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Pilgrims by Devin Kelly — Great Place Books
On Sale: November 18, 2025 A monk leaves the monastery to search for his teenage brother, who has run away from home in the middle of a high school cross-country race. Alternating between each bro...
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@greatplacebooks.bsky.social courses are back! With a seminar on the short novels of Muriel Spark. www.greatplacebooks.com/spark
Reading Muriel Spark with Emily Adrian — Great Place Books
Join author and GPB cofounder Emily Adrian in reading the dazzling fiction of Muriel Spark. This class will meet four times to discuss four of Spark’s most original, ambitious, and tightly constructed...
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GPB has two new classes on offer in early 2025! First up is READING JOY WILLIAMS co-taught by @adremily.bsky.social and @alexhigley.bsky.social Register here: greatplacebooks.com/joy
Need to pad out your 2024 books read pile? Here are four great (and very short) translated novels I enjoyed this year countercraft.substack.com/p/four-trans...
Four Translated Novels I Enjoyed This Year
Recommending some lovely and strange translated novels published in the last couple years.
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GPB has two new classes on offer in early 2025! First up is READING JOY WILLIAMS co-taught by @adremily.bsky.social and @alexhigley.bsky.social Register here: greatplacebooks.com/joy
Happy pub day to EUPHORIA DAYS by Pilar Fraile and translated by @lizziedavis.bsky.social Buy it from us or Bookshop! greatplacebooks.com/books/p/euphor… bookshop.org/p/books/euphor
CASCADE by Julia Hannafin is out now! GPB: greatplacebooks.com/books Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/cascad… B&N: barnesandnoble.com/w/cascade-juli
Begins April 23rd! If you are looking for a workshop, here it is: greatplacebooks.com/fiction
Alex Higley@alexhigley.bsky.social · 3y agoRunning another fiction workshop @greatplacebooks.bsky.social in late April. I love being a part of these classes and have been lucky to work with such engaged and passionate writers. Join us! Info at link below: greatplacebooks.com/fiction
I've always loved when my students watch film adaptations of what we studying and share their insights in class. Decided to make a new seminar out of it! Join us for lots of close-reading, discussion, and feedback on your own WIP! greatplacebooks.com/film
Fiction to Film — Great Place Books
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New April workshop with @alexhigley.bsky.social!
Alex Higley@alexhigley.bsky.social · 3y agoRunning another fiction workshop @greatplacebooks.bsky.social in late April. I love being a part of these classes and have been lucky to work with such engaged and passionate writers. Join us! Info at link below: greatplacebooks.com/fiction
New @greatplacebooks.bsky.social class starting in April! Inspired by a student's request 😍 We'll read Munro, Dubus, Eugenides, and Ishiguro and determine what film reveals about form—especially that of the short story! tinyurl.com/y4cnkkva
Today on the blog: a review of former editor Emma Catherine Perry's extraordinary BLOCKS WORLD, her debut poetry collection, from @greatplacebooks.bsky.social. "Should we look to our own creations to examine ourselves?" www.epochliterary.com/blog/review-...
Teaching another fiction workshop in April, please share with potentially interested parties or broadly: greatplacebooks.com/fiction
How does a ten-page short story lend itself to a two-hour movie? How can we make sure our own work is equally complex, rich, and open to interpretation?
Emily Adrian @adremily.bsky.social · 3y agoNew @greatplacebooks.bsky.social class starting in April! Inspired by a student's request 😍 We'll read Munro, Dubus, Eugenides, and Ishiguro and determine what film reveals about form—especially that of the short story! tinyurl.com/y4cnkkva
Cover reveal for Pilar Fraile’s English language debut EUPHORIA DAYS, translated by National Book Award Nominee and finalist for the PEN Translation Prize @lizziedavis.bsky.social
BUILDING A MEMOIR with @johncotter.bsky.social starts in one week! Register now and join GPB's cohort of memoirists. greatplacebooks.com/memoir
Two spots left in this seminar I’m leading for @greatplacebooks.bsky.social Join us! greatplacebooks.com/setting
Why Setting Matters in Fiction — Great Place Books
Fiction can introduce us to foreign cities, complicate our relationship to our own hometown, or make us long for places we’ve never seen. Why does it matter where a story takes place? Could Kazuo ...
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Happy New Year! We are OPEN for electronic submissions, through January. Send us your fiction, poetry, essay, comics, and translations. We pay between $100 and $500 depending on length. epoch.submittable.com/submit
Diving into some old favorites for my upcoming @greatplacebooks.bsky.social class on setting. Two spots remain if you'd like to join us! We'll read Erdrich, Baldwin, Proulx, James Joyce, Sally Rooney, Ling Ma, and Willa Cather. 😍 greatplacebooks.com/setting
In today's newsletter, Emily Adrian and Alex Higley interview each other about why they love teaching for GPB and the courses they've got coming up in 2024! tinyurl.com/3f26zyfk
🤩 winter classes at Great Place Books! Perfect holiday gift for yourself or another writer in your life 🎁 greatplacebooks.com/classes
John’s book LOSING MUSIC is featured on Vulture today! vulture.com/article/best-books-of-2023.html
The Best Books of 2023 (So Far)
Time to cozy up with any number of these great reads.
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Great Place Books@greatplacebooks.bsky.social · 3y agoBuilding a Memoir with @johncotter.bsky.social has been rescheduled! The class now runs from Jan. 29-March 4. More info and registration: greatplacebooks.com/memoir
Building a Memoir with @johncotter.bsky.social has been rescheduled! The class now runs from Jan. 29-March 4. More info and registration: greatplacebooks.com/memoir
Come workshop your writing with me in Feb @greatplacebooks.bsky.social We'll read Cárdenas, Adamczyk, Erdrich, July, Galchen, and more. Our focus through these readings, and in revision will be openings, transitions, clarity, and specificity. learn more: greatplacebooks.com/fiction
