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 ]
While we celebrate queer literature and history all year long at Lit Hub dot com, we also love a good book list. This year, in honor of Pride, we reached out to some of our favorite librarians, booksellers, and authors and asked them about the queer books they find themselves recommending over... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-06-24 08:52:38 UTC ]
Lee is set to appear in conversation with Lynn Nguyen from the Los Angeles Public Library. The live stream is set for Tuesday, July 5th at 1 PM ET. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
He was best known for his semiautobiographical first novel, “In the Castle of My Skin,” which he wrote at age 23. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-06-21 01:26:51 UTC ]
Forefront Books and the Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives are teaming up to form Frederick Douglass Books, a publishing imprint meant to “establish a pathway for Black and Brown authors” into the publishing industry, the two organizations announced in a press release last week. The imprint... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-06-16 13:04:40 UTC ]
The 75-year-old writer has penned more than 300 titles, sold more than 500m copies and is worth an estimated $800mThe bestselling author James Patterson has apologized for saying white male authors face “another form of racism”.In an interview with the Sunday Times, Patterson said white male... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-06-15 18:35:13 UTC ]
“I absolutely do not believe that racism is practiced against white writers," the bestselling author said. Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2022-06-15 06:32:10 UTC ]
“It’s even harder for older writers," Patterson, whose net worth is estimated to be $800 million, told the Sunday Times. "You don’t meet many 52-year-old white males.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-06-14 14:28:52 UTC ]
The author, who is white, told British newspaper The Times that job difficulties were "another form of racism." Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2022-06-13 08:03:37 UTC ]
Savor the mastery of "The Aphorisms of Franz Kafka," "533 Days," "The White Room" and "The Lure of the Unknown." Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-06-01 14:00:37 UTC ]