FSG takes National Book Award winner Susan Choi’s new novel, Simon & Schuster lands a #1 French bestseller, and more. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
Stephen Dixon left us yesterday. The author of Frog (1991) and Interstate (1995) two National Book Award finalists, published some thirty other books, including collections of his over 500 short stories. I first met Dixon on the final day of a class in my junior year of college called “Short... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-11-07 20:03:05 UTC ]
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Val Kilmer’s memoir lands at a Big Five house, 'Dead Man Walking' goes graphic, the screenwriter of The Jerk sells a thriller, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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TÉA OBREHT’S MESMERIZING DEBUT, The Tiger’s Wife, won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction and was a National Book Award finalist. Her writing has been called spectacular and astonishing, and I couldn’t say it better myself. When I had the opportunity to read an early copy of her latest, I jumped... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-10-28 19:00:55 UTC ]
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AT THE RISK of stating the obvious, most books of poetry are short. This is a function of how difficult they are to write (and read), and also a bit of tradition. The numbers back this up. Based on National Book Award winners and finalists since 2010 (for a single collection), the average length... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-10-27 19:00:03 UTC ]
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The anonymous author (and Trump staffer) behind a now-infamous Times op-ed gets a publishing deal, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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One of them, Jason Reynolds’s middle-grade novel “Look Both Ways,” is a National Book Award finalist. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-10-18 21:16:26 UTC ]
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Ballantine re-ups a major bestseller, HarperOne gets into the swing with Tiger Woods, Candlewick nabs a book based on a viral tweet, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A lauded but not very lucrative writing career was turned on its head for Colson Whitehead, after Pulitzer and National Book Award wins put his name in lights. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 17:16:59 UTC ]
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The National Book Award finalist answers 10 questions about her debut memoir The Yellow House. The post Building The Yellow House: An Interview With National Book Award Finalist Sarah M. Broom by Cassandra Lipp appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest
[ Writer's Digest | 2019-10-11 13:00:04 UTC ]
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Seven-figure deals dominate this week’s column, as publishers open their wallets in the run-up to this week’s Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The kids in “Look Both Ways,” a National Book Award finalist, share hustles, jokes, video games, board tricks, secret messages and private dreams. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-10-08 20:46:07 UTC ]
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Marlon James is among the National Book Awards' 25 finalists battling it out across categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People's Literature. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-08 18:04:30 UTC ]
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Here are the 25 finalists up for the National Book Awards in of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature: Finalists for Fiction: Susan Choi, Trust Exercise Henry Holt and Company / Macmillan Publishers Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina: Stories... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-10-08 14:40:58 UTC ]
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Harmony picks up a nonfiction book on nonmonogamy by a Bustle editor for six figs, Knopf buys a novel by Jim Carrey, and Doubleday takes a title from Bill Gates on climate change in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This week on The Maris Review, Kimberly King Parsons joins Maris Kreizman to discuss her National Book Award longlisted short story collection, Black Light, now available from Vintage. On sitting with the grime in her stories: Maris: The title really does provide a tool to wrap one’s head around... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-10-02 08:48:20 UTC ]
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Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg sells her story, Ian McEwan unveils a Brexit novella, Bloomsbury buys the sophomore novel by the author of 'Dr. Strange & Mr. Norrell,' and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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10 novelists make the National Book Awards fiction longlist: Laila Lalami, Colson Whitehead, Ocean Vuong, Julia Phillips and more. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-09-20 18:20:50 UTC ]
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It’s here: the final day of the National Book Foundations’ longlist announcements. Yep, it’s time for the fiction list, as chosen by judges Dorothy Allison, Ruth Dickey, Javier Ramirez, Danzy Senna (Chair), and Jeff VanderMeer from a pool of 397 submitted books. It includes two debut short story... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-20 14:32:33 UTC ]
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Knopf lands the duo behind the Paris climate agreement, William Morrow buys a novel about an American con woman, Plume invests in a series about female stars of the Democratic party, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Day four of the National Book Foundations’ longlist announcements; today we’re looking at the ten titles judges Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Carolyn Kellogg, Mark Laframboise, Kiese Laymon, and Jeff Sharlet think illuminate “new perspectives on political, natural, cultural, historical, and personal... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-19 14:45:35 UTC ]
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