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 ]
Author Christopher M. Cevasco says there's a surprising lack of crossover between the two. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2022-04-29 16:00:00 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 ]
Patricia MacLachlan, author of beloved children's literature including Sarah, Plain and Tall, died on March 31. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-04-06 10:54:45 UTC ]
The activist-quarterback discusses the defining moment that sparked his new children’s book, ‘I Color Myself Different.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-06 09:00:00 UTC ]
Garmus’s novel “Lessons in Chemistry” delivers an assured voice, an indelible heroine and relatable love stories Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-05 10:00:30 UTC ]
Millions of young people read her Newbery Medal-winning novel about two motherless farm children and the gentle woman who comes to the prairie to make them whole. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-05 04:20:08 UTC ]
Knopf will be publishing three new books in its Millennium series, which launched with Stieg Larsson's 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.' The new titles will be written by bestselling Swedish author Karin Smirnoff, with the first of them set to be released on September 5, 2023. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
One of her country’s first writers to address female sexuality from a woman’s perspective, she produced four novels and dozens of short stories that could be read as political allegories. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-04-04 22:13:26 UTC ]
He wrote under the pseudonym Richard Stevenson and also reviewed crime fiction for The Post. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-04-01 01:49:48 UTC ]