Perfect Day Publishing

12/22/2023

"Staring Contest is a bold and kind collection that manages to tackle the sensitive subject of vision loss with humor and curiosity, exploring the process of making art, navigating the world, and the wide spectrum of what disability can look like."

We're thrilled that Staring Contest is one of the Willamette Week's best books of the year. Congratulations, Joshua! 🎉🎉

Best Work in Translation: Bảo Ninh’s Hà Nôi at Midnight, translated by Cab Tran and Quan Manh Ha (Texas Tech University Press, 216 pages, $29.95)Portland writer and translator Cab Tran says the first time he read Bảo Ninh, he found his prose “more psychologically complex than anything I’...

09/18/2023

As the final installment of Joshua James Amberson's self-described "oddball book tour," we are delighted to announce a multi-media evening inspired by Staring Contest featuring:

Carl Diehl
Yaara Valey
M. Sabine Rear
Margaret Malone
Brianna Wheeler

Join us at 6 pm on Sunday, October 1st at the Open Signal screening room (2766 NE MLK JR BLVD, PDX) for this ADA accessible & free and all ages event.

We're very grateful to RACC (the Regional Arts & Culture Council) for their support of this project.

07/05/2023

Look for our table at the PDX indie book fair this Saturday! Many other small presses will also be there; for those of you who remember the Publication Fair, it'll be like that, except outdoors in July instead of indoors in December. We're excited to see some familiar faces (also excited that it's only supposed to be 85 degrees).⛱

Free to attend, 12 - 5 pm at Honey Latte, 1033 SE Main

05/12/2023

We're very grateful to Michelle Kicherer & the Willamette Week for this thoughtful piece on Staring Contest (the book release is next Tues, May 16 @ Powell's, featuring JJA and Elena Passarello).

“It starts as a mist taking over my world,” reads the start of “Hazy,” the opening essay in Joshua James Amberson’s new collection, Staring Contest: Essays About Eyes (Perfect Day Publishing, 224 pages, $15), which will be published May 16.The Portland author sits down with me at a cafe in...

03/01/2023

Today is the final day to save $2.50 when you pre-order STARING CONTEST!

All pre-orders will come with a limited edition bookmark designed & letterpressed by Aaron Robert Miller (while supplies last)

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02/15/2023

B I G N E W S 👀 🎈🎉

We've got a new book coming out on May 16 -- Joshua James Amberson's STARING CONTEST: ESSAYS ABOUT EYES

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11/20/2021

Here's the recording of last night's event hosted by Elliott Bay Book Co. We had a virtual blast! Worth the price of admission for Hodge's "snooty, nasal drone" alone, if you ask me.

Many thanks to Karen & Rick at Elliott Bay for having us.

11/12/2021

"Essential viewing for anyone who cares about Portland" says the Merc about tomorrow's event for Loaners feat. Laura Moulton, Ben Hodgson, and Karen Russell.

I knew the pandemic isolation had really gotten dire when I started missing everything about in-person author events, including those inevitable nine words that can sink an otherwise good time: “This is more of a comment than a question.” Yikes! But it turns out, after many months without live a...

10/26/2021

Thanks to Kim at for including Loaners on the “we recommend” shelf! Just dropped off a stack of signed copies yesterday. Get ‘em while you can (and don’t give your money to Amazon this holiday season, or ever)

10/07/2021

In case you missed Tuesday's book release for LOANERS hosted by Powell's, the recording of the conversation between Laura Moulton and Omar El Akkad is well worth an hour of your time.

ps Omar is a superstar whose new novel WHAT STRANGE PARADISE is a finalist for the Giller Prize! He's also a great interviewer:

In 2011, Laura Moulton founded Street Books, a bicycle-powered lending library serving folks living outside in Portland, Oregon. That summer, Ben Hodgson bec...

09/22/2021

It feels really special to see Hodge & Laura in the lineup this year. They're in brilliant company, with plenty of big names (Ruth Ozecki, Brandon Taylor, Rita Dove, Louise Erdrich) and also a slew of local & regional gems (Emilly Prado, Dao Strom, Kate Lebo, W***y Vlautin, Omar El Akkad, among others). Check it out.

09/21/2021

Bravo to Ari Honarvar & Forest Avenue Press for launching this gorgeous new book today!

09/16/2021

We're grateful to for running an excerpt of LOANERS as the cover story in this week's issue. It's been a hard year and a half for their vendors so please grab a copy while you're out and about!

09/01/2021

After unloading more than 1.5 tons of books, I'm too tired to say anything particularly clever, but I love this book and want you to read it. Thanks to everyone who preordered and made 160 copies available to .books patrons! Individual copies are now available as well and orders will ship this week.

08/31/2021

Buster and I can’t wait to fill these mailers & send off your pre-orders of LOANERS, which is due to arrive later today. Speaking of today, don’t miss your chance to take part in our “Buy One/Give One” campaign, where your order includes a discounted copy to be set aside for a patron of .books (this campaign ends tonight!) Follow the link below if you’d like to participate ❤️🚲⏰👀

07/20/2021

So excited to have teamed up with Street Books on this amazing memoir, our first new book in 3 years! The pre-order is a "buy one, give one" deal, with one copy being given for free to a Street Books patron. Link in comments for the book trailer by Eli Haan to learn more about the project. Pre-order below....

www.perfectdaybooks.com/shop/loaners

This pre-order special is a “buy one, give one” deal: you’ll receive one copy of Loaners for $15, and pay for one copy at a discounted price of $10 to be given for free to a patron of Street Books . Books will ship in September. In 2011, Laura Moulton founded Street Books , a mobil

04/24/2021

Let's get Martha Grover over the finish line so that her third (amazing) book will be a reality this fall! Please consider chipping in if you are able (there are some great rewards) and/or sharing this link if know folks who might appreciate her work.

A book of lyric essays, poetry, and illustrations by Martha Grover