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Romance Bookstores Are Booming, Dishing ‘All the Hot Stuff You Can Imagine’
New York Times· 7 hours agoIf their success was daunting, it also suggested that there might be room for another romance store....
July’s YA fiction: from coercive control to Sapphic pirate romance
The Irish Times· 9 hours agoEighteen-year-old Alana’s death seems – to the reader – like the perfect opportunity for her...
Weekend Read: Personal stories of bravery and sacrifice from WW II
Gulf News· 10 hours agoWhen the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day by Garrett M. Graff is a book you must pick this summer. It is a work that weaves the sprawling story of the Normandy invasion ...
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: ‘Satire is a way to make myself less depressed’
The Guardian· 21 hours agoNana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, 33, made his debut in 2018 with the story collection Friday Black, praised by Bernardine Evaristo as “so daring and mind-bending… that you haven’t a clue where he’s ...
Why women can’t get enough ‘monster sex’ fiction
Daily Telegraph· 1 day agoNutter points out that although monster erotica is seen as a relatively new phenomena, it has a long tradition. Let’s not forget that Greek mythology...
The Authors Call It Fiction, but in These 2 Novels the Facts Don’t Lie
New York Times· 1 day agoBack before the memoir boom, when the barbarous neologism “autofiction” was not yet in vogue, a more...
‘An explosion of talent’: Iain Banks’s The Wasp Factory at 40
The Guardian· 1 day agoThe author’s editor, James Hale, was thrilled about a first novel, which Macmillan would soon be publishing, and which James had discovered on the “slush pile” of unsolicited manuscripts. The ...
Reality Is Imploding in This Post-Pandemic, Fever-Dream Novel
New York Times· 1 day agoLaura van den Berg’s new book, “State of Paradise,” sends readers down surreal portals to ask: How do we distinguish reality from its opposite — whatever that might be? Ruth ...
The Lasting Harm by Lucia Osborne-Crowley review – legacy of abuse
The Guardian· 1 day agoHaving watched from the press box as the case descended into a media circus, Lucia Osborne-Crowley begins by promising to put the victims back at the heart of the story, tracing the impact of ...
‘I thought writing was a stupid hobby’ - Co Down crime fiction novelist Claire McGowan on turning...
The Irish News· 1 day agoJenny Lee chats to Rostrevor novelist Claire McGowan about her latest murderous mystery, Truth Truth...