On the day Anuradha Patwardhan left Udaipur for Bombay to marry a man she had never met in her twenty-one years of life, her mother stretched her beautiful hand through the window of the black Victoria and whispered, “In this life, my darling, there is no mercy.” Anuradha nodded respectfully, longing to ask her what […]
(MENAFN – The Conversation) Every publication can be considered a kind of translation. Sometimes from one language to another, but also from one place to another, from one time to another, from one reader to another. The writer and publisher Helen Wolff knew this. It shaped her life as one of the most important publishers […]
Over 30 years ago, I read Helen Hooven Santmyer’s And Ladies of the Club, a riveting book about life in small-town Ohio from the post-Civil War period to the early 1930s. Through her attention to detail and keen eye for customs and traditions, Santmyer created an era that seemed so far removed from the late […]
Percival Everett’s “James,” a reworking of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of the enslaved Jim, is among the finalists for the 11th Kirkus Prize NEW YORK — Percival Everett’s “James,” a reworking of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of the enslaved Jim, is a finalist […]
Author Pat Barker continues her quest to give voice to women’s stories from ancient Greece… fiction 1. The Voyage Home by Pat Barker is published in hardback by Hamish Hamilton and costs £20 (e-book £10.99). Available now Fresh from the printers – the first copies of PAT BARKER’s The Voyage Home – will be published […]
Inspiration comes from everyday lifeAustrian Cultural Forum New York15 May to 25 September 2024new York The double exhibition of the Austrian Cultural Forum New York, Inspiration comes from everyday life: works by Elfie Semotan and Nina Holleinaims to bring together “fashion, photography, (fine) art, and architecture,” according to the show’s press release. Although the show […]
Evie Wyld’s fourth novel, The Echoesis by turns exquisite and frustrating. It revolves around the world of Hannah, a white Australian in her 30s who lives in a South London flat that she now unknowingly shares with the ghost of her boyfriend Max. Bound to her former home, Max is a ghostly narrator forced to […]
Here are the best-selling Canadian fiction, nonfiction and children’s books from August 17-24, 2024. Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager based on weekly sales statistics from over 260 independent Canadian stores. Canadian Fiction “This Summer Will Be Different” is a novel by Carley Fortune. (Vikings, Jenna Marie Wakani) This summer will be different by Carley […]
When Deanna R. Adams of Mentor wrote her first historical novel, the story she told took on a life of its own. During the four years Adams worked on “A Place We Belong,” she also juggled jobs as a freelance writer, hairdresser, restaurant hostess/waitress and caregiver for her daughter who was battling cancer. Her daughter […]
The 2024 Firecracker Awards of the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) will honor three books and two magazines. Fireworks for Festa del Redentore on the island of Giudecca in Venice, July 20. Image – Getty: Damiano Pesaresi By Porter Anderson, Editor in Chief | @Porter_Anderson Three books and two magazines awarded AAs we […]
