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100+ exceptional adult titles across all categories from poetry to comics, and 50 extraordinary children’s titles.PW’s Top Authors Pick Their Favorite Books of 2016
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Almost Everyone Left Behind: Pankaj Mishra
In his new book, 'Age of Anger,' Pankaj Mishra examines the appeal of authoritarianism among the marginalized and excluded, in rich and developing nations alike. more...
Dan Chaon is Not Sad (Most of the Time)
Chaon often begins a novel wanting to complicate a received idea. With 'Ill Will' he decided to mess with “the role that deceit plays in our identities,” he says. “I have plenty of things in my own life that have led me to be interested in that.” more...and more.
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BookLife Prize in Fiction Awarded to 'The Vanirim'
The inaugural BookLife Prize in fiction was awarded to T.J. Slee, author of the sci-fi/fantasy thriller 'The Vanirim.'
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DIY: Online Education as Book Marketing
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Self-Publishing in 2017: The Year in Preview
New opportunities and challenges await indie authors in 2017.
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Self-Published Scouting Report: January 2017
In this roundup of the best-reviewed self-published titles from the past month, we highlight historical fiction, a fantasy adventure, a memoir of the AIDS epidemic, and a psychedelic tale of Abe Lincoln.
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New Titles from Self-Publishers, January 2017
Booksellers, publishers, librarians, and agents are encouraged to look at the 50 self-published titles below, with descriptions provided by their authors.
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Interviews
Spotlight on Isaac Lidsky
At only 37 years old, Isaac Lidsky has already had several remarkable and remarkably successful careers.
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Profiles
Almost Everyone Left Behind: Pankaj Mishra
In his new book, 'Age of Anger' (FSG, Feb.), Pankaj Mishra examines the appeal of authoritarianism among the marginalized and excluded, in rich and developing nations alike.
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Interviews
Total Recall: PW Talks with Marcus Sedgwick
Sedgwick’s crime novel set in fin-de-siècle Paris, 'Mister Memory' (Pegasus Crime, Mar.), explores the implications of remembering everything.
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Profiles
Dan Chaon is Not Sad (Most of the Time)
Dan Chaon sits in the attic room of the house where he has written five of his six books, petting Ray Bradbury. When Chaon brought Ray home six years back, the dog didn’t even know how to play. “Now he’s a little more mischievous,” Chaon says, as Ray curls up on the royal blue sofa. He was about a year old when Chaon got him, and he’d been seriously abused, shot repeatedly in the body and face. Buckshot can still be felt under his loose skin. “A physical emblem of what he’s gone through,” Chaon says, running his hand over the bumps.
