apublicspace Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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A Line in the World: A Year on the North Sea Coast
Dorthe Nors
Join us on 12/5 to celebrate longtime APS friend and contributor Dorthe Nors and her first book of nonfiction, A LINE IN THE WORLD! 5:30 PM ET, online. Register here: https://t.co/bkKTMr2AIC Cohosted by @Center4Fiction & @GraywolfPress! https://t.co/OosbreAKWB
Paperback, 2022
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Zeno's Conscience
Italo Svevo
"ZENO’S CONSCIENCE is a masterpiece, a novel overflowing with human truth in all its murkiness, laughter and terror, a book as striking and relevant today as it was when it was first published." #APStogether begins again with host Claire Messud on 9/13! https://t.co/yfTnK38ohx https://t.co/o4t9RbivDd
Hardcover, 2001
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
White Cat, Black Dog: Stories
Kelly Link
Happiest of pub days to APS contributor and MacArthur “Genius Grant” fellow Kelly Link (@haszombiesinit) and her new collection WHITE CAT, BLACK DOG—"seven ingeniously reinvented fairy tales." Join her tonight at @booksmithtweets for her launch event, 7pm ET. https://t.co/CYByamAg3J
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
An Unwritten Novel: Illustrated
Virginia Woolf
Join us for a Drawing Stories workshop w/ @AnnieCoggan: She's built love seats for Virginia Woolf & illustrated Edith Wharton's sitting rooms. Now she's leading a class on using techniques & perspectives of architecture to bring to life a fictional world https://t.co/I3oMM2olOB https://t.co/0yT1gMQ96o
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Gone to the Wolves
John Wray
Happy pub day to two of our contributors! Congratulations to @John_Wray for his novel GONE TO THE WOLVES and Maureen N. McLane's new book of poetry WHAT YOU WANT. https://t.co/ymKHgeAJy9
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Book of Errors
Annie Coggan
WORKSHOP: Drawing Stories with @AnnieCoggan Join us on Saturday, July 16 with the author of THE BOOK OF ERRORS, for a one-session workshop about visualizing spaces & how this can help bring to life a fictional world. Register here: https://apublicspace.org/academy/annie-coggan-drawing-stories-2
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Get the Word Out
Anne Janzer
TONIGHT! Hear from APS author @arugulaada as part of the inaugural cohort of Get the Word Out, a new publicity incubator for debut authors from @poetswritersinc. 6PM ET, online. Register: https://t.co/3shRSts2T0
Paperback, 2020
$18.50$9.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Time Outside This Time
Amitava Kumar
Perfect listening to accompany today's #TolstoyTogether! @amitavakumar on @marisreview, talking about his new novel, A Time Outside This Time; literature and fake news; reading community; and #TolstoyTogether! https://twitter.com/mariskreizman/status/1458791898307563520
Paperback, 2025
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Book of Goose
Yiyun Li
Dear #APStogether friends, on Tuesday, September 20, 7pm ET join APS and @aaww at @Center4Fiction to celebrate the launch of Yiyun Li's new novel THE BOOK OF GOOSE! The event will also be livestreamed. Register here: https://t.co/z7uJJKSUsc https://t.co/cWTcU52bEv
Paperback, 2023
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
High Dive: High Dive: A Novel
Jonathan Lee
"It seemed the kind of day when nothing serious could happen, the weather storybook pure. Big yellow sun. Smooth blue sky." —@JonLeeWriter, "High Dive" The perfect story to read on a mid-May day #NationalShortStoryMonth https://apublicspace.org/magazine/detail/high_dive https://t.co/wcvTLtHNUg
Paperback, 2017
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book