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Open Book – Powerful Books. Powerful Authors.

Powerful Books.
Powerful Authors.

Open Book celebrates the rich tapestry of cultural experiences at Hachette Book Group. Our community is committed to shining a light on underrepresented stories.

New Releases

Author Interviews

Rickey Fayne is a fiction writer from rural West Tennessee whose work has appeared in American Short Fiction, Guernica, The Sewanee Review, and The Kenyon Review, among other magazines. He holds an MA in English from Northwestern University and an MFA in Fiction from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas. His writing embodies his Black, Southern upbringing in order to reimagine and honor his ancestors’ experiences.

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Alencia Johnson

March Open Book interview Alencia Johnson

Alice Franklin

Alice Franklin Life Hacks for a Little Alien

Tyler Merritt

Reading Lists

6 Fiction Novels that Draw on Themes and Stories from Latine and Hispanic Myths & Folklore