Trees in bloom near Holland Park, London

Trees in bloom near Holland Park, London

I can’t remember when the London Book Fair stopped happening in April. But ever since it’s been held in March, I’ve really come to appreciate the trip being my first real dose of spring every year.

If you’re attending the London Book Fair this week, perhaps you’d like to check out this panel with Aleksandar Hemon, Rumena Bužarovska, and Ivana Bodrožić, moderated by yours truly? www.londonbookfair.co.uk/en-gb/confer...

Gibson’s Bookstore flyer for Dan Simon Ashland event on March 4

If you’re close to Concord, NH, tomorrow evening I’ll be @gibsonsbookstore.bsky.social to talk to @sevenstories.bsky.social publisher Dan Simon about his new novel, Ashland @europaeditions.bsky.social. Join us!

What a tremendously thoughtful review of Soiled with Earth, Drunk on Air by Nicole Yurcaba: “The compact structures and couplets compress the specific imagery on which Petlevski’s poems rely, and this compression furthermore enhances each poem’s voice.” austinpoetryreview.com/soiled-with-...

The Competition of Unfinished Stories by Sener Ozmen Trans. Nicholas Glastonbury. Sandorf Passage. 2025. 239 pages.

“The novel feels like a fever dream narrated by someone who refuses to be oppressed into sanity. Scenes oscillate between brutal realism and fantastical hallucination.” Ibrahim Fawzy on The Competition of Unfinished Stories @worldlittoday.bsky.social. worldliteraturetoday.org/2026/march/c...

She Who Remains, written by Rene Karabash and translated by Izidora Angel, is a dark and poetic novel about identity, gender, love, freedom, and societal norms.

Find out more about this #InternationalBooker2026 longlisted book: https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/2ifgoxib9z

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SHE WHO REMAINS by Rene Karabash (tr. Izidora Angel)

Wild novel of Albanian village life under ancient Kanun laws: blood feuds, renunciation of gender, violence, love, and escape. Unique narrative style with a couple exceptional twists!

She Who Remains cover with International Booker Prize Longlist logo on it

The longlist @thebookerprizes.com logo looking good on She Who Remains!

“Told with understated poetry, this novel perfectly captures the slippery uncertainty of painful memories.” @thebookerprizes.com on She Who Remains

Thanks, and thanks for being an early champion of this incredible book!

Wow, wow, wow! As our friends in the UK say, we are massively chuffed about the Bulgarian queer masterpiece She Who Remains by Rene Karabash (tr. @izidoraangel.bsky.social) being on the longlist for the International Booker Prize. #booksky

"Sexy, druggy, and distorted" Hell yeah!

now we're talkin

Cover for the novel Dogs by Dora Šustić (tr. Ena Selimović)

In November we’ll release Dogs by Dora Šustić (tr. Ena Selimović). Sexy, druggy, and distorted, this celebrated Croatian novel tracks the narrator, Dora, as she attempts to live life on her terms. We’ll have ARCs in May.

The cover of the novel The Hamlet Called America

Looking for a twisted contemporary Ukrainian folktale? We have you covered in October with The Hamlet Called America. ARCs available in April. #booksky

Writers who don't read - Salon.com More and more aspiring authors aren't hitting the books. What does that say about our culture?

In 2011 going viral wasn’t what it is now, but a piece I wrote for Print, in response to a piece @newyorker.com Book Bench (remember that?) got reposted by @salon.com and took off from there. What was it about? Writers who don’t read. It holds up, especially the kicker. www.salon.com/2011/09/13/w...

These ARCs are available. Interested? Get in touch.

Yes! @johnwilliams.bsky.social letting @robrubsam.bsky.social review Strange and Perfect Account from the Permafrost made a difference in sales for @sandorfpassage.bsky.social. Indies spend money on creating great books. It has become increasingly difficult to get readers to know about our books. 👇👇

The 10 Best Book Covers of January Another month of books, another month of book covers. In January, it was all about the text treatments. And also, for some reason, teal. Here are my favorites from the start of the new year: I&#821…

@literaryhub.bsky.social has dubbed Sarah Schulte’s hypnotizing cover for She Who Remains one of the 10 Best Book Covers of January! lithub.com/the-10-best-...

