Northampton House Press

12/29/2025

Ossabaw Island Writers Retreat March 2026

Six-day Spring Retreat Workshops
Applications for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry at the 2026 Spring Retreat are open. Deadline February 15, 2026
Join us for our 14th annual Spring Ossabaw Island Writers’ Retreat, March 13-18, 2026
Work with one of our critically acclaimed writers in a workshop limited to five qualified participants. Each day, participants will bring manuscripts of their work-in-progress to their assigned workshop group where they will read, discuss and receive feedback about their projects from fellow participants and the assigned group leader. Workshop manuscripts should be limited to 12 pages poetry/16-20 pages fiction or non-fiction.
All work and no play make for a dull day–therefore, writers will have plenty of time to rest, relax and explore the island during the morning and afternoons. In addition, writers will meet with their faculty members one-on-one to discuss their manuscripts in detail.
WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION: $3595 tuition covers six days and five nights lodging, meals, writing workshops, one-on-one manuscript consultations with nationally recognized authors, craft seminars, readings, visiting agents and publishers, ferried transportation to the island, and special hotel rates for those who wish to visit Savannah before or after the Retreat. $350 early-bird discounts before November 30, 2025.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Application deadline, February 15, 2026. Early applications highly recommended since there are limited openings (five-six per genre) and the retreat tends to fill quickly.
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The Ossabaw Island Writers' Retreat is a 6-day retreat featuring creative writing workshops, readings and craft sessions. Enjoy and learn from readings...

12/25/2025

12/01/2025

Please vote now for Naia's cover!

We're excited to announce the 2025 Kobo Writing Life Indie Cover shortlists! Voting begins now!

12/01/2025

Watch Amanda Cockrell's recent TV interview, about her new novel ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN, here:

Roanoke-based writer tackles the Hollywood blacklist of the 1950s.

11/15/2025

11/02/2025

IT'S UNBOXING DAY FOR ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN? Yes, it finally is -- and along with Amanda, we are very excited for this riveting novel to come out and meet the world!

10/27/2025

Sad to note that an author and friend, Joan La Blanc, has passed at age 96. Joan began writing at age 80 and published five well-reviewed historical WWII romances with us, beginning with ODYSSEY OF ANGELS. We will miss her sly humor! See Joan's obituary here:

View Joan H. LaBlanc's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

09/08/2025

Proud to announce Richard Gayton's LOVE IN COUNTRY has received this distinguished award! Have you read it yet? Do you know someone who would enjoy it?

© 2017-2025 New York City Big Book Award       www.nycbigbookaward.com       Please come and see us on X (Twitter):

09/06/2025

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON COPYRIGHTED BOOKS PIRATED FOR AI TRAINING

EABartz v. Anthropic PBC is a class action lawsuit under the US Copyright Act. brought by authors on behalf of literary copyright holders against Anthropic PBC, an AI company. The Class of copyright holders which consists of authors and publishers claims Anthropic took books from bit-torrent pirate websites Library Genesis (“LibGen”) and Pirate Library Mirror (“PiLiMi”) without authorization from the rights holders.

We were recently informed by the Authors Guild of America that the Court certified a LibGen & PiLiMi Pirated Books Class made up of all legal or beneficial owners of the exclusive right to reproduce any ISBN- or ASIN-bearing book that Anthropic had copied from the two pirate sites. On August 26, 2025, the parties notified the Court that they had reached a settlement in principle on behalf of the Class, and will file a Settlement Agreement with the Court on September 5, 2025. Judge Alsup set a hearing on Plaintiffs’ forthcoming motion for preliminary approval on September 8, 2025, at noon in San Francisco, CA. Read the settlement page for more detailed information.

If you believe Anthropic may have downloaded your book(s) from LibGen or PiLiMi, in order to receive a settlement from the suit for your copyrighted books, you first need to search the Atlantic monthly's link to the LibGen database to see which, if any, of your titles were stolen. (Remember that you had to copyright your book when published to qualify. As per your contract, you, not NHP, were responsible for registering copyright.) Then, on the lawsuit settlement page, click the button provided to provide your contact information and the list of affected title(s). That's it. Once you've registered, you'll be notified via email later by the law firm as to the status of the settlement.

Don't ask us for the status of your registration or payout (if any) as we are just authors here same as you-all! Just providing the info for your information!

For more info, see here:

AG Notice email to members: https://authorsguild.org/news/what-authors-need-to-know-about-the-anthropic-settlement/

Anthropic Copyright Settlement site: https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/

Author and Publisher Copyright form: https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/contact

The Atlantic Monthly's link to the LibGen database of stolen titles: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

08/11/2025

The Ossabaw Island Writers Retreat is accepting applications for both the Fall Writing Bash retreat in September at a luxurious Savannah house, and for the March 2026 Spring retreat that will be on the island, as usual.

The Ossabaw Island Writers' Retreat is a 6-day retreat featuring creative writing workshops, readings and craft sessions. Enjoy and learn from readings...

05/18/2025

It’s a beautiful day in our front garden!