Thirty West Newsletter - April 2025
New scenes, book fairs, and a special Afterimages call.
Stop and smell the roses
Hi, it’s Josh
I’m supine on my Ikea chair & ottoman, allowing my body to rest from moving and concluding A Writer’s Party. I wish to thank all of the awesome readers who purchased books during our sale, lightening the load by 14.33 pounds (a middling estimate) worth of books! Not to get it twisted (like my back) there has been much to celebrate within the TW camp. Images of highlights from the first quarter of 2025 are below. Hope to see you all soon, particularly outside at a festival table or another reading.
Top left: A ‘TW’ in the wild, courtesy of our marketing expert, Maddy Brozusky.
Top right: The new Trail Packs with stickers and bookmarks.
Bottom left: our table at Tattooed Mom, a punk bar in Philadelphia, in support of a Collide Zine release on 3/2.
Bottom right: Discussing THE TIP OF YOUR MOTHER’S TONGUE with TW author JP Infante, Francis Mateo, and Roberto Carlos Garcia in NYC on 3/15.
Stop by our table
Time to get outside! TW is excited to table at book festivals this spring. Come out to see our new displays, furnishings, freebies, and, of course, quality books of poetry & fiction. Just look for the 30W road sign.
4/12: Local Author Book Fair (Skippack, PA) our 1st appearance.
4/12: PrintPhilly! (Philadelphia, PA) our 2nd appearance.
4/16: Poet’s Row Blackout Poetry Night at the Aethenaum (Philadelphia, PA) our 2nd appearance.
5/3: Bucks County Book Festival (Doylestown, PA) our 2nd appearance.
Afterimages News
Another guest editor has entered the fray…
Do you remember your dreams? Are you a dream journalist who frantically writes down semblances of a vignette, impassioned dialogue, or ephemeral moments in your subconscious? Michael McSweeney wants to read it! From April 5 to May 4, send us your most fragmented, avant-garde tales. Reading on a rolling basis, with publications in May & June. We’re excited for this new, unique call.
April is jam-packed with returning legends, neophytes, and a bonus newsletter. Our queue for general submissions is getting thin, so submit soon for a swift response! The publication calendar is filling out over the next few months.
Extra Bits
A bonus newsletter is dropping sometime this April. The Blooming series receives a front-and-center promotion. Get ready for 3 debut poetry chapbooks; they are nearly ready.
Some teasers for new books are arriving. Glass Labyrinth, a choose-your-own-adventure book of poetry by Hailey Spencer is on deck. We hope you make the right choices as you navigate…