Golden Voice narrator Julia Whelan joins AudioFile’s Michele Cobb to tell listeners about narrating Kristin Hannah’s memorable historical fiction audiobook, The Women, one of our picks for Best Fiction of 2024. It’s an emotional story about Vietnam War combat nurses, and Julia details how she... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-12-05 09:05:46 UTC ]
The last time I wrote a novel set in what I considered to be the present was 2009-2010. The iPhone had appeared in 2007, but it had nothing to do with my characters, who were poor or old or both and lived on the scrappy outskirts of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Since then, my books have […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-12-04 09:56:57 UTC ]
From tales of alienation to comforting novels set in bookshops, Japanese authors have written nearly half of this year’s bestselling translated novels in the UK. What’s their secret?• Read an an exclusive Q&A with Haruki MurakamiAnyone who has been in a bookshop in the last few years will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-11-23 09:00:37 UTC ]
The only book prize known to be handing a pig to its winner, the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize announces its shortlist. The post UK: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse’s Comic Fiction Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-11-22 19:58:08 UTC ]
As the facts of climate change manifest in real life, authors are finding that the future is all too present. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
Jason De León received the nonfiction award for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-11-21 03:36:15 UTC ]
Out of an impressive shortlist, Richard Flanagan’s Question 7 has won 2024’s Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. Flanagan’s wide-ranging memoir and history weaves together H.G. Wells and Rebecca West’s affair, pre-war nuclear physics, his father’s imprisonment near Hiroshima when the American... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-11-19 22:15:16 UTC ]
Among the winners, 'Indigo Isle' by T.I. Lowe (Tyndale House) took home the Christy Award for Book of the Year, and The Amplify Award for Christian Fiction, which seeks to elevate stories from ethnically diverse perspectives, went to 'The American Queen' by Vanessa Miller (Thomas Nelson). Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
Which historical fiction novel featuring Native Americans are you picking up this month? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-11-13 11:00:00 UTC ]
Learn about the world's hidden libraries, vanishing animals, and more in this month's best nonfiction titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-11-06 11:30:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble names their best nonfiction books of 2024, Taylor Swift's upcoming Eras Tour book, and more nonfiction news this week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-11-01 11:00:00 UTC ]
"We know from history that a way you control a nation is by controlling what its citizens read" — Jodi Picoult Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-11-01 11:00:00 UTC ]
While it is fair to say that Warhammer 40k has so far been underrepresented in science fiction circles, it seems the tide is finally starting to turn. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2024-10-28 17:36:58 UTC ]
My favorite book is a pale, mint green, Illustrated Junior Library edition with edges sprayed indigo blue. The girl on the cover wears a white pinafore over a practical plaid dress. Her two orangey-red braids fall around her shoulders, topped off with a wide-brimmed straw hat covered in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-10-16 11:10:00 UTC ]
Over the course of her career, Judy-Lynn del Rey earned a reputation as a superstar editor among her authors. Think of your favorite fantasy or science-fiction novel. You’ll know the author and title, of course. But can you think of its editor or publisher? Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2024-10-10 19:30:00 UTC ]
"What blooded me as a really feral reader in college was the discovery of short story collections." Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-10-09 14:30:00 UTC ]
An inside look at the publication process for the author’s debut work of nonfiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Rarely have I been so moved, awed, amused, satisfied, and softly startled by a debut, but The Only Sound Is the Wind, the gorgeous new fiction collection by Pascha Sotolongo, is a deft, accomplished, utterly fearless book of short stories that seamlessly meld the mundane and the transcendent,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-10-01 08:55:46 UTC ]
Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo, Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake, and Richard Powers’ Playground all feature among the best reviewed fiction titles of the month. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s home for book reviews. * 1. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) 14 Rave • 7... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-09-27 08:59:28 UTC ]
It's a double dose of this week's best new science fiction and fantasy releases, including a story of political dissent, a spell gone awry, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-09-20 12:30:00 UTC ]