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in ArticlesBookriot: 10 Best New Indie Press Books to Read This Summer
Check out the list of some of the best summer indie press books, and find some great new reads and maybe a new favorite independent press!
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Kathe Koja’s Top 5 Halloween Book Recommendations
Kathe Koja, author of many novels including the classic award-winning, THE CIPHER, which is back in paperback this month after almost 30 years from Meerkat Press, shared with us her top five Halloween Book recommendations. Be sure to finish as there is an exciting giveaway at the end along with details on THE CIPHER reissue. […] More
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Booker list picks four debuts as Mantel misses out
Four debut novels are on the Booker Prize shortlist, but two-time winner Hilary Mantel misses out.
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VPR: Tanya Nichols Novel The Circle Game
Interview: A new novel from Fresno-based author Tanya Nichols tells the story of an attorney, her young client, and how they both must deal with tragedies in their…
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The Guardian: Head Hand Heart by David Goodhart
Do too many people now go to university? And shouldn’t manual work and care work be more valued? A timely but flawed polemic…
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Five Ways to Create Memorable Characters by Ellen Birkett Morris
I wrote about the experiences of lots of different women in Lost Girls, but I had the same goal with each character, that she be unforgettable. Here are some of the things I did to make my characters stand out: The things she carries. Objects are a great way into character. When Teri, a waitress, […] More
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Gerry Huntman’s Guardian of the Sky Realms Playlist
Gerry Huntman shared an amazing music video playlist to go with his new middle-grade fantasy, Guardian of the Sky Realms. You can enter a giveaway for a $50 giftcard. Maree Webster—an “almost-emo” from the western suburbs of Sydney—hates school, has few friends, and is obsessed with angels and fallen angel stories. Life is boring until […] More
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Foreword Reviews: Fresh Water for Flowers by Valérie Perrin
Fresh Water for Flowers: Though much of it is set among the dead, Valérie Perrin’s “Fresh Water for Flowers” is an exuberant novel whose thoughtful treatments of family tragedies are alchemistic. Abandoned at birth, Violette was shunted between disinterested foster…
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The Five Places that Created the Backdrop of Sybelia Drive
by Karin Cecile Davidson The five places that created the backdrop of Sybelia Drive: Anna Clara, the fictional small lake town in 1960s/70s central Florida, in which most of the story takes place. Quiet, mostly working class and military families, conservative with a good dousing of progressive attitudes, thanks to the liberal arts college at […] More
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Entropy: August and September 2020 Small Press Releases
Curated list of small press releases curated by Jacob Singer.
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