Ness warns against 'adjective novels'

Patrick Ness has warned against writing “adjective novels” while giving the inaugural... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Knopf's Jackson Sells Debut Novel for Rumored Seven Figures

In a deal rumored to be in the seven figure-range, Knopf editor Jenny Jackson sold her debut novel to Pam Dorman, who has an eponymous imprint at Penguin Random House. 'Pineapple Street' follows three sisters who are members of a wealthy family, and is slated to be released in early 2023. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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10 Creepiest Gothic Novels

Elizabeth Brooks, author of the new novel, 'The Whispering House,' picks the 10 most spine-chilling gothic novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In Thomas Grattan’s Début Novel, Historical Fiction Gets Personal

Set in the wake of Germany’s reunification, “The Recent East” follows a country coming together and a teen-ager coming out. Continue reading at New Yorker

[ New Yorker | 2021-04-12 10:00:00 UTC ]
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The YA novel about the Donner Party you never knew you wanted

Allan Wolf talks about why he wrote 'The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep,' a finalist for the Times Book Prize, and ponders the best way to eat people. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-04-06 14:00:07 UTC ]
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10 Romance Novels that Tug at the Heartstrings

Libby Hubscher, author of the new novel 'Meet Me in Paradise,' picks 10 romances that take readers on a moving emotional journey. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Lisa Scottoline’s latest novel, ‘Eternal,’ is not a thriller but is thrilling nonetheless

Lisa Scottoline’s historical novel centers on three teenagers whose lives are shaken by Italy’s fall into fascism. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-04-01 14:00:00 UTC ]
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Jacqueline Winspear’s latest novel reminds us why we love Maisie Dobbs

The venerable PI is at her best in ‘The Consequences of Fear,’ a murder mystery set in war-torn London Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-03-25 12:00:00 UTC ]
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A debut novel about migration, family and survival is everything 'American Dirt' wasn't

"Of Women and Salt," tracking generations of Latinas, comes out of Gabriela Garcia's family story, life experience and advocacy for migrants. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-03-23 19:20:30 UTC ]
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Let’s talk about wonderful Indian science-fiction and fantasy novels

Here’s hoping more books like “The Calcutta Chromosome” and “Machinehood” will reach a wider audience. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-03-22 15:33:17 UTC ]
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Hodder scoops 'lyrical' novel from publisher Jacquie Bloese

Hodder has bought two books by debut author and publisher Jacquie Bloese, including “a brilliantly moving historical novel”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-21 20:20:26 UTC ]
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Authors Guild, HMH Partner to Publish Benefit Collaborative Novel

The Authors Guild Foundation has reached a deal with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to publish a collaborative novel edited by the acclaimed novelist Margaret Atwood that will feature the writing of more than a dozen notable authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-03-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In the ’80s, she wrestled as Mad Maxine. Now her debut novel takes readers inside the ring.

Writer Jeannine Mjoseth was looking for adventure when she turned to professional wrestling. She got plenty of that. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-03-15 12:00:00 UTC ]
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A novel approach to IR35

Publishing has long relied on self-employed freelancers for a diverse range of roles. From editors and copywriters to illustrators and ghost-writers, the periplectic nature of creativity has long been such that impermanence is a norm. Against that context, the publishing industry faces the new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-09 00:04:53 UTC ]
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Patrick Ness | 'Screenplays are hugely collaborative, with all the joys and difficulties that entails'

British-American author Patrick Ness talks about Burn, his latest novel, adapting Lord of the Flies for the big screen and the forthcoming film of his Chaos Walking series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-06 12:03:38 UTC ]
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Picador lands Mulvey's stories and debut novel

Picador has landed a story collection and debut novel from Niamh Mulvey, writer of publishing newsletter “In the Read” and a former Quercus commissioning editor. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-04 22:15:18 UTC ]
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Joy Williams’ first novel in 20 years is coming this fall.

While we don’t know what the state of the our pandemic society will be come September, we can at least be sure that we’ll all be getting a little Joy Williams, as a treat. Specifically, a new novel—her fifth, and her first since 2000’s The Quick and the Dead, which was a runner-up for the […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-03-03 21:01:23 UTC ]
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Review: Why do women stay with toxic men? A debut novel has some uncomfortable answers

Megan Nolan's "Acts of Desperation," about a woman in thrall to an older man, stands out from similar tales with an uncannily self-aware narrator. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-03-03 15:00:19 UTC ]
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“Justine” Is a Coming-of-Age Novel for the Tamogotchi Set

Perhaps it’s not surprising that even the prose in illustrator Forsyth Harmon’s debut novel Justine is deeply imagistic. Reading this short, powerful story feels like wandering through a museum exhibit about teenage girlhood on Long Island in the summer of 1999. Narrator Ali and her friends feed... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2021-03-02 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Ishiguro warns of 'online lynch mob' stifling young writers' creativity

Nobel Prize-winning author Sir Kazuo Ishiguro has revealed concerns that young writers are “self-censoring” to avoid an “anonymous lynch mob that turns up online and makes their lives a misery”.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-01 15:01:44 UTC ]
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His Debut Novel Won the Pulitzer. Now It Has an Action-Packed Sequel.

In “The Committed,” a follow-up to “The Sympathizer,” Viet Thanh Nguyen’s nameless spy navigates a Paris underworld rife with drug deals, violence and colonialism’s ghosts. Continue reading at The New York Times

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