Dive Into My Arms: a literary tape release

Host Publications and Tiny Sounds Collective present DIVE INTO MY ARMS, a literary tape release by author Szilvia Molnar. With readings by K
About this Event

Host Publications and Tiny Sounds Collective present DIVE INTO MY ARMS, a literary tape release by author Szilvia Molnar. With readings by Kristen Arnett and C. Rees, and music by fuvk and Mira Cook.

✦✦✦ ABOUT THE GUESTS ✦✦✦

Host Publications is an award-winning, women-led independent publisher located in Austin, Texas. Devoted to our mission to elevate historically marginalized writers, Host Publications publishes radical poetry and fiction by emerging LGBTQ+, BIPOC, intersectional feminist, and immigrant voices.

Tiny Sounds is a DIY organizing, recording & publishing collective based in Austin, TX.

Szilvia Molnar is the author of the debut novel The Nursery, a New York Times Notable Book. Published by Pantheon Books, The Nursery has been called a “postpartum page-turner” (Texas Observer), a “brilliant...essential and surprisingly thrilling book about motherhood” (The New York Times), and the novel has been published in eleven countries. She works as a foreign rights director for a New York-based literary agency. Szilvia was born in Budapest, raised in Sweden and now resides in Austin, Texas.

Kristen Arnett is the queer Floridian author of the novels STOP ME IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE (Riverhead Books, 2025) which was a finalist for the Southern Book Prize, was shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize, and was awarded a silver medal from The Florida Book Awards, With Teeth (Riverhead Books, 2021) which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in fiction and was longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, and the New York Times bestselling debut Mostly Dead Things (Tin House, 2019) which was also a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in fiction and was shortlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. She was awarded a Shearing Fellowship at Black Mountain Institute, has held residencies at Ragdale Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, the Millay Colony, and the Studios of Key West, and was awarded the 2026 Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize. She is the Florida Chair for Authors Against Book Bans and is currently the Visiting Writer at The Michener Center, UT Austin. Her upcoming short fiction collection, Party at the End of the World, will be published by Riverhead Books in June 2027. She has a Masters in Library and Information Science from Florida State University and lives in Orlando, Florida.

C. Rees (they/them) is a queer poet and bookseller whose work contends with contamination and complicity, emergent ecologies, hauntings, and porousness. Their first poetry collection, NOCTUARY, will be published by Host Publications in 2026. C. was raised in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Lenni-Lenape land, and currently live in Austin, TX, on Comanche, Lipan Apache, Coahuiltecan, Tonkawa, and Jumanos land. They hold an MFA in Poetry from the New Writers Project at UT Austin. They are ideologically and materially committed to a free Palestine.

fuvk is a band from Austin, Texas.

Mira Cook makes original songs that weave together vocals, drum machines, synthesizers and guitar into hypnotic harmonies. She has created 7 albums including vinyl releases with Gold Robot Records and music scores for dance. Her latest single is featured on Athamé Records tape comp "Seeds". Mira is glad to be back in Austin, her hometown, playing music accompanied by her husband Michael Messenie on guitar. Her music has been described as "evocative and alluring, purposeful and playful" by Aquarius Records and "totally unique, yet immediately relatable and instantly engaging" by the Amoeba Records Blog.

✦✦✦ ACCESSIBILITY & PARKING ✦✦✦

PARKING: Alienated Majesty is located at 613 W 29th St. We share a limited amount of parking spots in our commercial lot with three other businesses (so carpooling is recommended if you can!). You can also find free and paid street parking options in the surrounding neighborhood. There is one designated accessible parking spot on the side of the lot facing Rio Grande.

ENTRANCE: Our main entrance is accessible via ramp and opens manually. If you need assistance with opening the door, feel free to contact us ahead of time to let us know.

RESTROOM: Our public restroom is single-occupancy and wheelchair-accessible.

If you have any additional questions about accessing the space, feel free to call us at 512-243-6679 or email [email protected].

✦✦✦ ABOUT ALIENATED MAJESTY BOOKS ✦✦✦

Alienated Majesty Books wants to introduce you to the most interesting literature across the country. We love the DIY and international side of publishing, with half our stock focused on works in translation. Our booksellers give thoughtful, intentional recommendations from our curated collection of leastselling books, zines, and indie comics.

From our literary screening series with AFS Cinema to our afterhours DIY punk shows, we provide an inclusive gathering space for those who share in our love of the underground and underrepresented. Check out our full events schedule here.

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✦ is an award-winning, women-led independent publisher located in Austin, Texas. Devoted to our mission to elevate historically marginalized writers, Host Publications publishes radical poetry and fiction by emerging LGBTQ+, BIPOC, intersectional feminist, and immigrant voices.

✦ a 501(c)(3) literary arts organization. We curate free programming for all, but if you're ever inspired to donate to support our mission, head over to our Givebutter <3