the art of the obituary and how words give shape to legacies.

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“In TIN CAN COAST, Joseph Ogilvy explores the poetry and the beauty of this coastal world, the marine creatures who live within it, as well as the practices that are gutting it." Read the full review in the @wsj.com! www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

‘Tin Can Coast’ Review: A Paradise of Sardines and Abalone

The story of California’s decimated fishing industry begins with Russian fur hunters.

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A new book, “Little Blue Dot,” by Katherine Dunn, raises questions about the unintended consequences of knowing where we are. www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

How G.P.S. Changed the Way We Think

A new book, “Little Blue Dot,” by Katherine Dunn, raises questions about the unintended consequences of knowing where we are.

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Happy #pubday to THE VANISHING EARTH by James Crawford! A journey to the ravaged frontiers of extraction and the promising, often radical alternatives emerging just as we reach the point of exhausting the earth’s natural resources. On sale now! geni.us/vanishingearth

From the acclaimed author of The Edge of the Plain, a journey to the ravaged frontiers of extractive industry and the promising, often radical alternatives emerging just as we reach the point of exhau...

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Northwest Children's Theater and World Stage Theatre to Co-Present World Premiere of WAYS TO MAKE SUNSHINE based on Renée Watson's Award-Winning book! Who can't wait to see it?✋ April 3-25, 2027 │ The Schnitzer Stage at The Judy Portland, OR

It's #pubday for THREE CRIME NOVELS by Anthony Bourdain! Full of knife-slingers, fast-talkers, and the kitchens that harbor them, these books reveal Bourdain’s mind before his fame. “You can find him, I think, in these early novels” (Eater), as you’ve never known him before. geni.us/threecrimeno...

Rediscover the legendary Anthony Bourdain through his three wild crime novels full of criminal cooks, bloody kitchens, and extra-sharp knives.

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@isaacbutler.bsky.social and @rosavcampbell.bsky.social, whose recent books focus on the culture wars of 1980s and 90s, discuss censorship, porn, capitalism, and art.

God, Sex, Porn, Art, and Aids: Revisiting the Culture Wars of the 1980s and 90s

Isaac Butler and Rosa Campbell are both historians and writers whose latest work focuses on the culture war of the 1980s and 1990s: Butler’s The Perfect Moment: God, Sex, Art and the Birth of Ameri…

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@emilydoyle.bsky.social discusses her story collection, “Please Don’t Touch the Body” ( @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social, 2026), where ghosts and aliens reveal layered truths about consent and autonomy with writer Lily Felsenthal.

BOMB Magazine | Emily Doyle by Lily Felsenthal

In this story collection, ghosts and aliens reveal layered truths about consent and autonomy.

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Happy #pubday to I DIDN'T DO IT by @ellegonzalezrose.bsky.social! I Killed Zoe Spanos meets The Counselors in this YA thriller about the daughter of a killer who must prove her innocence after a night of fun turns deadly. www.ellegonzalezrose.com/i-didnt-do-it

Happy #pubday to TIN CAN COAST by Joseph Ogilvy! "Powerful nature writing . . . a lively story about the consequences of rapacious capitalism." —Los Angeles Times On sale now! geni.us/tincancoast

The untold story of the California Coast, told through the natural histories of three marine species caught in the dragnet of human history.

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