We love this Kickstarter from our good friend Tee Morris. If you LitStackers will recall, …
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Review and Giveaway: The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards by Kristopher Jansma
In celebration of the paperback release of The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards, Viking Penguin is …
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Angry Robot Signs a Deal for Ishbelle Bee’s ‘The Singular and Extraordinary Tale of Mirror and Goliath’
by Tee Tateby Tee TateAngry Robot announced their deal for Worldwide Rights, for The Singular and Extraordinary Tale of …
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LitStack Review: Hild by Nicola Griffith
Hild Nicola Griffith Farrar, Straus and Giroux First Edition: November 12, 2013 ISBN 978-0-374-28087-1 Seventh …
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Songs That Make Books Better A few months ago I wrote about some pretty general …
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LitStack’s ‘In Case You Missed It’ Review: The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu
The Lives of Tao Wesley Chu Angry Robot Release Date: April 30, 2013 ISBN 978-0-85766-329-0 …
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This, it turns out, is the second of three Gimblings that recount a trip I …
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LitStack Recs: ‘Paris Stories’ and ‘The Book of Killowen’
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanParis StoriesMavis Gallant When the news came Tuesday that the great story writer Mavis Gallant …
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It’s a Jekyll and Hyde Thing: My Pursuit of the Written Word
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being …
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Details on Book Two of Rowling’s ‘Galbraith’ Series Emerges
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe Bookseller is reporting that details on the second mystery novel penned by Robert Galbraith …
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It seems, (in this editor’s opinion anyway), that there are a lot of really great …
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Attention Whedonites: Doctor Horrible Two Will Happen
by Tee Tateby Tee TateWe were just a bit too excited when we came across this post from Screen …
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Author Paolo Bacigalupi (The Windup Girl, Zombie Baseball Beatdown) has once again started a fascinating …
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If I take one thing from the Winter Olympics currently taking place in Sochi, Russia, …
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Ancillary JusticeAnn LeckieOrbit BooksPublication Date: October 1, 2013ISBN 978-0-316-24662-0 It’s a brilliant way to keep …
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Kickstarters We Love: Women Destroy Science Fiction
by Tee Tateby Tee TateWe love, love, love this awesome kickstarter from Lightspeed magazine. It’s an issue completely written …
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Borrowed HorsesSiân GriffithsNew Rivers PressRelease Date: October 29, 2013ISBN 978-0-89823-284-4 The last time I rode …
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LitChat Interview: Pam van Hylckama Vlieg, Foreword Literary
by Tee Tateby Tee TatePam van Hylckama Vlieg started her literary career as assistant to Laurie McLean, of Foreword …
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Scintillate Tracy Clark Entangled: Teen ISBN-10: 1622661451 A mighty flame follows a tiny spark… …
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I pretty much live in awe of folks who can, without aid, quote a great …
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LitStack Recs: ‘I Hate to Leave This Beautiful Place’ and ‘Born to Pull’
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanI Hate to Leave This Beautiful Place Howard Norman In the essay-as-memoir, the writer can …
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LitStack’s ‘In Case You Missed It’ Review: The Windup Girl by Paulo Bacigalupi
The Windup Girl Paulo Bacigalupi Night Shade Books Release Date: May 1, 2010 ISBN 978-1-59780-158-4 …
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The Books We Can’t Wait to Read: February 2014
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThere’s nothing quite like the thrill of getting our hands on a book we’ve been …
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Yesterday, the long-silent Harry Potter fandom received a bit of a shock when news leaked …
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Fortune’s Pawn Rachel Bach Orbit Books Release Date: November 5, 2013 ISBN: 978-0-316-22111-5 In fiction, …
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Great news from our friends at Angry Robot books: they have recently signed Kameron Hurley …
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One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. …
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Thanking the Gatekeepers – One Writer’s Views on the Advantages of Traditional Publishing
Paolo Bacigalupi is an award winning science fiction writer. Author of the amazing book, The …
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From iO9: American comics fans aren’t the only people excited about Kamala Khan, the teenage …
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From THP: Joyce Maynard’s 2009 novel, Labor Day, has been adapted into a feature film …
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A few days ago, I took the Mighty Belle to a “new” off leash dog …
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LitStack Review: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
A Tale for the Time Being Ruth Ozeki Penguin Books Release Date: December 31, 2013 …
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LitStack Rec: A Distant Mirror: the Calamitous 14th Century and The Boys of My Youth
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Boys of My Youth, by Jo Ann Beard When it was released in 1998, …
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New Wizard of Oz Adaptation Features Adult Dorothy (LINK)
by Tee Tateby Tee TateFrom THP: One of the most popular fantasy worlds ever created is getting another visit, …
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Simon & Schuster Launches New Sci-Fi/Fantasy Adult Trade Imprint, Simon451
by Tee Tateby Tee TateHaving recently launched a science fiction & fantasy imprint out of its children’s division, Simon …
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Voldemort Won! Tumblr user Pragmatique has created these gorgeous Harry Potter posters that envision a …
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LitStack Review: Alliance – The Paladin Prophecy Book 2 by Mark Frost
Alliance: The Paladin Prophecy Book 2 Mark FrostRandom HouseRelease Date: January 7, 2014ISBN 978-0-375-87046-7 Adventure/fantasy …
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UncategorizedOf Interest
Martin Luther King Day: Best Books About MLK And His Legacy (PHOTOS)
by Tee Tateby Tee TateIn the United States, we honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by …
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Oddly Normal: One Family’s Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His …
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We love this behind-the-scenes look at the life a Harlequin editor, Patience Bloom. Who knows …
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They’ve promised that dreams can come true – but forgot to mention that nightmares are …
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Former X-File actress Gillian Anderson has landed a deal for a Sci-Fi novel to launch …
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LitStack Rec: The Goldfinch and Exposure
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Goldfinch,Donna Tartt The reception Donna Tartt has garnered for her third novel, her first …
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LitStack Review: Vacationland by Sarah Stonich
VacationlandSarah StonichUniversity of Minnesota PressRelease Date: March 25, 2013ISBN 978-0-8166-8766-4 Vacationland is a book that …
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From The Huffington Post: It’s strange to think that although we encounter letters and numbers …
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We all have heard the stories about great works being rejected by publishers. Many of …
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Yesterday, I had to do something that was quite sad – I had to call …
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From i09: Lemony Snicket, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events, is certainly a clever …
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From THP:Take a stroll through the forests and woodlands of Middle Europe today, and it …
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The Wheelbarrows of Violence After missing a 7:15am train on my way upstate last Saturday, …