This week, several awards were given, including the Edgar Awards, honoring the best mystery fiction and non-fiction; the Arthur C. Clarke Award, honoring the best in science-fiction, and the Believer Book Award, rewarding the “strongest and most under-appreciated” work of fiction. You can view all the latest literary awards on our dedicated page. Icelandic author Sjón [...]
The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books took place last weekend at the University of South California, and welcomed hundreds of authors, publishers and celebrities alike. On Friday, the Los Angeles Times Book prize rewarded authors for works of fiction, non-fiction, and other non book-related prizes were awarded, such as the Innovator’s Award, awarded to [...]
This week, we interviewed Scott Hutchins and Noah Hawley. Scott Hutchins teaches Creative Writing at Stanford University. A Working Theory of Love is his first novel. “I consider A Working Theory of Love to be a love letter–not without criticism–to San Francisco” Read our interview of Scott Hutchins about A Working Theory of Love Noah [...]
James Herbert, known for his numerous horror novels, died this week at age 89. You can download up to twenty of his works on Feedbooks. If you like horror fiction, don’t hesitate to browse our Horror category. Benjamin Alire Saenz is the latest recipient of the PEN/Faulkner Award for his short story collection Everything Begins [...]
We interviewed two authors this week on Feedbooks: Gavin Corbett and Qiu Xiaolong. Gavin Corbett was born in the west of Ireland and grew up in Dublin, where he studied History at Trinity College. This is the Way is his second novel. “Home is any place where peace of mind comes easily” Read our interview [...]
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