about Hong Kong I know nothingcarrying an underground book for the tripland at Kai Tak Airport coral reef shimmersstrangers look for the coordinates of lightsthe skyline’s narrative pushes toward climaxfrogs hop inside the gut...
In her new novel, Adelle Waldman gambles that it’s possible to draw out the interiority of her characters mainly by sketching their working conditions.
Despite the gravity of subjects in Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr!, which include addiction and an obsession with the metaphysical, what makes the novel feel light is its bravado, buoyancy, and innovative form.
Jonathan Blitzer's new book deftly explains the impact of decades of US foreign policy on Central America, but fails to move beyond the troubled terrain of our immigration policy "crisis."
Louisa May Alcott worked obsessively to become a successful writer, which meant that despite her gift for tart observation she often retreated into homilies and platitudes.
Digital technologies are likely to worsen environmental problems, but they can also assist in the protection and restoration of ecosystems —and strengthen our relationships with them.
Writing in 1998, fifty years after the publication of his first novel, The Naked and the Dead, Norman Mailer called his younger self an “amateur,” by which he intended something between self-deprecation and self-praise, leaning toward...
“Today, the fifth of November, I shall begin my report. I shall set everything down as precisely as I can…. I don’t expect these notebooks will ever be found. At the moment I don’t even know whether I hope they will be. Perhaps I...
In a new BookNet Canada survey, consumers say that in 2023 their visits both to physical and digital booksellers increased. The post New Data From BookNet: Canadian Book Buying in 2023 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives .
With 41 categories in its 48th year, the PROSE Awards program names its top winners, Princeton University Press cinching a second Hawkins. The post AAP’s PROSE Awards: The 2024 Top Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives .
Here you can see him leading by example. I am currently on the couch, about to follow his lead. I remember the days when I wouldn’t have an afternoon nap. I can’t say I spent the time more profitably then. How is your Tuesday, anyway? — JS
As our tagline says, “A true story about a pretend world,” Closet of Dreams IS the make-believe world Mark and I invented and lived-out in that magical closet—years and years of adventures. Mark Ukra & Tara Mesalik...
With a winner's announcement scheduled for June 13, the new Women's Prize for Nonfiction issues its first six-title shortlist. The post UK: The Women’s Prize for Nonfiction’s First Shortlist appeared first on Publishing...
Have I really been watching the BBC-TV series Death in Paradise for 13 seasons? Hard to believe, but true. And I’m just one weekly episode away from the concluding installment of the most recent season. I am already aware, however—...
“Is the monarchy a suitable institution for a grown-up nation?” asked Hilary Mantel in “Royal Bodies,” an incendiary 2013 essay for the London Review of Books. “We are happy to allow monarchy to be an entertainment, in the same way that...
Unite Against Book Bans—the national initiative launched by ALA in 2022 to help readers, teachers, librarians, booksellers, students, publishers, community advocates, and others in the fight against censorship—has launched a […]
Congratulations to UK critic Barry Forshaw! From The Bunburyist : The 2024 recipient of the George N. Dove Award for contributions to the serious study of mystery, detective, and crime fiction is British author, editor of Crime Time...
Writers, you can and must leverage your book so that the content can yie ld alternative or additional income centers for you. The ugly truth about writing a book is that it often does not yield a windfall of money. In...
Frontiers bolsters its SDG Publishers Compact commitment by appointing its sustainability manager to implement the compact's 10 action points. The post Switzerland’s Frontiers Names Sustainability Manager for the SDG Compact...
Trade book revenues were nearly flat in 2023, according to the AAP. Digital audiobooks saw continued growth, outpacing ebook sales. The post AAP StatShot: In 2023, US Revenues Were $12.6 Billion appeared first on Publishing Perspectives .
2024 marks a milestone with Italy and Germany's reciprocal guest of honor appearances at major book fairs in Torino and Frankfurt. The post At Torino 2024: The German Language is Guest of Honor appeared first on Publishing Perspectives .
So often fiction writers feel like their stories must perfectly mirror the real world, but as author Ryan Leslie has come to realize, it’s fiction. It doesn’t have to look like our world! Come along in Leslie’s Big...
The other night I was driving into the city from the suburbs, on my way to meet my sister at a comedy club, and of course I inevitably ran into a wall of traffic. Early Saturday evening. NYC. Not at all shocking, just...
Moira Donegan joins us from Stanford University, where she is a writer in residence at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Although Moira and I have corresponded about feminism and feminist writing for years, we met in person for...
My oldest friends, Tal and Nate, lived in Clinton Hill for fifteen years. When they moved there in 2005, virtually everyone around them rented; only a few families seemed to have very high incomes. But both of those dynamics gradually...
Diavola is a ferocious, maximalist horror ride, an impressive display of Jennifer Thorne’s skill at crafting unsettling and disorienting scenes of terror.