Boston's new Youth Poet Laureate, a queer novel in translation, potent North Shore poems New England Literary News

In this week’s New England Literary News, Nina MacLaughlin raves about She Who Remains: “The book is torrential, it is a spell, it moves in blood and death and deepest love . . . The prose gallops, a muscled thundering horse underneath you.” ninamaclaughlin.substack.com/p/bostons-ne...

March will be the fifth anniversary of our first release: The President Shop by Vesna Maric, hailed by @catherinelacey.bsky.social as “a marvelous, timeless book.” As always, @bradlisti.bsky.social got to the heart of the matter when he interviewed Maric.

Front cover of She Who Remains by Rene Karabash (tr. Izidora Angel)

Back cover of She Who Remains by Rene Karabash (tr. Izidora Angel)

@izidoraangel.bsky.social’s breathtaking translation of She Who Remains by Rene Karabash is out today! “Bold and visionary” in the words of Katrina Dodson, find out for yourself why Service95 has dubbed this landmark Bulgarian queer novel one of the 21 Must-Read Books to Have on Your Radar in 2026.

Front cover of advance reading copy of A Plan to Save the World by Hassan Akram (tr. Ibrahim Fawzy)

Back cover of advance reading copy of A Plan to Save the World by Hassan Akram (tr. Ibrahim Fawzy)

A Plan to Save the World by Hassan Akram (tr. Ibrahim Fawzy) gazes out through the eyes of a child, trying to make sense of the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. Surprising and beguilingly touching, an excerpt of this was included in Best Literary Translations 2025. ARCs available now!

Service95 graphic for the 21 Must-Read Books to Have on Your Radar in 2026, featuring all the covers of the books on the list, including She Who Remains by Rene Karabash (tr. Izidora Angel)

One week until the release of She Who Remains by Rene Karabash (tr. @izidoraangel.bsky.social). And we’re not the only ones excited about readers discovering this landmark Bulgarian queer novel. Service95 has dubbed it one of the 21 Must-Read Books to Have on Your Radar in 2026! #booksky

Wow! Service95 dubs Rene Karabash’s She Who Remains (tr. @izidoraangel.bsky.social) one of the 21 Must-Read Books to Have On Your Radar In 2026. #booksky service95.com/best-books-2...

Thanks for championing our books!

A photo of A Strange and Perfect Account for the Permafrost the cover is purple with pinkish lettering

A photo of the cover of Underground Barbie a pink cover with a hand emerging from sand with a tattoo of a woman with a knife there are plastic army soldiers around the sand.

Two of my favorite books from 2025 were published by @sandorfpassage.bsky.social!

A copy of The Competition of Unfinished Stories and The Minister displayed on a placemat covered in colorful birds.

In yesterday's mail two from @sandorfpassage.bsky.social! The Competition of Unfinished Stories by Sener Ozmen; translated by Nicholas Glastonbury is out now and The Minister by Stefan Boskovic; translated by Will Firth lands in May.

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for January 2026 New year, new queer books!

Thrilled to see She Who Remains by Rene Karabash (tr. Izidora Angel) as one of @autostraddle.bsky.social’s Most Anticipated Queer Books of January! www.autostraddle.com/our-most-ant...

Cover of The Minister by Stefan Bošković (tr. Will Firth)

Back cover of an advance reading copy of The Minister by Stefan Bošković (tr. Will Firth)

Hot off the press here in #maine: ARCs of The Minister by Stefan Bošković (tr.Will Firth). Sharp, unsettling, and bitingly relevant, it is a portrait of a society where truth is slippery, power is dangerous, and survival demands moral compromise. Let us know if you want a copy. #booksky