Verse novels loom large on Carnegie shortlist

Three out of the eight books shortlisted for this year’s Carnegie Medal are verse novels, while Jon Klassen is in the running to win his second Kate Greenaway Medal. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eleanor Shearer on Writing a Post-Slavery West Indian Novel Celebrating Motherhood and Resilience

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andrew talks to River Sing Me Home author Eleanor Shearer about her hotly... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-02-01 09:53:21 UTC ]
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NoViolet Bulawayo and Margo Jefferson join ‘exciting’ Rathbones Folio prize shortlist

The newly formatted prize will, for the first time, name winners in fiction, nonfiction and poetry and the shortlist includes writers from across the worldThe shortlists for this year’s Rathbones Folio prize spans three continents and includes Booker prize-shortlisted Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2023-01-31 19:45:49 UTC ]
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Julie Otsuka won a (much-deserved) Carnegie Medal!

Yesterday, the American Library Association announced the winners of the 2023 Carnegie Medals for Excellence. In fiction, the winner was Julie Otsuka for her most recent novel, The Swimmers. This brilliant book starts out at a community pool; it invites us into the rhythms of its inhabitants,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-01-30 18:44:07 UTC ]
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25 Historical Crime, Mystery, and Horror Novels to Look Forward To In 2023

Last year’s historical fiction was all about the 60s, baby, while this year’s features more from the 1950s, the long 19th century, and the 1970s. I have bad news for Gen-Xers and Xennials: the 1990s are now historical fiction, and there’s plenty coming out about the tail end of the 20th century... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-01-30 09:52:54 UTC ]
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Julie Otsuka, Ed Yong Win ALA’s 2023 Carnegie Medals

In announcing the awards, the awards committee called Otsuka "a master of narrative voice" and praised Yong for "standing out even during a recent golden age of nature writing." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-30 05:00:00 UTC ]
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New Jesmyn Ward Novel LET US DESCEND Coming in October

Jesmyn Ward's next novel, LET US DESCEND, will be published on October 3, 2023. It's her first novel since SING, UNBURIED, SING. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2023-01-28 01:23:42 UTC ]
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Attention: a new Jesmyn Ward novel is coming this fall.

Lovers of gorgeous prose and ghost-soaked literary fiction rejoice: two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward’s next novel officially has a release date. Let Us Descend, Ward’s first novel in five years (since 2017’s Sing, Unburied Sing) will be published by Scribner on October 3. The... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-01-27 15:09:45 UTC ]
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CATHERINE, CALLED BIRDY, Sexism, Ableism, and Me: What I Learned from Karen Cushman’s Novels

Historical fiction for young readers like CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY help readers discover the history of sexism, ableism, and more. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2023-01-27 11:34:00 UTC ]
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Ken Follett Releasing New Novel This September

Best-selling author Ken Follett's new book is out this September, concluding a series that chronicles 1,000 years of Western civilization. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2023-01-19 17:19:27 UTC ]
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The last satirical novel from a tech-world alum? It's got a bug

Josh Riedel's debut novel 'Please Report Your Bug Here' tries to be both a sendup of circa-2010 Silicon Valley and a futuristic sci-fi cautionary tale. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-01-18 14:30:20 UTC ]
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Daniel Torday on Why There Are No Acknowledgements in His Latest Novel

I kind of love acknowledgement pages. When I was trying to find an agent for my first novel, I would go to the local Borders (it was a lifetime ago) open to them often to discover which agents and editors novelists worked with, which MFA programs they’d attended, who their early readers were. My... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-01-18 09:56:43 UTC ]
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Manhattan on the rocks: A novel's dual homage to '90s New York and a legendary author

In his debut novel 'Vintage Contemporaries,' Dan Kois tracks two friends with big dreams in '90s New York and pays homage to late author Laurie Colwin. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-01-13 14:00:22 UTC ]
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It turns out that people don’t want a coloring book based on a novel about domestic abuse.

There’s no denying that Colleen Hoover has had an incredible year. Still, despite the relentless appetite for her novels, it seems that the people do not, in fact, want a coloring book based on her number-one bestselling book It Ends With Us, which centers on an abusive relationship faced by... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-01-12 17:27:54 UTC ]
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What if the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol had succeeded? A graphic novel is uniquely placed to answer

Comic book creators with a history of galvanising social action on America’s streets have created a graphic novel about the US Capitol attacks. Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2023-01-06 13:12:06 UTC ]
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The NYT’s Conservative Columnist Wrote a Fantasy Novel. Slate’s Book Critic Has Some Notes.

Ross Douthat posted the first chapter, asking “What should I do with it?” We have ideas. Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2023-01-06 10:40:00 UTC ]
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Top Shelf: 25 Years of Acclaimed Graphic Novels

Top Shelf Productions, which celebrated its 25th anniversary this year, has been a leading force in the expansion of the graphic novel market since it was founded by Chris Staros and Brett Warnock in 1997. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Beaton’s ‘Ducks’ Tops PW’s 2022 Graphic Novel Critics Poll

Kate Beaton’s widely acclaimed debut graphic memoir 'Ducks: Two years in the Oil Sands '(Drawn & Quarterly) has won PW’s 2022 Graphic Novel Critics Poll by a significant margin, receiving nine votes from PW’s panel of 16 critics. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
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How Do You Know If Your Short Story Should Be a Novel?

The list of novels that began their lives as short stories is long and well known. Jeffrey Eugenides’s The Virgin Suicides, Eudory Welty’s The Optimist’s Daughter, Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake (which began as a short story titled “Gogol”), Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway (expanded from her 1923... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2022-12-15 09:52:44 UTC ]
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November Religion Bestsellers: Fox’s Faulkner Tops; Christmas Novels Dominate

‘Faith Still Moves Mountains’ by Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner takes the number-one spot on PW’s Religion Nonfiction bestsellers list; holiday-themed romances and mysteries take over the PW Religion Fiction list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Writing the Historical Mystery Novel: Jane Smiley Explains Her Process

Jane Smiley is a master of plot, with multiple awards for her novels, including the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle award for A Thousand Acres (King Lear as set on an Iowa farm circa 1979). She’s also distilled her years of teaching and cultural criticism into a superb writing... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2022-12-06 09:53:58 UTC ]
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