Hello,
When I started BookBrowse back in the late 1990s, August was a slow month for new books. This was because publishers generally publish two or three catalogs a year and, before the internet, the tail end of the previous season was a quiet time for new titles because the bricks and mortar bookstores would generally clean out slow-moving inventory at the end of one season to make room for the next. So, books published in early August risked being unceremoniously removed from shelves weeks after going on sale to make room for new Fall titles.
But these days things are quite different; although there are peaks and troughs, just as the news cycle never rests, neither does the publishing industry—except for two or three weeks in December when things go blessedly quiet.
A case in point being this week’s 18 new and notable books which include Hayley Scrivenor’s debut mystery
Dirt Creek which our First Impressions reviewers rated a stellar 4.6 stars, with many positive comparisons to fellow-Australian Jane Harper.
Also, look out for
Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra and
Properties of Thirst by Marianne Wiggins—both of which I thought wonderful; and
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford.
And because we’ll be discussing it in our
book club forum starting late August, I’ve also included Mike Gayle’s
All the Lonely People, which first published this time last year and is now available in paperback.
So, get yourself to a comfy chair without delay, put the kettle on and start reading!
With best wishes,
Davina, BookBrowse Publisher