From Secret Garden Books in Seattle, WA: Describe your book [The Tiny Things Are Heavier] in 3 words. Seeking. Hoping. Loving. What element of this book (character/scene/setting) came to you first? Sommy, the novel’s protagonist, came first. What inspired you to write about class in Nigeria? I come from a lineage of postcolonial writers—Achebe, Emecheta, …
Seattle’s Secret Garden Books in Ballard interviewed author Kathy Wang about her upcoming novel, The Satisfaction Cafe, publishing July 1, 2025. Describe your book in 3 words. Vivid, unexpected and moving. If I can get a bonus verb, I’d add comic! What came hardest to you when writing this novel? The point of view. It’s …
Available new in paperback store on September 17. Watch the replay of our interview with the author here. River can see monsters and is destined to be the hero, a job they definitely don’t want. They’re just trying to survive middle school, especially the class where the teacher keeps misgendering them on purpose. But when …
an interview by Aileen Keown Vaux for therumpus.net Once in a great while, a novelist comes along with the ability to dazzle the crowd with their own taxonomy-defying creation. In her debut novel, Fire Season, Leyna Krow deftly weaves together elements of magical realism, historical fiction, and traditional westerns to make something so much greater than …
This book has one of the most fascinating narrators I’ve ever read: a multi-conscious, all-knowing parasite posing as the world’s doctors in order to keep its human hosts alive. One such doctor is sent to an old chateau to care for the ills of a decrepit local despot and his family. This post-post-apocalyptic novel is a ton of fun with plenty …
BY ALEX BEHR May 18th, 2020 on The Rumpus.net https://therumpus.net/2020/05/the-rumpus-interview-with-ramiza-shamoun-koya/ The Royal Abduls, Ramiza Shamoun Koya’s debut novel (Forest Avenue Press, December 2019), drops us into a Muslim American family twisted by generational expectations and self-doubt. It’s told in shifting views by Amina Abdul, an evolutionary biologist who’s returned to Washington, DC to be closer …
From New York Times opinion writer Margaret Renkl comes an unusual, captivating portrait of a family–and of the cycles of joy and grief that inscribe human lives within the natural world. Check out this interview with Renkl. –Country Bookshelf, Bozeman, MT Look at the world in different ways after you read books like this from …
From lithub.com Richard Chiem is the guest on [the podcast] Otherppl. His new novel, King of Joy, is available from Soft Skull Press. This is Richard’s second time on the podcast. He first appeared in Episode 142 on January 23, 2013. Chiem is also the author of You Private Person (Sorry House Classics), named one of Publishers Weekly‘s 10 Essential Books of …
The Country Bookseller in Bozeman, MT was very excited to welcome Pete Fromm back to the Country Bookshelf on June 11th for his new novel, A Job You Mostly Won’t Know How to Do. Bookseller Wendy Blake loved it: Marnie and Taz have it all– they love, laugh and work together, sneak off to swim …
From Shelf Awareness Monday, May 13, 2019: Maximum Shelf This adventurous historical fiction romp could well be this generation’s successor to Karen Cushman’s Catherine, Called Birdie, but its deep dive into the complicated dynamics of friendship should also make it a surefire hit with fans of Raina Telgemeier or Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham’s Real …
