“Fleabag” star Sian Clifford is narrating the audiobook of Olive, the debut novel by author and broadcaster Emma Gannon. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-29 08:42:04 UTC ]
HarperCollins has triumphed in a heated six-publisher auction for the debut novel by Nita Prose, the pen name for vice president and editorial director at Simon & Schuster in Canada, Nita Pronovost. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-25 11:27:10 UTC ]
Emily Temple's "The Lightness," about a seeker who loses more than she finds, is a beguiling novel after Donna Tartt's heart, if not her plotting. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-06-24 13:45:57 UTC ]
“What’s Left of Me Is Yours,” a debut novel by Stephanie Scott, is inspired by the events surrounding an unlikely murder that occurred in Japan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-06-23 09:00:07 UTC ]
Hachette imprint Two Roads has pre-empted a debut novel from Mary Karras, in a two-book deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-11 01:23:48 UTC ]
As Sanaë Lemoine’s debut novel progresses, its narrator falls increasingly in thrall to the only people who seem interested in her inner life. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-06-09 19:07:44 UTC ]
Natalie Jenner’s debut novel is no Jane Austen work, but it does offer plenty of delights. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-06-09 16:11:41 UTC ]
Cultural Cross Sections Taylor Hickney In this profile, one of Marie-Helene Bertino’s students at the New School provides a personal glimpse of the author, whose new novel, Parakeet, was published June 2. On the evening of the National Book Awards,... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2020-06-04 19:40:55 UTC ]
Black Bear Pictures has optioned Naoise Dolan's debut novel Exciting Times for television. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-28 21:51:46 UTC ]
It’s the kind of timing a publisher dreams of. Less than one week out from its U.S. release, latest Irish literary phenom Naoise Dolan’s debut novel Exciting Times (Ecco, June 2) has been optioned for TV. Yes, following a hugely successful release in the UK and Ireland back in April, when it... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-05-28 18:10:32 UTC ]
‘The Henna Artist’ Alka Joshi’s debut novel the Reese’s Book Club pick for May, debuts at #16 in hardcover fiction. Plus pair of backlist titles offering advice on coping with adversity have seen renewed interest since Covid-19 took hold in the U.S., and Scott Turow returns for ‘The Last Trial.’ Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
A debut novel reminds us that the earth itself is alive, and that even in our isolation we are members of a changing world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Guernica | 2020-05-19 12:00:21 UTC ]
At the beginning of 2020, well before my debut novel was published, I was invited to an evening soiree in Glasgow’s Mitchell Library – a kind of preview event for authors performing at a well-known literary festival. I changed quickly in the toilet at the car salesroom I worked in and navigated... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-15 16:53:37 UTC ]
Francophone African books are still very often published by French imprints, which can make them hard to get at home. But there is a growing push for changeWhen Cameroonian author Daniel Alain Nsegbe first saw his debut novel for sale in his home city of Douala, the price was so high “you would... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-05-14 09:59:14 UTC ]
It’s fitting—maybe even a little on-the-nose—that the last book I finished on my commute to work was Hilary Leichter’s Temporary. Now that my twice-daily train ride has been indefinitely suspended alongside the commutes of millions of others, it’s tempting to claim Leichter’s debut novel is even... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2020-05-13 11:00:00 UTC ]
On this episode of Sheltering, Maris Kreizman talks with Kate Milliken, author of the debut novel Kept Animals, which centers on three teenage girls, a horse ranch, and the accident that changes everything. Milliken discusses the research that went into her knowledge of the Topanga Canyon biome,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-05-04 19:00:29 UTC ]
“Strictly” judge Craig Revel Horwood's “fabulous” debut novel has been picked up by Michael O'Mara Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-30 12:35:01 UTC ]
Welbeck Publishing Group has acquired Dark Horses, a debut novel from American author Susan Mihalic. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-29 18:22:14 UTC ]
Among the big deals this week are a six-figure preempt for a debut novel by a former Marie Claire staffer and a guide to relationship texting by Facebook’s in-house shrink. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
BRAISED PORK, the debut novel by An Yu, opens with an ending. A young wife walks into the bathroom to ask which accessory her husband prefers and finds him sprawled ungracefully in the tub, drowned. Next to his body is a strange drawing: a fish with the head of a man, or a man with […] The post... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-04-21 17:00:17 UTC ]