Welbeck signs two new novels from McInerney

Welbeck has signed two new novels from Monica McInerney in a deal which also sees the publisher acquire seven of her backlist titles for a “major relaunch” of her work in the UK. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-05 05:13:10 UTC ]
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Thessaloniki Book Fair Signs Sharjah as Its 2024 Guest of Honor

The 20th edition of Greece's Thessaloniki International Book Fair will feature Guest of Honor Sharjah in May. The post Thessaloniki Book Fair Signs Sharjah as Its 2024 Guest of Honor appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-11-07 21:22:55 UTC ]
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Book Review: Children’s Science Fiction Novels by Donna Barba Higuera, Patricia Forde and Jeanne DuPrau

Jeanne DuPrau’s “Project F,” Patricia Forde’s “The Girl Who Fell to Earth” and Donna Barba Higuera’s “Alebrijes” answer the question, Could this be the beginning of the end? Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2023-11-03 09:01:10 UTC ]
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Why the World’s Greatest Brain Cartographer Wrote a Novel

In A River Divided, scientist George Paxinos addresses the climate crisis through the eyes of two strangers with a unique genetic inheritance. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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8 Witchy Graphic Novels To Spellbind You

These eight spellbinding witchy graphic novels include manga romances, kids' comics, and epic fantasy comics. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2023-10-24 10:30:00 UTC ]
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Marie Ndiaye on a Novel’s Many Twists and Turns

Novelist, playwright and screenwriter Marie Ndiaye has had the attention of the French literary world since she published her first novel, As to the Rich Future, at seventeen. Born in Pithiviers, the daughter of a French school teacher mother and a Senegalese father, she won the 2001 Prix Femina... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-10-24 08:20:28 UTC ]
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Norton Signs Distribution Deals with Harvard, Yale

W. W. Norton will take over distribution for both Yale University Press and Harvard University Press next fall, when it will begin selling titles set to be released in January 2025. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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To Write Her Debut Novel, Molly McGhee Had to Leave Publishing

On March 11, 2022, Molly McGhee shared a resignation letter on Twitter. She was quitting her job as an assistant editor at Tor, despite the fact that her first acquisition, The Atlas Six, had debuted at number three on the New York Times Bestseller List. She cited “systemwide prejudice against... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2023-10-20 11:03:00 UTC ]
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3 Ambitious Debut Novels Out This Week

These new debuts—an exploration of power and technology, an odyssey through an imagined metropolis, and a clever murder mystery—announce the arrival of three fiction writers to watch. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Marianne Moore and AI Helped Make Sean Michaels' New Novel

The author of 'Do You Remember Being Born?' explains how he created a "Moorebot" to generate the verse in the novel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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New York Comic Con 2023: Manga, Graphic Novels Keep Comics Biz Kicking

This year's ICv2 Insider Talks celebrated the 50th anniversary of the direct market sales channel, even as it acknowledged graphic novels—and particularly manga—as the primary driver for growth in the comics business today, and by a significant margin. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-10-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Tiffany D. Jackson is Writing a YA Novel About the Marvel Superhero Storm

Tiffany D. Jackson's newest book is YA novel about the Marvel superhero Storm, titled Storm: Dawn of a Goddess. Continue reading at Book Riot

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Teju Cole Talks About His New Novel, “Tremor”

“Tremor,” his first novel in over a decade, is set in Massachusetts and Lagos, and came from a desire to capture the last moments of a pre-Covid world. Continue reading at The New York Times

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More than 600 sign open letter decrying cancellation of German event for Palestinian author

After an award ceremony for a Palestinian author at the Frankfurt Book Fair was canceled, more than 600 literary figures have signed an open letter denouncing the decision. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-10-16 09:00:16 UTC ]
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Why Tim O'Brien's first novel in 20 years is about America's 'mythomania'

Tim O'Brien, author of the great novel 'The Things They Carried,' explains how COVID and Trump spawned 'America Fantastica,' his first novel in 20 years. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-10-13 10:00:10 UTC ]
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8 South Asian Novels About Falling in Love

My introduction to romance novels came when my high school crush handed me a book written by his mother’s friend under a pen name. It was all very hush hush, no one knew what the author’s real identity was, but he trusted me with this big secret (which might have been the first grand romantic... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2023-10-12 11:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Review: ‘Joanna Russ: Novels & Stories’

A new collection of her novels and stories is a showcase for a science fiction pioneer. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Exclusive: See the (sexy) cover for C. Michelle Lindley’s debut novel, The Nude.

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[ Electric Literature | 2023-09-27 11:00:00 UTC ]
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If anyone has ever told you Dune is a “tough read,” it would be interesting to see if that same person was able to read an eight‑hundred‑page Stephen King or Harry Potter novel. Although there are dozens and dozens of characters, and various layers of politics, religion, philosophy, and science... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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