Edward Ball sketches a portrait of his Klansman ancestor, a Black victim and post-Civil War New Orleans. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-08-07 12:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Authors (SoA) had awarded grants totalling £185,000 to writers including Derek Owusu and John Mapanje for their works in progress. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 14:46:48 UTC ]
“Make Russia Great Again” and “Rodham” are two recent novels that benefit from blending fact and fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-08-06 12:00:00 UTC ]
The 2020 Crime Writer's Association Dagger Awards shortlist has been announced, with Mick Herron's Joe Country (John Murray), Claire Askew's What You Pay For (Hodder & Stoughton) and Abir Mukherjee's Death in the East (Harvill Secker) in contention for the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 01:27:54 UTC ]
A prolific writer, she published more than 75 books, including a Best Seller and a National Book Award finalist, all while encouraging aspiring authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-08-05 21:52:08 UTC ]
Sara Faith Alterman's "Let's Never Talk About This Again" is a memoir about strange family dynamics, love, grief and the benefits of finally opening up. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-08-05 18:00:51 UTC ]
Layla Saad, Dorothy Koomson, Kate Mosse, Laura Bates and Kerry Hudson are among 40 writers contributing to a "uniquely empowering" feminist charity book collection, spearheaded by the Feminist Book Society, in collaboration with not-for-profit publishers And Other Stories in the UK and The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-05 15:11:50 UTC ]
Ashley Hickson-Lovence, Abir Mukherjee, Courttia Newland, Guy Gunaratne, Paul Mendez and Okechukwu Nzelu on why British writers of colour are left out of the conversationAfter this week’s Booker prize longlist was announced, the Times asked “Where are the new male hotshot novelists?” I was... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-07-31 14:10:18 UTC ]
The Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga has been arrested in Harare. It comes as police and armed soldiers enforce an aggressive strategy ahead of scheduled anti-corruption demonstrations, the Guardian has reported. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-31 09:39:50 UTC ]
Don Winslow warns that Trump is planning a "big loud" October surprise attack on Biden. Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2020-07-31 08:24:11 UTC ]
London-based indie Onwe has acquired three titles from debut authors to be published across 2021: Ashaye Brown's Dream Country, Di Lebowitz's The Marks Left on Her and Rab Ferguson's The Landfill Mountains. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-31 08:10:29 UTC ]
Bookouture, in association with online magazine the Asian Writer and Dahlia Books, is putting out a call-out for commercial fiction submissions from unagented and unpublished writers from BAME backgrounds. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-30 05:39:09 UTC ]
The science fiction world is having a bit of a week. Today, New Zealand, the host of this year’s World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon), virtually kicked off one of the world’s most popular sci-fi events. New Zealanders had been preparing for the international convention, which normally... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-07-29 17:44:32 UTC ]
Boldwood Books is marking its first birthday with three new authors and two extra team members, including the arrival of Emily Ruston as editorial director. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-28 19:18:14 UTC ]
Many of us enjoy getting lost in historical novels, often set in periods of history when great change was taking place. Contemporary fiction is usually less rooted in a specific time – often focusing on the miniate of human existence or the fallout from smaller, personal events. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-28 18:42:52 UTC ]
Costa Award-winning author Christie Watson, who worked a registered nurse for 20 years before her writing career, has been appointed professor of medical and health humanities at the University of East Anglia (UEA). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-27 23:05:45 UTC ]
Biteback Publishing has acquired an authorised biography of MP Diane Abbott, to be published in September. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-27 18:20:45 UTC ]
Two-time Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel and US novelist Anne Tyler are up against seven debut novelists, including Kiley Reid and Avni Doshi, on this year's longlist for the £50,000 award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-27 17:16:08 UTC ]
Grief, male sexuality and the plight of pets in Covid-stricken Wuhan are some of the subjects of the 12 winning entries in the Creative Future Writers’ Award, chosen by judges including author Kerry Hudson and poet Anthony Anaxagorou. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-27 13:08:30 UTC ]
‘The Kissing Booth’ started as an online novel and blew up into one of Netflix’s most popular films. Here’s why author Beth Reekles thinks that is. Back when she was just 15, Beth Reekles couldn’t find the kind of YA novel that appealed to her.Read Full Story Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2020-07-24 06:00:21 UTC ]