Hercule Poirot and Miss Marples are among golden age sleuths giving new inspiration to a genre tired of alcoholic divorcees and goth hackersForget domestic noir and put down all those books with “Girl” in the title. Crime fiction is turning back the clock to its golden age with a host of books that pay homage to the genre’s grande dame, Agatha Christie, either intentionally or in spirit.Last week saw the publication of Closed Casket, Sophie Hannah’s second Hercule Poirot book, which “continues” the great sleuth’s life of solving crimes. The book has been published to coincide with what would have been the author’s birthday and to commemorate 100 years since she wrote her first published novel. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Waterstones is partnering with the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award to celebrate the best emerging talent in the UK and Ireland, hosting exclusive accompanying content across all its channels. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-20 08:28:44 UTC ]
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Serpent's Tail has bagged a post-apocalyptic novel and a memoir from 2020 Goldsmiths Prize winner M John Harrison, who is leaving his long-term publisher Gollancz after 40 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-19 23:45:16 UTC ]
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CrimeFest is offering a bursary for a writer of colour to attend its festival in May 2022 and appear on a panel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-19 23:32:15 UTC ]
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Leigh Altshuler is one of a number of booksellers to open up shop during the pandemic, though her store in Manhattan's Lower East Side is, to put it mildly, is unique: it's also a pickle shop. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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For the 'Millions,' 12 authors look back at 2021 and the books they read along the way. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Peepal Tree Press has commissioned a speculative fiction anthology authored by Black British writers and edited by author Leone Ross. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-15 06:54:29 UTC ]
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In 2021, Fly on the Wall Press set out to celebrate the short story form. We published three short story collections and seven limited-edition short story pamphlets, marketed and sold both separately and as part of a political season subscription with cohesive and colourful cover art. We also... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Apparently, J.K. Rowling’s bruised reputation has not lowered the value of her books. Yesterday, a rare first edition of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone sold at auction for $471,000, which Heritage Auctions says is “the highest price ever paid for the boy wizard’s debut... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-12-10 18:27:50 UTC ]
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‘They Can’t Take Your Name’ is the first crime novel in a planned series about the wrongs of the justice system. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-10 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Lucy Jago’s story fittingly takes place in the corrupt, licentious court of England’s James I. Continue reading at The Washington Post
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Sphere has snapped-up an audio-only comedic annual review by James Felton, narrated by Russell Kane, marking a first for the publisher. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The year’s most transporting novels have taken us to the past and around the globe. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-12-09 10:00:10 UTC ]
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From epic voyages to haunting folk tales, here are the highlights of an otherworldly year. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-12-08 10:00:15 UTC ]
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In the lead up to Christmas, many publications, including the Guardian, Times, Telegraph, Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Financial Times, New York Times and iNews, have released their best book of the year articles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-07 01:26:05 UTC ]
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Last week, the Electric Lit team stayed glued to our phone screens as we tasked our social media followers with anointing the best book cover of 2021. The tournament was full of close calls determined by razor-thin margins (Mona at Sea prevailed over Black Girl Call Home by just five votes in... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2021-12-06 12:00:00 UTC ]
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What are this year’s top stocking stuffers and can this year’s judge play fair? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-06 11:00:00 UTC ]
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A recent roundup of the ‘best books of 2021’ had every possible genre of novel – with the unsurprising exception of romanceIn the four months since my first novel came out, I’ve had the same conversation probably a dozen times.“What’s it about?” a well-meaning stranger will ask. “Well,” I’ll... Continue reading at The Guardian
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I’m not sure The Black Prince is my favorite book of all time, but it might be the most indelible, the most neuron-rewiring. The post A Year in Reading: Adam O’Fallon Price appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2021-12-04 11:00:03 UTC ]
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Seven books comb through history, travel to distant planets and imagine our A.I. future. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-12-03 20:26:32 UTC ]
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Roy Schwartz’s Is Superman Circumcised?, a look at Superman’s Jewish influences, has won U.K.-based Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year, beating out The Life Cycle of Russian Things: From Fish Guts to Fabergé for the honor. Is Superman Circumcised? won in a landslide, taking... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-12-03 18:03:46 UTC ]
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