Inside the 'illuminated' novel
Second take Of the several awards Warren Lehrer’s A Life in Books has won this year, the most gratifying for me is the 2015 International Book Award for Best Cover Design, because of how that hints at...
View ArticleBest-selling author Patricia Leavy, Ph.D. releases new book 'Blue'
Michelle Arana: Blue is a color that evokes many moods and feelings. Just ask Dr. Patricia Leavy, the best-selling author and multi-award winning independent scholar with nineteen published books and...
View ArticleEbooks: The self-publishing route to a more traditional relationship
In August this year the Amazon Kindle Store celebrated its fifth birthday. Topping the bestseller list was self-publishing sensation EL James, who moved to a traditional publishing house after the...
View ArticleSloane Crosley, writer: ‘I liked crawling into Nathaniel’s mind. I’ve dated a...
The publicist turned novelist on beating her fear of fiction and getting under the skin of male characters...
View ArticleNarrative of closure
For Sophia Khan, a sentence that popped into her head at random on a leisurely walk became the starting point of her very first novel — about obsessive love, family ties and a desperate search for...
View ArticleDublin, what a character
Dublin features in my novel, Eggshells, almost as a character in itself, a sometimes magical but occasionally sinister character. For Vivian, the protagonist, Dublin is the place she hopes will show...
View ArticleFrankie Gaffney’s advice to writers: ‘give up the booze and break some rules’
What was the first book to make an impression on you? My Ma started reading to me long before I can remember, so I can’t recall a first book. Where the Wild Things Are made an early impression, though....
View ArticleCaitriona Lally on Eggshells: The Irish Times Book Club podcast
The Irish Times Book Club’s in-depth look at Caitriona Lally’s Eggshells reaches its climax with a podcast in which the author reads a passage from her debut novel and discusses...
View Article‘A lot of Eggshells is from conversations I overheard. People just have no...
Meeting debut author Caitriona Lally in the Book Upstairs Café on D’Olier Street, I was extremely relieved to discover that, unlike her novel’s main character, her hair wasn’t brittle and her hygiene...
View ArticleAuthor Alaric "Al Necro" Cabiling Has Released His Debut Work of Literary...
RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Author Alaric Cabiling published "Insanity By Increments," in March 04, 2015 in eBook format. Now, "Insanity By Increments" is available in both electronic...
View ArticleMaria Mazziotti Guillan Motivates Eastern Writers (Eastern Connecticut State...
(Source: Eastern Connecticut State University) Written by Christina Rossomando Maria Mazziotti Guillan tells students, 'There is room to edit and revise later. I encourage you to just get your poem and...
View ArticleTips, links and suggestions: what are you reading this week?
Your space to discuss the books you are reading and what you think of them...
View ArticleJeanette Winterson meets Marlon James: ‘You can’t keep upgrading people like...
Jeanette Winterson is the award-winning author of Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?...
View ArticleRainbow Rowell: 'We need and love fantasy because it frees us from our own...
The author of Fangirl talks to teen site member Patrick Sproull about her new fantasy novel Carry On, why it’s ok for Chosen One stories to tread familiar ground and her graphic novel plans...
View ArticleWriters on books they regret: 'It's like a bad breakup – you have to move on'
Ever read something you wrote and thought it was rubbish? Viv Groskop, Sathnam Sanghera and others offer their advice for bouncing back from the post-publishing blues...
View Article'Death Ship,' A Conversation with Joseph Badal
Photo: Joseph Badal Joseph Badal served for six years in the U.S. Army as a highly decorated commissioned officer in sensitive, classified positions, including tours of duty in Greece and Vietnam. He...
View ArticleShelf life: writers take us through their collections
Alex Barclay My livingroom bookshelves are my favourite part of the house. They arrived as big, filthy, spider-covered pieces of oak that were beautifully transformed. I have other, messier...
View ArticleCheryl Strayed Is A Motherf**king Feminist
The author of the new collection Brave Enough sounds off about gender politics, personal authenticity, and leaning in to the light. Shop ▾ “I mean, it was hell back in the day, but at least we didn’t...
View ArticleAudrey Niffenegger, novelist: 'Rebecca Solnit is incisive and outspoken'
Where are you now and what can you see? I'm at my desk in the room where I write. I am surrounded by piles of paper and books. I am sitting in a corner and the computer screen blocks most of my view. I...
View ArticleWhat Happened When My Characters Hijacked My Novel
I write emotional family mysteries, the sort of fiction where the characters suffer through freakin' horrible crises: abandoned children, missing parents, wandering husbands, suicidal wives, etc. Give...
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