New Door Books

11/06/2025

folk, mark your calendars now!

The 12/2 Small Press Night at Barnes & Noble, 1708 Chestnut, will feature the local presses shown in the graphic plus 5 great authors presenting their work:

Jane-Rebecca Cannarella

Josh Dale

Stephen St. Francis Decky .st.francis

Melanie Moyer

Kabria Rogers .me

with kickoff remarks by Blue Stoop’s Julian Shendelman.

Go to the Eventbrite link to register beforehand.

Meet a panel of Philadelphia based small presses on Tuesday, December 2nd at 6pm at B&N Philadelphia!

10/29/2025

Our latest newsletter reflects on novels that address a cultural or political "tipping point," a moment when an entire society finds itself in crisis or transition (kind of similar to right now?).
https://www.newdoorbooks.net/so/4ePe8MtJJ?languageTag=en

10/24/2025

"The Stained Glass Project is a volunteer run after-school arts program that introduces under-served Philadelphia public high school students to the technically demanding artistic discipline of making stained glass."
A great idea! Please support if you can.

Please support us by making a contribution!

10/09/2025

"Perhaps I was a little premature" - opening line of Mir Seidel Writer's opera VIOLET FIRE about Nikola Tesla.

Now her volume with the libretto & commentary gets a rave review as "a fascinating, fun book about the world of science, opera and avian love."

https://culturevulture.net/books-cds/teslas-opera-the-real-stranger-than-fiction-nikola-tesla/

Arts Journalist and novelist Miriam Seidel conceived her opera ‘Violet Fire’ in 2006 to commemorate the 150th birthyear of Croatian inventor Nikola Tesla. S

10/03/2025

Just arrived: first package of ARCs for PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN by .popkin!

Photographed on the office's official Old Red Chair.

How does the cover look for this book we've dubbed the "most provocative novel of spring 2026"?

10/01/2025

Here it is!

Our Monday newsletter formally announced our next book, due in May:
PARTLY STRONG, PARTLY BROKEN by Nathaniel Popkin.

We think it'll be the most provocative novel of the spring. Read the newsletter to find out why:
https://newdoorbooks.net/so/17Pc2UIcj?languageTag=en

09/26/2025

folks: Great lineup for Sunday Salon Chicago on (you guessed it) SUNDAY at RoscoeBooks, including our own Janice Deal. 7 PM, free!

09/12/2025

area folks:

Coming on 9/28, Sunday Salon Chicago at RoscoeBooks.

Our author Janice Deal deal will be part of a great lineup!

www.sundaysalon-chicago.com

09/05/2025

Our book STRANGE ATTRACTORS by Janice Deal is featured in CLMP's Regional Spotlight for the Great Lakes area!

This is the linked-story collection that's been compared to Sherwood Anderson, Chekhov, & Flannery O'Connor. Its sequel, THE BLUE DOOR, is also available now.

https://www.clmp.org/news/great-lakes-a-regional-spotlight-on-independent-publishing/

Learn more about the landscape of independent publishing in the Great Lakes region, including presses and magazines based in the area, local book fairs and festivals, and regional awards, as well as books set in or about the area. In keeping with the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association,....

08/26/2025

Our latest newsletter just went out, with penetrating remarks on the climate crisis by Nathaniel Popkin, marking the 5th anniversary of his book TO REACH THE SPRING.

https://newdoorbooks.net/so/7ePZYrLf_?languageTag=en&cid=687856dd-7e2f-4ae8-a234-f42c5e31288b

08/15/2025

What the crisis in public transportation funding means to :

Nathaniel Popkin on what's at stake as the transit funding crisis deepens

08/05/2025

Here's the launch info for TESLA'S OPERA, the book that rescues Nikola Tesla's name from disreputable car companies and their billionaire execs:

Tuesday, 9/2, 6-8 pm, Fringe Bar, Fringe Arts Building, 140 N. Christopher Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia.

The book includes the complete opera libretto plus commentary by librettist Mir Seidel, director Terry O’Reilly, conductor Ana Zorana Brajović, critic Merilyn Jackson, and author/poet Andrei Codrescu, along with beautiful performance photos, video stills, and historical images.

Preorders of the book:
https://bookshop.org/p/books/tesla-s-opera/8e906bc9016d0627