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Perumal Murugan’s Fire Bird wins the 6th JCB Prize for Literature—here are 6 of his books you should read
Fire Bird by Perumal Murugan, translated from the Tamil by Janani Kannan, was announced as the winner of the 2023 JCB Prize for Literature. In an event held at the Taj Mahal, New Delhi on November 18th, the prestigious literary award was awarded to Sundaram Kannan and Manasi Subramaniam, the Tamil publisher and the editor…
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Meet the woman picked to head the campaign to combat Florida book bans
Seeking to thwart book removals and perceived censorship measures, a prominent international free expression advocacy group has picked a leader for its Florida-focused, multimillion-dollar campaign. “What we’re doing is building an advocacy office in Florida to address this wave of extremist legislation and the culture wars being mounted in Florida by a very small minority,…
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Carmen Maria Machado on video games! Murder mysteries! 17 new books out today.
November 21, 2023, 5:00am For readers in America, the holidays are just around the corner, and, if you’re like me, you’ll eventually want some time away from family and friends to yourself, where having a new book to read after sneaking away will feel like a godsend. In general, this is a slower week for…
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How a Mutiny on the Somers Changed America
I’m fortunate to have spent much of my career at American Heritage magazine, whose spacious franchise is everything that ever happened on this continent. I’ve also written some popular (or so I hoped) histories on various subjects — the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II, Henry Ford, the creation of Disneyland, and when…
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“We Want to Make It Feel Like a Party.” On the Transformation of Southwest Review
In the past five years a magazine from Dallas, Texas, has made a small but palpable stir in the world of literary journals, publishing stories, poems, and essays by some of the most exciting writers from several Latin American countries, including Ecuador, Mexico, Bolivia, and Colombia, in addition to some extraordinary voices from the United…
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The History of the United States According to Colson Whitehead
Since the publication of his first novel in 1999, Colson Whitehead has become one of the most lauded, prized, taught, and studied American novelists writing today. Winner of the National Book Award, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize (the only writer apart from William Faulkner and John Updike to accomplish this), recipient of a MacArthur…
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Marx, Lenin, Tagore: Insights And More From Author Laxman Rao
I wrote a story called “Ramdas” in my village about my friend who drowned in a river. Later, I moved to Amravati, completed my matriculation and worked at a mill. It shut down in 1975, and I returned to my village to work as a farmer. But I wanted more, so I borrowed forty rupees…
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Orbit buys five books from Kingfisher
Orbit UK has acquired five books from award-winning self-published author T Kingfisher. This includes the previously self-published cult hit Saint of Steel series, beginning with Paladin’s Grace, as well as standalone cosy romantasy Swordheart. Helen Breitwieser at the Cornerstone Literary Agency sold UK and Commonwealth rights in five of Kingfisher’s books to Nadia…
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Zaffre announces ‘landmark’ six-book deal with saga author Goodwin
Zaffre has signed a “landmark” six-book deal with the “queen of saga” Rosie Goodwin. Sarah Benton, managing director, and Claire Johnson-Creek, senior editor, will publish the novels, which were originally acquired by Sarah Bauer from Sheila Crowley at Curtis Brown for world rights. Our Fair Lily, the first in a three-book themed series titled The…
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Christine Coulson on John Cheever and Dorothy Parker
Welcome to Lit Century: 100 Years, 100 Books. Combining literary analysis with an in-depth look at historical context, host Catherine Nichols chooses one book for each year of the 20th century, and—along with special guests—takes a deep dive into a hundred years of literature. Host Catherine Nichols and author Christine Coulson (One Woman Show, 2023)…