BTW Interviews

10 Apr
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A Q&A With Angie Thomas, Author of Spring Kids’ Indie Next List Pick “On the Come Up”

“Excellently written and incredibly unputdownable, you will cheer and cry as Bri makes her way!” said Melissa Fox of Watermark Books & Café in Wichita, Kansas.

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01 Apr

An Indies Introduce Q&A With Lydia Fitzpatrick

Grace Harper of Mac’s Backs said Lights All Night Long is “part murder mystery, part love story, with memorable, well-drawn characters.”

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01 Apr

An Indies Introduce Q&A With Gillian McDunn

Heather Smith of Linden Tree Books calls debut middle-grade title Caterpillar Summer “a masterpiece in gentle sincerity.”

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25 Mar

An Indies Introduce Q&A With Emily Skaja

Erin Ball of Third Place Books said Skaja’s poems in her debut collection Brute “will slice you open to your very soul and then stitch you back together.”
 

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25 Mar

An Indies Introduce Q&A With Scott Brown

Cathy Berner of Blue Willow Bookshop calls XL "a wonderful coming-of-age story with an almost unbelievable premise and a wonderful voice!"

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20 Mar

An Indies Introduce Q&A With Candice Carty-Williams

Myles Mickle of Village Square Booksellers calls Queenie “entertainment that smashes expectations of sexuality, gender, and race."

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19 Mar
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A Q&A With Mary Laura Philpott, Author of April’s #1 Indie Next List Pick

“Through both laughter and tears, readers will exclaim, ‘Yes, yes, this is ME!’ Don’t miss this gem!” said Book Vault’s Nancy Simpson-Brice of the forthcoming memoir-in-essays I Miss You When I Blink.

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15 Mar

An Indies Introduce Q&A With Jody J. Little

Christy McDanold, co-owner of Secret Garden Bookshop, says Mostly the Honest Truth is “an honest and accessible novel about alcoholism for the older elementary reader.”

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08 Mar

An Indies Introduce Q&A with Bryan Washington

Pam Stirling of East Bay Booksellers called the forthcoming Lot: Stories “a brilliant, powerful portrait of a Houston rarely — if ever — seen.”

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07 Mar
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An Indies Introduce Q&A with Shannon Dunlap

“Shannon Dunlap’s incredible first novel is a solid reminder as to why I continue to read and sell books on a daily basis,” said Javier Ramirez of The Book Table in Oak Park, Illinois.

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