From Franzen to Kidneygate (with a prolonged pit stop in the land of Supply Chain Issues), we’ve finally reached the end of the Biggest Literary Stories of the Year. Against reading historical fiction to learn history: Juhea Kim considers how the onus of writing educational fiction falls... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-12-20 11:30:45 UTC ]
The year’s most transporting novels have taken us to the past and around the globe. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-12-09 10:00:10 UTC ]
Twelve new yarns will whisk readers to the past, where life was every bit as complicated, dramatic and story-worthy as the present. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-12-03 14:00:06 UTC ]
The Tudor Dynasty lives on in these outstanding historical fiction novels, including The King’s Witch. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-10-22 10:33:00 UTC ]
Historical fiction can remind us that these "unprecedented" times are anything but. Here's what they can teach us about our current crisis. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-10-13 10:38:00 UTC ]
With Harlem Shuffle, the Underground Railroad author moves from heavy historical fiction to a heist, but he’s still just doing his weird thing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2021-09-12 09:40:00 UTC ]
An author’s historical fiction novel connects the past with the present. (Sponsored) Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
News and Events In this second episode of WLT Book Buzz, Laura Hernandez & Bunmi Ishola cover 42 books that connect with history. Find out what they read this summer and why these books should be on your shelf. Partition, World War II, the Tulsa Race... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2021-08-04 15:40:39 UTC ]
Check out the latest pick from Reese's Book Club--a YA historical fiction set in the New South--and #ReadWithReese this summer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-07-20 19:01:58 UTC ]
Author and journalist Ann Rinaldi, best known for her painstakingly researched YA historical fiction featuring female protagonists, died on July 1 in Branchburg, N.J.; she was 86. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
A K Blakemore has won the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize for her "stunning" historical fiction novel The Manningtree Witches (Granta Books). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-07-01 17:06:17 UTC ]
Immerse yourself in history from highwaymen to Hollywood starlets with 25 of the best queer historical fiction books to get lost in. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-06-25 10:33:00 UTC ]
Historical fiction was once considered a fusty backwater. Now the genre is having a renaissance, attracting first-rank novelists and racking up major prizes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-06-13 09:00:02 UTC ]
'Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch,' historical fiction about Kepler's mother, is Galchen's first novel since 2008's 'Atmospheric Disturbances.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-06-03 14:00:33 UTC ]
New novels — by turns salty, sweeping and sweet — will transport you to 1930s Italy, 19th-century England and San Francisco a hundred years ago. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-05-27 13:55:12 UTC ]
The arresting tale of a “lady pilot” in the mid-20th century is interwoven with the story of a modern-day Hollywood actress. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-05-03 09:40:22 UTC ]
Every love story is built with inherently high stakes. After all, a heart can be the ultimate prize, and courtship a most dangerous risk. And love, as we all know, won’t stop for much. Our hearts pay no attention to timing or impediments, and logic falls by the wayside as we feel the anguish of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2021-04-28 11:00:00 UTC ]
Set in the wake of Germany’s reunification, “The Recent East” follows a country coming together and a teen-ager coming out. Continue reading >> [ Source: New Yorker | 2021-04-12 10:00:00 UTC ]
Discover the rich culture and history of Cuba with these stories, from romance to historical fiction and magical realism. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-04-01 10:30:00 UTC ]
Islands of Mercy by Rose Tremain and The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams, both published by Chatto & Windus, are among titles longlisted for this year's £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-02-22 15:59:07 UTC ]