Friendship

Fiction

It’s like we were the same person: Colette McBeth on the power of female friendships

by Colette McBeth I met my best friend on my first day at a new school. We were eight years old. There was a spare seat next to a girl called Helene and my teacher instructed me to fill it. From that moment we slotted in next to each other,…

BookTrib Guest AuthorFebruary 14, 2014

Fiction

‘Green’ by Sam Graham-Felsen Explores Friendship and Diversity in 1990s Boston

It is the 1990s and Dave, son of Harvard educated hippies, is one of only a few white kids in his Boston middle school. Having a difficult time connecting with the other students, he becomes drawn to Marlon, a black kid from the projects who seems to have similar interests:…

Jennifer BlankfeinJanuary 5, 2018

Fiction

Friendship is Tested in Hendrix’s ‘My Best Friend’s Exorcism’

Grady Hendrix always leaves us wanting more with his compelling take on the horror genre, but he really outdoes himself with his novel, My Best Friend’s Exorcism. This is one you won’t be able to put down, even when you’re on the edge of your seat in fear or wishing…

Maggie MeyersNovember 7, 2017

Fiction

Why David Duchovny and I Should Be Friends

On January 3, 2017, my agent sent the manuscript of my third novel, entitled Miss Subways, out on submission to publishers. On January 9, 2017, the “Publishers Marketplace Daily Deals” e-newsletter announced that David Duchovny’s novel, entitled Miss Subways, had been sold to Farrar, Straus and Giroux for publication in Spring 2018. Come…

Susie Orman SchnallJuly 10, 2018

Fiction

Susan Mallery on how friendship starts

Finding our one true, romantic love is important, but it’s not the only cornerstone relationship of a happy life. We have just as deep a need for friends. The craving for connection is fundamental and universal, and so we search for our tribe. The infinite variations of friendship fascinate me.…

BookTrib Guest AuthorJanuary 25, 2015

Fiction Romance Romance - Featured

Finding Strength to Love While Escaping Her Abusive Past

Violet Iverson’s novel, Tempest is a Cinderella-like story filled with drama, romance, heartbreak and joy. It takes place in a contemporary setting where a hero can live through a violent storm, a bit damaged, but stronger for surviving the ordeal. Iverson’s theme of a “tempest” aptly describes the story of…

Mary Ann RyanSeptember 16, 2022

Fiction Young Adult Young Adult - Featured

Tale of Teenage Self-Discovery Shines Light On LGBTQ+ Struggle

I remember high school as an extreme time. One day you’re outrageously happy and everything is right in the world; the next day, you’re immensely sad and nothing you attempt goes right. (This is not unlike being a writer, but I digress). I can’t imagine what that journey is like…

Y. M. NelsonSeptember 22, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured Thrillers

Silas House’s Resonant Fiction Set in Climate Destroyed Future

Lark Ascending (Algonquin) is the long-awaited seventh novel by master storyteller Silas House. His prose is finely crafted, carefully honed, thought and emotion provoking and as lyrical as a haunting Celtic elegy. He is, in short, one of the most important writers in the English language today. Mississippi has its…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 26, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Dani Shapiro’s “Signal Fires” Meditates on Grief, Regret and Human Connection

“But these are only a few possible arcs to a life, a handful of shooting stars in the night sky. Change one thing and everything changes. A tremor here sets off an earthquake there. A fault line deepens. A wire gets tripped.” On one fateful night, three teenagers go on…

Megan BeauregardOctober 12, 2022

Fiction Young Adult Young Adult - Featured

Teen Warrior Fights to Save Her Family in This Interplanetary Fantasy

AN UNLIKELY CREW AND AN IMPOSSIBLE ESCAPE In Jo Allen Ash's The Shadows We Make (Potter Street Books), glimmers of hope are certainly far and few, yet certainly a hidden superpower for Grace Irese, the brave and rebellious teenage warrior of the Irese Tribe. From start to end, Grace is…

Daniela RamrasSeptember 30, 2022

Fiction Miscellany Romance

AuthorBuzz: A Magical Realism Romance Giveaway and Two More Stunning Love Stories

Sorry, this promotion is over. Read on for another great recommendation from AuthorBuzz! Delighted: A Masters and Mercenaries Novella by Lexi Blake (1001 Dark Nights Press) Dear Reader, Delighted is probably the happiest book I’ve ever written. I’m not kidding. There’s a bunch of joy on these pages. Delighted is…

AuthorBuzzSeptember 5, 2022

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

Unlikely Friends Conquer Their Fears in “Cornbread & Poppy at the Carnival”

Friends don’t have to agree in order to get along; they just have to empathize with each other. Being friends with someone different from you can make your world feel bigger. This is the idea behind Cornbread & Poppy at the Carnival (Little, Brown and Company) by Matthew Cordell, the…

Megan BeauregardJune 27, 2022

Author Spotlight Author Spotlight - Featured

C. Roloson Reese on Envisioning His “Lake Roland”

Lake Roland, by debut author C. Roloson Reese, is an enigmatic book. It’s a coming-of-age tale that spans decades. It is a mystery about a missing person but its catalyst is a beautiful and placid lake. It’s about a family man with a white-collar career as a banker, but this…

BookTribJuly 5, 2021

Author Spotlight Fiction

Sail Away to Extraordinary Adventure on a “Raft of Stars”

Huck Finn meets This Tender Land in this beautiful riverfront coming-of-age adventure. Andrew J. Graff’s Raft of Stars (Ecco) was written with vivid descriptions of nature, imperfect and realistic characters and deep thought. From the stars in the sky to the black bears and the white water of the river,…

Jennifer BlankfeinJune 10, 2021

It’s like we were the same person: Colette McBeth on the power of female friendships

‘Green’ by Sam Graham-Felsen Explores Friendship and Diversity in 1990s Boston

Friendship is Tested in Hendrix’s ‘My Best Friend’s Exorcism’

Why David Duchovny and I Should Be Friends

Susan Mallery on how friendship starts

Finding Strength to Love While Escaping Her Abusive Past

Tale of Teenage Self-Discovery Shines Light On LGBTQ+ Struggle

Silas House’s Resonant Fiction Set in Climate Destroyed Future

Dani Shapiro’s “Signal Fires” Meditates on Grief, Regret and Human Connection

Teen Warrior Fights to Save Her Family in This Interplanetary Fantasy

AuthorBuzz: A Magical Realism Romance Giveaway and Two More Stunning Love Stories

C. Roloson Reese on Envisioning His “Lake Roland”

Sail Away to Extraordinary Adventure on a “Raft of Stars”

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