Welcome to another installment of Weekly Book News from Fat Forward Books! Each week, we share events, new releases, pre-order links/campaigns, acquisitions news, and more as it pertains to books by fat authors, about fat experiences, and/or featuring fat characters.

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Authors On Tour

• Becky Albertalli is on tour for Amelia, If Only. Tickets may be required for some events. Dates and locations:

  • Wednesday, June 25: Parnassus Books, Nashville, TN

  • Thursday, June 26: Loud Mouth Books, Indianapolis, IN

• Emma Copley Eisenberg is on tour for the paperback edition of Housemates. Tickets may be required for some events. Dates and locations:

  • Monday, June 16: Books Are Magic, Brookyln, NY

  • Tuesday, June 17: Ace Hotel, Brooklyn, NY

• Jonathan P. Higgins, Ed.D is on tour for Black. Fat. Femme: Revealing the Power of Visibly Queer Voices (in Media) and Learning to Love Yourself (our inaugural Fat Forward Book Club pick!). Tickets may be required for some events. Dates and locations:

  • Wednesday: June 18: Whose Books, Dallas, TX

  • Tuesday, June 24: Baldwin & Co, New Orleans, LA

  • Friday, June 27: Clintonville Books, Columbus, OH

  • Tuesday, July 8: Magers & Quinn, Minneapolis, MN

Events

• Fat Joy Podcast host Sophia Apostol has launched a Silent Book Club chapter! Get the details here and register to attend online sessions in June. Dates:

  • Tuesday, June 17, 7–8:30 p.m. ET, Zoom

• The BlackOUT Collective is hosting a virtual discussion, "Reimagining Direct Action as Healing," featuring activist, doula, facilitator, and author Adrienne Maree Brown. Discussion points will include "the enduring power of Black direct action in our lives and movements ... will feature testimonies, art, and spirituality, offering a space for collective learning and growth." Details:

  • Wednesday, June 18, 6–8 p.m. ET, Zoom

• Plush Bodies Book Club is hosting an in-person Silent Book Club Picnic! RSVP here. Details:

  • Sunday, June 22, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. ET, Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, MD

Crowdfunding

• Lizzy Ives's Kickstarter campaign for her young adult novel Thick Witch Travels, the sequel to Fat Witch Summer, ends Thursday, June 28 at 7 p.m. ET.
  
  A year after finding her voice and her coven, Thrash is ready to make memories with her best friends Cresca, Saki, and Em. But everyone seems to have their own vision for the trip: Em is on a mission to find summer love, Saki’s dodging romance entirely, and Cresca… might be falling into something darker. Determined to keep their coven united, Thrash signs them all up for an apprenticeship at the famed Wainwood Academy under the eccentric Fae architect Fernicus Wainwood.
  

  But their vacation detours fast when a desperate familiar appears, begging Thrash to help unravel a powerful, and dangerous, spell. Suddenly, the girls are forced to navigate blood magic, royal politics, and the bonds between witches and familiars. And if that wasn’t enough, Thrash begins to suspect she might be catching feelings for Cresca.

  As her magic deepens and her relationships shift, Thrash must decide if she is the kind of witch who follows the rules—or breaks them to set others free.