Cautious optimism abounds about the resilience of independent bookselling as new stores appear in the U.S. and Canada
New stores are cropping up on both sides of the 49th parallel and, even better, many of them appear to be turning a profit.
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A Blog About Books and Reading
New stores are cropping up on both sides of the 49th parallel and, even better, many of them appear to be turning a profit.
"They’re sort of fairy tales of modernity," says series editor Ben Saunders.
"Even though I've been living in this country for twenty-two years and this is for all intents and purposes my home – it's where I intend to live the rest of my life – elsewhere is this notion that one or two pieces are missing," says Abdelmahmoud.
Vampires and werewolves are the genre touchstones that get renovated in these two works of fabulism.
Two novels – one from the 1980s and one from the 2010s – showcase the grindhouse-driven mentality of horror's golden age.
"Part of what I want to do is just keep things going," Nehmetallah says. "There are a lot of elements of what they've published lately that I want to nurture."
In the U.S. and Canada, the literary community is rallying in support of women whose rights have disappeared as a result of Friday's ruling.
"If you are afraid of the ascendancy of fascism in this country – and you would be very foolish not to be right now – then you had better understand that the root issue here has to do with male supremacy and the control of women."
In her imaginative sequel to Sputnik's Children, Favro comments on the nature and responsibility of storytelling.
Translators combine skill and artistry in bringing the work of foreign writers to an English-language audience; surely the least we could do is acknowledge their contribution.