A new site for headline-inspired fiction launches today with stories by Carmen Maria Machado, Colum McCann, and more.

We can’t stop telling stories about pandemics, even as we wait for one to hit us. As coronavirus spreads across the world, so have headlines about the ways that storytellers, from those in Babylonia to contemporary novelists and Hollywood, have used infectious disease for narrative effect. The impulse to process real-world events in fiction as […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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Pavilion scoops Smy's second graphic novel for new fiction list

Pavilion has scooped the long-awaited second graphic novel from Pam Smy, author and illustrator of Thornhill (David Fickling Books), the first title in a new children’s illustrated fiction list for over sevens. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 09:47:29 UTC ]
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New Short Fiction, Including a National Book Foundation Honoree

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[ The New York Times | 2019-10-15 09:00:08 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-15 09:00:05 UTC ]
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HBG Launches Hachette Go

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-14 14:58:25 UTC ]
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[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-10-12 14:00:45 UTC ]
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[ Folio Magazine | 2019-10-11 15:19:45 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-11 07:46:25 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-11 02:23:42 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-11 00:46:32 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-10 15:45:24 UTC ]
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[ Book Riot | 2019-10-10 10:32:41 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2019-10-10 06:30:10 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-09 18:14:15 UTC ]
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[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-09 16:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-09 12:45:41 UTC ]
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[ The New York Times | 2019-10-08 20:46:07 UTC ]
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