Fans of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series and the HBO adaption Game of Thrones, rejoice! HBO just released the first poster for this season, and it features a very bloodied and bruised Jon Snow. If you recall from Season 5 [SPOILERS], we last saw Jon Snow being stabbed by his fellow members of the Night’s Watch. We’ve long pondered if Snow is actually dead or not, with photos of the actor Kit Harington spotted in Belfast (a known Game of Thrones filming location) surfacing this summer. We’ll have to wait for the April premiere to see if HBO is messing with us, or if Snow will …
This giveaway has ended! Check back here for more giveaways. Sponsored by: Bookperk Enter for a chance to win an advance reading edition of The Ex by Alafair Burke, before its release in January 2016! Book Description: In this breakout standalone novel of suspense in the vein of Gone Girl and The Girl on a Train, a woman agrees to help an old boyfriend who has been framed for murder—but begins to suspect that she is the one being manipulated. Twenty years ago she ruined his life. Now she has the chance to save it. Widower Jack Harris has resisted the dating scene ever since the shooting of his wife …
Thank you to everyone who entered the 2015 Aspiring Writers Competition! We are so excited to read your entries, and we can’t wait to announce the finalists on Sunday, November 22. Until then, we’re giving you some insight into the mind of a previous AWC winner. Michelle Weidenbenner, now the author of several books, talks about her writing process, inspiration, and how her life has changed since winning the competition. The Reading Room: How has your writing career changed since winning the Aspiring Writers Competition? Michelle Weidenbenner: Thanks for asking. I’ve published four books since I won the award. Two …
We know you may have heard this story before, but we still feel like it’s an important one to share. During the terrorist attacks that took place across Paris last week, people shopping in famed bookstore Shakespeare & Co. were able to find shelter among the books. Writer-in-residence at the bookstore, Harriet Alida Lye, told The Guardian about her experience: We are safe in a bookshop, with the windows blacked out. There are about 20 customers with us who’ve been sat here for hours calling home. I haven’t seen anything but police cars go by, and people stumbling out of bars …
After months of anticipation, the National Book Foundation has whittled down its longlists to shortlists, and now to winners. Tonight in New York City, the Foundation honored authors and their books in four categories: Fiction; Nonfiction; Poetry; and, Young People’s Literature. Congratulations to all the winners! Fiction Adam Johnson, Fortune Smiles: Stories Nonfiction Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me Poetry Robin Coste Lewis, Voyage of the Sable Venus Young People’s Literature Neal Shusterman, Challenger Deep Featured image courtesy of https://bit.ly/1MTyEF7
