Interview
Introducing the Cover of SITUATIONSHIP by Máire Roche
Máire Roche, the author of BROMANTASY, reveals the cover for her upcoming novel SITUATIONSHIP and answers questions about the book.
Book Riot · 17h ago
Author interviews
Writers on their work, their reading and how the books came about.
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The Guide
R.K. Narayan · 1958
His first novel was going nowhere in London until a friend at Oxford put it in front of Graham Greene — who found him a publisher and told him to shorten his name.
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InterviewSci-fi & fantasy
Emily St. John Mandel on Writing a Novel of Dystopian Counterlives
Post-pandemic dystopias are at the center of Emily St. John Mandel’s most celebrated novels. Station Eleven (2014), which won the Prix des Libraires du Québec, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Toronto Book Award and was a finalist for the
Literary Hub · Yesterday
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Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers
The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to: Grace Krilanovich (Acid Green Velvet) Emily Ogden (Darkness Becomes Bright: On the Brief Life and Immortal Art
Literary Hub · Yesterday
InterviewRomance
Fall Romance Books to Cozy Up With
B. K. Boriso, the author of First-Time Caller and Grim Tidings, recommends three of her favorite fall romances.
Book Riot · Yesterday
Interview
A Question of Innocence: On Writing About Real and Imagined Lives In and Outside of Prison
This spring, I read Harriet Clark’s novel, The Hill, about a girl named Suzanna who grows up visiting her mother in a prison on a hill. I had just published a long Mother’s Day essay in Esquire, grappling with having
Literary Hub · 2 days ago
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Rabih Alameddine on Writing Humor In Times of Tumult and Tragedy
Rabih Alameddine, award-winning author of The Wrong End of the Telescope, celebrated the release of his new novel, The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) at The Center for Fiction. Wildly original and wickedly funny, Alameddine’s
Literary Hub · 2 days ago
InterviewChildren's & YA
Must-Read YA Novels Exploring Mental Health
Elizabeth Acevedo, the bestselling author of The Poet X and Anger is Only a Shadow, recommends her favorite YA novels about mental health.
Book Riot · 2 days ago
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Emily St John Mandel: ‘When half the electorate disagrees on basic reality, how do you come back from that?’
Her hit novel Station Eleven seemed to predict the pandemic, now the novelist is tackling the future of the US. She talks about chance, world-building and experiencing a ‘tiny bit’ of clairvoyance When Emily St John Mandel was a child she had a dream that would stay with her for decades. It was a nightmare in which “I was trying to find my dad in a crowd, and there were other people who looked lik…
The Guardian · 3 days ago
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Julia Donaldson: ‘Am I the Gruffalo Granny? Not really. I’m the mouse’
As she introduces the latest member of her Gruffalo family, Julia Donaldson talks about storytelling, loss and the worries that come with being Britain’s all-time bestselling author In 1999 a journalist asked a then-unknown author to share her millennium wish. The author, who was 51 years old and had published only one book before, said she hoped her new one, out that year, would become a classic.…
The Guardian · 4 days ago
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Heated Rivalry and Queer Hockey Culture
Daniel Gawthrop, author of Cutting Edge: Hockey as Queer Culture describes responses to the Heated Rivalry TV series in the LGBTQ+ community.
Book Riot · 6 days ago
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I wasn’t thinking, “I’m going to build an archive”
Guadalupe Rosales, the archivist, artist, and author of East of the River, discusses her approach to documenting Latinx communities.
Book Riot · 8 days ago
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InterviewPoetry
Author Emily Wilson on how she brings Homer's ancient poems back to life
Classicist Emily Wilson talks about her new book, 'Crossing the Wine Dark Sea,' a series of essays reflecting on translation and classic writing in the modern world.
NPR Books · 10 days ago
Interview
Nobody Thought The Ginger Man Would Sell a Single Copy
J.P. Donleavy, called Guts by his closest friends for his fighting spirit, refused rejection. The kid from the Bronx who knew how to box and eventually became famous as the author of The Ginger Man, is revealed in all his
Literary Hub · 13 days ago
Interview
Novels that Rewrite Our Relationship to Homes and Houses
Rachel Pastan, author of We're So Lucky to Live Here, recommends three novels about alternative living arrangements.
