Barnett’s 'witty' novel on loneliness to Trapeze

Trapeze has acquired David Barnett’s The Lonely Hearts Cinema Club, a novel about loneliness and an unlikely friendship between young and old. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Barnett’s 'witty' novel on loneliness to Trapeze

Trapeze has acquired David Barnett’s The Lonely Hearts Cinema Club, a novel about loneliness and an unlikely friendship between young and old. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze strikes two-book deal for Barnett's 'funny and uplifting' novels

Trapeze has signed two more books from David M Barnett, including a "funny, heartfelt and ultimately uplifting" novel set in the 1990s. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An Epidemic of Loneliness In A Constantly Connected World

Athena Dixon’s The Loneliness Files: A Memoir in Essays opens on New Year’s Eve of 2021, with Dixon alone in her apartment in Philadelphia, thinking about death during a year fraught with pandemic fear. The first pieces explore her fascination with women who died on their own and, because they... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2023-10-13 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Understanding Zora Neale Hurston’s Loneliness

“Like the dead‑seeming, cold rocks, I have memories within that came out of the material that went to make me. Time and place have had their say.” So begins with an intense, undeniable beauty the memoir of one of America’s great writers, Zora Neale Hurston. I read her 1942 autobiography, Dust... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-10-05 09:00:52 UTC ]
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There’s More Than One Kind of Loneliness

A profound and deeply funny examination of loneliness in many of its forms—romantic, familial, artistic—Courtney Sender’s book, In Other Lifetimes All I’ve Lost Comes Back to Me, explores feminist millennial rage and the ways the trauma of the Holocaust has been passed-down through Jewish... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2023-05-23 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Exclusive cover reveal: See the cover for Athena Dixon’s The Loneliness Files.

Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Athena Dixon’s memoir in essays The Loneliness Files, forthcoming from Tin House this fall. Here’s a bit about the book from the publisher: In Spring 2020, the world as we knew it ground to a halt at the start of the COVID pandemic—streets emptied,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-02-28 15:00:10 UTC ]
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Trapeze wins four-way auction for Arthanayake’s conversation guide

Trapeze has signed Nihal Arthanayake’s "game-changing" Let’s Talk: How to Have Better Conversations following a four-way auction.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-25 22:13:43 UTC ]
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Trapeze pre-empts Rothchild's 'compulsive and darkly funny' debut

Trapeze has pre-empted UK and Commonwealth rights for Blood Sugar, the debut novel from Emmy-nominated screenwriter Sascha Rothchild. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-19 02:30:09 UTC ]
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In Dolly Alderton’s witty new novel, a woman gets ghosted, but she’s haunted by much more

“Ghosts” considers the difficulty of finding Mr. Right while taking care of an ailing parent. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-05 15:44:54 UTC ]
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Graphic Novelists Who Show Us What Loneliness Means

In her latest Graphic Content column, Hillary Chute looks at new books from Kristen Radtke and Lizzy Stewart, as well as a first graphic novel from Anne Carson. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-07-29 09:00:05 UTC ]
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‘Dead Souls’ is a witty, sharp, cruel critique of literary culture. But it’s not for everyone.

Sam Riviere’s novel is hard to stop reading — because it’s written as a single paragraph almost 300 pages long. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-05-17 10:52:09 UTC ]
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Sanjena Sathian’s ‘Gold Diggers’ is a witty social satire with a dash of magic

The debut melts down striving immigrant tales, Old West mythology and madcap thrillers to produce an invaluable new alloy of American literature. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-04-06 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze scoops Hell of a Book by Mott

Trapeze will publish Hell of a Book by Jason Mott, a "timely and timeless" novel which aims to get to the heart of racism and the hidden costs exacted on Black Americans. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-19 02:58:56 UTC ]
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Reading Agency gets £3.5m to tackle loneliness over winter

The Reading Agency has been given £3.5m as part of a government £7.5m funding package to tackle loneliness over the winter period. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-22 14:30:12 UTC ]
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Motherhood poetry collection to Trapeze Books

Trapeze has signed a collection of poems on motherhood, edited by Ana Sampson, including work from classic poets such as Sylvia Plath and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, as well as new voices Nikita Gill and Kate Baer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-08 17:03:33 UTC ]
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Faber scoops Burnett's 'brilliantly witty' mental health investigation

Guardian Faber is to publish Psycho-Logical by Dean Burnett, a "unique insight" into understanding mental health.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-12 11:51:49 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow snaps up 'fast-paced, witty' middle-grade series

Nosy Crow has acquired three books in a new middle-grade series, S.T.E.A.L.T.H., from Jason Lokesh Rohan.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-06 00:42:59 UTC ]
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Nikita Gill returns to Trapeze for upcoming collection

Trapeze has acquired a new poetry collection from Nikita Gill, titled Where Hope Comes From, written in response to the global crisis. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-17 15:46:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze wins auction for Naima Coster novels

Trapeze will publish two novels from US author Naima Coster, including What's Mine and Yours, a book the author hopes "will inspire tough, rich conversations".  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-31 11:05:45 UTC ]
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Trapeze counts on The Correct Order of Biscuits

Trapeze is publishing The Correct Order of Biscuits (And Other Meticulously Assembled Lists of Extremely Valuable Nonsense) by Adam Sharp. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-24 15:06:54 UTC ]
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