We’re thrilled to announce Afterlife, the new novel by beloved writer Julia Alvarez. Julia has written multiple bestselling novels including How the García Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of the Butterflies, which has sold over one million copies worldwide and just celebrated its 25th anniversary this year. Afterlife, the first new adult novel inContinue reading
Tikka Malloy was eleven and one-sixth years old during the long, hot, Australian summer of 1992. That was the summer her friends, the Van Apfel sisters—Ruth, Hannah, and Cordelia—mysteriously disappeared. And Tikka is the one who tells us their story, and her own, in Felicity McLean’s novel, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone. Full ofContinue reading
Felicity McLean has delved into her own past as a young girl living in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia, as well as her great-grandfather’s, for inspiration when writing the compelling and haunting novel, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone. Read her essay exploring the idea that the past travels with us, and how that was anContinue reading
A Death in the Rainforest by Don Kulick asks the question, how does a language die? Even more important, what actually dies when a language dies? What does this mean for a culture and its people? More than just a linguistic analysis, the heart of A Death in the Rainforest is the empathetic look at the lives ofContinue reading
We’re excited that four amazing Algonquin authors—from clockwise from top left: Jaquira Diaz, Gabriel Bump,Tim Mason, and Brock Clarke—will be joining us at Book Expo in New York this week. Here’s a little bit about each of their upcoming books: The Darwin Affair by Tim Mason London, June 1860: When an assassination attempt isContinue reading
Summer is here, and whether you’re headed to the beach, the pool, or your living room sofa, you’re going to need a great book to keep your summer reading hot. Here are the books everyone will be talking about. • • • The Darwin Affair by Tim Mason It’s June 1860 in London, and withinContinue reading