If or When I Call: Will Johnson Discusses His Debut Novel

Long-held itch harvests the road, autobiography, and compassion

"...born, If or When I Call titles the debut novel from Austin singer-songwriter and painter Will Johnson, creative force..."

April 9, 2021 Music Post by Matt White

'86 Plots,' One Graphic Novel

Local comic creators need a Kickstart

"...creators are trying to finance their upcoming horror graphic novel through the online donation system...."

Sept. 11, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Suicide Club: A Novel About Living by Rachel Heng

This debut novel about a future in which people can live forever is a bittersweet yet life-affirming story of eternity versus death

"..."lifer" and the protagonist of Rachel Heng's debut dystopian novel, Suicide Club: A Novel About Living...."

Oct. 12, 2018 Arts Review by M. Brianna Stallings

A Novel Idea

J.J. Abrams to collaborate with Austin author Doug Dorst

"...Doug Dorst (Alive in Necropolis) to write a new novel...."

April 7, 2011 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Lilah Sturges Releases Lumberjanes Graphic Novel

Latest in the series insists emotional vulnerability is cool now

"...Sometimes we just want a cute, queer graphic novel where no one dies tragically, and now we’re in..."

Oct. 17, 2018 Qmmunity Post by Ray Emerson

Dave Eggers' New Novel Sharks Its Way Into Your Social Brain

'The Circle' could teach Stephen King a few tricks about horror

"...The recent New York Times article about Eggers' new novel mentions that the book has risen to #21 in..."

Oct. 14, 2013 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Welcome to Night Vale The Novel

Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor move the strange little desert town of their wildly popular podcast to the printed page

"...to Night Vale is also a book, a full-fledged novel that tells a complete story in about 400 pages...."

Nov. 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Michael Berry

Novel Writing: America's Latest Extreme Sport

National Novel Writing Month now competes with Veterans Day and Thanksgiving as the November celebration -- except that it lasts all month long and demands 50,000 words, or one novel, from its participants.

"...the unacknowledged ancestors of America's latest extreme sport -- novel writing. At least as it is practiced by the..."

Nov. 30, 2001 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

Turning Lipstick Traces Into a Graphic Novel

Lana Lesley adapts the Rude Mechs' punk spectacle to the printed page

"...do they have to go and make a graphic novel out of the thing now?..."

May 29, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

In Lawrence Wright's Novel, an Imagined Pandemic That's Frighteningly Real

If disease-ravaged world of The End of October feels like our own, that’s because the author did his research rigorously

"...Wright looks to have joined their number. His new novel – that's right, novel – is about a deadly..."

May 1, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Author Chandler Baker Talks About Creating a Novel for the #MeToo Movement

Writer of Whisper Network offers a healthy dose of righteous indignation

"...Enter Whisper Network, the first adult novel by Austin resident, corporate attorney, and YA author Chandler..."

July 26, 2019 Arts Feature by M. Brianna Stallings

Amy Gentry Is All the Rage in Her Third Novel, Bad Habits

The Austin author talks anger, solidarity, and grad school villainy

"...Angeles Review of Books; as well as authored two novels of suspense that earned national (and The Austin Chronicle's)..."

April 30, 2021 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Good as Gone: A Novel of Suspense

Amy Gentry's page-turning thriller is set apart by its realistic and empathetic portrayal of abuse victims and their families

"...Like Jennifer Dubois, who based her successful 2014 novel Cartwheel not so loosely on the Amanda Knox story,..."

July 22, 2016 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

Hadrian's Walls: A Novel

"...Hawthorne wrote somewhere that all utopias were doomed to..."

May 14, 1999 Books Feature

Journey Toward a Novel

"...nothing." Two years overdue at the publisher's, finally this novel, my fourth, is done. (It concerns a Marilyn Monroe..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington With This New Graphic Novel

John Lewis pens civil rights history in new graphic novel

"...the youngest keynote speaker at the march, co-authored graphic novel March (Book One) with Andrew Aydin and illustrator Nate..."

Aug. 28, 2013 Books Post by Jessi Cape

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Much like the title character Precious, this rough-hewn movie overcomes the unlikely odds for its success.

"...she was a toddler – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire is a rough-hewn entity with unlikely..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'Forgive Me: A Novel'

An excerpt

"...he said, weren't adding up to much of a novel. He was clearly jealous of Maxim, whose photographs were..."

June 15, 2007 Books Feature by Amanda Eyre Ward

Memories of My Father Watching TV: A Novel

"...who turn up early and often in Martin Amis novels. Barker is strictly small-time. He doesn't want to be..."

Jan. 15, 1999 Books Review

Sean Penn to Promote First Novel in Austin

Oscar winner-turned-author will make a stop here in April

"...Honey Who Just Do Stuff is a darkly humorous novel that follows the life and misadventures of middle-aged divorcee..."

Feb. 12, 2018 Arts Post by Mae Hamilton

Wildfire

Vivid imagery and a rapid pace make this debut novel about wildland firefighters fun as hell to read

"...of regrowth. Released in October 2014, Wildfire, the debut novel by Austin native Mary Pauline Lowry, is, on the..."

July 24, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

New Graphic Novel The Divine from Asaf & Tomer Hanuka

Note: Never fuck with spooky child-soldiers in Southeast Asia

"...the pages between the covers of this new graphic novel from First Second Books...."

July 15, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

National Novel Writing Month November 1-30

"...NaNoWriMo site and write daily to finish up a novel by the end of the month. For some that..."

Oct. 30, 2007 Promotions Post

Jetlag: Five Graphic Novellas

"...Jetlag: Five Graphic Novellas..."

Sept. 8, 2000 Books Review by Ada Calhoun

Rebooting Kitchen Culture With a Novel Concept: Sober Living

Food industry support groups encourage healthier lifestyles for restaurant workers

Nov. 1, 2019 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

A Novel Approach

Playing with the narrative of In Stereo

"...wondered why more films don't employ the structure of novels," he says. "It's more interesting storytelling when you have..."

July 3, 2015 Screens Feature by Caitlin Moore

New Graphic Novel is Dark, Urban, Sorcerous

Chris Miskiewicz and Palle Schmidt’s THOMAS ALSOP rocks Manhattan

June 1, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hausfrau

This first novel is about the desperation of a depressed expat housewife in Switzerland

May 1, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

Five Graphic Novel Recommendations

No powers: Just ordinary people as fucked up as most of us – more or less.

"...to do with the number of reviews of graphic novels in this blog post...."

June 8, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Darkness With a Twist of Dime-Store Novel

White Whale Games brings the pulp-fiction aesthetic into the Aughties

"...on the company blog cover art for faux fantasy novels about worlds and characters in the game. "We like..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

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