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10 New Books Coming Out This Week
Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Nita Prose, The Mystery Guest (Ballantine) “Solving a crime has never been more delightful. Molly Gray is a gift to the world, and this is a book to hug when you finish it.”–Nina de Gramont Laura Anne Gilman, Uncanny Vows (Saga…
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Books In Which Rich People (Think They Can) Get Away With Murder
Having money offers many privileges. Beautiful clothes, houses, and spouses. Glossy lives, glossy hair, and the odd glossy-coated pony. Better healthcare and a better diet full of perfectly balanced macro and micronutrients. The rich may live longer, but they are not immortals. They are not untouchable. The Other Half, my debut novel, features a love-to-loathe…
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Deepa Anappara and Taymour Soomro on Origin Stories
Write-minded: Weekly Inspiration for Writers is currently in its fourth year. We are a weekly podcast for writers craving a unique blend of inspiration and real talk about the ups and downs of the writing life. Hosted by Brooke Warner of She Writes and Grant Faulkner of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), each theme-focused episode…
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Zaffre snaps up three more books by crime author McEvoy
Zaffre has signed three new books by Lesley McEvoy, the author of the Murder in Yorkshire crime series (Zaffre). The first of the newly acquired books to publish will be the fourth in the series and is titled The Invisible Dead. Publisher Ben Willis acquired world English language rights from Jon Wood at the RCW…
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Help us reach even more readers in 2024!
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Jacaranda Books nabs debut by Pontas and J J Bola Emerging Writer’s Prize-winner Xaviere
Jacaranda Books has nabbed These Letters End in Tears by debut author and winner of the 2021 Pontas and J J Bola Emerging Writer’s Prize, Musih Tedji Xaviere. Valerie Brandes, c.e.o. of Jacaranda Books, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Anna Soler-Pont, director at Pontas Literary & Film Agency. The book will be published on…
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10 Good Reads 2023
Here, again, is my pick of ‘Good Reads’ from the books I read in 2023. I want to remind you, as I do every year, that these are not ‘book reviews’, which also explains the relative paucity of law books or books about the law. Many excellent ones have come my way this year, as…
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West Seattle Classic Novels (and Movies) Book Club, December 2023 (2023-12-17)
Add to Calendar When: December 17, 2023 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm 2023-12-17T15:00:00-08:00 2023-12-17T16:30:00-08:00 Where: C & P Coffee5612 California SWWest Seattle Cost: Free What: Discussion of Snow Country (1948) by Nobel-prize winning author Yasunari KawabataWhen: Sunday, December 17, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pmWhere: C & P Coffee on California Ave SW, at a…
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Istanbul’s literary gem: Türkiye’s 1st ‘Signed Books Museum’
In a remarkable milestone for literature enthusiasts and cultural aficionados, Istanbul’s Küçükçekmece Municipality unveiled the nation’s inaugural “Signed and First Edition Books Museum,” marking a pioneering initiative in preserving the rich history and evolution of printed literature. The museum recently gained national recognition by the Ministry of Culture and Arts. This distinctive museum, bearing the…
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Ellen Myrick Publisher Preview: Spring 2024 – Inhabit Media, Kube Publishing, and Lantana (Part Three)
Time is ticking away until I start doing my 31 Days, 31 Lists for 2023. Until then, I’ll try to squeeze in at least one more of these small publisher previews. Part One already debuted here and Part Two was here. On to Part Three! The Raven Boy by Rosemarie Avrana Meyok and Marcus Cutler…