Writing Magazine

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You can pretty much judge a book by its cover. Everyone knows that. But what if you just can’t work out what the cover should be? This is the problem I had when I self-published a romance novel at the end of last year. It was the bookseller who reall

The Paris Review

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From the cover of issue no. 136 (Fall 1995) of The Paris Review. It has been said, erroneously, that poets are cat people, novelists dog people. In fact, lots of novelists are into cats. Hilary Mantel included a photo of her cat in her Art of Fiction

NPR

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American writer Christopher Bollen received the, uh, honor, which was announced on Thursday. His novel The Destroyers featured a memorable pair of less-than-appealing analogies.

Literary Hub

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This year, SP Books is publishing the original manuscript of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, originally submitted for publication in Lippincott’s Magazine in 1890. Merlin Holland, Oscar Wilde’s grandson, worked closely with the publishers

Writing Magazine

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It’s fair to say that horror fiction as we know it today is a very broad church, with everything from the subtlety and nuance of the ghost story and psychological horror through to the ‘old favourites’ of the classic monsters and the far less subtle,

India Today

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₹577 (Kindle); 368 pages Hailed by critics as “the first great millennial novelist”, Sally Rooney is set to build on the success of Normal People with a new novel in September. Her characters, we hear, will again be young and Irish. They will again w

SFX

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RELEASED 2 APRIL 384 pages | Hardback/ebook/audiobook Author Claire McKenna Publisher Harper Voyager Not into romance in your fantasy novels? Fear not. Despite the title, this is very much a tale of Gothic passion, more akin to Rebecca or Jane Eyre i

Literary Hub

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Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray first appeared on June 20th, 1890, in the July issue of Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, to major controversy and no small amount of hostility. According to Nicholas Frankel, editor of an annotated edition of th

SFX

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RELEASED 30 JUNE 299 pages | Hardback/ebook Author Silvia Moreno-Garcia Publisher Del Rey There are shades of Daphne du Maurier in this twisty little gothic novel, which pits a young woman against the horrors of a crumbling ancestral home. Our heroin

NPR

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In Mike Chen's debut novel, a time-traveling secret agent is stranded in the past and has to live out a normal life — including a family — that becomes a problem when he returns to his own time.

Writing Magazine

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Melissa Oliver has won the RNA’s Joan Hessayon Award. Melissa’s debut, The Rebel Heiress and the Knight, was awarded the RNA’s £1,000 prize for new writers, which is given to a writer whose first novel has been completed after passing through the Rom

Writing Magazine

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Set aside any notions that the countryside is a place of rest and retreat in the novels of Andrew Michael Hurley. The author’s take on folk horror turns the British countryside into disquieting landscapes – harsh places where malevolent forces are bu

The Big Issue

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Just as if you’re sad, you should listen to melancholy music, so in lockdown it can be a good idea to read stories of isolation and unhappiness. Autobiographical tales tell of Kavan’s poor relationship with her parents and husband, and her attraction

Guardian Weekly

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The This by Adam Roberts Imagine a social media app implanted in the roof of the mouth for more immersive connectivity. This one small step turns out to be a giant leap in human evolution, a sort of telepathy that brings everyone together as parts of

Writer's Digest

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Your idea is too cerebral and issue-oriented for today’s romance,” read the polite rejection letter. I came to realize this was high praise indeed. That was 1986. I was a 20– something newlywed living in Hawaii, dreaming of being a romance novelist,

TIME

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LISA HALLIDAY’S DEBUT novel, Asymmetry, begins with a lopsided affair—a perfect vehicle for a story of inexperience and advantage. This romance is between Alice, a young woman in publishing, and Ezra Blazer, a literary éminence grise, who resembles a

Writing Magazine

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There’s an old adage that says the easier something looks, the more work has gone into it. It definitely applies to the kind of feelgood fiction that leaves its reader feeling warm, emotional, satisfied and uplifted – the kind of fiction that Cathy B

Writing Magazine

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The shortlist has been announced for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2020, set up by Helen Lederer last year, for humorous work by women writers ‘Judging and managing the prize in lockdown was interesting - but we got there!’ said Helen. ‘The 2020 ti

Writing Magazine

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The team at The Writer’s Block are looking for short stories for an anthology for YA and NA readers but you’ll have to write fast: the deadline is 10 March. Aesthetic: A Dark Academia Anthology is to be published as an Amazon ebook and print version.

Writing Magazine

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It will soon be St Valentine’s Day, so I decided to check out the Romantic Novelists’ Association and find out about the state of romantic fiction in 2020. Luckily the current chair, Alison May, was happy to chat to me. ‘The RNA is sixty years old th

Writing Magazine

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Ghost Orchid Press is a new independent publisher of horror, gothic, and supernatural fiction based in Cambridgeshire. The editorial team is keen on ‘championing new and emerging authors in these increasingly popular, versatile genres’, believing ind

Attitude Magazine

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For Spring/Summer 2022, Edward Crutchley has taken inspiration from the intersection of queerness and Gothic themes. A particular focus is the treatment of the queer body in society as portrayed in Gothic literature, with themes of the outsider drawn

Art New Zealand

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On 25 July 1890, James McLauchlan Nairn (1859–1904), a visiting ‘member of the Glasgow Art Club’, delivered his first lecture in New Zealand to the students of the Dunedin School of Art. This took place only six months after a health condition had fo

Literary Hub

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Alexander Chee’s new book, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, is available now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. What was the first book you fell in love with? The Tombs of Atuan, by Ursula K. LeGuin. This novel left such a mark on the inside of m

New Idea

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Natalie Portman is reading Normal People by Sally Rooney. The award-winning novel is a portrait of Connell and Marianne’s relationship, from their life as teenagers in a small Irish town to when they move to Dublin for uni. ■

Literary Hub

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One of the great things about writing (and reading) is that it allows me to briefly become someone who, in real life, I will never be. I’m not a painter or a photographer, but I am fascinated by those people because they have a superpower that will f

Writing Magazine

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Pressed Clover Books is a new indie determined to publish lots of books with happy endings. They love romance and are looking for more, especially stories which show ‘how love really can and does transform this big, beautiful, world’. Submit by email

Denver Life Magazine

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In Downtown Denver’s Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art, a striking, emerald chair stands on five legs. However, what looks like a quirky take on a standard furniture piece boasts a rich history. After discovering the authorless chair, the Kirk

Haven Magazine

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Far from being tucked away in some quiet shed, the studio of artist Rachel Kiddie McClure occupies the front room of her Hamilton character bungalow. This allows her to work at home around other commitments, melding together domestic and creative lif

Lens Magazine

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"Fine Art Photography isn't just about pressing the shutter button. It is about turning yourself inside out, visualizing both beautiful and socially critical topics, and making the previously unseen visible. It is also about repealing the laws of nat