Dan Smetanka

SVP, Editorial Director, Catapult Book Group
Editor in Chief @CounterpointLLC Press

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@davidulin Congrats! 🎉

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Thrilled to see SISTERS OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN listed as an @OprahDaily best book of summer!

"Written with curiosity, empathy, and humility, this is true crime, second-act reinvention, and extreme-landscape immersion in one crystalline package."

https://t.co/z6pSRVKeHA

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"PARTIALLY DEVOURED examines every second of Night of the Living Dead while expanding upon its complicated production history and interweaving cultural commentary with a memoiristic account of Kraus’s personal relationship with the film." — @letterboxd

https://t.co/hoVI96ZfoK

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GREEN GOLD is on sale now in paperback! 🥑 📚 ✨

🥑 "A comprehensive history of the nursery owners, scientists, marketing whizzes, and health experts who transformed the avocado from an exotic equatorial fruit into a multibillion-dollar industry." —@publisherswkly

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Thrilled to see ABUNDANCE listed as a @people best book of May! Check out the print issue on newsstands now!

"Fresh spring read. . . [A] vivid family story." — @people

https://t.co/XGwvLZC46P

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Hafeez Lakhani chats with @WLRN about how his childhood in South Florida inspired his novel ABUNDANCE and how he examines the role of destiny in life.

Listen now: https://t.co/HcRwMFR5PM

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Join us this week at The Twisted Spine launch event for Dane Bahr's THE DEAD RINGER, moderated by @EmilyNemens!

RSVP: https://t.co/Lbf9jdbNEl

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THE LILAC PEOPLE is on sale now in paperback! 🏳️‍⚧️ Here are just some of the incredible accolades Milo Todd has accumulated over just ONE year of publication!

⭐ A NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⭐
⭐ Stonewall Book Award Honor Title
⭐ Finalist for the New England Book Award
⭐ Runner up for the James Patterson and @bookshop_org Prize
⭐ Finalist for the @lambdaliterary Award for Transgender Fiction
⭐ & many more!

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Enter for a chance to win Emeline Atwood's A REAL ANIMAL through this giveaway with @KirkusReviews!

Enter here: https://t.co/sBzhoHVpi3

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Congratulations to authors @pcverrone & Emeline Atwood for having their debuts chosen as Indies Introduce selections by @ABAbook!

Both are available to preorder now from your favorite indie bookseller! 📚

https://t.co/MFOv22tCYE

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Happy publication day to Hafeez Lakhani's ABUNDANCE! 🍩

✨ "An indelible portrait of family dynamics and the interplay between business and life." — @people

"Lakhani’s debut is perfect for fans of Min Jin Lee or Fatima Farheen Mirza." — @LibraryJournal

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🌲 COVER ANNOUNCEMENT 🌲 We're thrilled to share the cover of Chuck Thompson's SASQUATCH COUNTRY—arriving this fall! Designed by @nlcaputo.

SASQUATCH COUNTRY hits bookstores on 11/17 and is available to preorder now!
https://t.co/3pCPLoDiA5

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Author Paul Stob joined @boweryboys to chat about the strange craze of phrenology that overtook New York in the mid-19th century, how the practice was later used to justify racist and elitist philosophies, and his new book EMPIRE OF SKULLS.

https://t.co/NvoXAC1JAg

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Join us as we celebrate award-winning author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's legacy next week at Chevalier's Books!

RSVP: https://t.co/saFpUAJgbP

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Please join us on May 4th for this very special evening celebrating the work of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala! @chevalierbooks @CounterpointLLC

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Come see these incredible authors and more at the L.A. Times Festival of Books this weekend! Or catch our editors at Booth #925 📚️ @latimesfob

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Congratulations to Catapult author Sarah Aziza on winning the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Memoir! If you haven't read her brilliant book THE HOLLOW HALF, it's out now in paperback 📚️✨️

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What if a zombie movie didn’t just change horror…but changed a life? Read my ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review of Partially Devoured by Daniel Kraus (@CounterpointLLC) and learn why this book took me by delightful surprise! @NovelsAlive:
https://t.co/yDTpv3VAqu

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Happy publication day to Daniel Kraus' PARTIALLY DEVOURED! 🧟‍♂️

✨ “You don’t have to care about Night of the Living Dead to be moved and inspired by this book. AN INSTANT CLASSIC." —Grady Hendrix

Learn more: https://t.co/pZT1s9Vx5r

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Love to see GRAVITY by Elizabeth Rosner featured by @baynewsmatters as one of the best books to read this month by NorCal authors! 📚
https://t.co/7VmOcJvVR0