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The Night the Lights Went Out, an Enthralling Story
The Night the Lights Went Out, Karen White, Penguin Publishing – From the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels, including the Tradd Street series, comes a rich new novel about a young single mother who discovers that the nature of friendship is never what it seems Read more »
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Young Teens Attempt to Breach The Impossible Fortress
The Impossible Fortress, Jason Rekulak, Simon & Schuster – In Jason Rekulak’s novel, The Impossible Fortress, young teens in a 1987 New Jersey working-class neighborhood set goals to break into several impossible places Read more »
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Writer’s Passion for Music Fuels First Novel
To Love A Stranger, Kris Faatz, Read more »
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Mothers and Other Strangers by Astonishing New Talent
Mothers and Other Strangers, Gina Sorell, Prospect Park Books – My father proposed to my mother at gunpoint when she was nineteen, and knowing that she was already pregnant with a dead man’s child, she accepted Read more »
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The Gustav Sonata, a Quest for Unrequited Love
THE GUSTAV SONATA, Rose Tremain, Vintage – Rose Tremain CBE FRSL, is regarded as one of the most atmospheric British novelists of her time. She has been published in thirty countries and has won the Orange Prize, the Whitbread Novel Award and the Prix Femina Etranger, as well as shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Read more »
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The Language of Solitude
The Language of Solitude, Jan-Philipp Sendker, Atria – Jan-Philipp Sendker’s internationally-bestselling debut novel The Art of Hearing Heartbeats (2012) captivated readers, critics and booksellers alike, who called the book “magical” (Huffington Post) “brilliant” (Shelf Awareness) and “epic” (Publishers Weekly) Read more »
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Real Letter Inspires Fictional Tale in The Summer Guest
The Summer Guest, Alison Anderson, Harper Collins – In her novel, The Summer Guest, Alison Anderson offers readers a look at a unique friendship between Anton Chekhov and Zinaida Mikhailovna, an ailing doctor, through the pages of Zinaida’s diary Read more »
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Teenager’s Choices Echo Throughout Her Life
History of Wolves, Emily Fridlund, Grove Atlantic – In Emily Fridlund’s History of Wolves, a teenage girl raised on a failed commune in the north woods of Minnesota feels like she doesn’t fit in at home or at school Read more »
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Persistence and Grit Guide Rivers and Her Heroine
The Second Mrs. Hockaday, Susan Rivers, Algonquin Books – When Susan Rivers’ agent told her she wouldn’t debut with her first novel, Rivers was disappointed. These words are spoken to many writers, but they came at a particularly difficult time for her Read more »
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Mom and Daughter with Psychic Powers Struggle to Save Each Other
All the Breaking Waves, Kerry Lonsdale, Lake Union Publishing – The women in Molly’s family have special abilities – to foresee the future, to communicate telepathically, and in Molly’s case, to cause people to do as she directs against their own will Read more »
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2017 Global Media Summit Picks Award Winners
Media professionals from across the world will gather May 4-6, 2017 for the annual Global Media Summit (GMS). The Summit will be held in Grapevine at the Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel and Convention Center, located at 1501 Gaylord Trail, Grapevine, Texas 76051. One of the highlights of the Global Media Summit is the Platinum Awards Read more »
Chautauqua Institution Picks Six Finalists for Literary Prize
The Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York will select its 2017 literary prize winner from this shortlist. The winner will be announced in mid-May. The General vs. The President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War, by H.W. Brands (Doubleday) The Fortunes, by Peter Ho Davies (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Blood River Rising: The Thompson-Crimson Feud Read more »
ASJA Announces New Officers and Directors
The American Society of Journalists and Authors announced today the election of officers and directors to its Board of Directors. Elected to join the board starting July 1, as secretary is Jennifer Goforth Gregory, a writer from Wake Forest, N.C. Treasurer is Howard Baldwin of Sunnyvale, Calif., a freelance business and technology writer. New members elected Read more »
A Mobile-First Approach to Serial Reading
Join Ashleigh Gardner at The Evolution of Delivery on April 21st as she explains explain how Wattpad has leveraged a mobile-first approach to serial reading into an online platform serving more than 45 million unique visitors each month. The Evolution of Delivery is the first of BISG’s signature Making Information Pay events. A full line up of speakers and the Read more »
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Year after year, participants of the Yale Publishing Course agree: Yale brings together the best of academia and industry to deliver a truly transformative experience for leaders in publishing. By blending core management instruction with insights from leading industry practitioners, the YPC is the most relevant career-development experience in the field. Due to popular demand, Read more »
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Feast of Sorrow by Crystal King
Feast of Sorrow, Crystal King, Touchstone – The Roman Empire, 1BC – 38 AD. The Emperor is lord of the known world. Those who are closest to him bask in reflected glory and wield considerable power Read more »
The Erstwhile by B. Catling
The Erstwhile, B. Catling, Random House – English artist and poet B. Catling’s imagination is way out there, much of it beyond my grasp, yet the intrigue keeps you reading his second, definitely surreal novel, “The Erstwhile.” Read more »
A Friend of Mr. Lincoln by Stephen Harrigan
A Friend of Mr. Lincoln, Stephen Harrigan, Penguin – Imagine becoming a close personal associate of a world famous, almost god-like, historical personality. This is the intriguing premise of Stephen Harrigan’s A Friend of Mr. Lincoln Read more »
The Library of Light and Shadow by M J Rose
The Library of Light and Shadow, M J Rose, Atria – French artist Delphine Duplessi fled to New York city to escape a doomed love affair. Gifted with a magical talent, Delphine can draw shadow portraits that reveal peoples’ innermost secrets in shocking detail Read more »
Susan Sontag: Later Essays
Later Essays, Susan Sontag, Library of America – The Library of America’s second volume of Susan Sontag’s brilliant observations and critiques, “Later Essays,” illustrates her extraordinary ability to dig deep into political and social conflict and provoke personal introspection Read more »