Sara Nović

OK everybody, mark your calendars 🗓️ ✅ MOTHER TONGUE season is upon us! Please save the date(s), and be on the look out for registration links for the Philly and Brooklyn events available in the next few days. You can also visit my website or subscribe to the newsletter to stay up to date on these and future events--those links are in bio. ID: save the date graphic 5 May US on sale day- pick up a copy of Mother Tongue at your favorite bookstore, or order from A Novel Idea in Philly for a signed copy. 7 May Philadelphia launch party: 7PM Old Pine Community Center Conversation with D/Annie Liontas in ASL and English with interpreters. books by Head House. 10 June Brooklyn, NY- 7PM Books are Magic in ASL and English with interpreters. 11 June: UK on sale Day- Out from Little, Brown UK. Grab a copy at your favorite bookstore. 20 June Chester Co, PA - Part of PrideFest with Reads and Company in Phoenixville, PA for more.

Despite—and a little because of—everything, I wrote this book, which I'm excited (and nervous!) to share with you this spring. MOTHER TONGUE, out 05/05/2026: It’s a little bit memoir, a little bit cultural criticism, a little bit history. It’s about deafness, queerness, adoption, parenthood, religion, systemic oppression and white supremacy and sexism, disability, chronic illness and eugenics. It’s about the current state of our world, and joy in the face of all of it, how we build new selves and lives together between the cracks. You can pre-order it from your favorite bookstore now. Or, check out my newsletter to learn more, including 5 totally free things you can do to support at /signs+wonders/archive/new-year-new-book/ Want even more info? Running an AMA up in my stories... starting right now! Onward, friends 🤟🏼 OH! And book 🎨 by Kevin Quach🤩 ID: Stop animation of the ASL manual alphabet in white lines spells out "Mother Tongue". The frame zooms out to show a yellow book cover with the black text “Sara Novic Mother Tongue" filling the cover, the ASL letters on top. "Available 5.5.2026" appears below the cover image.

Reading @quailty 's book was one of those rare magical book experiences where I felt understood by the text, even though the experiences themselves were very different. Grateful to have him raging and hoping, too. ID: A blurb graphic, yellow background with black text says Mother Tongue on top and Sara Novic on bottom. Both have the manual ASL alphabet overlaid in white. Endorsement text is in the middle, and reads, "Mother Tongue is funny, intimate, honest and deeply moving. I finished it--as I do all of Nović's work--brimming with equal parts rage and hope." Andrew Leland, Author of The Country of the Blind

GIVEAWAY In celebration of the publication of Sara Nović's MOTHER TONGUE, we're partnering with @DeafSpotlight , an organization inspiring and showcasing Deaf Culture and Sign Languages through the arts, to give away a custom tote bag and a copy of MOTHER TONGUE. To enter for a chance to win: 1) Like this post 2) Follow @randomhousebooks and @deafspotlight 3) Tag a friend below! [NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to U.S. residents 18+. 1 winner will be selected at random and contacted via DM by @randomhousebooks . Void where prohibited. Ends 11:59 PM ET May 23, 2026.]

We were so excited this morning when local author @photonovic dropped in to sign a few copies of her book “Mother Tongue”! “Mother Tongue” is a deeply personal memoir exploring Novíc’s journey from the hearing world into the deaf community and all of the complex spaces between! The memoir has themes of family, language and identity, deaf culture and history, and so much more! Stop by Barnes and Nobles in Montgomeryville TODAY to get your signed copy! #barnesandnobles #localauthor #bnmontgomeryville #mothertongue

Writing a story in my head. ID: selfie of Sara wearing green glasses and a striped red and white shirt with a newborn in a gray sling wrap.

Asking for blurbs is maybe one of the most embarrassing parts of being a writer? So grateful to the writers I admire who championed Mother Tongue; thanks to @nicolesjchung for these words. ID: yellow background with an image of Mother Tongue book cover (black text on a yellow background), then the text: "Mother Tongue is one of the most powerful memoirs I've read in years, a book I defy anyone to read without being challenged or changed." Nicole Chung, Author of A Living Remedy. Manual alphabet letters spell out Mother Tongue in the background.

Happy Mother's Day to all the real ones out there putting in the work to raise good humans. And thank you to these little people for the transformation. ID: overhead view of colorful baby playmat with baby in the center and two small boys along the side looking down at the baby.

finally got my SIGNED new @photonovic at @headhousebooks !!

Philly! 🦅🔔 Thanks so much to everyone who came out to celebrate Mother Tongue, and for doing some serious damage on the island-sized cake. Especially thanks to @aliontas for their smart questions, Ross Showalter as cake boss, @dhccphilly for champ terps, @oldpinecommunitycenter for the hospitality, @headhouse for tix and books, @frumpenberg and @lizgreenspan for the only mid-sign photos in the world that are not scary (iykyk😅), and @folx.shop , from whom I thrifted this MT-colored blazer many months ago. And all hail ACME icing, of course. Y'all are the best. 🤟🏼🖤💛 ID: 1.Sara and Annie sitting on stage in conversation. They are both wearing black pants and glasses and Sara has a yellow blazer and Annie has a purple jacket. 2 Close up photo of Mother Tongue hardcover--yellow with black text-- with Sara, Annie and interpreter blurry in the background. 3. Ross wearing a denim shirt and yellow hat, smiling and holding a knife beside a giant sheet cake decorated with Mother Tongue book cover screenprinted on. 4. Annie eating a slice of MT cake. 5 Sara holding up a copy of Mother Tongue and wearing a matching yellow blazer. @randomhousebooks @randomhouse

My conversation with @photonovic , where we talk about becoming a New York Times bestseller, letting go of the ‘big writer’ advice that didn’t fit her life, the expectations that came with being the first in her family to attend college, why not initially knowing much about the business side of a career in writing was actually an advantage, how she made time for her work in the face of competing demands as a new mother, unlearning productivity as a metric of worth, & so much more. Read the full interview now on the Women of Letters Substack (link in bio) 💌

🚨 New event alert! 💻 Join me for a virtual chat about MOTHER TONGUE, community-building, parenting, and more. Kat Steinberg, Editor-in-Chief of @sheknows , will co-host and moderate alongside @annshoket CEO of @theli_st . This event is open to all, and ASL/English interpretation is provided. Monday, May 11 | 6-7pm ET| Via Zoom RSVP at link in stories/ MT highlight. ID: graphic advertising Togetherness talks in celebration of Mother Tongue with photos of Sara, the yellow book cover, and Kat. Monday May 11 6PM ET 2: flyer for Philadelphia launch party event, 7 May 7Pm Old Pine Community Center (full ID in original post) 3: save the date flyer for Mother Tongue events through June, (full ID in original post.)