Book Riot · 13 days ago
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How Many Versions of the X-Men ’97 Theme Does It Take? The Newton Brothers Say Almost a Dozen
In an interview with Reactor, the Newton Brothers (aka John Andrew Grush and Taylor Newton Stewart) share the nuances that come with scoring an animated series. The post How Many Versions of the X-Men ’97 Theme Does It Take? The Newton Brothers Say Almost a Dozen appeared first on Reactor .
Reactor · 15 days ago
Interview
The Significance of Dogs in Literature
Anna Heyward, author of Living with Freddie: How a Dog Taught Me to Be Human, discusses the significance of dogs in literature.
Book Riot · 15 days ago
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Read an Excerpt From R. F. Kuang’s TAIPEI STORY
R. F. Kuang is the author of Yellowface, The Poppy War, and Babel. Check out an excerpt from her new novel, Taipei Story, out today.
Book Riot · 15 days ago
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Isaac Chotiner on Deep Knowledge and Gotcha Interviews
Welcome to season four of The Critic and Her Publics: The Art of the Interview. This season, host Merve Emre talks with professional interviewers of all kinds about how they get the answer they’re looking for, what makes a good
Literary Hub · 15 days ago
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Dark Matter: Jennifer Connelly & Joel Edgerton on Creating Their Characters With Blake Crouch
Crouch is the author of the eponymous book and also serves as showrunner for the Apple TV series. The post Dark Matter : Jennifer Connelly & Joel Edgerton on Creating Their Characters With Blake Crouch appeared first on Reactor .
Reactor · 22 days ago
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Ways of Connecting: On Writing That Marries the Psychological, the Personal and the Political
Damon Galgut is the most generous-spirited, profoundly gifted and oddly approachable human. I am indebted in ways I can’t count for the critique, the encouragement, the consideration, the commiseration and the line edits (yes, he won the Booker Prize and
Literary Hub · 26 days ago
InterviewPoetry
Interview | Tishani Doshi’s poems of disbelief in her new book, ‘Egrets, While War’
The poems explore grief and conflict via the imagery of birds, says the writer and dancer
The Hindu · 27 days ago
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The Hindu Lit for Life Unplugged: Meena Kandasamy on why the Left still does not know how to talk about sex
Ahead of her conversation at The Hindu Lit for Life Unplugged on August 21, poet-novelist Meena Kandasamy talks about surviving over a decade of Internet abuse, and why Chennai keeps pulling her back
The Hindu · 29 days ago
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3 Defining Novels of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Malavika Kannan, author of Unprecedented Times, recommends three defining novels of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Book Riot · 29 days ago
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'Fed Up' author explains how evolution impacts eating, dieting and fat
Paleoanthropologist Daniel Lieberman talks about diets he's tested, and contradictory information about what's healthy to eat and what's not. He says evolution often works against weight-loss efforts.
NPR Books · 30 days ago
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Interview | Avni Doshi on midlife reinvention and family politics in ‘The First House’
‘One of the most fascinating ways to see a character’s politics is through their intimate relationships,’ says Doshi
The Hindu · 39 days ago
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'Meet Me In the Garden' tells the great migration story of three sisters after World War II
Writer Nina LaCour talks about her new novel -- Meet Me in the Garden -- a post World War II Great Migration story that follows three sisters as they shift their lives from New Orleans to Los Angeles - and the difficult life choices they face.
NPR Books · 42 days ago
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Interview | Kit de Waal on playing within limitations in ‘The Best of Everything’
The Women’s Prize-listed author talks about shaping characters with flaws, and the lives that inspired her latest novel
The Hindu · 42 days ago
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‘We’ve always been wary of working together’: Val McDermid and Jo Sharp on writing a novel as a couple
The bestselling crime writer and Scotland’s first female Geographer Royal had long kept their work separate, until a chance discovery about a doomed 17th-century expedition forced them to collaborate The airy, modern house on the outskirts of Edinburgh shared by Val McDermid and Jo Sharp is surrounded by greenery and feels as though it was designed to provide enough space for two minds to think. B…
The Guardian · 50 days ago