In a series to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, author Tanya Byrne says true diversity in books for young people is shamefully overdueAs a BAME author who writes BAME characters, I’m frequently asked to explain why my books are so unusual. They’re not unusual, at least I don’t think they are. My books are about teenagers doing what teenagers do, trying to find their place in the world and fucking it up along the way. The fact that some of my characters are Nigerian or Jamaican or, in the case of my story for the new anthology A Change is Gonna Come, Guyanese, doesn’t make them unusual. It just means that my books reflect the world in which we live, as all books should. Related: Do black children's lives matter if nobody writes about them? | Daniel José Older Related: Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals' all-white longlists prompt inquiry Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2017-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish writer Danielle McLaughlin has won the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award with her story "A Partial List of the Saved". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-12 12:41:46 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape has scooped UK and Commonwealth rights to Frances Leviston’s story collection The Voice in My Ear. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-09 21:28:41 UTC ]
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Etgar Keret’s “Fly Already” consists of miniature vignettes that deliver maximum emotions. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-06 22:14:34 UTC ]
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Donald Trump and the #MeToo movement are some of the themes dominating the 20019 National Short Story Award shortlist, which features all-female writers for a sixth time. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-06 17:33:37 UTC ]
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Good news for all fans of strange cults, luscious writing, and page-turners: as Publishers Lunch reports, Emma Cline’s first story collection, Daddy, will officially be published in 2020 by Random House (and Chatto & Windus in the UK). As you may recall, Random House bought three books by... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-06 16:48:24 UTC ]
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Chatto & Windus will publish The Girls’ author Emma Cline’s first short story collection in 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-06 07:53:01 UTC ]
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To introduce Reading Women‘s theme this month, Kendra Winchester and Jaclyn Masters discuss books by and/or about Indigenous women, including Joy Harjo’s An American Sunrise, the anthology Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia, edited by Dr. Anita Heiss, Rebecca Roanhorse’s Trail of Lightning, and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-04 08:46:57 UTC ]
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Months ahead of release, Kay Featherstone and Kate Allinson's Pinch of Nom: Everyday Light (Bluebird), the follow-up to record-breaking blockbuster Pinch of Nom, has vaulted straight into the Amazon Charts Most-Sold: Non-Fiction number one. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-03 19:59:46 UTC ]
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The latest novel from the man behind Lemony Snicket is a satire that’s missing some key ingredients. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-08-30 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Truong’s book is made up of women’s voices, each of them relating a version of the writer they loved. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-08-29 17:16:30 UTC ]
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There are some things all agents want to see from writers, but they don't agree on everything. Here's how literary agents agree and differ on what they want from writers. The post How Literary Agents Agree and Differ: Lessons From the Annual Writer’s Digest Conference by Robert Lee Brewer... Continue reading at Writer's Digest
[ Writer's Digest | 2019-08-28 13:00:41 UTC ]
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Faber has announced its third set of Faber Stories series to be published in October, featuring the likes of Man Booker winner Anna Burns and critically acclaimed US novelist Barbara Kingsolver. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-28 09:25:10 UTC ]
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Headline has signed three “compelling” new novels from saga writer Glenda Young. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-28 04:54:36 UTC ]
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An indie author looks to his ancestral history to write his debut children’s book. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The internet search histories of novelists can be quite disturbing. Writer Kathleen Valenti shares the methodology behind web searches for her newest medical mystery. The post The Writer’s Alibi: My Terrible, Dreadful, Hope-the-FBI-Doesn’t-Look-at-This Search History by Kathleen Valenti appeared... Continue reading at Writer's Digest
[ Writer's Digest | 2019-08-20 14:00:45 UTC ]
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His debut novel ‘A Cosmology of Monsters’ is both a horror novel and a rich love story, told with tenderness and brimming with darkness. The post Shaun Hamill Has a Scary Story to Tell You appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2019-08-16 10:00:38 UTC ]
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The illustrator and graphic novelist Rutu Modan offers a homage to Leah Goldberg, one of Israel’s most celebrated poets and children’s authors. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-08-16 09:00:17 UTC ]
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An outdated business model is spurring new initiatives in educational publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Black & White will publish Caitlin McBride's "intimate and inspirational" collection of stories from Irish women later this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-15 13:41:32 UTC ]
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Literary agents are gatekeepers of the publishing industry, and more than 50 literary agents and editors will be listening to pitches at the 2019 Writer's Digest Annual Conference as part of its popular Pitch Slam program. Here are a few Pitch Slam agents who have been featured on Publishing... Continue reading at Writer's Digest
[ Writer's Digest | 2019-08-14 13:31:11 UTC ]
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