Chris Bohjalian’s latest novel ‘The Lioness’ takes readers on a posh African safari that turns terrifying. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-05-11 12:00:26 UTC ]
Journalist Justin Tinsley revisits the life and times of a hip-hop star gone too soon. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-05-11 10:00:00 UTC ]
Kim Stanley Robinson, one of the most acclaimed living science fiction writers, is done with deep space narratives. His focus now is on solving real problems — like climate change. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-05-11 09:00:20 UTC ]
The first time I read a book about a person who even minorly resembled me, I was 19 and teaching at a creative writing summer camp. My coworker Sophie Lee’s YA novel What Things Mean tells the story of a young Filipina girl named Olive who uses reading to cope with feelings of loneliness and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2022-05-06 11:00:00 UTC ]
In March 2021, my mother, Nancy Bourne, a lifelong nonsmoker, died of lung cancer. Two weeks before that, though, as she cycled in and out of hospital wards, she was on her laptop sending off a flurry of query letters to literary agents asking for their help in selling her first novel. Six... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-05-06 08:52:38 UTC ]
As book-bannings sweep the United States, two campaigns from the industry demonstrate different styles and tones of response. The post Penguin Random House, Authors Guild on Book Bannings appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-05-06 00:17:19 UTC ]
Lizz Huerta didn't get an MFA, but she did get an education while working on construction sites. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-05-05 10:00:00 UTC ]
A book by Australian academic Dr. Holly Lawford-Smith, 'Gender-Critical Feminism,' has led a group of authors to mount a campaign criticizing Oxford University Press's decision to publish a title they say encourages anti-trans rhetoric. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-05-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
Monique Roffey, the Costa-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch, on the lit-boom that’s happening on the Caribbean islandLast week, Trinidadian writer Lisa Allen-Agostini’s novel The Bread the Devil Knead landed a coveted spot on the Women’s prize shortlist. As a fellow Trinidadian... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-05-03 13:03:34 UTC ]
The mood was celebratory as mystery publishers and authors honored the best in the genre, live and in-person, for the first time since 2019 at a ceremony last night at New York Marriott Marquis Times Square. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
What is it like to be blind in an industry overwhelmingly dominated by sighted individuals? Jessica Powers, founder and publisher at Catalyst Press, spoke to George Mendoza and Kristen Witucki about crafting stories for sighted readers, finding community and release in fiction, and battling... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-04-28 08:58:13 UTC ]
Louis Le Prince, arguably the creator of the first motion picture, disappeared in 1890. What happened? Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-27 11:00:43 UTC ]
His wry, understated novels turned the Lower Rio Grande Valley into an almost mythic setting for explorations of family, history and cultural identity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-23 13:17:20 UTC ]
No couple ever recovered from infidelity by only reading books, even the books written for that purpose. But books are what kept me from falling apart. The post Distancing: On the Writers Who Saved My Marriage appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2022-04-21 10:00:59 UTC ]
If you missed the livestream, check out the recording of Sheldon Simeon, author of 'Cook Real Hawai’i' in conversation with Michelle Young of the Waimea Public Library. And register today for the next discussion, featuring Jai Chakrabarti, author of 'A Play for the End of the World.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
Writers for Democratic Action, an organization of some 2,600 authors, is mobilizing its membership in a campaign called Book the Vote. WDA will facilitate nonpartisan voter registration for the 2022 midterm election, working with authors, bookstores, and libraries to educate voters about their... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
A best-selling children’s book writer, she focused on family life and its difficulties, earning acclaim for her gentle, spare prose. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-04-12 18:33:17 UTC ]
The British thriller writer's 85 books have sold more than a quarter of a billion copies. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-11 17:59:46 UTC ]
The bestselling novelist wrote 85 books, mostly thrillers and spy stories, using the pseudonym Jack HigginsHenry Patterson, the bestselling novelist who wrote the The Eagle Has Landed, has died aged 92.The writer died at his home in Jersey surrounded by his family, his publisher HarperCollins... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-04-09 20:18:44 UTC ]
In London Book Fair's Literary Translation Center, one session was about how author-translator relationships aren't always easy. The post At London Book Fair: A Look at Translator-Author Relations appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-04-07 20:28:50 UTC ]