The Oxford Writers’ Workshop 2026 Begins!
BookGo welcomes its first cohort of writers to Keble College, Oxford | “The First Guidebook to International Universities” and “Things That Blow My Mind About Animals” on pre-sale now!
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An incredible new animal book for kids by star teenage tracker: “Things That Blow My Mind About Animals” by Elvia la rastreadora!
Exclusive preview for BookGo subscribers | Book launch at the Frost Museum, Miami, 23 August | Animals and kids' lit | Some awesome children's bookstores | Kids' lit substacks to read | And more!
The World Is Your Campus 🌎
BookGo publishes The First Guidebook to International Universities | Author Interview with Dr Richard Major | Exclusive Preview for BookGo Subscribers | Poetry from Byron | And More 🔥
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Great Books – Happy 4th July! 🎆
Thoughts on the Great American Novel | Re-reading American Classics | Free audiobooks of Come Up Big | Poem of the Week: Anne Bradstreet | One last place at the Oxford Writers Workshop ☀️
Like Father, Like Book 📖
Why writing is like parenting | The best summer beach reads | Three essential fatherly memoirs | Poetry from Walt Whitman ✨
The Best Advice for New Authors 🤓
Plus: The best book podcasts | Audiobook and ebook giveaways | Poetry by William Makepeace Thackeray | What we're reading | And more ✨
How to Speak to Writers about Writing 🖊
Plus: The writing guide you need in 2026 | Review copies of thrillers and memoirs you'll love | Poem: “All in the Golden Afternoon” | And more ✨
Come Up Big Keeps Coming Up Big! ✨
🎉 Come Up Big is a Top 10 Pick – Available Now in Audiobook! | Plus: A Guide to Translation for Independent Publishers | Joe Herbert – NYPD Proud | Poem: “The New Colossus” 🗽 | And more 📚
Happy May Day!
New books available for pre-order | An upcoming guide to the best universities around the world | Scholarships for the Oxford Writers Retreat | New York’s Independent Book Fair
Introducing the Oxford Writers Workshop — August 14-20th — Spaces Limited Book Now — Scholarships Available! 🎓
Join Us for Writing and Fellowship in the Exclusive Halls of Oxford University | Also: Authorial Insipration from the City of Dreaming Spires | Poetry from Gerard Manley Hopkins | And more ✨
BookGo Needs You... To Receive Free Books! 📖 🥳
Become a BookGo ARC Reviewer | Round-Up from the London Book Fair | Poetry for Spring | Geopolitical thrillers to read right now | And more ✨
🏆 Grand Prize Winner! The Glamour of Evil Takes the Top Spot at the Crime Fiction Indie Gold Awards!
Plus: Interview with thriller author and Indie Gold founder James Dain | Never giving up on a story | How to Love Your Editor | And more! 🎉
The Merry Month of Memoirs ✍️👏🎉
The best new memoirs out this month | Brand new flash fiction | How to tell your story | And more ✨
The Art of the Review 🤓
New reviews of memoirs Come Up Big and Redeemed | Plus: how to handle book reviews: the good, the bad, and the ugly | Poem of the week | And a year of BookGo on Substack! ✨
Special Edition! Three brand new creative works! 🪶📜✍️
Honorable mentions in BookGo’s Writing Competition | “The Disciplined Grass” by Nicolás Andrés Ferreiro-Saez | “Inanimate” by Gabrielle Sojourner | and “Where Memories Lie” by Itunu Taiwo 🌟
“But I Wad Sing on Wanton Wing!” — Robert Burns’ Poetry | A 2025 Round-Up | And Introducing the Winner of BookGo’s Inaugural Writing Contest 🥳
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Farewell Tom Stoppard – A Tribute to One of the World’s Greatest Playwrights
Plus: A poem for December | Discount on a brand new memoir | Review of the Pullitzer-prize-winning novel “James” by Percival Everett | And win $500 for your flash fiction or poetry submissions!
How to Launch a Book (or Three)! 🎉📚💅
BookGo hosts its inaugural book launch in New York | Plus: Interview with the husband-and-wife duo behind the new thriller “The Glamour of Evil” | New writing: “Coldly Crashes in November” | And more!
New Releases Available Now: Come Up Big, Redeemed, and The Glamour of Evil!
Plus: BookGo’s New Writing Contest – $500 for flash fiction or poetry submissions!