You know who has tons and tons of free books? Your local library! See, though Hagridden won’t be released until August 19, it is now listed for distribution through Ingram, which is what a ton of libraries use to order their books. Public libraries and school libraries and academic libraries (oh my!). And you, dear reader, canContinue reading “Free copies of Hagridden!”
Author Archives: Samuel Snoek-Brown
An evening in Austin, Texas
Gang, I have a hell of a book tour coming together this fall, and now, in addition to a handful of other events in central Texas, I’ll be hanging out in the Capital of Southern Cool, Austin, Texas, on August 20! Come find me and author Zoë Miller at the cool indie bookstore, Malvern Books, atContinue reading “An evening in Austin, Texas”
The correct way to pre-order a novel
Now that we’re less than a month away from the official release date for Hagridden, I’ve started getting questions about how to pre-order the book. Eventually, there will be a variety of ways to call shotgun on your copy of the novel, and when they’re available, you’ll find those at the novel’s website, HagriddenBook.com. ButContinue reading “The correct way to pre-order a novel”
Some exciting Hagridden news
People following my Author Page on Facebook already know a lot of this, but I wanted to put together a blog post with a handful of cool announcements in one place: The release date Nothing new here, but I wanted to remind everyone that as of yesterday, we’re officially one month away from publication! HagriddenContinue reading “Some exciting Hagridden news”
New (p)review of Hagridden
I’ve been the fortunate subject of some close readings lately! Last week is was a wonderful unpacking of three sentences from a story in Box Cutters, and this week, writer Jessica Standifird does some amazing things with a single paragraph from Hagridden! Standifird’s close reading is a “Paragraph Review,” a feature of Blue Skirt Productions. It’s a fascinating approachContinue reading “New (p)review of Hagridden“
Interview with Ally Malinenko, author of This Is Sarah
I’m a big fan of Ally Malinenko’s work, and I’ve been eagerly awaiting her novel This Is Sarah for months now, so when her publisher put out the word that they were looking for participants in Ally’s blog tour to promote the book, I jumped on board and asked to do an interview. For thoseContinue reading “Interview with Ally Malinenko, author of This Is Sarah”
Borrowed Time, by Chad A. Clark
One of the things that fascinates me about Facebook is that, hiding behind all the selfies and memes and foodporn and political rants and vaguebook complaints, there is this weird but delightful secret world of writers groups. Seriously, they’re everywhere, and somehow, I’ve managed to become involved with fifteen of them. This is awesome. SomeContinue reading “Borrowed Time, by Chad A. Clark”
People reading Box Cutters in Powell’s!
Today I met up with my grad school pal Rima and some of her colleagues, who are in Oregon at a very cool NEH Summer Institute. And since we’re all of us academics (read: NERDS!), of course we met up at Powell’s City of Books. Everyone bought a stack of books, because how can youContinue reading “People reading Box Cutters in Powell’s!”
Hagridden has a cover!
It’s here, gang! Hagridden has a cover! I love everything about this, including the stuff you can’t see, by which I mean the conversations between me and the publisher as we looked at drafts of this. But my favorite bit: the clean font + distressed look = exactly the right combination of the book’s literary seriousnessContinue reading “Hagridden has a cover!”
Rougarou: Journey to the End of the Night
Didn’t you ever run so fast you thought your legs were going to fall off? You know, like when you were running towards the swings? Or running away from Satan? The neighbor’s dog. Or, in this case, the rougarou! That’s right, gang: come September 20, the residents of Columbus, Ohio, will be racing through the twilitContinue reading “Rougarou: Journey to the End of the Night”
Samuel Snoek-Brown 