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Hearing a novelist talk about their first book is a great way to get excited about reading it. Huff Post blogger and author Anis Shivani wants readers to “experience the book up-close, and get a personal, informal, intimate sense of the book, the writer, their work habits, and the marketplace and readership they’re hoping to address”…

This is certainly a sentiment we at Peroozal can get behind!

Virtual Book Tour: 3 Emerging Fiction Writers Introduce Their Work (Huff Post)
by Anis Shivani, anisshivani.com

As any emerging writer knows, while the road to publication is tough and the obstacles many, there is no emotion to compare with holding your book in your hand for the first time–after the galleys have been gone over with a fine-tooth comb, the tiniest details of the cover settled on, the many who helped in the making of the book thanked and acknowledged, and the anxious but sweet wait for the reception of the book has begun.

In what we hope will be a continuing series spotlighting promising fiction writers and poets ahead of the publication of their books, we asked three young fiction writers to record a short introduction to their book, followed by a brief reading–so you can be the first to experience the book up-close, and get a personal, informal, intimate sense of the book, the writer, their work habits, and the marketplace and readership they’re hoping to address:

Rebecca Rasmussen tells us about her debut novel, The Bird Sisters (Crown, April 12)…

Valerie Laken tells us about her first story collection, Separate Kingdoms (Harper Perennial, March 29)…

Alan Heathcock tells us about his debut story collection, Volt: Stories (Graywolf, March 1)…

Click here for the videos.