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Adult Fiction

Widows and Orphans by Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti

House of Anansi Press

On Sale Date: May 1, 2025

9781487012809

$19.99


Widows and Orphans

by Kate Hilton & Elizabeth Renzetti

Journalist Cat Conway is looking forward to an easy assignment covering a major wellness and self-actualization summit. Cat’s mother, Marian Conway, bestselling author and defiantly mediocre parent, is on the agenda—and so is murder.



When one of the influencers turns up dead, suspicion falls on the high-profile guests. Could the killer be a jealous business partner? Or the Instagram-famous poet? The empowerment guru whose wife hates him? Or Cat’s mother, who has a reputation to protect and a shocking secret to hide?

Television by Lauren Rothery

Ecco

On Sale Date: Dec 2, 2025

9780063443327

$28.00


Television

by Lauren Rothery

Told in alternating, intricately linked perspectives, Television is a funny, philosophically astute novel about phenomenal luck, whether windfall or chance encounter. Like Joan Didion’s classic Play It as It Lays, but speaking to a since irrevocably changed Hollywood, it portrays a culture in crisis and the disparities in wealth, beauty, talent, gender, and youth at the heart of contemporary American life. In this glittering but strange new world, lit up by social media and streaming services—what, if not love, can be counted in your favor?

Adult Non-Fiction

Red Flag Warning: Mutual Aid and Survival in California’s Fire Country Edited by Dani Burlison & Margaret Elysia Garcia

AK Press

On Sale Date: Jun 24, 2025

9781849356084

$18.00


Red Flag Warning: Mutual Aid and Survival in California’s Fire Country

Edited by Dani Burlison & Margaret Elysia Garcia

Two survivors of California fires have compiled a guide for living physically, mentally, and emotionally amid ecological destruction. The collection examines our relationships to place and community and to understand the importance of mutual aid, organizing, community care, land stewardship, and resilience. Readers are invited to examine what fire can and does mean to them, what it means for us to reimagine the world, to prepare for the worst, and to examine flames through different lenses.

Children's Fiction

Sincerely, Antonia: A Big Note from a Tiny Guest by Cortney Cino

Whimspire Books

On Sale Date: Jun 3, 2025

9798988925170

$18.99


Sincerely, Antonia:

A Big Note from a Tiny Guest

by Cortney Cino

WAIT … ANTS CAN WRITE NOTES WITH CHOCOLATE?!


Antonia and the other ants visiting Jay's house enjoy a delicious stay until Jay's grown-ups start behaving mysteriously.


With a little teamwork (and a lot of chocolate), Antonia and her army craft a letter to their presumed pal, Jay, to thank him for the sweet messes … and to alert him to his parents' strange behavior.


But could there be more to these peculiar events than Antonia realizes?

Spark by Chris Baron

Feiwel & Friends

On Sale Date: Jul 15, 2025

9781250864741

$17.99


Spark

by Chris Baron

After escaping a devastating wildfire, two friends find their way back to each other. Perfect for fans of Alan Gratz and Lauren Tarshis-A middle grade novel in verse by award-winning author Chris Baron for any young person who's ever felt powerless-here is a story about two kids doing all they can to understand and protect their natural world. In Finn and Rabbit’s journeys, readers will experience the dangers of wildfires and ways to heal both the forest and the human hearts in the aftermath.

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