Peace out. youtube.com/watch?v=9fhJ6X…

After escaping from the zoo almost 11 months ago, Flaco continues to surprise, inspire, and delight us. I’m excited to see what 2024 brings. Happy New Year!🎉💕🦉

#birding #birdcpp #flaco #HappyNewYear

Just a reminder that book shopping is probably the quietest, slowest, and most peaceful activity we undertake in public, aside perhaps for praying in church or sitting alone on a park bench.

Best wishes for 2024.

Auld Lang Syne, the Scots-language poem written by Robert Burns in 1788, was set to a much older Scottish/Irish melody and is now sung all over the world to welcome the new year. Happy New Year from the west of Ireland!

Just another beautiful Manhattan celebrity, trying to enjoy the city while ducking paparazzi.

This is Greek to me but whatever they're saying: pretty neat! protothema.gr/webtv/default-…

Working in retail is always hard. But this time of year? Especially onerous. Especially in bookstores. So, if you’re out shopping? Take a moment and thank your local booksellers. Bookstores rock; booksellers rule.

File under: changed my life

Seeing eye-to-eye with Flaco the Eurasian Eagle-Owl as he enjoys a quiet afternoon on an Upper West Side fire escape in late November. 🦉 ❤️ 👀

Evergreen Tweet! I'm an editor at Nat Geo, and I love stories about the environment—biodiversity, climate change, and how to live more sustainably. I look for stories that reveal the beauty of our natural world or contextualize important issues. Email pitches or questions!

Today marks Flaco’s 10th monthiversary as a free owl. I took this photo on November 17th, the last time I saw him in Central Park. He looks like he’s contemplating his next adventure.

Where will you go next, Flaco? 💕🦉

#birds #birding #flaco

I'm judging for this wonderful contest. Also, cue Stallone Judge Dredd voice: '...I am...DA LAW!'

My first agent fired me when I sent her MARY AND O'NEIL, which went on to win the PEN/Hemingway.

Writers with #shortstorycollections ✏️

Submissions for the W.S. Porter Prize close December 1 - that's coming up soon 🗓️

I look forward to reading your collection! 🤩The winning collection will be published by Regal House Publishing 🥳

before i re-open to queries (please send me your weirdest & wildest), i whipped up a little something to show what i'm looking for these days:

My goal is to sign 5 new authors in 2024. Hopefully YA.

Jenny Mattern 📚 Librarians make the world a better place

I’m out of the office until the best regain their conviction and the worst empty themselves of their passionate intensity.

they say “do one thing every day that scares you” and that is why every day i wake up and participate in society

“Think of this - that the writer wrote alone, and the reader read alone, and they were alone with each other.” #ASByatt