Donald Trump, as bizarre and unpredictable as a satirical president, ushered us into a world where novels can't outstrip the weirdness of reality. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2020-11-07 13:00:04 UTC ]
Katherine Armstrong is to join Simon & Schuster UK as deputy publishing director in the adult fiction department. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 00:45:39 UTC ]
Amina Youssef has been appointed commissioning editor at Simon & Schuster Children's fiction division, as the team announces new acquisition responsibilities as part of a larger growth plan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-03 19:00:14 UTC ]
Bloombury is to publish the first major work by 27-year-old economist Grace Blakeley, after winning a 10-way auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-27 18:38:16 UTC ]
Since lockdown ended and bookshops reopened across the country in June and July, Adult Fiction—which had dropped 5.4% in volume and 1% in value in 2019, against an Eleanor Oliphant-ine 2018—has shown a significant rise. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-26 11:50:29 UTC ]
To close out October’s theme of beauty privilege, Kendra and Sumaiyya discuss Say Hello by Carly Findlay and If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha. From the episode: Sumaiyya: My discussion pick is If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha, which is set in Seoul, South Korea. This looks at four young women... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-10-21 08:47:55 UTC ]
The Center for Fiction announced the establishment of the Susan Kamil Award for Emerging Writers, a new award to honor the memory and influence of the late Kamil, who was former executive v-p and publisher of the Random House imprint. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
Faber is to publish Eula Biss' Having and Being Had, as part of a two-book deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-18 16:38:36 UTC ]
Quercus’ SFF imprint, Jo Fletcher Books, has acquired a new duology from Andrew Caldecott: "an ambitious and entirely original take on post-apocalyptic fiction". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-16 05:32:04 UTC ]
The UK literary prizes are still coming in hot! Today, the Baillie Gifford Prize announced its 2020 shortlist. The award, founded in 1999 following the end of the NCR Book Award for Nonfiction, celebrates the best non-fiction writing in the English language of the year. The honor comes with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-10-15 16:30:50 UTC ]
Recent releases include “The Midnight Bargain,” “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” and “Piranesi.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-10-14 09:00:04 UTC ]
Laura Stanley, a creative writing graduate and masters student at Nottingham University, has won the Staunch Short Story Prize with her unpublished story "Mrs Hawkins and The Orchard". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-12 08:33:42 UTC ]
Mainstream economics is suffering an identity crisis, which began with The Great Recession and has reemerged during the current pandemic. In response, a growing collection of voices has advocated looking beyond the field—in particular, to science fiction—as a way to imagine it anew. Although... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-10-05 08:48:01 UTC ]
Bi and lesbian books from the last two decades for fans of literary fiction, from haunting collections to atmospheric historical fiction like Miss Timmins’ School for Girls by Nayana Currimbhoy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-10-02 10:38:36 UTC ]
Are these the end times? Who knows! Settle into this current quasi-dystopian reality with recent books by American writers of color. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-10-02 10:35:59 UTC ]
Bonnier imprint Zaffre Books has signed a two-book, six-figure deal with Robert Peston, ITV's political editor. His first novel, The Whistleblower, will be published in September 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-02 01:25:36 UTC ]
Today the Center for Fiction announced the shortlist for its 2020 First Novel Prize. The prize, first awarded in 2006, recognizes the best debut fiction of the year, and it comes with $15,000; each finalist receives $1,000. Previous winners include De’Shawn Charles Winslow, Tommy Orange, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-10-01 15:05:06 UTC ]
How historical fiction gave one reader deeper and more vivid insights into history and guided her career in teaching and librarianship. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-09-28 10:35:00 UTC ]
Children's books have seen a boom during coronavirus-hit 2020 with non-fiction heading for a record year, according to Nielsen. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-24 11:31:27 UTC ]
Oxford University Press and Barrington Stoke have partnered to create the 'Super-Readable Rollercoasters' range for readers aged 11-plus. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-23 14:46:20 UTC ]