It’s that spooky frisson that makes you, for a split second, want to throw your book across the room. Or chuckle. Or flail, blindly, for the familiar barrier between storyworld and readerworld—you know, your world. There’s nothing as electric as an experimental flourish executed well, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-07-06 08:52:45 UTC ]
The influencer and Slay in Your Lane co-author talks about her journey via Twitter to become a writer, and channelling her experience of social media into debut novel The List“Honestly, I’m a better painter than I am a writer,” says Yomi Adegoke, cackling, as she takes a sip of prosecco.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-07-01 08:00:07 UTC ]
With the rise of fan fiction publishing and TikTok, microgenres — genres that have defined and specific plots — have reached new heights. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-06-28 10:33:00 UTC ]
As a fiction writer, I’ve always felt compelled, memoir style, to pore over my life’s timeline. But in a novel, I can erase, revise, smash, crash, reconstruct, and transfigure that squiggly narrative. A novel has no obligation to mirror or represent anything familiar, recognizable, or real. And... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-06-28 08:52:54 UTC ]
Fictional Translations: Pablo Neruda’s “Oda al actor,” by Ilan Stavans Poetry [email protected] Mon, 06/26/2023 - 13:48 Photo by throgers / FlickrIn what follows, I have created three heteronyms to render Pablo Neruda’s “Oda al actor” into English.... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2023-06-26 18:48:50 UTC ]
These eight eye-opening graphic nonfiction and memoirs focus on politics and identity, and they're all published in the last few years, including The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-06-22 10:32:00 UTC ]
A good showing by the adult fiction category was not enough to prevent unit sales of print books from falling 3.6% last week from the week ended June 17, 2022, at outlets that report to Circana BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
India is a land of great linguistic, cultural, and religious diversity. Here are 20 of the best examples of historical fiction set in India. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-06-15 10:32:00 UTC ]
The American author Barbara Kingsolver has become the only writer to win the United Kingdom's Women's Prize for Fiction twice. The post Barbara Kingsolver Wins the UK’s Women’s Prize for Fiction appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-06-14 18:31:40 UTC ]
Before I dedicated my life to taking pot-shots at the nature of the universe—I mean, before I became a science fiction writer—I was a frightened child. Death scared me, but living was the constant terror. My father told me I had chosen this. I had come to him in a dream before I was born […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-06-14 08:53:04 UTC ]
The first three titles under the Focus Fiction label will be acquired and edited by Jerry B. Jenkins and will be published this fall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
The first three titles under the Focus Fiction imprint will be acquired and edited by Jerry B. Jenkins and will be published this fall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
A sequel to Colson Whitehead’s “Harlem Shuffle,” new stories from Jamel Brinkley, a debut novel about a teenager who worked for Andy Warhol — and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-06-09 09:01:29 UTC ]
Jeff Crosby, the executive director of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, learns to embrace Christian fiction after years as a skeptic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
Jeff Crosby, the executive director of the Evangelical Christian Publishing Association, learns to embrace Christian fiction after years as a skeptic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
Whether you're looking to belly laugh, contemplate the future of humanity, or dig into conspiracy theories, I have a sci-fi read for you! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-05-30 10:34:00 UTC ]
These books rewind time, depositing readers in the Cumbrian countryside, coastal Maine, rural Wyoming and beyond. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-05-26 15:30:50 UTC ]
New novels by Fonda Lee, Martha Wells, Nick Harkaway, Kelly Link and Emma Törzs. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-05-26 15:30:50 UTC ]
A combination of a 13.1% increase in the adult fiction category and flat sales in adult nonfiction was enough to lift unit sales of print books up 1.3% last week over the comparable week in 2022 at outlets that report to Circana BookScan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
Two novels, "Demon Copperhead" and "Trust," shared the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction while "His Name Is George Floyd" took home the nonfiction prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-05-08 21:55:41 UTC ]