Eric Jerome Dickey, bestselling author of "Friends and Lovers" and "Milk in My Coffee," has died in Los Angeles at age 59 after battling a long illness. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-01-05 23:05:52 UTC ]
Looking for a memoir by a Latinx author for the Read Harder challenge? This is a list of recommendations to get you started! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-01-05 11:31:00 UTC ]
The National Book Award recipient plumbed the natural world for its wisdom, exploring the Arctic tundra, the Antarctic waters and the spaces in between. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-12-30 17:34:15 UTC ]
Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens. Author and narrator Becky Cooper’s true-crime audiobook, We Keep the Dead Close, chronicles... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-12-30 09:46:52 UTC ]
Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens. Actress and comedian Rachel Bloom narrates her own memoir, I Want to Be Where the Normal... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-12-29 09:46:38 UTC ]
The Thursday Murder Club sees off titles by Barack Obama and David Walliams in chaotic week for Britain’s book tradeRichard Osman’s cosy mystery about a group of elderly sleuths, The Thursday Murder Club, has become the first debut novel ever to become the Christmas No 1, selling a remarkable... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-12-22 15:00:18 UTC ]
In this Read Harder Challenge post, we're recommending books for the task asking you to read a a food memoir by an author of color. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-12-21 11:31:00 UTC ]
Hodder Studio is publishing the next two novels by Beth Lewis, author of debut The Wolf Road, starting with "powerful novel" The Origins of Iris, which touches on themes of self-discovery and survival. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-21 05:11:55 UTC ]
Cornerstones Literary Consultancy has been awarded Arts Council funding for its Elevate mentoring scheme, following a successful pilot run. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-18 23:53:53 UTC ]
A non-fiction work about fungi and books with local interest are among the top-selling titles for indies ahead of Christmas, The Bookseller has been told. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-17 16:31:47 UTC ]
As editor of the magazines Analog and Omni, he was a champion of a new generation of authors, including George R.R. Martin. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-12-14 19:27:29 UTC ]
Breaking from the James Bond mold, he turned the spy novel into high art as he explored the moral compromises of agents on both sides of the Iron curtain. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-12-14 16:04:51 UTC ]
In “The Book of Moods,” Lauren Martin borrows from cognitive therapy, Buddhism, New Age pop psychology and neuroscience. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-12-14 13:00:00 UTC ]
We’ve gathered some unique examples of how authors are tailoring their outreach to meet the needs of students and teachers during the pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder Studio has pre-empted two books from Amanda Block, including her debut The Lost Storyteller, which will be published in July 2021 in hardback, e-book and audiobook. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-10 15:06:19 UTC ]
On Late Night with Seth Meyers this week, Slave Play and Daddy playwright Jeremy O. Harris announced he is donating a collection of 15 plays by Black playwrights to 53 libraries and community centers across the United States—and is donating one such collection to Northwestern University in Seth... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-12-09 17:29:54 UTC ]
Black History Matters: The Story of Black History, From African Kingdoms to Black Lives Matter by historian Robin Walker has been crowned the winner of the 2020 ALCS Educational Writers’ Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-09 12:12:03 UTC ]
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, author of 'Children of the Land,' and Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, author of 'The Undocumented Americans,' share their stories with the L.A, Times Book Club on Dec. 15. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-12-08 20:25:34 UTC ]
Author Lauren James has established The Climate Fiction Writers League, a group of over 50 international published authors writing about climate change. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-07 22:31:59 UTC ]
Book Reviews Sonia Nimr / Source: TAMER Institute for Community Education This whirlwind adventure begins with protagonist Qamar’s birth and follows her life along the titular wondrous journeys around the Mediterranean. Less novel than novella,... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-12-07 20:34:56 UTC ]