Dawnie Walton joined Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air podcast to discuss her electrifying debut novel, THE FINAL REVIVAL OF OPAL & NEV. 37 Ink published the novel on March 30, 2021.

Tara Parker-Pope shared UNWINDING ANXIETY author Judson Brewer’s five-finger breathing exercise for Day 6 of The New York Times’s “Fresh Start Challenge.” She writes: “Dr. Brewer, who is also a neuroscientist, says it’s important to remember that your brain is like a computer, and it has only a certain amount of working memory. Anxiety, worry and other negative emotions can take over, giving your brain less room for other tasks that require thinking and problem solving... Dr. Brewer suggests five-finger breathing because it’s a multisensory task.” Avery published UNWINDING ANXIETY on March 9, 2021.

Vulture named Joss Lake's debut novel FUTURE FEELING one of its "35 Books We Can't Wait to Read This Summer.” They write: "When I crack open FUTURE FEELING, I’m a little worried its contents will spill out into my life and zip around, ripping little holes in the space-time continuum. That’s how much wildness Lake has packed into less than 300 pages…Underpinning FUTURE FEELING is a wry refusal to try to convince us of anything; it resists the primary rule of narrative, that everything must be believable to be believed." Soft Skull will publish FUTURE FEELING on June 1, 2021.

In a piece for The Guardian, SHUGGIE BAIN author Douglas Stuart calls Jakob Guanzon's ABUNDANCE "phenomenal," and Guanzon "an incredibly exciting new voice." He later followed the recommendation with a personal Twitter shout-out: "While I’m on here talking about books I love, here’s another shout for this brutal and brilliant gem ABUNDANCE by Jakob Guanzon. The last few chapters set my pulse RACING. I can’t believe this is a debut. Don’t miss it." Graywolf Press published the book on March 2, 2021.

Jonathan Park-Ramage’s debut novel YES, DADDY was featured on Goodreads' list of “9 Books that Goodreads Editors Highly Recommend.” Managing Editor Danny Feekes writes: “All is not what it seems and this book quickly becomes a heart-racing and heartbreaking thriller." Houghton Mifflin Harcourt published the novel on May 18, 2021.

BuzzFeed News featured David Hoon Kim’s debut novel, PARIS IS A PARTY, PARIS IS A GHOST, as one its “28 New Books To Add To Your Summer Reading List ASAP." They call it a "hypnotic, inventive debut...It’s a brilliant and absurd meditation on what it means to be haunted.” Farrar, Straus, and Giroux will publish the novel on August 3, 2021.

TIME magazine featured THE ONES WHO DON’T SAY THEY LOVE YOU by Maurice Carlos Ruffin on its list of “36 New Books You Need to Read This Summer," praising the way Ruffin “highlights experiences both specific and universal about people living on the margins while simultaneously capturing the culture and spirit of New Orleans.” One World will publish the book on August 17, 2021.

TIME magazine featured CHINA ROOM by Sunjeev Sahota on its list of “36 New Books You Need to Read This Summer," praising the way Sahota “examines agency, power and human connection.” Viking will publish the novel on July 13, 2021.

THE PROPHETS by Robert Jones Jr. was featured on Goodread’s list of “9 Books that Goodreads Editors Highly Recommend.” Senior Editor Cybil Wallace raves: “Believe the hype, folks! This buzzy debut was one of the first books I read in 2021 and it's pretty much set an impossibly high bar for the rest of the year. Chronicling a gorgeous love story between two enslaved Black men on a Mississippi plantation, with a large and memorable cast of secondary characters, THE PROPHETS is by turns brutal and beautiful.” G.P. Putnam’s Sons published the book on January 5, 2021.

CHILD OF LIGHT, the first novel in a new fantasy series by Terry Brooks, received a glowing review from Publishers Weekly. They write: “[Brooks] offers an enticing new mystery while delivering enough familiar elements—in both tone and worldbuilding—to make his fans feel right at home…Brooks’s fans will be thrilled to have a new series to savor.” Del Rey will publish the book on October 12, 2021.