Counterpoint Press

@CounterpointLLC

We are an author-driven publishing house that devotes ourselves to fresh, cutting-edge, and new literary voices.

Berkeley, CA

Joined March 2010

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Counterpoint Press@CounterpointLLC · Jul 25

‼️ COVER ANNOUNCEMENT ‼️ We're excited to share the cover of C. William Langsfeld's forthcoming novel SALVATION, designed by @nlcaputo and @vmaxfield! SALVATION hits bookstores on 2/3/26 and is available to preorder now 📚

CounterpointLLC's tweet image. ‼️ COVER ANNOUNCEMENT ‼️ We're excited to share the cover of C. William Langsfeld's forthcoming novel SALVATION, designed by @nlcaputo and @vmaxfield!

SALVATION hits bookstores on 2/3/26 and is available to preorder now 📚

Counterpoint Press@CounterpointLLC · Jul 23

"I’m endlessly curious about the ways in which people integrate and reconstruct their narratives after major losses." —Ivonne Lamazares on her new novel THE TILTING HOUSE, via @lithub. buff.ly/ycpilRe

CounterpointLLC's tweet card. Ivonne Lamazares’ The Sugar Island captures Cuba in the 1960s not long after the Revolution, as the backdrop to a coming-of-age tale in which a daughter is at odds with her mother, who wants to emi…

Counterpoint Press@CounterpointLLC · Jul 22

Happy publication day to THE TILTING HOUSE by Ivonne Lamazares! 🏠 In THE TILTING HOUSE, two estranged sisters with a complicated past and an acrimonious present reunite in 1990s Cuba to confront the riddle of family amid the scars of political upheaval. Read now:…

CounterpointLLC's tweet image. Happy publication day to THE TILTING HOUSE by Ivonne Lamazares! 🏠

In THE TILTING HOUSE, two estranged sisters with a complicated past and an acrimonious present reunite in 1990s Cuba to confront the riddle of family amid the scars of political upheaval.

Read now:…

Counterpoint Press@CounterpointLLC · Jul 22

“Affecting... A study of hidden family secrets, the unhealed wound of losing a mother and the quest for home.” — @AP THE TILTING HOUSE is on sale today! 🏠 apnews.com/article/book-r…

CounterpointLLC's tweet card. “The Tilting House” is an affecting and sometimes amusing coming-of-age novel set in a country that few have had the opportunity to visit, despite its proximity to the U.S., says AP critic Anita Snow.

Counterpoint Press@CounterpointLLC · Jul 10

Big news for Rebecca Kauffman fans — her latest novel THE RESERVATION is coming in February! Read more about it & get a sneak peek at the gorgeous cover via @people. buff.ly/WIMY8Ty

CounterpointLLC's tweet card. PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at Rebecca Kauffman's forthcoming novel 'The Reservation,' out in 2026 from Counterpoint Press.

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Counterpoint Press@CounterpointLLC · Jul 8

Happy paperback pub day to @pchoulahan's REAP THE WHIRLWIND! 🌴 ⭐ "Meticulous yet utterly spellbinding." — @ALA_Booklist ⭐ "A propulsive legal thriller with deep insight into Southern California policing history." —@publisherswkly (starred review) ⭐ "A topical, piercing…

CounterpointLLC's tweet image. Happy paperback pub day to @pchoulahan's REAP THE WHIRLWIND! 🌴

⭐ "Meticulous yet utterly spellbinding." — @ALA_Booklist

⭐ "A propulsive legal thriller with deep insight into Southern California policing history." —@publisherswkly (starred review)

⭐ "A topical, piercing…

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Counterpoint Press@CounterpointLLC · Jul 2

Join Justin Hocking to celebrate the release of A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SUBTERRANEAN at @TatteredCover Colfax tonight at 6pm! RSVP Here: buff.ly/QicSJ8v

Counterpoint Press@CounterpointLLC · Jun 17

Happy publication day to Carl Shuker's THE ROYAL FREE! 👑 THE ROYAL FREE is an exuberant dark comedy about dying young, parenting through grief, and the full-on hilarity of copyediting a medical journal while the city around you burns. ✨ “Darkly humorous . . . This intricate…

CounterpointLLC's tweet image. Happy publication day to Carl Shuker's THE ROYAL FREE! 👑

THE ROYAL FREE is an exuberant dark comedy about dying young, parenting through grief, and the full-on hilarity of copyediting a medical journal while the city around you burns.

