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Rabbits by Hugo Rifkind (9781846976704/Hardback)

Jun 6, 2024 | l8r.it | Hugo Rifkind |Maya Binyam |Jacqueline Crooks |Yiyun Li

LoveReading Says About Press Reviews Author LoveReading Says Incredibly compulsive, Hugo Rifkind’s Rabbits is a menacingly funny story of dark secrets, coming-of-age faltering, and the dirty seduction of being sucked into elite circles, in this case a middle-class boy sliding into Scottish aristocracy. Also shot-through with the mystery of a death and its protagonist’s personal loss and dislocation, Rabbits is a droll, bold, disturbing dynamo of a book.
Alicia Elliott's novel And Then She Fell longlisted for $51K Women's Prize for Fiction

Mar 11, 2024 | cbc.ca | Maya Binyam |Isabella Hammad

by Alicia Elliott has made the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist. Since 1996, the £30,00 prize (approx. $51,876.52 Cdn) annually celebrates the best novel written in English by a woman. Now in its 29th year, the prize seeks to highlight women writers and create a platform wherein they may be recognized in equal measure to their male peers.
Percival Everett Can’t Say What His Novels Mean

Mar 11, 2024 | newyorker.com | Maya Binyam

In 1992, Everett bought a ranch in the Banning Pass, between Los Angeles and Palm Springs, where he grew more than a hundred varieties of roses and tended to horses, donkeys, and mules. Neighbors were always bringing injured animals to his doorstep. One day, he found a baby crow that had fallen out of a tree. Everett cared for the crow until it was strong enough to fly, but the crow would simply fly in a loop, land beside him, and start to walk.
The Women's Prize for Fiction longlist 2024

Mar 6, 2024 | readings.com.au | Maya Binyam |Karen Lord |Aube Rey Lescure

The longlist for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced! The Women’s Prize for Fiction celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing from throughout the world. The winner receives a cheque for £30,000 and a limited edition bronze figurine known as a ‘Bessie’, created and donated by the artist Grizel Niven. Both are anonymously endowed. Below are the sixteen longlisted books.
The 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist is Here!

Mar 5, 2024 | l8r.it | Charlotte Walker |Kate Foster |Peace Adzo Medie |Maya Binyam

This evening, The Women's Prize Trust has announced the longlist for the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction. Sponsored by Audible and Baileys, the prize which celebrates outstanding original fiction written in English by women from around the world is in its 29th year. The Women's Prize Trust is a UK charity that creates equitable opportunities for women in the world of books and just last month announced their first longlist for inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction.
Writer Maya Binyam on prioritizing inspirational relationships over professional connections

Nov 9, 2023 | thecreativeindependent.com | Maya Binyam

Writer Maya Binyam discusses juggling day jobs, building a creative community, and discovering new forms of success. Writing, Day jobs, Money, Inspiration, Identity, Politics Part of: Building a community Engaging politically Feeling healthy Highlights on Your debut novel, Hangman, recently came out. What’s been the most surprising thing about the book publishing process?
Through a Screen Darkly: A Conversation with Micaela Durand and Daniel Chew

Sep 21, 2023 | criterion.com | Maya Binyam

Like the nuclear family, the internet shapes us whether or not we choose to relate to it. In 38, the final short in a triptych by filmmakers Micaela Durand and Daniel Chew, a woman approaching middle age becomes obsessed with her ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend, whom she encounters only through the prism of social media. The new girlfriend is young, hot, and confidently provocative—or else knows how to manipulate the channels through which she is perceived to appear that way.
Our Week in Reviews: 8/12/23

Aug 12, 2023 | washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com | Maya Binyam

August Wilson: A Life by Patti Hartigan (Simon & Schuster). Reviewed by Kitty Kelley. “Hartigan mentions in her author’s note that she had to paraphrase many of Wilson’s intimate letters, early plays, and poems because his estate declined to authorize their use in this book.
Hangman: A Novel

Aug 10, 2023 | washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com | Maya Binyam

The beginning of Maya Binyam’s debut novel, Hangman, gives no indication of the unique, strange trip about to unfold. A middle-aged man returns to the land of his birth to see his brother, who claims to be gravely ill but who mainly seems to want money and gifts. The first clue that this is not going to be a straightforward story is that the unnamed narrator begins his journey home as a result of a mysterious phone call telling him to go.
No Place Is Home, for the Immigrant Hero of This Debut Novel

Aug 5, 2023 | newspub.live | Maya Binyam

In March, as she planned for an upcoming trip to France, Amy Kolsky, an experienced international traveler who lives in Bucks County, Pa., visited Amazon.com and typed in a few search terms: travel, guidebook, France. Titles from a handful of trusted brands appeared near the top of the page: Rick Steves, Fodor’s, Lonely Planet. Also among the top search results was the highly rated “France Travel Guide,” by Mike Steves, who, according to an Amazon author page, is a renowned travel writer.