Comic fairytale was written in the weeks since the November presidential election and aims to offer readers the ‘consolation of savage satire’In reply to Donald Trump’s election victory – and in lightning quick time – novelist Howard Jacobson has delivered a comic fairytale that the Man Booker prize winner hopes not only explains why Trump won, but provides the “consolation of savage satire”.Pussy is set to be published in April by Jonathan Cape, and was written by The Finkler Question author in what he described as “a fury of disbelief” in the two months after the November result. A departure from his usual contemporary fiction, the 50,000 word novella tells the story of Prince Fracassus, heir to the Duchy of Origen, famed for its golden-gated skyscrapers and casinos, who passes his boyhood watching reality TV shows and fantasising about sex workers. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Academic Alex Hyde‘s first novel is a lyrical tale about two women named Violet during the Second World War. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-26 18:23:13 UTC ]
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“Our Journey Together” includes more than 300 photographs, along with captions written by the former president. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-11-20 00:37:09 UTC ]
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Fox News boss has made few public comments about ex-president who was championed by many of the network’s commentatorsFox News boss Rupert Murdoch has said Donald Trump should stop focusing “on the past” in a rare public rebuke of the former US president.On Wednesday addressing the annual... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-11-17 23:11:42 UTC ]
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Lewandowski suggested Trump knew he lost but raised suspicions about the 2020 election to protect his ego, ABC journalist Jonathan Karl writes. Continue reading at The Huffington Post
[ The Huffington Post | 2021-11-16 01:50:03 UTC ]
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PJ Harvey is trying her hand at poetry again. In April 2022, Picador Poetry in the UK will publish the hardcover edition of Orlam, Harvey’s book-length narrative poem. A special collector’s edition featuring the musician’s original artwork will follow in October 2022. The long-form poem, which... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-11-12 18:12:55 UTC ]
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Reporter David M. Drucker on what the GOP base really wants in a presidential candidate. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-11-12 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Hosted annually by the ECPA, 2021’s Art of Writing took place virtually from Sept. 30—Nov. 4 with webinars touching on the need for authentic representations of diverse people, the impacts of Covid-19 on writers, and other challenges within the Christian publishing industry today. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Myleene Klass has written an “essential” modern household manual for HarperCollins imprint HQ, based on her TikTok series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-09 21:35:14 UTC ]
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If you’re like me and have a deep appreciation and love of classic Hollywood, then you’ll be delighted to hear that Knopf plans to publish Paul Newman’s memoir in the fall of 2022. The actor, who died in 2008 at the age of 83, began working on his memoir in the 1980s; according to the […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-11-03 14:46:35 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has announced a restructure to the fiction editorial team with Jo Dickinson stepping up and Kate Howard leaving the company after 16 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-02 12:31:59 UTC ]
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Many people who read this month’s column will be carers. If you are not one now, you may be later and some of us will always be in this role. What does this mean? A carer (I use the NHS definition) is anyone who looks after a family member, partner or friend who needs help because of their... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-01 15:01:50 UTC ]
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On this day in 1940, Maxine Hong Kingston was born in Stockton, CA. Kingston, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, took the literary world by storm with her seminal work The Woman Warrior (1976), which blends autobiography and mythology. The Woman Warrior, the winner of the 1976 National Book... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-10-27 16:42:53 UTC ]
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Benjamin Zephaniah is writing a “powerfully moving” picture book about the voyage of "HMT Empire Windrush" to be published by Scholastic UK in April 2022. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-23 10:30:14 UTC ]
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Antrim’s memoir offers an unvarnished portrait of suicidal thinking and finding a way out. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-22 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist Julia Elliott and poet and writer DaMaris B. Hill join hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to consider the writing and face of rural America—particularly as it might look 30 years from now. First, Elliott talks about growing up as an outsider in her own South Carolina... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-10-21 08:50:35 UTC ]
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This week, the winner of the Planeta Prize, a Spanish 1-million-euro literary award, was announced: Carmen Mola, a famously private crime thriller writer. All that was known about Mola, often referred to as Spain’s “Elena Ferrante,” is that she was a university professor in her mid-40s living in... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-10-18 18:30:34 UTC ]
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The National Centre for Writing (NCW) and British Council has announced they will award more than £50,000 to collaborative projects from UK and international literature organisations and practitioners. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-12 00:28:03 UTC ]
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Columnist Jennifer Rubin chronicles the activists and politicians who “saved democracy.” Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-10-08 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Romance is the biggest selling book genre, but how does that translate to those who write it? How much can you make writing romance? Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-10-08 10:38:00 UTC ]
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Publishers speak of the profound effect the prize has had on Australia’s book industry in the decade since its establishmentOn International Women’s Day in 2011, a group of Australian women writers and editors appeared at a literary salon and spoke about their frustration at the male-dominated... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-10-07 01:56:57 UTC ]
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