Hub City Press Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Nonprofit press publishing new and extraordinary voices from the American South. Tweets by @kateamcmullen & @megireid.

Child in the Valley
Gordy Sauer
🎊HUGE congratulations to Gordy, whose debut CHILD IN THE VALLEY is the winner of the @WritersLeague of Texas's 2021 Discovery Prize in Fiction! Gordy is the second Hub City Press author to win this award! Mark Barr was the winner for WATERSHED in 2020. https://t.co/kFvNHdWkuh
Hardcover, 2021
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Meadows
George Peterken
"Meadows...reckon[s] with personal and collective trauma, and show[s] how interconnected both human and environmental identities can be." Thrilled to see @darjeun's debut in such fine company on @ElectricLit's favorite poetry books of 2022 list! https://t.co/zSv4Zv9PuK
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Olympus, Texas: A GMA Book Club Pick
Stacey Swann
We're expecting a big crowd in Austin tonight! If you're local, be sure to stop by @BookPeople for @heyashbell's Austin launch tonight at 7pm. She'll be in conversation with Stacey Swann, author of OLYMPUS, TEXAS! 🐊 https://t.co/5VuMoNa2jd
Paperback, 2022
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tunneling to the Center of the Earth: Stories
Kevin Wilson
🌈🕳️THE GREAT AMERICAN EVERYTHING is out today! We are so proud to be publishing this powerhouse book of quiet, timely stories. For fans of Kevin Wilson, who chose Scott as the winner of our C. Michael Curtis Short Story Prize, you don’t want to miss this one. https://t.co/qADkQxgCfA
Paperback, 2009
$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Girl Singer: Poems
Marianne Worthington
Hey, KY! Arwen is reading from LANDINGS tonight with Marianne Worthington (The Girl Singer) and Erin Keane (Runaway: Notes on the Myths That Made Me) tonight as part of the KY Great Writers Series. In person and streaming to Facebook! https://t.co/yfhIMEPrm7
Paperback, 2021
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Us: A Journalist's Look at the Culture, Conflict and Creativity of the South
Adam Parker
HCP Author Adam Parker is at the Charleston Library Society tonight discussing his latest book US (Consumer Publications). If you're around, check it out! https://t.co/cebjuPgpIF https://t.co/m2r13mfe8e
Paperback, 2022
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Say So
Julia Franks
A rave review for THE SAY SO (out June 6, exactly a week from today) from the AJC! Read the full review: https://t.co/GeWYtUIPhL https://t.co/cGJ5nZuJwi
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Skin Deep Magic: Short Fiction
Craig Laurance Gidney
Exciting news! HCP author Grey Wolfe LaJoie is an O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction winner for "The Locksmith" originally published in @3pennyreview! The 2023 stories were selected by @legroff. Head to @lithub for Lauren's piece about the winners. https://t.co/1iolgZiDnZ
Paperback, 2014
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nebraska: Poems
Kwame Dawes
We’re highlighting our Black authors every week in Black History Month. Sharing some poems with y’all on this very sunny Monday! Check out @ALPoetLaureate @wildandincolor @DekineSoul and our 2011 anthology edited by Kwame Dawes at https://t.co/yoeGYCiDbb. https://t.co/OlFwVQM9IW
Paperback, 2019
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Big Game Is Every Night
Robert Maynor
Some early reviews for THE BIG GAME IS EVERY NIGHT (out Aug. 22) by Robert Maynor! Pre-order here: https://t.co/dOGH2QbWUZ https://t.co/eruTJZQIXj
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book