Vanessa Chan

@adriennemwest Omg Adrienne no!!! Thank you for championing my book and so many others.

After nearly nine years at Esquire, I’ve been laid off from my role as Books and Fiction Editor. I’m looking for a new full-time role where I can use my storytelling skills, in the book world or beyond it. If you know of anything, I’m at adriennewestenfeld@gmail.com. (🧵1/10)

@hayeswanders Ok I’m sorry about your power but this is epic and awesome

So excited that City of Laughter is out today in the UK! ❤️

November’s debut book list = 11/11 Best debut books of 2024 = 11/14 Most anticipated of 2025 = 11/21 Books will keep us sane baybeeee

@vitcavage IT IS TIME

@vanjchan Also… Best of 2024? All before the Turkey Day?!

I couldn’t blurb as many debut novels this year as I did last year bc I was busy touring but - here are 5 coming in 2025! Debut novels need a lot of support to thrive, especially now, so I hope you’ll consider picking one or a couple up! (My blurbs threaded below)

@vitcavage I feel like I just won the best prize

@vanjchan It’s happening. You made it so

@vitcavage I vote before! After - could get drowned out in the Times Notable and other best of lists, and then mid December the rest of the Anticipateds start

@vanjchan SOOOOON. Should I do BEFORE Thanksgiving or AFTER? You decide!

@vitcavage I am WAITING for your anticipated list to drop so I know who else is pubbing!!!

@vanjchan Hot hot hot

i'm sitting in the dark because i refuse to turn on the light; what do you mean it's pitch black in my apartment at 4:40pm huh huh??!

@recycledgiraffe you are lovely!

@PKhakpour It’s a lot of work writing them and keeping track of it all — as you said unseen and unpaid labor (which is a whole other conversation phew)

@vanjchan Same! But I just admired your strategy of posting it all like this. I cannot even remember half of what I blurb—time to get more organized!😭😵‍💫

I blurb so many books a year (was up late last night blurbing two more actually lol!) but it never occurred to me to make a graphic about it all. Maybe we should all do this? It’s mostly invisible labor on our ends but also good to promote authors always

All That Life Can Afford by Emily Everett via @PutnamBooks

Big Chief by @jonvhickey via @SimonBooks and Waterline by @AMrjoian via @HarperViaBooks

I simply do not understand how we are already booking events for mid 2025. In my mind it is March 2024

Every time I read a book by a friend and it ends up being a book I really love, regardless of our friendship, a part of my soul lights up

This month I barely drank, made salads for lunch, read ten books, and worked out 3-4 times a week and i feel great. Please don't tell me, of all things - balance is the secret to health

@hannaalkaf help

The funniest thing that happened all book tour is when an older gentleman tapped me on the shoulder and said “I know you are excited but you are being too loud.” You know. At my own event. And then he went back to browsing books 😂