A huge congratulations to Hanako & to everyone shortlisted!
It's been such a pleasure working on this stunning literary debut. Mongrel is a rare gem that promises to stay with you long after you've finished - we can't wait to see where it goes next 🌸
#WDFP@WeAreFootnote
We’re thrilled to announce the shortlist for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2024! Championed by booksellers across the country, discover the six incredible books from the most exciting new voices in fiction: https://t.co/yl8D8pCEyt #WDFP
So I wrote a book. It’s out on Sept 12th via @nineeightbooks. Lovely words from Elton and also this from Cillian Murphy “A beautiful insightful and honest look into the life of legend and musical polymath Simon Raymonde”. Which was nice. Link to buy in linktree / bio
‘Bonkers’ - Elif Bautman
‘Filthy and Elegant’ - Raven Leilani
‘A masterpiece’ - Slavoj Zizek
Pals, Yasmin Zaher’s THE COIN is so good! The story of a Palestinian woman moving to NYC, working in a school and losing her mind while getting wrapped up in a Birkin bag Ponzi scheme.
What does it mean to make a choice when the options have been arranged for us? Is personal freedom possible on the Internet?
New Yorker journalist @chaykak is asking the important questions in his latest book Filterworld, out Jan 23rd.
Preorder now: https://t.co/P2FOR2eOpo
Proofs are in for the book that we can’t stop talking about. Prepare to be completely enthralled…
Linda Segtnan’s #TheEighthHouse is a genre-defying story of a mother’s obsession with a murder. We can’t wait for you all to read it.
.@FitzcarraldoEds reported that 1,500 people on the first day alone took advantage of its move to make the e-book of Adania Shibli’s Minor Detail free ⬇️ https://t.co/4XaMe9irbF
.@IthakaPress, the narrative non-fiction imprint of @BonnierBooks_UK, has acquired In The Streets of Tehran, an anonymous Iranian female activist’s account of the current uprising, introduced by @christinalamb . https://t.co/uJ4qIPR3Xy
"Fringe groups that initially have a marginal impact on public discourse follow a pattern of gradual mainstreaming."
Read a review of Julia Ebner's Going Mainstream @IthakaPress by @LenaSchorlemer
https://t.co/deYrRdIp0w
‘Riveting and vividly written … this gripping story is the literary equivalent of a superb miniature painting. Each street-level detail illuminates a bigger truth'
Another rave review for @AndrewWJHarding's 'A Small, Stubborn Town' @IthakaPress
https://t.co/LD26xIoK2E
Poetry isn’t dead, T. Some fuckin loser just likes to say that it is every couple years, to get in your head. Really, more people are reading poems now than ever before. It’s like a golden age for the genre.
The longtime New Yorker writer Peter Schjeldahl has died, at age 80. Read Schjeldahl’s 2019 reflection on the art of dying, which he wrote after receiving a devastating diagnosis of rampant lung cancer: https://t.co/Nixibmy2Tv