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Books To Read This Month: May Edition

We’re almost halfway through 2026, and as the summer season starts to rear its pretty and hot head, why not finish up this spring season with some good reads? We have some exciting new books that will bring book lovers the entertainment and joy they seek as the weather warms up. Take a trip down the midnight train or watch “purrrfect” detectives solve a deadly case. Your next read is…

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Authors in Conversation: CL Montblanc and Jamie D'Amato

Today on the site I’m delighted to present a conversation between two YA debuts, Pride or Die author CL Montblanc and The Good Vampire’s Guide to Blood and Boyfriends author Jamie D’Amato! Pride or Die just released on April 15th (though as you’ll see, this conversation took place beforehand, and I opted out of editing that), while Vampire is still to come at the end of August, but you can get…

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Reading Challenge for 2024

Hey y'all. I made a StoryGraph reading challenge for supporting the authors affected by the review-bombing scandal. If you're interested you can check it out here.

Feel free to suggest and other authors and books, especially the debuts. I went through several sources to try and make sure my list of those most-affected was accurate, but help is welcome.

Kamilah Cole - So Let Them Burn

Molly X. Chang - To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods

Thea Guanzon - The Hurricane Wars

Bethany Baptiste - The Poisons We Drink

Frances White - Voyage Of the Damned

Laura R. Samotin - The Sins On Their Bones

K.M. Enright - Mistress of Lies

R.M. Virtues - Gods of Hunger series

[blackchildrensbooksandauthors]

2023 Debut Authors

✍🏿Meet Leah Freeman-Haskin, author of The Last Two Crayons

I know my audience has felt “othered” before, causing them to question their own sense of self and beauty. This book is about the diversity of skin colors, self-love, and generating more awareness around the impact that words and labels can have on others. It’s a book I wish that I had when I was younger, and I hope others can see themselves in the main character’s journey.

Read more here

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What are the titles of upcoming romance novels by debut authors? I want to try and support newcomers.

[poetsandwriters]

Our November/December issue is here! Inside, you’ll find interviews with Anthony Doerr and Hanif Abdurraqib; Victoria Chang’s reflections on creative struggle; our sixth annual #5Over50 roundup of debut authors; and more. at.pw.org/NovDec2021

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Have you ever taken part in the National Novel Writing Month? Do you, like me, love writing by hand and swoon over a beautiful notebook?

Over at the Endpaper Blog of the famous Paperblanks Journals, we take a peek inside my notebooks and talk about writing and editing a novel, how The Piano Room went from a NaNoWriMo project to getting published, and more!