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Back to SearchHuang Chongkai, "The Formosa Exchange" (Honford Star, 2026)
Episode 1908
In this episode of the New Books Network, we talk with Jeremy Tiang about his English translation of The Formosa Exchange (Honford Star, 2026)—which …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Seamus O’Reilly, "Prestige Drama" (Cardinal, 2026)
Episode 1907
A dazzling novel about a community where an upcoming film production brings their past into sharp focus--and nobody's version is the same.
In Derry, …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
M. H. Ayinde, "A Song of Legends Lost" (Saga Press, 2025)
Episode 1906
A Song of Legends Lost (Saga Press, 2025) is the first, highly praised instalment in the Invoker Series. Set in a world offering an unique combinati…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Christopher R. Rogers, "My City Need Something" (Common Notions, 2026)
Episode 1905
Moving between word and image, the call-and-response collaboration between writer Christopher R. Rogers and photographer karim brown improvises a con…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Tsering Döndrup, "The Red Wind Howls" (Columbia UP, 2025)
Episode 1904
The Red Wind Howls (Columbia UP, 2025) is an unsettling, gripping, and darkly funny novel by Tsering Döndrup, one of modern Tibet’s most celebrated w…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Tom Lin, "Babylon, South Dakota" (Little, Brown and Co, 2026)
Episode 1903
Today, we’re welcoming novelist Tom Lin back to the show, whose new novel Babylon, South Dakota (Little, Brown and Company: 2026) moves his fascinati…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Amy B. Scher, "The Unexpected Afterlife of Salon Rose" (Tiny Ghost Press, 2026)
Episode 1902
In Amy B. Scher's The Unexpected Afterlife of Salon Rose (Tiny Ghost Press, 2026) college hopeful Salon Rose arrives to the Nowhere in Between, a way…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Emily McBride, "Queen Mab" (FSG, 2026)
Episode 1901
There is a changeling in this story—but who?
Madeleine is young for motherhood, a promising grad student in Victorian and Modernist literature, twe…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Tracy Borman, "The House of Boleyn" (Hachette, 2026)
Episode 1900
When nobleman Thomas Boleyn, lord of Hever Castle, is called to London in 1509 to present himself to a newly anointed King Henry VIII, he sets in tra…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
J.J. Crayhill, "Raleigh and the Pirates" (Raconteur Press, 2026)
Episode 1899
J.J. Crayhill's Raleigh and the Pirates (Raconteur Press, 2026) is the launch of The Adventures of Midshipman Raleigh — a science fiction adventure s…
2 months, 3 weeks ago