One Bright Book

One Bright Book

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A podcast where three friends read all the books, one book at a time. Links & notes at https://onebrightbook.com Find us here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/one-bright-book/id1614302344

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Our latest bonus episode is live! The more dedicated 2/3 of the group join Allison from @sandtclassics.bsky.social to talk all things reissue! onebrightbook.com/2026/08/17/b...

onebrightbook.comBonus Episode 5: Chatting with Allison Miriam Woodnutt (née Smith) From Smith & Taylor ClassicsWelcome to One Bright Book! Dorian has abandoned Rebecca and Frances for the open expanses of Canada this month so the ladies decided to invite the sparkling Allison Miriam Woodnutt (née Smith) of …
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Paul has good taste

Paul Wilson@bibliopaul.bsky.social

The books I finished during June. Not pictured: Crying In H Mart - Michelle Zauner The Land And Its People - David Sedaris In Trees - Robert Moor @onebrightbook.bsky.social @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social @archipelagobooks.bsky.social @coffeehousepress.bsky.social @mcnallyeditions.com

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The price on my copy of the US first edition of Alice Munro's OPEN SECRETS (the subject of our next episode), which I bought when it was first released, is $23. That's about $49 today. Don't let anyone tell you books are too expensive!

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Your chance to help choose one of our next titles!

Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social

McNally Editions make me book greedy. I want them all. Plus that Ex-Wife tote bag. But what I want most right now is to hear what your favorites are. Trying to choose just one for a future episode of @onebrightbook.bsky.social. @mcnallyeditions.com

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You don't have to take it from us--none other than @ssacks.bsky.social thinks you should read A MARSH ISLAND too!

Sam Sacks@ssacks.bsky.social

This weekend's WSJ Fiction Chronicle leads with Maria Stepanova's 'The Disappearing Act,' an optical illusion of a novel about war guilt and the disavowal of novel-writing. Plus new fiction by Victoria Shorr and a welcome reissue of a lesser-known Sarah Orne Jewett! www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

wsj.comFiction: ‘The Disappearing Act’ by Maria StepanovaPlus Victoria Shorr’s “Fatherland” and Sarah Orne Jewett’s “A Marsh Island.”
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Congratulations to Han Kang and her translators e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris on winning the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction for WE DO NOT PART! What a great time to check out our conversation on this prizewinning book... onebrightbook.com/2025/03/07/e...

onebrightbook.comEpisode 33: We Do Not PartWelcome to One Bright Book! Join our hosts Frances, Dorian, and Rebecca as they discuss WE DO NOT PART by Han Kang, translated from the Korean by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris, and ch…
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Y'all are reading this right?

Frances Evangelista @nonsuchbook.bsky.social

This photo of Sarah Orne Jewett and dog was posted by @sandtclassics.bsky.social over on IG. Instantly delighted. Then I realized they also posted part of the @onebrightbook.bsky.social conversation from the new edition of A Marsh Island. More delight. Have you picked up a copy yet?