Writing fiction itself might be (and often is) considered an act of translation: from experience to language, from emotion to logic, from chaos to legibility. Perhaps it is a mere coincidence, or a stroke of good luck, then that these three fall debut novelists selected for our craft series each... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-12-17 12:00:00 UTC ]
Joseph Earl Thomas won this year’s Center for Fiction First Novel Prize for his book God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer. Congratulations! The novel has made it onto several best-of-2024 lists, and has been praised as “a powerful examination of every day black life–of health and sex, race and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-12-11 16:36:55 UTC ]
Here are this year's finalists for the best debut YA novel and best YA nonfiction of the year, as selected by librarians. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-09 13:23:56 UTC ]
Some time ago–a decade at least, but it feels longer–a literary agent read a manuscript that I’d written and told me that she loved it, loved my style, but the book felt too calculated, too much like a math problem. It didn’t lack heart per se, she said, but it felt too much like a […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-11-18 09:55:11 UTC ]
Earlier this May, an Esquire article by Kate Dwyer called “Why Are Debut Novels Failing to Launch?” channeled the fear of debut novelists everywhere: What happens if no one buys my book? Book sales are an important way for editors and agents to gauge whether to invest in an author. If her first... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2024-10-16 12:00:00 UTC ]
The Oscar-winning actor and author of the Myron Bolitar series have been ‘writing pages over many months’ together to create a thriller to be published next yearReese Witherspoon has written her first novel, in collaboration with bestselling author Harlan Coben, publisher Penguin Random House... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-10-02 17:00:45 UTC ]
In Clement Goldberg’s madcap and campy debut novel, cats, plants, alien intelligences, and a group of human misfits conspire to make us all freer and more joyfully connected. New Mistakes offers a hilarious, surreal, and sexy new vision of queer collectivity—one that involves the living earth... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-10-02 11:00:00 UTC ]
Pedro Almodóvar's first book consists of a mix of short stories and personal essays that amount to 'a fragmentary autobiography.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-09-16 10:00:58 UTC ]
Jacquie Walters' debut, 'Dearest,' is a horror novel about new motherhood, including the demands of a breastfeeding infant, as well as how postpartum hormones affect a woman's psyche. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-09-16 10:00:29 UTC ]
Ledia Xhoga’s debut novel Misinterpretation opens with the unnamed narrator, a translator from Albania, accepting an assignment to interpret for a Kosovar torture survivor named Alfred. Elements of Alfred’s story map onto her own family’s experience, and the narrator becomes all-consumed by his... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-09-04 11:00:00 UTC ]
Distinct among the literary prizes for its emphasis on debuts, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize has been recognizing “exciting emerging voices in contemporary fiction” since 2006. This year, a panel of readers and judges selected a longlist of 25 novels out of 144 debuts submitted for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-08-01 14:21:54 UTC ]
While reading a debut novel, oftentimes, there exists a momentary thrill of forgetting about craft. Instead, it can feel as if these writers grew up alongside their stories—in parallel lines and lives, naturally accumulating sentences with every inch they grew. There is a tender, literary... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-07-17 11:00:00 UTC ]
He starred in Peep Show, Green Wing and Wonka – and his first novel won an award. Now the star is making operas with 64 homeless people. Not bad going for someone who was written off by his teachersPaterson Joseph is, by his own admission, an unlikely opera librettist. He had turned 50 by the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-05-27 04:00:13 UTC ]
This diverse slate of standout debut novels by women spans genre, from historical saga to contemporary comic novel to postapocalyptic fantasy, as well as the globe, from California to a far-flung Nordic isle. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
This spring has come with its fair share of excellent debut novels. Here are three more, for your reading pleasure. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
We Solve Murders introduces a new detective duo – but the author has not abandoned his Thursday Murder Club charactersA new crime series by Richard Osman called We Solve Murders has been announced, after the huge success of his Thursday Murder Club novels.The beloved elderly sleuths from the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-02-20 17:44:06 UTC ]
Andrew Ewell's debut novel 'Set for Life' is well-written but doesn't fulfill its potential. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-02-09 16:00:10 UTC ]
Three Black women novelists make their debut with tales of inheritance, friendship, and alternate futures. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
In Kaveh Akbar's brilliant debut novel, 'Martyr!', an Iranian American man in addiction recovery becomes obsessed with the concept of martyrdom. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-01-22 11:00:10 UTC ]
To celebrate the new year, our reviews editors share eight books guaranteed to get your year in reading started on the right foot—err, page. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-04 05:00:00 UTC ]