The author’s latest novel, This Strange Eventful History (Norton, May), chronicles three generations of a pied-noir family—and much of her own family history. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
The veteran comics creator’s first full-length graphic memoir, ‘I’m So Glad We’ve Had This Time Together’ (Pantheon), is a coming-of-age story mixed with a family history so unsparingly honest that his mother dreaded its publication. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-27 05:00:00 UTC ]
Oksana Vasyakina’s first novel is a family history and a reflection on womanhood. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-09-05 09:00:20 UTC ]
The “Thursday Murder Club” author talks about how he gets in character, where he hides his clues — and the murder story in his family history. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-09-21 12:00:00 UTC ]
A train ride becomes a pretext for a long train of thought, as a man looks back at his past. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-05-18 16:00:48 UTC ]
Canongate is to publish Mick Kitson's second novel Featherweight, which is based on his family history. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-16 05:16:08 UTC ]
Edward Ball sketches a portrait of his Klansman ancestor, a Black victim and post-Civil War New Orleans. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-08-07 12:00:00 UTC ]
“Nobody Will Tell You This but Me,” a memoir by Bess Kalb, traces her family history from the Russian pogroms to the American dream. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-03-17 09:00:08 UTC ]
John Murray has snapped up an American debut, Memphis, based on Tara Stringfellow’s "extraordinary" family history, in a five-way auction for a "strong" five-figure sum. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-15 17:46:06 UTC ]
In her first novel to be published in the UK, Catherine Chung tells the story of a gifted mathematician whose studies take her deep into her family history. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 07:02:53 UTC ]
Interviews Carolyne Larrington Audible’s new fiction podcast, Hag, launching August 29, features eight reimaginings of traditional British folktales by eight contemporary female writers, with folktales chosen from across the UK. The collection will be... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2019-08-30 14:21:50 UTC ]
After F+W Media filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and auctioned off its portfolio of 50 magazines earlier this year, Active Interest Media’s Cruz Bay Publishing placed the winning bids for 14 total brands across the Woodworking, Writing, Horticulture and Collectibles Groups, in order... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2019-07-23 18:09:05 UTC ]
A new Game of Thrones story focusing on the family history of the Targaryens is to be published this autumn in the US. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
‘Multigenerational American epic’ from the author of The Corrections and Freedom set for September 2015 publicationThe American contingent may have missed out on this year’s Man Booker prize, but next year could be a different story after it was announced that a new novel by Jonathan Franzen, a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]