Two Sisters Press

01/10/2024

It's Cut Your Energy Costs Day! Turn off that television and pick up a book instead!

01/10/2024

Yep! It's all free! And yes - we love Little Free Libraries too!

01/10/2024

01/09/2024

Apparently, it's National Clean Off Your Desk Day, but don't fall for it! According to researchers at the University of Minnesota, people with cluttered desks come up with more creative ideas than people with neat ones. So save yourself some cleaning time and write that book instead!

01/08/2024

Etienne Montgolfier, one of the brothers who launched the first successful hot air balloon, was born on January 7, 1745. In 1783, the brothers launched the first balloon carrying living passengers - a sheep, a rooster, and a duck. In eight minutes, the balloon traveled about two miles before landing safely after reaching an altitude of about 1,500 feet. You can read a whimsical fictional account of the event in Matt Phelan's delightful middle-grades book, THE SHEEP, THE ROOSTER, AND THE DUCK.

01/07/2024

It's National Cuddle Up Day! Grab a friend and a good book!

01/06/2024

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01/05/2024

It's hard to believe, but the Sisters aren't the first sibling set with literary aspirations. Jacob Grimm of fairy tale fame was born on this day in 1785. He and his brother, Wilhelm, published "Grimm's Fairy Tales" on Dec. 20, 1812. It's entirely possible that the Bronte sisters grew up reading these stories.

01/04/2024

Happy 231st birthday to Lucretia Mott! Along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, she organized the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention that advocated for women's rights and suffrage. After the Civil War, she became the first president of the American Equal Rights Association, which called for universal suffrage.

01/03/2024

Did you know the Sisters accept Science Fiction? If you've got a sci-fi story that's big on character and low on violence, we'd love to see it when we reopen submissions later this month!

01/01/2024

The Sisters wish you a very happy 2024! Watch this space to learn when we reopen to submissions later this month!

12/31/2023

One more week! Come see me at Spellbound Bookstore to get your copy of SECOND CHANCES IN HOLLYWOOD personalized AND snag some cute swag!

12/31/2023

Novelist Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin and poet Percy Bysshe Shelley wed on December 30, 1816, after a two-year affair that scandalized most of England. They moved to Italy in 1818, the same year "Frankenstein" was published. Mary Shelley's name wouldn't appear in the book until 1821.

12/30/2023

Hold onto your quadrotriticale, kids! The Sisters LOVE "Star Trek," and the classic episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" premiered on this day in 1967. The initial fan reaction to the episode was mixed, but the general public loved it, and it's since become a staple in Star Trek lore, with tribbles appearing in multiple spin-offs.

What television show(s) shaped YOUR childhood?

12/29/2023

Westminster Abbey was consecrated on this day in 1065. Devoted to St. Peter the Apostle, it was built by Edward the Confessor, who didn't get to enjoy it very long. He died on January 5, 1066. His successor, William the Conqueror, was the first British monarch to be crowned at the abbey, which was rebuilt in its current Gothic style in the mid-13th century. This photo is from the UK trip the Sisters took this summer!

12/28/2023

✨ #8 Favorite Post of 2023 ✨

I lost the plot there for a minute, guys, but we’re back! I hope you had a fabulous holiday if you celebrate and that you have successfully managed to evade the myriad illnesses going around better than our household has of late.

What does happiness look like to you?

12/28/2023

It's National Fruitcake Day, and we gotta know... Fruitcake: Yay or Nay?

12/27/2023

Happy Boxing Day! Traditionally, Boxing Day was a day that people would put together boxes of necessities to give to those in need.

What's your favorite charity?

12/25/2023

The Two Sisters wish a very Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! And if you don't celebrate, we still wish you an awesome December 25. We'll be quiet on socials tomorrow to spend time with our families and, let's be honest, watch The Muppet Christmas Carol for the 5000th time.

12/24/2023

We hope you're cooking your Festivus dinner and setting up your Festivus pole. Remember, Festivus doesn't end until the head of the household has been pinned during the Feats of Strength wrestling match!

12/23/2023

Question of the day! For Sarah, it would be THE HISTORIAN by Elizabeth Kostova. How about you?

12/22/2023

Happy Winter Solstice! What better way to spend the shortest day of the year than inside, cuddled up with a good book? And if you happen to be writing that book, we'd love to see it when we reopen to submissions in January!