In a new essay at Guernica, translated by Samuel Rutter, Valeria Luiselli calls attention to the novels of the Mexican writer Guadalupe Nettel, particularly her prize-winning After the Winter.
GD Dess reviews Elisa Gabbert’s essay collection The Word Pretty in the Los Angeles Review of Books, viewing the book with a jaundiced eye and using it as an occasion to consider the troubled aesthetics of the “lyrical essay”.
Please join Splice for the launch of Above the Fat, the début short story collection by Thomas Chadwick, at Burley Fisher Books. Chadwick’s stories have been shortlisted for the White Review prize and the Galley Beggar prize, and Above the Fat was one of this year’s “Book of the Month” selections for the Republic of Consciousness Prize.
To celebrate the launch, Thomas Chadwick will be reading live with support from Michael Conley (author of Flare and Falter, longlisted for this year’s Edge Hill Prize) and Deirdre Shanahan (author of Carrying Fire and Water, and winner of the Wasafiri New Writing Prize). There’s a bar onsite, plus giveaways — pamphlets featuring samples of forthcoming books published by Splice — and a first-look opportunity to see the Splice anthology featuring new stories from Thomas and Michael alongside Dana Diehl, Reneé Bibby, Abi Hynes, and Victoria Manifold.
You’re invited to celebrate the launch of Between the Word and the World, a collection of literary essays by Anna MacDonald, newly published by Splice. The book will be launched by the award-winning poet, essayist, and novelist Lisa Gorton (The Life of Houses, Empirical) at the Paperback Bookshop in Melbourne, Australia. This is a free event. No bookings are required — just come along!
