For my latest author Q&A, I interviewed Supriya Kelkar. I worked with Supriya on her middle grade novel AHIMSA back in 2015, when she had yet to land an agent or publish, but Supriya is now the author of nine children's books, with three more forthcoming! Learn about her inspiring road to publication here.
Read MoreThis is a continuation of my series “This Month in Book News,” a new iteration of the “This Week in Book News” segment I previously wrote for my Facebook business page. Post-publication, I combined previous posts into this one and retitled this page.
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Highlights from my August book news round-up include:
*Publishing’s “trial of the century” *Why, as the New Yorker says, it’s time for Rushdie to receive the Nobel Prize *The new novel by Abdulrazak Gurnah, the most recent winner of the Nobel Prize *August’s literary losses (sadly, several) and page-to-screen releases (some based on short stories) *And for fun: a list of homes lived in or imagined by famous authors that are currently on the market
Happy Labor Day weekend!
(Featured photo taken from Publishers Weekly)
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My July round-up of book news includes:
*The books that made the longlist for the 2022 Booker Prize
*The latest on another potential “Big Five” publishing merger
*July’s novel-to-film releases (one is being called a “swampy Twilight”)
*A Gone Girl-themed cruise along the Danube (pitched as a “killer opportunity”)
*A brief history of “Paperback Book Day”
and more!
(Image from Literary Hub)
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Highlights from my June round-up of book news include:
*The winner of a major book award and the end of another
*The newly discovered novel by a French author that’s creating a stir
*A list of books that have gone viral on TikTok and are being turned into films
*The picture book that’s been out for 50 years and has been made into a musical and a movie
*Broadway’s previews of “The Kite Runner” and BAM’s stage production of “A Little Life”
Happy Birthday, America, and happy long weekend to all!
(Image from the Women’s Prize for Fiction website)
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In my May round-up of book news you’ll find:
*The winners of the Pulitzer Prize and International Booker Award
*Margaret Atwood’s unique response to book bans
*The book about 1960s France that’s been adapted into the year’s “timeliest movie”
*The legacy of GONE GIRL over the psychological thriller market
*Amanda Gorman’s heartbreaking and hopeful new poem
and much more
(Image from the Booker Prizes website)
Read MoreDuring a PEN America event I attended a few months ago, Your Option on Options, one of the speakers noted that the rise in streaming companies, coupled with the pandemic, has made today a golden age for IP content. Curious to find out if this is true, I reached out to Allison Hunter of Trellis Literary Management and Jennifer Weltz of Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, both of whom represent authors whose work has been or is being adapted for the screen.
Read MoreThis is a continuation of my series “This Month in Book News,” a new iteration of the “This Week in Book News” segment I previously wrote for my Facebook business page. Post-publication, I combined previous posts into this one and retitled this page.
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My April round-up of book news includes:
*The winners of the LA Times Book Prize and the Edgar Awards
*The 70 books chosen to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee
*Book bannings and cancellations
*The novel that became a movie, then a stage play, and is now an opera
*The books that have turned 10, 15, 20, 100 & 120 (hint about this last stat is the image for this post!)
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Some of the book news that made headlines in March:
*The shuttering of all 68 of Amazon’s physical stores
*How Ukrainians are using books to fight back
*The winners of the National Book Critics Circle Awards
*The questions raised by Jack Kerouac’s centenary
*The seven Academy Award Best Picture nominations that are adaptations of books, short stories, musicals or films
(Image from Literary Hub)
Read MoreFor my latest author Q&A, I interviewed Lorraine Hawley. Back in 2018, I worked with Lorraine on a full manuscript critique, and this past fall, her middle grade novel CURIOUS WORLD OF DANDY-LION was released by Lawley Publishing. Learn about Lorraine’s inspiration for this novel, how she landed an agent for her next two books, and what’s given her hope and kept her dreaming through her remarkable—perhaps magical—journey.
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