Willenfield Literary Agency Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Publishing & agency news from WLA, an independent literary agency with a focus on contemporary literature.

Avidly Reads Screen Time
Phillip Maciak
“Maciak’s willingness to defend screen time refreshes ... Readers will want to tune in to this.” — @PublishersWkly Glowing praise for @pjmaciak’s AVIDLY READS SCREEN TIME (out 5/16 with @NYUpress)! https://t.co/MW42o0Wbhk https://t.co/YojGGsaa2H
Paperback, 2023
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Avidly Reads Screen Time
Phillip Maciak
Look what you can now preorder! Phillip Maciak’s (@pjmaciak) AVIDLY READS SCREEN TIME, a compelling, timely work of cultural criticism and history about how we define screens, and how they now define us. Out from @NYUpress in May. ✨✨ https://t.co/Ft9Nz1HH41 https://t.co/kSi5lZcTJI
Hardcover, 2023
$79.00$54.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Skull Cathedral: A Vestigial Anatomy
Melissa Wiley
On behalf of her sister Melanie and husband Robert, we are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our client and friend Melissa Wiley on Friday, April 8. Melissa was an editor at @SundogLit and author of Skull Cathedral and Antlers in Space and Other Common Phenomena. https://t.co/eFu6mIhCGs
Paperback, 2020
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
What You Could Have Won
Rachel Genn
Check out “Hell Is Other People’s Certainty,” an interview between WLA author Rachel Genn (@RachelGenn) and @MaudlinHouse editor @bloodandGauraa, about Rachel's new novel, What You Could Have Won (@andothertweets, 2020), The Sopranos, and more. https://t.co/JTKwSBoee5
Paperback, 2020
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Antlers in Space and Other Common Phenomena
Melissa Wiley
On behalf of her sister Melanie and husband Robert, we are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our client and friend Melissa Wiley on Friday, April 8. Melissa was an editor at @SundogLit and author of Skull Cathedral and Antlers in Space and Other Common Phenomena. https://t.co/eFu6mIhCGs
Paperback, 2017
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths
Brad Fox
Stunning review of THE BATHYSPHERE BOOK by @BredFoks in @nytimes! “A piece of poetic nonfiction that strives to conjure up the crushing blackness of the deep sea. It raises questions of exploration and wonder, of nature and humanity.”🐟🌊 https://t.co/q7s7t8oJ0Y
Hardcover, 2023
$29.00$14.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The History of Living Forever
Jake Wolff
“Beautiful and expansive. The Book of Casey Adair captures the tumult of the early 1980s, which set the stage for a new brand of queer activism. ... I loved this book, and it will stay with me for a long time.” —Jake Wolff, author of The History of Living Forever
Paperback, 2020
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Longcut
Emily Hall
We are excited to welcome novelist, editor, and art critic Emily Hall (@emilyhallnyc) to WLA! Emily is the author of THE LONGCUT (from @Dalkey_Archive). She lives in New York and is working on her second novel among other book projects. 🎉🎉🎉 https://t.co/a5iN7BvHyQ https://t.co/LW1hxhKHhQ
Paperback, 2022
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sunsetter
Curtis LeBlanc
🎉Vancouver and the Lower Mainland! At 8pm on 4/29, join @ECWPress + @MassyBooks w/ @micalemiski, @brandibird_, and @JenSookfongLee at Dolly Disco to celebrate the launch of @curtiswleblanc’s debut novel SUNSETTER 🎉 RSVP at the link 👇 https://t.co/hYXzThy73I
Paperback, 2023
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Book of Casey Adair
Ken Harvey
Happy pub day to THE BOOK OF CASEY ADAIR by Ken Harvey (@kenharvey27), a @LambdaLiterary most anticipated book for December. We couldn’t be prouder of Ken and this terrific, important book. Get your copy today: https://t.co/5oBFxxRjhK. https://t.co/taScqV3uca
Paperback, 2021
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book