There are 11 article(s) tagged Novel Memphis:

• April 2024

  • Harbor Town familiar setting in Memphis author’s anticipated thriller

    Memphian Sara Koffi’s debut novel has been burning up the “most anticipated” and “best” thriller lists.

    By Elle Perry April 13, 2024

• January 2024

  • Avery Cunningham’s historical fiction delves into Black elite of 1920s Chicago

    She wrote the 450-page novel late at night in her East Memphis home around her day job in admissions at the Southern College of Optometry.

    By Jane Roberts January 26, 2024

• January 2023

  • Memphis native returns home to celebrate second novel

    Memphis native and young adult author Kristen R. Lee said she wants to tell stories from people who are not heard from often. Her new book, out Tuesday, explores those experiences.

    By Elle Perry January 25, 2023

• September 2022

  • By the book: Novel’s owners leaned on longtime employees for store’s success

    Five years ago, Novel opened out of the ashes of The Booksellers at Laurelwood. Since that time, it’s continued to connect with the community. 

    By Jasmine McCraven September 03, 2022

• May 2022

  • Memphis native ‘skates’ back into town with debut YA novel

    Young Black love and joy are the themes of writer Kelis Rowe’s debut novel but Memphis readers will also recognize a lot of settings in the story, as well. 

    By Elle Perry May 31, 2022

• April 2022

  • Collierville writer — and former SWAT team member — releases latest thriller

    Joshua Hood’s Adam Hayes may be part of the Jason Bourne universe, but Hood says Bourne wouldn’t want to meet his protagonist in a dark alley. 

    By Peggy Burch April 04, 2022

• August 2020

  • Novel hosts James Lee Burke and Michael Connelly online

    About 200 fans are already signed up for the virtual event, but there’s space for 500, says Kat Leache, Novel’s social media and promotions coordinator.

    By Peggy Burch August 13, 2020

• April 2020

  • Herrington: Local book, record shops ‘essential’ to the city we want to keep

    These are not just places to go to find a thing you know you want. They are places to be. To share space with people who share your affinities. They are at their best when you go in just to browse and a book or record finds you. 

    By Chris Herrington April 20, 2020

• October 2019

  • YA novelists to speak at Novel

    YA novelists to appear at Novel bookstore.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 22, 2019

• November 2018

  • National Book Foundation honoree Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah coming to Novel

    Indie bookstores love to be on the cutting edge, hoping to discover the very best and to get that best into the hands of their readers, said Nicole Yasinsky, marketing manager and sidelines buyer for Novel.

    By Elle Perry November 01, 2018

• October 2018

  • This Week in Books: Memphis Afrofuturism, Southern Living Party Cookbook, Battle for Bonhoeffer

    Afrofuturism is more than black science fiction or simply an aesthetic, says Memphis-based author Troy L. Wiggins.

    By Elle Perry October 31, 2018