The Writer's Notebook combines the best craft seminars in the history of the Tin House Summer Writers Workshop with a variety of essays written by some of Tin House's favorite authors, offering aspiring writers insight into the craft of writing. MORE >

“Entertaining”
— Charles McGrath, The New York Times

A poignant and darkly funny story narrated by Asta Hewitt, a resourceful seven-year-old growing up in rural Maine. Isolated from the outside world by their delusional mother, Asta and her bookish older brother, Orion, are content constructing their own fanciful, make-believe word. MORE >

“...cleverly constructed, beautifully written…”
— Joanne Wilkinson, Booklist, Starred Review

An unforgettable first novel about a young boy's coming of age in apartheid South Africa during the 1960s, The Children's Day is narrated through the half-comprehending eyes of the precocious and naïve Simon. As Simon observes the daily dramas of his small hometown, he gradually pieces together truths about love, life, politics, and sex. MORE >

“An important, lovely and thoughtful book.”
— A.L. Kennedy, Bookforum

Few countries have undergone more radical transformations than Russia has since the fall of the Soviet Union. The stories in Rasskazy: New Fiction from a New Russia present twenty-two depictions of the new Russia from its most talented young writers. (40 words) MORE >

“...hip, modern, contemporary voices...”
— Francine Prose, from the introduction