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Join us as we kick off Kentucky Writers on the Road in Hazard, Kentucky on May 16. The event will be held at Bobby Davis...
05/09/2026

Join us as we kick off Kentucky Writers on the Road in Hazard, Kentucky on May 16. The event will be held at Bobby Davis Museum and Park from 4:00—6:00 p.m.

The featured reader will be 2025 James Baker Hall Book Award Winner Willie Davis reading from his winning entry, Honeysuckle Season set in Hazard.

As a product of Appalshop parents who divorced early in his life, Hazard became the drop-off point for spending weekdays in Lexington and weekends in Whitesburg. Willie still has family in Hazard and some of his characters are based (very loosely he will say!) on early Hazard memories.

The second reader on May 16 will be Hazard poet Jordan Whitaker.

The event is free to the public and light refreshments will be served by Shenanigans.

It’s Graduation Season! 🧑‍🎓 Get inspiring content for the graduates in your life to wish them well on their future journ...
05/08/2026

It’s Graduation Season! 🧑‍🎓 Get inspiring content for the graduates in your life to wish them well on their future journeys and celebrate how far they’ve come!

This month’s reading goals and recs! 📚 📋 ✅1. GAME ON by Navessa Allen2. MORSEL by Carter Keane 3. THE BOOK WITCH by Me...
05/07/2026

This month’s reading goals and recs! 📚 📋 ✅

1. GAME ON by Navessa Allen
2. MORSEL by Carter Keane
3. THE BOOK WITCH by Meg Shaffer
4. IF ONLY THE RAIN WOULD COME by Natalie Sypolt
5. SMALL TOWN GIRLS by Jayne Anne Phillips

Come find the best Mother’s Day gift this week at the Newt!!! 💅🏻🤩💃🏼
05/06/2026

Come find the best Mother’s Day gift this week at the Newt!!! 💅🏻🤩💃🏼

New at the Newt!~ IF ONLY THE RAIN WOULD COME by Natalie Sypolt ~ At the center of this gritty novel-in-stories is Hazel...
05/05/2026

New at the Newt!

~ IF ONLY THE RAIN WOULD COME by Natalie Sypolt ~ At the center of this gritty novel-in-stories is Hazel. A teacher at the local elementary school, she is intelligent, introspective, and lonely. When her secret lover, Walker, dies and his identical twin, Sam, comes home from Afghanistan looking just like the dead, Hazel’s world is shaken. As the residents of Warm, West Virginia, cope with addiction, grief, poverty, and abandonment, Hazel must confront her own life choices and weigh their cost.

~ PYTHON’S KISS by Louis Erdrich ~ Written over the past two decades, Louise Erdrich’s story collection features a range of characters—a tribal newsletter editor, immigrant farmers, and ordinary people, bird lovers, artists, grade-school teachers, and romantics. These stories offer an opportunity to celebrate the wisdom and brilliant, bountiful imagination of one of America’s most important writers.

~ FAMILY OF SPIES by Christine Kuehn ~ A propulsive, never-before-told story of one family’s shocking involvement as N**i and Japanese spies and the pivotal role they played in the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Jumping back and forth between Christine discovering her family’s secret and the untold past of the spies in Germany, Japan, and Hawaii, FAMILY OF SPIES is fast-paced history at its finest and will rewrite the narrative of December 7th, 1941.

Congrats to the happy couple! Our first ever marriage proposal in the bookstore. We are honored they chose the Newt for ...
05/02/2026

Congrats to the happy couple! Our first ever marriage proposal in the bookstore. We are honored they chose the Newt for such a memorable occasion!

May is shaping up to a busy book event month! You don’t want to miss these three stellar events in Hazard:📕Thursday, May...
05/02/2026

May is shaping up to a busy book event month! You don’t want to miss these three stellar events in Hazard:

📕Thursday, May 7th at 6pm ~ SONGS FOR A HARD-HIT PEOPLE by Beth Howard (Location: The Newt)

📗Saturday, May 16th from 4-6pm ~ “Kentucky Writers on the Road” series celebrating HONEYSUCKLE SEASON by Willie Davis w/ an opening performance from local poet Jordan Whitaker (Location: Bobby Davis Museum)

📘Saturday, May 23rd at 3pm ~ TORE ALL TO PIECES by Willie Carver (Location: The Newt)

This past month’s bestselling titles at the Newt!
05/01/2026

This past month’s bestselling titles at the Newt!

One Week from today!Join us in welcoming Beth Howard for an event about her new book SONGS FOR A HARD-HIT PEOPLE next Th...
04/30/2026

One Week from today!

Join us in welcoming Beth Howard for an event about her new book SONGS FOR A HARD-HIT PEOPLE next Thursday, May 7th at 6pm here at the Newt!

An Appalachian organizer’s excavation of the past—her own and her people’s—to spark a collective fight for a future where we all have what we need and deserve.

“This book will make you cry, laugh, think, and feel. But most of all, it will leave you hopeful.” - Angela Davis

“Beth Howard is a genius writer with a voice that is as down to earth as it is insightful…A memoir told with complexity and nuance, it is a balm.” - Beth Macy

“This story is for anyone who misses having hope, anyone who wants to believe in and bring about a better world, anyone who doesn’t know where to start or how to keep going.” - Shawna Kay Rodenberg

Happy National Poetry Month! As April comes to a close, we hope you’ve been inspired by reading and listening and engagi...
04/29/2026

Happy National Poetry Month! As April comes to a close, we hope you’ve been inspired by reading and listening and engaging with all sorts and forms and shapes of poetry. Let us know your favorites! Comment to share the poets you find most heart-opening and you wish everyone in the world knew about too!

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