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 ]
His ambitious 1987 novel about the life of Ludwig Wittgenstein and other philosophers was a literary sensation. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-03-11 20:48:27 UTC ]
Dolly Parton has written her first novel with the help of best-selling author James Patterson. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2022-03-10 00:01:14 UTC ]
The lives of queer Arab-Australian boys and men are vividly inhabited in award-winning poet Omar Sakr’s darkly comic debut novel, set in Western Sydney. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2022-02-28 19:12:38 UTC ]
Coco Mellors' 'Cleopatra and Frankenstein' evokes a rich universe in multiple senses, but it feels engineered for a Netflix adaptation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-02-04 14:00:54 UTC ]
Julia May Jonas' "Vladimir" is a thrilling "Lolita" update in which the deliciously wicked narrator is not the male abuser but his wife. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-02-01 14:00:41 UTC ]
Fourth Estate has triumphed in an 11-publisher auction for Yomi Adegoke’s "entertaining and daring" debut novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-18 11:55:31 UTC ]
Jessamine Chan’s “The School for Good Mothers” takes up themes of autonomy and technology in imagining an experimental facility where parents go through mandatory retraining. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-01-11 17:33:33 UTC ]
Manchester University Press has landed the first “remarkable” book from DJ Paulette, Welcome to the Club: The Life and Lessons of a Black Woman DJ. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-11 14:56:43 UTC ]
Fig Tree has scooped the "powerful and beautifully humane" debut novel by Mo Siewcharran Prize-winner Santanu Bhattacharya. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-05 14:00:25 UTC ]
In “Brown Girls,” Daphne Palasi Andreades breaks a big world into small, meaningful pieces. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-01-04 10:00:03 UTC ]
Keri Hulme, the first New Zealander to win the Booker Prize, has died aged 74 after battling ongoing health conditions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-29 05:10:58 UTC ]
The power Ms. Hulme drew from her Maori heritage shone through in her work, especially in “The Bone People,” which won the literary prize in 1985. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-12-29 04:47:34 UTC ]
Unless an author is a household name or has a celebrity endorsement, the hardcover fiction list can be elusive for first-timers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-12-23 10:00:01 UTC ]
Dolly Parton will headline the audiobook cast of her debut novel Run Rose Run (Century) along with singer and songwriter Kelsea Ballerini in the role of protégée to Parton’s character. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-21 02:34:41 UTC ]
Juhea Kim's "Beasts of a Little Land" captures the dualities of Korean history but ties up symbols too tightly in the service of grand ambitions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-12-14 15:00:20 UTC ]
The Indigo Press has acquired Don't Let it Get You Down, a "powerful and provocative collection of essays" from writer, speaker and lawyer Savala Nolan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-14 10:21:28 UTC ]
The translation of Deceit by ‘groundbreaking’ author Yuri Felsen, who died in Auschwitz in 1943, is set to come out next MayThe debut novel by Yuri Felsen, an author once regarded as the “Russian Proust” whose work has been forgotten since he died in Auschwitz in 1943, is set to be published in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-12-01 14:12:48 UTC ]
Canelo has landed a historical fiction saga which navigates the fall out of the Great Sheffield Flood, by debut author Joanne Clague. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-26 10:12:45 UTC ]
In “A Little Hope,” Ethan Joella explores quiet lives in small-town Connecticut. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-11-16 10:00:03 UTC ]