Announcing our 2026 reading period selections!

Four poets join the River River Books catalog

2026 Reading Period Report & Finalists

River River wraps up its fifth open reading period

A River Runs Through It: essays on form & water

Five Questions with Martha Zweig!

Cover Reveal: Snails of the Apocalypse, by Martha Zweig

Preorder today!

Final days to send us your manuscript!

River River's 2026 open reading period closes at end of day May 31

Celebrating Your Mother's Bear Gun & Pastoral, 1994 ... and other news

Two River River titles earn recognition (plus, we're open for submissions until the end of the month, plus plus author interview links!)

We're open for poetry manuscript submissions!

River River's open reading period this year runs May 1-31. We're looking for full-length poetry collections; no submission fee required.

River River's books out in the world

Reviews, interviews, poem, and podcasts

Thank you, Baltimore!

Selling books, building community: River River has a blast at AWP '26.

River River Books at AWP26

New books! Author signings! Offsite readings!

It's Pub Day here at River River

Our seven amazing new titles land in the world today