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Three-tier birthday cake in red, white, and blue, decorated with small US flags, red and blue berries, gilded icing, and phrases such as USA 1776-2026

Happy Birthday, United States of America!

Happy birthday to the United States of America after 250 years!

cplesley

5 days ago1 min read

Two women's faces; one European with a 19th-century hairstyle and the other Asian are partially visible beyond images of branches, one with a bird and butterfly, the other with a red fruit; cover of Marian Yee's 4 Janes

Interview with Marian Yee

Interview with the author Marian Yee, whose magical realist novel explores east-west connections through a reimagining of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre

cplesley

Jun 267 min read

Drawing of a red-haired man in Regency clothing, shown against an elaborate wallpaper background, facing a woman in simple brown dress and long robe against a background of plain stripes; cover of Shana Galen's A Shop Girl's Guide to Wooing a Lord

New Books Network Interview: Shana Galen

New Books Network interview with Shana Galen, author of the historical romance A Shop Girl's Guide to Wooing a Lord, set in Regency England

cplesley

Jun 192 min read

A man in Regency dress and a woman in modern clothing look at each other; they are both standing on an old-fashioned grandfather clock at different levels; cover of Samantha Silva's Sometime This Century

Interview with Samantha Silva

Interview with author Samantha Silva about her latest historical romance, Sometime This Century, a contemporary take on Jane Austen's world

cplesley

Jun 125 min read

C. P. Lesley, Novelist

Happy Birthday, United States of America!

Interview with Marian Yee

New Books Network Interview: Shana Galen

Interview with Samantha Silva