The future’s uncertain, and the end is always near. Here’s what new SFF has to say about it. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
Authors look to Africa and its diaspora and find the fantastical and futuristic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Center for Fiction named its 2019 First Novel Prize shortlist this morning. The post Center for Fiction Names 2019 First Novel Prize Shortlist appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2019-09-26 17:53:27 UTC ]
Lit Hub is excited to announce the shortlist for the 2019 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. This year’s judging panel included Tommy Orange, Emma Straub, Monique Truong, Maaza Mengiste, and Claire Messud. They are: De’Shawn Charles Winslow, In West Mills Chia-Chia Lin, The Unpassing Julia... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-09-26 13:59:29 UTC ]
“10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World” is a scathing critique of her country’s cultural hypocrisy. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-09-25 13:00:00 UTC ]
Earth can be an exhausting place, so let's look beyond our planet and explore these science fiction books about space and other worlds. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-09-24 10:35:51 UTC ]
10 novelists make the National Book Awards fiction longlist: Laila Lalami, Colson Whitehead, Ocean Vuong, Julia Phillips and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-09-20 18:20:50 UTC ]
It’s here: the final day of the National Book Foundations’ longlist announcements. Yep, it’s time for the fiction list, as chosen by judges Dorothy Allison, Ruth Dickey, Javier Ramirez, Danzy Senna (Chair), and Jeff VanderMeer from a pool of 397 submitted books. It includes two debut short story... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-09-20 14:32:33 UTC ]
Faber will publish a major work of non-fiction by New Yorker staff writer Sam Knight, as Amazon Studios options screen rights after a 19-way auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-20 07:26:12 UTC ]
Day four of the National Book Foundations’ longlist announcements; today we’re looking at the ten titles judges Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Carolyn Kellogg, Mark Laframboise, Kiese Laymon, and Jeff Sharlet think illuminate “new perspectives on political, natural, cultural, historical, and personal... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-09-19 14:45:35 UTC ]
Literary agents are gatekeepers of the publishing industry. Find women's fiction literary agents open to submissions in this post. List will be updated regularly. The post Women’s Fiction Literary Agents Open to Submissions by Robert Lee Brewer appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2019-09-18 13:00:29 UTC ]
Prep this year's fall TBR with these excellent speculative fiction books about terrorism, future worlds, time travel and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-09-17 10:40:28 UTC ]
If the idea of saying goodbye to epic sci-fi worlds fills you with sorrow, check out this list of great YA science fiction series and read on! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-09-17 10:31:05 UTC ]
Puffin UK has snapped up the first fiction book from writer and social advocate Yassmin Abdel-Magied. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-16 21:33:39 UTC ]
Science fiction writing often serves as a thought experiment that explores shared and hidden beliefs whose material and political reverberations lie further in the future. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2019-09-16 11:39:25 UTC ]
Orion has announced HarperCollins’ Vicky Eribo and Jamie Coleman from PRH Children’s are joining the firm as publishing directors to help grow its commercial non-fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-15 22:42:35 UTC ]
Think you don't like historical fiction? Try these books out and prove yourself wrong. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-09-14 10:33:10 UTC ]
Literary agents are gatekeepers of the publishing industry. Find historical fiction literary agents open to submissions in this post. List will be updated regularly. The post Historical Fiction Literary Agents Open to Submissions by Robert Lee Brewer appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2019-09-11 12:59:53 UTC ]
The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories edited by Jhumpa Lahiri, is available now. * What was the genesis of this anthology? Three years ago, I began teaching creative writing at Princeton. I had just returned from Italy, where I had lived in Rome with my family for three years. During that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2019-09-10 08:46:32 UTC ]
Rion Amilcar Scott’s story collection is set in Cross River, founded by the members of a successful slave rebellion. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2019-09-09 22:09:32 UTC ]