Elena Ferrante will be publishing a children’s book, The Beach at Night, this December. Revisit our own Jacob Lambert’s series on whether or not picture books are leading our children astray to prepare for the release.
Elena Ferrante Writing for Kids
Tuesday New Release Day: Adrian, Prose, Doyle, Boyd, Grant
It's a big week for literary new releases. Chris Adrian's much anticipated new novel The Great Night is now out, as is Francine Prose's My New American Life. Also new this week are Roddy Doyle's latest collection of stories, Bullfighting, and the reissue of William Boyd's impish prank of a book, Nat Tate: An American Artist. Finally, past Booker shortlister Linda Grant has a new novel out called We Had It So Good.
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McSweeney’s Newspaper Issue Preview
McSweeney's offers a nine-page sneak peek at its forthcoming newspaper issue.
Appearing Elsewhere
Today begins the Flatmancrooked LAUNCH of The Millions staff writer Edan Lepucki and her novella, If You're Not Yet Like Me. Go here to pre-order a copy of the signed and numbered limited first edition.
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Where You Write
We showed you ours, and you showed us yours. Here's a Storify of the 60+ responses we got when we asked you to invite us into your #writespace. Peep our Tumblr this weekend, where we'll be featuring some of our favorites. And of course, keep 'em coming: tag a picture of where you write with #writespace on Twitter or Tumblr and we'll be sure to take note.
Kindle Price Drop
Amazon's response to the iPad? The pricetag for a Kindle has just dropped to $189.
How Many Palins Does It Take To Break Even?
Will HarperCollins sell 400,000 copies of Going Rogue? (My guess: you betcha.)