Propeller Books

An independent press in the Pacific Northwest. Established 2009.

[Hazy Dell Press @hazydellpress]

Check out this lovely display of Hazy Dell Press books found at @propellerbooks within @UrbanitePDX. If you’re in Portland and in need of a last-minute Halloween book, this is the place to be! 🎃

[S. G. Ellerhoff 🦔🦋 @SGEllerhoff]

@anthgarrett My new favorite is the recently published Soft Rock by Dan DeWeese at @propellerbooks. I keep gifting it to people, it's just so great.

https://t.co/ctjpdxfllZ

[OregonAt100 @OregonAt100]

June 17, 1986

Panhandling in Portland increases and many reasons are given why: Old Town ban on fortified wine displacing homeless, poor economy, mental illness, and glorying the lifestyle. The head of Baloney Joe’s and The Oregonian offers tips on how to deal with panhandlers.

[Hub City Press @HubCityPress]

So lovely to see this shout out of @CarterSickels from @Charles_Frazier in @nytimes's By the Book!

https://t.co/ldCz4MDGEH

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

The Swan, No. 9, by Hilma af Klint, 1915, 📸 by @SteveRussell

[E.W. Niedermeyer @Tweetermeyer]

I asked Midjourney to show me a Persian miniature of a robotaxi and it gave the thing a lidar dome that looks like a mosque 🥹

[Pidgeonholes @pidgeonholes]

"Don’t think about fire tornadoes. Don’t think about the insurrectionist who wore horns and turned out to be vegan. Don’t think about the domestic supply of infants."

new fiction: "Survival Tips: Toddler Birthday Party" by Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow

https://t.co/AUOzCsvKlK

[Casey Parks @caseyparks]

I'm still feeling squirrelly about having my life story just out in the world, but @JasonKyleHoward did such a wonderful job writing about my book and my family, so I just have to share this Q&A / piece he wrote for @oxfordamerican.

https://t.co/XrMnsiRGNm

[KP - Reporting Live @kpreportinglive]

Just another glorious day in #Seattle #PNW @KSeattleWeather

[NPR @NPR]

NPR and Slate updated the Black Film Canon list, a collection of 50 of the best films directed by Black filmmakers. If you're looking to delve in with a double feature, @craftingmystyle has these recommendations.
https://t.co/ufRbKZcijl

[UO College of Arts and Sciences @uocas]

Join us in congratulating Mat Johnson, who has been named a top-10 pick for the 2023 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction, considered America’s most prestigious peer-juried literary prize. It's a fantastic recognition of his novel Invisible Things. We hope you win, Mat! @UOEnglishDept

[Propeller Books @propellerbooks]

@JuliusGoat WHOVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHEM TEACHER: Tami was ten minutes late again today. Third time this week. I'm gonna ask what to do.
U.S. SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, WASHINGTON, D.C.: [phone rings] Sorry, hang on, I gotta take this. I bet this is about Tami.

[Propeller Books @propellerbooks]

@miriamgershow

[Propeller Books @propellerbooks]

Propeller has acquired SURVIVAL TIPS: STORIES by Miriam Gershow for release in spring 2024. Gershow's debut novel, THE LOCAL NEWS (Spiegel & Grau), was hailed as "deftly heartbreaking” by The New York Times, and was a finalist for an Oregon Book Award.
https://t.co/bwgeUHtGce

[Propeller Books @propellerbooks]

Propeller Books would like to publish a book-length work of Pacific Northwest Afrofuturist fiction. We're open to proposals—in this genre only—from today through March 15. Further details can be found in the post.
https://t.co/x0Au4RkuYw

[Propeller Books @propellerbooks]

@merechner

[Propeller Books @propellerbooks]

Propeller will publish a new fiction project by Mary Rechner this fall. The book, titled Marrying Friends, follows friends and family members during a tumultuous year on Long Island, New York. It is currently scheduled for release on October 24.
https://t.co/51jsKiTLfI

[PerfectDayPublishing @PerfectDayPub]

New book alert!! @joshuajamberson's STARING CONTEST: ESSAYS ABOUT EYES will be out May 16, but early birds can pre-order it now.

https://t.co/a414C4BkU7