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Tim Johnston's Blog: Assorted Bookly Tidings

October 17, 2023

DISTANT SONS drops TODAY!

Thrilled to be launching another book at legendary hometown indie bookstore PRAIRIE LIGHTS tonight! Get the deets here:

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Published on October 17, 2023 05:25

April 15, 2023

Distant Sons [not so distant]

Happy to report that the new novel (formerly known as With These Hands), is due to land on the American continent October 17, 2023! Time moves slowly in the book-making process, then…FAST!

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Published on April 15, 2023 09:24

April 30, 2022

New Novel is On The Way

My new novel, With These Hands, will be published by Algonquin in late 2023 or early 2024

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Published on April 30, 2022 07:18

May 12, 2020

THE CURRENT wins 2020 Midland Authors Award

Hugely honored, & very pleasantly surprised, to learn that THE CURRENT received the 2020 Midland Authors Award in Adult Fiction! My great thanks to the judges & to the Society of Midland Authors, & of course to my wonderful publisher, Algonquin Books.





Read about all the 2020 winners & honorees in all the categories here:









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Published on May 12, 2020 10:27

June 25, 2019

Irish Girl, The Audiobook, is released!













Very excited to announce the release of Irish Girl, The Audiobook, today! Produced by Tantor Media and narrated by the wonderful tandem of & Angelo . For more, go to the & . Or go to .

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Published on June 25, 2019 12:00

June 24, 2019

THE CURRENT makes Mid-Year Best Of lists

I’m thrilled to see The Current on these two Mid-Year Best Of lists!          and

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Published on June 24, 2019 15:45

May 17, 2019

The Riverboat Interview







In the midst of the 2019 book tour, I sat down with Nashville Public Television host Mary Laura Philpott aboard the General Jackson to talk about currents. The result was this episode of NPT’s A Word on Words.


























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Published on May 17, 2019 07:04

May 13, 2019

Reedsy’s 50 Best Suspense Novels of All Time

Surprised & thrilled to find this sentence in my email inbox this morning: “Tim Johnston’s Descent made our list of !”�

If you’re looking for your next suspenseful read–in any number of genres–check it out!

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Published on May 13, 2019 16:55

High Honor On A Cool List

Lovers of suspense, I'm happy to share this sentence from my email inbox this morning:

"...Tim Johnston’s Descent made our list of The 50 Best Suspense Books of All Time!"

The "we" is Reedsy.com, the full list is a bit mind-blowing (The Shining, for instance!), & here's the link:

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Published on May 13, 2019 16:50

February 23, 2019

A New Essay On Changing One's Literary Style

Wrote this one for Lit-Hub, re: the changing of one's style from book to book...or even story to story.

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Published on February 23, 2019 16:32

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