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30/07/2025

Happy Paperback Book Day! 📚

There’s nothing like the feel of a well-loved paperback—pages worn soft from reading, corners folded just so, stories that travel with you anywhere.

Whether it’s fiction that moves you or memoirs that open hearts (hi, The Boat Not Taken 👋), today we’re celebrating the books that fit in your bag and stay in your heart.

What paperback are you carrying around right now?

29/07/2025

📚 New review alert!

"Like most compelling memoirs, and many novels, the narrator is on a journey of outer and inner discovery, the reader carried along through insights, surprises, and discoveries."

Thank you to Hippocampus Magazine and Books for the beautiful review of Joanna Kalbus - Author's debut memoir, The Boat Not Taken.

Read it here and learn what's so special about this book 👉 https://bit.ly/4m93sWo

23/07/2025

Your next great read is calling…

Betty’s latest newsletter just dropped! 💌 Check your inbox—or subscribe here: https://bit.ly/3ZC1JA2

18/07/2025

What does it mean to be an "older author?"

Watch Joanna Kalbus - Author discuss her writing journey with fellow Betty author Ilze Duarte in this online discussion for Senior Planet!

Shout out to Senior Planet for featuring our lovely authors and highlighting how age is not an impediment to creating incredible work!

You can watch the full recording of the event here: https://bit.ly/4lry59B

15/07/2025

Summer reading rec alert! 🚨

The Boat Not Taken by Joanna Kalbus has been featured in Electric Literature’s roundup of “15 Small Press Books You Should Read This Summer.”

We’re thrilled to see this stunning debut getting the love it deserves. If it’s not already on your TBR, now’s the time.

Read the full list here: https://bit.ly/3IjNv16

09/07/2025

Beach reads, Betty style! 🏖️📚

Looking for your next perfect summer book? Our July Betty’s Corner newsletter has you covered, featuring beach-read picks straight from our brilliant Betty authors!

From page-turners to slow burns, find out what they’re reading (and loving) this summer. ☀️

🌊 Subscribe and dive: https://bit.ly/3ZC1JA2

07/07/2025

☀️ Writers! Join Betty author Sharon White and a community of women writers for a generative summertime writing workshop with Minerva Rising Press!

📅 Thursday, July 10, 2025
🕖 7:00 PM (EST)

In this one-hour workshop, you can explore how to harness the season’s energy—its beauty, its tension, its bittersweetness—and channel it into compelling scenes and characters. Register here: https://bit.ly/4lekH8U

04/07/2025

This Independence Day, we’re celebrating stories of personal liberation, such as Joanna Kalbus - Author's The Boat Not Taken! What’s a book that made you feel seen, heard, or empowered? 💬 📚

Curious about our latest Betty release? Go here to learn more: bit.ly/4lAtbXH

01/07/2025

📖 Check out our Quote of the Week from Take Me With You Next Time by Janis Hubschman.

At Betty, we love books that explore the tender, tangled moments of being human, and Janis Hubschman’s debut does just that with grace and grit. 💬

24/06/2025

We’re thrilled to see Minato Sketches by Betty author Sharon White featured in Broad Street Review! ✨ In this reflective review, White’s genre-blurring work—part poetry, part prose—invites readers into quiet moments shaped by place and artistic observation. 🖋️📖

Read it here: https://bit.ly/4l1K7WO

20/06/2025

"I think when people experience traumatic events... most people bury it deep within themselves. My mother and I never discussed this event. I thought about the incident after my mother died. 'The boat not taken' was a life-defining event." 🛶

Check out this fascinating interview with Joanna Kalbus - Author from Bloom about her debut novel, The Boat Not Taken. 💬 Read it here: https://bit.ly/402VHbV

17/06/2025

Check out this glowing Shelf Awareness review of The Boat Not Taken by Joanna Kalbus - Author! Her story spans generations and continents, reminding us what it means to rise, remember, and rebuild.

Read it here: bit.ly/3TgYJ93

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