DeNiro on Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans

Something good to start the new year with: Anya joins Mary Anne Mohanraj and Benjamin Rosenbaum on Mohanraj and Rosenbaum Are Humans for a conversation about her novel, OKPsyche. The conversation roves all over: on genre, gender, writing, history, po...

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Jan 03, 2024
Not the Delaware Attorney General

Not to be missed in all of this, in January we’re publishing Kathleen Jenning’s first collection of stories, Kindling. The printer, Maple Press in York, PA, is about to ship the hardcover and trade paperbacks to our distro, Consortium, whose main war...

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Dec 21, 2023
Halting Subs, But Going On (and On)

Thank you, Vanessa Armstrong, for this news story about Small Beer on Tor.com. The article led to a small flood of men emailing manuscript submissions and queries, showing that no matter how clear a headline is (“Small Beer Press Is Halting New Publi...

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Dec 21, 2023
Top 5 Bestsellers 2023

Here are our top 5 bestsellers so far this year by numbers shipped from our distributor: Sarah Pinsker, Lost Places Nathan Ballingrud, North American Lake Monsters Kij Johnson, The Privilege of the Happy Ending Anya Johanna DeNiro, OKPsyche Sarah Ree...

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Dec 19, 2023
Laurie J. Marks is Writing Again

Anyone who has read the deep and excellent Elemental Logic series will rejoice with me to see that Laurie J. Marks is writing again. In a post today she writes about it, about the grueling years she and her wife Deb have gone through, the unexpected...

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Dec 15, 2023
LeVar Burton Reads The Court Magician

LeVar Burton is variously and widely recognized as a champion of all things literary for books and one of the ways he shares his joy and love of narrative is through his podcast. He recently chose Sarah Pinsker’s story “The Court Magician” — listen h...

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Dec 13, 2023
Never Have I Ever Polish Edition

Good news for Polish readers: we just received the on-signing contract payment from MAG Jacek Rodek for Polish rights to Isabel Yap’s award winning debut collection Never Have I Ever. That’s the first international rights sale for that title. In othe...

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Dec 08, 2023
LibroFM Bundles

Get 10% off audiobook credit bundles at LibroFM for the next couple of days — they only run this sale once a year. I use Libro and like it, easy to use, huge library, etc., etc.   The post LibroFM Bundles first appeared on Small Beer Press.

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Dec 06, 2023
Slate: The 10 Best Books of 2023

Sarah Pinsker’s Lost Places gets lovely review in Dan Kois’s list of Slate’s 10 Best Books of 2023. How to explain what’s so graceful about this collection of fantasy stories by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning Pinsker? . . .  Every story is surpris...

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Dec 06, 2023
Indiepubs sale

Our distro’s nice, fast Indiepubs site — where you can get books from 100+ indie publishers — has a ton of our books at 50% off for one week. The discount is automagically added in cart as per the screenshots below and shipping is free for orders ove...

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Dec 05, 2023