Emily Barton's Blog

Completely delighted to have had the chance to write an essay for Read It Forward about the best thing I ever found in a book. Because in fact, I once found a really cool book -- that had strange, surprising things inside it. I'd love it if you headed over to give it a read!

Today, Chronogram is running a really lovely, in-depth profile of me and Book of Esther. You can read it here!

Dara Horn reviewed my new novel, "The Book of Esther," for the New York Times Book Review. She liked the book, and really got it on so many levels; I'm thankful to her for this very positive piece!

Read It Forward asked if I'd compile a list of books I'd recommend and that inspired me while writing The Book of Esther. Happy to oblige!

You can read the post here. It includes authors from Deborah Eisenberg to Sesshu Foster to Ellis Avery to Ted Chiang, and everything from classics to cool contemporary sci-fi. I hope you'll enjoy it.

I'm so excited that the first review of THE BOOK OF ESTHER is not only starred, but really gets the novel on so many different levels. Thank you, Donna Seaman! http://www.booklistonline.com/The-Boo...

I have an interview up on Advice to writers this week; you can read it at http://www.advicetowriters.com/interv...

I enjoy looking through the interviews. Jon Winokur asks everyone the same questions, and the responses are as diverse as human minds. Enjoy!

My new novel, THE BOOK OF ESTHER, drops June 14th. But I'm delighted to see that my publisher and Goodreads are currently doing a giveaway for 25 copies of the bound galleys! The giveaway runs through the end of February, and I suspect that if you win, it means you'll have a copy of the book in hand by Purim.

Here's the link: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

Thank you for entering! I appreciate everyone's interest in the book, and look forward to being able to talk with you about it later this spring.