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PARIS IS A PARTY, PARIS IS A GHOST by David Hoon Kim is hailed by Publishers Weekly as a “splendid” debut, with “many beautiful passages of longing” and “a captivating mood.” Farrar, Straus, & Giroux will publish the novel on August 3, 2021.

Jonathan Parks-Ramage's novel YES, DADDY was featured on Men's Health's list of “The 25 Best LGBTQ+ Books to Read This Pride Month.” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt published the novel on May 18, 2021.

Sunjeev Sahota's forthcoming novel CHINA ROOM has received a rave review from Shelf Awareness. The reviewer describes the book as "[o]utstanding,” adding: “CHINA ROOM is no effortless read, but one that promises to haunt and illuminate." Viking will publish the book on July 13, 2021.

Robert Jones Jr.'s bestselling debut novel THE PROPHETS was featured on CNN's “20 Books that are Essential Reading this Pride Month.” G.P. Putnam’s Sons published the novel on January 5, 2021.

Christopher Sorrentino's forthcoming NOW BEACON, NOW SEA received a glowing review from Publishers Weekly. They deem it a "raw and intimate memoir,” adding that “[e]ven at its darkest, this rich narrative shines." Catapult will publish the memoir on September 7, 2021.

Olivia Laing's EVERYBODY received a glowing review from The Washington Post. Aziz Huq praises: "[EVERBODY] brims with empathy…Laing has written a piercing book. That she has no final answer to the problem of freedom does not detract from her achievement. Indeed, she encourages us all to ask new questions to discover how it feels, and what it means, to be free — queries that are as vital as they are resistant to any single answer." W.W. Norton & Company published the book on May 4, 2021.

Ed Yong is the 2021 Pulitzer Prize Award Winner for Explanatory Journalism. The award is for a distinguished example of explanatory reporting that illuminates a significant and complex subject, demonstrating mastery of the subject, lucid writing and clear presentation. Ed Yong, writing for The Atlantic authored "a series of lucid, definitive pieces on the COVID-19 pandemic that anticipated the course of the disease, synthesized the complex challenges the country faced, illuminated the U.S. government’s failures and provided clear and accessible context for the scientific and human challenges it posed." He has previously been awarded the George Polk Award for Science Reporting. His acclaimed book I CONTAIN MULTITUDES was published by Ecco on August 9, 2016.

Cathy Park Hong's New York Times bestselling book, MINOR FEELINGS has been announced as a 2021 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in General Nonfiction.
One World published the paperback edition of MINOR FEELINGS on March 2, 2021.

Author of NEON IN DAYLIGHT Hermione Hoby’s new novel, VIRTUE, has received not one but two starred reviews! Kirkus heralds it as “[a] small book about small things that becomes a big book about everything,” and Booklist deems it “a delicious meditation on morality, nostalgia, and art” that “lambasts insincere compassion with nuance.” The novel has also been named a best book of the summer by Refinery29, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, Town & Country, Thrillist, and other outlets. Riverhead will publish it on July 20, 2021.

FLIGHT 149 received a glowing review from Publishers Weekly, who write, “Journalist Davis debuts with a doggedly researched chronicle of an obscure yet consequential episode in the Gulf War… Davis provides plenty of support for his allegations, and movingly documents the psychological impact of the hostages’ ordeal. This investigation rings true.” FLIGHT 149 publishes from PublicAffairs on September 7, 2021.