Interview: @Cityofdeja, Bookstagram writer
@Cityofdeja Tell Us A Little about You and your Bookstagram account? @Cityofdeja: My name is Deja. I’m a 19 year old college student from Texas with a knack for reading and collecting. Cityofdeja is my happy place on Instagram where I can talk about books all day and interact with other book lovers! I started […]
Interview: Julia Dixon Evans, Author of How to Set Yourself On Fire
About How to Set Yourself On Fire Sheila’s life is built of little thievings. Adrift in her mid-thirties, she sleeps in fragments, ditches her temp jobs, eavesdrops on her neighbor’s Skype calls, and keeps a stolen letter in her nightstand, penned by a UPS driver she barely knows. Her mother is stifling and her father […]
Interview: Jon McGregor, Author of The Reservoir Tapes
Tell us a little about The Reservoir Tapes and how it relates to your previous book, Reservoir 13. JM:I have no shame in calling The Reservoir Tapes a ‘prequel’ to Reservoir 13. Portmanteau words are the best words. These stories all take place in the days and months leading up to the event with which […]
Feature: From Within, DL Graser
My New Beginning by DL Graser I always thought about writing a children’s book, but never stopped my busy life to begin the journey. As years passed by I wondered if I would ever take that first step to fulfill this dream. One night a few years ago I was awaken very early to a […]
Review: Down in the Belly of The Whale
Down in the Belly of the Whale by Kelley Kay Bowles Down in the Belly of a Whale is sometimes hilarious, sometimes sad, but always real. Down in the Belly of a Whale opens with Harper who believes she is something called a changeling – a creature switched at birth because someone wants the child […]
Interview: Liza Wiemer Author of Hello?
Hello? by Liza Wiemer One HELLO can change a life. One HELLO can save a life. So Hello? is your YA debut novel and the first to be published. Can you tell us a little bit about the experience and what Hello? is about? LW: Hello? tested me in ways I could never have expected. […]
Excerpt: A Maiden So Bewitching by Colm Herron
“I wanted to explain to you about my parents. None of the two of them wanted me. Momma was expecting a girl – expecting in the sense of expectation I should add – and Pappa didn’t want a child of any description. So I grew up feeling very unwelcome indeed. Therefore you won’t be surprised […]
Interview: The Sons of Shea
Your story depicts a neglected, poor Michigan neighborhood without hope except for one man, Bishop. It also has a hint of personal importance to you. Tell us how you developed the story. DD: The Sons of Shea was a passion project for me. It began as a hobby — I had no strategy for publishing […]
Interview: Further Joy
Further Joy by John Brandon Quirky, inventive characters populate John Brandon’s first short story collection, from a down-on-his-luck former high school football star to a little league player obsessed with entrepreneurship. Each of the 11 stories is a winner. Shelf Unbound: You’ve written three novels, and this is your first collection of short stories. What […]
Interview: Sour Heart
Sour Heart by Jenny Zhang The first publication from Lena Dunham’s Random House imprint Lenny, Sour Heart is a brilliant, moving portrayal of the struggles of Chinese girls coming of age in America. Shelf Unbound: Your young girl characters struggle with their families’, particularly their mothers’, expectations that they stay tightly connected to the family […]