News - Book Launches

News - Book Launches

May 7, 2021

EVERYBODY by Olivia Laing published this week, accompanied by generous critical praise. The Financial Times writes: "Laing’s gift for weaving big ideas together with lyrical prose sets her alongside the likes of Arundhati Roy, John Berger and James Baldwin. In other words, she is among the most significant voices of our time.” Meanwhile, Dazed praises the collection for “[tackling] the vast complexity and precarity of inhabiting a body in a culture where certain bodies are deemed more valuable than others,” while The Boston Globe raves: “Dreaming beyond conventional wisdom and restrictive visions, Laing emboldens us to seek liberation across difference in the face of turmoil. EVERYBODY is a galvanizing book during a time of incredible hesitation.” Laing also sat down with The New York Times’ Book Review to discuss her book collection and reading habits for their By the Book column. W.W. Norton & Company published the book on May 4, 2021.

May 7, 2021

THE BUCKET LIST author Georgia Clark’s next rom-com, IT HAD TO BE YOU, published this week to a flurry of wonderful press. Clark published original pieces in Frolic and Brides in the lead-up to publication, and sat down for Q&As with Australian Women in New York and Jean Book Nerd, who also featured a giveaway of the novel. Brooklyn Magazine published an excerpt of the NYC-set rom-com, and the novel was named a best book by Overdrive, NewNowNext, LiveSavvy, and PopSugar. Emily Bestler Books published IT HAD TO BE YOU on May 4, 2021.

April 23, 2021

Historian Audrey Clare Farley’s book on the life and involuntary sterilization of 1930s socialite Ann Cooper Hewitt, THE UNFIT HEIRESS, published this week to a flurry of coverage. Excerpts were featured in CrimeReads, Town & Country, and Ms. Magazine on publication day, and all three publications—along with Book Riot—named THE UNFIT HEIRESS a best book of April. Glowing reviews came in from the New York Post, The Progressive, and the New York Journal of Books, and Farley sat down for Q&As with Rewire News and The Progressive to discuss her research for the book. Farley also published an original essay in Salon about the legacy of eugenics in America, and held a virtual launch with Belletrist on Instagram Live to celebrate publication. Grand Central Publishing published the book on April 20, 2021.

April 23, 2021

Carole Johnstone’s debut novel MIRRORLAND launched in the US and UK this week to great fanfare. The book was named one of CrimeReads’ “Seven Debut Novels You Should Read This Month,” and Johnstone sat down for a Q&A with the Nerd Daily, where she self-describes her novel as a “gothic psychological thriller about love and betrayal, redemption and revenge, the power of imagination and the price of freedom.” The New York Times also featured MIRRORLAND on their list of recommended thrillers, writing: “In this unsettling, labyrinthine tale, it is hard at first to tell who the villain is — or even how many villains there are in a family with a great deal to hide. The book unlocks its mysteries slowly, twisting the knife a little deeper with each revelation.” Scribner published the novel on April 20, 2021.

April 1, 2021

Gabriela Garcia’s highly anticipated debut novel, OF WOMEN AND SALT, published this week to an avalanche of incredible press. On pub day, Good Morning America announced that it had chosen Garcia’s debut as its April Book Club Pick, and Garcia herself made an appearance on the show. The novel also garnered reviews in the inaugural issue of Oprah Daily, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, and the A.V. Club. The New York Times featured an excerpt of the novel, and THE OFFICE OF HISTORICAL CORRECTIONS author Danielle Evans raved about it in the New York Times Book Review, calling it “a beautifully evocative first novel” full of “sharp prose.” Garcia was also profiled in Vogue, the Houston Chronicle, The Rumpus, Literary Hub, Entertainment Weekly, the Miami New Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle, and the novel hit best-of lists from Parade, USA Today, Writer’s Bone, and Literary Hub. Flatiron Books published OF WOMEN AND SALT on March 30, 2021.

April 1, 2021

On the day of its highly anticipated release, Dawnie Walton’s debut novel THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV has gained another starred review, this time from Library Journal. They write: "The characters seem so real that readers will find themselves searching the internet, hoping to find that Opal and Nev are actual people." Meanwhile, Entertainment Weekly raves that the book “bursts with fourth wall breaks and clear-eyed takes on race, sex, and creativity that Walton unfurls in urgent, endlessly readable style.”
37 Ink published the novel on March 30, 2021.

March 26, 2021

The Strategist skincare expert Rio Viera-Newton’s LET’S FACE IT launched this week, to the delight of skincare enthusiasts everywhere. Newton held a virtual launch event via Urban Fitters on March 25 with her sister Harley to bust skincare myths and recommend their favorite products. Voracious published the book on March 23, 2021.

March 11, 2021

2034 by Elliot Ackerman and James Stavridis published this week to a flurry of positive press. The LA Times interviewed the co-authors about the novel, and The Washington Post praises it as "crisply written and well-paced." 2034 was also selected as an Amazon Book Review Editor’s pick in the Mystery and Thriller category. They write: “2034 is speculative fiction that trails an icy finger down the spine, not least because it extrapolates our worst fears – war with China – from policy that is already in place, and from decisions made so long ago they are practically irreversible. But 2034 is also terrifying because it feels so prescient: it’s written by two military veterans, armed both with imagination and with actual knowledge of how close to the precipice we could be, and how little it would take to tip us over the edge.” Lastly, Ackerman and Stavridis penned an article for Time titled "How We Could Sleepwalk into a War in China.” Penguin Press published the book on March 9, 2021.

March 11, 2021

Dr. Judson Brewer appeared on Good Morning America to discuss his new book, UNWINDING ANXIETY. Avery published the book on March 9, 2021.

March 5, 2021

TEXT ME WHEN YOU GET HOME author Kayleen Schaefer’s next book, BUT YOU’RE STILL SO YOUNG, published this week to much fanfare. BuzzFeed published an excerpt of the book to celebrate its publication, and the New York Times Book Review featured it on their Shortlist, calling the book a “thoughtful and well-paced evaluation of ‘adulthood.’” Dutton published the book on March 2, 2021.