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Book Cover for: Grimmish, Michael Winkler

Grimmish

Michael Winkler
Peninsula PressPeninsula Press

A very, very happy publication day to Michael Winkler, whose stunning debut novel Grimmish is out in the UK today – it is, in the words of J. M. Coetzee, “The strangest book you are likely to read this year” ⚡️⚡️⚡️ https://t.co/5myAN1UZAQ

Paperback, 2023

$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Baudelaire Fractal, Lisa Robertson

The Baudelaire Fractal

Lisa Robertson
Peninsula PressPeninsula Press

✨ In August we’re publishing The Baudelaire Fractal, Lisa Robertson’s already-legendary novel about a woman waking up one day to discover she has written the complete works of Baudelaire ✨ ‘As far as I’m concerned, it’s already a classic.’ – Anne Boyer https://t.co/zoe7gqmgrF https://t.co/D9yH8dyRZB

Paperback, 2020

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Sterling Karat Gold, Isabel Waidner

Sterling Karat Gold

Isabel Waidner
Peninsula PressPeninsula Press

Orwell Prize Readings at LRB with Isabel Waidner and Yara Rodrigues Fowler ✊ @isabelwaidner: I write from the perspective of migration, and this shapes everything I do... Sterling Karat Gold started with the title and the character emerged from there https://t.co/vpFxe3rkf2

Paperback, 2023

$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Still Life, Zoë Wicomb

Still Life

Zoë Wicomb
Peninsula PressPeninsula Press

Could not be happier to see Zoë Wicomb's Still Life on this excellent list ✨ https://t.co/YtKDilFXT7 https://t.co/YU3x4dU2ku

Hardcover, 2020

$25.99Member price:$12.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Mothercare: On Obligation, Love, Death, and Ambivalence, Lynne Tillman

Mothercare: On Obligation, Love, Death, and Ambivalence

Lynne Tillman
Peninsula PressPeninsula Press

Here is an excerpt from Lynne Tillman’s stunning autobiographical essay MOTHERCARE – as you’d expect the book is tough, funny, ambivalent, candid, and profound ✨ https://t.co/uqZP62TnQK

Hardcover, 2022

$23.00Member price:$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Haunted Houses, Lynne Tillman

Haunted Houses

Lynne Tillman
Peninsula PressPeninsula Press

Tomorrow at 7pm Lynne Tillman will be in conversation with Emily LaBarge about her newly republished novel Haunted Houses. Details below ✨ https://t.co/k8lYkJHoqk

Paperback, 2011

$15.95Member price:$15.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: The Baudelaire Fractal, Lisa Robertson

The Baudelaire Fractal

Lisa Robertson
Peninsula PressPeninsula Press

✨ Behold the full cover for Lisa Robertson's The Baudelaire Fractal in all its splendour ✨ Another gorgeous design from the impertinently talented @MrKeenan https://t.co/XiIjze5RpQ

Paperback, 2020

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Mixed-Race Superman: Keanu, Obama, and Multiracial Experience, Will Harris

Mixed-Race Superman: Keanu, Obama, and Multiracial Experience

Will Harris
Peninsula PressPeninsula Press

Four years (and a week) since we launched Peninsula with this absolutely brilliant book, Mixed-Race Superman by Will Harris ✨ https://t.co/641gFHVN4j

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Book Cover for: The Springs of Affection: Stories of Dublin, Maeve Brennan

The Springs of Affection: Stories of Dublin

Maeve Brennan
Peninsula PressPeninsula Press

For the @NewYorker Fiction Podcast, Claire-Louise Bennett reads and discusses a story from Maeve Brennan’s The Springs of Affection. And it is every bit as wonderful as you might imagine ✨✨ https://t.co/hrtAGY3aOL

Paperback, 2009

$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Daddy Issues: Love and Hate in the Time of Patriarchy, Katherine Angel

Daddy Issues: Love and Hate in the Time of Patriarchy

Katherine Angel
Peninsula PressPeninsula Press

Our very own Katherine Angel writing about SCUM MANIFESTO and DADDY ISSUES in @lithub https://t.co/JTxQ5ZKPW0 Order her book here 🌞 https://t.co/kcxgWRcGAl

Paperback, 2022

$12.95Member price:$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book