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| | | January 29, 2018 |  Midwinter Galley Roundup Barbara Hoffert, - @barbarahoffert Though we can’t offer a full-scale galley guide for ALA Midwinter 2018, here's a handy look at the highlights. Included are 100-plus key galleys, as well as signings, you should be looking for as you walk the convention floor in Denver. Those not attending can glean insight about what books publishers will be pushing in the spring. |
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| Pop Goes the Fiction  SF, fantasy, women’s fiction, and historicals—here are books by authors ranging from mega best sellers like Kevin Hearne, who's launching a warm and witty new fantasy series with Delilah S. Dawson, to historical fiction pro Suzanne Rindell, to new-to-these-shores English author Rosie Walsh. |
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| | History, Current Events, & More  From the World War II torpedoing of the USS Indianapolis to the recent, mysterious loss of the American cargo ship El Faro, this week’s books aren’t for those afraid of the water. Current writers from Dinesh D'Souza to Martha Nussbaum to First Amendment expert Lukianoff and social psychologist Haidt have thoughts on our current political morass. |
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| LJ Partners GonzoFest Literary Contest  Together with the Louisville Public Library and BiblioBoard, Library Journal is celebrating the national expansion of the GonzoFest Literary Contest and inviting all public libraries, their independent authors, and writer communities to enter the contest with a single piece of literary nonfiction journalism in the tradition of the late Hunter S. Thompson. The emphasis will be on the quality of the writing and the significance of the story it tells. Literary entries are due by 11:59 p.m. EST on March 28, 2018, and must be submitted via the literary contest portal located on BiblioBoard’s website. A $1,000 prize will be granted to the winner. For more information about the contest, please visit the 2018 literary contest page. |
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| Sleeper Hits at ALA Midwinter
- James McLaughlin’s Bearskin
- Rosalie Knecht’s Who Is Vera Kelly?
- Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar’s The Map of Salt and Stars
- Akwaeke Emezi’s Freshwater
- Masih Alinejad’s The Wind in My Hair
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