Take a look into our present and future with these near-future science fiction books that are eerily prescient, including Firebreak by Nicole Kornher-Stace6. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-02-17 11:35:00 UTC ]
This is Underreported with Nicholas Lemann, from the publishing imprint Columbia Global Reports. We don’t just publish books; we use books to start conversations about topics that weren’t getting the attention they deserved. At least, until we took them on. This podcast is your audio connection... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-02-11 09:55:06 UTC ]
The online virtual reality experience that almost every tech giant today wishes to commercially exploit may not catch onIn the 1992 sci-fi dystopia Snow Crash, the author Neal Stephenson imagined a bleak 21st century where the collapse of the global economy had seen governments fall and their... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-02-07 19:11:48 UTC ]
There is so much historical fiction outside the confines of the WWII! Put these five books about other wars on your TBR. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-02-06 11:30:00 UTC ]
These new historical fiction reads promise lessons, romance, drama, and intriguing settings ranging from the 1700s to the 1970s! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-02-03 11:36:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has acquired Peasants, the "extraordinary" non-fiction work by Dr Maryam Aslany, securing the debut in a hotly contested auction for a six-figure sum. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-31 15:25:14 UTC ]
The 16-strong longlist of books contending for the 2022 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), has been revealed, featuring nine countries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-26 14:09:35 UTC ]
A late baby-boomer, I spent my tweens and adolescence in the 1970s under the Tolkien-woven spell of heroic fantasy, immersed in the imagined worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea trilogy (1968-72), Patricia A. McKillip’s Riddlemaster trilogy (1976-79), and Evangeline Walton’s Welsh-myth-remix... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-01-26 09:55:39 UTC ]
Kim Stanley Robinson’s novels envision the dire problems of the future—but also their solutions. Continue reading >> [ Source: New Yorker | 2022-01-24 11:00:00 UTC ]
For the first time on record, picture books outsold fiction for young readers through the TCM, after clawing back a huge deficit. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-22 08:33:40 UTC ]
If you chart the shift in the BookScan era of the publishing into Children’s & Young Adult Non-Fiction (CYANF), you see it evolving from, broadly, a more schools-book focused sector to one in which the vast bulk of the revenue is derived from trade titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-22 07:28:02 UTC ]
New books and publications delve into the rich and evolving worlds of speculative fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-01-19 16:00:20 UTC ]
Kay Featherstone and Kate Allinson's Pinch of Nom Comfort Food (Bluebird) has reigned in the UK Official Top 50 number one spot for a fifth week in total, shifting 33,624 copies last week. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-18 10:37:05 UTC ]
Femi Kayode’s début novel, which is based on the real-life lynching of four undergraduates in Nigeria, is the first title in a forthcoming series from Raven Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-16 02:03:47 UTC ]
Two books by Fox News personalities—one by Rachel Campos-Duffy and Sean Duffy and another by Shannon Bream—cracked the top five on our Religion Nonfiction Bestsellers list for December. Mitch Albom tops in Religion FIction with his latest novel, ‘The Stranger in the Lifeboat.’ Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
Looking for great new reads in the new year? Add these 2022 historical fiction books to your TBR right now, including The Good Wife of Bath by Karen Brooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-01-04 11:30:00 UTC ]
Feeling nostalgic? Try ‘The Chronicles of Prydain.’ For something more modern, there’s ‘The Midnight Bargain. And so many more. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-01-03 23:00:00 UTC ]
How book-loving communities on social media are helping authors break barriers to become bestsellersTalia Hibbert was rewatching a Spider-Man film and eating a meal in her living room when she received life-changing news. Her romance novel Act Your Age, Eve Brown, which she wrote at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-12-30 08:00:44 UTC ]
HarperNorth has snapped up "a piece of fabulously feel-good fiction" from Emily Merrill, submitted via the division's open submissions process. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-21 06:35:12 UTC ]
Peepal Tree Press has commissioned a speculative fiction anthology authored by Black British writers and edited by author Leone Ross. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-15 06:54:29 UTC ]