Juliet Escoria’s “Juliet the Maniac” sees the life of a bipolar teenager in gut-wrenching fragments. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
[ The New York Times | 2019-06-24 09:00:07 UTC ]
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'I, Medusa,' a Black feminist retelling of Greek myth from the author of the YA trilogy Beasts of Prey, is slated for fall 2025. Random House editorial director for fiction Caitlin McKenna acquired North American rights in what she called a "heated" auction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Earlier this May, an Esquire article by Kate Dwyer called “Why Are Debut Novels Failing to Launch?” channeled the fear of debut novelists everywhere: What happens if no one buys my book? Book sales are an important way for editors and agents to gauge whether to invest in an author. If her first... Continue reading at The Millions
[ The Millions | 2024-10-16 12:00:00 UTC ]
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My favorite book is a pale, mint green, Illustrated Junior Library edition with edges sprayed indigo blue. The girl on the cover wears a white pinafore over a practical plaid dress. Her two orangey-red braids fall around her shoulders, topped off with a wide-brimmed straw hat covered in... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-10-16 11:10:00 UTC ]
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'Skin Contact' is the first acquisition in what will be "a close partnership" between Sceptre and Arthur's imprint, made just before the start of the 2024 Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In Clement Goldberg’s madcap and campy debut novel, cats, plants, alien intelligences, and a group of human misfits conspire to make us all freer and more joyfully connected. New Mistakes offers a hilarious, surreal, and sexy new vision of queer collectivity—one that involves the living earth... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-10-02 11:00:00 UTC ]
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The inaugural Asian American Bookcon, to be held on September 27, will bring together three dozen authors for a day of presentations, signings, and a party. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The digital media company Vice relaunched its print magazine and debuted its first subscription product on Tuesday, part of a broader renaissance of the publisher following its May 2023 bankruptcy filing. The revival is the byproduct of a joint venture between Vice Media... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2024-09-24 13:00:00 UTC ]
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West Coast ice cream shop Salt & Straw will be dishing out its first scoops in the Northeast this weekend after opening its inaugural Manhattan location Friday, Sept. 20.Backed by prolific restaurateur Danny Meyer, founder and executive chairman of Union Square Hospitality Group and the man... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2024-09-20 18:17:38 UTC ]
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Ledia Xhoga’s debut novel Misinterpretation opens with the unnamed narrator, a translator from Albania, accepting an assignment to interpret for a Kosovar torture survivor named Alfred. Elements of Alfred’s story map onto her own family’s experience, and the narrator becomes all-consumed by his... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-09-04 11:00:00 UTC ]
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The inaugural title from Salty Days Media, a new partnership-driven publishing company from America's Test Kitchen vet Sara Domville, is slated for October 1. 'Our American Dream Cookbook' is a collaboration with Samuel Adams’ philanthropic program Brewing the American Dream. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Pine & Cedar Books plans to publish “compulsively readable, story-driven novels,” starting next summer, with the first title in a three-book with the 'All the Sinners Bleed' author. Christine Kopprasch has been named VP and publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This season’s crop of notable nonfiction debuts tackle the nature of life, the role of religion in American culture, Indigenous histories, and book bans Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Out this week are five fantasy novels featuring strong, complicated female protagonists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A partnership between Hello Sunshine, Reese's Book Club, and We Need Diverse Books is behind a spate of debut novels by underrepresented writers, including Chatham Greenfield's 'Time and Time Again.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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While reading a debut novel, oftentimes, there exists a momentary thrill of forgetting about craft. Instead, it can feel as if these writers grew up alongside their stories—in parallel lines and lives, naturally accumulating sentences with every inch they grew. There is a tender, literary... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2024-07-17 11:00:00 UTC ]
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The Ann Arbor, Mich.–based small publisher launched this month with 'Trouble in Censorville,' a hard-hitting collection of essays by educators about their firsthand experiences with book bans. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Pentatonix singer and his husband say "How Lucky Am I?" parallels their own experiences as a married couple, including their dream of starting a family. Continue reading at HuffPost
[ HuffPost | 2024-06-20 16:24:07 UTC ]
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Scholastic has secured the rights to publish books based on the new TV series, 'Dora,' produced by Nickelodeon Animation and streaming on Paramount+. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Walt Disney Company has announced a new children’s book program, Planet Possible Books, on World Environment Day, June 5. The program will publish three to four books a year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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He starred in Peep Show, Green Wing and Wonka – and his first novel won an award. Now the star is making operas with 64 homeless people. Not bad going for someone who was written off by his teachersPaterson Joseph is, by his own admission, an unlikely opera librettist. He had turned 50 by the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2024-05-27 04:00:13 UTC ]
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