“A shockingly original exploration of class, race, and systemic violence . . . This house, tainted by the human evil it contains, is reminiscent of the opening line of Toni Morrison's Beloved. And, like Morrison, Momplaisir uses the tropes of fantasy to try to assert truths that ordinary language and realistic imagery cannot communicate . . . Momplaisir's debut introduces her as an author to watch.”
Follow the link above to read the entire review!
“Watts (Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood), a professor of history at California State University, San Marcos, delivers a unique and enlightening portrait of ‘the informal group of black federal employees’ who sought to advance African-American interests during the New Deal… Watts finds drama in committee meetings and unemployment surveys, and expertly tracks her subjects across the maze of federal bureaucracy. The result is a groundbreaking reappraisal of an unheralded chapter in the battle for civil rights.”
The Black Cabinet by Jill Watts received an amazing starred review from Publishers Weekly! Follow the link above to read the full review.
“EXCLUSIVE: Coming off her acclaimed starring role in Unbelievable, Toni Collette is set to headline another Netflix series, Pieces of Her, a dramatic thriller based on the 2018 book by bestselling crime author Karin Slaughter. Minkie Spiro (The Plot Against America) is set to direct the eight-episode series from the all-female creative team of executive producers Lesli Linka Glatter, Charlotte Stoudt and Bruna Papandrea.”
We are so thrilled to share this news! Follow the link above to learn more.
“PHILADELPHIA -- Two of the 2020 Stonewall Book Awards were announced Sunday, Jan. 26 by the Rainbow Round Table (RRT) of the American Library Association (ALA), during the ALA Midwinter Meeting and Exhibits, held January 24-28 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Stonewall Book Awards are given annually to English-language works of exceptional merit relating to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender experience and include the Stonewall Book Awards – Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award (announced at the Youth Media Awards press conference on Monday, January 27th), the Stonewall Book Awards – Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award, and the Stonewall Book Awards – Barbara Gittings Literature Award. The awards will be presented to the winning authors at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago in June.
[…]
Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis and published by Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Penguin Random House, was named the winner of the Stonewall Book Awards - Barbara Gittings Literature Award for 2020. Cantoras is a masterful look at queer love and community, particularly under a dictatorship, a time when even a whisper of nonconformity could mean your disappearance.”
Follow the link above to read the full press release!
We are thrilled to share that Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis was awarded this year’s Stonewall Book Award - Barbara Gittings Literature Award!
Follow the link above to see the announcement on Twitter!
“A history of how Franklin Roosevelt’s policies were decisively influenced by a group of African American advisers.
Drawing on government documents, newspapers, and an extensive number of archives, historian Watts vividly recounts an important chapter in black American history: the place of black advisers in Roosevelt’s administration. […] A thoroughly researched history of important black activists.”
Follow the link above to read the full review!
“Timed to the 211th birthday of namesake Edgar Allan Poe, the Mystery Writers of America has announced its nominees for the 2020 Edgar Awards. The awards honor the best writing in mystery (fiction and nonfiction) as well as in television published and produced throughout the year. The winners will be announced at an event in New York City on April 30.”
Fake Like Me by Barbara Bourland is a Best Novel nominee for the 2020 Edgar Awards! Follow the link above to see the full list.
“Stories that get under your skin. That’s what you can expect from Karin Slaughter’s domestic crime thrillers. As she returns this summer to her popular Will Trent series with The Silent Wife (William Morrow), it’s not lost on the best-selling author that her 20th book, despite the dark nature of her writing, means that good fortune has followed her.
’I feel really fortunate because there are a lot of writers out there struggling, and my take home from that is I need to earn it every day,’ she says. ‘I’m proud that I’ve held to the choice to write about recovery and the kind of expectations that women tie themselves in knots over when they become victims of violence.’
Slaughter’s The Silent Wife re-introduces Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Will Trent as he investigates a young woman’s brutal murder. The trail goes cold, but when a chance assignment takes Trent to the state penitentiary, it’s a prisoner who recognizes the attack, which looks identical to the one he was accused of eight years earlier. As Trent digs into both crimes, it’s clear that the original case must first be solved, but a decade has passed, and so have memories, witnesses and evidence. Everyone’s favorite medical examiner, Sara Linton, must help Trent hunt down a ruthless murderer.
As excitement builds for the summer release, Parade.com is presenting the highly-anticipated cover of The Silent Wife for the first time here!”
Follow the link above to get a first glimpse of the cover for The Silent Wife and to read an interview with the legendary crime writer, Karin Slaughter!
“Was ‘reading more’ one of your 2020 goals? Sometimes the options of where to start and what to read can be overwhelming — there is no shortage of content out there — but if horror and thrillers are your genre, Goodreads users have your back. Below is a list of the top 10 most anticipated thrillers of 2020, plus everything you need to know about the year's hottest picks.”
