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Joseph Howse's Soviet-Era Novel The Circus and the Atom Wins World Literature and Audiobook Fiction at the 2026 NYC Big Book Award
Darie Nani··1 min read
The Nova Scotia author's second book, set in Kiev over the New Year of 1988 into 1989, also took a Distinguished Favorite for its cover, while his debut The Girl in the Water was honoured for its audiobook. The Next Year's Snow series has now sold to more than 80 public library systems in seven countries.
How Kathy Taylor Turned Two Stays in Marburg Into an Autobiographical Novel
Dr Marina Nani··1 min read
A retired professor wrote The Birthing House across two decades and two stays in the same German town. It is a novel about grief, language, and how writing returns a woman to herself.
The Compliant Cowgirl: Christa Jan Ryan's Cautionary Memoir of Love and Codependency
Dr Marina Nani··1 min read
In her memoir The Compliant Cowgirl, Christa Jan Ryan follows a man to 1970s Wyoming, loses herself in the relationship, and writes the way back out of codependency.