Book publicist. Founder PressShopPR.com, helping authors get high-profile media coverage. Founder BookPublicitySchool.com, leading book PR workshops. leah@PressShopPR.com https://bsky.app/profile/leahpaulos.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/leahpaulos.bsky.social/post/3mlonikoahc2q“The Problem With Astrology: Most people know it’s bogus. But dabbling in it anyway isn’t as harmless as it may seem.” bit.ly/42r2YDv Great new essay by Carlos Orsi, author of new book WHAT SCIENCE SAYS ABOUT ASTROLOGY (the first in the new “What Science Says” series from Columbia University Press). https://www.livescience.com/human-behavior/if-astrological-compatibility-exists-its-effects-should-be-observable-tl-dr-its-not12 May 2026 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:mfoe7f2e4g267tcl6jryjtti/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlonikoahc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/leahpaulos.bsky.social/post/3mlon3f4ucc2qWoah!!! Two PSPR authors just received major honors. Haley Cohen Gilliland, whose debut A FLOWER TRAVELED THROUGH MY BLOOD tells the story of the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo and their fight to find their stolen grandchildren during Argentina's dictatorship, was just named a Pulitzer finalis! And ....12 May 2026 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:mfoe7f2e4g267tcl6jryjtti/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlon3f4ucc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/leahpaulos.bsky.social/post/3mk4bkuhhdc2wEyck Freymann, author of DEFENDING TAIWAN: Strategy to Prevent War with China (Oxford UP), had a great, albeit sobering, interview on Morning Joe. He explains what's at stake if China invades Taiwan or imposes a blockade, given that Taiwan manufactures 90% of the world's advanced semiconductors.22 Apr 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:mfoe7f2e4g267tcl6jryjtti/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4bkuhhdc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/leahpaulos.bsky.social/post/3mjpnoarp5k2eThis week was a wonderful whirlwind as the 2026 Whiting Award winners were named & celebrated at the New York Historical. Giant congratulations to Elaine Castillo, Hilary Leichter, and Lara Mimosa Montes for fiction; Brittany Rogers, Hajar Hussaini, and Alison C. Rollins for poetry; (1/2) https://bit.ly/3OunO1a17 Apr 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:mfoe7f2e4g267tcl6jryjtti/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpnoarp5k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/leahpaulos.bsky.social/post/3mfovmq4kvs2qTwenty-plus inches of snow did not stop Mechele Dickerson from talking Monday night on The Daily Show about how to rebuild the middle class, something the US government has the ability to do—just like it did after the Depression and WWII—but now lacks the necessary resolve! https://bit.ly/4scKK3u25 Feb 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:mfoe7f2e4g267tcl6jryjtti/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfovmq4kvs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/leahpaulos.bsky.social/post/3lrqoia5bu22pThis CNN segment! We could not have asked for a better piece about DEFIANT: The Story of Robert Smalls, which comes out this week from @strangercomics.bsky.social and @legionmofficial.bsky.social just in time for Juneteenth. bit.ly/4n6bzEE16 Jun 2025 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:mfoe7f2e4g267tcl6jryjtti/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrqoia5bu22phttps://bsky.app/profile/leahpaulos.bsky.social/post/3lqujytjh3c2gInterview with NYT-bestselling author Lynne Olson about her new book SISTERS OF RAVENSBRUCK @randomhouse.bsky.social "How Women Imprisoned at an All-Female Concentration Camp Resisted the Nazis" bit.ly/4kOL8RN https://bit.ly/4kOL8RN05 Jun 2025 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:mfoe7f2e4g267tcl6jryjtti/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqujytjh3c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/leahpaulos.bsky.social/post/3lqs5t34vdc2gWhat a treat it is to work on our first His & Hers book publicity campaign combo! Shelley Fisher Fishkin and James S. Fishkin are married, and both are lovely, insightful Stanford professors — with two very different books being published around the same time.04 Jun 2025 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:mfoe7f2e4g267tcl6jryjtti/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqs5t34vdc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/leahpaulos.bsky.social/post/3lp7wmoxccc2qIt is great to be back in the graphic novel space again. Hard copies of DEFIANT: The Story of Robert Smalls (Stranger Comics; June 10) just arrived and they are gorgeous! It tells the incredible — and largely unknown — story of one of the most courageous and daring acts in American history.15 May 2025 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:mfoe7f2e4g267tcl6jryjtti/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp7wmoxccc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/leahpaulos.bsky.social/post/3lojbb4z2hs2bHappy pub day to Abigail Leonard and her book FOUR MOTHERS from @algonquinbooks.bsky.social! Publishers Weekly called it “an enthralling and kaleidoscopic view of modern motherhood” in a starred review, and Abigail spoke w/ Ms. Mag about what it means to parenting around the world: bit.ly/3GIzw4606 May 2025 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:mfoe7f2e4g267tcl6jryjtti/app.bsky.feed.post/3lojbb4z2hs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/leahpaulos.bsky.social/post/3lmuj3irvkk27Happy pub day to Shelley Fisher Fishkin & her book JIM @yalepress.bsky.social. In this brilliant, scathing op-ed @sfchronicle.com, she uses Mark Twain's words to clarify our moment: "We've never had a president before who was destitute of self-respect & of respect for his high office" bit.ly/3Y1m4OD https://bit.ly/3Y1m4OD15 Apr 2025 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:mfoe7f2e4g267tcl6jryjtti/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmuj3irvkk27https://bsky.app/profile/leahpaulos.bsky.social/post/3lkggeztit22mThey are coming after knowledge, wherever it lives. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Mar 2025 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:mfoe7f2e4g267tcl6jryjtti/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkggeztit22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/leahpaulos.bsky.social/post/3lhlrfn5wcc2rDerek Black, author and Director of the University of South Carolina’s Constitutional Law Center, lays out the legacy of a robust federal presence in education which dates back to the country's founding and underscores how its demise would be a tragedy in @slate.bsky.social: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/department-of-education-trump-abolish-eliminate.html07 Feb 2025 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:mfoe7f2e4g267tcl6jryjtti/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhlrfn5wcc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/leahpaulos.bsky.social/post/3lh75dkgpzk2yA must-read from Ezra Klein: "Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-trump-column-read.html?smid=nytcore-android-share02 Feb 2025 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:mfoe7f2e4g267tcl6jryjtti/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh75dkgpzk2y