8th Note Press, an imprint launched by ByteDance, will print novels in genres popular on BookTok including YA and contemporary fiction and ‘romantasy’ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, will begin publishing print books in February.The company already publishes ebooks through its imprint... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-11-22 17:16:47 UTC ]
Distinct among the literary prizes for its emphasis on debuts, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize has been recognizing “exciting emerging voices in contemporary fiction” since 2006. This year, a panel of readers and judges selected a longlist of 25 novels out of 144 debuts submitted for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-08-01 14:21:54 UTC ]
Whether you’re looking for romance, sci-fi, history, contemporary fiction, or fantasy, these queer narrators have you covered, like Avi Roque in Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-06-08 10:32:00 UTC ]
Within a few years, it was clear that Sept. 11, 2001, would leave an impact on contemporary fiction as deep as its impact on every other aspect of our culture. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-09-07 07:50:00 UTC ]
When my wife and I were expecting our first child, a friend described it as “the ultimate deadline.” Many writers I’ve known since have determined to finish their books before a baby arrives. Some do, of course, but the deadline wasn’t so ultimate in my own case. I was five years into my first... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-01-05 09:49:10 UTC ]
Many of us enjoy getting lost in historical novels, often set in periods of history when great change was taking place. Contemporary fiction is usually less rooted in a specific time – often focusing on the miniate of human existence or the fallout from smaller, personal events. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-28 18:42:52 UTC ]
Oneworld has bought a debut novel from Irish writer Frances Macken, billed as “a major voice in contemporary fiction”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-30 07:19:30 UTC ]
Hilary McKay’s next book for Macmillan Children’s Books (MCB) will be a contemporary fiction novel about two single parents who bring their children together in a mysterious, ivy-covered house. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week on the Culture Gabfest’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Slate book critic Laura Miller discusses her recent article on the resurgence of housewives in contemporary fiction. Laura recommends three new books that give the old trope a 21st-century makeover and discusses the big question: What... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2016-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 2014 Man Booker shortlist shows that “contemporary fiction is of the moment”,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book world has been stunned by the sudden death of Deborah Rogers, co-founder of Roger, Coleridge & White, and a woman who was midwife to some of contemporary fiction’s most significant authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]