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Lo & Behold

A newsletter from author Malinda Lo

 

Nov. 19, 2021

 

In this issue: I WON! 🥇 Goodreads Choice Awards 🥇 New Huntress audiobook 🥇 A visit to the Grishaverse

 

On Wednesday, Nov. 17, the winners of the National Book Awards were announced, and in case you missed it, Last Night at the Telegraph Club … won.

IT WON!

Behind the scenes at the National Book Awards while I give my acceptance speech! (Photo credit: Beowulf Sheehan/National Book Foundation)

 

A confession: This newsletter is coming to your in boxes late and at a weird time because I prepared a newsletter to go out right after the awards, but only announcing that I had not won. I somehow didn’t prepare one for the other possibility. Since then I’ve been inundated with congratulations and emails and phone calls and wow! I really didn’t realize the kind of response people get when they, um, win a National Book Award.

That said, I am so, so grateful. If you missed the awards itself, you can stream it on YouTube. I’ve cued up this link to start at the award for Young People’s Literature:

 WATCH THE YPL AWARD AND MY SPEECH 

I want to add a heartfelt thanks to all of you—my readers. Some of you have been following my work since the AfterEllen days, and I’m so grateful that you stuck around to keep reading my words. Some of you may be newer to my work, but you took the time to subscribe to my newsletter which makes me think you are, first of all, incredibly smart and good-looking, but also maybe you liked my books.

I’ve been doing this author thing since 2009, and some of my books have been more popular or well-received than others. But every book I write has its fans who have written to tell me how they personally connected with that book. Sometimes your messages have come to me in handwritten letters through the old-fashioned mail. Sometimes they come to me through instagram DMs. I appreciate every one of them, because they’re how I know that I’m doing the right thing. Sometimes it has felt like the world just doesn’t really want any books about queer women, but when I feel that way I remember your messages. Thank you.

 

Book News

  • Last Night at the Telegraph Club has made it to the opening round of the Goodreads Choice Awards! This is a reader-voted award, so if you enjoyed it, please vote for it.

  • Last Night at the Telegraph Club is on BookPage’s Top 10 Best YA Books of 2021 in absolutely brilliant company. 

  • Fools in Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales edited by Ashley Herring Blake and Rebecca Podos (including my story “Girls Just Want To Have Fun,” which is a take on Roman Holiday … in space) will be out Dec. 7, 2021, and Publishers Weekly says: “Fun and frothy, this is a candy box of romantic stories boasting joyful, satisfying conclusions.” Preorder it now!

  • A brand-new Huntress audiobook is coming out in December, narrated by the inimitable Emily Woo Zeller who also narrated the new audiobook of Ash and Last Night at the Telegraph Club.

  • Last but not least, Last Night at the Telegraph Club will be coming out in paperback very soon, on Dec. 28, 2021! Stay tuned for more info about that and some fun surprises.

 

Give Signed Books for the Holidays

Every quarter, I go to my local independent bookstore, Porter Square Books, to sign and personalize your orders. (I take requests!) The next deadline for your orders is Nov. 30, so you’ll be able to get those books in time for the holidays. I’ll throw in a classic My Brand Is Lesbians bookmark that you can give away or keep!

 ORDER SIGNED BOOKS 
 

In Case You Missed It

🎧 I talked with the Asian American podcast Why You No Doctor in a really fun conversation. Check it out on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

🎤 I dropped in on Grishacast to chat about my favorite Grishaverse characters, Ash, and writing queer fantasy. Listen to it here or wherever you get your podcasts.

📺 I’ve done a lot (!) of online events this year! Don’t forget you can check out archived videos from my Events page.

 

Events

Nov. 20 — 1 p.m. EST
The National Book Foundation Presents an Afternoon with National Book Award Winners
Miami Book Fair — Online

Dec. 3 — 7 p.m. EST
East City Bookshop: Queer the Whole Time
Online — Register Here

Visit my Events page for full details and archived events.

 

Support My Writing

If my writing makes your life more enjoyable or shows you a new perspective, please consider supporting my ability to write with a donation. Your support means the world to me.

 DONATE 
 

Malinda Lo is the critically acclaimed author of several young adult novels, including the National Book Award winning Last Night at the Telegraph Club and Ash, a lesbian retelling of Cinderella.

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