✨ “Darkly humorous . . . This intricate…

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Counterpoint Press@CounterpointLLC · Jun 12

Celebrate pride all month long by checking out books by some of our amazing queer authors! 🏳️‍🌈

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Counterpoint Press@CounterpointLLC · Jun 11

Happy paperback pub week to Patrick Nathan's THE FUTURE WAS COLOR! ✨ "A work of muscular poetic force, mysterious and arresting." — @washingtonpost ✨ “A riveting novel that explores basic existential questions ranging from 'what is life’s purpose?' to 'how can there be…

CounterpointLLC's tweet image. Happy paperback pub week to Patrick Nathan's THE FUTURE WAS COLOR!

✨ "A work of muscular poetic force, mysterious and arresting." — @washingtonpost

✨ “A riveting novel that explores basic existential questions ranging from 'what is life’s purpose?' to 'how can there be…

Counterpoint Press@CounterpointLLC · Jun 10

Happy publication day to Justin Hocking's A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SUBTERRANEAN! ✨ ✨ "A dreamy mixture of memoir, natural history, and environmental worries." — @KirkusReviews ✨ “Justin Hocking is a wizard who crafts his stories with equal measures of passion, poetry, and…

CounterpointLLC's tweet image. Happy publication day to Justin Hocking's A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SUBTERRANEAN! ✨

✨ "A dreamy mixture of memoir, natural history, and environmental worries." — @KirkusReviews

✨ “Justin Hocking is a wizard who crafts his stories with equal measures of passion, poetry, and…

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Counterpoint Press@CounterpointLLC · Jun 6

. @WSJ dubs GREEN GOLD "the go-to source for both scholars and lay readers seriously interested in exploring root, branch, blossom and fruit of the avocado story." 🥑 buff.ly/IxIfCp4

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Counterpoint Press@CounterpointLLC · Jun 2

A beautiful @nytimes profile of Counterpoint author Lynn Freed, who sadly passed away last month. "The author of seven novels, dozens of essays and a collection of short stories, Ms. Freed was praised by critics for her spare, wry and unsentimental style."…

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Counterpoint Press@CounterpointLLC · Jun 2

Thanks to all who came out to Sarah and Monique's GREEN GOLD launch event @omnivorebooks last week! 🥑 We loved celebrating with you!

CounterpointLLC's tweet image. Thanks to all who came out to Sarah and Monique's GREEN GOLD launch event @omnivorebooks last week! 🥑 We loved celebrating with you!

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Bookreporter@Bookreporter · May 29

Milo Todd’s THE LILAC PEOPLE is about a trans man who must relinquish the freedoms of prewar Berlin to survive first the Nazis and then the Allies while protecting the ones he loves. @CounterpointLLC Learn more in our review! bookreporter.com/reviews/the-li…

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Counterpoint Press@CounterpointLLC · May 29

✨ COVER ANNOUNCEMENT ✨ We're thrilled to share the the cover of Isabel Colegate's STATUES IN A GARDEN—now available for the first time in the U.S.! Along with two gorgeous repackages of her classics THE SHOOTING PARTY and WINTER JOURNEY, designed by @nlcaputo and Victoria…

CounterpointLLC's tweet image. ✨ COVER ANNOUNCEMENT ✨ We're thrilled to share the the cover of Isabel Colegate's STATUES IN A GARDEN—now available for the first time in the U.S.! Along with two gorgeous repackages of her classics THE SHOOTING PARTY and WINTER JOURNEY, designed by @nlcaputo and Victoria…

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S. Kirk Walsh@skirkwalsh · May 27

Review of Karen Bender's THE WORDS OF MR. L in Briefly Noted of @NewYorker! Congrats, Karen! Pick up this stellar collection of short stories. "These often speculative stories take place in worlds in which troubling features of our own are amplified." newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

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Counterpoint Press@CounterpointLLC · May 28

"Milo Todd is deft in his handling of difficult historical details and the reality with which he imbues Bertie’s life. His writing is easy to read yet packs an emotional punch at every turn." Check out the full review of THE LILAC PEOPLE via @Bookreporter!…

CounterpointLLC's tweet image. "Milo Todd is deft in his handling of difficult historical details and the reality with which he imbues Bertie’s life. His writing is easy to read yet packs an emotional punch at every turn."

Check out the full review of THE LILAC PEOPLE via @Bookreporter!…

Counterpoint Press@CounterpointLLC · May 27

Last chance to vote for RABBIT HEART for this year's Reading the West Book Award in the Memoir category! 🐇 📚 Voting closes officially on 5/31. Head here to cast your ballot: readingthewest.com/35th-annual-vo…

CounterpointLLC's tweet image. Last chance to vote for RABBIT HEART for this year's Reading the West Book Award in the Memoir category! 🐇 📚

Voting closes officially on 5/31. Head here to cast your ballot: readingthewest.com/35th-annual-vo…

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