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Review: 'Dinosaurs': A trust-fund orphan tries to do good in a world out of whack, from the finalist for the 2020 National Book Award

I heard Lydia Millet asked once, in an interview, why she'd left the literary world of New York, where she clearly thrived, and she said that it was too easy to be mean there, and she'd rather be nice — or words to that effect. And niceness is not generally…

Tribune News Service · Oct 12, 2022

‘L.A. Weather’ author María Amparo Escandón wants to upend Latino stereotypes

LOS ANGELES -- Never mind these autumn temperatures: Call this the spring of María Amparo Escandón’s novel, “L.A. Weather.”

The Orange County Register · Oct 12, 2022

In Celeste Ng's dark new novel 'Our Missing Hearts,' libraries shine a light

Celeste Ng wishes she could call it a dystopia. That's how she used to think about the dark world she was crafting in her new novel, "Our Missing Hearts."

Tribune News Service · Oct 12, 2022

20 years ago, Mike Flanagan first wrote 'Midnight Club' — and learned a crucial lesson

Though it may not look it, 'The Midnight Club' is older than the "Flanagan-verse."

Inverse · Oct 11, 2022

The photo of a real life Garda hero at work that inspired a crime reporter to write a gritty novel set in Dublin

'The photograph was the starting point for the entire story, I always knew I would use it as the basis for a novel,' Michael O’Toole said in an interview to mark the publication of his first novel.

Irish Mirror · Oct 11, 2022

Charlie Bird to attend Dublin booking signing this weekend as he launches memoir

The veteran broadcaster will host book signings in several Eason stores in the coming days

Dublin Live · Oct 11, 2022

Girl, 8, couldn't find any books with characters like her so she wrote some herself

Tiana Akoh-Arrey struggled to find any books with people who look like her has now written three of her own - and has won praise from fans across the world

Daily Mirror · Oct 11, 2022

Demand soars for kids' books addressing violence, trauma

As the new school year swings into gear, some students carry heavier worries than keeping up with homework: Demand has been growing steadily for children’s books that address traumatic events such as school shootings

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022

Is Netflix’s Luckiest Girl Alive based on a true story?

The number one film on the streamer follows Mila Kunis as a writer who experienced a school shooting as a teenager

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022

Female history and biography writing dominates Baillie Gifford shortlist

A study of the violence of Britain’s empire, Oliver Cromwell’s commonwealth and the present day refugee crisis are among five books by women vying for this year’s £50,000 first prize

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2022