You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen was included in this fabulous round-up! Follow the link above to read more.
“The year has gotten off to a rocky start worldwide, but we hope this semi-annual Millions tradition will be a bright spot. We seem to say this every year, but at 140-something books, this is truly our most gratuitously enormous Preview to date. And yet there are even more books to be read in the first half of this year! As usual, we will continue with our monthly previews, beginning in February. Hop into the comments to let us know what we missed, and look out for the second-half Preview in July!”
My Mother’s House by Francesca Momplaisir and Book of the Little Axe by Lauren Francis-Sharma were included on this list! Follow the link above to read more.
“The iconic Chilean author Isabel Allende will publish her latest novel, A Long Petal of the Sea, on Jan. 21. Ahead of the release of the decades-spanning epic, which tells the story of two young people who make Chile their new home in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, Allende reflects on the books that influenced her life — and which of her own novels she’d like to see on the big screen.”
The fabulous author Isabel Allende mentioned Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis as one of her favorite books from 2019 by a Latinx writer! Follow the link above to read the full article.
“2019 is over, but that doesn’t mean you have to miss some of the best books published last year.
Three bibliophiles share their favorite overlooked titles.”
Kerri Miller, MPR News host, selected Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis as one of her favorite books of 2019! Follow the link above to read the full list or listen to the show.
“As of December 15, when I’m submitting this article, I have read 111 books in 2019. Most were good, some were fantastic, and a few (but fortunately very few) were quite awful. To help guide you in your 2020 reading, I’ve selected 10 books I read this year that I would recommend to any Everygirl. These aren’t necessarily my favorite 10 books, as I intentionally picked books to appeal to different reading tastes, but I thought each of these books was excellent in its own right.
Of course, I have my own personal reading tastes as well, so here’s a quick rundown of my year in reading to give you an idea of my biases and blind spots: 82 of the 111 books I read were fiction. 94 were written by women, and 63 were written by People of Color. I listened to 27 audiobooks and read the other 84 titles in print or on my Kindle. As you can see, my reading skews heavily toward fiction written by women (and often about women), which I hope everyone will read more of this year.
Throughout my year in reading, I read books that made me laugh, books that made me angry, books that made me cry, and (the best) books that made me turn the final page, close my eyes to savor the last words, and then immediately text my book club friends to suggest what we should read next. Because I can’t text all of you, please consider these my heartfelt recommendations for what you should read in 2020.
Happy reading!”
Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis is in great company on this list! Follow the link above to read more.
“From fantasy epics to historical fiction sagas to contemporary thrillers, 2020 boasts amazing novel releases from both debut and established authors. This list includes the 25 books we’re the most excited about, all of which hit shelves between January and May this year. Check out the must-read titles below, which are listed in order of release date.”
My Mother’s House by Francesca Momplaisir—which will be published May 12, 2020—was included in this round-up! Follow the link above for more.
“These are 2020 books by women and nonbinary writers of color that I personally happen to be excited about. It’s one list, inevitably incomplete. (If you see a book missing, please feel very welcome to post about it on social media, preorder it from your local bookstore, request it from your library, or, perhaps, all of the above.) Also incomplete is the term ‘of color,’ a flawed, complicated label with varied and ever-changing valences in and outside of the U.S. Finally, I love reading poetry, and such books of poetry are coming up in 2020—Natalie Diaz! Danez Smith! Monica Sok!—but I’m not as aware of what’s forthcoming from poets, so I’ve limited myself to prose.”
Author R.O. Kwon selected Book of the Little Axe by Lauren Francis-Sharma as part of this round-up! Follow the link above to read more.
“While it had its ups and downs, 2019 was a great year for books written by women, trans and gender nonconforming writers and other historically marginalized writers. This year is shaping up to be even better—as evidenced by the 86 books in this very 2020 preview!”
My Mother’s House by Francesca Momplaisir was included in this fabulous round-up. Follow the link above to see the full list.
“2019 was yet another extraordinary year for fans of Latino literature.
Among the year’s highlights are Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s ‘Sabrina & Corina,’ a debut collection of stories that was named a finalist for the National Book Award in fiction; Angie Cruz’s ‘Dominicana,’ a novel that launched Good Morning America’s Cover to Cover book club, and Carmen Maria Machado’s ‘In the Dream House,’ whose inventive approach to narrative single-handedly reimagined the memoir.
These three books will continue to be talked about in 2020 and beyond. Aside from these, here are 10 other noteworthy books by and about Latinos you might want to add to the list of titles you plan to explore in the coming year.”
Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis was included on this fabulous list! Follow the link above to learn more.
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks is a Kirkus Best YA Romance of 2019!! Follow the link above to see the full list.