In our final column for The Post, we revisit books we have savored and many more we hope to read. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-08-04 12:00:00 UTC ]
Her imaginative use of words and lively rhymes entertained young readers, sometimes with a subtle message included, drawn from her own life. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-07-29 21:25:32 UTC ]
Yes, it’s Tingle Time. One of my all-time favorite literary personalities, the greatest self-published author to ever live, Chuck Tingle, has signed a two-novel deal with Tor’s Nightfire imprint. Per the Publishers Marketplace announcement, the first book, Camp Damascus, is about “a group of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-07-29 15:04:14 UTC ]
Yang is set to appear in conversation with Karen Wang of the New York Public Library. The live stream is set for Tuesday, August 2 at 1 PM ET. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
Shelfies by Elin Hilderbrand, Diana Gabaldon, Garrett Graff, Vanessa Riley, Emma Straub, Hernan Diaz, Jennifer Weiner, Chris Bohjalian and Christopher Buckley Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-07-28 11:00:58 UTC ]
Woods was the author of more than 90 novels, many featuring the character of lawyer-investigator Stone Barrington. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2022-07-28 06:47:19 UTC ]
Six of the 13 writers in contention for the prestigious British literary award are from the United States, with novelists from Britain, Ireland and Zimbabwe also on the list. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-07-26 14:51:57 UTC ]
In defense of authenticity, she influenced generations of chefs and deplored Americans’ fast-food experience of wan tacos and overseasoned enchiladas. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-07-24 17:44:03 UTC ]
This fall, publishers will deliver a bounty of new books on the diverse communities that make up the Latinx diaspora. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
In the midst of a deluge of book bans across the country, Penguin Random House has erected billboards featuring quotes from books by LGBTQ authors in six cities—New York City, Chicago, Dallas, Orlando, Miami and Austin. Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law and Texas’ anti-trans youth healthcare bills... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-07-19 14:46:40 UTC ]
Journalist and super fan Danyel Smith champions the role of Black women in pop music in “Shine Bright,” which combines memoir with music history. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2022-07-18 19:10:00 UTC ]
Erika L. Sánchez's insightful memoir might not resonate with the easily offended. But those looking for an unfiltered, feel-good story will find it here. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-07-17 12:00:00 UTC ]
As a Guardian journalist, she helped popularize the “Keep Calm Carry On” poster. She later wrote bestselling novels about police detective Manon Bradshaw. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-07-15 00:29:15 UTC ]
The reality show format offers amateurs and unknowns a chance to display their latent talent and work with mentors to nurture it in a competition charged with tension. Could the format work for writers, too? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
Contestants will enter a writers’ retreat and be given 30 days to write a novel while completing ‘live-wire’ challenges Reality TV producers have exhausted singers, dancers, drag artists, potters, tailors, and beautiful young people hoping to find love. Now, it seems, the spotlight has fallen on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-07-12 11:04:45 UTC ]
A televised 1990s killing in Zambia has striking similarities to Delia Owens’s best-selling book turned movie. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2022-07-11 18:53:00 UTC ]
The auction, running July 12–26, will benefit two grassroots abortion funds and includes donated items from Neil Gaiman, Chloe Gong, and V.E. Schwab. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
Rafael Agustin dishes about "Illegally Yours," his candid new memoir about a childhood without documents, and the TV pilot that never made it. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-07-07 13:00:42 UTC ]
“I grew up working class and money was a factor in everything we did,” says the poet and novelist, whose new book is the memoir “Crying in the Bathroom.” “That’s why I always write about the financial realities of my characters.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-07-07 09:00:11 UTC ]
The more than 250 members of HC's union overwhelming voted to authorize a strike if current negotiations do not lead to a contract. No deadline for a strike had been announced. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-05 04:00:00 UTC ]