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  • July 29, 2020

    The Grand Librarian: The Future Wizards by Dee Rose

    The Grand Librarian: The Future Wizards by Dee Rose

    After the events of the Hangman Returns, Alexander and Emma Merryweather have returned home to Chicago in hopes of living a normal life and raising their twin babies, Octavia and Octus. But the wizard Merlin arrives in Alexander’s dream and informs him of a threat to his twins in the future. The powerful wizard group,…

  • July 24, 2020

    Meet Kevin Albin, author of Stonechild

    Meet Kevin Albin, author of Stonechild

    I think for most of us, we see only the smallest tip of the iceberg. As with Stonechild, I am trying to use my writing as a way to question what we do and how we might do things better. Kevin Albin When and why did you begin writing? If I think back, I’ve written from…

  • July 22, 2020

    Pandemic Novels, JK Rowling’s Sales Plunge, and more…

    Pandemic Novels, JK Rowling’s Sales Plunge, and more…

    Naomi Alderman Was Writing a Pandemic Novel Before the Pandemic Hit (New York Times) For two years, Naomi Alderman, the author of the 2017 dystopian novel “The Power,” had been working on her next book. Then in February, with 40,000 words already written, she decided she had to stop. The story she had devised, about…

  • July 20, 2020

    Randhir Kaur, author of The Chord

    Randhir Kaur, author of The Chord

    Writing was the only way to lift myself from the negativity I was facing. It happened suddenly, but a voice forced me to pen down the real emotions… When did you consider yourself a writer? When I had my debut book Joe Blow on my bookshelf and when people were genuinely reviewing my work. What…

  • July 15, 2020

    Gone by A.C. Efverman

    Gone by A.C. Efverman

    Three teenage boys disappear from an exclusive suburb in Sydney. Kidnappers contact the boys’ families – but before any ransom sums have been paid, two of the boys’ bodies are found floating in the harbor. DS Morgan Callaghan has taken time off work for personal reasons, but now he’s called in to lead the kidnapping…

  • June 22, 2020

    Black Authors, Queer Nigerian Fiction, and more…

    Black Authors, Queer Nigerian Fiction, and more…

    Publishers want more black authors. Why have they silenced us for so long? (The Guardian) It is taken for granted that would-be writers will know what a literary agent is. But most have no idea how to structure a book proposal, or where to send it. This information is possessed by those in the know,…

  • June 11, 2020

    #PublishingPaidMe, Black Lives Matter, and more!

    #PublishingPaidMe, Black Lives Matter, and more!

    Black British authors top UK book charts in wake of BLM protests (The Guardian) As Black Lives Matter protests continue around the world, several bestselling authors have spoken out against the predominantly white publishing world. On Wednesday morning, bestselling novelist Dorothy Koomson, who was supported by writers including Nii Ayikwei Parkes and Courttia Newland, slammed UK publishing as…

  • June 2, 2020

    Meet Victoria Blanco, author of The Late, Late Hour

    Meet Victoria Blanco, author of The Late, Late Hour

    What is the most important thing that people DON’T know about your subject/genre that they need to know? When I speak to people and we talk about poetry, many of them think poetry must be structured or that it must be “deep” but in reality poetry and writing in general is free to be utilized…

  • May 6, 2020

    Joey Rodriguez, author of JQR

    Joey Rodriguez, author of JQR

    Do you have a special time to write, or how is your day structured to accommodate your writing? I wrote my newest book, JQR, mainly on my commute to work on the subway. I have sort of a reverse commute where everyone is heading into Manhattan, but I get to ride mostly by myself out…

  • April 20, 2020

    Indie Bookstores in the Age of Corona…

    Indie Bookstores in the Age of Corona…

    Indie booksellers turn virtual in response to pandemic (MPR News) Dobrow said Zenith closed the store to browsers in mid-March, long before the governor’s first stay-at-home order went into effect on March 25. Sensing people would want books, but little contact, they began offering curbside pickup in the parking spaces beside their building. They also…

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