These Middle-Grade Novels Are Some of the Most Formally Innovative Works of Our Time

When I took my copy of Lemony Snicket’s The Carnivorous Carnival up to the check-out line at Barnes and Noble, the cashier flipped through the book and paused.  She was sorry, she said, after a couple more puzzled page flips. There appeared to be a misprint. She called an employee in the kid’s section to […] The post These Middle-Grade Novels Are Some of the Most Formally Innovative Works of Our Time appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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How Mobile Webcomics Are Working to Save Reading

The webcomics category is exploding in growth—and it’s only going to get bigger. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Deck the Shelves with Holiday Fiction: Christmas-Themed Novels

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Peter Robinson, creator of the Inspector Banks novels, dies aged 72

The Leeds-born novelist whose work included poetry and short stories as well as his bestselling thrillers will be remembered as a master of plot and characterThe crime writer Peter Robinson has died aged 72, his publisher has announced.The Yorkshire-born author died suddenly on the 4 October... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Hachette Book Group Works to Diversify Slate of Authors

Hachette Book Group took another step toward bringing more BIPOC writers to the table in an equitable way by cohosting a Hurston/Wright Writers Week Workshop retreat for the first time this summer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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7 Terrifying Horror Novels Perfect for Young Adult Readers

Kiersten White, the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of “The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein,” “Hide” and more, recommends a few of her favorite horror novels. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Lauren Groff’s next novel is set in the 17th-century American wilderness.

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Tom Hanks is publishing a novel, and it sounds exactly like a Tom Hanks movie.

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