Epic Universe reveals plans for a new Wizarding World of Harry Potter Universal announced plans for a new Harry Potter-themed land in the Epic Universe, calling it its “most impressive” attraction yet. Texans better grab their brooms, dust off their spell books, and get their wands ready—an unforgettable Harry Potter experience awaits Austin this fall. […]
As this scene from the City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco, California shows, receiving a new … (+) Getting a book out there is no easy feat. Some authors, like Steve Hamilton, are turning to innovative marketing techniques (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images) Getty Images In 2019, I wrote a column about well-known crime writer […]
The deceived is a story about displacement, a stranger in a strange land, music, and a story best known to fans of a certain bard. In her debut novel, Judith Krummeck brings real places, war, music, and identity to life. Vira is a talented but introverted Ukrainian who is forced to flee her homeland when […]
Our life in LondonChristine Dwyer Hickey’s tenth novel begins like the joke: with a man walking into a bar. (Well, a pub in central London.) 18-year-old Irish barmaid Milly can’t see him properly; but on his next visit she does, and she likes what she sees. He’s a boxer, and Irish at that, and he […]
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PHOTO: Seth Rabang Real Life Fiction’s lead actors Piolo Pascual and Jasmine Curtis-Smith explained that talking to yourself is a healthy way to fight your own demons. This is their personal takeaway for moviegoers who will see the film after its premiere at SM Cinemas on August 28. Piolo said, “It’s not abnormal to talk […]
Two books in one: you turn it over and it becomes the other. A winter in Zürau is about Franz Kafka’s stay in a small Bohemian village with his sister Ottla after he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Or, as Gabriel Josipovici puts it in the foreword: “One day in the summer of 1917, the writer […]
Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s debut novel, The Girl of Ink & Stars (2016), was published when she was 26. It won the Waterstone’s Book Prize; her subsequent nine books were nominated for the Carnegie Medal three times. For readers who are new to Hargrave, the highly entertaining fantasy series Geomancer would be a good introduction. The […]
Brett T. Rolle was a brash young man with almost endless luck. He was one of those kids who glide through life, following one self-indulgent whim after another and leaving the consequences to others. When he and his friends put plastic wrap over the toilet bowl in the high school teachers’ bathroom, Brett evaded punishment […]
Here are the best-selling Canadian fiction, nonfiction and children’s books from August 10-17, 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 […]
There is still time to submit your entries to the IA Writing competition with a chance to win! We are really impressed by the quality of this year’s work – it will be difficult to select the finalists. The two lucky overall winners of this year will be published in the 2025 edition of IA […]
