TSR Newsletter: A Busy Fall Season Ahead
Reviews & Interviews Galore!
Fall is one of the busiest times in the publishing industry, likely because the evenings are seem longer and there are fewer opportunities for outdoor activity, therefore more time for reading. Also, the holiday season is a popular time for book-gifting. At any rate, we at TSR are busy reading, reviewing, and interviewing authors.
Incidentally, our interview with Dr. Nora Gold quickly became one of our top posts in less than 48 hours.
Interview with Nora Gold
Dr. Nora Gold is the prize-winning author of five books and the recipient of several awards, including a Canadian Jewish Literary Award and a Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award. Her writing has been praised by Publishers Weekly, Cynthia Ozick, Dara Horn, and Alice Munro, and has received international acclaim. A former professor, Gold is the founder and ed…
It’s Not Spam!
I’m also sending this newsletter as a “heads-up” as subscribers get an email for every new post; I am not able to combine new post alerts into one email. Substack does not allow it. The only other option is to not send out an email, and as almost all of our traffic comes from our emails, that isn’t viable either.
So, please don’t feel that we are spamming your inbox for the next few months!
Upcoming Reviews & Interviews
Here’s what you can expect in the next few weeks and months:
An interview with Danila Botha, whom I first interviewed way back in 2015. We had a lot of catching up to do!
An interview with Shawn Lawlor about his debut novel Boom Road. My review of Boom Road is coming, too!
Bryn Robinson’s first review for TSR, Voices from the Deep: A Collection of Fantasy and Science Fiction Short Stories by Brian Reindel. POSTED!
Lisa Timpf’s review of A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer by Maxie Dara
Michael Greenstein’s review of Held by Anne Michaels POSTED!
Heather McBriarty’s review of Searching for Mayflowers by Lori McKay
Shawna Butler’s review of The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards
by Jessica Waite POSTED!
My review of Looking for Her by Carolyn Marie Souaid POSTED!
An excerpt from Widow Fantasies by Hollay Ghadery. POSTED!
A review of Hollay’s short story collection is also planned.
Those are just the posts I have in draft status; more reviews are planned as publishers release the review copies to our growing team of contributors. Speaking of which, I would like to introduce three more contributors who have joined us at TSR:
Anne Smith-Nochasak
Bryn Robinson
Heather Babcock
All have upcoming reviews in the works. Bryn’s (mentioned above) will be the first to appear.
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Have a safe and pleasant Fall and happy reading!
James M. Fisher, Editor-in-chief
