Karla Huebner's Blog, page 18
March 26, 2022
And a Good Time Was Had...
The Barnes & Noble at Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, welcomed Regal House authors with a great window display and proved an enthusiastic host of our two nights of readings. Hoping that we can do something similar to coincide with next year's AWP conference when my own novel is out!
March 24, 2022
Regal House Authors Read in Philadelphia March 24 & 25th
If you're in Philadelphia for the AWP conference--or just happen to be in the area--please join the Regal House authors Thursday and/or Friday for two evenings of celebration of our books at the Rittenhouse Square Barnes & Noble. We are featuring readings by those whose books are already out, while those (like me) whose books are on the verge of publication will be helping out and also handing out info on our own books. We'll be at the store from 5:30 to 7:30!
Please consider pre-ordering my forthcoming novel In Search of the Magic Theater, ideally directly from Regal House. It's also currently available for review through NetGalley.
Please consider pre-ordering my forthcoming novel In Search of the Magic Theater, ideally directly from Regal House. It's also currently available for review through NetGalley.
March 23, 2022
Disorientation
Elaine Hsieh Chou's satirical 2022 Debut novel Disorientation, launching March 22, follows Taiwanese American PhD student Ingrid Yang through a wild series of adventures and misadventures after she discovers a curious note in the archives. Things get wilder and wilder as she confronts her sticky relationship to white men and white institutions and, of course, herself.
March 22, 2022
The Girl Beyond the Gate
British author Becca Day's 2022 Debut The Girl Beyond the Gate is a psychological thriller launching March 22nd. Jodie Madison moves to a gated community to make a fresh start (hmmm... what is she hiding?) and finds herself alarmingly drawn to a strange neighbor and the neighbor's terminally ill daughter. Soon there's a murder in the community... what are the secrets we'll discover about both women?
March 21, 2022
Trevor
The 2022 suspense debut Trevor, by S. Hilbre Thomson, launches March 21 and tells the tale of a bereaved man who comes across his late son’s doppelgänger, and becomes obsessed and begins stalking him.
March 20, 2022
AWP Is This Week!
I'm looking forward to going to the AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs) conference this week, never mind that I've never attended nor taught in a writing program. It's a huge event filled with panels, readings, external events, and a vast book fair, and this year it'll be in Philadelphia (last year it was remote, of course).
One of the most exciting aspects of the conference for me this year is that I'll be joining with quite a few other Regal House authors to do two evenings of celebration of our books at the local Barnes & Noble. We are featuring readings by those whose books are already out, while those (like me) whose books are on the verge of publication will be helping out and also handing out info on our own books. If you'll be in Philadelphia on Thursday or Friday, please come by and see us from 5:30 to 7:30!
Meanwhile, of course, please do consider pre-ordering In Search of the Magic Theater, and it's also available for review on NetGalley right now.
One of the most exciting aspects of the conference for me this year is that I'll be joining with quite a few other Regal House authors to do two evenings of celebration of our books at the local Barnes & Noble. We are featuring readings by those whose books are already out, while those (like me) whose books are on the verge of publication will be helping out and also handing out info on our own books. If you'll be in Philadelphia on Thursday or Friday, please come by and see us from 5:30 to 7:30!
Meanwhile, of course, please do consider pre-ordering In Search of the Magic Theater, and it's also available for review on NetGalley right now.
March 16, 2022
A Novel Obsession
Caitlin Barasch's A Novel Obsession, which launches March 15, examines an aspiring novelist who finds herself stalking—and writing about—her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend.
March 14, 2022
The Lost Son
The Lost Son, by Stephanie Vanderslice, launches March 14th from Regal House.
From the Regal House website:
Julia Kruse, a German immigrant, is living the American dream in 1920s Queens, New York. Her husband is a successful businessman, and she is the mother of two boys, Johannes and Nicholas. Her life is shattered when she discovers that her husband and the baby’s nurse have kidnapped Nicholas from his crib and returned to Germany. As the Great Depression looms, Julia struggles to provide for her remaining son Johannes, but she never gives up hope of finding Nicholas, even as her attempts are thwarted at every turn. Now, with World War II on the horizon, she worries that she might lose Johannes, who has enlisted in the United States Army. Help comes in the form of a new love interest, Paul Burns, a chauffeur, whose boss has political connections. Now Johannes, who is stationed in Germany and fighting for the Allies during the last days of the Third Reich, must run a race against time to bring his younger brother home to America and back to Julia.
From the Regal House website:
Julia Kruse, a German immigrant, is living the American dream in 1920s Queens, New York. Her husband is a successful businessman, and she is the mother of two boys, Johannes and Nicholas. Her life is shattered when she discovers that her husband and the baby’s nurse have kidnapped Nicholas from his crib and returned to Germany. As the Great Depression looms, Julia struggles to provide for her remaining son Johannes, but she never gives up hope of finding Nicholas, even as her attempts are thwarted at every turn. Now, with World War II on the horizon, she worries that she might lose Johannes, who has enlisted in the United States Army. Help comes in the form of a new love interest, Paul Burns, a chauffeur, whose boss has political connections. Now Johannes, who is stationed in Germany and fighting for the Allies during the last days of the Third Reich, must run a race against time to bring his younger brother home to America and back to Julia.
March 9, 2022
Radical Dreams
Huge congratulations to my friends Abigail Susik and Elliott King upon the publication of their edited volume Radical Dreams: Surrealism, Counterculture, Resistance!
While many people think of surrealism as a European artistic movement that flourished between the two world wars, that's actually a very limited understanding. Not only has surrealism continued to the present and taken hold worldwide, but during the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s, diverse radical affinity groups, underground subcultures, and student protest movements proclaimed their connections to surrealism. Radical Dreams argues that surrealism was actually a living current of anti-authoritarian resistance. The book's chapters are devoted to Afrosurrealism, Ted Joans, punk, the Situationist International, the student protests of May ’68, and other topics.
You (or your library) can order it here.
While many people think of surrealism as a European artistic movement that flourished between the two world wars, that's actually a very limited understanding. Not only has surrealism continued to the present and taken hold worldwide, but during the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s, diverse radical affinity groups, underground subcultures, and student protest movements proclaimed their connections to surrealism. Radical Dreams argues that surrealism was actually a living current of anti-authoritarian resistance. The book's chapters are devoted to Afrosurrealism, Ted Joans, punk, the Situationist International, the student protests of May ’68, and other topics.
You (or your library) can order it here.
March 8, 2022
Truth and Other Lies
Maggie Smith's 2022 debut Truth and Other Lies, which launches March 8, follows three women whose lives converge as one fights a devastating accusation, another campaigns for a contested seat in Congress, and one, the young reporter with ties to both, navigates the tricky line between secrets and lies.
