Events/News

Launch event for Gail Wronsky's newest collection, with special guests

9/30/2017

Please join us at Skylight Books on Sunday, October 15th, at 5pm, for an important event: Gail Wronsky will read from her brand new poetry collection, Imperfect Pastorals, a 2017 publication of What Books Press.

Joining Gail will be Katharine Haake, reading from her collection of parables, just-released by Gold Line Press, Assumptions We Might Make About the Postworld.

Also reading will be Chuck Rosenthal, debuting You Can Fly - A Sequel to the Peter Pan Tales, from Whitepoint Press.

For details please see Skylight Book's announcement page.

Anticipation brewing for what books 2017

2/5/2017

We are in the midst of preparing three outstanding new titles for 2017, and one of them has already received very positive attention: Gary Oldman is a Building You Must Walk Through, by Forrest Roth, turns out to be one of the "Most Anticipated Small Press Books of 2017," according to the review blog Big Other. What Books says thank you to this very useful site, and check out all of Big Other's anticipations here.

three new titles for 2016

7/13/2016

What Books Press is pleased to announce the publication of two new poetry books and one new book of short stories. Check out the details at the following links:

Mirage Industries, by Carolie Parker

The "She" Series: A Venice Correspondence,
by Holaday Mason & Sarah Maclay

The Mysterious Islands and Other Stories,
by A.W. Deannuntis

What books poet wins fiction award

7/20/2015

Laurie Blauner, author of It Looks Worse Than I Am, a fine collection of poetry published by What Books in 2014, has just won the 2015 Leapfrog Fiction Contest for her novel The Solace of Monsters. Details here. Congratulations, Laurie!

three new what books titles announced

6/5/2015

What Books is pleased to announce the publication of
Annette Leddy's
first novel,
Earth Still, forthcoming in October, 2015.

Click here
for details.

We are equally pleased to
announce the publication of
Rich Ives' new
collection of
short stories, also forthcoming in October, 2015.

Click here
for details.

Also on the way
this fall:
Rosenthal & Wronsky's latest -
a collection of
Flash Noir Fiction, with illustrations by Gronk.

Click here
for details.

new books!

10/3/2014

We are very pleased to announce that our four new titles for 2014 are in the ink-and-paper pipeline and due to arrive at your favorite bookstore and/or booksite any day. Thanks to Laurie Blauner, Rebbecca Brown, A.W. DeAnnuntis, and Patty Seyburn for their gifts of wonderful prose and poetry. And the literary world is taking note already! A.W. DeAnnuntis' The Final Death of Rock-and-Roll has already been singled out by Foreword Reviews as one of eight noteworthy story collections of the season. Check out the details and ordering info for all the books in this site's catalogue area.

Ramon Garcia book wins recognition

7/1/2014

The International Latino Book Awards were given out in Las Vegas last weekend, and Ramon Garcia's book on the photographer Ricardo Valverde was awarded second prize in both the Best Non-Fiction Book category and the best First Non-Fiction Book category. Great news for a What Books author! You can see all the finalists here.

what books novel wins indie press award

7/1/2014

Foreword Reviews, a magazine dedicated to reviewing and promoting books from independent presses, has voted Rod Val Moore's book Brittle Star as their favorite science fiction novel of 2013. Check out the good news at their site.

news feature on our newest poet

4/26/2014

Ballard writer Laurie Blauner still finding truth in her imagination

Laurie Blauner had a smile in her voice as much as on her face. She wanted to talk poetry—my poetry, her poetry—and prose and the combination of the two that her work has become. Her enthusiasm for literature—for words, characters, sounds, meaning—was as transparent and contagious as laughter.

- from the Ballard News-Tribune

Read the rest of the story here.

Judith Taylor's sex libris at gwarlingo

2/3/2014

What Books Press is happy to alert all to the fact that Judith Taylor and her book Sex Libris, one of our 2013 titles, are featured this week at Michelle Aldredge's essential poetry & arts blog, Gwarlingo. If you don't catch it this week, it will remain in the Gwarlingo archive, along with excerpts from many other fine poets.

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