This Week on Books Direct -
7 October 2017
Here's a list of some great articles you may have
missed this week. Enjoy!
How To Deal With Success As An Author? by Hans M. Hirschi
Success. It sounds so appealing. We all have our
dreams of being successful, having successful relationships, marriages, we want
our kids to be successful in life, we dream of successful careers, but what
does it really matter when push comes to shove? What is success?
Rant: When Lovers Don't Return Your Books by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen for Frankie Magazine
You’re going to have to work extra hard for a
membership card to the Library of Giselle.
Read "The Edge of the Shoal" by Cynan Jones,Winner Of The BBC National Short Story Award by Cynan Jones for The Guardian
Prize judge Eimear McBride called it "as perfect a
short story as I’ve ever read." Here is the complete tale of a kayaker’s
peril at sea.
The Publishing Entrepreneur Who Has The Technology To Find The Next J. K. Rowling by Alison Coleman
for Forbes
What turns a great story into a bestselling book? Is
it good connections in the publishing world, dogged perseverance, or luck? The
question has frustrated authors for decades, including the likes of J. K.
Rowling whilst seeking a publisher for her Harry
Potter book, and a conclusive answer has remained as elusive as ever, up
until now.
Truth In My Fiction by Anna Simpson for emaginette
Have you ever slipped any of your personal information
into your characters, either by accident or on purpose?
Hemingway’s Earliest Piece of Fiction Discovered by Jason Daley for Smithsonian
The phony travelogue describes a trip from his home in
Illinois across the Atlantic to Ireland and Scotland.
/https://public-media.smithsonianmag.com/filer/04/51/0451d1b0-708f-4671-bc80-f0bdf1d78f7c/hemingway.jpg "Hemingway’s Earliest Piece of Fiction Discovered by Jason Daley for Smithsonian")
Here Are The Finalists For The 2017 National Book Awards by Colin Dwyer for NPR
It began with more than 1,500 books. Winners will be
announced on 15 November in New York City.
Ex-FBI Agent Opens Cold Case Review Into Who Betrayed Anne Frank by Daniel Boffey for The Guardian
Vince Pankoke and his team will use new techniques to
analyze large amounts of data to solve the mystery of the diarist’s capture.
Author 101 by London
Saint James
Readers won’t love everything you write. How do you
deal with it?
Kazuo Ishiguro Wins The Nobel Prize In Literature 2017 by Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Alison Flood for The Guardian
The British author behind books including Man Booker
winner The Remains of the Day takes
the award for his "novels of great emotional force".
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