We have an official statement in response to the current wave of book banning.
We also have a link to the eBooks we’re offering for free: ➡ /broadside/2023/02/download-our-free-black-liberation-ebook-bundle.html
And here’s the link for the @ncacensorship Report Censorship site: ➡ /report-censorship
#BanBookBans #RightToTeach #RightToLearn #RightToEducation #TeachTruth #ReportCensorship #ReadBannedBooks #FuckCensorship #FreedomToLearn
During this timeline of the scorched-earth admin, we need to make it clear. Our official statement in response to the wave of anti-trans legislation.
“Beacon Press sides with the trans and nonbinary community always—and especially in these times. As a book publisher, we speak through our books and want to lift up authors we have had the privilege of publishing over the last 30 years who affirm trans and nonbinary lives and identities. Beacon Press will continue to show our love and support for trans and nonbinary folx and affirm that we will still make their voices heard.”
To our trans and nonbinary communities: We see you, we love you, and we side with you. 🏳️⚧️
#TransLivesMatter #TransIsBeautiful #SideWithPride #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransPride #NonbinaryPride #FuckHate
It’s a kinship kind of 💞Cover Reveal Friday💞 with Margaret Bendroth!
ORDINARY DAYS AND TENDER PLACES is a fresh take on adoption, delving into the differences of families made by law, not biology—and shows us the deep value of those differences.
Watch this space in November!
Cover design: @bloodcraisin
#CoverReveal #CoverRevealFriday #MargaretBendroth #OrdinaryDaysAndTenderPlaces #NewBookComingSoon #HistoryOfAdoption #KinshipPractices #AdoptionStories #AdoptiveParents
🎉GIVEAWAY! 🎉 Today is my birthday, and the best 🎁 would be if you would pre-order my book & ask your people to do the same!
I’m giving away a piece of my pottery as a thank you! Just DM me the receipt of your pre-order OR a screenshot of your request for your local library to pre-order to be entered into a drawing. Valid for pre-orders/library requests from 5/15 only. You can order from any bookstore but we ❤️ an indie. All pre-orders from @maveybooks will come signed and personalized by me.
#livingtogetherbook #bookstagram
Thank you to our coalition members Gayatri Patnaik at @beaconpress and Mary Benard at @skinnerhousebooks for this op-ed in CommonWealth Beacon! You can read the whole thing on the CommonWealth website: /opinion/legislature-should-impose-limits-on-harmful-book-bans-in-state-libraries/
#massfreedomtoread #freedomtoread #mapoli
Please join us for a special evening on June 2nd in the store with Meg Stone, Margaret Grace Myers, and Clara Porter, who will be discussing Meg’s book Don’t Fight Back: And 10 Other Myths about Crime, Personal Safety, and Gender-Based Violence!
Meg Stone, an abuse and violence prevention expert, dives deep into dangerous safety myths and helps us understand what the evidence shows and what men in positions of authority just expect us to believe because they said so.
This is going to be such an informative night—hope to see you all there!
When you talk about jazz choreography, tap, and the history of Black dance, you can’t skip over Buddy Bradley. False narratives have erased Bradley’s influence, but @maureenfooter did us a solid by writing his biography, FEEL THE FLOOR! You can read about it in @newyorkermag , which calls her book “an act of redress that restores Bradley’s life and legacy.” The New Yorker knows what’s up.
#MaureenFooter #BuddyBradley #FeelTheFloor #TheNewYorker #BookReview
Happy Publication Day, @maureenfooter !🎩
FEEL THE FLOOR, a stunning resurrection of visionary choreographer Buddy Bradley and his contributions to rhythm tap and jazz dance, is “an excellent and overdue portrayal of a backstage trailblazer” (@library_journal ).
Click the link in our bio for more info!
#PublicationDay #MaureenFooter #FeelTheFloor #BuddyBradley #BlackHistory #DanceBiography #ChoreographyHistory #NewNonfiction #BeaconPress
🪵 GIVEAWAY! 🪵
To celebrate Madeline Vosch's new book, Undead: A Memoir of My Suicide, we're giving away a copy of the book and a copy of Ploughshares' Winter 2021-22 issue, in which her EWC-winning essay, "Undead," first appeared.
To enter:
🪵 Follow @beaconpress and @psharesjournal .
🪵 Tag a friend in the comments.
Enter by May 15th for a chance to win!
As a historian, I’m fascinated by the way Beyoncé documents Black womanhood, resistance, joy, queerness, and cultural memory in real time. Her artistry is bigger than entertainment; it’s part of a historical lineage.
From dance floors to protest movements, this book is my love letter to that impact. Not a biography, but an exploration of what her music teaches us about confidence, community, and ourselves.
If music in general has ever made you feel seen, powerful, or understood, I hope this book speaks to you too. 🐝🍋💛
Pre-order Beyoncé—One of One now. #BeyHive #Beyoncé
linktr.ee/antoniajadeking
Did you know that by the time the Amistad rebellion happened in 1839 that photography had been invented by 1820? To illustrate THE BLACK SCHOONER, @davidlesterartist found photographs of the enslaved Africans who led the rebellion, locations around New Haven, public figures like lawyers and politicians, and more!
Just a few more weeks till the upcoming graphic novel comes out!
#BehindTheScenes #AmistadRebellion #GraphicNovel #ArtistAtWork #TheBlackSchooner
It’s Cover Reveal Friday with Eric Plemons, PhD!
THE MATTER OF MOTHERHOOD explores the world of the emerging high-stakes and life-changing medical intervention that made the uterus, long synonymous with womanhood and motherhood, sharable.
Watch this space in November! 👀
Cover design: @bloodcraisin
#CoverReveal #CoverRevealFriday #EricPlemons #TheMatterOfMotherhood #MothersDay #UterineTransplantation #ReproductiveMedicine #NewBookComingSoon #MedicalAnthropology
