Let me begin with this admission: every work of historical fiction lives somewhere between history and myth. Before one reckons with the realities of what the research reveals, one must contend with all the layers of subsequent representation of whatever historical moment they approach. Even the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-09-01 08:52:28 UTC ]
In three journeys to the past, characters find themselves on quests that have nothing to do with the calendar or geography. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-08-30 09:00:08 UTC ]
Congratulations to Tess Gunty, whose critically acclaimed debut novel The Rabbit Hutch has just won the inaugural Waterstones debut fiction prize. The novel (about four teenagers—recently aged out of the state foster-care system—living together in an apartment building in the post-industrial... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-08-26 15:48:11 UTC ]
A 17% increase in sales of adult fiction was not enough to prevent print book sales from declining 3.7% last week compared to the week ended August 21, 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
B&N has implemented a new ordering policy for middle grade fiction hardcovers that has caused widespread confusion and concern in that publishing sector, but CEO James Daunt said the change is being made in all categories to "buy less" in order to "sell more." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
The best nonfiction book deals of the day, covering cookbooks, gardening, lifestyle, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-08-12 15:52:27 UTC ]
Solar power. The end of war. Gender role reversal. Dirigibles. First published in 1905, Rokeya Hossain’s short story “Sultana’s Dream” is steampunk avant la lettre, strikingly advanced in its critique of patriarchy, conflict, conventional kinship structures, industrialization, and the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2022-08-08 11:00:00 UTC ]
In our final column for The Post, we revisit books we have savored and many more we hope to read. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-08-04 12:00:00 UTC ]
Three new books, from epic fantasy to biological thriller, consider an age-old question. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2022-08-01 18:00:06 UTC ]
The best nonfiction book deals of the day, covering cookbooks, gardening, lifestyle, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-07-29 10:39:00 UTC ]
These middle grade and young adult science fiction and fantasy books are empowering and fun, and will provide the best light-hearted escape, like The Lost Ryū by Emi Watanabe Cohen. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-07-20 10:33:00 UTC ]
Like our universe, the science fiction genre is constantly expanding. Here is a sampling of the seemingly endless list of its subgenres. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-07-18 10:40:00 UTC ]
The best nonfiction book deals today, including lifestyle, cookbooks, memoirs, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-07-15 10:41:00 UTC ]
Sibert Medal Honoree Melissa Stewart has written more than 200 science books for children. Here, she argues that many children gravitate towards nonfiction books, but adults may be steering them away because of their own assumptions and biases, to the detriment. of young readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Northwest, where I live and where my novel is set, is a big place and it is a lot of things. It is the damp, mossy woods of the coast, the high desert, and the snowy, jagged mountain ranges that divide the two. It is home to weird and real creatures like giant octopuses, […] The post 7... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2022-07-13 11:00:00 UTC ]
Goodreads has announced its list of the top 36 most popular historical fiction books of 2022 (so far), according to users' interest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-07-11 14:45:32 UTC ]
The best nonfiction book deals in cooking, lifestyle, and more, all hand picked by Book Riot. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-07-08 16:52:56 UTC ]
Yep, as the guy in your MFA already knows, turns out reading literary fiction is better for you than reading other kinds of fiction—especially if you grew up doing it. In a new paper published this week in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, scholars Nicholas Buttrick, Erin C.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-07-08 16:16:52 UTC ]
Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award-winning author of Salvage the Bones and Sing, Unburied, Sing—has just become, at 45, the youngest ever winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. The prize, which was established in 2008 as a lifetime achievement award, honors “an... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-07-01 17:08:35 UTC ]
When it comes to writing historical fiction, one author finds that it’s the very human details that resonate with the reader. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2022-07-01 15:38:42 UTC ]