P. Djèlí Clark Makes His Middle Grade Debut in 2023
Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winning author P. Djèlí Clark has sold his middle grade debut novel to Ali Fisher at Starscape in an auction. Clark’s novel Abeni’s Song is a fantasy adventure that draws on African and Diaspora myths and folklore. Publication is planned for summer 2023.
Here’s A Sneak Peek at Rachel Hawkins’ Next Thriller The Villa
Rachel Hawkins, author of The Wife Upstairs and Reckless Girls, has a new thriller novel coming out on January 3rd, 2023. And here’s a sneak peek at The Villa, including a cover reveal. Hawkins says her latest novel draws from many influences, including the music of Fleetwood Mac, the Manson murders, and the notorious summer Mary Shelley, Lord Byron, and Percy Bysshe Shelley spent vacationing in a castle in Geneva. “I have basically been obsessed with the Romantic poets and Mary Shelley and that whole scene for years,” Hawkins said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “There is something so like, narratively rich about that summer that they spent at Lake Geneva.” Hawkins says she asked herself,”‘What if I took those guys and put them in the 1970s music scene?’… And then I just went from there.”
Happily Ever After Books, A Bookstore for Romantics, Opening in Canada
Happily Ever After Books, a bookstore for romantics, is opening up in Canada. The bookstore made the announcement on Twitter on April 27th. Happily Ever After wrote, “It’s official! We are opening a romance exclusive bookstore in Canada! We will be online only for now but we will be popping up all over Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area throughout the year!” If you want to follow them, they are also on Instagram.
You Don’t Solve Book Bans by Banning More Books: This Week’s Book Censorship News
This week’s book censorship news, including removal of books in Wausau, Wisconsin, Ottumwa, Iowa, and more.