Author Archives: Andrew Hall

I am in Provo, the Mecca of Mormon lit, for a week visiting family. I am looking forward to seeing Persuasion at the Off-Broadway Theater, and buying books. Please send any additions or corrections to mormonlit AT gmail DOT com. … Continue reading →

A ton of books were released over the last two weeks. Big nationally published MG/YA books, like James Dashner’s first in a hyped multi-author time travel series, Shannon Hale’s long-awaited sequel to a Newberry Honor-winner, and a C. J. Hill … Continue reading →

A very busy fortnight. A new movie, Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed, is released to good reviews. Several Mormon-authored plays are performing and getting good reviews in Utah and in New York City.  A load of new books have been … Continue reading →

I just became aware of a new publishing house based in Provo, Jolly Fish Press, which has announced an audacious publishing schedule of 16 books over the next 18 months.  BYU professor of animation Ryan Woodward has created the first … Continue reading →

I am continuing to republish the Mormon Literature Year In Review columns which I first posted on the AML-list discussion list. Here are my 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 reviews. 2004 Mormon literature year in review Prose Fiction 2004 was … Continue reading →

This week, a series on how Mormon teen literature presents to girls ideas about their bodies, Walter Kirn reflects on his time as a Mormon, and new books by Card and Dashner. Please send any additions or corrections to mormonlit AT gmail DOT … Continue reading →

Several interesting new books this bi-week, including Dan Wells again mixing mental illness with fantasy/horror. Tracy Hickman produced two new books, one about Batman’s origins, and another about a dragon’s personal storyteller. A new author, D. J. Butler, is having … Continue reading →

Several new books have appeared in the three weeks since my last column, including S. P. Bailey’s missionary thriller for Zarahemla Books and a middle grade fantasy by Steven L. Peck for Cedar Fort. Also, Deseret Book tries out an … Continue reading →

This fortnight there are several new short stories, a poem by Steven Peck that you should not miss, the England Personal Essay Contest winners, Dialogue’s Best of 2011, and Jennifer A. Nielsen’s much-ballyhooed YA fantasy gets a high profile (although … Continue reading →

The LDStorymakers Writers Conference and the Whitney Awards Gala were held, Lance Larsen was named Utah Poet Laureate, a Mormon CIA employee is gunning to be the next Tom Clancy, and Mormon filmmakers are cranking out fantasy and comic-horror films … Continue reading →