Catapult

06/04/2026

Catapult is heartbroken at the news that poet, philosopher, and author Lieke Marsman has passed away at the age of 35.

The former Poet Laureate of the Netherlands, Lieke was widely regarded as one of the most compelling voices in Dutch literature. She published her debut poetry collection at the age of twenty, earning three major poetry prizes. In 2018, Lieke was diagnosed with bone cancer. Her first novel, THE OPPOSITE OF A PERSON, was longlisted for the ECI Literature Prize. ON ANOTHER PLANET THEY CAN SAVE ME was published in the Netherlands in 2025 and became an instant bestseller.

All of us at Catapult are honored to be the US home of the English translation of ON ANOTHER PLANET THEY CAN SAVE ME, an electric and genre-defying memoir offering a raw search for meaning in a world that offers none. We had hoped that she would still be with us when we publish it later this year. Our thoughts are with her loved ones.

06/03/2026

A REAL ANIMAL by Emeline Atwood is a July 2026 American Booksellers Association Indie Next Pick!!! As always, a huge thanks to all of the booksellers who nominated us! 🫶

A REAL ANIMAL hits bookstores officially on 7/7 and is available to preorder now!

📚 ADVANCE BOOKSELLER PRAISE 📚

✨ "A typhonic stunner of a debut. If Lily King wrote the screenplay for an Ari Aster film, it would look ALMOST something like 'A Real Animal', but it is also totally original. Not one to miss.” —Dominic Howarth, Book + Bottle (St. Petersburg, FL)

✨ “A young woman’s Hero’s Journey through her twenties, but make it intensely agonizing and filled with visceral images that leave us questioning how she will be able to put herself back together. Emeline Atwood’s writing is as be***al as her character’s trauma, and thoroughly enthralling."—Rebekah Rine, Watermark Books & Cafe (Wichita, KS)

✨ "This book writhes in your hands, reveling in the glorious confusion and cruelty and beauty of being a person.” —Charlie Marks, Fountain Bookstore, Inc. (Richmond, VA)

✨ “This novel has teeth, very very sharp teeth. It is feral and dangerous, while also exploring a desperate yearning. A yearn for love, touch, voice, power. Atwood makes you ponder how much are you willing to take in order to survive. What an incredible debut!” —Ollie Mendez, Skylight Books (Los Angeles, CA)

06/03/2026

SONGS OF NO PROVENANCE by Lydi Conklin is on sale now in paperback! 📚

SONGS OF NO PROVENANCE is a suspenseful, wildly engaging debut novel by the award-winning author of RAINBOW RAINBOW, following a musician spiraling in self-doubt and self-searching after a night—and a relationship—gone wrong.

Don't miss Lydi's launch event tonight P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts in NYC at 7pm!

✨ Longlisted for The Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize

✨ "Lydi Conklin is the master of the empathetic cringe." —W Magazine

✨ "A great American music novel . . . It is a lush, wild story, textured with sensory and technical descriptions of music and performance." — Chicago Review of Books

✨"A raw, empathetic novel of exceptional power." —Carmen Maria Machado

06/02/2026

RABBIT, FOX, TAR is on sale today! Check out P.C. Verrone's interview with Debutiful where he shares how he read all of Toni Morison's novels while writing his debut.

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P.C. Verrone’s debut novel, Rabbit, Fox, Tar, is a fable-like story about a mysterious young Black woman whose arrival in a tightly knit neighborhood threatens to unravel its foundations. When Baby appears in Original Hill and begins a romance with the ambitious Lucius “Lucky” Foote, her prese...

06/02/2026

Happy publication day to RABBIT, FOX, TAR by P.C. Verrone! 🐇✨

RABBIT, FOX, TAR is a mesmerizing, fable-like debut novel about a mysterious young Black woman whose arrival in an insular neighborhood threatens to shake its foundations.

🐇 "Verrone has an alchemical ability to take parts of the old and the new and transform them into something entirely his own, making the book’s existence a revolution unto itself . . . Its vital messages — such as how a community is only as strong as its stories — are present for all who have the vision to see them." — The New York Times Books

🐇 "A novel that does it all . . . It works on a sentence level and a structural level and a political level. It works as a fable and as a grounded, human story . . . It’s an outstanding, singular novel that kept me under its spell until the very end." — Literary Hub

🐇 "Verrone grounds the story with references to the very real history of Black Americans’ displacement in Minnesota and develops Baby’s character with fascinating bits of folklore and magical realism. There’s a lot to enjoy in this ambitious tale." — Publishers Weekly

06/01/2026

"Verrone has an alchemical ability to take parts of the old and the new and transform them into something entirely his own, making the book’s existence a revolution unto itself . . . Its vital messages — such as how a community is only as strong as its stories — are present for all who have the vision to see them." — The New York Times Books

In “Rabbit, Fox, Tar,” a white neighborhood’s local election is complicated when a mysterious, dark-skinned woman suddenly appears in town.

05/29/2026

"[An] eerie novel of obsession and transference . . . Together, the story lines fuse into an exploration of feminine selfhood, as the characters grapple with what it is to know oneself and to be known by others." — The New Yorker

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Short reviews of recent releases.

05/28/2026

"A novel that does it all . . . It’s an outstanding, singular novel that kept me under its spell until the very end." — Literary Hub on P.C. Verrone's RABBIT, FOX, TAR (out next week!)

The days are getting longer. The weather is—well, unpredictable, but trending warm. The children are becoming restless. Summer is nearly upon us, and you probably need something to read. (You signe…

05/28/2026

SAY NEPHEW is one of Debutiful's favorite books of May! They call it, "A beautiful ode to family and coming into your own."

Here are the debut books that caught Debutiful’s eye this month. We think readers will find plenty to love among them. To see our curated list of standout titles, check out our “16 noteworthy debut books to read in May 2026.” One Leg on Earth by ‘Pemi Aguda (May 5) From the publisher: One Le...

05/27/2026

"This debut is so assured, so tightly written, so effortlessly paced and mordantly funny. . . that any doubts that one might have about this generation's talent is somewhat erased." —Brett Easton Ellis on Anika Jade Levy's debut FLAT EARTH 📚

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