The lit fic trend standing in contrast to romantasy, what it's like to publish your debut novel at 70, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2025-06-23 15:00:00 UTC ]
Last night at the New York Public Library, Alexander Sammartino won the Young Lions Fiction award for his debut novel Last Acts. This was the 25th year of the Young Lions Award, which comes with a $10,000 prize. Last Acts follows a man burdened with a failing gun store and a son recovering from... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-06-13 15:57:51 UTC ]
The award's judges say Yael van der Wouden's debut novel The Safekeep is a "classic in the making". Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2025-06-12 19:27:42 UTC ]
Author Kalla Harris shares the top three things she learned while going through the process of writing her debut novel. The post Top 3 Things I Learned While Writing My Debut Novel appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2025-06-05 16:00:00 UTC ]
Author Shirley Russak Wachtel shares how she published her debut novel just south of turning 70 after a lifetime of writing. The post How I (Finally) Published My Debut Novel in My 60s appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2025-06-04 02:01:07 UTC ]
Find Kristen L. Berry’s successful query to agent Sharon Pelletier for her debut novel "We Don't Talk About Carol." The post Successful Queries: Sharon Pelletier and “We Don’t Talk About Carol,” by Kristen L. Berry appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2025-06-03 22:11:41 UTC ]
£20,000 award for writers aged 39 or under goes to story ‘tackling trauma and grief with bold and poetic moments of quirkiness and humour’A novel about a Palestinian woman who participates in a pyramid scheme reselling Birkin bags has won this year’s Swansea University Dylan Thomas... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2025-05-15 18:15:33 UTC ]
In The Lilac People, my debut novel about trans people in Weimar Berlin and Nazi Germany, I have a side character so small, they’re downright tertiary. Dora Richter has no speaking role, nor does she have any impact on the plot. And yet she’s included because she’s important, and she was real.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-05-09 11:10:00 UTC ]
“Sleep,” the debut novel by Honor Jones, moves back and forth in time between a 35-year-old mother’s present and her disturbing, unresolved past. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2025-05-09 09:00:05 UTC ]
In “The Original Daughter,” the debut novel by Jemimah Wei, a Singaporean family craters under the weight of ambition, jealousy and things left unsaid. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2025-05-06 09:00:46 UTC ]
Set in the recent past, Austin Kelley's debut novel centers on a magazine underling who becomes entranced with a Manic Pixie Dream Girl. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2025-04-14 10:00:06 UTC ]
Find Ariel Courage’s successful query to agent Samantha Shea for her debut novel Bad Nature, which includes what Shea liked in the query. The post Successful Queries: Samantha Shea and “Bad Nature,” by Ariel Courage appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2025-04-12 16:00:00 UTC ]
Find London Sperry's successful query to agent Lily Dolin for her debut novel Passion Project, which includes what Dolin liked in the query. The post Successful Queries: Lily Dolin and “Passion Project,” by London Sperry appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2025-04-09 01:30:03 UTC ]
It wouldn’t be wrong to call Kate Folk’s debut novel Sky Daddy a marriage plot. The protagonist, Linda, has had numerous lovers, but she wants to settle down. She’s looking for a “fine gentleman” who’s sleek, strong, and ready to commit, and she already has her dream wedding planned: hurtling to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-04-08 11:00:00 UTC ]
The unnamed narrator of Zee Carlstrom's debut novel is full of anger at their AWOL dad, but over the course of a road trip home begins to question his certainty about their diverging views Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2025-04-04 10:00:40 UTC ]
Mariam Rahmani’s debut novel is both charmingly familiar and totally unpredictable. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Atlantic | 2025-03-26 14:00:00 UTC ]
In this land of opportunities, being an immigrant can often feel like playing a round of Twister. A certain contortion of mind, language, and will power seems written into the script; a lot of territory remains untouchable. Shubha Sunder’s debut novel Optional Practical Training is named after... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-03-07 12:05:00 UTC ]
Fifteen years ago, Kathryn Stockett’s debut novel became a best seller, but was also heavily criticized for its portrayal of Black characters. Now, she has written second novel, “The Calamity Club.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2025-03-07 10:04:33 UTC ]
Emily St. James’s debut novel Woodworking chronicles the developing friendship between a 16-year-old trans girl and her recently-out-to-herself English teacher in Mitchell, South Dakota in the months leading up to the 2016 election. In a town like Mitchell, secrets are few and far between,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-03-06 12:00:00 UTC ]
Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover of These Memories Do Not Belong to Us, the highly-anticipated debut novel by Yiming Ma, which will be published by Mariner Books in the US and McClelland & Stewart in Canada on August 12, 2025. You can pre-order here in US or here in Canada.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2025-03-04 12:00:00 UTC ]