In our afternoon reading: interviews with Vanessa Chan and Nathan Thrall, 2024’s most anticipated books, and more.
Visit an Uncanny Future in This Excerpt From Graham Rae’s “Soundproof in Satellite Town”
We’re pleased to publish an excerpt from Graham Rae’s novel Soundproof in Satellite Town, set in a futuristic version of Scotland. For more on the book, here’s the publisher’s description:
Soundproof in Satellite Town is a new Scottish sorta-futuristic novel set in the 22nd century, published by Anxiety Press. In it, Johnny Certex and Ratsoup, two disenfranchised young men, have a mad, fast, weird last weekend of drugs, booze, digigames, sex, and muzak, before starting their manufactured jobs on Monday morning, In this excerpt from the book, the two youngstars go to visit their teknofreak friend Eddie Arcadian, who has a strange friend visiting…
Morning Bites: Mike Nagel Interviewed, Kate Brody’s Recommendations, Clay McLeod Chapman on Fiction, and More
In our morning reading: an interview with Mike Nagel, book recommendations from Kate Brody, and more.
Afternoon Bites: Francis Spufford’s Latest, Weird Narrators, David J. Goodwin on H.P. Lovecraft, and More
In our afternoon reading: thoughts on Francis Spufford’s new novel, the case for weird narrators, and more.
Five Books About Filmmaking That Could Be Turned Into Films
My new novel, Sleeping With Friends, asks what would happen if memories of film watching were to become the only thing an amnesiac woman has left. And what if the film memories can reveal to her who among her friends has tried to kill her?
Combining film and the printed word is usually considered an act of crossing the streams. It’s true for the most part—the mediums are vastly different in what they require from language. The novelist struggles to write a raindrop in words. A screenwriter will likely be fired if they get more detailed than “It’s raining.” Reading is active. Watching is passive. Or is it that simple?
Morning Bites: Percival Everett on Film, Celeste Ng’s Library, Subway Art, and More
In our morning reading: adapting Percival Everett for the screen, Celeste Ng’s book collection, and more.
Weekend Bites: Paula Bomer on Sara Gallardo, R.O. Kwon’s Recommendations, Lilly Dancyger on This Year, and More
In our weekend reading: Paula Bomer on a Sara Gallardo novel, R.O. Kwon on the year to come in books, and more.
And with that, our 2023 draws to a close; normal posting will resume on January 2, 2024. 2024?!? Yes, 2024.
Afternoon Bites: Mira Jacob on the Present, Keith Buckley Interviewed, Great Translated Books, and More
In our afternoon reading: Mira Jacob on the present moment, notable books in translation, and more.